The answer of a person of quality to a scandalous letter lately printed and subscribed by P.W. intituled, A letter desiring a just and merciful regard of the Roman Catholicks of Ireland
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             The answer of a person of quality to a scandalous letter lately printed and subscribed by P.W. intituled, A letter desiring a just and merciful regard of the Roman Catholicks of Ireland
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           Walsh, Peter, 1618?-1688. -- Letter desiring a just and merciful regard of the Roman Catholicks of Ireland.
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           THE
           ANSWER
           OF
           A
           PERSON
           of
           QUALITY
           ,
           To
           a
           Scandalous
           LETTER
           Lately
           Printed
           and
           Subscribed
           by
           P.
           W.
           Intituled
           ,
           [
           A
           Letter
           desiring
           a
           just
           and
           merciful
           Regard
           of
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           given
           about
           the
           end
           of
           
             October
             ,
             1660.
          
           to
           the
           then
           Marquess
           ,
           now
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           time
           L.
           Lievtenant
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           .
           ]
        
         
           DVBLIN
           .
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             C.
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1662.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Answer
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           HAving
           lately
           seen
           a
           Printed
           Paper
           ,
           the
           Title
           whereof
           is
           ,
           [
           
             A
             Letter
             desiring
             a
             just
             and
             merciful
             regard
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             given
             about
             the
             end
             of
             October
             ,
          
           1660.
           
             to
             the
             then
             Marquess
             ,
             now
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
             ,
             and
             the
             second
             time
             L.
             Lievtenant
             of
             that
             Kingdom
          
           :
           ]
           Subscribed
           by
           P.
           W.
           And
           finding
           it
           in
           effect
           ,
           whatever
           the
           words
           of
           it
           are
           ,
           
             extremely
             undutiful
             to
             his
             sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             very
             disrespectful
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
             L.
             Lievtenant
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             most
             scandalous
             not
             onely
             to
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             those
             of
             the
             same
             Religion
             in
             his
             sacred
             
             Majesties
             other
             Kingdoms
          
           :
           I
           have
           esteemed
           my self
           obliged
           ,
           
             as
             a
             faithful
             subject
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             an
             humble
             servant
             to
             the
             L.
             Lievtenant
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             son
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Church
             ,
          
           whose
           Members
           are
           as
           highly
           as
           falsly
           asperst
           by
           it
           ,
           to
           expose
           in
           print
           an
           Answer
           to
           that
           Letter
           ,
           which
           before
           I
           enter
           upon
           ,
           I
           will
           onely
           say
           ,
           P.
           W.
           professing
           not
           a
           little
           to
           be
           his
           Graces
           servant
           ,
           if
           he
           meant
           not
           this
           Letter
           as
           a
           respect
           to
           his
           Grace
           ,
           why
           was
           it
           written
           ?
           if
           he
           did
           ,
           why
           was
           it
           printed
           ?
           But
           P.
           W.
           despairing
           to
           receive
           from
           his
           Grace
           the
           effects
           of
           his
           
             unjust
             desires
          
           for
           his
           Countrey-men
           ,
           chose
           this
           way
           to
           acquaint
           them
           ,
           't
           was
           not
           for
           want
           of
           
             his
             sollicitation
          
           .
           He
           would
           let
           them
           see
           ,
           since
           he
           could
           not
           make
           them
           beholding
           to
           
             My
             L.
             Lievtenant
          
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           so
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Since
           I
           shall
           often
           have
           occasion
           to
           name
           IRISH
           PAPISTS
           ,
           I
           have
           thought
           fit
           here
           ,
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           to
           declare
           ,
           That
           I
           mean
           not
           thereby
           in
           all
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           my
           Answer
           ,
           any
           of
           those
           
             Worthy
             Persons
          
           of
           that
           Nation
           and
           Religion
           who
           have
           
             still
             faithfully
             served
             the
             King
          
           ,
           whose
           merit
           I
           highly
           respect
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           ,
           because
           it
           has
           been
           preserved
           from
           infection
           even
           in
           a
           very
           Pest-house
           ;
           nor
           any
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           having
           been
           truly
           sorrowful
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           constancy
           of
           their
           subsequent
           services
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           have
           
             washt
             themselves
             clean
          
           :
           For
           I
           take
           a
           perfect
           delight
           in
           any
           change
           from
           
             bad
             to
             good
          
           ;
           and
           I
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           of
           them
           had
           not
           so
           much
           indangered
           their
           being
           polluted
           again
           ,
           as
           interceding
           and
           pleading
           for
           their
           guilty
           Countrey-men
           does
           amount
           unto
           .
           Having
           
           thus
           made
           this
           necessary
           digression
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           .
        
         
           The
           parts
           separate
           of
           this
           Letter
           are
           three
           .
           First
           ,
           a
           Preface
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           a
           Petition
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           a
           Conclusion
           or
           concluding
           Wish
           .
           P.
           W.
           prefaceth
           ;
           First
           ,
           
             the
             Fears
             and
             Iealousies
          
           of
           those
           whom
           he
           calls
           the
           Catholicks
           of
           Ireland
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           
             His
             own
             affection
             to
             ,
             and
             confidence
             in
             his
             Grace
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           Ormond
           .
        
         
           
             Fears
             and
             Iealousies
          
           are
           no
           less
           than
           must
           in
           reason
           be
           expected
           in
           the
           
             Generality
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
          
           ;
           For
           though
           the
           goodness
           and
           indulgence
           of
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           may
           make
           their
           condition
           safe
           :
           yet
           the
           
             conscience
             of
             their
             own
             guilt
          
           will
           never
           suffer
           them
           to
           be
           secure
           .
           Pretended
           
             Fears
             and
             Iealousies
          
           were
           the
           Forerunners
           ,
           if
           not
           Causers
           of
           
             Troubles
             past
          
           ;
           I
           hope
           P.
           W.
           intends
           them
           not
           as
           
             such
             ,
             for
             Troubles
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           Fear
           is
           founded
           on
           ,
           at
           least
           attended
           with
           Hatred
           ;
           and
           if
           one
           of
           the
           Best
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Servants
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           chiefest
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           be
           thus
           1.
           
           Vniversally
           ,
           2.
           
           
             Intensly
             fear'd
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           3.
           hated
           ,
           4.
           as
           P.
           W.
           says
           ,
           by
           his
           
             own
             Countrey-men
          
           :
           (
           but
           let
           all
           that
           P.
           W.
           prints
           ,
           stand
           or
           fall
           ,
           as
           this
           
             last
             particular
          
           is
           true
           or
           false
           ;
           for
           his
           Grace
           is
           neither
           his
           Countrey-man
           by
           
             birth
             ,
             Religion
          
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           relation
           to
           which
           that
           Name
           is
           appliable
           ;
           )
           yea
           5.
           by
           his
           own
           Fiduciares
           (
           as
           is
           expressed
           in
           the
           Printed
           Letter
           .
           )
           If
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           all
           this
           be
           not
           true
           ,
           why
           does
           P.
           W.
           say
           it
           ?
           if
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           what
           can
           others
           expect
           ?
           For
           if
           the
           flame
           be
           so
           in
           the
           green
           Tree
           ▪
           what
           will
           it
           be
           in
           the
           dry
           ?
        
         
           The
           Irish
           Papists
           in
           their
           former
           and
           later
           Apologies
           
           for
           the
           horridest
           of
           Rebellions
           ,
           have
           not
           to
           this
           very
           day
           (
           within
           any
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Dominions
           )
           even
           pretended
           publickly
           any
           other
           cause
           for
           their
           Rapines
           ,
           Murthers
           ,
           Massacres
           and
           Treasons
           ,
           but
           what
           resolves
           it self
           into
           
             Fears
             and
             Ielousies
          
           .
           And
           if
           their
           Passions
           be
           the
           same
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           their
           Wills
           are
           not
           alter'd
           .
           And
           if
           their
           Wills
           be
           the
           same
           ,
           nothing
           under
           God
           ,
           can
           prevent
           the
           effects
           ,
           but
           want
           of
           strength
           .
        
         
           Especially
           considering
           that
           1.
           in
           1641.
           no
           such
           antecedent
           animosities
           or
           hatreds
           had
           prepared
           matters
           for
           
             Fears
             and
             Ielousies
          
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           worst
           of
           Rebellions
           is
           now
           become
           even
           nationally
           violent
           ,
           (
           but
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           somewhat
           hard
           ,
           that
           those
           which
           give
           the
           rise
           for
           the
           Cause
           ,
           should
           first
           cry
           out
           in
           the
           Effects
           .
           )
           2.
           
           In
           1641.
           these
           
             Fears
             and
             Ielousies
          
           (
           if
           really
           in
           any
           )
           were
           but
           in
           a
           Few
           ;
           but
           now
           P.
           W.
           confesseth
           ,
           
             That
             they
             have
             seized
             upon
             almost
             all
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             and
             others
             ,
             yea
             the
             Generality
             of
             the
             Catholicks
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             even
             the
             constant
             Believers
             of
             ,
             passionate
             Sticklers
             for
             ,
             and
             fastest
             Friends
             to
             his
             Grace
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
          
           ;
           and
           this
           so
           intensly
           ,
           that
           it
           produceth
           
             the
             loss
             both
             of
             Faith
             and
             Hope
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           it
           may
           well
           be
           observed
           what
           temper
           they
           are
           of
           ,
           whom
           P.
           W.
           pleads
           for
           ;
           
             Ielousies
             ,
             Fears
          
           and
           
             want
             of
             faith
          
           are
           so
           inseparable
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           those
           in
           1641
           were
           onely
           said
           to
           be
           derived
           from
           his
           Majesties
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           now
           (
           all
           such
           by
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           being
           blown
           away
           )
           they
           are
           derived
           from
           
             his
             Majesties
             chief
             Minister
             of
             State
             of
             this
             Kingdom
          
           ;
           and
           who
           is
           made
           
           such
           ,
           as
           P.
           W.
           saith
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           most
           heartily
           acknowledg
           ,
           
             by
             his
             own
             great
             deserts
          
           .
           What
           is
           it
           can
           suppress
           the
           
             Fears
             and
             Ielousies
          
           of
           P.
           W's
           .
           Countrey-men
           ,
           when
           his
           Majesties
           free
           Election
           of
           a
           chief
           Governor
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           one
           as
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           is
           ,
           cannot
           do
           it
           ?
           This
           acknowledgment
           of
           P.
           W's
           .
           fully
           proves
           ,
           that
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           
             Fears
             and
             Ielousies
          
           of
           the
           chief
           Governors
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           in
           1641
           ,
           were
           onely
           taken
           up
           by
           those
           ,
           and
           not
           cause
           given
           for
           them
           by
           these
           .
           The
           plain
           English
           is
           this
           ,
           though
           his
           Majesty
           should
           from
           time
           to
           time
           nominate
           for
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           wisest
           and
           the
           faithfullest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           yet
           because
           the
           King
           commissionates
           them
           ,
           or
           because
           they
           are
           such
           ,
           or
           both
           ,
           many
           (
           I
           wish
           I
           could
           not
           say
           most
           )
           of
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           will
           be
           jealous
           and
           fearful
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           P.
           W's
           .
           affection
           to
           ,
           and
           confidence
           in
           his
           Grace
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           ,
           exprest
           by
           several
           instances
           
             of
             free
             and
             frequent
             access
             to
             him
             ,
             of
             his
             and
             others
             reliance
             on
             his
             word
             ,
             of
             his
             daily
             care
             and
             trouble
             to
             support
             his
             esteem
             ,
             and
             of
             blaming
             distrusters
             as
             guilty
             of
             ignorance
             of
             State
             affairs
             ,
             and
             the
             Intrigues
             obstructing
             ,
          
           as
           yet
           ;
           
             or
             of
             inconsideration
             of
             those
             wiser
             ways
             ,
             though
             slower
             ,
             than
             folly
             or
             rashness
             could
             chalk
             out
             ,
             or
             of
             prejudice
             and
             evil
             Passion
             .
          
           I
           will
           onely
           say
           ,
           That
           though
           P.
           W.
           would
           make
           us
           believe
           ,
           as
           if
           some
           word
           in
           secret
           had
           post
           by
           his
           Grace
           to
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           ,
           which
           they
           dare
           thus
           mention
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           publish
           to
           the
           world
           ;
           at
           least
           that
           he
           who
           is
           a
           profest
           Enemy
           to
           the
           English
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           is
           
           his
           Graces
           intimate
           and
           familiar
           Confident
           ;
           and
           by
           such
           as
           visible
           ,
           as
           false
           arts
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           infect
           the
           Protestants
           with
           the
           disease
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Country-men
           ;
           
             Ielousies
             and
             fears
             of
             the
             L.
             Lieutenant
             .
          
           Yet
           I
           dare
           as
           truly
           ,
           as
           confidently
           aver
           ,
           though
           P.
           W's
           .
           Oratory
           were
           as
           great
           as
           his
           malice
           ,
           his
           insinuations
           could
           not
           shake
           ,
           much
           less
           overthrow
           that
           irremoveable
           confidence
           his
           Majesties
           Protestant
           Subjects
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           ●ave
           built
           with
           great
           reason
           and
           experience
           upon
           his
           Grace
           ,
           even
           on
           the
           double
           Accompts
           ,
           of
           his
           Principles
           and
           Practises
           .
           To
           attempt
           to
           betray
           with
           a
           Kiss
           ,
           is
           neither
           a
           new
           art
           nor
           a
           new
           sin
           .
           But
           he
           that
           would
           destroy
           by
           undermining
           ,
           would
           do
           it
           
             by
             open
             force
          
           ,
           if
           his
           power
           proportion'd
           his
           will.
           
        
         
           Concerning
           P.
           W's
           .
           affection
           to
           his
           Grace
           ,
           he
           says
           no
           more
           for
           that
           in
           particular
           ,
           than
           he
           says
           in
           general
           for
           his
           Countrey-mens
           having
           a
           right
           to
           the
           Peace
           made
           in
           1648.
           
           Therefore
           I
           believe
           his
           Grace
           will
           take
           his
           measure
           of
           
             the
             former
             ,
             by
             his
             knowledg
             of
             the
             later
             .
          
        
         
           After
           this
           Preface
           ,
           P.
           W.
           
             petitions
             ,
             That
             his
             Grace
             would
             no
             longer
             delay
             ,
             than
             shall
             be
             necessary
             ,
             yea
             that
             he
             would
             in
             this
             present
             conjuncture
             ,
             effectually
             demonstrate
             that
             justice
             and
             favor
             he
             intended
             to
             the
             Catholicks
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             in
             the
             Articles
             of
             Peace
             made
             in
          
           1648.
           
        
         
           Though
           P.
           W.
           in
           the
           first
           clause
           ,
           petitions
           onely
           that
           his
           Grace
           
             would
             no
             longer
             delay
             than
             shall
             be
             necessary
          
           ;
           yet
           as
           if
           struck
           with
           the
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           of
           his
           Countrey-men
           ,
           and
           not
           daring
           to
           submit
           the
           determination
           of
           that
           period
           of
           necessity
           to
           his
           
           Graces
           judgment
           ,
           he
           petitions
           limitedly
           ,
           if
           not
           positively
           ,
           in
           the
           later
           clause
           ,
           for
           
             the
             present
             conjuncture
          
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           subject
           matter
           of
           that
           Justice
           and
           Favor
           petition'd
           for
           ,
           may
           be
           measur'd
           (
           as
           is
           exprest
           )
           by
           his
           Graces
           intendment
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           the
           Protestants
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           should
           his
           Majesty
           think
           fit
           )
           will
           freely
           submit
           their
           All
           ,
           to
           that
           Decision
           ;
           without
           either
           Articling
           with
           him
           first
           ;
           or
           
             breaking
             Articles
          
           after
           the
           guilt
           of
           making
           them
           .
        
         
           P.
           W.
           inforceth
           his
           Petition
           by
           Arguments
           pretending
           to
           
             
               Justice
               Distributive
               In
               the
               common
               case
               consider'd
               
                 
                   Absolutely
                   .
                
                 
                   comparatively
                
              
            
             
               Justice
               Commutative
               In
               some
               special
               cases
               of
               the
               
                 
                   Transplantation
                   .
                
                 
                   Corporation
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           In
           respect
           of
           the
           
             common
             Case
          
           considered
           absolutely
           ,
           P.
           W.
           argues
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
             in
          
           1648.
           
           
             FREELY
             put
             themselves
             and
             their
             power
             into
             his
             Graces
             hands
             .
          
        
         
           But
           Freely
           in
           this
           instance
           ,
           if
           it
           signifies
           ought
           meritoriously
           ,
           it
           signifies
           the
           same
           as
           gratis
           ;
           when
           as
           it
           was
           made
           ,
           1.
           upon
           Articles
           ;
           2.
           even
           upon
           such
           Articles
           ,
           as
           forced
           from
           his
           Majesty
           all
           the
           Regalia
           ,
           both
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Temporal
           ;
           3.
           when
           as
           at
           such
           a
           season
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           a
           Tempest
           every
           good
           Subject
           should
           freely
           have
           cast
           his
           Goods
           over-board
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           
             common
             Wrack
          
           ,
           even
           then
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           would
           not
           
           contribute
           to
           prevent
           one
           Leak
           ,
           but
           at
           a
           Rate
           unproportionate
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Tempest
           or
           Leaks
           increased
           ,
           so
           increased
           their
           Rates
           .
           But
           to
           show
           how
           freely
           the
           Irish
           put
           themselves
           and
           their
           power
           into
           his
           Majesties
           hands
           ,
           I
           need
           but
           rehearse
           his
           sacred
           Majesties
           own
           words
           ,
           in
           the
           preamble
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Gracious
           Declaration
           of
           the
           30.
           of
           November
           1660.
           page
           3.
           
             viz.
             We
             well
             remember
             the
             Cessation
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             which
             Our
             Royal
             Father
             of
             blessed
             Memory
             had
             been
          
           FORCED
           ,
           
             during
             the
             late
             Troubles
             ,
             to
             make
             with
             his
             Irish
             Subjects
             of
             that
             Our
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             by
             which
             he
             was
          
           COMPELLED
           
             to
             give
             them
             a
             full
             pardon
             for
             what
             they
             had
             before
             done
             amiss
             ,
             upon
             their
             return
             to
             their
             duty
             ,
             and
             their
             promise
             of
             giving
             his
             Majesty
             a
             vigorous
             assistance
             .
          
           In
           the
           same
           page
           of
           the
           same
           Declaration
           ,
           soon
           after
           follow
           these
           words
           ,
           
             viz.
             We
             could
             not
             forget
             the
             Peace
             which
             Our selves
             was
             afterwards
          
           NECESSITATED
           
             to
             make
             with
             our
             said
             Subjects
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             when
             they
             who
             wickedly
             usurped
             the
             Authority
             ,
             had
             erected
             that
             odious
             Court
             for
             the
             taking
             away
             the
             life
             of
             Our
             dear
             Father
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           That
           which
           his
           Majesty
           calls
           
             Forced
             ,
             Compelled
          
           and
           Necessitated
           ,
           P.
           W.
           calls
           
             Freely
             putting
             themselves
             into
             his
             Graces
             hands
          
           ;
           so
           that
           that
           untrue
           suggestion
           of
           his
           needs
           no
           other
           refutation
           as
           to
           the
           
             time
             past
          
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           the
           
             time
             to
             come
          
           ,
           I
           wish
           I
           had
           not
           cause
           to
           doubt
           ,
           if
           ever
           they
           put
           themselves
           into
           his
           Graces
           hands
           ,
           that
           which
           they
           
             will
             call
             Freely
          
           ,
           will
           be
           an
           effect
           of
           
             compulsion
             ,
             force
          
           and
           necessity
           .
           Whatever
           the
           Submission
           was
           in
           1648.
           and
           how
           free
           soever
           pretended
           ;
           yet
           the
           express
           letter
           of
           those
           Articles
           ,
           (
           Article
           18.
           )
           
           precludes
           all
           offences
           which
           shall
           be
           committed
           or
           done
           after
           their
           Date
           ;
           and
           
             after
             that
          
           ,
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           instead
           of
           
             freely
             putting
             themselves
             and
             their
             powers
             in
             the
             L.
             Lievtenants
             hands
             ,
          
           signally
           declared
           their
           Contempt
           of
           him
           ,
           Disobedience
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           Opposition
           against
           him
           .
           For
           proofs
           whereof
           ,
           among
           many
           ,
           I
           shall
           set
           down
           one
           undeniable
           instance
           of
           each
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           their
           Contempt
           :
           In
           April
           1650.
           by
           a
           Message
           they
           desired
           the
           L.
           Lieutenant
           to
           Leave
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           commit
           the
           Government
           to
           
             one
             of
             their
             own
             election
          
           ,
           in
           whom
           they
           could
           confide
           .
           That
           which
           Now
           P.
           W.
           varnisheth
           with
           a
           modester
           phrase
           of
           Fears
           and
           Iealousies
           ,
           was
           Then
           contempt
           and
           diffidence
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           that
           they
           own'd
           the
           L.
           Lievtenants
           Authority
           ,
           they
           desire
           him
           to
           resign
           it
           ,
           without
           his
           Majesties
           consent
           ,
           nay
           so
           much
           as
           his
           knowledg
           ;
           yet
           this
           is
           but
           consonant
           to
           the
           whole
           Series
           of
           their
           practises
           ,
           never
           to
           acknowledg
           the
           
             Kings
             Right
          
           ,
           but
           to
           
             affront
             it
             ,
             or
             to
             get
             their
             ends
             by
             it
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           For
           their
           Disobedience
           when
           the
           L.
           Lieutenant
           refused
           upon
           weighty
           reasons
           of
           Piety
           ,
           Duty
           and
           State
           ,
           to
           conform
           to
           this
           Message
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           in
           August
           following
           they
           by
           their
           publick
           Declaration
           professed
           their
           Disobedience
           in
           these
           very
           words
           :
           
             We
             do
             hereby
             manifest
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             no
             longer
             oblig'd
             to
             obey
             the
             Orders
             or
             Commands
             of
             the
             Marquess
             of
          
           Ormond
           .
           Words
           which
           so
           clearly
           evidence
           their
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           the
           vastness
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           need
           no
           Comment
           ,
           nor
           ought
           but
           the
           Text
           it self
           to
           prove
           both
           those
           Truths
           .
           Nor
           is
           there
           need
           
           of
           any
           other
           proof
           to
           evince
           their
           intire
           breach
           of
           those
           Articles
           ,
           which
           they
           now
           so
           fiercely
           plead
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           .
           They
           are
           so
           far
           from
           giving
           proofs
           of
           their
           duty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           gratitude
           for
           his
           mercy
           extended
           in
           those
           Articles
           ;
           that
           least
           any
           should
           suspect
           them
           guilty
           of
           those
           ,
           they
           declare
           their
           power
           
             paramount
             to
             his
             Majesties
             authority
          
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           They
           proceed
           from
           bad
           to
           worse
           ,
           from
           worse
           to
           worst
           ;
           from
           Contempt
           to
           Disobedience
           ,
           from
           disobedience
           to
           down-right
           Opposition
           .
           And
           accordingly
           the
           very
           next
           month
           they
           cause
           their
           Clergie
           to
           excommunicate
           
             not
             onely
             the
             L.
             Lievtenant
             ,
             but
             all
             that
             should
             feed
             ,
             or
             adhere
             to
             him
             .
             That
             which
             Christ
             commands
             us
             to
             do
             to
             our
             Enemies
             ;
             (
             if
             thy
             Enemy
             hunger
             ,
             feed
             him
             ;
             )
          
           and
           that
           which
           even
           common
           Charity
           makes
           us
           do
           to
           the
           very
           beggers
           at
           our
           gates
           ,
           they
           not
           onely
           refuse
           to
           do
           to
           him
           they
           so
           recently
           acknowledged
           to
           have
           his
           Majesties
           Authority
           ,
           nay
           who
           had
           the
           honor
           to
           represent
           his
           person
           :
           but
           also
           they
           prohibit
           all
           others
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           upon
           no
           less
           penalty
           than
           Excommunication
           ;
           and
           that
           nothing
           may
           be
           wanting
           to
           sublimate
           their
           wickedness
           to
           the
           highest
           ,
           Religion
           is
           made
           the
           instrument
           of
           their
           iniquity
           .
        
         
           The
           Notoriety
           whereof
           ,
           and
           of
           many
           other
           acts
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           that
           free
           submission
           immediately
           pretended
           ,
           is
           so
           undeniable
           ,
           that
           P.
           W's
           .
           own
           Conscience
           squeezeth
           out
           this
           confession
           ,
           
             I
             am
             not
             ignorant
             that
             some
             have
             after
             transgressed
             in
             a
             high
             nature
             .
          
        
         
           But
           first
           ,
           the
           aforementioned
           Declaration
           runs
           in
           
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Catholicks
             of
             Ireland
          
           ;
           now
           some
           ,
           was
           then
           all
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           All
           the
           premised
           instances
           of
           
             Contempt
             ,
             Disobedience
          
           and
           Opposition
           were
           not
           the
           acts
           of
           private
           ,
           but
           of
           publick
           persons
           ,
           even
           of
           those
           publick
           persons
           
             into
             whose
             hands
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             may
             truly
             be
             said
             to
             have
             gratis
             put
             themselves
             and
             their
             power
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           general
           silence
           and
           submission
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           to
           the
           premised
           instances
           ,
           conclusively
           argues
           ,
           
             a
             general
             consent
          
           thereunto
           ,
           at
           least
           subsequent
           ,
           if
           not
           antecedent
           ;
           for
           either
           they
           were
           
             generally
             consenting
          
           ,
           or
           dissenting
           ;
           if
           dissenting
           ,
           why
           did
           not
           that
           Generality
           punish
           the
           Transgressors
           ,
           or
           even
           oppose
           and
           deny
           the
           Transgression
           ?
           if
           
             generally
             consenting
          
           ,
           that
           extenuating
           particle
           some
           ,
           declares
           more
           affection
           in
           P.
           W.
           to
           those
           Consenters
           ,
           than
           either
           to
           his
           Majesty
           or
           his
           Viceroy
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Argument
           respecting
           the
           
             General
             Case
          
           ,
           is
           propounded
           by
           way
           of
           Comparison
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           frequent
           as
           untrue
           ,
           charging
           ,
           (
           1
           )
           Protestants
           ,
           (
           2
           )
           
             Many
             Protestants
          
           ,
           (
           3
           )
           
             Many
             thousand
             Protestants
          
           ,
           (
           4
           )
           
             In
             the
             three
             Kingdoms
          
           ;
           1.
           
           
             To
             have
             been
             more
             hainously
             criminal
          
           ;
           2.
           
           
             To
             have
             contributed
             ,
             or
             intended
             as
             little
             for
             the
             bringing
             home
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             wickedly
             principled
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
             of
             Ireland
             .
          
        
         
           If
           ever
           any
           ,
           this
           Comparison
           is
           odious
           ,
           between
           
             Many
             thousands
             Protestants
          
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           not
           barely
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           ,
           but
           the
           most
           
             wickedly
             principled
          
           of
           them
           :
           So
           that
           if
           P.
           W.
           may
           hold
           the
           scale
           ,
           the
           Crimes
           of
           those
           Protestants
           shall
           weigh
           
           more
           ,
           and
           their
           Services
           for
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           at
           least
           their
           intendments
           ,
           less
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           P.
           W.
           prove
           any
           one
           of
           those
           many
           Thousands
           thus
           wickedly
           principled
           to
           be
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           and
           he
           will
           with
           the
           same
           labour
           disprove
           his
           charge
           .
           Let
           him
           prove
           his
           charge
           in
           any
           one
           particular
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           with
           the
           same
           labour
           disprove
           his
           instance
           to
           be
           a
           Protestant
           .
        
         
           I
           believe
           most
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           have
           been
           first
           or
           last
           hainously
           criminal
           ,
           
             so
             that
             every
             Mouth
             must
             be
             stopped
             .
          
