[25] The obligation arising from their having sworn allegiance to him. [26] The memorial was written by Sir John Browne. [27] Ireland was, for political reasons, much favoured by the Crown, during the reigns of Charles II. and James II. [28] England. [29] Scotland and Ireland. [30] The Irish Sea. [31] The Pict's Wall. [32] An allusion to the border raids of the Highlanders. [33] Charles I. [34] The Lord-Lieutenant. [35] An allusion to the strained relations between England and Scotland, caused by the passing of the Scottish Act of Security. [36] The Union. [37] An allusion to the Irish linen trade. [38] An allusion to the Scotch Colonists in Ulster. [39] Dr. William King, the friend and correspondent of Swift. [40] It was the practice among the farmers to wear out their ground with ploughing, neither manuring nor letting it lie fallow; and when their leases were nearly out, they even ploughed their meadows, so that the landlords, unable to check them by other means, were obliged to resort to this pernicious measure. [41] Putting up at auction. [42] A project for establishing an Irish Bank, which was soon after placed before Parliament, but rejected. [43] The Right Honourable Walter Carey. He was Secretary to the Duke of Dorset when Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.