I have about that number on my list.

They, as you see, could do nothing unassisted.

There are three or four thousand troops here, and the Protestant mob who would join them would number seven or eight thousand, at the very least.

Therefore, any attempt to rise in the face of such odds, unless after a crushing defeat of William's troops, would be out of the question.

But, as I said, if an army were marching on Dublin, the Protestants would be thinking more of taking to their ships than fighting, and all the Catholics in the city would then join the movement." "I think the general hoped that you could have mustered a stronger force, sir." "So I could, a year ago," Mr.O'Brian said; "but the constant persecution and ill treatment of the Catholics have caused large numbers of them to leave the town.