No lodgings had been provided for his men, no place of security for his stores, no horses, no carriages, [628] His troops had to undergo the hardships of a long march through a desert before they arrived at Dublin.

At Dublin, indeed, they found tolerable accommodation.

They were billeted on Protestants, lived at free quarter, had plenty of bread, and threepence a day.

Lauzun was appointed Commander in Chief of the Irish army, and took up his residence in the Castle, [629] His salary was the same with that of the Lord Lieutenant, eight thousand Jacobuses, equivalent to ten thousand pounds sterling, a year.

This sum James offered to pay, not in the brass which bore his own effigy, but in French gold.