can't perform this Great Task as it ought to be yet I 'll endeavour at something so like him that any one at first glance may say 't was meant for the Earl of Galway one of the present Lords Justices for the Kingdom of Ireland Then to proceed tho' with a trembling Hand to his Lordships Character The first thing then which is remarkable in him is He is a Person of strict Morals and extraordinary Piety His Lordship is advanc'd to the Honours he now enjoys by his great Humility and Personal Merits The Noble Blood that has fill'd his Veins has not swell'd his Heart He is as humble as he is great he seems set by Heaven on such a conspicuous Place as is that of being Lord Justice of Ireland on purpose to guide the People into the Paths of Love and Obedience to their God and King In a word he uses such an obliging meen to all as if he thought the only thing valuable in Greatness is the power it gives to oblige I wou'd go on with his Lordship's Character but as I said before I find my self unable for this Task so that Madam I shall next proceed for his Lordship's Character leads me to it to give some short Account of the present State of the Kingdom according to my best Information though you may wonder that Dunton should trouble his Head with Politicks but since such is the Custom of Travellers Why may not I thrust my self into the Herd The Present Governors are Their Excellencies the Lord Marquess of Winchester the Earl of Galway and the Lord Villers now Earl of Jersey his Lordship has never been here with this Character though he be nâ—med in the Commission and the present Government is so well administer'd by those two Noble Lords that I have not heard one man repine at them since I came to Dublin They have Officers belonging to the Houshold such as Steward and Comptrouler who on Staâ—e-days carry White Rods as the Ensigns of their Office When they go to Church the Streets from the Castle-gate to the Church-door as also the great Isle of the Church to the foot of the Stairs by which they ascend to the Place where they sit are lined with Soldiers they are preceeded by the Pursivants of the Council-Chamber two Maces and on State-days by the King and Pursivant at Arms their Chaplains and Gentlemen of the Houshold with Pages and Footmen bare-headed When they alight from their Coach in which commonly the Lord Chancellor and one of the Prime Nobility sit with 'em the Sword of State is deliver'd to some Lord to carry before 'em and in the like manner they return back to the Castle where the several Courses at dinner are usher'd in by Kettle-drums and Trumpets I forgot to tell you Madam that in these Cavalcades the Coach in which they ride is attended by a small Squadron of Horse after which follow a long Train of Coaches that belong to the several Lords and Gentlemen who attend ' em Having given ye this short Account of the Chief Governors I shall next proceed to mention something of the Estate of the Church which in all its Canons are not the same with that of England not that they differ from it in any points of Religion but only in some Circumstances of Government which by a Convocation which has been sometimes held here may be alter'd as the present Exigencies require It consists of two Houses viz. The Upper in which the Bishops and the lower where the Inferior Clergy sit but they have not thought it needful to call one since his present Majesty's Accession to the Crown The most Reverend the Arch-bishops are four viz. Dr. Michael Boyl Lord Arch-bishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland Dr. Narcissus Marsh Lord Arch-bishop of Dublin Primate of Ireland Dr. William Palliser Lord Arch-bishop of Cashell and Dr. Iohn Vesey Lord Arch-bishop of Tuam And the Suffragants are eighteen in Number of this Number Three are of his Majesty's Privy-Council viz. The Bishops of Meath Kildare and Clogher as also the two Primates To give you a short Character of them take this what has been told me by some Judicious Persons of as well Dissenters as others That they are Men of such Learning Moderation and Piety that this â—hurch had never a better Class of Bishops to govern it The Dissenters in Ireland are a very considerable People as well for their Number as Wealth and all unanimous in an hearty Zeal for our present happy Government And indeed since my coming hither I have not heard of any one Iacobite in the whole Kingdom They have several Meeting-houses large and conveniently order'd within and these are supply'd with Sober and Pious Teachers among whom I think the Reverend Mr. Boyse may justly be named as the Chief one whâ— by continual and hard Study every Day fits himself with new Acquisitions towards the happy discharging of his Pastoral Care which he expresses with so much Meekness and force of Perswasion as make him at once mightily belov'd and follow'd And one thing