ovince of Ulster having fallen to the crown by the attainder
of rebels, a company was established in London for planting new colonies
in that fertile country: the property was divided into moderate shares,
the largest not exceeding two thousand acres: tenants were brought over
from England and Scotland: the Irish were removed from the hills and
fastnesses, and settled in the open country: husbandry and the arts were
taught them: a fixed habitation secured: plunder and robbery punished:
and by these means, Ulster, from being the most wild and disorderly
province of all Ireland, soon became the best cultivated and most
civilized.[v*]

* Sir John Davis, p. 237.

** Sir John Davis, p. 263.

*** Sir John Davis, p. 264, 265, etc

**** Sir John Davis, p. 276.

v Sir John Davis, p. 278.

Such were the arts by which James introduced humanity and justice among
a people who had ever been buried in the most profound barbarism. Noble
cares! much superior to the vain and criminal glory of conquests; but
requiring ages of perseverance and attention to perfect what had been so
happily begun.

A laudable act of justice was about this time executed in England upon
Lord Sanqubir, a Scottish nobleman, who had been guilty of the base
assassination of Turner, a fencing master. The English nation, who
were generally dissatisfied with the Scots, were enraged at this crime,
equally mean and atrocious; but James appeased them, by preferring the
severity of law to the intercession of the friends and family of the
criminal.[*]

* Kennet, p. 688.

CHAPTER XLVII.

JAMES I.

{1612.} This year the sudden death of Henry, prince of Wales, diffused
a universal grief throughout the nation. Though youth and royal birth,
both of them strong allurements, prepossess men mightily in favor of
the early age of princes, it is with peculiar fondness that historians
mention Henry, and, in every respect, his merit seems to have been
extraordinary. He had not reached his eighteenth year, and he already
possessed more dignity in his behavior, and commanded more respect, than
his father, with all his age, learning, and experience. Neither his high
fortune, nor his youth, had seduced him into any irregular pleasures:
business and ambition seem to have been his sole passion. His
inclinations, as well as exercises, were martial. The French ambassador,
taking leave of him, and asking his commands for France, found