Note 557 — Chapter XVIII · ON THE CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND (continued 2)

M. Mazure has brought this remarkable fact to light. Bonrepos, a French emissary in England, was authorised by his court to proceed in a negotiation with Tyrconnel for the separation of the two islands, in case that a protestant should succeed to the crown of England. He had accordingly a private interview with a confidential agent of the lord lieutenant at Chester, in the month of October 1687. Tyrconnel undertook that in less than a year everything should be prepared. Id. ii. 281, 288; iii. 430.