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Regiments to be raised for Ireland amid 1709 tempests
An itemized update notes Country Quarters and eight regiments to be raised for Ireland’s establishment. It reports large exports of wheat to Spain and precious metals to Holland, mentions Montijo and Fitzgerald’s diplomatic roles, and recalls Greenwich Palace’s demolition and hospital plans. It also touches stormy weather preventing Prince of Orange’s fortress visits, a captured siege plan, and local notes on births deaths and sermons.
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Ireland
Spain
Holland
Count de Montijo
Paris
Don Thomas Fitzgerald
Greenwich
England
Charles II
James II
William
Franckfort
Serene
Prince of Orange
Brisac
Fribourg
EleGar Palatine
Mentz
Gumley
Philipsburg
Dublin
O&ober
Orange