An Essay on the Antient and Modern State of Ireland

An Essay on the Antient and Modern State of Ireland is by Henry Brooke and includes a particular account of the great and glorious St. Patrick. The contents list names a Dedication and The Farmer's Case Of The Roman-Catholics Of Ireland, among others. The dedication says what gave the sheets their rise was the writer's happening to have fallen into company with two or three sprightly young gentlemen, then just returned from their Continental Rambles.

One passage says that the Pentarchy originally formed by those Iberian or Celtic Spaniards, with a popular Right of Election, was certainly a Kind of Government extremely consistent with the Essence and Genius of true Liberty. A passage addressed to your Majesty says that the writers were extremely surprized to hear that the Catholicks of Ireland were excluded from that Act of Oblivion. Another passage says that repentance is never so permanent or sincere as when preceded by pardon.