           But
           certainly
           their
           guilt
           gradually
           differs
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           
             wickedly
             principled
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
             of
             Ireland
          
           deserve
           not
           the
           lowest
           degrees
           in
           it
           .
           Yet
           possibly
           some
           others
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           may
           run
           parallel
           with
           them
           ;
           But
           I
           assume
           ,
           such
           are
           more
           closely
           allied
           both
           in
           Principle
           and
           Practise
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Irish
             Papist
          
           ,
           than
           
             English
             Protestant
          
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           all
           be
           involved
           in
           one
           Common
           guilt
           ,
           
             is
             the
             eye
             of
             P.
             W.
             evil
             ,
             because
             his
             Majesties
             is
             good
             ?
          
           or
           ,
           is
           there
           any
           necessity
           to
           extend
           the
           same
           Grace
           to
           all
           ;
           or
           to
           render
           a
           Reason
           ,
           where
           onely
           Grace
           makes
           the
           difference
           ?
           I
           presume
           P.
           W.
           expects
           a
           greater
           degree
           of
           favor
           than
           many
           others
           of
           his
           Countrey-men
           ,
           and
           therefore
           his
           Fears
           and
           Iealousies
           are
           less
           ;
           his
           affection
           and
           confidence
           more
           ;
           and
           may
           not
           his
           Majesties
           Grace
           make
           a
           general
           as
           well
           as
           personal
           difference
           ?
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           As
           God
           who
           is
           glorious
           in
           all
           perfections
           ,
           doth
           magnifie
           his
           Mercy
           above
           all
           his
           works
           :
           so
           his
           Majesty
           who
           abounds
           in
           all
           Royal
           virtues
           ,
           doth
           above
           
           all
           abound
           in
           
             Grace
             and
             Goodness
          
           ,
           and
           from
           that
           
             Grace
             and
             Goodness
          
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           pretension
           of
           merit
           (
           the
           
             Popish
             tenent
          
           )
           or
           Articling
           ,
           (
           the
           
             Irish
             practise
          
           )
           the
           English
           Protestants
           confess
           to
           derive
           their
           All.
           Yet
           they
           humbly
           conceive
           ,
           there
           are
           rational
           inducements
           for
           his
           Majesty
           in
           the
           degrees
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           to
           discriminate
           between
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           and
           the
           
             English
             Protestants
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           all
           Societies
           the
           publick
           acts
           of
           
             FREE
             Representatives
          
           ,
           virtually
           and
           interpretatively
           include
           all
           ,
           who
           declaratively
           oppose
           not
           .
           But
           the
           
             English
             Representative
          
           ,
           though
           under
           a
           Force
           ,
           would
           never
           consent
           to
           cast
           off
           his
           Majesties
           Authority
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           freed
           from
           Force
           ,
           brought
           home
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           the
           Irish
           when
           at
           most
           freedom
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           submission
           pretended
           ,
           distrusted
           ,
           disobeyed
           ,
           opposed
           his
           Majesties
           Authority
           ;
           yea
           banish'd
           and
           excommunicated
           (
           him
           
             in
             effigie
          
           in
           )
           his
           Viceroy
           ;
           and
           his
           ,
           namely
           ,
           all
           that
           should
           feed
           him
           or
           adhere
           to
           him
           ;
           nor
           did
           they
           ever
           as
           a
           
             publick
             Representative
          
           ,
           either
           witness
           their
           repentance
           ,
           or
           contribute
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Restoration
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           English
           Protestants
           ,
           as
           became
           Subjects
           ,
           submitted
           to
           his
           Majesty
           freely
           and
           absolutely
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           as
           became
           Enemies
           ,
           not
           onely
           Articled
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           compelled
           him
           in
           the
           day
           of
           their
           height
           and
           his
           necessity
           ,
           to
           such
           Articles
           ,
           as
           they
           knew
           nothing
           but
           necessity
           could
           compell
           him
           to
           .
           The
           English
           Protestants
           may
           therefore
           claim
           his
           
             Majesties
             Grace
          
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           great
           as
           their
           Guilt
           ;
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           
           can
           onely
           claim
           what
           is
           due
           by
           Articles
           ,
           the
           foundation
           whereof
           being
           dissolv'd
           on
           their
           parts
           ,
           they
           can
           justly
           claim
           nothing
           by
           them
           ,
           though
           his
           Majesties
           Mercy
           has
           given
           them
           much
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           forfeited
           Estates
           of
           the
           English
           Protestants
           were
           fully
           at
           his
           Majesties
           dispose
           ,
           and
           might
           be
           freely
           remitted
           ;
           but
           the
           
             forfeited
             estates
          
           of
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           were
           sold
           by
           his
           late
           Majesty
           of
           blessed
           memory
           ,
           and
           that
           sale
           ,
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           countenanced
           and
           declared
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           forfeited
           Estate
           of
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           could
           not
           be
           remitted
           without
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           innocent
           Purchasers
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           His
           Majesty
           may
           rationally
           expect
           more
           future
           obedience
           and
           loyalty
           from
           English
           Protestants
           ,
           than
           Irish
           Papists
           ;
           For
           (
           1
           )
           the
           English
           Protestants
           are
           the
           Conquerors
           ,
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           the
           conquered
           ;
           and
           antient
           as
           well
           as
           modern
           experience
           has
           made
           it
           appear
           ,
           the
           conquered
           never
           did
           (
           some
           think
           morally
           never
           will
           )
           love
           the
           Conqueror
           ;
           and
           though
           his
           Majesty
           should
           give
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           not
           the
           half
           onely
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           :
           yet
           they
           will
           never
           probably
           forgive
           the
           English
           Protestants
           for
           conquering
           them
           ,
           nor
           consequently
           heartily
           love
           that
           
             Royal
             Authority
          
           which
           first
           commissionated
           the
           Protestants
           to
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Untill
           these
           last
           unhappy
           and
           unnatural
           troubles
           ,
           the
           English
           Protestants
           in
           Ireland
           were
           never
           charg'd
           as
           guilty
           of
           any
           Rebellion
           ;
           but
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           in
           all
           opportunities
           never
           other
           than
           rebellious
           .
           
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           was
           the
           mirror
           of
           her
           age
           ,
           yet
           during
           all
           her
           Reign
           the
           Rebellions
           of
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           in
           Ireland
           were
           very
           frequent
           .
           King
           Iames
           was
           another
           Solomon
           ,
           a
           Prince
           of
           peace
           ,
           yet
           was
           his
           peace
           interrupted
           by
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           Irish
           Papists
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           onely
           .
           King
           Charls
           the
           First
           was
           a
           greater
           than
           that
           Solomon
           ,
           and
           the
           wisest
           of
           men
           thought
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           fasten'd
           in
           1641.
           to
           his
           Majesty
           by
           the
           best
           of
           Governments
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           English
           Protestants
           ,
           by
           the
           strictest
           Ties
           of
           interess
           ,
           friendship
           ,
           marriage
           and
           (
           which
           is
           more
           in
           their
           esteem
           )
           Gossiping
           ,
           &
           fostering
           ;
           to
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           ,
           by
           their
           as
           flourishing
           ,
           so
           
             free
             condition
          
           ;
           and
           to
           all
           ,
           by
           those
           
             Royal
             Graces
          
           which
           his
           sacred
           Majesty
           at
           that
           time
           indulg'd
           their
           Commissioners
           ,
           such
           as
           themselves
           could
           desire
           ;
           
             't
             was
             then
             but
             ask
             and
             have
          
           :
           yet
           all
           this
           honey
           turn'd
           into
           gall
           ;
           for
           at
           that
           very
           time
           in
           which
           the
           King
           was
           exercising
           such
           high
           acts
           of
           Grace
           to
           them
           ,
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           plotted
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           perpetrated
           the
           worst
           of
           Rebellions
           ;
           the
           worst
           extensivè
           ,
           exulcerating
           generally
           ;
           and
           intensivè
           ,
           breaking
           forth
           with
           more
           perfidy
           ,
           barbarism
           and
           cruelty
           than
           can
           be
           parallel'd
           in
           any
           History
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ingage
           English
           Protestants
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           King
           as
           Supreme
           ;
           but
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ingage
           Irish
           Papists
           to
           advance
           as
           Supreme
           a
           Forreign
           Prince
           ,
           and
           limits
           all
           their
           obedience
           ,
           with
           a
           
             Saving
             to
             the
             pretended
             Apostolick
             See.
          
           Certainly
           his
           Majesty
           may
           expect
           more
           future
           obedience
           from
           Protestants
           ,
           whose
           consciences
           ingage
           them
           to
           Loyalty
           ;
           
           than
           from
           Irish
           Papists
           ,
           whose
           consciences
           are
           ingaged
           to
           the
           Pope
           .
           Can
           his
           Majesty
           trust
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           faithful
           to
           their
           Conscience-ingagement
           ?
           and
           if
           they
           be
           ,
           can
           he
           trust
           them
           when
           their
           Consciences
           ingage
           them
           to
           his
           Enemy
           ?
        
         
           
             The
             next
             sort
             of
             Arguments
             respect
             some
             special
             Cases
             ,
             as
             (
             1
             )
             of
             the
             Transplantation
             ,
             (
             2
             )
             of
             the
             Corporation
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             Transplantation
             ,
             P.
             W.
             peremptorily
             concludes
             ,
             
               That
               it
               cannot
               be
               continued
               on
               account
               of
               their
               Crimes
               since
            
             1648.
             
               nor
               stand
               with
               the
               Articles
               ,
               or
               with
               the
               equity
               of
               the
               Laws
               ,
               much
               less
               with
               the
               Iustice
               of
               the
               Prince
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             This
             Conclusion
             without
             any
             proof
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             facility
             as
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             may
             be
             gainsaid
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             foundation
             of
             those
             Articles
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             Articles
             themselves
             are
             thrown
             down
             by
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             ;
             wherefore
             it
             matters
             not
             as
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             what
             can
             or
             cannot
             stand
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Many
             other
             Countreys
             and
             Ages
             have
             formerly
             on
             less
             grounds
             used
             Transplantation
             ,
             and
             been
             justified
             therein
             as
             just
             and
             equal
             ,
             by
             Lawyers
             and
             Casuists
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Observe
             his
             Sacred
             Majesties
             Royal
             and
             Fatherly
             indulgence
             even
             to
             those
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             who
             being
             Innocent
             ,
             sued
             out
             Decrees
             ,
             and
             obtained
             possession
             of
             Lands
             in
             the
             Province
             of
             Connaught
             and
             County
             of
             Clare
             .
             First
             ,
             Positively
             ;
             for
             though
             they
             had
             bound
             
             themselves
             up
             therein
             by
             their
             own
             Act
             ,
             in
             which
             though
             his
             Majesty
             saith
             in
             the
             14
             page
             of
             his
             Gracious
             Declaration
             of
             the
             30
             of
             November
             1660.
             
             
               We
               might
               without
               any
               injustice
               deny
               to
               relieve
               them
            
             ;
             yet
             his
             Clemencie
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             same
             14
             page
             of
             his
             said
             Declaration
             ,
             he
             breaks
             those
             fetters
             which
             they
             had
             bound
             themselves
             in
             ,
             and
             orders
             them
             to
             be
             restored
             unto
             their
             former
             estates
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Comparatively
             ;
             his
             Majesty
             uses
             those
             innocent
             Irish
             Papists
             with
             more
             tenderness
             than
             even
             those
             which
             He
             honors
             with
             the
             high
             Title
             of
             his
             
               Friends
               in
               England
               and
               Ireland
            
             ,
             as
             appears
             in
             the
             18
             and
             19
             pages
             of
             the
             said
             Declaration
             :
             
               For
               though
               such
               are
               not
               to
               expect
               that
               his
               Majesty
               should
               pay
               back
               to
               them
               the
               Moneys
               they
               were
               compelled
               in
               the
               evil
               times
               to
               disburse
               for
               their
               Compositions
               ,
               the
               payment
               whereof
               they
               would
               have
               avoiden
               had
               it
               been
               in
               their
               power
               ,
            
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             would
             have
             avoided
             their
             Transplantation
             :
             yet
             his
             Majesties
             Friends
             are
             not
             relieved
             from
             their
             own
             Act
             ,
             when
             the
             innocent
             Irish
             Papists
             are
             relieved
             from
             theirs
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Observe
             the
             insolency
             of
             P.
             W.
             for
             though
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             in
             Council
             ,
             by
             his
             said
             Declaration
             published
             to
             the
             world
             in
             print
             ,
             declared
             that
             some
             other
             transplanted
             Irish
             are
             to
             stand
             bound
             by
             their
             own
             Act
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             relieved
             against
             it
             ;
             yet
             
               P.
               W.
            
             is
             so
             far
             from
             acknowledging
             and
             magnifying
             his
             Majesties
             Mercy
             in
             using
             the
             innocent
             Irish
             Papists
             with
             more
             favor
             ,
             than
             even
             those
             happy
             persons
             whom
             his
             Majesty
             honors
             with
             the
             high
             title
             of
             being
             his
             Friends
             ,
             
             that
             P.
             W.
             peremptorily
             says
             ,
             
               viz.
               The
               Transplantation
               cannot
               be
               continued
               on
               account
               of
               their
               crimes
               since
            
             1648.
             
               nor
               can
               it
               stand
               with
               the
               Articles
               ,
               or
               with
               the
               equity
               of
               the
               Laws
               ,
               much
               less
               with
               the
               Iustice
               of
               the
               Prince
               .
            
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             the
             Justice
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             in
             Council
             may
             appear
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             in
             not
             breaking
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Transplantation
             ,
             as
             is
             confirmed
             by
             the
             said
             Declaration
             ,
             I
             desire
             these
             following
             particulars
             may
             be
             throughly
             considered
             :
          
           
             (
             1
             )
             If
             such
             transplanted
             Irish
             Papists
             into
             Connaught
             and
             Clare
             should
             plead
             that
             the
             Force
             of
             the
             late
             horrid
             Usurpers
             constrained
             them
             to
             go
             thither
             in
             person
             ;
             I
             answer
             ,
             yet
             no
             Force
             lay
             upon
             them
             to
             sue
             out
             Decrees
             ,
             and
             obtain
             possessions
             of
             Lands
             there
             in
             liew
             of
             their
             former
             forfeited
             Estates
             in
             the
             other
             Provinces
             .
             And
             it
             is
             onely
             in
             point
             of
             Land
             that
             the
             said
             Transplantation
             is
             continued
             :
             so
             that
             their
             doing
             of
             what
             they
             could
             not
             avoid
             ,
             is
             not
             made
             conclusive
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             onely
             their
             doing
             of
             that
             which
             they
             could
             avoid
             ,
             and
             yet
             sollicited
             and
             brought
             to
             effect
             ,
             is
             made
             binding
             to
             some
             of
             them
             .
             To
             which
             I
             shall
             add
             ,
             that
             those
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             made
             obliging
             ,
             are
             onely
             such
             as
             having
             no
             title
             to
             innocency
             ,
             (
             for
             all
             Innocents
             are
             freed
             from
             Transplantation
             )
             have
             no
             title
             to
             any
             of
             their
             former
             Estates
             .
             And
             therefore
             this
             confirming
             of
             them
             in
             the
             compensation
             of
             that
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             had
             no
             right
             ,
             should
             invite
             them
             to
             acknowledg
             his
             Majesties
             Mercy
             ,
             which
             yet
             P.
             W.
             in
             their
             behalf
             exclaims
             against
             as
             injustice
             .
          
           
           
             (
             2
             )
             Though
             all
             these
             guilty
             Transplanted
             Irish
             have
             forfeited
             their
             right
             to
             the
             Articles
             extorted
             from
             his
             Majesty
             in
             1648.
             and
             though
             by
             those
             Articles
             (
             had
             they
             been
             as
             punctually
             observed
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             been
             generally
             and
             often
             violated
             by
             themselves
             yet
             )
             his
             Majesty
             was
             not
             obliged
             to
             hinder
             them
             from
             making
             an
             unequal
             bargain
             or
             exchange
             for
             those
             their
             forfeited
             Lands
             ,
             which
             by
             his
             mercy
             they
             were
             restored
             unto
             ,
             nor
             to
             confirm
             to
             them
             those
             Lands
             which
             they
             sued
             for
             in
             satisfaction
             of
             their
             former
             Estates
             ;
             yet
             his
             sacred
             Majesty
             confirms
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             confirming
             their
             Transplantation
             ,
             those
             Lands
             which
             they
             themselves
             had
             obtained
             from
             the
             Usurpers
             ,
             as
             a
             compensation
             for
             the
             Lands
             they
             left
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             they
             had
             not
             the
             least
             shadow
             of
             a
             Title
             ,
             because
             they
             had
             broken
             ,
             yea
             often
             ,
             if
             not
             always
             ,
             the
             said
             Articles
             of
             peace
             vouchsaved
             to
             ,
             and
             extorted
             by
             them
             ,
             in
             the
             year
             1648.
             
          
           
             (
             3
             )
             The
             persons
             themselves
             who
             are
             transplanted
             ,
             have
             by
             their
             publick
             Agents
             made
             the
             continuance
             and
             settlement
             of
             the
             Transplantation
             the
             subject
             matter
             of
             several
             Petitions
             and
             Addresses
             to
             the
             RVMP
             :
             therefore
             as
             for
             them
             to
             decry
             it
             now
             ,
             argues
             in
             them
             a
             fuller
             readiness
             to
             obey
             Force
             ,
             than
             Right
             :
             so
             the
             continuance
             of
             it
             being
             in
             effect
             but
             a
             granting
             of
             their
             own
             desires
             and
             petitions
             ,
             they
             can
             justly
             blame
             none
             but
             Themselves
             .
             To
             prove
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             ,
             I
             shall
             set
             down
             the
             Titles
             and
             chief
             Heads
             of
             two
             petitons
             presented
             to
             the
             RVMP
             .
             The
             one
             is
             in
             print
             ,
             and
             thus
             addressed
             :
             
               To
               the
               Supreme
               
               Authority
               the
               Parliament
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               The
               humble
               Petition
               of
               Sir
            
             Robert
             Talbot
             
               Baronet
               and
            
             Garrot
             Moor
             
               
                 Esq
              
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               themselves
               and
               the
               distressed
               Irish
               ,
               Submittees
               upon
               Articles
               of
               War
               ,
               and
               others
               who
               are
               to
               have
               a
               certain
               proportion
               of
               their
               estates
               by
               the
               Act
               for
               the
               settling
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             
               held
               forth
               in
               the
               year
            
             1652.
             
             Wherein
             ,
             to
             use
             their
             own
             words
             ,
             They
             
               humbly
               show
               ,
               That
               the
               Petitioners
               upon
               confidence
               of
               enjoying
               the
               benefit
               of
               several
               Declarations
               and
               Articles
               of
               War
               held
               forth
               unto
               them
               by
               Authority
               of
               this
               Parliament
               ,
               &c.
               did
               readily
               subject
               and
               put
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               Lives
               and
               Fortunes
               as
               in
               a
               secure
               Sanctuary
               under
               the
               protection
               of
               this
               Commonwealth
               ,
               having
               ever
               since
               walked
               peaceably
               and
               in
               due
               conformity
               to
               the
               Government
               ,
               without
               the
               least
               defection
               therein
               ;
               That
               since
               the
               Interruption
               given
               to
               the
               sitting
               of
               this
               Parliament
               in
               the
               year
            
             1653.
             
             
               No
               Christian
               Nation
               can
               parallel
               the
               sufferings
               of
               the
               Petitioners
               ,
               &c.
               which
               render
               the
               Petitioners
               as
               fit
               Objects
               of
               your
               Honors
               piety
               ,
               justice
               and
               compassion
               ,
               as
               any
               who
               may
               challenge
               your
               protection
               .
               Notwithstanding
               the
               Petitioners
               withered
               hopes
               ,
               and
               former
               confidence
               ,
               being
               afresh
               revived
               by
               your
               Honors
               return
               to
               the
               management
               of
               the
               present
               Government
               ,
               and
               their
               propensions
               so
               great
               to
               peace
               and
               quietness
               ,
               that
               rather
               than
               ravel
               into
               the
               settlement
               ,
               They
               do
            
             willingly
             
               acquiesce
               in
               the
               Transplantation
               ,
               albeit
               it
               was
               not
               executed
               by
               any
               legal
               power
               ,
               as
               not
               being
               derived
               from
               your
               Honors
               .
            
             Soon
             after
             in
             the
             same
             Petition
             follow
             these
             words
             :
             
               They
               do
               apprehend
               that
               contrary
               to
               your
               Honors
               pious
               intentions
               manifested
               in
               the
               said
               Act
               for
               settling
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               
               they
               may
               be
               postponed
               or
               neglected
               ,
               unless
               provided
               for
               in
               the
               Act
               of
               settlement
               now
               to
               be
               established
               :
               And
               therefore
               the
               Petitioners
               humbly
               pray
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             This
             Petition
             was
             delivered
             by
             the
             said
             two
             Agents
             for
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             at
             the
             door
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             entered
             by
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Rump
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             Petition
             was
             in
             writing
             ,
             and
             subscribed
             
               Robert
               Talbot
               ,
               Garret
               Moor
            
             :
             the
             Title
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             
               To
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               ,
               the
               Parliament
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
               England
               ,
               &c.
               
               Supplications
               humbly
               tendered
               by
               Sir
            
             Robert
             Talbot
             
               Bar.
               and
            
             Garret
             Moor
             
               
                 Esq
              
               for
               and
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               themselves
               and
               the
               distressed
               Roman
               Catholicks
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               be
               therein
               relieved
               by
               the
               Act
               of
               Settlement
               now
               to
               be
               passed
               .
            
             Their
             second
             Supplication
             in
             this
             Petition
             is
             set
             down
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               the
               estates
               assigned
               unto
               the
               Petitioners
               in
               the
               Province
               of
               Connaught
               and
               County
               of
               Clare
               be
            
             confirm'd
             
               unto
               them
            
             .
             The
             third
             Supplication
             in
             the
             said
             Petition
             is
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               the
               Decrees
               obtained
               by
               any
               of
               the
               Petitioners
               pursuant
               to
               the
               Articles
               and
               Qualifications
               be
               put
               in
               a
               way
               of
               satisfaction
               and
               for
               the
               time
               past
               put
               in
               equal
               condition
               with
               others
               who
               have
               had
               the
               benefit
               of
               their
               Decrees
               .
            
             The
             fourth
             Supplication
             of
             this
             Petition
             is
             expressed
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               there
               having
               been
               no
               time
               limited
               by
               this
               Parliament
               for
               the
               Petitioners
               to
               enter
               and
               prosecute
               the
               claims
               according
               to
               their
               respective
               Qualifications
               ,
               and
               the
               interruption
               given
               to
               the
               sitting
               thereof
               soon
               after
               the
               Act
               of
               Settlement
               ,
               having
               hinderd
               many
               from
               doing
               the
               same
               ;
               and
               that
               others
               through
               absence
               ,
               poverty
               ,
               and
               
               the
               short
               sitting
               of
               the
               Court
               for
               the
               adjudication
               of
               Claims
               ,
               appointed
               since
               the
               said
               Interruption
               ,
               could
               not
               do
               it
               ,
               That
               a
               farther
               time
               be
               allowed
               unto
               such
               to
               enter
               and
               prosecute
               (
               as
               aforesaid
               )
               their
               Claims
               .
            
             The
             fifth
             Supplication
             is
             expressed
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               several
               of
               the
               Petitioners
               are
               able
               to
               make
               appear
               their
               constant
               good
               affection
               and
               adherence
               to
               the
               Common-wealth
               ,
               for
               whom
               a
               competent
               time
               to
               be
               allowed
               to
               make
               out
               the
               same
               ,
               is
               humbly
               supplicated
               ,
               and
               that
               these
               and
               such
               of
               the
               Petitioners
               as
               have
               already
               done
               the
               same
               ,
               may
               have
               the
               benefit
               held
               forth
               unto
               them
               by
               the
               Act
               for
               settling
               of
               Ireland
               .
            
          
           
             These
             expressions
             being
             verbatim
             in
             the
             said
             two
             Petitions
             ,
             I
             shall
             onely
             observe
             from
             thence
             what
             follows
             ,
             1.
             
             The
             persons
             who
             presented
             these
             Requests
             to
             the
             RVMP
             ,
             did
             it
             not
             onely
             for
             themselves
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             Papists
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             in
             whose
             behalf
             they
             own
             themselves
             to
             be
             Sollicitors
             .
             2.
             
             Those
             two
             Gentlemen
             (
             their
             publick
             Agents
             )
             were
             persons
             of
             too
             much
             knowledg
             and
             discretion
             to
             have
             done
             any
             thing
             ,
             especially
             of
             so
             high
             a
             nature
             as
             this
             ,
             for
             so
             great
             a
             body
             of
             people
             ,
             without
             sufficient
             power
             from
             themselves
             so
             to
             do
             3.
             
             That
             these
             their
             Agents
             Addresses
             to
             the
             RVMP
             were
             by
             allowance
             and
             command
             from
             themselves
             ,
             needs
             not
             better
             to
             be
             proved
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ever
             since
             continuing
             those
             their
             two
             Agents
             in
             publick
             employment
             for
             them
             ,
             even
             to
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             To
             that
             very
             RVMP
             by
             whose
             immediate
             Commission
             the
             
               horridest
               of
               Murthers
            
             was
             acted
             ,
             they
             scruple
             not
             to
             make
             their
             application
             ,
             and
             even
             by
             
             the
             stile
             of
             the
             
               Supreme
               Authority
            
             the
             Parliament
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             
               England
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             that
             twice
             .
             If
             P.
             W.
             should
             say
             they
             were
             necessitated
             to
             petition
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             petition
             would
             not
             be
             received
             without
             it
             were
             so
             directed
             ,
             I
             answer
             ,
             No
             consequence
             of
             their
             suffering
             could
             be
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             the
             guilt
             of
             owning
             the
             RVMP
             by
             the
             twice
             before
             mentioned
             Titles
             .
             The
             single
             Advocate
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             viz.
             P.
             W.
             lays
             it
             as
             a
             guilt
             upon
             all
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             them
             fought
             under
             one
             of
             the
             Regicides
             to
             recover
             their
             own
             Estates
             ,
             and
             punish
             the
             guilt
             of
             the
             first
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             their
             often
             violation
             of
             their
             Articles
             ;
             and
             yet
             their
             publick
             Agents
             in
             behalf
             of
             all
             the
             Papists
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             own
             all
             those
             Regicides
             to
             be
             that
             
               Supreme
               Authority
            
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             But
             if
             the
             Consciences
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             were
             hardened
             enough
             to
             run
             into
             a
             
               certain
               sin
            
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             expectancy
             of
             an
             
               uncertain
               advantage
            
             ,
             why
             yet
             in
             their
             printed
             Petition
             did
             they
             use
             these
             guilty
             expressions
             ,
             viz.
             
               They
               did
               readily
               subject
               and
               put
               their
               CONSCIENCES
               ,
               Lives
               and
               Fortunes
               as
               in
               a
               secure
               Sanctuary
               under
               the
               protection
               of
               that
               Commonwealth
               .
            
             Though
             if
             they
             would
             petition
             ,
             they
             may
             say
             there
             was
             a
             necessity
             to
             stile
             the
             RUMP
             ,
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             ;
             yet
             sure
             they
             cannot
             say
             there
             was
             a
             necessity
             in
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Petition
             to
             insert
             such
             criminal
             words
             :
             therefore
             since
             the
             
               Body
               of
               the
               Petition
            
             is
             more
             than
             consonant
             to
             the
             
               Title
               of
               it
            
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             reasonable
             to
             believe
             ,
             the
             Title
             they
             gave
             the
             RVMP
             ,
             was
             as
             voluntary
             as
             the
             expressions
             with
             which
             they
             treat
             them
             .
             If
             they
             would
             
             but
             make
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             what
             in
             print
             they
             acknowledged
             the
             RVMP
             was
             to
             them
             ,
             viz.
             
               A
               secure
               Sanctuary
               to
               put
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               Lives
               and
               Fortunes
               in
            
             ;
             if
             what
             is
             past
             could
             not
             be
             remedied
             ,
             yet
             the
             mischiefs
             to
             come
             might
             perhaps
             be
             prevented
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             But
             as
             if
             the
             immediate
             before
             mentioned
             respects
             to
             the
             RVMP
             had
             not
             been
             sufficient
             ,
             they
             pay
             them
             others
             ,
             professing
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               Their
               withered
               hopes
               and
               former
               confidences
               are
               a
               fresh
               revived
               by
               the
               RVMPS
               return
               to
               the
               management
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               under
               which
               their
               propensions
               to
               peace
               and
               quietness
               are
               so
               great
               ,
               that
               they
               willingly
               ACQVIESCE
               in
               the
               TRANSPLANTATION
               .
            
             Would
             they
             be
             but
             as
             joyful
             for
             his
             Sacred
             Majesties
             restauration
             ,
             as
             they
             say
             they
             were
             for
             the
             RVMPS
             ,
             and
             had
             they
             been
             as
             willing
             to
             express
             their
             propensity
             to
             the
             peace
             and
             quietness
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             under
             his
             Majesties
             undoubted
             Authority
             ,
             as
             under
             the
             RVMPS
             usurped
             power
             ,
             P.
             W.
             had
             been
             exempt
             from
             the
             Guilts
             of
             writing
             and
             printing
             his
             Letter
             ,
             and
             I
             from
             the
             trouble
             of
             answering
             it
             .
             The
             Irish
             Papists
             are
             not
             onely
             content
             to
             declare
             ,
             
               They
               willingly
               acquiesce
               in
               the
               Transplantation
            
             ;
             but
             to
             heighten
             the
             merit
             of
             that
             performance
             ,
             they
             add
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               Albeit
               it
               was
               not
               executed
               by
               any
               legal
               power
            
             :
             yet
             had
             they
             stop'd
             there
             ,
             those
             their
             last
             words
             had
             been
             true
             ,
             and
             sure
             the
             RVMP
             would
             have
             had
             arrogancy
             enough
             to
             have
             assumed
             to
             themselves
             ,
             without
             an
             explanation
             from
             the
             Petitioners
             ,
             that
             thereby
             was
             meant
             ,
             what
             their
             Agents
             positively
             say
             in
             the
             immediate
             next
             following
             words
             ,
             
             viz.
             