this Kingdom is extreamly happy in That both Perswasions do so well agree towards promoting the common good as more cannot well be desir'd a great Advancer of which Union is Mr. Weld a Person of Sobriety Learning and solid Iudgment and much admir'd and follow'd for his Preaching The Quakers are here in great Numbers also as one might easily perceive that would have consider'd the mighty Throngs of them which crowded about their Great speaker and Champion William Pen when he came hither to hold forth I cannot hear of any Learned Men among them though some of them are very Wealthy and but few of them poor they can make use of the Carnal Sword as well as those who pretend more to it as you will believe by this Story of one among them whose Name I forget who in the late War when the Rapparees came towards Edenderry near the Bogg of Allen in the Kings County he among other of the Militia went forth to engage them and put them all to the run except those who were kill'd in the Action among them lay one whom the Quaker thought he had kill'd and rifled his Pockets but some Months after when a great number of them burnt Colonel Purefoy's House about three Miles from Edenderry these brisk Sparks took the Alarm and making as considerable a body as they could march'd to Purefoys-place where they found many of the Irish who had made themselves drunk with the Colonels strong Beer fast asleep in the Ditches the Quaker who never was backward in such Attempts finds the same Fellow whom he thought he had formerly kill'd half tipsie and in his Arms he call'd him by his Name saying Verily I thought I had of late slain thee but now find my Mistake wherefore I purpose to make sure work and hinder thee from Rising any more and so immediately knockt him down with a Poll-Ax which he used always instead
't is in his Great Humility which further appears by his inviting me ofâ—en to see him and if I may be so proud to use his own Expression in being pleased with my Conveâ— sation Having left the Collonel's House we all three return'd to our several â—â—dgings In our way thither we went to take our leaves of the Reverend Mr. Searl at his House in Brides Alley and of my worthy Friend Mr. Iones as his House in great Ship-street but neither of 'em were at home however I had the happiness of seeing Mr. Iones's Sister a Person Eminent for her great Piety with whom I left a million of Thanks for all the Favours I receiv'd from him And here I parted with my two Friends Mr. VVild and Mr. Larkin and the next day it being the last for taking of Farewells every one went as his Humor and Fancy led him And the first Ramble I took this Morning was to take my Farewell of Rings-End where I had two or three good Friends 't is about a Mile from Dublin and is a little Harbour like your Graves-End in England I had very agreeable Company to Rings End and was noblely treated at the Kings Head after an hours stay in this dear Place as all Port-Towns generally are I took my leave of Trench VVelsted and two or three more Friends and now look'd towards Dublin but how to come at it we no more knew then the Fox at the Grapes for though we saw a large strand yet 't was not to be walk'd over because of a pretty rapid Stream which must be crossed we enquir'd for a Coach and found no such thing was to be had here unless by accident but was inform'd that we might have a Rings-End Carr which upon my desire was call'd and we got upon it not into it It is a perfect Car with two VVheels and towards the back of it a seat is raised cross ways long enough to hold three People the Cushion we had was made of Patch-work but of such course kind of stuff that we fancied the Boy had stol'n some poor Beggars Coat for a covering between me and the Horâ—e upon the cross barrs of the Carr stood our Charioteer who presently set his Horse into a Gallop which so jolted our sides tho' upon a smooth strand that we were in Purgatory until we got off at Lazy-hill where I pay'd 4 d. for our fair of a Miles riding and almost as pleas'd as the young Gentleman that drove the Chariot of the Sun wou'd have been to be rid of his Seat however they are a great Conveniency and a Man may go to Rings-End from Dublin or from hence thither with a Load of Goods for a Groâ—t and we were told there are an hundred and more plying hereabouts that one can hardly be disappointed I parted with my Fellow Traveller in Essex-street and from thence I went to take my leave of my honest Barber Mat. Read upon Cork-hill and because I found him a generous Lad I won't leave him without a Character He is a Man willing to please and the most genteel Barber I saw in Dublin and therefore I became his quarterly Customer but as ready as he is to humor his Friends yet is he brisk and gay and the worst made for a Dissembler of any Man in the World he 's generous and frank and speaks