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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,