Mercurius hibernicus, or, A discourse of the late insurrection in Ireland displaying (1) the true causes of it ..., (2) the course that was taken to suppresse it, (3) the reasons that drew on a cessation of arms, and other compliances since : as also, touching those auxiliaries which are transported thence to serve in the present warre.
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             Mercurius hibernicus, or, A discourse of the late insurrection in Ireland displaying (1) the true causes of it ..., (2) the course that was taken to suppresse it, (3) the reasons that drew on a cessation of arms, and other compliances since : as also, touching those auxiliaries which are transported thence to serve in the present warre.
             Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
          
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             Mercurius
             Hibernicus
             :
          
           OR
           ,
           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           late
           Insurrection
           in
           IRELAND
           ,
           displaying
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               true
               causes
               of
               it
               (
               till
               now
               not
               so
               fully
               discovered
               .
               )
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               course
               that
               was
               taken
               to
               suppresse
               it
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               reasons
               that
               drew
               on
               a
               Cessation
               of
               Arms
               ,
               and
               other
               compliances
               since
               .
            
          
        
         
           AS
           ALSO
           Touching
           those
           Auxiliaries
           which
           are
           transported
           thence
           to
           serve
           in
           the
           present
           WARRE
           .
        
         
         
           —
           Patremque
           
             Mercurium
          
           blandae
           quis
           negat
           esse
           
             Lyrae
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           at
           
             Bristoll
             ,
          
           1644.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           Mercurius
           Hibernicus
           ,
           His
           Advertisement
           to
           the
           wel-temperd
           READER
           .
        
         
           THere
           is
           a
           mongrell
           race
           of
           
             Mercuries
          
           lately
           sprung
           up
           ,
           but
           I
           claime
           no
           
             acquaintance
          
           with
           them
           ,
           much
           lesse
           any
           
             Kinred
             .
          
           They
           have
           commonly
           but
           one
           weeks
           time
           for
           their
           conception
           and
           birth
           ;
           and
           then
           are
           they
           but
           like
           those
           
             Ephemeran
          
           creatures
           ,
           which
           
             Pliny
          
           speakes
           of
           ,
           that
           are
           borne
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           grow
           up
           till
           noon
           ,
           and
           perish
           the
           same
           night
           :
           I
           hope
           to
           be
           longer
           liv'd
           then
           so
           ,
           because
           I
           was
           longer
           a
           getting
           ,
           there
           was
           more
           time
           and
           matter
           went
           to
           my
           Generation
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           Tale
           how
           the
           true
           
             Mercury
          
           indeed
           ,
           descended
           once
           in
           a
           disguise
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           he
           was
           esteem'd
           on
           earth
           ;
           and
           entring
           one
           day
           into
           a
           Painters
           shop
           ,
           he
           found
           there
           divers
           Pictures
           of
           
             Apollo
             ,
             Jupiter
             ,
             Mars
             ,
          
           with
           others
           ,
           and
           spying
           his
           owne
           hanging
           in
           a
           corner
           hard
           by
           he
           asked
           what
           the
           price
           of
           that
           Pourtrait
           might
           be
           ,
           The
           Painter
           answered
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           bought
           any
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           he
           would
           give
           him
           that
           into
           the
           bargaine
           for
           nothing
           :
           
             Mercury
          
           hereupon
           shaking
           his
           white
           
             Caducean
             ,
          
           flung
           out
           in
           indignation
           ,
           and
           flew
           up
           to
           Heaven
           .
           Should
           
             Mercury
          
           chance
           to
           descend
           now
           from
           his
           spheare
           ▪
           I
           think
           he
           would
           be
           much
           more
           offended
           to
           find
           himself
           personated
           by
           every
           petty
           impertinent
           Pamphleter
           ;
           yet
           I
           beleeve
           he
           would
           not
           take
           it
           ill
           that
           
             Aulicus
          
           assumes
           his
           shape
           ,
           nor
           that
           the
           
             Harp
             ,
          
           who
           owes
           her
           first
           invention
           to
           him
           ,
           should
           be
           made
           now
           his
           crest
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           my
           honourable
           Friend
           Master
           E.
           P.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           You
           please
           to
           cast
           your
           eyes
           upon
           the
           following
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           beleeve
           it
           will
           afford
           you
           some
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           enlighten
           you
           more
           in
           the
           Irish
           affaires
           .
           The
           alleagiance
           I
           owe
           to
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           was
           the
           
             Midwife
          
           that
           brought
           it
           forth
           ,
           and
           I
           make
           bold
           to
           make
           choyce
           of
           you
           for
           my
           
             Gossip
             ,
          
           because
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             true
             Servant
             
               Philerenus
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           Mercurius
           Hibernicus
           .
        
         
           THere
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           since
           these
           wars
           begun
           ,
           whereof
           there
           hath
           been
           more
           advantage
           made
           ,
           to
           traduce
           and
           blemish
           His
           Majesties
           actions
           ,
           to
           alienate
           and
           imbitter
           the
           affections
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           to
           incite
           them
           to
           armes
           ,
           and
           enharden
           them
           in
           the
           quarrell
           ,
           than
           of
           the
           
             Irish
          
           affaires
           ;
           whether
           one
           cast
           his
           eyes
           upon
           the
           beginning
           and
           procedure
           of
           that
           warre
           (
           which
           some
           by
           a
           most
           mōstrous
           impudence
           would
           patronize
           upon
           their
           Majesties
           )
           or
           upon
           the
           late
           
             Cessation
             ,
          
           and
           the
           transport
           of
           Auxiliaries
           since
           from
           thence
           .
           There
           are
           some
           that
           in
           broken
           peeces
           have
           written
           of
           all
           three
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           one
           entire
           discourse
           ,
           as
           this
           is
           :
           nor
           hath
           any
           hitherto
           hit
           upon
           those
           reasons
           and
           inferences
           that
           shall
           be
           displayed
           herein
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           who
           adventures
           to
           judge
           of
           affaires
           of
           State
           ,
           specially
           of
           traverses
           of
           warre
           ,
           as
           of
           Pacifications
           ,
           of
           Truces
           ,
           Suspensions
           
           of
           Armes
           ,
           Parlies
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           must
           well
           observe
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           the
           successe
           and
           circumstance
           of
           matters
           past
           ,
           the
           posture
           and
           pressure
           of
           things
           present
           (
           and
           upon
           the
           
             Place
          
           )
           the
           inducement
           or
           
             enforcement
          
           of
           causes
           ,
           the
           gaining
           of
           time
           ,
           the
           necessity
           of
           preventing
           greater
           mischiefes
           (
           whereunto
           true
           policy
           
             prometheus
          
           like
           hath
           alwayes
           an
           eye
           )
           with
           other
           advantages
           .
           The
           late
           
