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BRODRICK, SIR ST. JOHN
Sr St John Brodrick’s Vindication of himself from
the aspersions cast on him in a pamphlet written
by Sir Rich. Buckley - [London] 1690. 4to. pp. [i]
31. Some mild browning, otherwise an adequate
copy in modern half morocco. Wing B 4837.
Broderick, now aged 64, had received large estates
in County Cork in return for services rendered in
the wars in Ireland. In the previous year he had
offered to raise a regiment to fight for William and
Mary drawn largely from Protestant gentlemen of
the County of Cork who had been dispoiled of
their substance by James II and forced into exile in
London. In what seems in hindsight a rather com-
plex row, Sir Richard Buckley’s complaints against
this project were animated, Broderick argued, by
envy of “the small fortune which I have in England”.
Out of this, Broderick said, support had to be pro-
vided for “a very numerous family of my own, and
the additional load of children and their families
that were married and good estates settled on
them by me in Ireland.” Sweeney 727.
€150 - €200
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BURNET, GILBERT, BP.
A sermon preached before the Queen, at Whitehall
on the 16th day of July 1690, being the monthly
fast - London: 1690. 4to. pp. [i], 34, 2 (Catalogue
and advertisements). A very good copy in modern
quarter morocco. Wing B 5892.
Preaching two weeks after the Boyne, where
William had a narrow escape on the battle field,
Burnet said:“But this last deliverance of Ireland
must not be past over in general words. Can we
reflect on the many dangers to which that sacred
life, on which all ours depend, in so signal a man-
ner, was so lately exposed, without feeling a com-
motion within us, that is both melting and tender?
for though it is now past, we still tremble to think
that it was once so near; while a Hand of Heaven
seemed so to lead the bullet that though it was
suffered to touch his Annointed, yet could do him
no harm.” Sweeney 759.
€80 - €120
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BURNYEAT, JOHN / WATSON, JOHN
The Holy truth and its professors defended in an
answer to a letter writ by Lawrence Potts, priest of
Staplestown near Catherlough unto Robert Lackey
- [no place] 1688. 4to. pp. [iv], 28. A very good
copy in modern quarter morocco. Wing B 5966.
The authors were Quakers and Robert Lackey is
described as “a parishioner and formerly hearer of
the said priest.” Sweeney 766.
€80 - €120
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