take it for a pretie farme, and yet a horsse man shall haue double, videlicet sixe C. acres of ground one with an other at the least, wherof there is v. CCCCCX. acres earable, the rest medow and pasture, I believe you would call that in Essex a good manor, and yet these are the least deuisions."

"There is no doubt but ther will great numbers of the husbandmen, which they call churles, come and offer to liue vnder vs, and to ferme our grounds: both such as are of the cuntry birth, and others, bothe out of the wilde Irishe and the Englyshe pale. For the churle of Ireland is a very simple and toylesome man, desiring nothing but that he may not be eaten out with ceasse, coyne, nor liuerie.

"Coyne and liuerie is this; there will come a Kerne or Galliglas, whiche be the Irishe Souldiours, to lie in the Churles house; whiles he is there hee wil be maister of the house, hee will not onely haue meate, but money also allowed him, and at his departure the beste things he shall see in the Churles house, be it linne cloth, a shirte, mantil, or such like. Thus is the Churle eaten vp, so that if dearth fall in the cuntry where he dwelleth, he should be the first starued, not beeing maister of his owne."

The principal arguments adduced by the writer to support the feasibility of the plan of peopling the Ardes are given in the above extracts. To the work is annexed the plan of Sir Thomas Smyth and his son, as authorised by Queen Elizabeth, which was also printed on a broadside, for general distribution, in 1572, as follows:

"The offer and order giuen forthe by Sir Thomas

Smyth,

Smyth, Knt. and Thomas Smyth his sonne, vnto suche as be willing to accompanie the sayd Thomas Smyth the sonne in his voyage for inhabiting some partes of the north of Irelande.

"The Queenes Maiesties graunt made to Sir Thomas Smith Knighte, and Thomas Smyth his sonne, in Ireland, is all that is hir Maiesties by enherita ce, or other right in the countrey called the ARDES, and part of other countreys adiacent in the Erledom of VLSTER, so that they ca possesse and replenishe them with Englishe men. The which thing, that it mighte the more surely be done, the saide Sir Thomas and Thomas his sonne haue bounden themselues to hir Highnesse to distribute all the said land within the said countreys, which they shalbe able to obtaine and possesse, to suche as shall take paines to helpe the to possesse the same, to haue and holde to them and to their heires for euer.

"That is to say, to eche ma who wil serue as a soldier on foote, one plowland containing a hundreth and twentie acres Irishe of earable lande, for which the said Sir Thomas and Thomas must pay to the Quenes Maiesty two pence Irish for an Irish acre, after four and twentie foote to the pole. In consideration of which rent bi the to be paid vnto her Maiestie, the souldier shall paye for the saide plowlande vnto Syr Thomas Smyth and Thomas, and their heires, one penie sterling for euery Englishe acre of the said plowland, after the measure of sixtene fote and an halfe to the pole, and no more. The first paiment to begin foure yeres hence, videlicet, 1576.

"To eche man who will serue on horsebacke two plowlands, videlicet two hundreth and fortie acres Irishe, which is at the leaste fiue hudreth acres and

more

more English, paying for euery acre English as the footeman dothe.

"And the earable lande being deuided, ech foote man and horseman shall haue also allotted vnto him pasture, medowe, and suche like necessary, as the cuntry wil serue, as reasonably as they haue arable grounde so that they may therewith be contented.

"The charges that is required of a footeman at his first settyng forth, if he be furnished of sufficient armour, for a pike, halberd or caliuer, with a conuenient liuery cloke of red colour, or carnation with black facing, is tenne poundes for his vitayling for one whole veere after his arriual and his transportation: after. whiche yeere, there is hope to finde prouisyo" inough in the cuntrie, which they shal obteine with good guidance.

"The charges of a horsema" wel horsed and armed for a light horseman wyth a staffe, and a case of dagges, is twentie poundes for vittayle of him and his horse for one whole yeere, and for his trasportation. His liuery had neede be af the colour aforesayd, and of the fashyon of the ryding Dutche clokes now vsed.

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"And to auoyde the flixe and suche dangerous diseases as doth many times chaunce to souldiours by reason of lying vpon the ground and vncouered, and lykewyse to horses for lacke of hales: if any souldiour footman wil giue before hand ten shillings, and the horseman twentye shyllings they shal be lodged under cauas and vppon beddes, vntill houses may be prouided.

"And if any will beare the charges of a souldyour, that cannot go himselfe, nor sende another in his roume, he shall haue his part of land allotted to him as

wel

wel as though he went himself: but then for a footman he must pay in ready money xvj pound. xiij. s. iiijd. This is one parte. And if any wil haue two parts or more, then according to this rate to paye the money. The coronell to finde the sayd footman or men in al points for the first yere, according as the money is receiued.

"And to the intente that no man willing to aduenture in this most honorable and profitable voyage may doubt hereof, if it please him to resorte to*

there he shall see bothe the letters patents and the indentures of couenanntes betwixt the Queenes Maiestie and the sayd Sir Thomas Smith and Thomas Smith, and pay suche money as he is disposed to aduenture, and receyue his assuraunce from Thomas Smith the sonne, who taketh the aduenture and voyage vppon him to go in person, or if the sayde Thomas bee not there, one of the receyuers of this voyage remayning there, shall do herein as apperteyneth, whom he hath made his deputie in this behalfe.

"Note that all suche kindes of prouision as bee necessary in this iourney, the Treasourer may receiue in lieu of money, accordyng as he shal haue neede of such prouision, be already furnished there wyth, and accordyng to the place where the sayd prouision shal lie, for the commodious transportation thereof.

God sate the Queene."

As an interesting conclusion to this article, is added the following account of the establishment made in Ireland, a few years after the above period, by the city

From this hiatus it appears to have been printed previous to the letters patent being obtained.

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of London. The transcript appears to have been made several years since, and came to my possession, within these few days, with other manuscripts, belonging to a literary gentleman deceased.

"Irish Society.

"In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the province of Ulster, in the north of Ireland, had been greatly depopulated by the suppression of several insurrections, and, in particular, the city of Derry and town of Colrain were quite ruined.

"To prevent such insurrections for the future, it was thought proper to repeople that part of the country with protestant families; and soon after the accession of James the First to the throne, that Prince, considering this as an affair worthy of his attention, signified his pleasure to some of the Aldermen and Commoners, by means of several of his Privy Council, upon which a Court of Common Council was called; and a deputation sent over to view the place of the intended plantation. These deputies being returned, it was agreed in Dec. 1609, that 15000l. should be expended on the plantation, and 5000l. in the purchase of private inte

rests.

"Soon after articles of agreement were entered into between the Lords of the Privy Council, and a Committee chosen by the Lord Mayor and Commonalty of the city, and it was agreed for the better managing of the plantation, there should be a company constituted in London, to consist of a Governor, and twentyfour Assistants, to direct what ought to be done on the part of the city, relating to the plantation; and in pursuance of this agreement, the King by his letters

patent,