             Cessation
          
           of
           Armes
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           was
           an
           affaire
           of
           this
           nature
           ;
           a
           true
           Act
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           of
           as
           high
           a
           consequence
           as
           could
           be
           :
           Which
           Cessation
           is
           now
           become
           the
           
             common
             Subject
          
           of
           every
           mans
           discourse
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           discourse
           of
           every
           
             common
             Subject
          
           all
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           over
           :
           And
           not
           onely
           the
           subject
           of
           their
           discourse
           ,
           but
           of
           their
           
             censure
          
           also
           ;
           nor
           of
           their
           censure
           onely
           ,
           but
           of
           their
           reproach
           and
           obloquy
           .
           For
           the
           World
           is
           come
           now
           to
           that
           passe
           ,
           that
           the
           Foot
           must
           judge
           the
           Head
           ,
           the
           very
           
             Cobler
          
           must
           pry
           into
           the
           Cabinet
           Counsels
           of
           his
           
             King
             ;
          
           nay
           ,
           the
           
             Distaffe
          
           is
           ready
           ever
           and
           anon
           to
           arraigne
           the
           
             Scepter
             ;
          
           Spinstresses
           are
           become
           States-women
           ,
           and
           every
           peasan
           turned
           
           politician
           ;
           such
           a
           fond
           irregular
           humour
           reignes
           generally
           of
           late
           yeeres
           amongst
           the
           English
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Designe
           of
           this
           small
           discourse
           ,
           though
           the
           Subject
           require
           a
           farre
           greater
           volume
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           His
           Majesties
           most
           pious
           intentions
           in
           condescending
           to
           this
           late
           suspension
           of
           Arms
           in
           His
           Kingdome
           of
           
             Ireland
             ;
          
           and
           to
           make
           it
           appeare
           to
           any
           rationall
           ingenious
           capacity
           ,
           (
           not
           pre-occupied
           or
           purblinded
           with
           passion
           )
           that
           there
           was
           more
           of
           honour
           and
           necessity
           ,
           more
           of
           prudence
           and
           piety
           in
           the
           said
           Cessation
           ,
           than
           there
           was
           either
           in
           the
           
             Pacification
          
           or
           
             Peace
          
           that
           was
           made
           with
           the
           Scot
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           proceed
           herein
           the
           more
           methodically
           ,
           I
           will
           lay
           downe
           ,
           first
           ,
        
         
           The
           reall
           and
           true
           radicall
           causes
           of
           the
           late
           two-yeers
           Irish
           
             Insurrection
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           course
           His
           Majesty
           used
           to
           suppresse
           it
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           those
           indispensable
           impulsive
           reasons
           and
           invincible
           necessity
           which
           enforced
           His
           Majesty
           to
           condescend
           to
           a
           Cessation
           .
        
         
         
           Touching
           the
           grounds
           of
           the
           said
           Insurrection
           ,
           we
           may
           remember
           when
           His
           Majesty
           out
           of
           a
           pious
           designe
           (
           as
           His
           
             late
             Majesty
          
           also
           had
           )
           to
           settle
           an
           Uniformity
           of
           serving
           God
           in
           all
           his
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           sent
           our
           
             Liturgie
          
           to
           his
           Subjects
           of
           
             Scotland
             ;
          
           some
           of
           that
           Nation
           made
           such
           an
           advantage
           hereof
           ,
           that
           though
           it
           was
           a
           thing
           onely
           
             recommended
             ,
          
           not
           
             commanded
          
           or
           pressed
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           cald
           in
           suddenly
           againe
           by
           a
           most
           gracious
           Proclamation
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           a
           generall
           pardon
           :
           Yet
           they
           would
           not
           rest
           there
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           take
           the
           opportunity
           hereby
           to
           demolish
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Hierarchy
           of
           the
           Church
           (
           which
           was
           no
           grievance
           at
           all
           till
           then
           )
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           they
           put
           themselves
           in
           actuall
           Arms
           ,
           and
           obtained
           at
           last
           what
           they
           listed
           ;
           which
           they
           had
           not
           dared
           to
           have
           done
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           been
           sure
           to
           have
           as
           good
           friends
           in
           
             England
          
           as
           they
           had
           in
           
             Scotland
          
           (
           as
           
             Lesley
          
           himselfe
           confessed
           to
           Sir
           
             William
             Berkley
          
           at
           
             Newcastle
          
           )
           for
           some
           of
           the
           chiefest
           Inconformists
           here
           ,
           had
           not
           onely
           intelligence
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           had
           been
           of
           their
           Cabinet-counsels
           in
           moulding
           the
           
           Plot
           :
           though
           some
           would
           east
           this
           war
           upon
           the
           French
           Cardinall
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           the
           invasiō
           we
           made
           upon
           
             his
          
           Masters
           dominions
           in
           the
           Iste
           of
           
             Rets
             ;
          
           as
           also
           for
           some
           advātage
           the
           English
           use
           to
           do
           the
           Spaniard
           in
           transporting
           his
           Treasure
           to
           Dunkerk
           ,
           with
           other
           offices
           .
           Others
           would
           cast
           it
           upō
           the
           
             Jesuit
             ,
          
           that
           he
           should
           project
           it
           first
           ,
           to
           force
           His
           Majesty
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           his
           Roman
           Catholick
           Subjects
           for
           ayd
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           ,
           by
           such
           
             Supererogatory
          
           service
           ingratiate
           thēselves
           the
           more
           into
           his
           favour
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Irish
          
           hearing
           how
           well
           their
           next
           Neighbours
           had
           sped
           by
           way
           of
           Arms
           ,
           it
           filled
           them
           full
           of
           thoughts
           &
           apprehensiōs
           of
           feare
           &
           jealousie
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Scot
          
           would
           prove
           more
           powerfull
           hereby
           ,
           and
           consequently
           more
           able
           to
           do
           them
           hurt
           ,
           and
           to
           attempt
           wayes
           to
           restrain
           them
           of
           that
           connivency
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           allowed
           in
           poynt
           of
           Religion
           :
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           Nation
           upon
           earth
           that
           the
           Irish
           hate
           in
           that
           perfectiō
           ,
           &
           with
           a
           greater
           Antipathy
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           or
           from
           whom
           they
           conceive
           greater
           danger
           :
           For
           whereas
           they
           have
           an
           old
           prophesie
           amongst
           them
           ,
           which
           one
           shall
           heare
           up
           and
           
           downe
           in
           every
           mouth
           ,
           
             That
             the
             day
             will
             come
             when
             the
             Irish
             shall
             weep
             upon
             English
             mens
             graves
             ,
          
           They
           feare
           that
           this
           prophesie
           will
           be
           verified
           and
           fulfilled
           in
           the
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           above
           any
           other
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           the
           
             Irish
          
           entred
           into
           consideration
           ,
           that
           
             They
          
           also
           had
           sundry
           grievances
           and
           grounds
           of
           complaint
           ,
           both
           touching
           their
           estates
           and
           consciences
           ,
           which
           they
           pretended
           to
           be
           farre
           greater
           than
           those
           of
           the
           
             Scots
             .
          