whatever he thinks which made me have a kindness for him and 't was not lost for he treated me every quarterly Payment and wâ—s obliging to the last being one of those dozen Men that feasted me in Essex street the Friday bâ—fore I left Dublin and that witness'd to the Attestation concerning my Conversation He has Wit enough a great deal of good Humor and tho' a Barber Owner of as much Generosity as any Man in Ireland And if ever I visit Dublin again Mat. Read or in case of his Death his Heir and Successor is the only Barber for me And as for his Spouse tho her Face is full of Pock-holes yet she 's a pretty littâ—e humour'd Creature and smiles at ev'ry word Having shook hand with honest Matt. I went next through Copper Alley to Skinner-Row for a parting glimpse of Brass and Patrick Campbel for tho' they had treated me ill and that 's the Reason why none but they and 〈◊〉 old Usurer have a block Chaâ—acter in the Dublin Scuffle yet I had good Nature enough tho' not to discourse yet just to see 'em when I left Dublin From paying this silent farewell I went to thâ— Thâ—lsel where I saw Mr Quin the present Lord Mayor for the City of â—ublin Perhapâ— Madam you 'l wonder that I shou'd send ye so many Characters and have yet omitted to send the Character of a Person in such an Eminent Station but the Reason was I stay'd to be throughly inform'd before I attempted the Character of my Lord Mayor But Madam I am now able to give ye his true Character and the least I can say of his Lordship is He 's a Person of great Justice and Integrity as I found in the hearing I had before him a couragious â—agistrate and a true lover of his King and Country and has the love of all good Men But there 's no need of any more then reading the Flying Pâ—st of Feb. 16. 1699. to know him as well as it he stood before us for there 't is said Dublin Feb. 7. Our Citizens are mightily pleased with the Lord Mayor on the account of his Proceedings against the Bakers and relieving the Poor from their Oppressions a Congratulatory Poem hath been lately Printed and presented to him on this occasion Thus far the Flying Post in which you see that Courage and Justice I told ye was so Eminent in him But this faithful discharge of his great Trust is what the Citizens of Dublin might expect from him for Prudence and Piety have visibly shâ—â—'d thro' all the Actions of his Life and 't is not Honour or Power alters the Temper of a good Man and therefore 't is since he has been chosen Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin that his Conduct is such that he is not only a Pattern fit to be imitated by all that shall hereafter succeed him but in many things 't will be difficult for any to resemble him and therefore no wonder the Citizens of Dublin have fixt him in so large a Sphere of doing good a private Post was not large enough for the service Heaven design'd by this active Magistrate nor a Hiâ— high enough for the notice of one so Exemplary and to render him the more compleat ' this brave Soul of his has the happiness to live in a very beautiful Tenement and 't had been pity iâ— shou'd have liv'd in any other But I shall stop here for I had not the Honour to be personally known to his Lordship so I shall leave the Tholâ—eâ— without any other Farewel then what I have given in this Character and from
that in my Father's Will was this Expression Item I bequeath unto Mrs. Mary Hall servant to Sir Henry Ingoldsby when I was in Ireland Five Pounds if ever demanded or she be not dead for her friendly Offices to me during a great sickness I had in that Kingdom I told Sir Henry I was not put upon this Enquiry by the Executrix but that Providence having brought me to Ireland tho' Twenty Years after my Fathers Death I cou'd not be satisfy'd without enquiring whether this Mary Hall were alive or dead To which Sir Henry did me the Honour to reply It was a Great piece of Iustice in me if I had no Advantage in it my self To which I return'd I had not any farther than to see to the Execution of my Father's Will But as to this Mary Hall Sir Henry told me he suppos'd she dy'd at Limerick she marrying thither from his House to a Rich but ill-natur'd Man which soon ended her Days Pardon me Madam for the digression of this Story I had some Hesitation in my own Breast about making this Enquiry I was not satisfy'd that Conscience oblig'd me to it but not being satisfy'd without doing it I did it and it yet appearing to me a moot Case because I was none of the Executor I leave it to your Determination Whether I cou'd be under any Obligation in that case or no This Discourse being ended I gave Sir Henry an Account of the Reason of my coming for Ireland with which he was so well pleased that he promised to give me and my Auction all the Encouragement he cou'd for which I return'd him my humble Thanks and so took my leave of Sir