The Kings-County.
AS the Queen’s
County was so nam’d from Queen Mary; so the adjacent little County on the north (divided by the river Barrow,
and called heretofore Offalie) was called, in honour of Philip of Spain her husband, the King’s County;
and the head-town, Philips-town:Philips-town. where † † Is,
C.was a garrison, a Seneschal, and several noted families of the English, the Warrens, Herberts,
Colbies, Mores, and the Leicesters; and of the Irish, the family of O-conor, to whom a great part
of it formerly belong’d; as also of Mac Coghlam, and O-maily, Fox, and others, who stoutly *
* Defend, C.defended the possessions left them here by their ancestors. These native Irish †
† Complain, C.complain’d that the estates of their families ¦ ¦ Are,
C.were taken from them, and no others in lieu thereof assigned them to live upon. For this reason they ¦
¦ Break, C.broke out into rebellion upon every occasion, and being thus wrought into a Spirit of
Revenge, * * Annoy, C.annoy’d the English with great outrage and cruelty. ⌈But now, all those
Families, both English and Irish are extinct; except the Leicesters, who are in a low state; and the
Mores, who are in a flourishing condition, and have been lately advanced to the honour of Barons of Tullamore.
This County is now well improved and inhabited; and, besides the Borough of Philips-town (which gives the title
of Baron to the Lord Viscount Molesworth,) hath the Borough of Bonagher; and Edenderry, a large Town;
with several pretty Villages; and from GeshillGeshill. herein, the honourable Family of
Digby in England take their title of Baron.⌉