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obliged to Serjeant Mayart for some other Proofs in their favour, which he intended against them: for, amongst his Precedents of giving Law, be informs us , in p. 219. "that, in the Reign of King Henry II. the common Law and lawful Customs of England were received, planted, and established, in this his Majesty's Kingdom of Ireland;" a Point which every Irish Patriot is zealous to maintain! And he has favoured us, in page 220, with another notable Example of binding the Irish by English Laws; this, it seems, was in the Reign of King John, "of whom," (says he triumphantly,) “in that respect,