Henry for that time Madam I dare not presume to give Sir Henry's Character to describe so great a Man would be a Theam big enough for my Ingenious Friend Mr. Charles Wormington a Person of great Modesty and Worth and perhaps the most Ingenious Poet in all Ireland but tho' I shan't presume to Characterise this ancient Knight yet I shall say what every one does That he has the Repute of a Person of Great Honour and Probity and of that great Judgment and Experience in Affairs of State as renders him worthy of the Dignity of a Privy Counsellor which he has been for many years and tho' he is now arriv'd to Fourscore Ten more than the Age of Man yet he enjoys his Health and Strength to Admiration which shews him to have been a Person of great Temperance and perhaps on this Account he has no Equal in Ireland or it may be in the whole World But to proceed in my Rambles Having taken my leave of Sir Henry Ingoldsby in my way home I met with Lieutenant Downing my former Fellow Traveller to New England You can hardly imagine Madam how agreeable a thing it is to meet with an old Friend in a Foreign Country It was some thousands of Miles off that we were last together and we were equally surpriz'd to meet each other here There was in his Company at that time Captain Annesly Son to the late Earl of Anglesey to whom I had the Honour to be related by my First Wife We stay'd not long in the Street but went to drink at the Widow Lisles in Castle-street whither 〈◊〉 to go out of a Principle of Gratitude hers being the first House that receiv'd me in Dublin After a Health to the King and some others of our Friends in England we talk'd over our New-England Ramble After this I told the Lieutenant of my Brother Aanesley's Death at which he was highly concern'd This Discourse being ended Captain Annesley told me That the Earl his Father had writ an Excellent History of Ireland but it was in such hands as he believ'd wou'd strip it of some of its choicest Remarks and Madam this is likely enough for there are some Men in the World which are afraid of following Truth too close lest it shou'd dash out their own Teeth I then told Captain Annesley I had Printed his Father 's Memoirs the Copy of which I purchas'd of Sir Peter Pett and he cou'd not but think 'em genuine because of that great Amity which was be tween the Eail his Father and Sir Peter Pett To give ye Madam the Captains Character He is a most accomplish'd Gentleman not as a Wit Observes that thin sort of Animal that flutters from Tavern to Play-house and back again all his Life made up with Wig and Cravat without one dram of Thought in his Composition but a Person made up of Solid Worth as Grave as he is Witty Brave and Generous and shews by his humble and courteous Carriage that he is and was born a Gentleman And for the Lieutenant my old Fellow-Traveller I must say he has much Address and as great a Presence of Mind as was ever seen he is most agreeable Company and perhaps the best Friend I had in America After three hours spent in this Conversation I went to Visit Captain Townley and his Lady as also one Madam Congreve who were all three my Fellow-Travellers in the Coach from London to Chester The Captain is a Person of Great Honour and Worth and so is his Lady but of these I shall say more in my Summer Ramble but more particularly of Madam Congreve In my way home I call'd upon Mr. 〈◊〉 and his Wife stil'd The most Ingenious Who tho' she has Enemies perhaps as little deserves 'em as any Woman in Dublin and tho' I shou'd get hatred by saying this yet my way is to do as I 'd bi done by and to speak as I find but having Charactarized the most Ingenious 't is fit next that I speak of her Lord and Master He 's a very honest sober Man and one of that great Modesty that I heard he went Forty Miles to demand a Debt which yet he was so civil and courteous as not to ask for when he came there But it grew late so leaving this loving Couple at their Fine Embroidery I went next to pay a Visit to Mr. Lum in Castle-street a Member of Parliament and one of the chief Bankers in Dublin whom I made use of to remit my Moneys to London He is a Person of great Integrity has a good Estate and is punctually just and honest in his Dealings And to compleat his Character He 's a Gentleman of Extraordinary Sense which he has the Happiness of being able to express in words as manly and apposite as the Sense included under them He treated me with much Candor and Respect as long as I stay'd in Ireland His chief Manager of his Business Mr. Purefoy was also very obllging and ready to serve me upon all Occasions Captain Davis who was also a Member of the House of Commons gave me a most obliging Welcome to Dublin at the Garter-Tavern in Castle-street If I shou'd attempt this Gentleman's Character it wou'd be to his Prejudice for all that I can say will come far short of