               As
               not
               derived
               from
               your
               Honors
               .
            
             Though
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             in
             their
             ingagements
             ,
             nay
             Oaths
             to
             others
             ,
             are
             not
             without
             their
             Equivocations
             and
             
               Mental
               reservations
            
             ,
             &c.
             yet
             to
             the
             RVMP
             ,
             when
             they
             might
             have
             left
             themselves
             ,
             (
             as
             to
             the
             last
             expression
             ,
             )
             to
             a
             fair
             explanation
             ,
             they
             voluntarily
             cast
             it
             behind
             them
             ,
             in
             these
             clear
             words
             ,
             
               As
               not
               derived
               from
               your
               Honors
               .
            
             Those
             which
             now
             pretend
             to
             such
             Loyalty
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             voluntarily
             confess
             ,
             
               No
               execution
               was
               legal
               that
               was
               not
               derived
               from
               the
               RVMP
            
             ;
             is
             not
             this
             implicitely
             ,
             if
             not
             explicitely
             ,
             an
             owning
             in
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             the
             legality
             of
             the
             RUMPS
             power
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             
               Bloudy
               Murther
               of
               his
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
            
             that
             being
             derived
             from
             those
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             call
             
               Their
               Honors
            
             .
             But
             it
             is
             no
             wonder
             ,
             that
             those
             to
             whom
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             did
             
               rerdily
               subject
               themselves
               ,
               and
               put
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               lives
               and
               fortunes
               as
               into
               a
               secure
               sanctuary
               ,
            
             should
             have
             so
             much
             
               plainness
               ,
               kindness
            
             and
             obedience
             for
             them
             .
             May
             we
             not
             too
             from
             thence
             inferr
             ,
             till
             they
             consider
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             they
             profess'd
             they
             considered
             the
             RUMP
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             may
             not
             well
             expect
             from
             them
             ,
             that
             
               ready
               subjection
               and
               propensity
               to
               peace
               ,
            
             which
             in
             their
             said
             Addresses
             they
             promised
             to
             those
             Usurpers
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Observe
             ,
             all
             this
             is
             said
             and
             done
             since
             the
             Peace
             of
             1648.
             yea
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             most
             criminal
             too
             ,
             but
             some
             few
             months
             before
             his
             Majesties
             blessed
             restauration
             ;
             with
             what
             face
             could
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             by
             the
             same
             Agents
             plead
             for
             the
             Articles
             of
             peace
             before
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             inviolable
             observers
             of
             
             them
             ;
             who
             but
             a
             few
             weeks
             before
             owned
             the
             RUMP
             for
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             :
             owned
             that
             they
             readily
             did
             subject
             and
             put
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             secure
             sanctuary
             ,
             under
             their
             protection
             :
             owned
             their
             withered
             hopes
             and
             former
             confidence
             was
             afresh
             reviv'd
             by
             the
             RUMPS
             return
             to
             the
             management
             of
             the
             Government
             :
             owned
             ,
             their
             propensions
             to
             peace
             and
             quietness
             under
             the
             RUMP
             to
             be
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             as
             one
             evidence
             thereof
             ,
             they
             willingly
             did
             acquiesce
             in
             the
             Transplantation
             ;
             with
             these
             superlative
             expressions
             ,
             Albeit
             it
             was
             not
             executed
             by
             any
             legal
             power
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             derived
             from
             their
             Honors
             .
             The
             very
             Murtherers
             of
             his
             late
             Majesty
             of
             Glorious
             Memory
             are
             the
             elected
             Sanctuary
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             not
             onely
             for
             their
             lives
             and
             fortunes
             ,
             but
             even
             for
             their
             CONSCIENCES
             also
             .
             That
             bloudy
             Power
             which
             made
             the
             Royal
             Line
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             all
             good
             Subjects
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
            
             and
             Ireland
             so
             long
             wither
             ,
             is
             by
             their
             return
             to
             Government
             ,
             that
             onely
             which
             makes
             the
             hopes
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             to
             revive
             and
             spring
             .
             That
             Power
             is
             by
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             owned
             to
             be
             the
             onely
             legal
             one
             ,
             by
             which
             all
             our
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             were
             
               cut
               up
            
             even
             by
             the
             very
             roots
             .
             Were
             there
             nothing
             but
             this
             to
             make
             them
             forfeit
             the
             Articles
             they
             so
             plead
             for
             ,
             it
             were
             but
             
               too
               much
            
             ;
             if
             this
             be
             their
             observance
             of
             their
             Recognition
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             though
             the
             Pope
             may
             absolve
             them
             ,
             God
             will
             not
             .
             Sure
             P.
             W.
             cannot
             prove
             any
             one
             of
             the
             Protestants
             whose
             whole
             number
             he
             so
             calumniates
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             criminal
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             proved
             
             even
             the
             Generality
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             to
             be
             ,
             in
             this
             one
             particular
             ;
             
               I
               bate
               him
               many
               others
            
             .
             And
             doubtless
             't
             was
             a
             less
             sin
             in
             the
             seduced
             Protestants
             to
             submit
             for
             a
             while
             to
             him
             ,
             who
             cast
             down
             those
             English
             Murtherers
             ,
             and
             helped
             them
             against
             these
             Irish
             Murtherers
             ,
             than
             readily
             to
             subject
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             to
             those
             Parricides
             ,
             yea
             to
             own
             them
             as
             their
             secure
             Sanctuary
             for
             all
             ,
             and
             so
             pathetically
             to
             exult
             in
             their
             second
             Usurpation
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             In
             the
             many
             forementioned
             passages
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             written
             and
             the
             printed
             Petition
             ,
             they
             press
             for
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             the
             Transplantation
             ,
             and
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Rules
             for
             adjudging
             of
             Qualifications
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             granting
             thereof
             to
             be
             effects
             of
             the
             RUMPS
             
               Piety
               ,
               Iustice
            
             and
             Compassion
             .
             The
             Irish
             Papists
             are
             pleased
             to
             beg
             that
             Grant
             ,
             as
             an
             act
             of
             
               piety
               ,
               justice
            
             and
             compassion
             in
             the
             RUMP
             ,
             which
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             confirming
             ,
             (
             and
             much
             more
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Irish
             )
             P.
             W.
             calls
             an
             Injustice
             .
             And
             in
             the
             6.
             and
             7.
             
             Paragraphs
             of
             the
             said
             written
             Petition
             ,
             they
             set
             forth
             that
             
               several
               of
               the
               Petitioners
               are
               able
               to
               make
               appear
               their
               constant
               good
               affection
               and
               adherence
               to
               the
               Commonwealth
               ,
               that
               some
               have
               already
               actually
               done
               it
            
             :
             And
             in
             effect
             ,
             That
             the
             number
             of
             those
             
               so
               adhering
               and
               of
               constant
               good
               affection
               to
               the
               Commonwealth
            
             was
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             they
             sue
             even
             for
             a
             longer
             time
             than
             had
             been
             allowed
             ,
             for
             the
             proving
             thereof
             ;
             they
             being
             so
             many
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             streightned
             in
             time
             to
             make
             out
             that
             Truth
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             other
             clear
             observations
             and
             inferences
             
             which
             I
             could
             make
             out
             of
             those
             two
             Petitions
             ,
             which
             I
             decline
             ;
             enough
             having
             been
             said
             to
             evince
             what
             I
             promised
             to
             prove
             upon
             this
             Head
             :
             and
             I
             have
             much
             behind
             to
             answer
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             hasten
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Guilt
             of
             the
             Corporations
             in
             part
             instanced
             .
          
           
             The
             2.
             special
             Case
             concerns
             the
             Irish
             Corporations
             which
             P.
             W.
             with
             his
             usual
             confidence
             determines
             ,
             
               cannot
               be
               excluded
               on
               any
               account
               that
               may
               stand
               with
               his
               Majesties
               Gracious
               Concessions
               ;
               nor
               can
               there
               be
               any
               reasons
               of
               State
               which
               may
               accord
               with
               a
               good
               conscience
               to
               exclude
               them
            
             ;
             yet
             he
             confesseth
             with
             a
             paradventure
             ,
             
               That
               two
               or
               three
               of
               them
               deserved
               punishment
               ,
               and
               Limerick
               a
               severe
               one
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Corporations
             of
             Ireland
             that
             P.
             W.
             mentions
             were
             so
             notoriously
             guilty
             in
             overthrowing
             the
             foundation
             of
             that
             peace
             wrested
             from
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             it
             seems
             strange
             how
             any
             one
             can
             be
             found
             to
             plead
             for
             them
             ,
             especially
             to
             his
             Grace
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
             ,
             who
             knows
             their
             actings
             .
             Their
             Education
             rendered
             them
             most
             able
             of
             any
             know
             their
             duty
             ;
             their
             Incorporation
             most
             capable
             of
             any
             to
             deliberate
             concerning
             their
             duty
             ;
             their
             Fortifications
             and
             men
             most
             secure
             to
             discharge
             their
             duty
             ;
             yet
             these
             above
             all
             other
             persons
             and
             places
             ,
             put
             forth
             with
             greatest
             Arguments
             of
             choice
             and
             freedom
             ,
             the
             highest
             acts
             of
             Treachery
             and
             Rebellion
             .
             The
             evidences
             whereof
             amount
             to
             much
             more
             than
             P.
             W's
             .
             paradventure
             ,
             and
             the
             subject
             reacheth
             much
             farther
             than
             P.
             W's
             .
             
               two
               or
               three
               Corporations
            
             ,
             
             it
             being
             the
             general
             practice
             of
             all
             such
             ,
             into
             which
             his
             Majesties
             L.
             Lieutenant
             desired
             admiss●ion
             .
             P.
             W.
             confesseth
             ,
             That
             Limerick
             
               deserved
               a
               severe
               punishment
            
             ,
             and
             certainly
             the
             demerit
             must
             be
             great
             ,
             which
             extorts
             this
             confession
             even
             from
             their
             Advocate
             ;
             nor
             was
             their
             crime
             less
             than
             
               laesae
               Majestatis
            
             ,
             for
             they
             insolently
             opposed
             the
             admission
             of
             his
             
               Majesties
               Viceroy
            
             :
             though
             1.
             their
             Mayor
             had
             invited
             him
             ,
             2.
             
             Iretons
             storm
             threatned
             their
             wrack
             ,
             3.
             the
             L.
             Lieutenant
             offered
             to
             steer
             that
             Vessel
             ,
             and
             to
             adventure
             his
             person
             and
             Fortune
             in
             the
             same
             bottom
             with
             them
             .
             But
             surely
             if
             Limerick
             deserves
             many
             stripes
             ,
             Gallway
             and
             Waterford
             proportionally
             to
             their
             crimes
             deserve
             more
             .
             Gallway
             after
             the
             Articles
             of
             1648.
             (
             so
             much
             and
             groundlesly
             pleaded
             )
             1.
             searched
             (
             to
             use
             his
             Graces
             own
             words
             )
             
               with
               force
               and
               arms
               for
               the
               L.
               Lieutenant
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               judged
               him
               a
               Traitor
               .
            
             2.
             
             They
             treated
             with
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lorrain
             to
             be
             Protector
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             judged
             themselves
             Lords
             of
             all
             .
             3.
             
             They
             
               refused
               to
               admit
            
             any
             Garrison
             commissionated
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             authority
             ,
             and
             surrendred
             that
             Town
             (
             as
             if
             they
             esteem'd
             themselves
             a
             Free
             State
             )
             without
             consulting
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Clanrickard
             then
             L.
             Deputy
             ,
             though
             resident
             within
             few
             miles
             thereof
             ,
             and
             though
             he
             were
             of
             P.
             W's
             .
             own
             Nation
             and
             Religion
             .
             But
             I
             will
             not
             say
             that
             even
             those
             
               double
               Ties
            
             were
             less
             powerful
             to
             beget
             a
             respect
             for
             him
             ,
             than
             his
             representing
             the
             
               Kings
               person
            
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             worth
             ,
             were
             incitements
             to
             P.
             W's
             .
             Countreymen
             so
             highly
             to
             affront
             him
             .
             Waterford
             likewise
             after
             those
             Articles
             of
             1648.
             
             deny'd
             a
             passage
             to
             the
             L.
             Lieutenant
             and
             his
             Army
             ,
             though
             at
             that
             time
             his
             Lordship
             was
             strengthned
             with
             the
             conjunction
             of
             the
             Vlster
             Forces
             ,
             in
             pursuit
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             who
             were
             weakned
             by
             a
             long
             Winter-March
             ,
             multiplicity
             of
             Garrisons
             ,
             want
             of
             necessaries
             ,
             and
             sickness
             of
             the
             Souldiers
             ;
             nay
             offered
             himself
             to
             become
             an
             hostage
             ,
             and
             to
             commit
             the
             Army
             to
             anothers
             conduct
             ;
             yea
             so
             horrid
             was
             their
             perfidie
             ,
             that
             when
             afterwards
             the
             L.
             Lieutenant
             and
             seven
             more
             were
             occasionally
             received
             into
             that
             City
             ,
             the
             Citizens
             combin'd
             either
             to
             
               take
               away
            
             his
             life
             ,
             or
             deliver
             him
             up
             prisoner
             to
             the
             Vsurpers
             ;
             for
             the
             prevention
             whereof
             ,
             he
             was
             forc'd
             suddenly
             and
             secretly
             to
             withdraw
             thence
             .
          
           
             What
             falsehood
             will
             P.
             W.
             be
             affraid
             to
             suggest
             to
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             what
             wickedness
             will
             he
             be
             affraid
             to
             patronize
             at
             home
             ,
             when
             he
             shall
             dare
             thus
             to
             assert
             to
             the
             L.
             Lieutenant
             himself
             ,
             and
             publish
             it
             in
             print
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             
               That
               no
               reasons
               of
               State
               can
               accord
               with
               the
               dictates
               of
               a
               good
               Conscience
               ,
               to
               exclude
               these
               Corporations
               from
               the
               future
               capacity
            
             of
             repeating
             such
             signal
             acts
             of
             Rebellion
             .
             But
             P.
             W.
             as
             farther
             motives
             of
             favor
             to
             the
             said
             Corporations
             ,
             adds
             and
             says
             ,
             1.
             
             
               The
               hand
               of
               God
               hath
               punished
               them
            
             ;
             2.
             
             
               Some
               were
               faithful
               amomg
               them
            
             ;
             3.
             
             
               The
               English
               Protestants
               are
               more
               criminal
               .
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             
               The
               hand
               of
               God
               hath
               punished
               them
               :
            
             But
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             should
             spare
             ,
             because
             God
             punishes
             ,
             is
             a
             
               non
               sequitur
            
             .
             Though
             the
             Lord
             sent
             hornets
             before
             Israel
             to
             drive
             out
             the
             Hivite
             and
             the
             Canaanite
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Hittites
             ;
             yet
             he
             commands
             Israel
             to
             destroy
             those
             Nations
             ,
             and
             their
             name
             from
             under
             heaven
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             P.W.
             says
             ,
             
               There
               have
               been
               many
               faithful
               subjects
               in
               those
               Towns
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               most
               criminal
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               God
               was
               so
               far
               from
               involving
               the
               just
               in
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               wicked
               Sodomites
               ,
               that
               if
               he
               could
               find
               there
               but
               ten
               just
               men
               ,
               he
               would
               for
               their
               sake
               pardon
               all
               the
               rest
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             sin
             of
             Apostacy
             seems
             worse
             in
             some
             respect
             than
             other
             sins
             ;
             and
             therefore
             on
             this
             sin
             ,
             
               Lots
               wife
            
             ,
             whom
             God
             had
             rescued
             from
             the
             destruction
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             though
             but
             for
             looking
             back
             to
             it
             ,
             is
             immediately
             turned
             into
             a
             
               pillar
               of
               Salt.
            
             I
             heartily
             wish
             the
             Irish
             Apostates
             would
             remember
             
               Lots
               wife
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Though
             God
             would
             not
             involve
             the
             righteous
             in
             the
             punishment
             of
             the
             wicked
             but
             
               delivered
               just
               Lot
            
             ;
             yet
             he
             transplanted
             him
             into
             Zoar
             ,
             and
             condemned
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorra
             with
             an
             overthrow
             ,
             making
             them
             an
             Example
             to
             those
             that
             after
             should
             live
             ungodly
             .
             Even
             so
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             taken
             care
             for
             the
             innocent
             ,
             in
             his
             Gracious
             Declaration
             ,
             without
             justifying
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             innocent
             has
             provided
             a
             Zoar
             ,
             whether
             their
             souls
             may
             escape
             and
             live
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Since
             P.
             W.
             professeth
             his
             thoughts
             to
             be
             far
             from
             desiring
             to
             obstruct
             the
             securing
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ;
             let
             him
             consider
             how
             adviseable
             it
             is
             to
             put
             a
             sword
             into
             a
             Madmans
             hand
             ,
             or
             to
             capacitate
             such
             rebellious
             spirits
             to
             hurt
             themselves
             and
             others
             .
          
           
             Since
             Limerick
             ,
             nothwithstanding
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             mixture
             of
             good
             ,
             
               deserved
               a
               severe
               punishment
            
             ;
             and
             since
             Gallway
             and
             Waterford
             are
             not
             less
             deserving
             ;
             
             ought
             not
             those
             Corporations
             and
             their
             Advocate
             rather
             to
             acknowledg
             his
             Majesties
             gracious
             indulgence
             and
             mercy
             ,
             in
             remitting
             the
             severity
             of
             the
             Laws
             :
             than
             to
             exclaim
             thus
             insolently
             against
             his
             Royal
             proceedings
             
               as
               unjust
               ,
               unequal
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               cannot
               accord
               with
               a
               good
               Conscience
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Guilt
             of
             English
             Protestants
             and
             Irish
             Papists
             compared
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             P.
             W.
             returns
             to
             his
             former
             Comparison
             between
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             and
             the
             English
             Protestants
             ;
             and
             in
             prosecution
             thereof
             ,
             urgeth
             ,
             1.
             
             
               That
               the
               worst
               of
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               were
               never
               Regicides
            
             ;
             2.
             
             
               That
               they
               fought
               against
               such
               men
               ,
               when
               England
               ,
               Scotland
               and
               the
               Protestants
               of
               Ireland
               deserted
               the
               Royal
               Cause
               .
            
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             first
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               are
               not
               Regicides
            
             ;
             let
             it
             be
             considered
             ,
             That
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Regicide
             is
             common
             in
             the
             Romish
             Schools
             ,
             and
             the
             Practise
             in
             their
             Courts
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             to
             touch
             the
             Annointing
             ,
             is
             virtually
             to
             touch
             the
             Annointed
             .
             Take
             away
             the
             Regalia
             ,
             and
             in
             effect
             you
             tak
             away
             the
             King.
             The
             Irish
             Papists
             were
             so
             guilty
             hereof
             ,
             that
             they
             not
             onely
             usurped
             all
             the
             
               Royal
               peculiars
            
             ,
             but
             also
             set
             up
             a
             Government
             distinct
             from
             ,
             and
             opposite
             to
             his
             Majesty
             's
             in
             a
             General
             Assembly
             ;
             yea
             therein
             they
             Enacted
             ,
             
               viz.
               That
               no
               Temporal
               Government
               or
               Iurisdiction
               should
               be
               assumed
               ,
               kept
               or
               executed
               in
            
             Ireland
             ,
             
               or
               in
               any
               Province
               or
               County
               thereof
               ,
               other
               than
               what
               should
               be
               approved
               or
               instituted
               
               by
               their
               General
               Assembly
               .
            
             Had
             the
             Devil
             had
             leave
             to
             touch
             
               Iob's
               person
            
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             have
             spared
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             touched
             
               all
               that
               was
               his
            
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Did
             not
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
               ,
               distrust
               ,
               disobey
               ,
               oppose
            
             and
             excommunicate
             the
             
               L.
               Lievtenant
            
             ,
             and
             absolutely
             disclaim
             his
             
               Majesties
               authority
            
             in
             him
             ;
             did
             they
             not
             conspire
             to
             Murther
             Him
             ,
             or
             which
             is
             worse
             (
             if
             worse
             can
             be
             )
             
               to
               deliver
            
             him
             to
             the
             worst
             sort
             of
             Murtherers
             ?
             Surely
             those
             who
             dealt
             thus
             with
             such
             a
             Servant
             ,
             if
             the
             Son
             had
             been
             sent
             to
             them
             ,
             would
             not
             have
             scrupled
             his
             Murther
             ,
             that
             the
             inheritance
             might
             wholly
             be
             theirs
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             2.
             
             That
             
               when
               England
               ,
               Scotland
               and
               the
               the
               Protestants
               of
               Ireland
               wholly
               deserted
               the
               Royal
               Cause
               ,
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               fought
               against
               the
               Regicides
               in
               defense
               of
               his
               Majesties
               right
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             It
             is
             no
             less
             calumnious
             than
             false
             ,
             to
             charge
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
               and
               the
               Protestants
               of
               Ireland
               to
               have
               wholly
               deserted
               the
               Royal
               Cause
            
             :
             and
             it
             is
             amazing
             to
             consider
             how
             any
             Irish
             Papist
             (
             I
             am
             loath
             to
             say
             Rebel
             )
             dare
             thus
             by
             a
             Letter
             even
             to
             the
             
               Duke
               of
            
             Ormond
             ,
             and
             printed
             paper
             to
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             impeach
             the
             Nations
             of
             England
             and
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             
               to
               have
               wholly
               deserted
               the
               Royal
               Cause
            
             :
             what
             may
             not
             Forreigners
             credit
             against
             us
             abroad
             ,
             if
             P.
             W.
             dare
             thus
             to
             charge
             us
             at
             home
             ?
          
           
             But
             a
             Narrative
             of
             the
             matter
             of
             Fact
             is
             the
             clearest
             expedient
             to
             refute
             this
             slander
             :
             wherein
             let
             England
             and
             Scotland
             answer
             for
             themselves
             ;
             (
             if
             any
             Answer
             seem
             necessary
             to
             so
             palpable
             a
             falsehood
             )
             and
             let
             the
             
             Protestants
             of
             of
             Ireland
             excuse
             my
             zeal
             ,
             if
             I
             urge
             some
             clear
             instances
             (
             though
             I
             pretermit
             many
             )
             for
             their
             vindication
             .
          
           
             Those
             which
             P.
             W.
             slanders
             with
             having
             deserted
             the
             
               Royal
               Cause
            
             ,
             when
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             fought
             against
             the
             Regicides
             in
             defence
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Rights
             ,
             were
             even
             the
             very
             first
             in
             Ireland
             which
             proclaimed
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             my
             L.
             Lieutenant
             also
             at
             the
             head
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             duty
             was
             performd
             by
             the
             Protestant
             Army
             in
             the
             Province
             of
             Munster
             ,
             the
             same
             year
             in
             which
             by
             giving
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             some
             considerable
             defeats
             ,
             the
             said
             Papists
             were
             reduced
             to
             a
             real
             necessity
             of
             submitting
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             which
             yet
             they
             but
             seemingly
             did
             .
             But
             possibly
             P.
             W.
             was
             at
             that
             time
             so
             busie
             in
             preparing
             those
             
               Articles
               of
               Peace
            
             which
             were
             to
             fetter
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             not
             leisure
             to
             hear
             how
             his
             
               Protestant
               Subjects
            
             freely
             proclaim'd
             him
             .
             It
             is
             also
             undeniably
             true
             ,
             that
             a
             considerable
             Body
             of
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             under
             the
             L.
             Lieutenant
             ,
             though
             mingled
             with
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             ,
             fought
             constantly
             against
             the
             Regicides
             ,
             nay
             after
             the
             said
             Irish
             Papists
             would
             have
             been
             Kegicides
             themselves
             ,
             at
             least
             so
             far
             such
             as
             conspiring
             to
             murther
             his
             Majesty
             
               in
               effigie
            
             at
             
               Waterford
               &c.
            
             did
             amount
             unto
             ,
             and
             never
             declin'd
             that
             quarrel
             ,
             till
             by
             the
             infidelity
             of
             their
             Accusers
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             onely
             disabled
             to
             prosecute
             it
             ,
             but
             as
             several
             of
             themselves
             have
             confest
             ,
             were
             reduc'd
             at
             last
             ,
             even
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             to
             keep
             as
             strict
             Guards
             against
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             as
             against
             Cromwell
             .
             All
             which
             his
             Grace
             having
             found
             was
             but
             too
             
             true
             ,
             he
             withdrew
             himself
             at
             last
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             and
             permitted
             those
             Protestants
             to
             withdraw
             them selves
             from
             the
             Irish
             :
             Therefore
             let
             any
             unbyassed
             person
             judg
             whether
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             or
             all
             the
             Prtestants
             were
             wholly
             
               the
               deserters
               of
               the
               Koyal
               Cause
            
             ;
             or
             which
             of
             them
             fought
             longest
             against
             the
             Kegicides
             :
             if
             the
             insolence
             and
             disloyalty
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             were
             such
             ,
             even
             when
             Cromwell
             was
             at
             their
             gates
             ,
             what
             would
             it
             not
             have
             been
             without
             that
             Curb
             .
             But
             I
             see
             though
             P.
             W.
             remembers
             what
             he
             should
             not
             ,
             yet
             he
             can
             forget
             what
             he
             should
             remember
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             years
             1641
             and
             1642
             ,
             the
             Protestants
             in
             Ireland
             not
             onely
             fought
             as
             his
             Majesties
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             command
             and
             with
             his
             Commission
             against
             the
             Irish
             Rebels
             ;
             in
             the
             year
             1643
             ,
             a
             Cessation
             was
             concluded
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ,
             and
             the
             Irish
             engaged
             by
             Articles
             ;
             both
             English
             and
             Irish
             by
             duty
             ,
             to
             transport
             their
             Armies
             to
             England
             for
             his
             Majesties
             service
             .
             The
             English
             did
             it
             ,
             the
             Irish
             onely
             made
             a
             show
             (
             till
             the
             English
             were
             gone
             )
             of
             doing
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             then
             plotted
             and
             attempted
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             few
             English
             remaining
             in
             Munster
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Lord
             of
             Inchiquin
             ,
             who
             then
             commanded
             in
             that
             Province
             by
             the
             Kings
             Commission
             ;
             and
             the
             English
             with
             him
             were
             necessitated
             to
             stand
             on
             their
             own
             defence
             ,
             yet
             this
             is
             the
             first
             pretence
             which
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             make
             ,
             that
             the
             English
             Protestants
             deserted
             the
             Royal
             Cause
             .
             Can
             even
             Malice
             it self
             judg
             ,
             the
             Protestants
             designed
             the
             deserting
             of
             the
             Kings
             Service
             ,
             when
             they
             sent
             their
             Army
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             which
             onely
             they
             were
             capable
             
             of
             disserving
             him
             :
             nay
             sent
             it
             in
             that
             very
             Juncture
             of
             time
             ,
             wherein
             they
             had
             as
             much
             cause
             to
             fear
             the
             ruine
             of
             themselves
             and
             Families
             ,
             from
             the
             often
             Violations
             of
             the
             Cessation
             by
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             after
             that
             Cessation
             was
             made
             ,
             as
             from
             their
             inhumanities
             before
             .
             But
             yet
             ,
             when
             his
             Majesties
             Service
             required
             it
             ,
             though
             the
             answering
             thereof
             ,
             by
             transporting
             their
             Armies
             into
             England
             ,
             threatned
             more
             than
             a
             probable
             ruine
             to
             them
             at
             home
             from
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             who
             then
             delayed
             ,
             and
             indeed
             never
             after
             would
             send
             an
             Army
             to
             the
             King
             into
             England
             ;
             yet
             the
             Protestants
             did
             not
             so
             much
             as
             hesitate
             ,
             but
             cheerfully
             exposed
             themselves
             to
             the
             danger
             ,
             to
             pay
             the
             duty
             ,
             and
             receive
             the
             honor
             of
             their
             obedience
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             infidelity
             and
             Treachery
             which
             Munster
             ,
             and
             the
             parts
             more
             remote
             first
             experienced
             ,
             the
             L.
             Lieutenant
             and
             the
             Protestants
             with
             him
             at
             Dublin
             at
             last
             tasted
             :
             And
             his
             Grace
             was
             thereby
             compelled
             in
             the
             year
             1647.
             (
             with
             his
             Majesties
             permission
             ,
             if
             not
             Order
             )
             to
             resign
             Dublin
             and
             all
             the
             adjoyning
             Garrisons
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             second
             pretension
             for
             this
             slander
             .
          
           
             On
             these
             occasions
             the
             English
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             (
             not
             by
             choice
             but
             necessity
             ,
             (
             and
             a
             necessity
             onely
             created
             by
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             themselves
             )
             not
             by
             the
             Protestants
             own
             
               private
               acts
            
             ,
             but
             the
             necessitated
             acts
             of
             those
             that
             were
             set
             over
             them
             by
             his
             
               Majesties
               authority
            
             )
             came
             into
             the
             Stream
             ,
             with
             the
             violence
             whereof
             they
             confess
             themselves
             afterwards
             hurried
             into
             such
             miscarriages
             as
             made
             their
             
               hearts
               ake
            
             ;
             yet
             
             (
             they
             hope
             )
             less
             criminal
             than
             those
             in
             the
             Irish
             Rebellion
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             degree
             of
             Apostacy
             ,
             which
             deserves
             the
             scandal
             that
             P.
             W.
             lays
             on
             them
             ,
             of
             
               wholly
               deserting
               the
               Royal
               Cause
            
             .
          
