@article{539094, note = {'The life of Sir John Davies' is by the editor, George Chalmers. }, author = {Davies, John,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/539094}, title = {Historical tracts by Sir John Davies, Attorney General, and Speaker of the House of Commons in Ireland; consisting of 1. A discovery of the true cause why Ireland was never brought under obedience of the Crown of England. 2. A letter to the Earl of Salisbury on the state of Ireland, in 1607. 3. A letter to the Earl of Salisbury, in 1610; giving an account of the plantation in Ulster. 4. A speech to the Lord-Deputy in 1613, tracing the ancient constitution of Ireland. To which is prefixed a new life of the author, from authentic documents. [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {printed by William Porter, for Mess. White, Gilbert, Byrne, Whitestone, W. Porter, and Moore,}, recid = {539094}, pages = {[4],xxxviii,313,[17]p. ;}, address = {Dublin :}, year = {1787}, }