: He held this language in a letter to Louis XIV., dated
the 5/15th of August. This letter, written in a hand which it is not
easy to decipher, is in the French War Office. Macariae Excidium; Light
to the Blind.]

[Footnote 113: Macariae Excidium; Life of James, ii. 461, 462.]

[Footnote 114: Macariae Excidium; Life of James, ii. 459. 462.;
London Gazette, Aug. 31 1691; Light to the Blind; D'Usson and Tesse to
Barbesieux, Aug. 13/23.]

[Footnote 115: Story's Continuation; D'Usson and Tesse to Barbesieux
Aug. 169r. An unpublished letter from Nagle to Lord Merion of Auk.
15. This letter is quoted by Mr. O'Callaghan in a note on Macariae
Excidium.]

[Footnote 116: Macariae Excidium; Story's Continuation.]

[Footnote 117: Story's Continuation; London Gazette, Sept. 28. 1691;
Life of James, ii. 463.; Diary of the Siege of Lymerick, 1692; Light to
the Blind. In the account of the siege which is among the archives of
the French War Office, it is said that the Irish cavalry behaved worse
than the infantry.]

[Footnote 118: Story's Continuation; Macariae Excidium; R. Douglas to
Sir A. Rawdon, Sept. 25. 1691, in the Rawdon Papers; London Gazette,
October 8.; Diary of the Siege of Lymerick; Light to the Blind; Account
of the Siege of Limerick in the archives of the French War Office.

The account of this affair in the Life of James, ii. 464., deserves to
be noticed merely for its preeminent absurdity. The writer tells us
that seven hundred of the Irish held out some time against a much larger
force, and warmly praises their heroism. He did not know, or did
not choose to mention, one fact which is essential to the right
understanding of the story; namely, that these seven hundred men were in
a fort. That a garrison should defend a fort during a few hours against
superior numbers is surely not strange. Forts are built because they can
be defended by few against many.]

[Footnote 119: Account of the Siege of Limerick in the archives of the
French War Office; Story's Continuation.]

[Footnote 120: D'Usson to Barbesieux, Oct. 4/14. 1691.]

[Footnote 121: Macariae Excidium.]

[Footnote 122: Story's Continuation; Diary of the Siege of Lymerick.]

[Footnote 123: London Gazette, Oct. S. 1691; Story's Continuation; Diary
of the Siege of Lymerick.]

[Footnote 124: Life of James, 464, 465.]

[Footnote 125: Story's Continuation.]

[Footnote 126: Story's Continuation; Diary of the Siege of Lymerick;
Burnet, ii. 81.; London Ga