e deux qui est eventee, de laquelle ceux qui travaillent a la
monnoye du Roy d'Angleterre pourront se servir pour continuer a faire de
la monnoye."]

[Footnote 625: Louvois to Avaux, Nov. 1/11. 1689. The force sent by
Lewis to Ireland appears by the lists at the French War Office to have
amounted to seven thousand two hundred and ninety-one men of all ranks.
At the French War Office is a letter from Marshal d'Estrees who saw the
four Irish regiments soon after they had landed at Brest. He describes
them as "mal chausses, mal vetus, et n'ayant point d'uniforme dans leurs
habits, si ce n'est qu'ils sont tous fort mauvais." A very exact account
of Macarthy's breach of parole will be found in Mr. O'Callaghan's
History of the Irish Brigades. I am sorry that a writer to whom I owe so
much should try to vindicate conduct which, as described by himself, was
in the highest degree dishonourable.]

[Footnote 626: Lauzun to Louvois. May 28/June 7 and June 1 1690, at the
French War Office.]

[Footnote 627: See the later letters of Avaux.]

[Footnote 628: Avaux to Louvois, March 14/24 1690; Lauzun to Louvois
March 23/April 3]

[Footnote 629: Story's Impartial History; Lauzun to Louvois, May 20/30.
1690.]

[Footnote 630: Lauzun to Louvois, May 28/June 7 1690.]

[Footnote 631: Lauzun to Louvois, April 2/12 May 10/20. 1690. La
Hoguette, who held the rank of Marechal de Camp, wrote to Louvois to the
same effect about the same time.]

[Footnote 632: "La Politique des Anglois a ete de tenir ces peuples
cy comme des esclaves, et si bas qu'il ne leur estoit pas permis
d'apprendre a lire et a ecrire. Cela les a rendu si bestes qu'ils n'ont
presque point d'humanite. Rien de les esmeut. Ils sont peu sensibles a
l'honneur; et les menaces ne les estonnent point. L'interest meme ne les
peut engager au travail. Ce sont pourtant les gens du monde les mieux
faits,"--Desgrigny to Louvois, May 27/June 6 1690.]

[Footnote 633: See Melfort's Letters to James, written in October 1689.
They are among the Nairne Papers, and were printed by Macpherson.]

[Footnote 634: Life of James, ii. 443. 450.;and Trials of Ashton and
Preston.]

[Footnote 635: Avaux wrote thus to Lewis on the 5th of June 1689:
"Il nous est venu des nouvelles assez considerables d'Angleterre et
d'Escosse. Je me donne l'honneur d'en envoyer des memoires a vostre
Majeste, tels que je les ay receus du Roy de la Grande Bretagne. Le
commencement des nouvelles dattees d'Angleterre