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           THE
           Irish
           Colours
           DISPLAYED
           ,
           In
           A
           REPLY
           of
           an
           
             English
             Protestant
          
           To
           a
           late
           LETTER
           of
           an
           
             Irish
             Roman
             Catholique
          
           .
        
         
           Both
           Address'd
           to
           his
           Grace
           THE
           DUKE
           of
           ORMOND
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           of
           His
           Majesties
           
             KINGDOME
             OF
          
           IRELAND
           .
        
         
           Similis
           in
           prole
           resurgo
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1662.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           IRISH
           COLOURS
           DISPLAYED
           ,
           In
           a
           REPLY
           of
           an
           English
           Protestant
           to
           a
           late
           LETTER
           of
           an
           Irish
           Roman
           Catholique
           .
        
         
           Both
           address'd
           to
           his
           Grace
           The
           DUKE
           of
           ORMOND
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Kingdome
           of
           IRELAND
           .
        
         
           
             Similis
             in
             prole
             resurgo
             .
          
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           was
           yesterday
           my
           chance
           to
           meet
           a
           Letter
           newly
           printed
           ,
           though
           pretended
           by
           the
           Title
           to
           have
           been
           given
           
             your
             Grace
          
           about
           the
           end
           of
           October
           1660.
           
             [
             desiring
             a
             just
             and
             merciful
             regard
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholiques
             of
             Ireland
             ]
          
           wherein
           though
           I
           confesse
           much
           is
           spoken
           and
           little
           said
           ,
           yet
           because
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           seems
           to
           have
           
           been
           both
           a
           bold
           man
           in
           setting
           
             your
             Graces
          
           name
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           wise
           man
           in
           not
           setting
           his
           own
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           fit
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           and
           shall
           follow
           his
           example
           in
           both
           ,
           though
           (
           I
           fear
           )
           neither
           that
           nor
           his
           precepts
           in
           any
           thing
           else
           .
        
         
           The
           contention
           lying
           (
           as
           it
           ever
           has
           done
           ,
           and
           I
           fear
           ever
           will
           ,
           )
           between
           His
           Majesties
           British
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           His
           Irish
           Roman
           Catholique
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           I
           imagin'd
           it
           would
           become
           us
           ill
           ,
           who
           never
           refus'd
           to
           fight
           them
           in
           the
           Field
           upon
           the
           extremest
           disadvantage
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           now
           avoid
           to
           do
           it
           in
           the
           Presse
           upon
           the
           greatest
           advantages
           ,
           that
           the
           justice
           of
           our
           Case
           ,
           the
           mercy
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           your
           Graces
           patronage
           ,
           and
           the
           favour
           of
           Heaven
           express'd
           in
           all
           these
           circumstances
           can
           allow
           us
           ;
           and
           therefore
           since
           they
           have
           drawn
           so
           much
           of
           our
           blood
           ,
           I
           shall
           never
           grudge
           them
           a
           little
           of
           our
           ink
           ,
           being
           I
           confess
           well
           enough
           pleas'd
           to
           see
           us
           both
           now
           at
           length
           putting
           on
           the
           same
           colour
           ,
           whereas
           for
           so
           long
           together
           the
           Black
           has
           been
           ours
           ,
           and
           the
           Crimson
           theirs
           .
        
         
           The
           matter
           of
           this
           Pamplet
           is
           indeed
           so
           difficult
           to
           find
           ,
           and
           so
           easie
           to
           answer
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           a
           little
           loath
           to
           begin
           the
           search
           ,
           being
           much
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           with
           that
           of
           a
           Brass
           penny
           in
           a
           heap
           of
           Rubbish
           ,
           that
           before
           you
           find
           it
           almost
           puts
           out
           your
           eyes
           ,
           and
           after
           you
           have
           it
           ,
           't
           is
           hardly
           felt
           in
           your
           hand
           ;
           and
           therefore
           before
           I
           quest
           after
           that
           little
           game
           it
           affords
           me
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           
             your
             Grace
          
