I dedicate the volume to you that I may have as

opportunity of calling myself your friend.

J. HENRY SHORTHOUSE

Lansdowne, Edgbaston,

June 17, 1880.

Memoirs of the Life

OF

MR. JOHN INGLESANT

SOMETIME SERVANT TO KING CHARLES L

WITH

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING BY

THE JESUITS

AND

A PARTICULAR RELATION OF THE SECRET SERVICES

IN WHICH HE WAS ENGAGED

ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE LATE

IRISH REBELLION

WITH

SEVERAL OTHER REMARKABLE PASSAGES AND OCCURRENCES,

ALSO

A HISTORY OF HIS RELIGIOUS DOUBTS AND EXPERIENCES

AND OF THE MOLINISTS OR QUIETISTS IN ITALY

IN WHICH COUNTRY HE RESIDED FOR MANY YEARS

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF

THE ELECTION OF THE LATE POPE

AND

MANY OTHER EVENTS AND AFFAIRS