L HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY STURGIS LIBRARY, BARNSTABLE S. W. BENEDICT & CO., STER. AND PRINT., 128 Fulton Street. ΤΟ JOHN ROBERT BOYD, ESQ. OF BALLYMACOOL. MY DEAR FRIEND, To you I need not say, that in tracing the outline of that memorable defence in which your ancestors bore a distinguished part, I have faithfully adhered to the historical data afforded by credible writers. In prefixing your name to the volume, I would fain express my grateful regard towards you: my deep feelings of the wrongs, and sympathy in all the woes, of your beloved, unhappy country. May the wisdom. that is from above direct the steps of her embarrassed Protestants, and that which is from beneath be banished from their councils. May Popery unmasked be the prelude to Popery destroyed, not by carnal weapons, but by the word of truth: not by the might and power, but by the Spirit, of the Lord of Hosts. I am, Your affectionate Friend, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH. |