Memoirs of Theobald Wolfe Tone Author:Theobald Wolfe Tone Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OF THEOBALD WOLFE TONE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. COMPRISING A COMPLETE JOURNAL OF HIS NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCURE THE AID OF THE FRENCH FOR THE LI... more »BERATION OF IRELAND. WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS DIARY WHILST AGENT TO THE IRISH CATHOLICS. EDITED BY HIS SON, WILLIAM THEOBALD WOLFE TONE. Victrix causa Diis placuit, sed ricta Catoni. Pbarsalia, lib. i. r. 128. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, 8, NEW BURLINGTON STREFP. London : PRINTED BY S, AND R. BENTLEY, DORSET STREET. chapter{Section 4MEMOIRS THEOBALD WOLFE TONE. DIARY CONTINUED. July, 1796. 1. (Sings, with great courage,) " Oh, July the first in Oldbridge-town, there was a grievous battle." We made no great figure that day, that is the God's truth of it. Well, no matter; what is past, is past. We must see and do better the next time; besides, we pulled up a little the year after at Aughrim, and made a most gallant defence at Limerick. But I am writing a history of the wars in Ireland, instead of minding my business. Suffice it to say, (God forgive me for lying) that " we are undoubtedly the bravest nation in Europe." There are, however, VOL. II. B some brave men scattered here and there through the French army, but let that pass. " I hope to see a battle yet before I die :" huzza ! generally ! 2. Clarke has been confined to his room, and I believe to his bed, for these four days; he is cut down by continual labour in his bureau. This delays my affair a little. I saw his aid-de-camp to day, who told me by his orders, " that he hoped to see me the day after to-morrow; that he wished to consult me on an affair of great importance, on which he must also see another person besides, and that when we met, we should arrange certain matters," !...« less