           
             For
             1.
             
             Notwithstanding
             the
             violent
             endeavors
             of
             both
             Papists
             and
             Anabaptists
             ,
             not
             many
             of
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             have
             declined
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             her
             greatest
             Tryals
             ,
             whose
             principles
             are
             not
             onely
             most
             consonant
             to
             Truth
             ,
             but
             also
             most
             useful
             and
             dutiful
             to
             the
             Royal
             Cause
             :
             and
             for
             that
             reason
             were
             opposed
             most
             by
             the
             two
             extremes
             .
             So
             that
             
               Old
               Protestants
            
             in
             the
             
               Anabaptist
               dialect
            
             ,
             was
             the
             same
             with
             Royalist
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             were
             dealt
             with
             accordingly
             .
             And
             2.
             as
             the
             principles
             ,
             so
             the
             
               practises
               of
               the
               Protestants
            
             vindicate
             their
             loyalty
             .
             1.
             
             They
             submitted
             this
             Kingdom
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             not
             as
             England
             and
             Scotland
             ,
             by
             the
             concurrence
             of
             the
             General
             and
             
               General
               Officers
            
             ,
             but
             without
             them
             ,
             nay
             against
             them
             ,
             2.
             
             Though
             they
             saw
             the
             difficulty
             of
             that
             attempt
             ,
             and
             foresaw
             the
             hazard
             from
             Anabaptists
             (
             who
             then
             in
             chief
             commanded
             the
             Army
             in
             Ireland
             )
             if
             they
             
               succeeded
               not
            
             ;
             and
             from
             
               Irish
               Papist
            
             pretenders
             (
             whose
             necessities
             had
             driven
             them
             to
             
               serve
               themselves
            
             by
             his
             Majesty
             in
             Flanders
             )
             if
             they
             succeeded
             ;
             yet
             were
             they
             early
             (
             if
             not
             the
             first
             )
             and
             free
             without
             Articling
             in
             the
             duty
             of
             their
             submissions
             .
             And
             least
             
               P.
               W.
            
             who
             says
             many
             things
             that
             are
             not
             true
             ,
             should
             deny
             this
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             signally
             true
             ,
             I
             will
             cite
             the
             undeniable
             Testimony
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             himself
             ,
             which
             follows
             in
             these
             words
             in
             the
             2.
             page
             of
             his
             
             Majesties
             gracious
             Declaration
             for
             the
             settlement
             of
             
               Ireland
               :
               We
               acknowledg
               that
               our
               good
               Subjects
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Ireland
               have
               born
               a
               very
               good
               part
               in
               procuring
               this
               happiness
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               EARLY
               in
               their
               dutiful
               Addresses
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               made
               the
               same
               professions
               of
               a
               resolution
               to
               return
               to
               their
               duty
               and
               obedience
               to
               us
               ,
               during
               the
               time
               of
               our
               being
               beyond
               the
               seas
               ,
               which
               they
               have
               since
               so
               EMINENTLY
               made
               good
               and
               put
               in
               practise
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             is
             not
             onely
             a
             
               profession
               of
               duty
            
             ,
             but
             a
             making
             of
             it
             good
             ,
             and
             
               putting
               it
               in
               practise
            
             .
             Here
             is
             not
             onely
             an
             early
             owning
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ,
             but
             an
             owning
             it
             when
             he
             was
             devested
             from
             the
             actual
             exercize
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             too
             (
             as
             to
             Ireland
             )
             by
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             .
             And
             this
             is
             also
             the
             first
             fruits
             of
             the
             Protestants
             having
             recovered
             the
             power
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             no
             less
             hazard
             than
             loyalty
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             To
             make
             the
             Discrimination
             yet
             clearer
             :
             The
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             at
             first
             murther'd
             and
             fought
             against
             his
             Majesties
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             to
             take
             from
             him
             his
             Crown
             .
             The
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             fought
             aganst
             his
             Enemies
             to
             
               restore
               him
               to
               it
            
             .
             The
             Papists
             of
             Ireland
             were
             
               seemingly
               good
               Subjects
            
             ,
             but
             to
             become
             
               more
               dangerous
               Rebels
            
             .
             But
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             if
             seemingly
             Rebels
             ,
             were
             such
             ,
             but
             to
             become
             more
             
               useful
               Subjects
            
             .
             The
             last
             action
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             the
             power
             ,
             was
             to
             expell
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ,
             with
             circumstances
             as
             wicked
             as
             the
             very
             sin
             :
             but
             the
             first
             action
             of
             the
             English
             Protestants
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             in
             power
             ,
             was
             to
             restore
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ,
             
             with
             circumstances
             almost
             as
             dutiful
             as
             the
             Action
             it self
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             Not
             to
             hold
             a
             candle
             longer
             to
             the
             Sun
             ,
             I
             will
             but
             instance
             one
             other
             experiment
             ,
             and
             against
             an
             experiment
             there
             is
             no
             arguing
             ;
             and
             the
             instance
             of
             this
             experiment
             is
             even
             in
             the
             very
             Case
             now
             controverted
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             also
             my
             L.
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
             himself
             was
             the
             Iudg.
             In
             the
             year
             1650.
             when
             it
             came
             in
             Question
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             worst
             ,
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               seduced
               Protestants
            
             .
             He
             permitted
             all
             those
             worthy
             Protestants
             which
             till
             then
             he
             served
             under
             him
             ,
             to
             come
             off
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             though
             then
             headed
             by
             Iret●n
             himself
             ;
             esteeming
             them
             safer
             with
             that
             
               real
               Regicide
               so
               accompanied
            
             ,
             than
             with
             those
             
               pretended
               Antiregicides
               ,
               so
               principled
            
             .
             Certainly
             he
             esteems
             those
             less
             ill
             to
             whom
             he
             sends
             his
             Friends
             ,
             than
             from
             whom
             he
             sends
             them
             .
             If
             so
             wise
             and
             so
             faithful
             a
             Servant
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             the
             L.
             Lieutenant
             is
             ,
             had
             had
             
               any
               hope
            
             that
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             would
             ever
             have
             return'd
             to
             their
             Loyalty
             ,
             doubtless
             he
             would
             never
             have
             sent
             away
             
               from
               them
            
             ,
             so
             many
             
               powerful
               helpers
            
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             friends
             unto
             it
             :
             and
             if
             his
             Grace
             had
             not
             had
             
               more
               than
               hopes
            
             that
             the
             English
             Protestants
             would
             have
             return'd
             to
             their
             obedience
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             had
             got
             the
             power
             of
             doing
             it
             ,
             he
             would
             never
             have
             sent
             his
             friends
             unto
             them
             .
             The
             Wisdom
             of
             his
             Grace's
             foresight
             has
             been
             happily
             justified
             in
             the
             Result
             .
             For
             all
             the
             Protestants
             which
             then
             came
             off
             ,
             were
             eminently
             instrumental
             and
             concurring
             in
             the
             duty
             of
             accomplishing
             that
             blessed
             Event
             .
             
             I
             dare
             as
             truly
             as
             confidently
             say
             ,
             the
             most
             of
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             onely
             served
             under
             the
             Usurpers
             ,
             but
             to
             bring
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             to
             those
             terms
             which
             without
             the
             force
             of
             English
             swords
             they
             would
             never
             have
             been
             brought
             unto
             .
             The
             Antient
             and
             Modern
             often
             breaches
             of
             Faith
             which
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             were
             guilty
             of
             ,
             made
             it
             too
             evident
             to
             many
             of
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             that
             nothing
             could
             bind
             them
             but
             steel
             and
             iron
             .
             The
             truth
             of
             both
             these
             positions
             is
             clearly
             read
             in
             that
             issue
             which
             the
             Providence
             of
             God
             has
             effected
             .
             However
             the
             
               once
               Seduced
            
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             are
             willing
             to
             take
             shame
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             give
             glory
             to
             God
             ,
             in
             confessing
             their
             Guilt
             such
             ,
             (
             though
             not
             by
             causing
             ,
             yet
             by
             complying
             with
             the
             late
             Vsurpation
             ,
             though
             to
             a
             
               good
               end
            
             )
             that
             they
             readily
             acknowledg
             they
             ow
             their
             lives
             and
             estates
             wholly
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Grace
             and
             indulgence
             ;
             and
             will
             be
             more
             joyful
             to
             employ
             both
             in
             the
             honor
             and
             duty
             of
             his
             service
             ,
             than
             now
             they
             are
             in
             having
             received
             both
             from
             his
             mercy
             and
             goodness
             .
             For
             't
             is
             fitter
             to
             discharge
             obligations
             ,
             than
             to
             contract
             them
             .
             The
             lively
             sense
             the
             once
             seduced
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             have
             of
             their
             failings
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Clemencie
             ,
             so
             justly
             humbles
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             take
             no
             pleasure
             to
             
               recriminate
               others
            
             ,
             farther
             than
             by
             shewing
             the
             Injustice
             of
             P.W's.
             comparisons
             ;
             which
             they
             are
             more
             troubled
             he
             gave
             them
             a
             rise
             to
             do
             ,
             than
             after
             the
             rise
             was
             given
             they
             were
             troubled
             to
             find
             out
             what
             fully
             has
             done
             it
             .
             But
             in
             regard
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             in
             all
             their
             discourses
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             Papers
             ,
             pretend
             to
             the
             
               defense
               of
               his
               Majesties
               
               Right
            
             ;
             it
             seems
             even
             necessary
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             answer
             to
             the
             other
             branch
             of
             this
             proposition
             ,
             to
             rub
             up
             their
             memories
             .
             1.
             
             That
             in
             1641
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
               unprovok'd
            
             (
             1
             )
             rebelled
             ,
             (
             2
             )
             robbed
             the
             Protestants
             of
             more
             personal
             Estate
             ,
             than
             the
             Fee-simple
             of
             all
             the
             
               forfeited
               Lands
               in
               Ireland
            
             is
             worth
             ;
             (
             3
             )
             in
             a
             few
             Months
             murthered
             about
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             innocents
             ;
             (
             4
             )
             with
             a
             sin
             next
             to
             Blasphemie
             ,
             as
             now
             they
             pretend
             his
             Majesties
             defense
             ,
             so
             then
             they
             pretended
             his
             Authority
             .
             The
             PRETENDING
             whereof
             having
             been
             so
             horrid
             a
             sin
             ,
             (
             for
             it
             was
             no
             less
             than
             to
             have
             intitled
             his
             then
             Sacred
             Majesty
             to
             all
             their
             unparallel'd
             crimes
             ,
             nay
             to
             have
             made
             him
             the
             Author
             of
             them
             )
             I
             think
             it
             a
             duty
             to
             the
             memory
             of
             that
             Glorious
             MARTYR
             ,
             to
             present
             the
             Reader
             in
             this
             place
             with
             what
             will
             clearly
             evince
             their
             malice
             therein
             to
             be
             as
             great
             ,
             as
             his
             then
             Majesties
             Innocence
             ;
             and
             nothing
             can
             better
             illustrate
             the
             vastness
             of
             this
             ,
             but
             by
             proving
             't
             is
             a
             parallel
             to
             that
             .
             I
             could
             instance
             many
             signal
             and
             clear
             evidences
             of
             this
             Truth
             ,
             besides
             that
             memorable
             one
             which
             follows
             :
             But
             since
             I
             have
             in
             most
             of
             my
             Answer
             made
             use
             of
             their
             own
             writings
             ,
             and
             prints
             ,
             to
             make
             out
             their
             guilt
             :
             in
             this
             very
             particular
             I
             will
             pursue
             that
             method
             ,
             and
             onely
             cite
             the
             Preamble
             of
             their
             own
             Remonstrance
             ,
             deliver'd
             by
             the
             L.
             Viscount
             Gormanston
             ,
             Sir
             
               Lucas
               Dillon
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Talbot
            
             Baronet
             ,
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Commissioners
             at
             rhe
             Town
             of
             Trim
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Meath
             ,
             on
             the
             17
             of
             March
             1642.
             
             In
             which
             Remonstrance
             of
             Grievances
             (
             for
             so
             they
             call
             it
             )
             after
             they
             have
             taken
             notice
             that
             his
             Majesty
             
             had
             authorized
             Commissioners
             to
             hear
             what
             they
             should
             say
             ,
             or
             propound
             ,
             these
             very
             words
             follow
             ,
             
               viz.
               Which
               your
               Majesties
               gracious
               and
               Princely
               Favor
               we
               find
               to
               be
               accompanied
               with
               these
               words
               ,
               viz.
               Albeit
               we
               do
               extremely
               detest
               the
               odious
               Rebellion
               which
               the
               Recusants
               of
               Ireland
               have
               ,
               without
               ground
               or
               colour
               ,
               raised
               against
               Vs
               ,
               Our
               Crown
               and
               Dignity
               .
            
             Words
             which
             deserve
             to
             be
             written
             with
             a
             
               Beam
               of
               the
               Sun
            
             ,
             as
             eternal
             monuments
             of
             his
             
               Majesties
               Iustice
            
             ,
             and
             their
             Guilt
             ;
             nor
             were
             they
             spoken
             in
             a
             corner
             ,
             but
             spoken
             under
             the
             Great
             Seal
             ,
             and
             even
             in
             that
             Commission
             which
             those
             False-accusers
             were
             to
             see
             and
             hear
             read
             ;
             and
             by
             those
             expressions
             they
             were
             sufficiently
             provoked
             to
             have
             pleaded
             that
             Authority
             they
             so
             falsely
             pretended
             ,
             had
             they
             had
             the
             
               least
               shadow
            
             for
             that
             black
             calumny
             .
             In
             these
             Royal
             expressions
             also
             (
             if
             at
             least
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             have
             the
             Modesty
             (
             I
             bate
             them
             the
             Justice
             )
             to
             acknowledg
             the
             King
             was
             a
             fitter
             Judge
             of
             their
             Crimes
             ,
             than
             they
             themselves
             were
             )
             the
             actings
             of
             the
             chief
             Governors
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             when
             that
             horrid
             Rebellion
             brake
             out
             ,
             are
             fully
             vindicated
             :
             for
             the
             said
             Irish
             were
             so
             far
             from
             being
             provoked
             unto
             it
             by
             those
             ,
             that
             no
             less
             a
             testimony
             than
             the
             word
             of
             that
             great
             ,
             just
             and
             wise
             Prince
             proves
             ,
             they
             had
             no
             ground
             ,
             nay
             not
             so
             much
             as
             a
             colour
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             the
             year
             1646
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             peace
             concluded
             with
             them
             ,
             they
             attempted
             ,
             by
             a
             Treachery
             not
             to
             be
             parallel'd
             by
             any
             but
             themselves
             ,
             to
             cut
             off
             the
             Lord
             Lieutenant
             and
             Army
             with
             him
             ,
             who
             marched
             out
             of
             Dublin
             on
             security
             and
             confidence
             of
             that
             peace
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             The
             same
             year
             ,
             the
             
               Council
               and
               Congregation
               of
               the
               confederate
               Catholicks
               of
               Ireland
               ,
            
             obliged
             their
             General
             Preston
             by
             a
             solemn
             Oath
             ,
             in
             these
             very
             words
             ,
             
               viz.
               To
               exercize
               all
               acts
               of
               Hostility
               against
               the
               L.
               Marquess
               of
               Ormond
            
             by
             name
             ,
             
               and
               his
               party
               ;
               and
               to
               help
               ,
               advise
               with
               counsel
               ,
               and
               assist
               in
               that
               service
               the
               L.
               General
               of
               Vlster
               employed
               in
               the
               same
               expedition
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Oath
             is
             a
             fruitful
             Theme
             to
             declame
             upon
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             limit
             my
             observations
             upon
             it
             ,
             onely
             to
             these
             following
             particulars
             .
             1.
             
             Least
             any
             should
             doubt
             they
             are
             his
             Majesties
             Subjects
             ;
             least
             any
             of
             themselves
             should
             repent
             the
             sin
             of
             not
             having
             been
             such
             ,
             they
             swear
             (
             that
             they
             may
             raise
             their
             crimes
             above
             pardon
             )
             to
             exercize
             
               all
               acts
               of
               Hostility
               against
               his
               Majesty
               ,
            
             in
             the
             person
             of
             that
             noble
             Lord
             who
             had
             then
             ,
             as
             now
             ,
             the
             high
             honor
             to
             represent
             him
             ;
             If
             killing
             be
             an
             act
             of
             hostility
             ,
             they
             in
             this
             Oath
             swear
             to
             kill
             him
             ;
             if
             this
             be
             not
             
               actual
               Regicide
            
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             't
             is
             not
             their
             fault
             that
             it
             is
             not
             .
             This
             horrid
             Oath
             takes
             off
             all
             disguises
             ,
             and
             makes
             their
             sin
             as
             visible
             as
             great
             .
             And
             if
             such
             a
             Crime
             be
             capable
             of
             accession
             ,
             it
             did
             contract
             it
             by
             the
             same
             persons
             engaging
             privately
             ,
             about
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             have
             been
             assur'd
             by
             an
             undeniable
             Testimony
             )
             That
             he
             would
             
               serve
               the
               King
            
             ,
             which
             he
             afterwards
             endeavour'd
             to
             excuse
             onely
             by
             saying
             ,
             
               His
               Army
               was
               not
               Nuntio-proof
            
             .
             By
             which
             it
             appears
             indisputably
             whether
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             are
             Subjects
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             (
             2
             )
             Instead
             of
             repenting
             and
             making
             amends
             for
             the
             late
             violated
             peace
             in
             the
             year
             1646
             ,
             they
             swear
             
             to
             destroy
             him
             ,
             with
             whom
             they
             had
             made
             it
             .
          
           
             (
             3
             )
             This
             Oath
             reduc'd
             the
             taker
             of
             it
             to
             a
             sad
             Dilemma
             ,
             either
             to
             Rebellion
             or
             Perjury
             .
          
           
             (
             4
             )
             This
             Oath
             evidences
             that
             nothing
             is
             so
             powerful
             with
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             as
             to
             
               destroy
               his
               Majesties
               Government
            
             ;
             since
             the
             uniting
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Irish
            
             Papists
             and
             the
             
               Old
               English
            
             Papists
             ,
             which
             the
             Pope
             himself
             could
             not
             effect
             :
             the
             dethroning
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             has
             accomplish'd
             .
             They
             that
             could
             never
             agree
             in
             
               any
               thing
               else
            
             ,
             agree
             in
             this
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             made
             the
             very
             
               Bond
               of
               their
               iniquity
            
             .
             I
             will
             say
             no
             more
             on
             this
             subject
             ,
             but
             that
             Herod
             and
             Pilate
             could
             be
             friends
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             to
             crucifie
             Christ.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             the
             year
             1647
             ,
             from
             
               Kilkenny
               Ian.
            
             18.
             the
             Popish
             Lords
             Spiritual
             and
             Temporal
             and
             Commons
             of
             the
             
               confederate
               Catholicks
               of
               Ireland
            
             employ
             Commissioners
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
               France
            
             and
             Spain
             ,
             to
             invite
             a
             forreign
             power
             into
             Ireland
             ,
             particularly
             to
             Rome
             their
             titular
             Bishop
             of
             Ferns
             and
             
               Nicolas
               Plunket
            
             
               Esq
            
             (
             who
             was
             Knighted
             by
             the
             Pope
             for
             his
             good
             service
             therein
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             one
             of
             the
             confident
             Advocates
             for
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             as
             
               defenders
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Rights
            
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             as
             
               deserters
               of
               the
               Royal
               Cause
            
             )
             these
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             were
             authorized
             to
             declare
             ,
             
               viz.
               That
               they
               raised
               arms
               for
               the
               freedom
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Religion
               ,
            
             which
             are
             their
             own
             very
             words
             in
             the
             third
             Article
             of
             those
             their
             Instructions
             .
          
           
             In
             their
             Remonstrance
             in
             the
             begining
             of
             the
             Rebellion
             ,
             whatever
             they
             said
             necessitated
             some
             few
             discontents
             to
             take
             up
             arms
             ,
             then
             they
             took
             off
             the
             vail
             ,
             
             and
             positively
             said
             ,
             
               That
               they
               raised
               arms
               for
               the
               freedom
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Religion
               .
            
             Certainly
             if
             ever
             they
             may
             be
             believed
             to
             
               speak
               true
            
             ,
             it
             is
             when
             they
             speak
             to
             the
             POPE
             ;
             and
             if
             ever
             any
             thing
             may
             be
             believed
             to
             be
             the
             voice
             of
             all
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             it
             is
             when
             the
             Popish
             Lords
             Spiritual
             and
             Temporal
             and
             Commons
             of
             the
             confederate
             Catholicks
             speak
             in
             one
             Assembly
             .
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             the
             
               Freedom
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Religion
            
             has
             been
             
               practically
               expounded
            
             by
             the
             Professors
             of
             it
             in
             Ireland
             ;
             not
             onely
             affirmatively
             ,
             that
             those
             which
             are
             of
             it
             ,
             should
             enjoy
             the
             publick
             and
             undisturbed
             exercize
             thereof
             themselves
             ;
             but
             negatively
             ,
             to
             be
             an
             exclusion
             of
             the
             publick
             ,
             if
             not
             private
             ,
             exercize
             of
             the
             True
             Religion
             .
             Many
             instances
             I
             could
             present
             the
             Reader
             of
             this
             ,
             but
             I
             shall
             onely
             set
             down
             two
             :
             The
             1.
             is
             
               Dean
               York
            
             a
             reverend
             Minister
             of
             Gods
             word
             ,
             during
             his
             residence
             at
             Gallway
             ,
             was
             not
             allowed
             to
             pay
             the
             last
             duties
             of
             
               Christian
               burial
            
             to
             those
             Protestants
             which
             died
             in
             that
             Town
             ;
             but
             was
             forced
             to
             bury
             them
             ,
             nay
             his
             
               own
               children
               privately
            
             in
             his
             Garden
             .
             The
             2.
             is
             ,
             That
             my
             L.
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
             ,
             though
             owned
             by
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             to
             be
             the
             Kings
             L.
             Lieutenant
             ,
             and
             consequently
             representing
             his
             Sacred
             Majesties
             person
             ,
             was
             still
             denied
             the
             use
             of
             so
             much
             as
             one
             Church
             or
             Chappel
             ,
             wherever
             the
             said
             Papists
             had
             the
             power
             ;
             nay
             one
             of
             the
             Generals
             of
             the
             Irish
             PAPISTS
             ,
             
               now
               living
            
             ,
             told
             my
             L.
             Lieutenant
             at
             Kilkenny
             ,
             That
             if
             the
             King
             in
             person
             came
             into
             Ireland
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             be
             allowed
             by
             them
             
               One
               Church
            
             to
             celebrate
             his
             Devotions
             in
             :
             to
             whom
             his
             
             Grace
             made
             a
             return
             ,
             proportionate
             to
             the
             disloyalty
             of
             that
             Declaration
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             that
             return
             being
             prophetical
             ,
             and
             since
             fulfilled
             ,
             I
             shall
             here
             insert
             the
             words
             ,
             
               viz.
               I
               hope
               to
               live
               to
               soe
               all
               of
               that
               mind
               to
               be
               without
               one
               Church
               in
               Ireland
               to
               say
               Mass
               in
               .
            
             By
             these
             two
             instances
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             That
             the
             direct
             meaning
             of
             those
             words
             ,
             
               The
               Freedom
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Religion
               ,
            
             is
             no
             other
             than
             the
             total
             banishing
             out
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             the
             exercize
             of
             the
             Religion
             established
             in
             it
             ,
             by
             
               Truth
               it self
            
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             good
             and
             
               wholsom
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land.
            
             
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             another
             part
             of
             the
             third
             Article
             of
             the
             said
             Instructions
             ,
             these
             very
             words
             are
             inserted
             ,
             
               viz.
               The
               cofederate
               Catholicks
               do
               intend
               that
               you
               let
               his
               Holiness
               know
               ,
               their
               resolution
               to
               insist
               upon
               such
               Concessions
               and
               Agreements
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               security
               thereof
               ,
               as
               his
               Holiness
               shall
               approve
               of
               ,
               and
               be
               satisfied
               with
               .
            
          
           
             This
             palpably
             evinceth
             ,
             that
             the
             Papists
             of
             Ireland
             being
             Subjects
             ,
             or
             Rebels
             ,
             depends
             wholly
             upon
             the
             Popes
             pleasure
             :
             For
             let
             his
             Majesty
             grant
             them
             what
             he
             will
             ,
             yet
             his
             pretended
             Holiness's
             approbation
             must
             be
             the
             rule
             by
             which
             onely
             they
             will
             be
             bound
             .
             And
             this
             is
             made
             most
             evident
             by
             the
             words
             of
             the
             nineth
             Article
             in
             the
             said
             Instructions
             ,
             which
             follow
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               viz.
               In
               case
               his
               Holiness
               will
               not
               be
               pleased
               to
               descend
               to
               such
               Conditions
               ,
               as
               might
               be
               granted
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               then
               you
               are
               to
               sollicit
               for
               considerable
               aids
               ,
               whereby
               to
               maintain
               a
               war
               ,
               and
               to
               ascertain
               and
               secure
               the
               same
               &c.
               
            
             And
             soon
             after
             in
             the
             same
             nineth
             Article
             ,
             these
             words
             follow
             ,
             
               viz.
               You
               are
               to
               make
               application
               
               to
               his
               Holiness
               for
               his
               being
               Protector
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ;
               and
               by
               special
               instance
               to
               endeavor
               his
               acceptance
               thereof
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Still
               the
               Pope
               is
               their
               King
            
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             may
             be
             so
             almost
             in
             name
             as
             well
             as
             in
             power
             ,
             they
             sollicit
             him
             by
             
               special
               instance
            
             to
             accept
             that
             Title
             ,
             under
             which
             he
             might
             act
             that
             power
             :
             so
             that
             it
             is
             not
             the
             
               Confederate
               Catholicks
            
             fault
             ,
             if
             a
             PROTECTOR
             were
             not
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             before
             the
             Sectaries
             had
             set
             up
             one
             in
             England
             .
             Nay
             their
             Commissioners
             then
             sent
             to
             France
             and
             Spain
             ,
             were
             required
             in
             case
             of
             the
             
               Popes
               refusal
            
             of
             being
             their
             Protector
             ,
             to
             offer
             it
             to
             either
             of
             those
             Kings
             ,
             nay
             to
             any
             
               Popish
               Prince
            
             ,
             from
             whom
             (
             to
             use
             their
             own
             words
             )
             they
             might
             have
             most
             considerable
             aids
             .
             In
             effect
             ,
             they
             are
             willing
             any
             one
             should
             govern
             them
             ,
             but
             he
             who
             onely
             had
             the
             Right
             to
             do
             it
             .
             But
             yet
             as
             becomes
             obedient
             sons
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Pope
             has
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             preemption
             .
          
           
             It
             appears
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             hang
             ,
             as
             their
             Faith
             in
             God
             ,
             so
             their
             Loyalty
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             on
             the
             Popes
             sleeve
             ;
             and
             certainly
             it
             is
             not
             probable
             that
             those
             should
             defend
             his
             Majesties
             Right
             ,
             over
             whom
             (
             1
             )
             a
             forreign
             Prince
             ,
             (
             2
             )
             such
             a
             forreign
             Prince
             as
             considers
             
               His
               Majesty
            
             as
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             and
             consequently
             an
             enemy
             ,
             hath
             full
             power
             ;
             and
             (
             3
             )
             
               That
               power
            
             on
             the
             strongest
             account
             ,
             even
             that
             of
             Conscience
             and
             Religion
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             year
             1648
             another
             Peace
             was
             concluded
             with
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             but
             
               after
               that
            
             ,
             they
             
               disowned
               ,
               disobeyed
               ,
               opposed
               ,
               conspired
               to
               murther
               ,
            
             excommunicated
             ,
             
             and
             banished
             his
             
               Majesties
               Viceroy
            
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             former
             instances
             .
          
           
             In
             sum
             ,
             when
             the
             power
             of
             Ireland
             was
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             ,
             they
             design'd
             and
             endeavour'd
             to
             betray
             it
             to
             Forreigners
             :
             But
             when
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             they
             absolutely
             ,
             and
             without
             
               antecedent
               conditions
               ,
               submitted
            
             it
             and
             themselves
             to
             his
             
               Sacred
               Majesty
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             As
             to
             their
             fighting
             against
             the
             Regicides
             ,
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Vitious
               extremes
            
             are
             not
             onely
             opposite
             to
             virtue
             ,
             but
             also
             one
             to
             the
             
               other
               ;
               Papists
            
             and
             Sectaries
             oppose
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             both
             the
             Protestants
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Spaniard
             and
             the
             Dutch
             fought
             against
             the
             Regicides
             ,
             yet
             neither
             of
             them
             in
             the
             
               day
               of
               Tryal
            
             ,
             proved
             themselves
             friends
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Rights
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             'T
             is
             the
             Cause
             ,
             not
             the
             Suffering
             onely
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             Martyr
             ;
             't
             is
             not
             the
             fighting
             ,
             but
             the
             ground
             and
             end
             of
             the
             fighting
             ,
             which
             proves
             which
             is
             the
             good
             Subject
             ,
             and
             of
             that
             ,
             let
             even
             P.
             W.
             judg
             by
             the
             former
             Instances
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             Argument
             pretends
             to
             commutative
             Justice
             ,
             and
             is
             usher'd
             in
             by
             a
             comparison
             and
             preoccupation
             .
          
           
             The
             former
             thrice
             pressed
             way
             of
             comparison
             ,
             is
             yet
             propounded
             here
             again
             ,
             but
             with
             less
             injustice
             here
             ,
             than
             before
             ;
             the
             comparison
             before
             was
             between
             Papists
             and
             Protestants
             ,
             here
             between
             Papists
             and
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Quakers
             ,
             Fifth
             Monarchy
             men
             ,
             Independents
             .
          
           
           
             To
             which
             I
             shall
             onely
             say
             ,
             Whatever
             tenents
             opposit
             to
             
               Regal
               power
            
             may
             be
             found
             among
             any
             Sectaries
             ,
             are
             ,
             if
             not
             
               learn'd
               from
            
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             
               taught
               by
            
             the
             Romish
             Schools
             .
             Papists
             and
             Sectaries
             like
             
               Sampsons
               Foxes
            
             ,
             are
             tyed
             by
             their
             tails
             ,
             though
             their
             heads
             be
             divided
             ;
             their
             way
             may
             seem
             contrary
             ,
             but
             they
             all
             tend
             to
             the
             same
             end
             ,
             the
             ruine
             of
             the
             Corn-field
             .
          
           
             As
             P.
             W.
             ushers
             in
             his
             Arguments
             on
             one
             side
             with
             a
             comparison
             :
             so
             on
             the
             other
             with
             a
             preoccupation
             ,
             relating
             to
             the
             power
             of
             those
             which
             he
             calls
             Adversaries
             ,
             and
             declareth
             it
             
               to
               be
               no
               greater
               than
               his
               Majesty
               is
               pleased
               to
               make
               it
               .
            
          
           
             To
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             Declaration
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             freely
             consent
             ;
             professing
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             though
             their
             Army
             is
             such
             ,
             as
             sufficed
             
               to
               subdue
               the
               Irish
               Rebels
            
             when
             
               universally
               confederated
            
             throughout
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             supplied
             by
             Forreigners
             with
             Money
             ,
             Arms
             and
             Ammunition
             ,
             and
             strengthen'd
             with
             no
             less
             than
             the
             
               Popes
               blessing
            
             and
             Nuntio
             :
             yet
             their
             power
             consists
             not
             in
             Arms
             or
             Armies
             ,
             Fortifications
             or
             Men
             ;
             but
             in
             
               loyalty
               and
               obedience
            
             to
             his
             Sacred
             Majesties
             Commission
             and
             Authority
             ;
             and
             is
             consequently
             ,
             as
             P.
             W.
             says
             ,
             
               no
               greater
               than
               his
               Majesty
               is
               pleased
               to
               make
               it
               .
            
             And
             since
             this
             is
             the
             true
             State
             of
             the
             Protestant
             ,
             both
             principle
             and
             interest
             ,
             As
             in
             truth
             it
             is
             ,
             even
             their
             Adversary
             being
             their
             Judg
             ,
             't
             is
             likely
             therefore
             that
             P.
             W.
             declares
             they
             are
             his
             Adversaries
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             believe
             his
             Friends
             are
             other
             guess
             men
             )
             But
             doubtless
             those
             are
             fittest
             to
             be
             trusted
             with
             power
             ,
             who
             are
             no
             
               stronger
               by
               it
            
             ,
             even
             by
             their
             enemies
             acknowledgments
             ,
             
             than
             He
             which
             gives
             it
             ,
             is
             willing
             to
             make
             it
             ;
             than
             those
             who
             never
             had
             power
             ,
             but
             what
             they
             forc'd
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             who
             never
             employ'd
             
               that
               power
            
             (
             the
             whole
             stream
             of
             their
             own
             actions
             being
             their
             Judges
             )
             but
             
               against
               that
               Sacred
               Majesty
            
             from
             whom
             they
             wrested
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Arguments
               following
               plead
            
             Iustice
             ,
             and
             that
             Iustice
             grounded
             on
             the
             Articles
             of
             1648.
             and
             judged
             by
             the
             sad
             consequences
             threatned
             on
             the
             breach
             thereof
             ,
             whether
             we
             regard
             men
             or
             God.
             
          
           
             Though
             concerning
             the
             Articles
             of
             1648
             ,
             enough
             hath
             been
             instanced
             already
             ,
             yet
             to
             leave
             P.
             W.
             without
             occasion
             of
             Cavil
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             be
             unfit
             to
             add
             somewhat
             more
             here
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               Contents
               of
               those
               Articles
               are
               in
               themselves
               unwarrantable
               ,
               except
               in
               case
               of
               Necessity
               which
               hath
               no
               Law.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Condition
               of
               those
               Articles
               whereon
               they
               were
               principally
               ,
               if
               not
               onely
               founded
               ,
               hath
               been
               often
               and
               intirely
               violated
               by
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Contents
             of
             those
             Articles
             are
             unwarrantable
             unless
             in
             case
             of
             necessity
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             contrary
             to
             an
             higher
             obligation
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Rule
             both
             of
             publick
             and
             private
             justice
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             His
             Majesty
             at
             his
             Coronation
             ,
             binds
             himself
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             govern
             these
             Kingdoms
             according
             to
             their
             respective
             Laws
             ;
             and
             let
             P.
             W.
             himself
             consider
             ,
             how
             agreable
             it
             is
             to
             Law
             or
             publick
             Justice
             ,
             that
             the
             Militia
             ,
             
             Treasury
             ,
             an
             Army
             of
             fifteen
             thousand
             Foot
             ,
             two
             thousand
             five
             hundred
             Horse
             ,
             of
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             and
             even
             in
             effect
             the
             Legislative
             power
             it self
             ,
             should
             be
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             twelve
             men
             to
             be
             chosen
             by
             Irish
             Papists
             ;
             or
             that
             there
             should
             be
             no
             alteration
             in
             England
             of
             what
             they
             in
             Ireland
             should
             think
             fit
             to
             transmit
             to
             his
             Majesty
             for
             the
             settlement
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             ;
             or
             even
             that
             the
             Irish
             Rebels
             should
             be
             pardoned
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             when
             his
             Majesty
             in
             Parliament
             the
             seventeenth
             year
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             adjudged
             such
             pardon
             before
             conviction
             to
             be
             null
             and
             void
             ;
             hereby
             even
             when
             they
             treated
             with
             his
             Majesty
             concerning
             the
             affairs
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             assuming
             the
             
               Legislative
               authority
               of
               it
            
             ,
             by
             repealing
             the
             Statute
             made
             the
             10.
             of
             Henry
             the
             VII
             .
             (
             commonly
             called
             
               Poynings
               Law
            
             )
             and
             the
             explanatory
             Law
             thereof
             ,
             in
             3.
             and
             4.
             of
             Philip
             and
             Mary
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             hitherto
             they
             chiefly
             pleaded
             before
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             in
             Council
             ,
             but
             for
             
               so
               much
               benefit
            
             of
             the
             Articles
             of
             peace
             in
             1648
             ,
             as
             would
             restore
             them
             to
             their
             forfeited
             Estates
             :
             yet
             if
             they
             had
             prevailed
             therein
             ,
             upon
             the
             score
             of
             that
             plea
             ,
             it
             must
             in
             consequence
             have
             adjudged
             for
             them
             the
             benefit
             of
             all
             the
             other
             Articles
             ,
             as
             a
             right
             .
             For
             if
             any
             of
             those
             Articles
             are
             due
             to
             them
             by
             an
             obligation
             of
             
               Iustice
               ,
               all
            
             are
             then
             due
             to
             them
             by
             the
             same
             obligation
             ;
             and
             since
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Gracious
             Declaration
             in
             Council
             ,
             of
             the
             30
             of
             November
             1660.
             that
             they
             have
             no
             right
             to
             any
             of
             their
             
               forfeited
               estates
            
             ,
             nor
             any
             title
             but
             what
             his
             Majesties
             mercy
             and
             bounty
             hath
             vouchsafed
             
             safed
             to
             diverse
             of
             them
             ;
             it
             thence
             follows
             ,
             That
             his
             Majesty
             in
             Council
             has
             adjudg'd
             ,
             They
             have
             
               no
               right
            
             to
             those
             Articles
             .
             For
             as
             an
             adjudication
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             of
             their
             title
             to
             
               any
               one
            
             of
             the
             said
             Articles
             ,
             had
             entitled
             them
             to
             all
             :
             so
             an
             adjudication
             of
             his
             Majesty
             in
             Council
             ,
             That
             they
             had
             not
             a
             right
             to
             that
             one
             they
             pleaded
             for
             ,
             has
             adjudg'd
             them
             to
             have
             no
             right
             to
             any
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Was
             not
             his
             late
             Majesty
             of
             glorious
             memory
             before
             those
             Articles
             ,
             (
             1
             )
             preingaged
             to
             the
             Adventurers
             for
             many
             of
             the
             forfeited
             Lands
             in
             Ireland
             ;
             (
             2
             )
             in
             the
             strictest
             form
             of
             ingagement
             ,
             even
             by
             an
             ingagement
             in
             Parliament
             ;
             (
             3
             )
             on
             the
             account
             of
             strictest
             justice
             ,
             even
             by
             way
             of
             sale
             ;
             (
             4
             )
             on
             the
             best
             account
             of
             sale
             ,
             the
             end
             thereof
             being
             to
             reduce
             the
             Irish
             Rebels
             :
             therefore
             might
             not
             these
             Arguments
             which
             P.
             W.
             urgeth
             in
             this
             instance
             against
             the
             
               breach
               of
               publick
               Faith
            
             ,
             be
             at
             least
             more
             appliable
             to
             this
             engagement
             of
             his
             late
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             his
             now
             Majesties
             Declaration
             at
             Breda
             ,
             and
             his
             gracious
             Declaration
             of
             the
             30.
             of
             November
             1660
             ;
             which
             were
             all
             Acts
             of
             
               choice
               ,
               premeditation
            
             and
             freedom
             :
             than
             to
             those
             Articles
             of
             1648
             ,
             which
             was
             an
             act
             of
             necessity
             and
             
               rebellious
               force
            
             .
             The
             Casuists
             and
             School-men
             will
             easily
             resolve
             P.
             W.
             that
             the
             later
             and
             lesser
             obligation
             ,
             ought
             to
             give
             place
             to
             the
             elder
             and
             greater
             .
             But
             if
             P.
             W.
             object
             ,
             that
             if
             his
             Majesty
             were
             under
             an
             obligation
             preceding
             and
             opposite
             to
             theirs
             ,
             why
             did
             he
             enter
             into
             an
             obligation
             unto
             them
             ?
             To
             that
             I
             answer
             ,
             1.
             
             That
             then
             it
             was
             not
             
               Res
               integra
            
             ;
             for
             his
             Majesties
             
             Rebellious
             Subjects
             ,
             even
             some
             of
             the
             
               Adventurers
               themselves
            
             had
             superinduc'd
             a
             necessity
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             which
             as
             he
             could
             not
             foresee
             when
             he
             made
             his
             first
             contract
             :
             so
             by
             all
             the
             ties
             of
             natural
             preservation
             ,
             he
             was
             bound
             to
             take
             away
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             brought
             upon
             him
             ;
             and
             it
             could
             not
             be
             a
             breach
             of
             Faith
             in
             the
             King
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             made
             it
             (
             as
             things
             then
             stood
             )
             impossible
             to
             perform
             it
             .
             2.
             
             Though
             necessity
             be
             an
             
               unhappy
               plea
            
             ,
             yet
             when
             't
             is
             a
             true
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             allowable
             one
             .
             (
             3
             )
             .
             That
             
               very
               necessity
            
             which
             constrain'd
             his
             Majesty
             to
             those
             Articles
             ,
             had
             they
             been
             observed
             by
             those
             with
             whom
             they
             were
             made
             ,
             would
             have
             invited
             all
             
               honest
               Englishmen
            
             to
             have
             cheerfully
             waited
             ,
             till
             by
             the
             expected
             fruits
             and
             effects
             of
             that
             Peace
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             might
             have
             been
             enabled
             to
             have
             satisfied
             them
             ;
             nay
             they
             would
             rather
             have
             lost
             their
             money
             ,
             than
             his
             Majesty
             should
             
               have
               broken
               his
               Faith
            
             with
             them
             ,
             that
             had
             kept
             it
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             been
             so
             serviceable
             to
             him
             ;
             besides
             his
             Majesty
             might
             have
             been
             so
             soon
             reseated
             in
             his
             throne
             ,
             that
             the
             debts
             of
             the
             Crown
             would
             have
             been
             so
             small
             ,
             &
             his
             Subjects
             ability
             and
             affections
             so
             great
             ;
             that
             he
             might
             and
             would
             easily
             have
             satisfied
             the
             Adventurers
             desires
             ,
             without
             forfeited
             Land
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             even
             by
             their
             own
             consent
             .
             But
             the
             breach
             on
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             side
             ,
             has
             occasion'd
             so
             long
             and
             chargeable
             a
             War
             ,
             that
             their
             forfeitures
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             
               vast
               sums
            
             sent
             out
             of
             England
             into
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             raised
             in
             Ireland
             it self
             ,
             are
             scarse
             able
             to
             defray
             that
             expence
             ,
             which
             their
             own
             
               violation
               of
               Faith
            
             has
             engag'd
             the
             Crown
             in
             :
             so
             that
             it
             is
             
             but
             just
             ,
             that
             the
             Bear-skin
             (
             as
             far
             as
             it
             will
             go
             )
             should
             contribute
             to
             pay
             for
             the
             healing
             of
             those
             wounds
             ,
             which
             the
             Bear
             it self
             had
             given
             .
             His
             Sacred
             Majesty
             in
             the
             3.
             page
             of
             his
             Declaration
             ,
             speaking
             upon
             these
             Articles
             ,
             uses
             these
             very
             words
             :
             
               viz.
               When
               they
               who
               wickedly
               usurped
               the
               Authority
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               had
               erected
               that
               odious
               Court
               ,
               for
               the
               taking
               away
               the
               life
               of
               Our
               dear
               Father
               ;
               no
               body
               can
               wonder
               that
               we
               were
               desirous
               ,
               though
               upon
               DIFFICVLT
               CONDITIONS
               ,
               to
               get
               such
               an
               united
               power
               of
               our
               own
               Subjects
               ,
               as
               might
               have
               been
               able
               ,
               with
               Gods
               blessing
               ,
               to
               have
               prevented
               that
               infamous
               and
               horrible
               Parricide
               .
            
          
           
             In
             these
             clear
             and
             Royal
             expressions
             the
             world
             may
             see
             what
             was
             the
             onely
             incentive
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             for
             his
             granting
             of
             that
             Peace
             ,
             even
             no
             less
             than
             the
             
               preventing
               of
               the
               Murther
               of
               his
               blessed
               Father
               ,
            
             and
             the
             bloudy
             consequences
             of
             it
             :
             And
             therefore
             if
             that
             were
             the
             hopeful
             effect
             of
             those
             Concessions
             ,
             had
             they
             been
             observed
             on
             the
             Irish
             side
             ;
             may
             not
             we
             (
             without
             too
             much
             straining
             )
             inferr
             ,
             that
             the
             breach
             on
             their
             side
             ,
             contributed
             to
             ,
             if
             not
             acted
             that
             
               unparallel'd
               Crime
            
             .
             To
             commit
             the
             sin
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             prevent
             the
             sin
             ,
             when
             men
             have
             the
             preventative
             power
             of
             it
             ,
             are
             very
             near
             ally'd
             ,
             if
             not
             the
             same
             Crimes
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             also
             here
             again
             observe
             ,
             that
             what
             P.
             W.
             calls
             
               Freely
               putting
               themselves
               and
               their
               power
               into
               my
               L.
               Lievtenants
               hands
            
             ;
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             justly
             marks
             with
             these
             observable
             expressions
             ,
             [
             
               upon
               difficult
               Conditions
            
             ;
             ]
             may
             I
             not
             therefore
             from
             thence
             also
             well
             infer
             ,
             That
             P.
             W's
             .
             Clients
             ,
             do
             nothing
             so
             freely
             as
             
             when
             they
             put
             
               difficult
               Conditions
            
             on
             His
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             Though
             I
             have
             said
             and
             prov'd
             by
             undeniable
             evidences
             ,
             That
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             have
             violated
             and
             broken
             the
             Articles
             they
             extorted
             in
             1648
             ;
             yet
             because
             P.
             W's
             .
             Tenents
             obliges
             him
             to
             believe
             
               Works
               of
               supererrogation
            
             ,
             I
             will
             gratifie
             him
             in
             practicing
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             own
             principles
             ,
             by
             adding
             farther
             what
             follows
             ,
             to
             evince
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             have
             egregiously
             broken
             the
             
               said
               Peace
            
             ;
             the
             foundation
             of
             which
             ,
             is
             the
             Recognition
             made
             by
             them
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Soveraignty
             ,
             and
             their
             Obligation
             to
             obey
             and
             uphold
             it
             ,
             with
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             which
             is
             therefore
             not
             onely
             inserted
             after
             the
             Title
             ,
             as
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Agreement
             ,
             but
             premised
             to
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             as
             the
             Ground
             and
             Principle
             of
             the
             following
             Graces
             and
             Securities
             ,
             which
             without
             it
             ,
             are
             like
             a
             Castle
             in
             the
             air
             ,
             that
             has
             no
             foundation
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             stand
             .
          
           
             Besides
             the
             18th
             Article
             of
             the
             said
             Peace
             expresly
             excludes
             from
             the
             benefit
             thereof
             ,
             such
             as
             should
             
               after
               offend
            
             .
             The
             doubt
             then
             that
             remains
             ,
             turns
             on
             these
             two
             Hinges
             ,
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Whether
                 this
                 Condition
                 or
                 Recognition
                 were
                 broken
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   By
                   whom
                   it
                   was
                   broken
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             first
             appears
             affirmatively
             ,
             beyond
             contradiction
             ,
             in
             the
             many
             former
             instances
             ;
             for
             after
             the
             conclusion
             of
             those
             Articles
             ,
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             
               despised
               ,
               disowned
               ,
               rejected
               ,
               expelled
               ,
               banished
               and
               excommunicated
            
             the
             L.
             Lieutenant
             ,
             and
             
               all
               adhering
               to
               him
            
             ,
             and
             in
             him
             ,
             
               his
               Majesties
               Authority
            
             .
          
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             clearly
             appears
             ,
             That
             even
             those
             who
             made
             these
             Articles
             with
             the
             Lord
             Lieutenant
             ,
             were
             guilty
             of
             their
             Breach
             :
             For
             if
             they
             were
             
               not
               able
            
             to
             keep
             this
             Condition
             inviolable
             ,
             they
             transgressed
             that
             duty
             express'd
             in
             the
             Recognition
             ,
             and
             were
             Abusers
             both
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Authority
             and
             Service
             .
             And
             if
             they
             
               were
               able
            
             to
             keep
             this
             Condition
             inviolable
             ,
             they
             are
             guilty
             for
             not
             accordingly
             
               keeping
               it
            
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             These
             Articles
             were
             not
             made
             with
             any
             individuals
             singly
             consider'd
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             then
             
               Ruling
               Power
            
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             for
             accordingly
             the
             phrase
             in
             the
             Title
             is
             ,
             viz.
             [
             
               Articles
               of
               Peace
               ,
               made
               and
               concluded
               with
               the
               General
               Assembly
               .
            
             ]
             And
             in
             the
             Conclusion
             ,
             [
             
               Signed
               by
               Sir
            
             Richard
             Blake
             
               Knight
               ,
               in
               the
               Chair
               of
               the
               General
               Assembly
               ,
               by
               Order
               ,
               Command
               and
               unanimous
               Consent
               of
               the
               said
               Catholicks
               in
               full
               Assembly
               .
            
             ]
             Seeing
             then
             their
             Ruling
             Power
             made
             the
             said
             Recognition
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             Ruling
             Power
             published
             the
             Breach
             thereof
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             is
             evident
             by
             their
             
               Declaration
               of
               the
               twelfth
               of
               August
            
             1650.
             so
             by
             
               many
               other
               insolent
               violations
            
             ,
             though
             His
             Majesties
             Grace
             and
             Mercy
             hath
             indulg'd
             to
             the
             particular
             actings
             of
             many
             Individuals
             ,
             yet
             in
             relation
             to
             
               those
               Articles
            
             ,
             or
             an
             account
             of
             any
             
               Obligation
               in
               Iustice
               due
               to
               them
               ,
            
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             regarded
             .
          
           
             Yet
             his
             sacred
             Majesties
             justice
             to
             ,
             and
             tenderness
             of
             the
             said
             Irish
             Papists
             has
             abundantly
             appeared
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             his
             having
             in
             person
             still
             heard
             them
             upon
             the
             said
             Articles
             of
             Peace
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             giving
             them
             near
             2
             years
             time
             to
             prove
             all
             they
             pleaded
             ,
             and
             so
             long
             left
             the
             
             Kingdom
             unsettled
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             fully
             heard
             in
             all
             their
             Allegations
             ;
             nay
             ,
             even
             by
             his
             giving
             Them
             a
             liberty
             which
             never
             yet
             was
             given
             to
             any
             ,
             even
             a
             free
             sight
             of
             the
             Bill
             of
             Settlement
             ,
             which
             was
             humbly
             presented
             to
             Him
             by
             the
             Lords
             Justices
             and
             Council
             ,
             pursuant
             to
             Poynings
             Law
             ,
             and
             a
             full
             liberty
             to
             make
             all
             the
             objections
             they
             could
             against
             it
             ;
             which
             yet
             they
             have
             been
             so
             far
             from
             acknowledging
             as
             an
             effect
             of
             his
             Royal
             Care
             and
             Indulgence
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             their
             Answers
             (
             which
             I
             have
             diligently
             perused
             )
             I
             do
             not
             find
             so
             much
             as
             a
             
               bare
               taking
               notice
            
             of
             that
             
               unpresidented
               Favour
            
             .
             But
             possibly
             since
             by
             that
             Indulgence
             their
             guilt
             has
             been
             but
             the
             more
             evidenced
             ,
             they
             untruly
             consider
             the
             consequences
             of
             that
             mercy
             to
             be
             ,
             what
             only
             was
             intended
             in
             the
             extending
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             were
             loth
             to
             pay
             his
             Majesty
             thanks
             for
             what
             has
             but
             more
             discover'd
             their
             Crimes
             .
             But
             yet
             this
             is
             but
             proportionate
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             proceedings
             :
             for
             since
             they
             call
             his
             sacred
             Majesties
             mercy
             an
             injustice
             ,
             they
             may
             at
             the
             same
             rate
             decline
             
               paying
               Acknowledgments
            
             for
             his
             condescentions
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Having
             thus
             proved
             that
             the
             
               Peace
               was
               broken
               by
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               after
               it
               was
               made
               ,
            
             I
             shall
             now
             say
             something
             to
             prove
             that
             
               it
               was
               DESIGNEDLY
               broken
               BEFORE
               IT
               WAS
               MADE
               .
            
          
           
             If
             by
             a
             previous
             Ingagement
             and
             Oath
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             confirmed
             their
             first
             confederacie
             not
             to
             be
             dissolved
             by
             the
             Peace
             which
             then
             they
             seemingly
             pursued
             .
             If
             they
             combin'd
             to
             make
             themselves
             IVDGES
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Actions
             ,
             and
             to
             
               appeal
               to
               themselves
            
             upon
             
             every
             Occurrence
             that
             they
             should
             be
             inclinable
             to
             misinterpret
             ;
             notwithstanding
             their
             Protestations
             of
             obedience
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ,
             then
             I
             conceive
             the
             whole
             peace
             thereby
             is
             on
             their
             part
             made
             void
             and
             null
             .
             But
             that
             they
             did
             so
             ,
             is
             
               clearly
               evident
            
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             an
             
               OATH
               solemnly
               taken
            
             (
             not
             by
             private
             men
             ,
             or
             a
             factious
             party
             ,
             but
             )
             by
             all
             the
             
               Prelates
               ,
               Noblemen
            
             ,
             and
             Gentlemen
             that
             were
             the
             
               Grand
               Committee
            
             ,
             upon
             concluding
             the
             said
             Peace
             ,
             That
             in
             case
             of
             non-performing
             of
             the
             Articles
             thereof
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             If
             all
             the
             particulars
             therein
             were
             not
             carried
             on
             according
             to
             their
             liking
             )
             they
             were
             to
             continue
             the
             Association
             and
             Vnion
             of
             
               Confederate
               Catholicks
            
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             
               ALL
               Acts
               preservative
               thereunto
            
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             place
             it
             seems
             to
             me
             requisite
             to
             let
             the
             Reader
             know
             what
             that
             
               Vnion
               and
               Association
               of
               the
               Confederate
               Catholicks
            
             was
             ,
             which
             they
             swear
             to
             continue
             ;
             which
             I
             shall
             instane
             in
             somce
             particulars
             ,
             out
             of
             their
             own
             Originals
             now
             remaining
             on
             Record
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             Roll
             they
             swear
             in
             these
             very
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             I
             A.
             B.
             
               do
               promise
               ,
               protest
               and
               swear
               before
               God
               and
               his
               Saints
               and
               his
               Angels
               ,
               That
               I
               will
               during
               my
               life
               bear
               true
               Faith
               and
               Allegiance
               to
               my
               Soveraign
               Lord
            
             Charles
             
               by
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               King
               of
            
             Great
             Britain
             ,
             France
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             
               and
               to
               his
               HEIRS
               and
               lawful
               Successors
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               will
               to
               my
               power
               ,
               during
               my
               life
               ,
               defend
               ,
               uphold
               and
               maintain
               all
               his
               and
               their
               IVST
               PREROGATIVES
               ,
               Estate
               
               and
               Rights
               ,
               the
               Power
               and
               Priviledges
               of
               Parliament
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               the
               Fundamental
               Laws
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             FREE
             EXERCISE
             OF
             THE
             ROMAN
             CATHOLICK
             FAITH
             AND
             RELIGION
             THROUGHOUT
             THIS
             LAND
             ,
             
               and
               the
               Lives
               ,
               just
               Liberties
               ,
               Possessions
               ,
               Estate
               and
               Right
               of
               all
               those
               that
               have
               taken
               ,
               or
               shall
               take
               this
               Oath
               ,
               and
               perform
               the
               Contents
               thereof
               ;
               and
               that
               I
               will
               OBEY
               and
               RATIFIE
               all
               the
               ORDERS
               and
               the
               DECREES
               MADE
               and
               TO
               BE
               MADE
               by
               the
               Supreme
               Council
               of
               the
               Confederate
               Catholicks
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               concerning
               the
               said
               publick
               Cause
               .
               And
               that
               I
               will
               not
               SEEK
               or
               RECEIVE
               directly
               or
               indirectly
               ANY
               PARDON
               or
               protection
               for
               any
               Act
               DONE
               or
               TO
               BE
               DONE
               touching
               the
               General
               Cause
               ,
               without
               the
               consent
               of
               the
               Major
               Part
               of
               the
               said
               Council
               ;
               and
               that
               I
               will
               not
               directly
               or
               indirectly
               do
               any
               Act
               or
               Acts
               that
               shall
               prejudice
               the
               said
               Cause
               ;
               but
               will
               to
               the
               hazard
               of
               my
               life
               and
               estate
               ,
               assist
               ,
               prosecute
               ,
               and
               MAINTAIN
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             
               Moreover
               I
               do
               further
               swear
               ,
               That
               I
               will
               not
               accept
               of
               ,
               or
               submit
               unto
               ANY
               PEACE
               made
               or
               to
               be
               made
               with
               the
               said
               Confederate
               Catholicks
               ,
               without
               consent
               and
               approbation
               of
               the
               General
               Assembly
               of
               the
               said
               Confederate
               Catholicks
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               preservation
               and
               strengthning
               of
               the
               Association
               and
               Vnion
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               that
               upon
               any
               peace
               or
               accommodation
               to
               be
               made
               or
               concluded
               with
               the
               said
               Confederate
               Catholicks
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               I
               will
               to
               the
               uttermost
               of
               my
               power
               insist
               upon
               ,
               and
               maintain
               the
               ensuing
               propositions
               ,
               until
               a
               peace
               as
               aforesaid
               be
               made
               ,
               and
               the
               matters
               to
               be
               agreed
               upon
               in
               the
               Articles
               of
               peace
               
               be
            
             ESTABLISHED
             and
             SECURED
             by
             PARLIAMENT
             .
             
               So
               help
               me
               God
               and
               his
               holy
               Gospel
               .
            
          
           
             In
             this
             their
             first
             
               Confederacie
               Oath
            
             ,
             they
             swear
             flat
             and
             
               known
               contradictions
            
             :
             for
             they
             swear
             to
             
               bear
               true
               Faith
               and
               Allegiance
               to
               the
               King
               ,
            
             and
             with
             the
             same
             breath
             they
             swear
             they
             
               will
               obey
               and
               ratifie
               all
               the
               Orders
               and
               Decrees
               made
               and
               to
               be
               made
               by
               their
               supreme
               Council
               ,
            
             who
             had
             then
             actually
             cast
             off
             the
             Kings
             Authority
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             a
             Government
             in
             opposition
             to
             his
             Majesties
             .
             It
             had
             sure
             been
             at
             least
             enough
             to
             swear
             to
             obey
             and
             ratifie
             all
             Orders
             and
             Decrees
             they
             had
             made
             ,
             without
             increasing
             that
             guilt
             by
             the
             high
             accession
             of
             swearing
             to
             obey
             and
             ratifie
             all
             to
             be
             made
             by
             the
             Supreme
             Council
             .
             Herein
             they
             show
             ,
             what
             the
             POPE
             is
             to
             them
             in
             Spirituals
             ,
             their
             
               Supreme
               Council
            
             is
             in
             Temporals
             ,
             whom
             they
             obey
             with
             
               a
               blinde
            
             and
             
               implicite
               Faith.
            
             
          
           
             They
             swear
             also
             
               to
               maintain
               the
               Fundamental
               Laws
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             same
             breath
             they
             swear
             
               to
               maintain
               the
               free
               exercise
               of
               the
               Roman
               Catholick
               Religion
               ,
            
             which
             is
             expresly
             against
             Law
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             any
             should
             govern
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ;
             which
             they
             assumed
             and
             usurped
             in
             all
             the
             essentials
             of
             it
             :
             nay
             not
             onely
             the
             matter
             of
             the
             Oath
             is
             against
             those
             Laws
             they
             swear
             to
             maintain
             ;
             but
             even
             the
             taking
             or
             imposing
             of
             
               any
               Oath
            
             which
             by
             Law
             is
             not
             warranted
             ,
             is
             a
             violation
             of
             the
             Laws
             :
             But
             they
             are
             so
             far
             from
             owning
             these
             their
             Crimes
             ,
             that
             they
             swear
             
             
               they
               will
               not
               seek
               or
               receive
               directly
               or
               indirectly
               any
               pardon
               or
               protection
               for
               any
               thing
               done
               or
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               touch-this
               General
               Cause
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             They
             can
             be
             content
             to
             seek
             and
             receive
             a
             Pardon
             from
             the
             POPE
             for
             sins
             to
             come
             ,
             but
             they
             swear
             they
             neither
             will
             seek
             or
             receive
             directly
             or
             indirectly
             a
             Pardon
             for
             ,
             nay
             not
             so
             much
             as
             a
             Protection
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             for
             sins
             past
             ,
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             their
             Supreme
             Council
             .
             This
             is
             a
             fine
             
               bearing
               Faith
               and
               Allegiance
               to
               the
               King
               ,
            
             this
             is
             a
             good
             
               upholding
               and
               maintaining
               the
               Fundamental
               Laws
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
            
             They
             swear
             too
             ,
             that
             
               these
               Acts
               of
               highest
               Rebellion
               ,
               they
               will
               to
               the
               hazard
               of
               their
               Lives
               ,
               and
               Estates
               assist
               ,
               prosecute
               ,
               and
               maintain
               .
            
          
           
             But
             they
             proceed
             further
             ,
             for
             they
             swear
             
               not
               to
               accept
               of
               ,
               or
               submit
               to
            
             ANY
             PEACE
             
               made
               or
               to
               be
               made
               without
               the
               consent
               and
               approbation
               of
               the
               General
               Assembly
               of
               the
               said
               Catholicks
               :
            
             ANY
             PEACE
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             let
             the
             Conditions
             be
             never
             so
             good
             ,
             let
             the
             Person
             that
             grants
             them
             be
             
               the
               King
               Himself
            
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             accept
             of
             it
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             submit
             unto
             it
             ,
             without
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             If
             the
             King
             would
             so
             far
             forget
             those
             signal
             Crimes
             which
             made
             them
             need
             his
             Pardon
             and
             Protection
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             so
             much
             as
             name
             them
             ,
             but
             make
             a
             Peace
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             never
             done
             
               any
               offence
            
             ,
             yet
             they
             swear
             ,
             that
             not
             
               one
               of
               them
            
             shall
             accept
             of
             ,
             or
             submit
             to
             such
             a
             Peace
             ,
             but
             as
             is
             before
             expressed
             ;
             nay
             ,
             to
             show
             how
             perfect
             a
             ROMISH
             Confederacie
             it
             is
             ,
             if
             any
             Individual
             should
             be
             struck
             with
             the
             horrour
             of
             his
             Crimes
             ,
             he
             cannot
             fly
             to
             the
             Kings
             Mercy
             for
             Pardon
             or
             Protection
             ,
             without
             Perjury
             :
             And
             to
             inveagle
             
             such
             as
             had
             not
             then
             been
             polluted
             with
             those
             sins
             ,
             they
             swear
             to
             protect
             all
             such
             as
             shall
             enter
             into
             their
             guilt
             ;
             and
             thereby
             in
             consequence
             threaten
             to
             ruine
             such
             as
             shall
             not
             :
             This
             is
             admirable
             bearing
             true
             Faith
             and
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             maintaining
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             !
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             not
             all
             ,
             for
             they
             further
             swear
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               viz.
               For
               the
               preservation
               and
               strengthening
               of
               the
               Vnion
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               upon
               any
               peace
               to
               be
               made
               or
               concluded
               with
               the
               said
               confederate
               Catholicks
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               They
               will
               to
               the
               uttermost
               of
               their
               Power
               ,
               insist
               upon
               and
               maintain
               the
               ensuing
               Propositions
               ,
               until
               a
               peace
               as
               aforesaid
               be
               made
               ,
               and
               the
               matters
               to
               be
               agreed
               upon
               in
               the
               Articles
               of
               peace
               be
               established
               and
               secured
               by
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             The
             first
             Proposition
             to
             which
             this
             Oath
             relates
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             it
             is
             annexed
             ,
             is
             expressed
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               viz.
               That
               the
               Roman
               Catholicks
               both
               Clergy
               and
               Laity
               in
               their
               several
               capacities
               have
               the
               free
               and
               publick
               exercise
               of
               the
               Roman
               Catholick
               Religion
               and
               Function
               throughout
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               in
               as
               full
               lustre
               and
               splendor
               as
               it
               was
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
            
             Henry
             
               the
               Seventh
               ,
               or
               other
               Catholick
               King
               his
               Predecessours
               ,
               Kings
               of
            
             England
             
               and
               Lords
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             
               or
               in
            
             England
             .
          
           
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             none
             should
             be
             admitted
             to
             live
             in
             Ireland
             but
             Papists
             :
             for
             none
             or
             
               very
               few
            
             but
             such
             ;
             were
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             those
             Kings
             in
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             Proposition
             mentioned
             ,
             follows
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               the
               secular
               Clergy
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             
               viz.
               Primates
               ,
               Archbishops
               ,
               Ordinaries
               ,
               Deans
               ,
               Deans
               and
               
               Chapters
               ,
               Archdeacons
               ,
               Prebendaries
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Dignitaries
               ,
               Parsons
               ,
               Vicars
               ,
               and
               all
               persons
               of
               the
               secular
               Clergy
               ,
               and
               their
               respective
               successours
               ,
               shall
               have
               and
               enjoy
               all
               ,
               and
               all
               manner
               of
               Iurisdictions
               ,
               Priviledges
               and
               Immunities
               in
               as
               full
               and
               ample
               manner
               as
               the
               Roman
               Catholicks
               secular
               Clergy
               had
               or
               enjoyed
               the
               same
               within
               this
               Realm
               ,
               at
               any
               time
               during
               the
               Reign
               of
               the
               late
               King
            
             Henry
             
               the
               Seventh
               ,
               sometime
               King
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
               Lord
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             
               any
               Law
               ,
               Declaration
               of
               Law
               ,
               Statute
               ,
               Power
               ,
               or
               Authority
               whatever
               ,
               to
               the
               contrary
               notwithstanding
               .
            
          
           
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             Their
             Wills
             must
             be
             the
             Law
             ;
             and
             since
             they
             think
             fit
             to
             set
             up
             POPERY
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             to
             banish
             the
             true
             Religion
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             requisite
             they
             should
             take
             the
             maintenance
             from
             the
             Legal
             ,
             and
             give
             it
             to
             the
             
               Titular
               Clergy
            
             .
             And
             least
             we
             should
             doubt
             this
             to
             be
             the
             true
             meaning
             of
             the
             second
             Proposal
             ,
             they
             clearly
             explain
             it
             in
             the
             fourth
             ,
             which
             follows
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               the
               Primates
               ,
               Archbishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
               Ordinaries
               ,
               Deans
               ,
               Deans
               and
               Chapters
               ,
               Archdeacons
               ,
               Chancelours
               ,
               Treasurers
               ,
               Chaunters
               ,
               Provosts
               ,
               Wardens
               of
               Collegiate
               Churches
               ,
               Prebendaries
               and
               other
               Dignitaries
               ,
               Parsons
               ,
               Vicars
               ,
               and
               other
               Pastors
               of
               the
               Roman
               Catholick
               secular
               Clergy
               ,
               and
               their
               respective
               successors
               ,
               shall
               have
               ,
               hold
               enjoy
               all
               the
               Churches
               and
               Church-Livings
               ,
               in
               as
               large
               and
               ample
               manner
               ,
               as
               the
            
             LATE
             PROTESTANT
             CLERGY
             
               respectively
               enjoyed
               the
               same
               ,
               on
               the
               first
               day
               of
            
             October
             
               in
               the
               year
               of
               our
               Lord
            
             1641.
             
               together
               with
               all
               the
               profits
               ,
               emoluments
               ,
               perquisites
               ,
               liberties
               ,
               and
               the
               rights
               of
               
               their
               respective
               Sees
               ,
               and
               Churches
               belonging
               ;
               as
               well
               in
               places
               now
               in
               possession
               of
               the
               Confederate
               Catholicks
               ,
               as
               also
               in
               all
               other
               places
               that
               shall
               be
               recovered
               by
               the
               said
               Confederate
               Catholicks
               from
               the
               adverse
               Party
               ,
               within
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
            
             SAVING
             
               to
               the
               said
               Roman
               Catholick
               Laity
               their
               Rights
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land.
               
            
          
           
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             Our
             Clergy
             shall
             have
             All
             ,
             therefore
             yours
             can
             have
             nothing
             ;
             this
             is
             a
             perfect
             Fifth-Monarchy
             Principle
             ,
             for
             here
             Dominion
             is
             onely
             founded
             in
             pretended
             Grace
             ,
             none
             being
             to
             have
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             but
             the
             Papists
             .
             Nay
             ,
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             because
             a
             PROTESTANT
             ,
             is
             
               as
               such
            
             ,
             denied
             
               any
               one
            
             of
             those
             Rights
             ,
             which
             the
             meanest
             of
             the
             Irish
             Rebels
             ,
             because
             a
             PAPIST
             ,
             is
             to
             enjoy
             ,
             as
             such
             ;
             and
             lest
             their
             words
             for
             it
             should
             not
             be
             taken
             ,
             they
             confirm
             it
             with
             an
             OATH
             .
             The
             Legal
             and
             
               Orthodox
               Clergy
               of
               Ireland
            
             may
             see
             in
             this
             ,
             what
             
               goodly
               Provision
            
             had
             been
             made
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             respective
             Successours
             ,
             if
             this
             
               pious
               Roman
               Catholick
               Confederacy
            
             had
             succeeded
             .
          
           
             But
             least
             this
             their
             first
             Oath
             of
             Confederacie
             might
             be
             thought
             a
             thing
             they
             were
             surprized
             into
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             heat
             and
             fury
             of
             the
             Rebellion
             ;
             and
             least
             the
             takers
             of
             it
             should
             forget
             what
             the
             Imposers
             of
             it
             would
             have
             them
             believe
             they
             were
             bound
             unto
             by
             it
             ;
             some
             time
             after
             ,
             premeditately
             ,
             and
             
               in
               cool
               blood
            
             ,
             they
             caus'd
             it
             a
             second
             time
             to
             be
             taken
             
               in
               terminis
            
             ,
             and
             subscribed
             with
             a
             preamble
             to
             it
             ,
             the
             close
             whereof
             ,
             runs
             in
             these
             Words
             ,
             viz.
             
               And
               for
               that
               it
               is
               requisite
               that
               there
               should
               
               be
               an
               unanimous
               consent
               and
               real
               union
               between
               all
               the
               Catholicks
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               to
               maintain
               the
               premises
               and
               strengthen
               them
               against
               their
               adversaries
               ,
               it
               is
               thought
               fit
               by
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               ,
               and
               whosoever
               shall
               adhere
               unto
               their
               party
               ,
               as
               a
               Confederate
               ,
               should
               for
               their
               better
               assurance
               of
               their
               adhering
               fidelity
               and
               constancy
               to
               the
               publick
               Cause
               ,
               take
               the
               ensuing
               Oath
            
             ▪
             viz.
             
               I
               A.
               B.
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             begining
             of
             the
             said
             Preamble
             ,
             they
             give
             the
             priority
             and
             precedency
             of
             place
             to
             the
             
               Defence
               of
               their
               own
               Estates
               and
               Liberties
               ,
            
             to
             that
             of
             the
             defence
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Regal
             Power
             ,
             Prerogatives
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             State
             ,
             and
             Rights
             ;
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             They
             will
             mind
             themselves
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             they
             fully
             explain
             in
             the
             third
             Oath
             of
             their
             Union
             and
             Confederacie
             ,
             which
             after
             their
             rejection
             of
             the
             Peace
             concluded
             with
             them
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ,
             they
             entered
             into
             ,
             took
             and
             subscribed
             ,
             and
             which
             follows
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               I
               do
               swear
               and
               protest
               that
               I
               will
               adhere
               to
               the
               present
               Vnion
               of
               the
               Confederate
               Roman
               Catholicks
               that
            
             REJECTED
             THE
             PEACE
             
               lately
               agreed
               and
               proclaimed
               at
               Dublin
               ;
               and
               do
               nothing
               by
               Word
               or
               Deed
               ,
               Writing
               ,
               Advice
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               to
               the
               prejudice
               of
               that
               Vnion
               ,
               and
               will
               to
               the
               uttermost
               of
               my
               power
               ,
               advance
               and
               further
               the
               good
               and
               preservation
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Rights
               ,
               and
               the
               priviledges
               of
               free
               born
               Subjects
               to
               the
               Natives
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               .
            
          
           
             The
             two
             former
             Oaths
             seem
             to
             them
             to
             be
             onely
             the
             
             THEORY
             of
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             loth
             to
             
               stop
               there
            
             ,
             therefore
             they
             proceed
             in
             this
             third
             Oath
             ,
             to
             the
             PRACTISE
             of
             it
             .
             In
             the
             first
             and
             second
             Oath
             ,
             they
             swear
             
               they
               will
               obey
               and
               ratifie
               all
               the
               Orders
               and
               Decrees
               made
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               made
               by
               the
               Supreme
               Council
               of
               the
               Confederate
               Catholicks
            
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             third
             Oath
             ,
             they
             very
             abundantly
             observe
             what
             they
             swore
             in
             the
             two
             precedent
             ones
             ;
             but
             although
             in
             both
             those
             they
             swore
             as
             positively
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             much
             more
             justly
             
               (
               though
               not
               justifiably
               )
               du
               rig
               their
               Lives
               to
               bear
               true
               Faith
               and
               Allegiance
               to
               the
               King
               ,
            
             and
             though
             that
             just
             part
             of
             the
             Oath
             hath
             the
             priority
             of
             place
             ,
             in
             both
             Oaths
             ,
             yet
             the
             priority
             of
             obedience
             ,
             when
             it
             came
             in
             competition
             which
             should
             be
             most
             binding
             ,
             viz.
             either
             those
             parts
             which
             related
             to
             their
             
               obedience
               to
               his
               Majesty
            
             ,
             or
             those
             which
             related
             to
             their
             
               obedience
               to
               their
               General
               Assembly
            
             ,
             they
             
               practically
               interpret
            
             it
             for
             ,
             and
             adjudge
             it
             to
             the
             latter
             .
          
           
             In
             their
             two
             first
             Oaths
             ,
             they
             swear
             
               they
               will
               not
               accept
               of
               ,
               or
               submit
               unto
               any
               Peace
               made
               or
               to
               be
               made
               with
               the
               said
               confederate
               Catholicks
               ,
               without
               the
               consent
               and
               approbation
               of
               their
               General
               Assembly
               .
            
          
           
             But
             either
             this
             Peace
             which
             they
             swear
             to
             reject
             ,
             was
             made
             with
             the
             consent
             and
             approbation
             of
             their
             General
             Assembly
             ,
             or
             without
             their
             consent
             or
             approbation
             :
             If
             the
             latter
             ,
             how
             can
             the
             Generality
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             plead
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             what
             their
             Governing
             Power
             was
             against
             ;
             If
             the
             former
             ,
             then
             against
             their
             two
             preceding
             Oaths
             ,
             they
             reject
             that
             Peace
             which
             by
             their
             General
             Assembly's
             consent
             and
             approbation
             had
             
             been
             concluded
             ,
             and
             which
             (
             at
             least
             by
             a
             strong
             implication
             )
             they
             were
             sworn
             to
             observe
             .
             I
             know
             of
             no
             Oath
             of
             theirs
             which
             bound
             them
             to
             more
             then
             not
             to
             accept
             of
             peace
             from
             his
             Majesty
             without
             the
             
               consent
               and
               approbation
               of
               their
               General
               Assembly
               ,
            
             till
             this
             third
             was
             taken
             and
             subscribed
             .
             When
             they
             are
             not
             guilty
             enough
             by
             
               old
               Oaths
            
             ,
             they
             will
             make
             themselves
             guilty
             enough
             by
             entering
             into
             
               new
               Oaths
            
             .
             Doubtless
             the
             guilt
             of
             two
             solemn
             Oaths
             ,
             not
             to
             make
             peace
             with
             their
             King
             ,
             without
             the
             approbation
             and
             consent
             of
             their
             own
             fellow
             Subjects
             ,
             even
             of
             their
             own
             setting
             up
             ,
             and
             that
             too
             ,
             as
             one
             of
             the
             products
             of
             a
             bloody
             Rebellion
             ,
             was
             guilt
             enough
             ;
             but
             in
             their
             third
             Oath
             ,
             they
             proceed
             farther
             ,
             and
             reject
             that
             peace
             which
             even
             themselves
             had
             sollicited
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             highly
             advantagious
             for
             them
             ,
             onely
             because
             the
             HEADS
             of
             the
             
               Catholick
               Confederacie
            
             had
             then
             hopes
             of
             getting
             more
             from
             the
             King
             (
             whose
             condition
             then
             began
             to
             decline
             )
             by
             Rebellion
             ,
             then
             by
             Peace
             .
             Nay
             ,
             that
             which
             their
             
               two
               former
               Oaths
            
             did
             
               not
               oblige
               them
               unto
            
             ,
             viz.
             
               To
               reject
               a
               Peace
               made
               with
               his
               Majesty
               when
            
             CONSENTED
             TO
             ,
             and
             APPROVED
             BY
             
               their
               General
               Assembly
               ,
               They
            
             SWEAR
             TO
             OBSERVE
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             their
             two
             former
             Oaths
             obliged
             them
             unto
             ,
             viz.
             
               During
               their
               lives
               to
               bear
               true
               Faith
               and
               Allegiance
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               they
            
             WILL
             NOT
             OBSERVE
             ,
             though
             the
             rate
             of
             that
             crime
             amounts
             to
             no
             less
             then
             to
             a
             double
             ,
             if
             not
             a
             
               treble
               Perjury
            
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             here
             acquaint
             the
             Reader
             ,
             That
             this
             third
             Oath
             of
             Vnion
             and
             Confederacie
             ,
             whereby
             they
             rejected
             
             the
             Peace
             ,
             is
             ,
             as
             the
             two
             former
             Oaths
             ,
             without
             a
             date
             in
             its
             Original
             now
             on
             Record
             ;
             possibly
             it
             was
             their
             intention
             thereby
             to
             insinuate
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             the
             Ingagement
             they
             entered
             into
             ,
             was
             a
             duty
             incumbent
             on
             them
             from
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             was
             to
             have
             no
             end
             .
             But
             if
             P.
             W.
             should
             say
             that
             this
             Oath
             had
             onely
             reference
             to
             the
             rejected
             Peace
             in
             Anno
             1646.
             
             I
             will
             onely
             answer
             ,
             The
             same
             Inferences
             are
             of
             the
             same
             force
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             rejected
             Peace
             in
             Anno
             1648.
             and
             therefore
             if
             they
             be
             not
             rightly
             applied
             as
             to
             the
             time
             ,
             yet
             they
             be
             as
             to
             the
             thing
             .
          
           
             Certainly
             no
             written
             wickedness
             can
             ascend
             higher
             then
             in
             that
             same
             Oath
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             swear
             to
             reject
             ,
             and
             actually
             do
             reject
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ,
             when
             cloathed
             with
             peace
             ,
             even
             a
             peace
             of
             their
             own
             seeking
             ,
             and
             highly
             advantagious
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             also
             swear
             
               to
               preserve
               his
               Majesties
               Rights
            
             .
             I
             can
             finde
             no
             consistencie
             in
             the
             said
             Oath
             ,
             unless
             they
             mean
             it
             to
             be
             
               his
               Majesties
               Right
            
             ,
             to
             be
             governed
             and
             used
             according
             to
             the
             pleasure
             
               of
               the
               Roman
               Catholick
               Vnion
               and
               Confederacy
            
             ;
             nor
             can
             I
             tell
             what
             they
             mean
             
               by
               preserving
               the
               Priviledges
               of
               free-born
               Subjects
               to
               the
               Natives
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
            
             unless
             thereby
             they
             mean
             ,
             that
             those
             Priviledges
             are
             parramount
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ,
             and
             they
             the
             onely
             Judges
             and
             Preservers
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             because
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             endeavour
             to
             extenuate
             the
             sins
             of
             entring
             into
             their
             first
             and
             second
             Confederacie-Oath
             ,
             by
             pleading
             that
             their
             ingagements
             in
             them
             were
             but
             temporary
             ,
             and
             were
             not
             to
             be
             conclusive
             ,
             but
             as
             they
             should
             be
             
               established
               and
               secured
               by
               Parliament
            
             ;
             
             I
             think
             it
             necessary
             least
             by
             that
             specious
             pretence
             the
             Reader
             might
             be
             deluded
             ,
             to
             set
             down
             here
             how
             they
             designed
             that
             Parliament
             should
             be
             constituted
             :
             which
             I
             shall
             do
             out
             of
             the
             Original
             of
             their
             Instructions
             remaining
             in
             my
             hands
             .
          
           
             The
             Title
             of
             those
             Instructions
             is
             ,
             viz.
             
               Instructions
               for
               the
               Lord
               Viscount
               Mountgarret
               ,
               Lord
               President
               of
               our
               Council
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Commissioners
               imployed
               by
               the
               General
               Assembly
               of
               his
               Majesties
               most
               faithful
               and
               dutiful
               Subjects
               ,
               the
               Confederate
               Catholicks
               of
               his
               Highness
               Kingdom
               of
               Ireland
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               unto
               the
               Lord
               Marquess
               of
               Ormond
               ,
               Lord
               Lieutenant
               of
               Ireland
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             words
             of
             the
             22.
             
             Article
             of
             these
             Instructions
             ,
             are
             these
             ,
             viz.
             
               You
               are
               to
               be
               Suitors
               to
               his
               Majesty
               to
               have
               a
               Parliament
               helden
               before
               the
               Lord
               Marquess
               of
               Ormond
               ,
               or
               a
            
             CATHOLICK
             ,
             
               or
               a
            
             NATIVE
             well-affected
             .
          
           
             I
             doubt
             if
             these
             Commissioners
             had
             not
             been
             immediately
             imployed
             to
             the
             then
             Lord
             Marquess
             of
             Ormond
             (
             now
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
             )
             they
             would
             scarcely
             have
             named
             him
             to
             be
             the
             person
             before
             whom
             the
             desired
             Parliament
             should
             have
             been
             holden
             ;
             for
             since
             even
             while
             they
             made
             a
             direct
             address
             to
             his
             Lordship
             ,
             they
             had
             the
             presumption
             to
             add
             ,
             viz.
             
               Or
               a
               Catholick
               ,
               or
               a
               Native
               well-affected
               ,
            
             if
             his
             Grace
             were
             not
             to
             have
             seen
             what
             they
             desired
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             have
             mentioned
             Him.
             And
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             appears
             clearly
             in
             the
             Paper
             intituled
             ,
             
               The
               sence
               of
               the
               Congregation
               of
               the
               Clergy
               upon
               the
               Instructions
               presented
               to
               them
               ,
               to
               be
               given
               the
               Agents
               to
               be
               now
               employed
               to
               France
               .
               Dated
               the
            
             21
             
               of
               
               December
            
             1647.
             wherein
             to
             use
             their
             own
             words
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             viz.
             
               We
               offer
               the
               ensuing
               Articles
               ,
               which
               we
               desire
               may
               be
               drawn
               up
               into
               Instructions
               with
               the
               rest
               ,
               to
               be
               given
               to
               the
               said
               Agents
               ,
               with
               Order
               to
               insist
               on
               them
               ,
               and
               in
               no
               sort
               to
               recede
               from
               them
               .
            
          
           
             The
             first
             of
             those
             Instructions
             are
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               First
               ,
               that
               an
               Instruction
               be
               given
               the
               said
               Agents
               for
               getting
               the
               Lord
               Deputy
               ,
               or
               other
               chief
               Governour
               or
               Governours
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               to
               be
            
             A
             ROMAN
             CATHOLICK
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             the
             Reader
             may
             evidently
             find
             ,
             though
             when
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             make
             Addresses
             to
             the
             Lord
             of
             Ormond
             they
             are
             so
             discreet
             as
             to
             name
             Him
             for
             the
             person
             before
             whom
             the
             Parliament
             shall
             be
             holden
             ,
             yet
             when
             they
             may
             write
             what
             he
             is
             not
             to
             see
             ,
             they
             absolutely
             leave
             Him
             out
             ,
             and
             desire
             that
             the
             Parliament
             may
             be
             holden
             before
             
               a
               chief
               Governour
               that
               is
               a
               Roman
               Catholick
               ,
            
             with
             this
             addition
             ,
             viz.
             AND
             IN
             NO
             SORT
             TO
             RECEDE
             FROM
             THIS
             INSTRUCTION
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             Particular
             which
             the
             said
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Clergy
             desire
             may
             be
             added
             to
             the
             Instructions
             to
             be
             given
             to
             their
             Agents
             ,
             then
             designed
             to
             be
             sent
             to
             the
             Queen
             and
             Prince
             ,
             then
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             
               which
               they
               are
               to
            
             INSIST
             UPON
             ,
             and
             IN
             NO
             SORT
             
               to
               recede
               from
            
             ,
             is
             express'd
             in
             these
             very
             words
             ,
             viz.
             2
             
               d.
               Instruction
               .
               That
               the
               particular
               Articles
               or
               Concessions
               to
               be
               obtained
               for
               Religion
               ,
               may
               be
               published
               together
               with
               the
               Temporal
               Articles
               ;
               and
               that
               until
               both
               be
               published
               together
               ,
            
             THE
             PEACE
             MAY
             
             NOT
             OBLIGE
             NOR
             BE
             ACCEPTED
             BY
             THE
             CONFEDERATE
             ROMAN
             CATHOLICKS
             :
             And
             that
             the
             QUEEN
             NOR
             PRINCE
             come
             not
             to
             this
             Kingdom
             till
             the
             Peace
             be
             published
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             accepted
             by
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             it
             undoubtedly
             appears
             that
             no
             peace
             would
             be
             accepted
             of
             by
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             ,
             but
             such
             a
             one
             as
             even
             by
             the
             Royal
             Assent
             ,
             was
             to
             give
             them
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             in
             Fact
             and
             Power
             ,
             if
             not
             in
             name
             :
             Nor
             was
             the
             QUEEN
             and
             PRINCE
             ,
             his
             now
             Majesty
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             to
             come
             into
             Ireland
             ,
             till
             Ireland
             was
             in
             effect
             given
             away
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             Although
             this
             Paper
             intituled
             
               The
               sense
               of
               the
               Congregation
               of
               the
               Clergy
               ,
            
             have
             many
             Particulars
             as
             full
             of
             Disloyalty
             and
             Rebellion
             ,
             as
             those
             I
             have
             already
             mentioned
             ,
             yet
             I
             shall
             set
             down
             no
             more
             but
             the
             seventh
             Paragraph
             ,
             which
             they
             desire
             may
             be
             past
             into
             an
             Instruction
             ;
             which
             follows
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               if
               a
            
             PROTECTOR
             
               must
               be
               chosen
               for
               the
               Nation
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               his
            
             HOLINESS
             .
             
               And
               that
               the
               Nation
               may
               not
               by
               choosing
            
             Spain
             or
             France
             
               for
               Protector
               ,
               be
               necessitated
               to
               make
               the
               other
               of
               them
               not
               chosen
               their
               Enemy
               abroad
               ,
               and
               thereby
               rend
               the
               Kingdom
               at
               home
               into
               division
               .
            
          
           
             This
             in
             my
             opinion
             evinceth
             ,
             that
             as
             bad
             as
             the
             Papist
             Clergy
             in
             Ireland
             were
             ,
             yet
             
               the
               Original
               design
               of
               choosing
               a
            
             PROTECTOR
             
               was
               the
               Act
               of
               the
            
             LAY
             PAPISTS
             ,
             but
             indeed
             when
             a
             forraign
             Protector
             was
             resolved
             upon
             ,
             the
             
               Popish
               Clergy
            
             as
             became
             
             true
             Sons
             of
             the
             
               Romish
               Church
            
             ,
             were
             singly
             for
             the
             Popes
             having
             the
             Protectorship
             ,
             and
             fortifie
             that
             their
             desire
             with
             a
             very
             material
             and
             politick
             consideration
             ,
             if
             not
             threatning
             ,
             viz.
             That
             unless
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             
               it
               might
               rend
               the
               Kingdom
               into
               Divisions
               .
            
             But
             I
             desire
             the
             Reader
             woul
             observe
             that
             rending
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             would
             not
             have
             proceeded
             from
             the
             casting
             off
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Authority
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             PAPAL
             ,
             FRENCH
             AND
             SPANISH
             FACTIONS
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             contended
             for
             the
             Soveraignty
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             :
             But
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             least
             word
             mentioned
             that
             the
             Kingdom
             would
             have
             been
             rent
             by
             the
             resistance
             of
             any
             party
             in
             his
             Majesties
             behalf
             :
             Though
             three
             forraign
             Powers
             would
             have
             found
             Friends
             to
             have
             countenanced
             their
             respective
             designes
             ,
             yet
             his
             Majesties
             lawful
             Right
             could
             not
             find
             any
             numerous
             
               Assertors
               of
               it
            
             .
          
           
             Having
             thus
             done
             with
             the
             Paper
             intituled
             
               The
               sense
               of
               the
               Congregation
            
             ,
             I
             shall
             now
             proceed
             to
             acquaint
             the
             Reader
             with
             the
             residue
             of
             those
             Instructions
             ,
             which
             will
             let
             him
             plainly
             see
             how
             they
             projected
             that
             Parliament
             should
             be
             constituted
             which
             was
             to
             establish
             and
             secure
             the
             Articles
             of
             Peace
             insisted
             on
             .
             One
             of
             which
             I
             have
             already
             particularized
             ,
             and
             now
             shall
             proceed
             to
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             The
             24th
             Instruction
             is
             set
             down
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               You
               are
               to
               be
               Suitors
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               all
               Indictments
               ,
               Out-Lawries
               ,
               Attainders
               ,
               and
               other
               Acts
               ,
               made
               ,
               published
               ,
               or
               done
               ,
               in
               the
               Courts
               of
               Dublin
               ,
               or
               elsewhere
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               or
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               ,
               in
               prejudice
               of
               the
               
               said
               Catholicks
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               them
               ,
               since
               the
               seventh
               day
               of
               August
            
             1641.
             
               shall
               be
               before
               he
               sitting
               of
               the
               Parliament
               here
               ,
               taken
               off
               the
               file
               ,
               and
               vacated
               ;
               and
               so
               declared
               by
               his
               Majesties
               publick
               Proclamation
               .
            
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             good
             preparation
             for
             composing
             a
             fit
             Parliament
             for
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             
               Confederate
               Catholicks
            
             .
             Before
             they
             did
             
               any
               thing
               for
               the
               King
            
             ,
             they
             press
             the
             King
             would
             by
             a
             Proclamation
             vacat
             the
             legal
             proceedings
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Justice
             .
             They
             desire
             to
             be
             put
             in
             a
             capacity
             to
             act
             
               new
               crimes
            
             ,
             by
             a
             forgiveness
             of
             the
             old
             .
          
           
             The
             11th
             Instruction
             runs
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               You
               are
               to
               be
               humble
               Suitors
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               That
               such
               as
               are
               already
               employed
               or
               appoynted
               ,
               or
               that
               shall
               now
               be
               appoynted
               to
               execute
               the
               Office
               of
               Sheriff
               by
               our
               party
               ,
               in
               the
               several
               Counties
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               shall
               stand
               :
               and
               the
               said
               Offices
               to
               be
               conferred
               upon
               them
               by
               Letters
               Patents
               .
            
          
           
             Though
             the
             Sheriffs
             of
             Ireland
             are
             pricked
             by
             the
             chief
             Governour
             or
             Governours
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             yet
             they
             will
             themselves
             name
             those
             Sheriffs
             ,
             that
             thereby
             they
             might
             be
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             be
             sure
             the
             respective
             Knights
             of
             the
             Shires
             for
             their
             intended
             Parliament
             should
             be
             Roman
             Catholick
             Confederacie-Men
             .
          
           
             The
             close
             of
             the
             26
             Instruction
             is
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               You
               are
               to
               procure
               that
               no
               new
               Corporations
               shall
               send
               Burgesses
               to
               Parliament
               ,
               without
               the
               allowance
               of
               Parliament
               first
               had
               .
            
          
           
             The
             13th
             Instruction
             runs
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               You
               are
               desire
               that
               such
               Corporations
               as
               anciently
               sent
               Burgesses
               to
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               be
               now
               admitted
               ,
               notwithstanding
               that
               
               by
               the
               power
               of
               some
               late
               Governours
               ,
               they
               were
               of
               later
               days
               debar'd
               of
               this
               priviledge
               .
            
          
           
             By
             these
             three
             Instructions
             the
             Reader
             may
             see
             how
             well
             they
             would
             have
             constituted
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             for
             the
             Catholick
             Confederacie
             ;
             first
             ,
             Sheriffs
             who
             are
             to
             be
             Judges
             of
             the
             Elections
             of
             the
             Knights
             of
             the
             Shires
             they
             would
             nominate
             ,
             and
             have
             his
             Majesty
             commissionate
             by
             Letters
             Patents
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             some
             old
             Burroughs
             who
             had
             scarce
             an
             Inhabitant
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             who
             therefore
             for
             several
             preceding
             Parliaments
             had
             no
             Writs
             sent
             unto
             them
             to
             make
             Elections
             ,
             they
             desire
             now
             may
             send
             Burgesses
             to
             their
             intended
             Parliament
             :
             And
             Burroughs
             who
             are
             by
             the
             Kings
             Charter
             to
             send
             Burgesses
             to
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             who
             are
             numerously
             planted
             with
             Protestants
             ,
             were
             to
             send
             none
             to
             serve
             for
             them
             in
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             Thus
             far
             the
             Confederates
             had
             well
             provided
             for
             themselves
             in
             the
             constitution
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             now
             I
             shall
             let
             the
             Reader
             see
             that
             their
             care
             was
             no
             less
             in
             the
             constitution
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             :
             For
             the
             23
             Instruction
             is
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               no
               Lord
               not
               estated
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               or
               estated
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               not
               resident
               here
               ,
               shall
               have
               vote
               in
               the
               said
               Parliament
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               by
               PROXY
               or
               OTHERWISE
               .
            
          
           
             The
             King
             is
             the
             Fountain
             of
             Honour
             ;
             but
             here
             the
             Confederate
             Catholicks
             will
             stop
             the
             Stream
             of
             it
             ;
             as
             they
             think
             sit
             ;
             voting
             by
             Proxy
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             undoubted
             Right
             of
             the
             Peers
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             admit
             ;
             and
             those
             Peers
             who
             by
             the
             Rebellion
             of
             the
             Confederates
             
             were
             expelled
             out
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             must
             be
             denied
             their
             Rights
             ,
             even
             when
             a
             peace
             is
             concluded
             ;
             Nay
             possibly
             those
             Peers
             might
             not
             be
             considered
             as
             estated
             Lords
             ,
             whose
             Estates
             the
             said
             Confederates
             had
             possest
             themselves
             of
             ;
             so
             that
             by
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             Rebellion
             they
             were
             to
             lose
             their
             Lands
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Desires
             of
             the
             Rebels
             to
             lose
             their
             Votes
             :
             And
             perhaps
             if
             Protestant
             Peers
             which
             the
             Rebellion
             had
             forc'd
             into
             England
             would
             have
             returned
             into
             Ireland
             to
             vote
             in
             this
             intended
             Parliament
             ,
             they
             might
             (
             had
             this
             Instruction
             took
             place
             )
             been
             denied
             to
             vote
             in
             Person
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             by
             Proxy
             ,
             on
             account
             that
             they
             were
             not
             estated
             persons
             by
             reason
             their
             Lands
             were
             then
             in
             the
             possession
             of
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             who
             had
             taken
             good
             care
             
               that
               the
               Peace
               should
               not
               oblige
               ,
               nor
               be
               accepted
               by
               the
               confederate
               Catholicks
               ,
               till
               all
               the
               Articles
               of
               it
               were
               established
               &
               secured
               by
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Confederates
             rest
             not
             here
             ,
             but
             to
             make
             all
             things
             surer
             ,
             the
             44th
             Instruction
             is
             set
             down
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               such
               as
               shall
               be
               recommended
               by
               the
               supreme
               Council
               of
               the
               Confederate
               Catholicks
               ,
               shall
               be
               by
               his
               Majesty
               called
               by
               Writ
               to
               sit
               in
               the
               Vpper
               House
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             23d
             Instruction
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             they
             attempt
             to
             hinder
             the
             constitution
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Peers
             to
             be
             as
             by
             Law
             and
             Custom
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             44th
             Instruction
             they
             attempt
             to
             constitute
             it
             as
             it
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             .
             In
             the
             foregoing
             Instruction
             they
             endeavor
             to
             stop
             the
             
               true
               Fountain
               of
               Honour
            
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             Instruction
             they
             would
             make
             themselves
             to
             
               be
               the
               Fountain
               of
               Honour
            
             .
             Nor
             does
             this
             Instruction
             run
             with
             the
             introductive
             words
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             viz.
             
               You
               are
               
               to
               be
               Suitors
               ,
               or
               humble
               Suitors
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
            
             but
             positively
             set
             down
             ,
             as
             if
             what
             they
             demanded
             were
             rather
             a
             Right
             ,
             then
             a
             Favour
             ;
             neither
             do
             they
             limit
             their
             recommendation
             of
             such
             as
             are
             to
             be
             called
             to
             sit
             in
             the
             Upper
             House
             ,
             to
             such
             onely
             as
             were
             his
             Majesties
             Subjects
             ,
             or
             
               his
               Rebels
            
             ,
             but
             indefinitely
             ,
             
               viz.
               all
               that
               shall
               be
               recommended
               by
               the
               Supreme
               Council
               of
               the
               confederate
               Catholicks
            
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             forming
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Peers
             ,
             the
             great
             and
             
               inseparable
               Right
               and
               Prerogative
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
            
             they
             not
             onely
             desire
             to
             WREST
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             also
             they
             desire
             to
             
               VEST
               IT
               IN
               THEMSELVES
            
             :
             Nor
             do
             they
             stop
             there
             ,
             but
             by
             this
             Instruction
             (
             had
             it
             been
             granted
             )
             they
             would
             have
             had
             the
             power
             to
             have
             constituted
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             OF
             FORRAIGNERS
             ,
             and
             doubtless
             amongst
             those
             ,
             his
             HOLINESS's
             NUNTIO
             ,
             then
             amongst
             them
             ,
             
               would
               scarcely
               have
               been
               forgotten
            
             .
          
           
             Thus
             far
             the
             Catholick
             Confederacie
             had
             well
             provided
             for
             the
             composition
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             and
             the
             House
             of
             Peers
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             concern'd
             the
             
               Temporal
               Lords
            
             ;
             Now
             I
             shall
             let
             the
             Reader
             see
             that
             their
             care
             was
             no
             less
             in
             providing
             that
             the
             House
             of
             Peers
             should
             be
             as
             well
             constituted
             for
             the
             
               Spiritual
               Lords
            
             ,
             which
             they
             manifest
             in
             their
             25th
             Instruction
             ,
             which
             follows
             in
             these
             very
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               You
               are
               to
               be
               Suitors
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               the
               Writs
               of
               summons
               be
               issued
               to
               the
               ARCHBISHOPS
               AND
               BISHOPS
               WITHIN
               OVR
               QVARTERS
               ,
            
             and
             they
             to
             have
             
               PLACE
               AND
               VOTE
               in
               Parliament
            
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             
               Request
               INDEED
            
             ,
             here
             is
             not
             onely
             a
             
             taking
             away
             of
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Archbishops
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             but
             a
             giving
             of
             it
             to
             the
             Papists
             :
             Nay
             ,
             would
             not
             this
             have
             been
             (
             if
             granted
             )
             an
             owning
             that
             the
             POPE
             by
             his
             Consecration
             had
             the
             Right
             to
             send
             Peers
             into
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             if
             not
             to
             create
             them
             .
             But
             since
             they
             were
             sworn
             by
             their
             Confederacy
             
               to
               have
               the
               free
               and
               publick
               exercise
               of
               the
               Roman
               Catholick
               Religion
               and
               Function
               throughout
               this
               Kingdom
               in
               its
               full
               lustre
               and
               splendor
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
            
             Henry
             
               the
               seventh
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Catholick
               King
               his
               Predecessor
               ,
               Kings
               of
            
             England
             
               and
               Lords
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             't
             is
             no
             wonder
             they
             take
             the
             surest
             Ways
             to
             reach
             that
             End.
             But
             yet
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               of
               England
            
             ,
             and
             their
             experience
             of
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             has
             been
             such
             ,
             that
             had
             all
             these
             Instructions
             been
             granted
             to
             them
             ,
             yet
             they
             could
             not
             have
             reach'd
             their
             Design
             ,
             which
             the
             said
             Papists
             well
             knew
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             
               throw
               down
               ALL
               Impediments
            
             ,
             in
             their
             21th
             Instruction
             ,
             which
             follows
             in
             these
             very
             words
             ,
             they
             further
             desire
             ,
             viz.
             
               You
               are
               to
               be
               Suitors
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               That
               upon
               the
               first
               sitting
               of
               the
               next
               Parliament
               ,
               That
               an
               Act
               may
               be
               transmitted
               for
               the
               suspension
               of
            
             POYNINGS
             HIS
             ACT
             ,
             
               intituled
               ,
               An
               Act
               that
               no
               Parliament
               shall
               be
               holden
               in
               this
               Land
               ,
               until
               the
               Acts
               be
               certified
               into
               England
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Acts
               inlarging
               or
               explaining
               the
               same
               .
               And
               that
               it
               be
               afterwards
               left
               to
               the
               consideration
               of
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               whether
               the
               same
               shall
               be
               ALL
               TOGETHER
               REPEALED
               or
               continued
               .
            
          
           
             In
             these
             Instructions
             the
             Confederates
             show
             a
             
               Catholick
               Care
            
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Catholick
               Cause
            
             :
             They
             were
             
             not
             contented
             to
             attempt
             
               by
               force
            
             and
             
               open
               Rebellion
            
             to
             wrest
             this
             Kingdom
             from
             the
             
               Crown
               of
               England
            
             ,
             but
             having
             failed
             thereof
             in
             that
             way
             ,
             they
             endeavour
             to
             effect
             it
             in
             this
             :
             first
             they
             will
             have
             a
             PAPIST
             
               chief
               Governour
            
             ,
             and
             that
             (
             to
             use
             their
             own
             words
             )
             the
             Commissioners
             must
             not
             onely
             INSIST
             UPON
             ,
             but
             must
             IN
             NO
             SORT
             RECEDE
             FROM
             ;
             Then
             they
             must
             have
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             onely
             to
             be
             constituted
             
               against
               the
               Kings
               undoubted
               prerogative
               ,
               the
               known
            
             and
             
               ancient
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               Priviledges
               and
               Rights
               of
               both
               Houses
               ,
            
             but
             also
             must
             be
             compos'd
             according
             to
             the
             desires
             and
             
               inventions
               of
               the
               Irish
               Papists
            
             :
             and
             because
             by
             Poynings's
             Act
             no
             Bill
             or
             Bills
             could
             be
             transmitted
             into
             England
             till
             first
             they
             had
             past
             the
             chief
             
               Governour
               or
               Governours
               and
               privy
               Council
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
            
             and
             then
             were
             certified
             to
             
               his
               Majesty
               and
               privy
               Council
               in
               England
               ,
               by
               the
               said
               chief
               Governor
               or
               Governors
               ,
               and
               privy
               Council
            
             to
             be
             good
             and
             expedient
             for
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             then
             were
             not
             to
             pass
             in
             Parliament
             here
             ,
             but
             as
             
               approved
               of
               by
               his
               Majesty
               and
               Council
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               remitted
               hither
               under
               the
               Great
               Seal
               of
               England
            
             ;
             whereby
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             was
             wisely
             secured
             that
             nothing
             should
             be
             enacted
             here
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             it
             :
             The
             said
             Irish
             Papists
             desire
             that
             in
             their
             said
             next
             Parliament
             Poynings's
             Act
             might
             be
             suspended
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Acts
             enlarging
             and
             explaining
             the
             same
             ;
             and
             then
             that
             
               it
               may
               be
               left
               to
               the
               consideration
               of
               the
               Parliament
               ,
            
             SO
             CONSTITUTED
             ,
             whether
             the
             same
             shall
             be
             ALTOGETHER
             REPEALED
             ,
             or
             continued
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             
             LAMB
             be
             put
             into
             the
             Claws
             of
             the
             WOLF
             ,
             and
             then
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             
               consideration
               of
               the
               Wolf
            
             whether
             or
             no
             he
             would
             
               devour
               him
            
             .
             If
             it
             should
             be
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             fore-mentioned
             Instructions
             were
             onely
             the
             Confederates
             desires
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             I
             onely
             desire
             to
             know
             whether
             they
             made
             those
             desires
             with
             an
             intention
             to
             have
             them
             denyed
             or
             granted
             :
             If
             the
             first
             it
             was
             ridiculous
             ,
             if
             the
             last
             it
             was
             rebellious
             .
             But
             by
             all
             this
             it
             undeniably
             appears
             ,
             
               If
               the
               providence
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               His
               Sacred
               Majesties
               Wisdom
               and
               Care
               had
               not
               disappointed
               the
               boundless
               designes
               of
               the
               said
               Irish
               Papists
               ,
            
             not
             onely
             
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               and
               the
               Professors
               of
               it
               in
               Ireland
            
             had
             been
             LOST
             ,
             but
             also
             this
             Kingdom
             had
             been
             LOST
             
               to
               the
               Crown
               of
               England
            
             ,
             for
             the
             said
             Irish
             Papists
             were
             to
             have
             held
             what
             they
             then
             rebelliously
             possest
             till
             their
             Articles
             of
             Peace
             had
             been
             establish'd
             and
             secured
             by
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             could
             have
             had
             a
             Parliament
             
               such
               as
               they
               designed
            
             ,
             all
             the
             Kingdom
             would
             in
             effect
             have
             been
             theirs
             by
             
               Authority
               of
               Parliament
            
             ;
             so
             that
             either
             way
             they
             had
             secured
             themselves
             as
             much
             as
             their
             CONFEDERATED
             WISDOMS
             could
             project
             .
          
           
             But
             since
             the
             most
             essential
             parts
             of
             the
             Articles
             of
             Peace
             were
             to
             be
             finally
             obliging
             but
             as
             they
             were
             to
             be
             confirm'd
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             in
             the
             next
             Parliament
             which
             should
             be
             assembled
             after
             the
             perfecting
             the
             said
             Articles
             ;
             let
             P.
             W.
             remember
             this
             present
             Parliament
             is
             the
             first
             that
             has
             been
             call'd
             together
             in
             Ireland
             since
             the
             conclusion
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             see
             in
             the
             GREAT
             BILL
             OF
             SETTLEMENT
             how
             far
             
             the
             Parliament
             thinks
             fit
             to
             put
             their
             sanction
             to
             those
             Articles
             .
             If
             P.
             W.
             should
             say
             ,
             
               This
               is
               not
               such
               a
               Parliament
               as
               his
               Countrymen
               intended
               at
               and
               before
               the
               making
               of
               those
               Articles
            
             ;
             I
             shall
             joyn
             with
             him
             in
             his
             saying
             thereof
             ,
             and
             shall
             onely
             add
             ,
             That
             GOD
             AND
             HIS
             SACRED
             MAJESTY
             
               be
               praised
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               such
               a
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             I
             must
             desire
             the
             Readers
             excuse
             for
             these
             digression●
             which
             I
             thought
             necessary
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             the
             better
             know
             ,
             
               even
               out
               of
               the
               Originals
               of
               the
               Papers
               of
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               ,
            
             what
             kinde
             of
             Parliament
             that
             was
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             had
             designed
             to
             
               establish
               and
               secure
               the
               Articles
               of
               their
               Peace
               ,
            
             as
             also
             what
             
               that
               Association
               and
               Vnion
               of
               the
               Confederate
               Roman
               Catholicks
            
             is
             ,
             which
             their
             Grand
             Committee
             swore
             to
             continue
             ,
             and
             
               to
               return
               unto
            
             upon
             the
             concluding
             of
             the
             Peace
             in
             1648.
             in
             case
             
               they
               themselves
               judged
               the
               Articles
               thereof
               at
               any
               time
               unobserved
               unto
               them
               .
            
             I
             wish
             the
             said
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             think
             not
             themselves
             TO
             THIS
             DAY
             
               bound
               by
               it
            
             ;
             nay
             ;
             I
             wish
             they
             do
             not
             think
             it
             INDISSOLVEABLE
             .
          
           
             This
             horrid
             Oath
             of
             the
             Grand
             Committee
             before-mentioned
             ,
             is
             now
             so
             undeniable
             ,
             (
             though
             it
             was
             then
             manag'd
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             and
             carried
             on
             with
             all
             possible
             secreeie
             )
             that
             it
             was
             by
             all
             their
             
               Titular
               Bishops
            
             in
             their
             published
             
               Excommunications
               against
               the
               Lord
               Lieutenant
               ,
               interpreted
            
             and
             
               insisted
               on
            
             ,
             as
             a
             most
             
               CONSCIENTIOVS
               engagement
               to
               invite
               all
               their
               Nation
               to
               a
               disobedience
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Authority
            
             ;
             whereby
             they
             
             have
             not
             onely
             argued
             themselves
             guilty
             of
             the
             greatest
             unworthiness
             and
             treachery
             ,
             men
             could
             possibly
             be
             faulty
             in
             ;
             they
             have
             not
             onely
             forfeited
             all
             that
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             which
             could
             be
             intended
             them
             by
             that
             Peace
             ,
             and
             
               invalidated
               all
               the
               Articles
               of
               it
            
             ;
             but
             they
             have
             likewise
             continu'd
             to
             themselves
             the
             guilt
             of
             their
             Rebellion
             and
             Confederacie
             to
             this
             present
             DAY
             ,
             and
             lie
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             
               utmost
               penalty
            
             of
             the
             Law
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             unless
             his
             Majesties
             Mercy
             be
             greater
             then
             their
             Crimes
             ;
             and
             consequently
             P.
             W's
             causeless
             
               curses
               and
               threatnings
            
             are
             not
             to
             be
             feared
             .
          
           
             
               Those
               Threatnings
               respect
               MEN
               
                 
                   The
                   Irish
                   Papists
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Judicious
                   Protestants
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Those
               Threatnings
               respect
               GOD.
               
            
          
           
             First
             P.
             W.
             tells
             us
             
               that
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               would
               by
               such
               proceedings
               be
               estranged
               from
               his
               Majesty
            
             :
             The
             sense
             whereof
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Irish
             will
             follow
             the
             King
             for
             nought
             but
             the
             LOAVES
             ;
             nay
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             happy
             for
             Ireland
             if
             the
             very
             Loaves
             themselves
             would
             have
             prevented
             their
             
               hearts
               from
               being
               estranged
            
             ;
             but
             't
             is
             morally
             impossible
             while
             such
             a
             National
             and
             
               Religional
               distinction
               continues
            
             :
             The
             experience
             of
             the
             last
             Rebellion
             ,
             if
             no
             other
             proof
             thereof
             had
             been
             ,
             evinceth
             the
             estrangedness
             of
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Interest
               in
               them
            
             of
             the
             
               greatest
               Nobleman
               in
               Ireland
            
             when
             
               for
               the
               Crown
            
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             considerable
             ,
             as
             a
             
               popish
               
               priests
               against
               it
            
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             estrangedness
             P.
             W.
             mentions
             must
             still
             be
             expected
             ,
             but
             with
             this
             difference
             ,
             That
             the
             BEAST
             if
             pamper'd
             ,
             will
             Kick
             ,
             if
             kept
             low
             ,
             OBEY
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             P.
             W.
             fore-tells
             
               that
               the
               Iudicious
               Protestants
               will
               on
               such
               proceedings
               be
               perpeturlly
               jealous
               ,
               notwithstanding
               any
               Declaration
               from
               Breda
               ,
               or
               Acts
               from
               Westminster
               .
            
          
           
             Though
             P.
             W.
             may
             be
             a
             true
             Seer
             of
             the
             estranged
             hearts
             of
             the
             
               Irish
               papists
            
             ,
             yet
             I
             dare
             charge
             him
             to
             be
             a
             
               false
               Prophet
            
             concerning
             
               judicious
               protestants
            
             ;
             for
             though
             they
             duly
             value
             his
             Majesties
             Declarations
             and
             
               Acts
               of
               Grace
            
             ,
             as
             signal
             Expresses
             of
             his
             Goodness
             ;
             yet
             their
             confidence
             rests
             on
             the
             
               inward
               principle
               in
               his
               Majesties
               Brest
               ,
            
             whereto
             without
             such
             Expresses
             ,
             or
             
               Articling
               ,
               or
               capitulating
               for
               such
            
             (
             as
             the
             
               Irish
               papists
            
             did
             )
             they
             freely
             submitted
             ,
             and
             are
             
               more
               confirm'd
            
             by
             their
             
               late
               experience
            
             to
             continue
             in
             that
             duty
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             in
             P.
             W's
             judgement
             the
             ungrounded
             apprehension
             of
             any
             violation
             or
             breach
             of
             promise
             may
             estrange
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             
               Irish
               papists
            
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             whom
             they
             are
             bound
             in
             conscience
             to
             
               love
               ,
               honour
            
             and
             obey
             ,
             notwithstanding
             
               miscarriages
               in
               Government
            
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             like
             apprehensions
             may
             cause
             jealousies
             in
             
               judicious
               protestants
            
             notwithstanding
             Declarations
             and
             
               Acts
               of
               Parliament
            
             ,
             let
             it
             not
             seem
             strange
             or
             hard
             (
             at
             least
             to
             P.
             W.
             and
             his
             Countrymen
             )
             if
             a
             continued
             Series
             of
             
               Covenant-Breaches
               ,
               Rapines
               ,
               Murthers
               ,
               Massacres
               ,
               Crueltys
               ,
               Perfidies
               ,
               Treasons
            
             and
             Rebellions
             exercised
             by
             the
             
               Irish
               papists
            
             against
             the
             Crown
             and
             
               protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             raise
             
             jealousies
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             all
             judicious
             Protestants
             .
             Or
             if
             his
             Majesty
             be
             pleas'd
             on
             these
             accompts
             in
             his
             great
             
               Iustice
               ,
               Wisdom
            
             and
             Goodnsss
             to
             restrain
             them
             from
             further
             ruining
             others
             first
             ,
             and
             then
             themselves
             .
          
           
             The
             Crown
             hath
             often
             lost
             by
             Credulity
             what
             it
             hath
             got
             by
             Valour
             ;
             it
             hath
             lost
             by
             pretence
             of
             Peace
             what
             it
             had
             gain'd
             in
             open
             War
             :
             The
             Kings
             interest
             in
             France
             was
             thus
             lost
             ,
             the
             GOD
             of
             peace
             prevent
             the
             like
             in
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             The
             consequence
             threatned
             in
             respect
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             dreadful
             judgements
             ,
             such
             as
             P.
             W.
             confesseth
             
               to
               have
               bin
               wonderfully
               inflicted
               on
               the
               Irish
               Nation
               for
               their
               breach
               of
               the
               peace
               in
            
             1646.
             
               and
               such
               as
               were
               inflicted
               on
               Sauls
               house
               for
               his
               breach
               with
               the
               Gibeonites
               .
            
