THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND

FROM

THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.

BY

THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.

VOLUME IV.

PHILADELPHIA:

J B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

the Nature of Coalitions,

Dartmouth,

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William his own Minister for Foreign Affairs,.

William obtains a Toleration for the Waldenses; Vices inherent in

Siege and Fall of Mons,.

William returns to England; Trials of Preston and Ashton,

Execution of Ashton,...........

Preston's Irresolution and Confessions,

Lenity shown to the Conspirators; Clarendon,.

Difference between Sancroft and Ken,

Hatred of Sancroft to the Established Church; he provides for the

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Return of Tyrconnel to Ireland,.

The Campaign of 1691 in Flanders,..

The War in Ireland; State of the English Part of Ireland,
State of the Part of Ireland which was subject to James,
Dissensions among the Irish at Limerick,.

Arrival of a French Fleet at Limerick; Saint Ruth,.

The English take the Field,.

Fall of Ballymore; Siege and Fall of Athlone,.

Retreat of the Irish Army,

Saint Ruth determines to fight,

Battle of Aghrim,

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Death of Tyrconnel,

Fall of Galway,

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Country and France,..

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Negotiations between the Irish Chiefs and the Besiegers,.

The Irish Troops required to make their Election between their

Most of the Irish Troops volunteer for France,.

Many of the Irish who had volunteered for France desert,

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The last Division of the Irish Army sails from Cork for France,.

State of Ireland after the War,..

Opening of the Parliament,.

Debates on the Salaries and Fees of Official Men,

Act excluding Papists from Public Trust in Ireland,.

Debates on the East India Trade,

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Debates on the Bill for regulating Trials in Cases of High