           some
           account
           of
           a
           word
           or
           a
           fear
           ,
           which
           just
           now
           fell
           from
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           contention
           between
           the
           two
           Parties
           in
           Ireland
           will
           never
           have
           an
           end
           ,
           which
           may
           both
           startle
           
             your
             Grace
          
           with
           the
           difficulty
           of
           your
           Charge
           ,
           whose
           chief
           end
           and
           task
           is
           to
           disprove
           this
           opinion
           ;
           and
           shock
           many
           others
           as
           an
           uncharitable
           thought
           ,
           who
           are
           apt
           to
           believe
           the
           quiet
           of
           that
           Countrey
           ;
           may
           be
           wrought
           out
           by
           tempering
           of
           Interests
           ,
           extinguishing
           Feuds
           ,
           by
           inducing
           a
           
           general
           Oblivion
           of
           the
           past
           and
           security
           of
           future
           Times
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           that
           a
           Golden
           Age
           may
           arise
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           out
           of
           one
           of
           Iron
           that
           has
           lasted
           some
           hundreds
           of
           years
           ,
           just
           as
           a
           fair
           and
           gentle
           morning
           does
           sometimes
           at
           Sea
           after
           a
           long
           furious
           storm
           ,
           without
           any
           reason
           for
           one
           or
           for
           t'other
           ,
           but
           onely
           ,
           that
           a
           general
           composure
           of
           minds
           happens
           at
           times
           like
           a
           calm
           sett
           of
           weather
           ;
           and
           no
           man
           the
           wiser
           though
           all
           men
           the
           happier
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           I
           wish
           I
           could
           be
           of
           this
           Belief
           ,
           I
           confess
           I
           am
           not
           ,
           though
           I
           may
           justly
           say
           my
           temper
           and
           fortune
           both
           dispose
           me
           to
           it
           ,
           the
           one
           giving
           me
           fear
           of
           losing
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           despair
           of
           gaining
           the
           least
           by
           tumults
           and
           wars
           .
           I
           have
           long
           accounted
           the
           Peace
           of
           my
           Countrey
           to
           be
           like
           the
           Health
           of
           my
           Body
           ;
           without
           which
           all
           that
           men
           call
           pleasures
           turn
           sowre
           ,
           or
           lose
           all
           their
           rellish
           at
           least
           .
           I
           will
           not
           say
           to
           make
           good
           my
           opinion
           ,
           that
           
             Saturn
             ,
             Mars
          
           ,
           and
           Mercury
           are
           the
           onely
           Planets
           that
           influence
           that
           Climate
           ,
           though
           the
           sullen
           and
           angry
           genius
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           cunning
           ,
           busie
           ,
           chaffering
           vein
           of
           the
           inhabitants
           might
           help
           me
           out
           ,
           nor
           that
           the
           kindly
           rays
           of
           Venus
           and
           Iupiter
           are
           too
           gentle
           to
           pierce
           a
           thick
           air
           that
           is
           accus'd
           so
           often
           to
           obscure
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           fully
           the
           Moon
           among
           them
           ;
           but
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           when
           I
           consider
           the
           rise
           of
           these
           two
           parties
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           descent
           of
           our
           victorious
           Ancestors
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           at
           first
           held
           their
           Lands
           from
           their
           Swords
           ,
           though
           our
           Kings
           title
           to
           the
           whole
           was
           afterwards
           strengthned
           by
           Alliances
           ,
           by
           submissions
           as
           well
           as
           (
           if
           they
           please
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           )
           by
           an
           absolute
           grant
           of
           that
           whole
           Island
           from
           Pope
           Adrian
           the
           fourth
           to
           Henry
           the
           second
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           that
           upon
           this
           original
           quarrel
           the
           Natives
           of
           the
           Countrey
           have
           ever
           since
           lock'd
           upon
           the
           English
           name
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Usurpers
           and
           Intruders
           upon
           their
           lands
           and
           inheritance
           ,
           and
           the
           English
           planted
           