           For
           they
           fell
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Scot
           was
           suffered
           to
           introduce
           a
           
             new
          
           Religion
           ,
           it
           was
           reason
           they
           should
           not
           be
           so
           pinched
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           
             old
             ,
          
           which
           they
           glory
           never
           to
           have
           altered
           .
           And
           for
           temporall
           matters
           (
           wherein
           the
           
             Scot
          
           had
           no
           grievance
           at
           all
           to
           speak
           of
           )
           the
           new
           plantations
           which
           had
           been
           lately
           afoot
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           in
           
             Conaught
          
           and
           other
           places
           ;
           the
           concealed
           lands
           and
           defective
           titles
           which
           were
           daily
           found
           out
           ;
           the
           new
           customes
           which
           were
           imposed
           ,
           and
           the
           incapacity
           they
           had
           to
           any
           preferment
           or
           office
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           (
           with
           o●her
           things
           )
           they
           cōceived
           these
           to
           be
           grievances
           of
           a
           farre
           greater
           nature
           ,
           and
           that
           deserved
           redresse
           much
           more
           than
           
           any
           the
           
             Scot
          
           had
           .
           To
           this
           end
           ,
           they
           sent
           over
           Commissioners
           to
           attend
           this
           Parliament
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           with
           certaine
           Propositions
           ,
           but
           those
           Commissioners
           were
           dismissed
           hence
           with
           a
           short
           and
           unsavoury
           answer
           ,
           which
           bred
           worse
           blood
           in
           the
           Nation
           than
           was
           formerly
           gathered
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           with
           that
           leading
           case
           of
           the
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           the
           first
           incitements
           that
           made
           them
           rise
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           course
           of
           humane
           actions
           ,
           we
           daily
           find
           it
           to
           be
           a
           true
           rule
           ,
           
             Exempla
             movent
             ,
             Examples
             move
             ,
          
           and
           make
           strong
           impressions
           upon
           the
           fancy
           ;
           
             precepts
          
           are
           not
           so
           powerfull
           as
           
             precedents
             .
          
           The
           said
           example
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           wrought
           wonderfully
           upon
           the
           imagination
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           and
           filled
           them
           (
           as
           I
           touched
           before
           )
           with
           thoughts
           of
           emulation
           ,
           that
           
             They
          
           deserved
           altogether
           to
           have
           as
           good
           usage
           as
           the
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           their
           Country
           being
           farre
           more
           beneficiall
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           more
           importing
           the
           English
           Nation
           .
           But
           these
           were
           but
           confused
           imperfect
           notions
           ,
           which
           began
           to
           receive
           more
           vigour
           and
           forme
           after
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Strafford
             ,
          
           who
           had
           kept
           them
           
           under
           so
           exact
           an
           obedience
           ,
           though
           some
           censure
           him
           to
           have
           screwed
           up
           the
           strings
           of
           the
           
             Harp
          
           too
           high
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           the
           taking
           off
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Straffords
          
           head
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           the
           second
           incitement
           to
           the
           
             heads
          
           of
           that
           insurrection
           to
           stirre
           .
        
         
           Adde
           hereunto
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Irish
          
           understanding
           with
           what
           acrimony
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           in
           
             England
          
           were
           proceeded
           against
           since
           the
           sitting
           of
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           what
           further
           designes
           were
           afoot
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           for
           ranversing
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           it selfe
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           practised
           (
           which
           some
           shallow-braind
           Scismaticks
           doe
           throw
           into
           the
           same
           scales
           with
           Popery
           .
           )
           They
           thought
           it
           was
           high
           time
           for
           them
           to
           forecast
           what
           should
           become
           of
           
             Them
             ,
          
           &
           how
           they
           should
           be
           handled
           in
           poynt
           of
           conscience
           ,
           when
           a
           new
           Deputy
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           election
           (
           
             approbation
          
           at
           least
           )
           should
           come
           over
           .
           Therefore
           they
           fell
           to
           consult
           of
           some
           meanes
           of
           timely
           prevention
           :
           And
           this
           was
           another
           motive
           (
           and
           it
           was
           a
           shrewd
           one
           )
           which
           pusht
           on
           the
           
             Irish
          
           to
           take
           up
           Armes
           .
        
         
         
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           Army
           of
           8000.
           men
           ,
           which
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Strafford
          
           had
           raised
           to
           be
           transported
           to
           
             England
          
           for
           suppressing
           the
           Scot
           ,
           being
           by
           the
           advice
           of
           our
           Parliament
           here
           ,
           disbanded
           ;
           the
           Country
           was
           annoyed
           by
           some
           of
           those
           stragling
           Souldiers
           ,
           as
           not
           one
           in
           twenty
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           will
           from
           the
           sword
           to
           the
           spade
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           pike
           to
           the
           plough
           againe
           .
           Therefore
           the
           two
           Marquesses
           that
           were
           Ambassadours
           here
           ,
           then
           for
           
             Spaine
             ,
          
           having
           propounded
           to
           have
           some
           numbers
           of
           those
           disbanded
           forces
           ,
           for
           the
           service
           of
           their
           Master
           ;
           His
           Majesty
           by
           the
           mature
           advice
           of
           his
           privy
           Counsell
           ,
           to
           occurre
           the
           mischiefs
           that
           might
           arise
           to
           his
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           by
           those
           loose
           casheered
           Souldiers
           ,
           yeelded
           to
           the
           Ambassadours
           motion
           ,
           who
           sent
           notice
           here
           of
           to
           
             Spaine
          
           accordingly
           ,
           and
           so
           provided
           shipping
           for
           their
           transport
           ,
           and
           impressed
           mony
           to
           advance
           the
           businesse
           ;
           but
           as
           they
           were
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           that
           work
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           being
           then
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           there
           was
           a
           suddē
           stop
           made
           of
           those
           promised
           troops
           ,
           who
           had
           depended
           long
           upon
           the
           Spaniards
           service
           ,
           as
           the
           Spaniard
           had
           done
           on
           theirs
           .
        
