Essay on the origine of the royal family of Stewarts

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related, will afford another Argument to con-
fute the Dodor's Scheme, for if the STEW-
ARTS had had any Right to the Crown of
Ireland, by the indirect Ways, which the Doc-
tor mentions in the 49 Page of his Book, it
is not to be imagined, that Donald O-Neyl
would ever fo much as have attempted, in a
General Meeting of the States of Ireland, to
difpofe of that Crown to the Prejudice o£ Wal-
ter Stenart, who was univerfally known to be
one of the moft enterprizing and braved Men
of the Age he lived in, he would not have
given up his Right to the Earl of Carrick, who
had no relation to him, but what was very re-
mote and imaginary : Nor can it be thought
that Edward Bruce would have accepted the
Offer, or that Robert his Brother King of Scot-
land, would have allowed of fuch a Difpofi-
tion, if Walter Steuart, upon whom he had
lately bellowed his Daughter in Marriage, had
by this Choice been deprived of his Right ; ..
fince Walter was able to break. all the Meafiires
they could concert, for fettling the Earl of
Carrlck on the Throne of Ireland, not only be-
caufe he was one of the moft powerful Lords
of