the speech to sir William Jones upon his call to be lord chief justice of  Ireland sir William Jones the king most excellent majesty be due inform of  your sufficiency every way have call you by his Writ now return to the state  and degree of a sergeant at law but not to stay there but be so qualify to  serve he as his chief justice of his king bench in his realm of Ireland and  therefore that which I shall say to you must be apply not to your Srjeants  place which you take but in passage but to that great place where you be to  settle and because I will not spend time to the delay of the business of cause  of the court I will lead you the short journey by example and not the long by  precept the place that you shall now serve in have be fortunate to be well  serve in four succession before you do but take unto you the Constancy and  integrity of sir Robert gardener the gravity temper and direction of sir James  lea the Quicknese industry and dispatch of sir Burgundy winch the care and  affection to the common wealth and the prudent and politic Administration of  sir John Denham and you shall needs no other lesson they be all lincoln inn  man as you be you have know they as well in their beginning as in their  advancement but because you be to be there not only chief justice but a  counselor of estate I will put you in mind of the great work now in hand that  you may raise your think accord unto it Ireland be the last ex son Minos which  have be reclaim from desolation and a Desert in many part to population and  plantation and from savage and barbarous custom to humanity and civility this  be the king work in chief it be his garland of heroical virtue and felicity  deny to his progenitor and reserve to his time the work be not yet conduct to  perfection but be in fair advance and this I will say confident that if God  bless this kingdom with peace and justice no usurer be so sure in seven year  space to double his Prncipall with interest and interest upon interest as that  kingdom be within the same time to double the stock both of wealth and people  so as that kingdom which once within these twenty year wise man be wont to  doubt whether they shall wish it to be in a pool be like now to become almost  a garden and young sister to great Britain and therefore you must set down  with your self to be not only a just governor and a good chief justice as if  it be in England but under the king and the deputy you be to be a master  builder and a master planter and reducer of Ireland to which end I will  trouble you at this time but with three direction the first be that you have  special care of the three plantation that of the north which be in part act  that of Weshford which be now in distribution and that of Longford and letrim  which be now in survey and take this from I that the bane of a plantation be  when the undertaker or planter make such have to a little mechanical present  profit as disturb the whole frame and nobleness of the work for time to come  therefore hold they to their covenant and the strict ordinance of plantation  the second be that you be careful of the king revenue and by little and little  constitute he a good demeasn if it may be which hitherto be little or none for  the king case be hard when every man land shall be improve in valve with  increase manifold and the king shall be tie to his dry rend my last direction  though first in weight be that you do all good endeavour to proceed resolute  and constant and yet with due Temparance and equality in matter of religion  least Ireland civil become more dangerous to we then Ireland savage so God  give you comfort of your place