contrive_v towards_o the_o king_n island_n 206_o a_o breach_n make_v in_o the_o wall_n 210_o gun_n plant_v near_o st._n thomas_n island_n 213_o colonel_n earl_n send_v into_o england_n 214_o my_o lord_n lisburn_n kill_v 215_o a_o party_n pass_v the_o river_n upon_o a_o bridge_n of_o boat_n 216_o the_o irish_a in_o a_o great_a consternation_n 217_o debate_n whether_o the_o siege_n shall_v be_v continue_v or_o turn_v into_o a_o blockade_n 220_o order_n in_o case_n of_o a_o alarm_n 222_o our_o force_n pass_v the_o river_n a_o second_o time_n 223_o the_o attack_v at_o thoumond_n bridge_n where_o six_o hundred_o of_o the_o enemy_n be_v kill_v 224_o a_o remarkable_a paper_n find_v in_o the_o pocket_n of_o a_o colonel_n in_o the_o irish_a army_n 225_o the_o enemy_n beat_v a_o parley_n 228_o a_o cessation_n agree_v to_o hostage_n exchange_v 229_o 230_o the_o irish_a proposal_n reject_v by_o the_o general_n ibid._n article_n agree_v to_o 231_o the_o general_n be_v letter_n to_o sir_n ralph_n 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irish_a prisoner_n of_o war_n release_v 268_o some_o rapparee_n deliver_v up_o their_o arm_n 269_o a_o proclamation_n of_o pardon_n to_o the_o rest_n ibid._n the_o ulster_n irish_a return_n home_o with_o their_o cattle_n 270_o the_o french_a fleet_n come_v into_o the_o shannon_n 271_o some_o objection_n against_o the_o article_n of_o limerick_n answer_v 275_o the_o last_o of_o the_o irish_a march_n from_o limerick_n 281_o the_o general_n go_v to_o dublin_n and_o thence_o for_o england_n 288_o major-general_n mackay_n and_o major-general_n talmash_n go_v for_o england_n 284_o the_o dane_n order_v to_o be_v ship_v off_o ibid._n fortification_n of_o ballymore_n and_o mullingar_fw-la demolish_v 285_o our_a transport_v ship_n that_o carry_v the_o irish_a return_v from_o france_n 288_o the_o late_a king_n letter_n to_o the_o irish_a at_o their_o land_n 289_o their_o reception_n in_o france_n ibid._n my_o lord_n lucan_n release_n to_o the_o general_n 292_o the_o irish_a that_o stay_v with_o 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make_v it_o their_o business_n to_o transcribe_v and_o preserve_v they_o to_o posterity_n for_o their_o example_n and_o imitation_n even_o the_o irish_a themselves_o when_o they_o be_v far_o from_o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o reform_a nation_n in_o the_o world_n have_v their_o bard_n and_o ballad-maker_n who_o have_v take_v no_o small_a pain_n in_o their_o way_n to_o render_v the_o chieftain_n of_o their_o own_o country_n as_o famous_a as_o other_o nay_o the_o great_a general_n and_o emperor_n have_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o conquest_n employ_v some_o of_o their_o time_n to_o leave_v the_o immortal_a memory_n of_o their_o own_o and_o other_o great_a man_n action_n in_o writing_n the_o omission_n of_o which_o have_v be_v a_o great_a defect_n in_o the_o middle_a age_n of_o the_o world_n since_o those_o be_v common_o the_o most_o competent_a judge_n of_o the_o management_n of_o affair_n and_o able_a to_o give_v a_o true_a account_n but_o because_o in_o this_o fight_a age_n 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