         
         
           And
           this
           was
           the
           last
           ,
           though
           not
           the
           least
           fatall
           cause
           of
           that
           horrid
           insurrection
           :
           All
           which
           particulars
           well
           considered
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           have
           been
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           standing
           upon
           the
           top
           of
           
             Holy-Head
             ,
          
           to
           have
           foreseen
           those
           black
           clouds
           engendring
           in
           the
           Irish
           aire
           ,
           which
           broke
           out
           afterwards
           into
           such
           fearfull
           tempests
           of
           blood
           .
        
         
           Out
           of
           these
           premises
           ,
           it
           is
           easie
           for
           any
           common
           understanding
           ,
           not
           transported
           with
           passion
           and
           private
           interest
           ,
           to
           draw
           this
           conclusion
           .
           That
           
             They
          
           who
           complied
           with
           the
           Scot
           in
           his
           insurrection
           ;
           
             They
          
           who
           dismissed
           the
           Irish
           Commissioners
           with
           such
           a
           short
           
             unpolitick
          
           answer
           ,
           
             They
          
           who
           took
           off
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Straffords
          
           head
           ,
           and
           delayed
           afterwards
           the
           dispatching
           of
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Leicester
             ;
             They
          
           who
           hindered
           those
           disbanded
           troops
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           to
           goe
           for
           
             Spaine
             ,
          
           may
           be
           justly
           said
           to
           have
           bin
           the
           true
           causes
           of
           the
           late
           insurrection
           of
           the
           Irish
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           know
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           whose
           soules
           must
           be
           laid
           the
           blood
           of
           those
           hundred
           and
           odde
           thousands
           poore
           Christians
           ,
           who
           perished
           in
           that
           war
           ;
           so
           that
           
           had
           it
           been
           possible
           to
           have
           brought
           over
           their
           bodies
           unputrified
           to
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           to
           have
           cast
           them
           at
           the
           doores
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           some
           men
           I
           beleeve
           they
           would
           have
           gushed
           out
           afresh
           into
           blood
           ,
           for
           discovery
           of
           the
           true
           murtherers
           .
        
         
           The
           grounds
           of
           this
           insurrection
           being
           thus
           discovered
           ,
           let
           us
           examine
           what
           meanes
           His
           Majesty
           used
           for
           the
           suppression
           of
           it
           .
           He
           made
           his
           addresse
           presently
           to
           his
           great
           Counsell
           ,
           the
           English
           Parliament
           then
           assembled
           ,
           which
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
          
           and
           her
           progenitors
           did
           seldome
           use
           to
           doe
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           their
           Privy
           Counsell
           in
           such
           cases
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           discussing
           and
           transacting
           of
           all
           forreigne
           affaires
           ;
           for
           in
           mannaging
           matters
           of
           State
           ,
           specially
           those
           of
           war
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           carried
           with
           all
           the
           secrecy
           that
           may
           be
           ,
           
             Trop
             grand
             nombre
             ,
             est
             encombre
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Frenchman
           saith
           ,
           too
           great
           a
           number
           of
           Counsellours
           may
           be
           an
           incumber
           ,
           and
           expose
           their
           results
           and
           resolutions
           to
           discovery
           and
           other
           disadvantages
           ,
           whereas
           in
           military
           proceedings
           the
           work
           should
           be
           afoot
           before
           the
           Counsels
           be
           blazed
           abroad
           .
           Well
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           transmitted
           
           this
           businesse
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           who
           totally
           undertaking
           it
           ,
           and
           wedding
           as
           it
           were
           the
           quarrell
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           they
           did
           that
           of
           the
           
             Palatinate
          
           a
           little
           before
           by
           solemne
           vote
           ;
           the
           like
           was
           done
           by
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           also
           ,
           by
           a
           publike
           joynt
           Declaration
           ,
           which
           in
           regard
           there
           came
           nothing
           of
           it
           ,
           tended
           little
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           either
           Nation
           abroad
           )
           His
           Majesty
           gave
           his
           royall
           assent
           to
           any
           Propositions
           or
           acts
           for
           raising
           of
           men
           ,
           mony
           and
           armes
           to
           performe
           the
           work
           .
           But
           hereby
           no
           man
           is
           so
           simple
           as
           to
           think
           His
           Majesty
           should
           absolutely
           give
           over
           his
           own
           personall
           care
           and
           protection
           of
           that
           his
           Kingdome
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           Rule
           ,
           
             That
             a
             King
             can
             no
             more
             desert
             the
             protection
             of
             his
             owne
             people
             ,
             then
             they
             their
             subjection
             to
             him
             .
          
           In
           all
           his
           Declarations
           there
           was
           nothing
           that
           he
           endeard
           and
           inculcated
           more
           often
           ,
           and
           with
           greater
           aggravation
           and
           earnestnesse
           unto
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           care
           of
           his
           poore
           Subjects
           their
           fellow-protestants
           in
           
             Ireland
             :
          
           Nay
           ,
           he
           resented
           their
           condition
           so
           f●rre
           ,
           and
           took
           the
           businesse
           so
           to
           heart
           ,
           that
           he
           offered
           to
           passe
           over
           in
           person
           for
           their
           
           reliefe
           :
           And
           who
           can
           deny
           but
           this
           was
           a
           magnanimous
           and
           King-like
           resolution
           ?
           Which
           the
           
             Scots
          
           by
           publike
           act
           of
           Counsell
           ,
           did
           highly
           approve
           of
           ,
           and
           declared
           it
           to
           be
           an
           argument
           of
           care
           and
           courage
           in
           His
           Majesty
           .
           And
           questionlesse
           it
           had
           done
           infinite
           good
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           them
           that
           have
           felt
           the
           pulse
           of
           the
           Irish
           people
           ,
           who
           are
           daily
           ore-heard
           to
           groan
           ,
           how
           they
           have
           bin
           any
           time
           these
           400.
           yeeres
           under
           the
           English
           .
           Crowne
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           saw
           but
           two
           of
           their
           Kings
           all
           the
           while
           upō
           Irish
           ground
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           but
           a
           
             salt
             ditch
          
           of
           a
           few
           hours
           sail
           to
           passe
           over
           .
           And
           much
           more
           welcome
           should
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           now
           regnant
           ,
           be
           amongst
           them
           ,
           who
           ,
           by
           generall
           
             tradition
             ,
             They
          
           confesse
           and
           hold
           to
           come
           on
           the
           paternall
           side
           from
           
