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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

CHAPTER XVII
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[134] Eighty years after his death his grave near Luttrellstown was violated by the descendants of those whom he had betrayed, and his skull was broken to pieces with a pickaxe.

[135] The deadly hatred of which he was the object descended to his son and to his grandson; and, unhappily, nothing in the character either of his son or of his grandson tended to mitigate the feeling which the name of Luttrell excited.

[136] When the long procession had closed, it was found that about a thousand men had agreed to enter into William's service.

About two thousand accepted passes from Ginkell, and went quietly home.

About eleven thousand returned with Sarsfield to the city.


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