ABSTRACT
I was born in the year 1638. The place of my birth was the borough of Charlemont, in the north of Ireland. My great-uncle passed over to that country in the train of the Earl of Essex, in his famous and unfortunate expedition thither undertaken forty years before. a The military reputation of my great-uncle was considerable, and he died full of years and of honour, under the pacific administration of Sir Arthur Chichester. b My father, who, as well as my great-uncle, was a younger brother, was bred to / the same profession, was sent over to Ireland for the advantage of being under his uncle’s eye, and was at this time an officer in the garrison of Charlemont under William Lord Caulfield, a brave officer, now grown old in the service of his sovereign. c