             Fergus
          
           (
           by
           legall
           and
           lineall
           descent
           )
           who
           was
           an
           Irish
           Prince
           ,
           and
           after
           King
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           whereas
           the
           title
           of
           all
           our
           former
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           was
           stumbled
           at
           alwayes
           by
           the
           vulger
           .
           His
           Majesty
           finding
           that
           this
           royall
           proffer
           of
           engaging
           his
           owne
           person
           ,
           was
           rejected
           with
           a
           kind
           of
           scorn
           ,
           coucht
           in
           smooth
           language
           ,
           though
           the
           m●ine
           businesse
           concerned
           
           himselfe
           neerest
           ,
           and
           indeed
           solely
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           Kingdome
           being
           his
           owne
           hereditary
           Right
           .
           Understanding
           also
           ,
           what
           base
           sinister
           use
           there
           was
           made
           of
           this
           insurrection
           by
           some
           trayterous
           malevolent
           persons
           ,
           who
           ,
           to
           cast
           aspersions
           upon
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           to
           poyson
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           besides
           publike
           infamous
           reports
           ,
           counterfeited
           certaine
           commissions
           in
           His
           Majesties
           name
           to
           authorize
           the
           businesse
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           privy
           to
           it
           ,
           though
           I
           dare
           pawn
           my
           soul
           His
           (
           or
           
             Her
          
           Majesty
           )
           knew
           no
           more
           of
           it
           then
           the
           great
           
             Mogor
          
           did
           .
           Finding
           also
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           imployed
           hence
           for
           the
           managing
           and
           composing
           matters
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           though
           nominated
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           recommendation
           authorized
           by
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           did
           not
           observe
           their
           instructions
           ,
           and
           yet
           were
           connived
           at
           .
           Understanding
           also
           ,
           what
           an
           inhumane
           designe
           there
           was
           between
           them
           and
           the
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           in
           lieu
           of
           suppressing
           an
           insurrection
           to
           eradicat
           and
           extinguish
           a
           whole
           Nation
           to
           make
           booty
           of
           their
           l●nds
           ,
           (
           which
           hopes
           the
           
             London
          
           Adventurers
           did
           hugge
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           divide
           the
           
           Beares
           skin
           before
           he
           was
           taken
           ,
           as
           His
           Majesty
           told
           them
           )
           an
           attempt
           the
           
             Spaniard
          
           not
           any
           other
           Christian
           State
           ever
           intended
           against
           the
           worst
           of
           Savages
           ;
           The
           conceit
           whereof
           infused
           such
           a
           desperate
           courage
           ,
           eagernesse
           and
           valour
           into
           the
           
             Irish
             ,
          
           that
           it
           made
           them
           turn
           
             necessity
          
           into
           a
           kind
           of
           
             vertue
             .
          
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           taking
           notice
           that
           those
           royall
           Subsidies
           ,
           with
           other
           vast
           contributions
           whereunto
           he
           had
           given
           way
           ,
           with
           the
           sums
           of
           particular
           Adventurers
           (
           amongst
           whom
           some
           Aliens
           (
           
             Hollanders
          
           )
           were
           taken
           in
           ,
           besides
           the
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           to
           share
           the
           Country
           )
           were
           misapplyed
           ,
           being
           visibly
           imployed
           ,
           rather
           to
           feed
           and
           English
           Rebelliō
           then
           to
           suppresse
           an
           Irish
           :
           Nay
           ,
           understanding
           that
           those
           charitable
           collections
           which
           were
           made
           for
           the
           reliefe
           of
           those
           distressed
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           being
           stripped
           of
           all
           their
           livelihood
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           were
           forced
           to
           fly
           over
           to
           
             England
             ,
          
           were
           converted
           to
           other
           uses
           ,
           and
           the
           Charity
           not
           dispensed
           according
           to
           the
           Givers
           intention
           .
           Hearing
           also
           that
           those
           5000.
           men
           which
           had
           been
           levyed
           and
           assigned
           to
           goe
           under
           the
           Lord
           
             Wharton
             ,
          
           the
           
           Lord
           of
           
             Kerry
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Faithfull
             Fortescue
          
           and
           others
           were
           diverted
           from
           going
           to
           the
           west
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           imployed
           to
           make
           up
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Essex
          
           Army
           :
           And
           having
           notice
           besides
           that
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Warwicke
          
           had
           stayd
           certaine
           ships
           going
           thither
           with
           supplies
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           an
           attempt
           to
           send
           for
           over
           to
           
             England
          
           some
           of
           those
           Scottish
           Forces
           which
           were
           in
           
             Vlster
             ,
          
           without
           his
           privity
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           finding
           
             himself
          
           unfitted
           ,
           and
           indeed
           disabled
           to
           reach
           those
           his
           distressed
           Subjects
           ,
           his
           owne
           royall
           
             arme
             ▪
          
           all
           his
           navall
           strength
           ,
           revenues
           and
           magazines
           being
           out
           of
           his
           
             hands
             ;
          
           and
           having
           as
           hard
           a
           game
           to
           play
           still
           with
           the
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           and
           as
           pernicious
           a
           fire
           to
           quench
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           any
           of
           his
           Progenitors
           ever
           had
           :
           Receiving
           intelligence
           also
           daily
           from
           his
           Protestant
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           thence
           ,
           in
           what
           a
           desperate
           case
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           stood
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           report
           of
           the
           Committee
           that
           attended
           His
           Majesty
           from
           them
           expresly
           for
           that
           service
           ,
           who
           amongst
           other
           deplorable
           passages
           in
           their
           petition
           ,
           represented
           ,
           
             That
             all
             means
             by
             which
             comfort
             and
             life
             should
             be
             conveyed
             unto
             
             that
             gasping
             Kingdome
             ,
             seemed
             to
             be
             totally
             obstructed
             ,
             and
             that
             unlesse
             timely
             reliefe
             were
             afforded
             ,
             His
             loyall
             Subjects
             there
             must
             yeeld
             their
             fortunes
             for
             a
             prey
             ,
             their
             lives
             for
             a
             sacrifice
             ,
             and
             their
             Religion
             for
             a
             scorne
             to
             the
             mercilesse
             Rebels
             .
          
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           (
           as
           it
           was
           high
           time
           for
           him
           )
           taking
           into
           his
           Princely
           thoughts
           those
           wofull
           complaints
           and
           cryes
           of
           his
           poore
           Subjects
           ,
           condescended
           at
           last
           to
           appoint
           some
           persons
           of
           honour
           to
           heare
           what
           the
           Irish
           could
           say
           for
           themselves
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           often
           petitioned
           ;
           and
           God
           forbid
           but
           the
           King
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           should
           receive
           his
           Subjects
           petitions
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           King
           of
           
             Scotland
             .
          
           But
           His
           Majesty
           being
           unsatisfied
           with
           what
           they
           propounded
           then
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Marquesse
           of
           
             Ormond
          
           marched
           with
           cōsiderable
           Forces
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           came
           off
           with
           honour
           ,
           yet
           no
           reliefe
           at
           all
           cōming
           thither
           for
           many
           moneths
           after
           from
           the
           Parliament
           here
           ,
           who
           had
           undertaken
           the
           businesse
           ,
           and
           had
           received
           all
           the
           summes
           and
           subsidies
           ,
           with
           other
           unknown
           contributions
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           matters
           grew
           daily
           worse
           and
           worse
           .
           To
           sum
           up
           all
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           receiving
           expresse
           and
           positive
           
           advice
           from
           his
           Lord
           Justices
           and
           Counsell
           of
           State
           there
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           was
           upon
           poynt
           of
           utter
           perdition
           ,
           which
           was
           co-intimated
           the
           same
           time
           to
           the
           Parliament
           here
           ,
           by
           a
           speciall
           letter
           to
           the
           
             Speaker
             ;
          
           I
           say
           His
           Majesty
           finding
           that
           he
           had
           neither
           power
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           it
           being
           transmitted
           to
           others
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           Trustees
           did
           misapply
           that
           power
           and
           trust
           he
           had
           invested
           in
           them
           (
           for
           the
           time
           )
           to
           make
           good
           their
           undertaking
           for
           preservation
           of
           that
           his
           fruitfull
           Kingdome
           ;
           being
           impelled
           by
           all
           these
           forcible
           reasons
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           sent
           a
           commission
           to
           the
           Lord
           Marquesse
           of
           
             Ormond
          
           his
           Lieutenant
           Generall
           (
           a
           most
           known
           sincere
           Protestant
           )
           to
           hearken
           to
           a
           treaty
           according
           to
           their
           petition
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           thing
           was
           amisse
           in
           that
           treaty
           in
           poynt
           of
           honour
           (
           as
           it
           shall
           appeare
           by
           comparing
           it
           with
           others
           ,
           there
           was
           none
           )
           we
           know
           whom
           to
           thank
           .
           For
           out
           of
           these
           premises
           also
           ,
           doth
           result
           this
           second
           conclusion
           .
           That
           they
           who
           
             misapplied
             those
             moneys
             ,
             and
             mis-imployed
             those
             men
          
           which
           were
           levyed
           with
           His
           Majesties
           royall
           assent
           for
           the
           reduction
           of
           
             Ireland
             :
          
           They
           who
           set
           afoot
           that
           most
           sanguinary
           designe
           of
           extirpating
           ,
           
           at
           least
           of
           
             enslaving
          
           a
           whole
           ancient
           Nation
           ,
           who
           were
           planted
           there
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Providence
           from
           the
           beginning
           :
           They
           who
           hindred
           His
           Majesties
           
             transfretation
          
           thither
           to
           take
           cognizance
           of
           his
           own
           affairs
           and
           expose
           the
           countenance
           of
           His
           own
           royall
           person
           for
           composing
           of
           things
           :
           They
           ,
           They
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           the
           true
           causes
           of
           that
           unavoidable
           necessity
           (
           and
           as
           the
           heathen
           Poet
           sings
           ,
           
             The
             Gods
             themselves
             cannot
             resist
             Necessity
          
           )
           which
           enforced
           His
           Majesty
           to
           capitulate
           with
           the
           Irish
           ,
           and
           assent
           to
           a
           Cessation
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           saying
           of
           one
           of
           the
           bravest
           Roman
           Emperours
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           often
           used
           by
           
             Henry
          
           the
           
             Great
          
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           Her
           Majesties
           Father
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             rather
             save
             the
             life
             of
             one
             loyall
             Subject
             then
             kill
             a
             hundred
             Enemies
             :
          
           It
           may
           well
           be
           thought
           that
           one
           of
           the
           prevalentst
           inducements
           that
           moved
           His
           Majesty
           (
           besides
           those
           formerly
           mentioned
           )
           to
           condescend
           to
           this
           Irish
           Cessation
           ,
           was
           a
           sense
           he
           had
           of
           the
           effusion
           of
           his
           owne
           poor
           Subjects
           blood
           ,
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           utter
           extirpation
           of
           the
           Protestants
           there
           ,
           and
           a
           totall
           irrecoverable
           losse
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           was
           
           advertised
           both
           in
           the
           petition
           of
           the
           Protestants
           themselves
           ,
           the
           relation
           of
           the
           Committee
           imployed
           thither
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           the
           expresse
           letters
           of
           the
           Lord
           Justices
           and
           Counsell
           there
           .
        
         
           To
           prove
           now
           ,
           that
           this
           Cessation
           of
           Arms
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           was
           more
           honourable
           and
           fuller
           of
           Piety
           ,
           Prudence
           and
           Necessity
           ,
           then
           either
           the
           Pacification
           or
           Peace
           with
           the
           
             Scot
             .
          
           I
           hope
           ,
           these
           few
           ensuing
           arguments
           (
           above
           divers
           others
           which
           cannot
           be
           inserted
           here
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           fore
           intended
           brevity
           of
           this
           Discourse
           )
           will
           serve
           the
           turne
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Imprimis
             ,
          
           When
           the
           
             Pacification
          
           was
           made
           with
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           His
           Majesty
           was
           there
           personally
           present
           ,
           attended
           on
           by
           the
           floure
           of
           His
           English
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           and
           Servants
           ,
           and
           the
           enemy
           was
           hard
           by
           ready
           to
           face
           Him
           .
           At
           the
           concluding
           of
           the
           Irish
           Cessation
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           was
           not
           there
           personally
           present
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           agitated
           and
           agreed
           on
           by
           his
           
             Commissioner
             ,
          
           and
           it
           hath
           been
           held
           alwayes
           lesse
           dishonourable
           for
           a
           King
           to
           capitulate
           in
           this
           kind
           with
           his
           owne
           Subjects
           by
           his
           Deputy
           ,
           then
           in
           his
           owne
           person
           ,
           for
           the
           further
           off
           he
           is
           ,
           the
           lesse
           reflects
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Upon
           the
           Pacification
           and
           Peace
           with
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           there
           was
           an
           Amnestia
           ,
           a
           generall
           pardon
           ,
           and
           an
           abolition
           of
           all
           by-passed
           offences
           published
           ,
           there
           were
           honours
           and
           offices
           conferred
           upon
           the
           chiefest
           sticklers
           in
           the
           War
           .
           At
           the
           Cessation
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           there
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           When
           the
           Pacification
           and
           Peace
           was
           made
           with
           the
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           there
           was
           mony
           given
           unto
           
             Them
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           too
           well
           knowne
           .
           But
           upon
           the
           setling
           of
           this
           Cessation
           ,
           the
           Irish
           gave
           His
           Majesty
           a
           considerable
           summe
           as
           an
           argument
           of
           their
           submission
           and
           gratitude
           ,
           besides
           the
           maintainance
           of
           some
           of
           his
           Garrisons
           in
           the
           interim
           ;
           and
           so
           much
           partly
           in
           poynt
           of
           honour
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           At
           the
           concluding
           of
           the
           Pacification
           and
           Peace
           with
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           there
           was
           a
           vigorous
           fresh
           ,
           unfoiled
           English
           Army
           afoot
           ,
           and
           in
           perfect
           equipage
           ;
           there
           wanted
           neither
           Ammunition
           ,
           Armes
           ,
           Money
           ,
           Cloaths
           ,
           Victuals
           or
           any
           thing
           that
           might
           put
           heart
           into
           the
           Souldier
           and
           elevate
           his
           spirits
           .
           But
           the
           Protestant
           Army
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           had
           not
           any
           of
           all
           these
           in
           any
           competent
           proportion
           ,
           but
           were
           ready
           to
           perish
           ,
           though
           there
           had
           been
           
           no
           other
           enemy
           then
           hunger
           and
           cold
           :
           And
           this
           implies
           a
           farre
           greater
           necessity
           for
           the
           said
           Cessation
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           
             Ireland
          
           there
           was
           imminent
           danger
           of
           an
           instant
           losse
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           the
           utter
           subversion
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           there
           ,
           as
           was
           certified
           both
           to
           King
           &
           Parliament
           by
           sundry
           letters
           &
           petitions
           which
           stand
           upon
           record
           :
           There
           was
           no
           such
           danger
           in
           the
           affairs
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           either
           in
           respect
           of
           Religion
           or
           Kingdome
           ;
           therefore
           there
           was
           more
           piety
           shown
           in
           preserving
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           prudence
           in
           preserving
           the
           other
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           by
           plucking
           both
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           out
           of
           the
           very
           jawes
           of
           destruction
           by
           the
           said
           Cessation
           .
        
         
           We
           know
           that
           
             in
             the
             Medley
             of
             mundane
             casualties
             ,
             of
             two
             evils
             ,
             the
             least
             is
             to
             be
             chosen
             ,
          
           and
           a
           small
           inconvenience
           is
           to
           be
           borne
           withall
           ,
           to
           prevent
           a
           greater
           .
        
         
           If
           one
           make
           research
           into
           the
           French
           Story
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           ,
           that
           many
           kinds
           of
           Pacifications
           and
           Suspensions
           of
           Armes
           were
           covenanted
           twixt
           that
           King
           and
           some
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           trenching
           farre
           more
           upon
           regall
           dignity
           then
           this
           in
           
             Ireland
             .
          
           The
           Spaniard
           
           was
           forced
           to
           declare
           the
           Hollanders
           
             Free-states
             ,
          
           before
           they
           could
           be
           brought
           to
           treat
           of
           a
           truce
           :
           And
           now
           the
           
             Catalans
          
           screw
           him
           up
           almost
           to
           as
           high
           conditions
           .
           But
           what
           need
           I
           rove
           abroad
           so
           far
           ?
           It
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           out
           of
           the
           memory
           of
           man
           ,
           that
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           it selfe
           there
           have
           been
           Cessations
           ,
           all
           circumstances
           well
           weighed
           ,
           more
           prejudiciall
           to
           Majesty
           then
           this
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           I
           heare
           murmured
           at
           most
           as
           the
           effect
           of
           this
           Cessation
           ,
           is
           the
           transport
           of
           some
           of
           those
           Souldiers
           to
           
             England
          
           for
           recruting
           His
           Majesties
           Armies
           ,
           though
           the
           greatest
           number
           of
           them
           be
           perfect
           and
           rigid
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           were
           those
           whom
           our
           Parliament
           it selfe
           imployed
           against
           the
           Irish
           .
           But
           put
           case
           they
           were
           all
           
             Papists
             ,
          
           must
           His
           Majesty
           therefore
           be
           held
           a
           Favourer
           of
           popery
           ?
           The
           late
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           might
           have
           been
           said
           as
           well
           to
           have
           been
           a
           Favourer
           of
           
             Protestants
             ,
          
           because
           in
           all
           his
           wars
           he
           imployed
           
             Them
          
           most
           of
           any
           in
           places
           of
           greatest
           trust
           ,
           against
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
             ;
          
           whereas
           all
           the
           World
           knows
           ,
           that
           he
           perfectly
           hated
           them
           in
           the
           generall
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           reaches
           of
           policy
           he
           had
           ,
           was
           to
           spend
           and
           waste
           
           them
           in
           the
           warres
           .
           Was
           it
           ever
           knowne
           but
           a
           Soveraigne
           Prince
           might
           use
           the
           bodies
           &
           strength
           of
           his
           own
           naturall-born
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           Liege
           men
           for
           his
           owne
           defence
           ?
           When
           His
           person
           hath
           been
           sought
           and
           aimed
           at
           in
           open
           field
           by
           small
           and
           great
           shot
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Engines
           of
           hostility
           and
           violence
           :
           When
           he
           is
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           surprized
           or
           besieged
           in
           that
           place
           where
           he
           keeps
           his
           Court
           :
           When
           all
           the
           flowers
           of
           his
           Crowne
           (
           his
           royall
           prerogatives
           which
           are
           descended
           upō
           him
           from
           so
           many
           successive
           progenitors
           )
           are
           like
           to
           be
           plucked
           off
           and
           trampled
           under
           foot
           :
           When
           there
           is
           a
           visible
           plot
           to
           alter
           and
           overturn
           that
           Religion
           he
           was
           born
           ,
           baptized
           &
           bred
           in
           :
           When
           he
           is
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           forced
           to
           infringe
           that
           solemn
           Sacramentall
           Oath
           he
           took
           at
           his
           Coronation
           to
           maintain
           the
           said
           Religion
           ,
           with
           the
           Rights
           &
           Rites
           of
           the
           holy
           Anglican
           
             Church
             ,
          
           which
           some
           brain-sick
           Scismaticks
           would
           transform
           to
           a
           
             Kirk
          
           and
           her
           Discipline
           ,
           to
           some
           chimericall
           forme
           of
           government
           they
           know
           not
           what
           .
           
             Francis
          
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           other
           Christian
           Princes
           ,
           made
           use
           of
           the
           
             Turke
          
           upon
           lesse
           occasions
           ;
           and
           if
           one
           may
           make
           use
           of
           a
           Horse
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           bruit
           
           animall
           ,
           or
           any
           inanimat
           Engine
           or
           Instrument
           for
           his
           owne
           defence
           against
           man
           ,
           much
           more
           may
           man
           be
           used
           against
           man
           ,
           much
           more
           may
           one
           rationall
           Creature
           be
           usd
           against
           another
           though
           for
           destructive
           ends
           in
           a
           good
           cause
           ,
           specially
           when
           they
           are
           cōmanded
           by
           a
           Soveraigne
           head
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           maine
           thing
           that
           goes
           to
           justifie
           a
           warre
           .
           Now
           touching
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           whether
           
             English
             ,
             Welsh
             ,
             Irish
             ,
          
           or
           
             Scottish
             ,
          
           which
           repair
           to
           His
           Majesties
           armies
           either
           for
           service
           or
           security
           ,
           He
           looks
           not
           upon
           them
           as
           Papists
           ,
           but
           as
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           not
           upō
           their
           Religion
           ,
           but
           their
           alleagiance
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           quality
           he
           entertaines
           them
           :
           Nor
           can
           the
           Papist
           be
           denied
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           
             good
             Subject
             ,
          
           all
           the
           while
           he
           conformes
           himselfe
           to
           the
           Lawes
           in
           generall
           ,
           &
           to
           those
           lawes
           also
           that
           are
           particularly
           enacted
           against
           him
           ,
           &
           so
           keeps
           himself
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           his
           civil
           obedience
           :
           As
           long
           as
           he
           continues
           so
           ,
           he
           may
           challenge
           protection
           from
           his
           Prince
           by
           way
           of
           right
           ,
           and
           if
           his
           Prince
           by
           some
           accident
           be
           not
           in
           case
           to
           protect
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           give
           him
           leave
           to
           defend
           himselfe
           the
           best
           he
           can
           ,
           for
           the
           law
           of
           
           nature
           allowes
           every
           one
           to
           defend
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           positive
           law
           of
           man
           can
           annull
           the
           law
           of
           nature
           .
           Now
           if
           the
           
             Subject
          
           may
           thus
           claime
           protection
           from
           his
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           it
           followeth
           ,
           the
           
             Prince
          
           by
           way
           of
           reciprocation
           may
           require
           assistance
           ,
           service
           and
           supplies
           from
           the
           
             Subject
          
           upon
           all
           publike
           occasions
           ,
           as
           to
           suppresse
           at
           this
           time
           a
           new
           race
           of
           
             Recusants
             ,
          
           which
           have
           done
           more
           hurt
           then
           ever
           the
           
             old
          
           did
           ,
           and
           are
           like
           to
           prove
           more
           dangerous
           to
           His
           Crowne
           and
           regall
           Authority
           then
           any
           forraigne
           enemy
           .
        
         
           But
           whosoever
           will
           truly
           observe
           the
           genious
           ,
           and
           trace
           the
           actions
           of
           this
           fatall
           Faction
           which
           now
           swayes
           with
           that
           boundlesse
           ,
           exorbitant
           ,
           arbitrary
           and
           Antinomian
           power
           ,
           will
           find
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           one
           of
           their
           prime
           peeces
           of
           policy
           ,
           to
           traduce
           and
           falsifie
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           not
           conducible
           to
           their
           owne
           ends
           :
           Yet
           what
           comes
           from
           
             Them
          
           must
           be
           so
           magisteriall
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           so
           unquestionably
           and
           incontroulably
           true
           and
           lawfull
           ,
           that
           it
           must
           be
           beleeved
           with
           an
           implicite
           faith
           ,
           as
           proceeding
           from
           an
           in-erring
           Oracle
           (
           as
           if
           these
           Zealots
           were
           above
           the
           common
           condition
           
           of
           mankind
           ,
           to
           whom
           errour
           is
           as
           heriditary
           as
           any
           other
           infirmity
           )
           though
           the
           thing
           it selfe
           encroach
           never
           so
           grosly
           both
           upon
           the
           common
           liberty
           ,
           the
           states
           and
           soules
           of
           men
           .
           But
           if
           any
           thing
           beare
           the
           stamp
           of
           royall
           Authority
           ,
           be
           it
           never
           so
           just
           and
           tending
           to
           peace
           and
           the
           publike
           good
           ,
           yea
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           indifferent
           to
           either
           side
           ,
           it
           is
           presently
           countermanded
           ,
           cryed
           down
           ,
           and
           stifled
           ;
           or
           it
           is
           calumniated
           and
           aspersed
           with
           obloquies
           ,
           false
           glosses
           and
           misprisions
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           become
           now
           the
           common
           Theam
           wherewith
           their
           Pulpits
           ring
           .
        
         
           Which
           makes
           me
           think
           ,
           that
           these
           upstart
           politicians
           have
           not
           long
           to
           reigne
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           the
           common
           Proverb
           saith
           ,
           
             Fraud
             and
             frost
             end
             foule
             ,
             and
             are
             short
             lived
             ,
          
           so
           that
           policy
           ,
           those
           Counsels
           which
           are
           grounded
           upon
           scandals
           ,
           reproaches
           and
           lyes
           ,
           will
           quickly
           moulder
           &
           totter
           away
           ,
           and
           bring
           their
           Authors
           at
           last
           to
           deserved
           infamy
           and
           shame
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           find
           a
           Tombe
           in
           their
           owne
           ruines
           .
           Adde
           hereunto
           as
           further
           badges
           of
           their
           nature
           ,
           that
           black
           irreconcilable
           malice
           and
           desire
           of
           revenge
           which
           rageth
           in
           
           them
           ,
           the
           aversnesse
           they
           have
           to
           any
           sweetnesse
           of
           Conformity
           and
           Union
           ,
           the
           violent
           thirst
           they
           have
           of
           blood
           ,
           which
           makes
           me
           think
           on
           that
           distique
           of
           
             Prudentius
             ,
          
           who
           seemed
           to
           be
           a
           
             Prophet
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Poet
          
           (
           a
           true
           
             Vates
          
           )
           in
           displaying
           the
           humours
           of
           these
           fiery
           Dogmatists
           ,
           this
           all-confounding
           faction
           which
           now
           hath
           the
           vogue
           ,
           to
           the
           
             punishment
             ,
          
           I
           will
           not
           say
           yet
           ,
           the
           
             perdition
          
           of
           this
           poore
           Island
           .
        
         
           
             Sic
             mores
             produnt
             animum
             ,
             &
             mihi
             credite
             ,
             junctus
          
           
             Semper
             cum
             falso
             est
             dogmatè
             coedis
             amor
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           in
           English
           :
           
           
             
               Manners
               betray
               the
               mind
               ,
               and
               credit
               me
               ,
            
             
               Ther
               's
               alwayes
               thirst
               of
               blood
               with
               Heresie
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .