[47] See Recueil Chronologique et Analytique de tout ce qui a fait en
Portugal la Societe de Jesus. Vol. ii. sect. 406.
[48] _Plunder_, observed Mr. Douce, is pure Dutch or
Flemish--_Plunderen_, from _Plunder_, which means _property_ of any
kind. May tells us it was brought by those officers who had returned
from the wars of the Netherlands.
[49] One of the best collections of political songs written during
the great Civil War, is entitled "The Rump," and has a curious
frontispiece representing the mob burning rumps as described above.
[50] The "History of the Tories and Rapparees" was a popular Irish
chapbook a few years ago, and devoted to the daring acts of these
marauders.
[51] These curious particulars I found in a manuscript.
[52] Lord Shelburne was named "Malagrida," and Lord Sandwich was
"Jemmy Twitcher;" a name derived from the chief of Macheath's gang
in the _Beggar's Opera_.