          
           
             I
             see
             the
             best
             Wits
             have
             not
             always
             the
             best
             Memories
             ,
             else
             P.
             W.
             would
             have
             remembred
             the
             breach
             made
             by
             his
             Nation
             in
             1641.
             and
             since
             1648.
             as
             well
             as
             in
             1646.
             for
             those
             doubtless
             were
             as
             criminal
             as
             this
             :
             but
             possibly
             he
             thinks
             it
             was
             more
             
               sin
               for
               his
               Country-men
            
             to
             violate
             what
             they
             oblig'd
             themselves
             to
             as
             a
             FREE
             STATE
             ,
             then
             what
             they
             were
             oblig'd
             to
             do
             as
             SUBJECTS
             ;
             and
             therefore
             thinks
             their
             sins
             in
             1646.
             were
             greater
             then
             in
             1641.
             
          
           
             But
             if
             all
             were
             pardoned
             by
             the
             peace
             made
             in
             1648.
             why
             does
             he
             remember
             the
             Judgements
             for
             the
             breaches
             in
             1646
             ?
             if
             he
             thinks
             all
             were
             not
             ,
             why
             does
             he
             not
             remember
             the
             breaches
             made
             in
             1641.
             and
             at
             least
             attribute
             some
             of
             those
             Judgements
             to
             that
             breach
             ?
          
           
             But
             I
             had
             almost
             forgot
             what
             perhaps
             P.
             W.
             may
             
             plead
             in
             answer
             to
             my
             Objection
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             no
             less
             then
             the
             POPE's
             BULL
             of
             indulgence
             and
             pardon
             published
             in
             Latin
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             thus
             carefully
             (
             for
             so
             much
             of
             it
             as
             follows
             )
             translated
             into
             English.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     URBANUS
                     OCTAVUS
                     .
                     Ad
                     futuram
                     rei
                     memoriam
                     .
                  
                   
                     Having
                     taken
                     into
                     our
                     serious
                     consideration
                     the
                     great
                     Zeal
                     of
                     the
                     Irish
                     towards
                     the
                     propagating
                     of
                     the
                     Catholick
                     Faith
                     ,
                     
                       AND
                       THE
                       PIETY
                       OF
                       THE
                       CATHOLICK
                       WARRIORS
                       IN
                       THE
                       SEVERAL
                       ARMIES
                       OF
                       THAT
                       KINGDOM
                    
                     (
                     which
                     was
                     for
                     that
                     singular
                     fervency
                     in
                     the
                     true
                     worship
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     notable
                     care
                     had
                     formerly
                     in
                     the
                     like
                     case
                     by
                     the
                     Inhabitants
                     thereof
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     maintenance
                     and
                     preservation
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     Orthodox
                     Faith
                     ,
                     called
                     of
                     old
                     ,
                     
                       THE
                       LAND
                       OF
                       SAINTS
                    
                     ,
                     )
                     and
                     having
                     got
                     certain
                     notice
                     how
                     
                       IN
                       IMITATION
                       OF
                       THEIR
                       GODLY
                       AND
                       WORTHY
                       ANCESTORS
                       ,
                    
                     they
                     endeavour
                     
                       BY
                       FORCE
                       OF
                       ARMS
                    
                     to
                     deliver
                     their
                     thralled
                     Nation
                     from
                     the
                     Oppressions
                     and
                     grievous
                     Injuries
                     of
                     the
                     Hereticks
                     ,
                     wherewith
                     this
                     long
                     time
                     it
                     hath
                     been
                     afflicted
                     ,
                     and
                     heavily
                     burthened
                     ,
                     and
                     GALLANTLY
                     do
                     what
                     in
                     them
                     lyeth
                     
                       TO
                       EXTIRPATE
                       AND
                       TOTALLY
                       ROOT
                       OUT
                    
                     those
                     Workers
                     of
                     Iniquity
                     ,
                     who
                     in
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     of
                     Ireland
                     had
                     
                     infected
                     ,
                     and
                     always
                     striven
                     to
                     infect
                     the
                     Mass
                     of
                     Catholick
                     purity
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     pestiferous
                     Leaven
                     of
                     their
                     Heretical
                     contagion
                     ;
                     
                       WE
                       THEREFORE
                       BEING
                       WILLING
                       TO
                       CHERISH
                       THEM
                    
                     with
                     the
                     gift
                     of
                     those
                     Spiritual
                     Graces
                     whereof
                     by
                     God
                     we
                     are
                     ordained
                     the
                     onely
                     Disposers
                     on
                     earth
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     mercy
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     almighty
                     GOD
                     ,
                     trusting
                     in
                     the
                     authority
                     of
                     the
                     blessed
                     Apostles
                     Peter
                     and
                     Paul
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     vertue
                     of
                     that
                     power
                     of
                     binding
                     and
                     losing
                     of
                     souls
                     ,
                     which
                     GOD
                     was
                     pleased
                     (
                     without
                     our
                     deserving
                     )
                     to
                     confer
                     '
                     upon
                     us
                     :
                     To
                     ALL
                     and
                     
                       EVERY
                       ONE
                    
                     of
                     the
                     faithful
                     Christians
                     in
                     the
                     aforesaid
                     Kingdom
                     of
                     Ireland
                     ,
                     NOW
                     and
                     
                       FOR
                       THE
                       TIME
                       MILITATING
                       AGAINST
                       THE
                       HERETICKS
                    
                     and
                     other
                     Enemies
                     of
                     the
                     Catholick
                     Faith
                     ;
                     they
                     being
                     truly
                     and
                     sincerely
                     penitent
                     ,
                     after
                     confession
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Spiritual
                     refreshing
                     of
                     themselves
                     with
                     the
                     sacred
                     Communion
                     of
                     the
                     Body
                     and
                     Blood
                     of
                     Christ
                     ,
                     
                       DO
                       GRANT
                       A
                       FULL
                       AND
                       PLENARY
                       INDULGENCE
                       AND
                       ABSOLUTE
                       REMISSION
                       FOR
                       ALL
                       THEIR
                       SINS
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     such
                     as
                     in
                     the
                     holy
                     time
                     of
                     Iubilee
                     is
                     usual
                     to
                     be
                     granted
                     to
                     those
                     that
                     devoutly
                     visit
                     a
                     certain
                     number
                     of
                     priviledged
                     Churches
                     within
                     and
                     without
                     the
                     walls
                     of
                     our
                     City
                     of
                     Rome
                     ;
                     by
                     the
                     tenour
                     of
                     which
                     present
                     Letters
                     for
                     once
                     only
                     and
                     no
                     more
                     ,
                     we
                     freely
                     bestow
                     the
                     favour
                     of
                     this
                     absolution
                     
                       upon
                       all
                    
                     and
                     every
                     
                       one
                       of
                       them
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     withal
                     desiring
                     heartily
                     all
                     the
                     faithful
                     in
                     Christ
                     now
                     in
                     Arms
                     as
                     aforesaid
                     would
                     be
                     partakers
                     of
                     this
                     most
                     previous
                     Treasure
                     .
                  
                   
                     To
                     all
                     and
                     every
                     one
                     of
                     the
                     aforesaid
                     
                       FAITHFUL
                       CHRISTIANS
                    
                     We
                     grant
                     licence
                     and
                     give
                     power
                     to
                     chuse
                     unto
                     themselves
                     for
                     this
                     effect
                     any
                     fit
                     Confessor
                     ,
                     whether
                     
                     a
                     secular
                     Priest
                     ,
                     or
                     a
                     regular
                     of
                     some
                     Order
                     ;
                     as
                     likewise
                     any
                     other
                     selected
                     person
                     approved
                     of
                     by
                     the
                     Ordinary
                     of
                     the
                     place
                     ,
                     who
                     after
                     a
                     diligent
                     hearing
                     of
                     their
                     Confessions
                     shall
                     
                       HAVE
                       POWER
                       TO
                       LIBERATE
                       AND
                       ABSOLVE
                       THEM
                    
                     from
                     Excommunication
                     ,
                     Suspension
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     other
                     Ecclesiastical
                     Sentences
                     and
                     Censures
                     ,
                     by
                     whomsoever
                     ,
                     or
                     for
                     what
                     cause
                     soever
                     pronounced
                     or
                     inflicted
                     upon
                     them
                     ,
                     as
                     also
                     
                       FROM
                       ALL
                       SINS
                       ,
                       TRESPASSES
                       ,
                       TRANSGRESSIONS
                       ,
                       CRIMES
                       AND
                       DELINQUENCIES
                       HOW
                       HAINOUS
                       AND
                       ATROCIOUS
                       SOEVER
                       THEY
                       BE
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   
                     
                       Dated
                       at
                       Rome
                       in
                       the
                       Vatican
                       or
                       St.
                       Peters
                       Palace
                       ,
                       
                         the
                         25th
                         day
                         of
                         May
                         ,
                         1643.
                         and
                         in
                         the
                         20th
                         year
                         of
                         our
                         Pontificate
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       M.
                       A.
                       MARALDUS
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             This
             BULL
             of
             Indulgence
             and
             Pardon
             of
             the
             Pope
             either
             is
             an
             answer
             to
             my
             question
             ,
             or
             it
             is
             not
             ;
             if
             P.
             W.
             should
             say
             it
             is
             not
             an
             answer
             to
             my
             Question
             ,
             then
             it
             remains
             still
             in
             force
             :
             if
             P.
             W.
             should
             say
             that
             it
             is
             an
             answer
             to
             my
             Question
             ,
             then
             I
             desire
             the
             unbyass'd
             Reader
             to
             consider
             whose
             Subjects
             the
             
               Irish
               papists
            
             are
             :
             For
             His
             late
             Majesty
             of
             Glorious
             Memory
             under
             His
             Great
             Seal
             declares
             in
             these
             very
             words
             ,
             viz.
             
               We
               do
               extremely
               detest
               the
               ODIOVS
               REBELLION
               which
               the
               Recusants
               of
               Ireland
               have
               without
               Ground
               or
               Colour
               raised
               against
               Vs
               ,
               Our
               Crown
               and
               Dignity
               :
            
             But
             the
             Pope
             by
             his
             Bull
             calls
             that
             Rebellion
             of
             the
             Irish
             
             Papists
             ,
             
               an
               imitation
               of
               their
               godly
               and
               worthy
               Ancestors
               ,
            
             with
             this
             farther
             addition
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             
               Irish
               Papist
            
             GALLANTLY
             
               do
               what
               in
               them
               lieth
            
             TO
             EXTIRPATE
             AND
             TOTALLY
             ROOT
             OUT
             THE
             PROTESTANTS
             ,
             who
             he
             is
             pleas'd
             to
             call
             
               Workers
               of
               Iniquity
            
             .
             Nay
             ,
             his
             Holiness
             proceeds
             farther
             ,
             for
             being
             willing
             to
             cherish
             them
             in
             their
             Rebellion
             ,
             he
             dispenses
             to
             them
             the
             
               gift
               of
               spiritual
               Graces
            
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             says
             
               he
               is
               under
               GOD
               the
               onely
               Disposer
               on
               earth
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             
               grants
               them
               a
               full
               &
               plenary
               indulgence
               and
               absolute
               remission
               for
               all
               their
               sins
               ,
               trespasses
               ,
               transgressions
               ,
               crimes
               and
               delinquences
               ,
               how
               hainous
               and
               atrocious
               soever
               they
               be
               .
            
             If
             the
             Pope's
             power
             over
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             be
             so
             great
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             wonder
             their
             obedience
             to
             the
             King
             is
             so
             little
             :
             neither
             shall
             I
             admire
             that
             Rebellions
             have
             been
             so
             frequent
             in
             Ireland
             for
             the
             
               time
               past
            
             ,
             nor
             doubt
             they
             will
             be
             as
             frequent
             for
             the
             
               time
               to
               come
            
             ,
             if
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             proportions
             their
             inclinations
             ,
             &
             if
             the
             said
             Papists
             consider
             fighting
             against
             the
             Kings
             Authority
             is
             Merit
             ,
             and
             dying
             in
             that
             Quarrel
             is
             MARTYRDOM
             .
             Their
             propensity
             to
             the
             sin
             of
             Rebellion
             needed
             not
             those
             two
             double
             incentives
             to
             it
             ,
             viz.
             If
             they
             succeed
             ,
             HEAVEN
             and
             IRELAND
             is
             theirs
             ;
             if
             they
             succeed
             not
             ,
             HEAVEN
             is
             theirs
             :
             His
             Sacred
             Majesty
             will
             have
             but
             little
             
               hold
               of
               men
            
             who
             are
             acted
             by
             such
             Principles
             ,
             and
             by
             such
             beliefs
             .
             I
             desire
             also
             it
             may
             observ'd
             ,
             this
             BVLL
             was
             sent
             them
             in
             May
             1643.
             at
             which
             time
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             were
             in
             the
             height
             of
             their
             Rebellion
             ;
             for
             they
             then
             had
             neither
             Cessation
             or
             Peace
             to
             plead
             ,
             which
             might
             intitle
             
             them
             so
             much
             as
             to
             the
             
               Name
               of
               Subjects
            
             .
             It
             may
             be
             also
             this
             Pope's
             made
             them
             the
             more
             cheerfully
             swear
             
               neither
               to
               seek
               or
               receive
               directly
               or
               indirectly
               a
               pardon
               from
               a
               King.
            
             I
             hope
             the
             Reader
             will
             also
             observe
             that
             the
             designe
             of
             the
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             by
             their
             Rebellion
             ,
             what
             ever
             they
             pretended
             for
             it
             ,
             was
             no
             less
             then
             TO
             EXTIRPATE
             AND
             TOTALLY
             ROOT
             OUT
             THE
             PROTESTANTS
             ,
             and
             this
             attested
             by
             the
             POPE
             himself
             ,
             which
             he
             calls
             a
             GALLANT
             ACT
             ,
             and
             an
             imitation
             of
             their
             GODLY
             ANCESTORS
             ,
             which
             proves
             that
             General
             if
             not
             
               Vniversal
               Massacrings
            
             has
             not
             been
             onely
             the
             attempted
             sin
             of
             the
             
               Irish
               papists
            
             of
             this
             Age
             ,
             but
             had
             descended
             to
             them
             by
             inherritance
             ,
             and
             some
             wish
             it
             may
             not
             be
             convey'd
             to
             their
             Posterities
             .
             'T
             is
             likewise
             worthy
             the
             Readers
             observation
             ,
             Though
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             might
             warrantably
             have
             done
             unto
             those
             
               Irish
               papists
            
             what
             they
             would
             have
             done
             to
             the
             protestants
             ,
             and
             though
             persons
             of
             such
             
               bloody
               principles
               and
               designes
            
             as
             the
             POPE
             owns
             the
             said
             
               Irish
               papists
            
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             incourages
             them
             to
             persevere
             in
             ,
             with
             assurance
             of
             
               pardon
               here
            
             ,
             and
             
               Heaven
               hereafter
            
             ,
             are
             not
             very
             likely
             to
             be
             
               obedient
               Subjects
            
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             
               good
               Neighbours
            
             to
             their
             fellow
             Subjects
             ;
             yet
             not
             
               one
               of
               them
            
             suffers
             meerly
             for
             his
             Religion
             ,
             and
             
               many
               of
               them
            
             ,
             though
             guilty
             ,
             are
             pardon'd
             and
             restor'd
             .
             This
             practically
             and
             clearly
             shows
             the
             difference
             between
             the
             
               true
               mother
            
             and
             the
             
               false
               mother
            
             ,
             as
             also
             how
             much
             more
             consonant
             to
             CHRIST's
             Doctrine
             and
             Practise
             the
             HEAD
             OF
             THE
             PROTESTANT
             CHURCH
             does
             act
             ,
             then
             the
             HEAD
             
             OF
             THE
             POPISH
             CHURCH
             does
             act
             ;
             and
             MAN
             can
             in
             nothing
             be
             so
             well
             like
             unto
             GOD
             ,
             as
             in
             
               being
               merciful
               as
               GOD
               is
               merciful
               .
            
          
           
             But
             for
             all
             P.
             W's
             fencing
             ,
             I
             am
             confident
             were
             his
             Country-men
             as
             
               fully
               pardoned
            
             for
             their
             breaches
             of
             the
             Articles
             made
             in
             1648.
             as
             by
             that
             peace
             P.W.
             says
             (
             whatever
             he
             thinks
             )
             they
             are
             pardon'd
             for
             their
             breaches
             in
             the
             year
             1646.
             he
             would
             as
             well
             attribute
             his
             Countrymens
             sufferings
             to
             the
             breaches
             of
             1648.
             as
             to
             any
             preceding
             .
             But
             I
             see
             it
             is
             easier
             for
             his
             Majesty
             to
             forgive
             TWO
             Rebellions
             ,
             then
             for
             P.
             W.
             acknowledge
             ONE
             ,
             which
             he
             is
             so
             far
             from
             doing
             ,
             that
             upon
             a
             supposititious
             covenant-breach
             on
             the
             Kings
             side
             ,
             he
             thereby
             insinuates
             a
             charge
             against
             the
             
               most
               faithfully
               indulgent
               of
               Princes
            
             .
             But
             the
             protestants
             of
             Ireland
             dare
             APPEAL
             CHEERFULLY
             even
             to
             the
             Tribunal
             of
             GOD
             HIMSELF
             ,
             that
             the
             Iudgement
             may
             fall
             where
             the
             
               breach
               is
            
             .
          
           
             And
             since
             P.
             W.
             acknowledges
             
               that
               all
               the
               wonderful
               judgements
               fallen
               upon
               the
               Irish
               Nation
               is
               for
               the
               breach
               of
               the
               Articles
               of
            
             1646.
             and
             that
             I
             have
             fully
             proved
             in
             many
             
               signal
               instances
            
             ,
             the
             Articles
             ni
             1648.
             were
             
               no
               less
               broken
               by
               them
            
             ,
             let
             all
             men
             consider
             how
             visible
             the
             breach
             was
             which
             he
             CONFESSETH
             ,
             when
             the
             breach
             in
             1648.
             is
             so
             visible
             ,
             which
             he
             DENYETH
             :
             And
             since
             all
             the
             past
             judgements
             on
             his
             Countrymen
             ,
             
               he
               owneth
            
             ,
             were
             onely
             inflicted
             
               for
               the
               breach
               in
            
             1646.
             let
             him
             and
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             please
             ,
             ascribe
             the
             punishments
             to
             come
             in
             the
             Bill
             of
             Settlement
             ,
             to
             their
             breaches
             in
             1641.
             and
             to
             their
             breach
             of
             the
             Articles
             in
             1648.
             for
             
             doubtless
             these
             deserve
             some
             judgements
             as
             well
             as
             that
             .
          
           
             I
             fully
             own
             Faith
             should
             be
             observed
             where-ever
             it
             is
             given
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             the
             conditions
             for
             which
             it
             is
             given
             are
             observed
             :
             And
             I
             as
             heartily
             confess
             that
             a
             violation
             of
             Faith
             calls
             down
             the
             severest
             of
             Gods
             punishments
             ;
             for
             all
             promises
             made
             before
             the
             righteous
             Judge
             of
             heaven
             and
             earth
             ,
             when
             broken
             ,
             are
             not
             broken
             singly
             to
             those
             
               to
               whom
            
             ,
             but
             even
             also
             
               to
               him
               before
               whom
            
             they
             are
             made
             ;
             and
             God
             will
             not
             be
             mocked
             :
             I
             wish
             those
             which
             now
             think
             such
             judgements
             on
             such
             breaches
             just
             and
             inevitable
             ,
             had
             in
             1641.
             in
             1646.
             in
             1648.
             and
             many
             times
             since
             ,
             so
             well
             remembred
             the
             truth
             of
             that
             position
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             have
             run
             into
             those
             sins
             ,
             which
             must
             ,
             as
             an
             inevitable
             consequence
             of
             them
             ,
             draw
             down
             
               such
               punishments
            
             .
             But
             since
             what
             is
             past
             cannot
             be
             recall'd
             ,
             I
             will
             pray
             they
             may
             avoid
             in
             the
             future
             ,
             what
             for
             the
             
               time
               past
            
             they
             might
             have
             prevented
             .
             But
             because
             P.W.
             has
             instanc'd
             the
             case
             of
             Saul's
             children
             and
             the
             Gibeonites
             ,
             I
             will
             endeavour
             to
             show
             how
             far
             
               it
               is
            
             parallel
             to
             that
             case
             to
             which
             he
             unjustly
             applies
             it
             ,
             and
             how
             far
             
               it
               is
               not
            
             .
          
           
             First
             how
             far
             it
             is
             Parallel
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Ioshua
               knew
               not
               the
               
                 persons
                 of
                 those
              
               with
               whom
               he
               made
               that
               league
               ;
               neither
               did
               the
               King
               know
               the
               
                 hearts
                 of
                 those
              
               with
               whom
               he
               made
               that
               peace
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Those
                 were
                 neighbours
                 ,
                 nay
                 liv'd
                 amongst
                 the
                 Israelites
              
               to
               whom
               Ioshua
               promised
               peace
               ,
               though
               they
               said
               
                 they
                 were
                 of
                 a
                 far
                 Country
              
               ;
               the
               Irish
               
                 were
                 neighbours
              
               ,
               at
               least
               locally
               ;
               nay
               they
               liv'd
               long
               amongst
               us
               ,
               though
               at
               
               last
               they
               would
               not
               let
               us
               live
               among
               them
               ;
               but
               indeed
               
                 they
                 were
                 from
                 a
                 very
                 far
                 Country
                 ,
                 even
                 from
                 Rome
                 it self
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               Those
               
                 deluded
                 Ioshua
              
               into
               that
               league
               ,
               and
               said
               
                 they
                 were
                 his
                 servants
              
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               his
               Enemies
               ;
               the
               
                 Irish
                 Papists
              
               did
               also
               delude
               the
               King
               into
               that
               peace
               ,
               and
               said
               
                 they
                 were
                 Subjects
              
               ,
               when
               indeed
               they
               were
               Rebels
               .
               Thus
               far
               the
               Parallel
               holds
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             I
             will
             show
             in
             what
             ,
             and
             
               how
               much
            
             it
             differs
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               Gibeonites
               deluded
               Ioshua
               into
               a
               peace
               ;
               but
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               (
               to
               use
               His
               Sacred
               Majesties
               own
               words
               )
               
                 forced
                 ,
                 compelled
                 ,
                 necessitated
              
               him
               into
               Cessations
               and
               Peaces
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Gibeonites
               were
               Strangers
               ,
               but
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               were
               (
               at
               least
               ought
               to
               have
               been
               )
               Subjects
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Gibeonites
               
                 never
                 broke
                 those
                 Conditions
              
               granted
               to
               them
               ,
               though
               by
               those
               conditions
               they
               were
               made
               in
               effect
               Slaves
               ;
               but
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               broke
               ,
               yea
               often
               ,
               if
               not
               always
               theirs
               ,
               though
               after
               an
               unparallell'd
               Rebellion
               they
               were
               in
               effect
               made
               
                 Lords
                 of
                 all
                 Ireland
              
               ,
               even
               the
               bloody
               Stage
               upon
               which
               they
               had
               acted
               their
               guilt
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Saul's
               children
               were
               not
               executed
               for
               their
               Father
               his
               having
               made
               the
               Gibeonites
               
                 hewers
                 of
                 wood
                 ,
                 and
                 drawers
                 of
                 water
                 ,
              
               (
               the
               utmost
               that
               the
               Protestants
               desire
               even
               to
               the
               
                 worst
                 principled
              
               of
               the
               Irish
               Papists
               )
               but
               for
               killing
               the
               Gibeonites
               after
               they
               were
               peaceable
               Slaves
               :
               So
               that
               those
               judgements
               P.
               W.
               seems
               to
               threathen
               his
               Majesty
               with
               ,
               if
               they
               have
               not
               the
               Articles
               
               of
               1648.
               made
               good
               ,
               he
               and
               his
               Countrymen
               have
               only
               reason
               to
               fear
               ;
               
                 for
                 his
                 Majesty
                 kept
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 have
                 broken
                 them
                 .
              
               Since
               the
               
                 breach
                 of
                 Faith
              
               is
               so
               foul
               a
               Sin
               ,
               and
               deserves
               such
               heavy
               Punishments
               ,
               even
               by
               P.
               W's
               own
               confession
               ,
               and
               since
               it
               is
               fully
               proved
               those
               for
               whom
               he
               pleads
               ,
               have
               not
               onely
               once
               ,
               but
               often
               ,
               yea
               always
               broken
               their
               Agreements
               ;
               let
               them
               with
               patience
               bear
               what
               they
               have
               drawn
               upon
               themselves
               ;
               and
               let
               him
               henceforth
               imploy
               his
               Pen
               and
               his
               Press
               in
               inviting
               his
               Countrymen
               rather
               to
               acknowledge
               his
               Majesties
               mercy
               ,
               that
               
                 no
                 more
              
               are
               punish'd
               ,
               then
               that
               some
               are
               ,
               and
               that
               so
               little
               too
               ,
               comparatively
               to
               their
               crimes
               .
            
          
           
             I
             will
             from
             P.
             W's
             Parallel
             take
             a
             rise
             for
             the
             inserting
             of
             two
             particulars
             :
             The
             first
             is
             ,
             If
             any
             of
             the
             children
             of
             P.
             W's
             Clients
             lose
             their
             Lands
             ,
             though
             actually
             they
             were
             not
             guilty
             of
             their
             Fathers
             Rebellions
             ,
             let
             him
             remember
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             case
             which
             he
             instances
             ,
             that
             the
             seven
             sons
             of
             Saul
             were
             
               hanged
               up
               unto
               the
               Lord
               in
               Gibeah
               of
               Saul
               ,
            
             though
             they
             had
             not
             actually
             slain
             those
             Gibeonites
             for
             which
             they
             
               themselves
               were
               punished
            
             .
             Let
             him
             also
             remember
             that
             till
             Iustice
             was
             done
             ,
             the
             
               famine
               lasted
            
             ;
             and
             after
             it
             was
             done
             ,
             the
             
               famine
               ceased
            
             .
             Those
             lost
             theirs
             lives
             for
             their
             fathers
             sin
             ;
             but
             these
             (
             if
             any
             )
             lose
             but
             their
             fathers
             forfeited
             Lands
             for
             their
             Fathers
             crimes
             .
             The
             second
             is
             ,
             Though
             even
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               God
               it self
            
             witnesseth
             ,
             
               That
               Saul
               sought
               to
               slay
               the
               Gibeonites
               in
               his
               zeal
               to
               the
               children
               of
               Israel
               and
               Iuda
            
             ;
             yet
             
               that
               it self
            
             could
             not
             silence
             or
             suspend
             the
             Justice
             of
             God.
             And
             therefore
             let
             P.
             W.
             know
             ,
             That
             
             though
             in
             the
             third
             Article
             of
             their
             Instructions
             to
             the
             titular
             Bishop
             of
             Fernes
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Nicolas
               Plunket
            
             ,
             (
             their
             Commissioners
             to
             Rome
             )
             they
             own
             to
             the
             Pope
             that
             in
             their
             zeal
             they
             
               rais'd
               Arms
               for
               the
               freedom
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Religion
               ,
            
             yet
             no
             zeal
             in
             Religion
             can
             apologize
             for
             ,
             or
             will
             hinder
             the
             effects
             of
             Gods
             Justice
             on
             his
             Countrymen
             for
             their
             unparallell'd
             murthers
             ,
             and
             their
             often
             
               breaches
               against
               Nature
               ,
               and
               against
               Stipulation
               :
               To
               do
               evil
               that
               good
               may
               come
               of
               it
               ,
            
             may
             be
             the
             
               Doctrine
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             but
             is
             not
             the
             
               Doctrine
               of
               Christ
            
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             Fruit
             the
             Tree
             is
             best
             known
             .
          
        
         
           
             THE
             CONCLUSION
             .
          
           
             The
             Conclusion
             ,
             or
             concluding
             Wish
             ,
             [
             
               That
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Ormond
               may
               be
               as
               another
               Ioseph
               to
               his
               Brethren
            
             ]
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             Protestants
             of
             Ireland
             close
             with
             ;
             desiring
             that
             he
             may
             be
             a
             Ioseph
             not
             onely
             to
             the
             Israel
             of
             GOD
             ,
             [
             The
             Religious
             Protestants
             ]
             but
             also
             a
             Ioseph
             even
             to
             the
             Egyptians
             themselves
             ,
             feeding
             and
             
               preserving
               them
            
             ,
             yet
             so
             as
             becomes
             Pharaoh's
             Steward
             ,
             reserving
             KINGS's
             
               free
               dispose
            
             ,
             and
             removing
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               TRANSPLANTING
               THE
               PEOPLE
               from
               one
               end
               of
               the
               borders
               of
               Egypt
               ,
               to
               the
               other
               end
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             May
             herein
             the
             Practise
             of
             Ioseph
             be
             his
             Pattern
             ,
             and
             the
             Blessings
             of
             Ioseph
             be
             his
             
               Portion
               !
               The
               Blessings
               of
               Heaven
               above
               ,
               the
               Blessings
               of
               the
               Deep
               that
               lieth
               under
               ,
               the
               Blessings
               of
               the
               Brests
               and
               the
               Womb
            
             ;
             these
             Blessings
             be
             on
             the
             Head
             of
             
               this
               Ioseph
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               Crown
               of
               the
               HEAD
               of
               Him
               that
               was
               seperate
               from
            
             (
             those
             which
             call
             themselves
             )
             
               HIS
               BRETHREN
            
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .