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Reflections upon some Persons and Things in Ireland. William Petty
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Автор произведения William Petty
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Sect. 6. p. 104.
Causes of Dr. Petty's troubles, as they arose from the Envy and Hatred of the People, consisting of several parties and Interests promiscuously.
I. | DIscontent among the Surveyors. | 104 |
II. | The difficulty and impossibility of distinguishing between profitable and unprofitable Land. | 105 |
III. | The hopeful Method of Dr. Petty's beginning the Survey, a cause of Envy. | 106 |
IV. | The Surveyors and others reflecting upon their own merit. | 107 |
V. | Dr. Petty being forced to collect Money from above 500 Members of the Army, a cause much wrangling. | 108 |
VI. | Dr. Petty's too much and too great variety of business, a cause of displeasing many. | 109 |
VII. | Mens own guilt and jealousie who had back-bitten Dr. Petty. | 110 |
Dr. Petty's strictness in discharge of his trust, with the reasons of it. | 111 | |
VIII. | The conveniency which the Agents of the Army and others had to excuse their own miscarriages, by laying them upon D. Petty. | 112 |
An Intimation of some miscarriages of the said Agents. | 112 | |
IX. | The fewness and often absence of Dr. Petty's fellow Commissioners, a cause. | 116 |
The validity and unalterableness of what D. Petty did, a cause. | 117 | |
X. | Iests, &c: a cause. | 117 |
XI. | D. Petty not being a Member of any particular Church, nor votary to any particular Faction, a cause why all Sectaries and Factious persons were jealous of him. | 118 |
XII. | Petty's preferring the L. Lieutenants business before that of other particular Mens, a cause. | 119 |
D. Petty's not courting some Grandees, to prevent jealousie in the Lord Lieut., another cause. | 120 | |
XIII. | The fewness of those who understood the business of setting out Lands, was the reason why D. Petty could not be seasonably vindicated. | 121 |
XIV. | His want of leisure to visit and make friendships, a cause. | ibid. |
XV. | Dr. Petty's confidence of his Innocency, and consequently his too much neglecting clamours, a cause. | 122 |
Section 7.
1. | A further account of the method which Dr. Petty's Enemies took to prosecute him. | 123 |
A hint of their unchristian management of the same. | ibid. | |
Interrogatories relating to Dr Petty's pretended Avarice, Pride, Injustice, Fraud, Unfaithfulness, &c. | 125 | |
2. | Interrogatories upon his Avarice in particular. | 126 |
3. | Upon his Pride and Ambition. | 128 |
4. | Upon his Injustice. | 129 |
5. | Upon his Frauds. | 131 |
6. | As to his Unfaitfulness. | 134 |
7. | Interrogatories upon Dr Petty's Religion. | 137 |
8. | An Epilogue upon the Interrogatories. | 141 |
Postcript.
1. | The reason why Dr Petty speaks with freedom and contempt of Sir Hierome and Worsly. | 142 |
2. | Dr Petty's resolutions as to the tryalls of the things charged against him. | 148 |
3. | Dr Petty hath not handled Sir Hierome Sankey in that foul manner which Sir Hierome hath done him. |