           there
           ,
           upon
           the
           Irish
           ;
           as
           enemies
           ,
           for
           so
           they
           were
           styl'd
           in
           all
           publique
           Acts
           for
           a
           long
           course
           of
           time
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           that
           these
           two
           parties
           have
           for
           above
           foure
           hundred
           years
           ,
           been
           bred
           up
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           say
           in
           mutual
           slaughters
           ,
           and
           rapines
           ,
           and
           wars
           ,
           every
           age
           ,
           begun
           by
           the
           Irish
           ,
           upon
           pretences
           of
           recovering
           their
           Liberty
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           return'd
           by
           the
           English
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           their
           Kindred
           ,
           and
           the
           Lands
           they
           had
           purchas'd
           by
           their
           Ancestors
           blood
           ,
           or
           by
           their
           own
           Treasure
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           that
           these
           bloody
           animosities
           were
           constant
           and
           hereditary
           to
           them
           ,
           so
           long
           before
           any
           division
           between
           them
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           withal
           how
           much
           they
           have
           been
           sharpned
           by
           that
           accident
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           so
           powerful
           as
           most
           unhappily
           to
           engrafft
           such
           numbers
           of
           old
           English
           families
           into
           the
           Irish
           stock
           and
           interest
           upon
           this
           last
           Rebellion
           (
           for
           to
           that
           we
           must
           needs
           attribute
           it
           rather
           than
           to
           their
           long
           habitudes
           among
           them
           .
           )
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           how
           much
           of
           the
           Irish
           lands
           have
           been
           given
           in
           a
           lump
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           British
           Planters
           upon
           forfeitures
           in
           King
           Iames
           his
           time
           ,
           what
           quantities
           must
           now
           be
           disposed
           of
           ,
           though
           the
           greatest
           tendernesse
           imaginable
           should
           be
           us'd
           in
           the
           adjudging
           their
           new
           forfeitures
           now
           in
           question
           ,
           besides
           how
           perpetuall
           a
           memory
           the
           Irish
           retain
           of
           these
           esteemed
           injurys
           ,
           as
           I
           could
           give
           instances
           to
           amazement
           ,
           and
           as
           severall
           of
           their
           Articles
           in
           forty
           eight
           in
           some
           measure
           discover
           by
           their
           returning
           so
           far
           back
           and
           resolutions
           even
           in
           cold
           blood
           to
           unravel
           the
           settlements
           of
           ages
           past
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           that
           similitude
           of
           customes
           and
           manners
           is
           the
           common
           sodder
           of
           all
           Friendships
           and
           good
           Intelligences
           among
           men
           ,
           and
           withall
           how
           strange
           a
           difference
           in
           both
           these
           as
           well
           as
           habit
           and
           language
           is
           between
           these
           two
           Nations
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           where
           by
           long
           abode
           of
           few
           among
           many
           ,
           either
           the
           civility
           of
           
           the
           English
           has
           corrected
           theirs
           ,
           or
           the
           barbarousnesse
           of
           the
           Irish
           has
           infected
           ours
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           among
           many
           others
           of
           the
           kind
           ,
           that
           one
           old
           custome
           of
           theirs
           ,
           in
           celebrating
           their
           funeralls
           after
           their
           savage
           manner
           ,
           where
           the
           praises
           of
           the
           dead
           use
           to
           be
           rais'd
           and
           rehearsed
           ,
           from
           no
           other
           vertue
           or
           prowess
           then
           the
           number
           of
           English
           slain
           or
           murtherd
           by
           him
           or
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           either
           as
           Souldiers
           in
           War
           ,
           or
           as
           Woodkernes
           or
           Tories
           in
           Peace
           ,
           which
           is
           elegantly
           described
           by
           Spencer
           in
           his
           short
           discourse
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           been
           assur'd
           is
           still
           us'd
           in
           many
           of
           the
           wilder
           parts
           in
           the
           North
           ,
           where
           upon
           such
           occasions
           they
           have
           no
           witnesses
           but
           themselves
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           the
           common
           conversation
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           of
           both
           parties
           upon
           all
           the
           least
           occasions
           breaking
           out
           into
           terms
           of
           malice
           ,
           suspition
           ,
           revenge
           ,
           and
           contempt
           ,
           besides
           the
           strange
           ignorance
           of
           the
           common
           Irish
           that
           subjects
           the
           whole
           conduct
           of
           their
           lives
           to
           the
           guidance
           of
           their
           Priests
           and
           Friers
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           all
           Spanish
           Papists
           ,
           as
           the
           common
           tearm
           goes
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           think
           indeed
           all
           
             Roman
             Catholiques
          
           living
           in
           Protestant
           Dominions
           throughout
           Europe
           are
           in
           great
           degree
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           onely
           I
           can
           attribute
           that
           senselesse
           opinion
           among
           the
           Vulgar
           Irish
           ,
           that
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Ireland
           lawfully
           belongs
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Spain
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Majesties
           Title
           to
           it
           is
           like
           that
           of
           the
           English
           to
           their
           Lands
           by
           usurpation
           and
           force
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           that
           ,
           upon
           this
           present
           conjuncture
           ,
           though
           his
           Majesty
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           exempt
           many
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholique
          
           Nobles
           and
           Gentlemen
           from
           the
           stain
           and
           punishment
           of
           their
           common
           original
           guilt
           in
           the
           last
           bloody
           Rebellion
           ,
           by
           restoring
           them
           fully
           to
           their
           honours
           and
           estates
           ,
           upon
           the
           amends
           they
           seem
           to
           have
           made
           by
           their
           personall
           services
           to
           his
           Majestie
           abroad
           ,
           yet
           not
           a
           man
           of
           them
           is
           content
           to
           save
           his
           own
           stake
           to
           break
           from
           the
           herd
           ,
           or
           leave
           stickling
           in
           the
           patronage
           and
           defence
           of
           the
           common
           party
           ,
           as
           if
           
           they
           valu'd
           not
           their
           estates
           without
           their
           dependances
           ,
           and
           had
           something
           more
           in
           aime
           then
           what
           they
           pretend
           to
           in
           their
           ordinary
           clamors
           and
           complaints
           ;
           This
           I
           confesse
           is
           the
           onely
           thing
           which
           lessens
           many
           of
           them
           in
           my
           value
           ,
           whom
           otherwise
           I
           should
           esteem
           very
           much
           as
           persons
           of
           good
           breeding
           ,
           good
           meene
           ,
           good
           wits
           ,
           and
           good
           humour
           ,
           and
           fit
           for
           the
           eye
           and
           for
           the
           service
           of
           their
           Prince
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           when
           I
           consider
           that
           all
           this
           cannot
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           force
           of
           any
           constellation
           above
           ,
           or
           conjunction
           here
           below
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           the
           common
           course
           of
           humane
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           passions
           incident
           thereunto
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           implacable
           enmity
           of
           the
           Irish
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           springs
           from
           the
           same
           root
           with
           that
           of
           all
           other
           subjected
           people
           to
           their
           Conquerors
           ,
           till
           by
           time
           and
           prevailing
           number
           ,
           wearinesse
           of
           mutuall
           fears
           ,
           policy
           of
           Laws
           and
           Governours
           both
           come
           at
           length
           to
           be
           blended
           into
           one
           Masse
           .
           That
           consequently
           the
           late
           unparallel'd
           Massacres
           ,
           though
           far
           greater
           in
           number
           then
           any
           upon
           record
           of
           Story
           ,
           yet
           had
           no
           newer
           cause
           or
           occasion
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Roman
           Citizens
           in
           the
           lesser
           Asia
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           French
           in
           Scicily
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Danes
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           frequent
           ones
           of
           Europaean
           Colonies
           in
           the
           Indies
           ;
           till
           time
           and
           experience
           taught
           them
           to
           provide
           for
           their
           safety
           and
           so
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           all
           wiser
           Nations
           to
           secure
           their
           conquests
           ,
           though
           it
           has
           ever
           yet
           been
           the
           reproach
           of
           the
           English
           Government
           ,
           that
           in
           so
           long
           a
           tract
           of
           time
           they
           have
           never
           been
           able
           to
           free
           themselves
           from
           a
           vast
           expence
           of
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           upon
           an
           Island
           which
           seems
           by
           nature
           to
           have
           been
           intended
           so
           much
           for
           the
           greatness
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Imperiall
           Crown
           ,
           by
           the
           mighty
           accesse
           of
           those
           two
           great
           strengths
           ,
           Money
           and
           able
           bodies
           of
           men
           ,
           arising
           from
           the
           incredible
           fertility
           of
           the
           soil
           in
           all
           rich
           native
           Comodities
           ,
           aswel
           as
           the
           increase
           of
           people
           ;
           When
           all
           these
           thoughts
           I
           say
           run
           thorough
           my
           head
           ,
           I
           cannot
           hope
           to
           live
           so
           long
           as
           to
           
           hear
           
             [
             Iam
             cuncti
             gens
             una
             sumus
             ]
          
           plaid
           by
           the
           Irish
           Harp
           ,
           though
           I
           know
           it
           was
           sung
           by
           some
           English
           in
           their
           discourses
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           late
           Kings
           Reign
           ,
           but
           never
           I
           think
           by
           any
           Irish
           ,
           and
           with
           how
           sad
           Notes
           it
           then
           ended
           in
           the
           Close
           some
           men
           I
           hope
           may
           still
           have
           leave
           to
           remember
           .
        
         
           Now
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           if
           all
           this
           be
           but
           vision
           and
           false
           imagery
           ,
           rais'd
           up
           only
           by
           my
           own
           spleen
           or
           passions
           ,
           I
           may
           possibly
           passe
           for
           a
           Fanatique
           ,
           or
           some
           malicious
           envious
           person
           ,
           none
           of
           which
           I
           thank
           God
           I
           have
           yet
           ever
           done
           nor
           I
           hope
           ever
           shall
           upon
           any
           other
           score
           .
           For
           I
           have
           often
           deplor'd
           that
           my
           birth
           or
           my
           fotunes
           should
           cast
           me
           into
           an
           Age
           or
           a
           Countrey
           ,
           where
           men
           cannot
           live
           together
           more
           like
           the
           Sons
           of
           one
           Father
           ,
           the
           Subjects
           of
           one
           Prince
           ,
           the
           Servants
           of
           one
           God
           ,
           then
           I
           see
           we
           are
           like
           to
           do
           .
           But
           if
           it
           be
           a
           true
           representation
           of
           the
           Quarrel
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           of
           the
           disposition
           of
           the
           parties
           ,
           and
           complexion
           of
           the
           Climate
           ;
           then
           I
           think
           it
           will
           concern
           his
           Majesty
           to
           secure
           his
           Crown
           and
           his
           Subjects
           peace
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           arts
           of
           Government
           that
           have
           been
           us'd
           in
           the
           same
           cases
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           such
           differences
           as
           circumstances
           may
           make
           ,
           and
           whatever
           become
           of
           lands
           never
           trust
           our
           lives
           again
           in
           the
           power
           of
           a
           generation
           whose
           game
           and
           prey
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           whose
           design
           they
           must
           ever
           be
           unlesse
           my
           Almanack
           fails
           ,
           T
           is
           but
           a
           carelesse
           and
           will
           be
           but
           an
           unfortunate
           Shepherd
           that
           quits
           his
           guard
           and
           suspicion
           ,
           and
           neglects
           his
           flock
           because
           the
           old
           wolf
           has
           broke
           his
           teeth
           ,
           though
           he
           can
           never
           lose
           his
           nature
           nor
           yet
           break
           the
           Law
           of
           
             [
             Similis
             in
             prole
             resurgo
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           What
           those
           arts
           of
           Government
           are
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           in
           the
           least
           presume
           to
           discourse
           of
           ,
           all
           Stories
           and
           all
           Times
           are
           full
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Observations
           upon
           them
           very
           instructing
           ,
           and
           no
           person
           able
           to
           make
           better
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           improve
           them
           more
           than
           
             your
             Grace
          
           under
           His
           Majesties
           favourable
           influence
           ,
           
           and
           in
           concurrence
           with
           so
           great
           ,
           so
           wise
           ,
           and
           so
           renowned
           a
           Councellor
           to
           his
           Majesty
           and
           friend
           to
           your
           Grace
           as
           My
           Lord
           High
           Chancellour
           of
           England
           ,
           whose
           justice
           and
           favour
           to
           us
           we
           must
           ever
           own
           ,
           and
           shall
           endevour
           to
           acknowledge
           ,
           with
           that
           devotion
           becomes
           us
           as
           true
           servants
           both
           of
           his
           virtues
           and
           fortunes
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           my
           opinions
           in
           this
           point
           I
           confesse
           may
           be
           a
           little
           out
           of
           the
           common
           way
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           so
           too
           in
           not
           being
           the
           least
           fond
           of
           giving
           them
           light
           without
           a
           direct
           occasion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           make
           no
           inquiry
           here
           into
           the
           usuall
           wayes
           of
           securing
           acquisitions
           either
           by
           out
           numbring
           the
           Natives
           ,
           by
           introducing
           conformity
           of
           Lawes
           ,
           Language
           ,
           Habit
           ,
           Custome
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           by
           interchangeable
           removall
           of
           their
           seats
           ,
           as
           in
           
           Charlemain's
           time
           ,
           of
           Saxons
           into
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           of
           Flemish
           into
           Saxony
           ,
           by
           assuming
           their
           lands
           and
           giving
           them
           a
           new
           dependancy
           ,
           by
           entertaining
           feuds
           between
           themselves
           ,
           by
           Forts
           and
           standing
           Armies
           according
           to
           the
           modern
           policy
           ,
           or
           by
           distinct
           Colony's
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           old
           Graecian
           and
           Roman
           States
           ,
           I
           should
           only
           beg
           if
           my
           prayers
           were
           of
           any
           regard
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           might
           but
           esteem
           this
           a
           matter
           worthy
           His
           care
           and
           thought
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           should
           no
           way
           doubt
           of
           the
           successe
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           may
           judge
           it
           so
           the
           more
           ,
           I
           shall
           onely
           be
           your
           remembrancer
           that
           as
           the
           onely
           good
           effect
           of
           such
           infinite
           slaughters
           and
           Murthers
           as
           have
           hitherto
           infam'd
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           discouraged
           the
           plantation
           ,
           has
           been
           the
           producing
           of
           this
           conjuncture
           wherein
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           gain'd
           an
           occasion
           of
           setling
           it
           upon
           lasting
           foundations
           which
           has
           been
           so
           much
           desired
           by
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           but
           the
           like
           never
           attain'd
           either
           in
           respect
           of
           power
           ,
           justice
           ,
           or
           honour
           .
           So
           whatever
           mischeifs
           or
           miscarriages
           shall
           ever
           happen
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           in
           times
           to
           come
           ,
           will
           by
           posterity
           be
           laid
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           this
           generation
           ,
           but
           how
           to
           be
           answer'd
           I
           believe
           the
           next
           must
           tell
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           how
           great
           a
           part
           of
           this
           care
           and
           conduct
           must
           needs
           fall
           to
           your
           Graces
           share
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           ,
           finding
           one
           among
           your
           Titles
           that
           sufficiently
           does
           it
           ,
           but
           in
           case
           you
           fall
           into
           the
           same
           opinion
           I
           professe
           to
           be
           of
           ,
           that
           the
           peace
           and
           safety
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           cannot
           be
           provided
           for
           by
           balancing
           interests
           between
           English
           and
           Irish
           ,
           but
           by
           boying
           up
           one
           or
           other
           of
           them
           out
           of
           danger
           of
           sinking
           again
           ,
           I
           shall
           then
           offer
           to
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           whether
           as
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           as
           well
           as
           His
           Majesties
           Lieutenant
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           both
           your
           duty
           and
           your
           interest
           does
           not
           evidently
           lead
           you
           to
           the
           support
           ,
           protection
           ,
           and
           encouragement
           of
           the
           English
           who
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           will
           come
           under
           your
           charge
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           must
           begin
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           our
           Secretary
           and
           his
           Letter
           ,
           the
           Scribling
           of
           which
           gave
           me
           the
           occasion
           of
           mine
           ,
           the
           greatest
           design
           of
           the
           whole
           draught
           seems
           by
           cogging
           and
           clawing
           ,
           by
           professions
           of
           kindnesse
           and
           confidence
           ,
           by
           terms
           of
           relation
           and
           good
           intelligence
           ,
           to
           endear
           their
           cause
           and
           persons
           to
           your
           Grace
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           upon
           your
           affections
           where
           they
           despair
           to
           do
           it
           upon
           your
           judgement
           .
           He
           sayes
           they
           have
           been
           
             [
             your
             constant
             beleivers
             ,
             your
             passionate
             Sticklers
             ,
             their
             hopes
             of
             delivery
             have
             been
             by
             you
             ,
             begs
             a
             demonstration
             of
             that
             justice
             and
             favour
             you
             intended
             them
             in
             forty
             eight
             ,
             threatens
             your
             failing
             will
             lessen
             your
             esteem
             and
             dependencies
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             compares
             you
             to
          
           Joseph
           ,
           
             and
             calls
             you
             the
             Saviour
             of
             your
             brethren
             ]
          
           on
           purpose
           sure
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           how
           your
           brethren
           sold
           and
           betray'd
           you
           ,
           for
           how
           the
           Irish
           came
           to
           be
           your
           brethren
           upon
           any
           other
           kindred
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           we
           are
           bold
           to
           claim
           and
           challenge
           you
           for
           ours
           ,
           and
           upon
           many
           good
           tokens
           ,
           by
           the
           birth
           of
           your
           Ancestors
           and
           your
           own
           ,
           by
           their
           and
           your
           unshaken
           loyalty
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           by
           your
           constancy
           to
           the
           old
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           by
           your
           
           personal
           commands
           against
           the
           Irish
           ,
           and
           glorious
           victories
           over
           them
           the
           first
           two
           years
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           which
           no
           question
           had
           continued
           had
           not
           your
           Royall
           Masters
           affairs
           at
           that
           time
           received
           a
           change
           there
           ,
           by
           the
           fatall
           necessity
           of
           his
           others
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           forc't
           you
           to
           a
           conjunction
           ,
           where
           you
           had
           ever
           before
           been
           at
           defiance
           .
           If
           I
           may
           descend
           to
           lighter
           circumstances
           ,
           we
           challenge
           you
           for
           ours
           by
           your
           breeding
           ,
           by
           your
           person
           by
           your
           speech
           ,
           by
           your
           disposition
           ,
           by
           your
           Lady
           and
           your
           Children
           ,
           in
           the
           mid'st
           of
           all
           which
           who
           ever
           should
           see
           you
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           never
           so
           much
           a
           stranger
           to
           all
           our
           disputes
           ,
           I
           durst
           trust
           him
           to
           judge
           whether
           you
           are
           English
           or
           Irish
           ,
           and
           dur'st
           dye
           for
           it
           ,
           if
           one
           man
           in
           a
           hundred
           that
           was
           not
           stark
           blind
           would
           ever
           give
           you
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           our
           affections
           to
           you
           ,
           our
           confidence
           in
           you
           ,
           our
           dependence
           upon
           you
           in
           this
           occasion
           and
           upon
           all
           to
           come
           ,
           we
           cannot
           give
           place
           to
           our
           adversaries
           ,
           as
           knowing
           our
           own
           hearts
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           is
           well
           if
           any
           else
           knows
           theirs
           .
           If
           our
           hopes
           or
           our
           trusts
           have
           ever
           been
           estranged
           from
           your
           Grace
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           owing
           to
           those
           unhappy
           revolutions
           that
           have
           forc't
           you
           to
           a
           seeming
           good
           aspect
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           now
           that
           the
           occasion
           and
           necessity
           of
           that
           is
           all
           blown
           over
           ,
           we
           return
           and
           throw
           our selves
           into
           your
           armes
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           kindnesse
           and
           confidence
           that
           Lovers
           would
           do
           into
           those
           of
           a
           Mistress
           whose
           forced
           or
           feigned
           smiles
           to
           a
           rival
           ,
           had
           for
           a
           while
           entertained
           them
           in
           sullen
           aking
           jealousies
           ,
           which
           serve
           to
           make
           way
           for
           a
           kinder
           reconcilement
           ,
           And
           now
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           deceive
           us
           if
           you
           can
           ,
           no
           ,
           we
           know
           you
           are
           too
           wise
           ,
           too
           loyal
           ,
           and
           too
           generous
           .
        
         
           Besides
           as
           to
           your
           personall
           interest
           ,
           (
           for
           as
           for
           that
           of
           your
           Masters
           it
           's
           too
           evident
           which
           way
           it
           must
           incline
           you
           )
           you
           are
           arriv'd
           in
           command
           ,
           in
           dependence
           ,
           in
           estate
           to
           the
           heighth
           of
           what
           you
           can
           aim
           at
           in
           Ireland
           without
           being
           too
           much
           envied
           and
           something
           fear'd
           ,
           so
           that
           all
           the
           game
           that
           lies
           before
           you
           ought
           in
           prudence
           
           to
           be
           pursued
           in
           England
           ,
           by
           preserving
           His
           Majesties
           favour
           ,
           gaining
           his
           Subjects
           affections
           ,
           preferring
           your
           Children
           and
           increasing
           your
           fortunes
           ,
           in
           a
           place
           where
           they
           may
           lye
           for
           a
           record
           of
           your
           honour
           and
           merit
           ,
           and
           be
           both
           a
           testimony
           and
           a
           pawn
           of
           your
           Families
           Loyalty
           ,
           if
           in
           ages
           to
           come
           your
           posterity
           should
           grow
           too
           great
           ,
           or
           meet
           with
           a
           more
           suspicious
           Master
           then
           now
           you
           have
           the
           happinesse
           to
           serve
           .
           And
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           how
           much
           your
           countenance
           to
           the
           English
           in
           Ireland
           would
           endear
           you
           to
           the
           Nation
           here
           ,
           nor
           how
           much
           that
           might
           be
           estranged
           from
           you
           ,
           by
           your
           favour
           to
           the
           Irish.
           For
           beleive
           me
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           we
           have
           here
           in
           England
           bled
           and
           paid
           too
           deep
           ,
           and
           too
           often
           upon
           their
           occasion
           to
           be
           presently
           friends
           ,
           and
           the
           horridnesse
           of
           this
           last
           Rebellion
           ,
           has
           too
           far
           reach't
           Heaven
           with
           it's
           cry
           ,
           and
           stain'd
           the
           earth
           with
           it's
           colour
           to
           be
           suddenly
           either
           forgiven
           in
           Heaven
           or
           forgotten
           upon
           Earth
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           I
           can
           observe
           in
           the
           letter
           I
           begun
           with
           ,
           is
           a
           comparison
           it
           insists
           upon
           ,
           between
           the
           Roman
           Catholique
           Irish
           ,
           and
           His
           Majesties
           Protestant
           Subjects
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           
             [
             many
             thousand
             of
             whom
             were
             he
             sayes
             far
             more
             hainously
             criminall
             ,
             who
             have
             as
             little
             contributed
             or
             intended
             towards
             His
             Majesties
             Restauration
             as
             they
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           If
           any
           comparisons
           are
           odious
           they
           are
           those
           of
           mens
           vices
           and
           guilt
           ,
           rather
           then
           of
           their
           vertues
           and
           innocency
           ,
           which
           makes
           me
           unwilling
           to
           pursue
           this
           any
           further
           ,
           yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           observe
           the
           offences
           of
           the
           Irish
           sprung
           from
           a
           more
           generall
           quarrell
           ,
           which
           was
           without
           comparison
           more
           generally
           infus'd
           through
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           pursu'd
           by
           far
           more
           bloody
           courses
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           remarkable
           began
           where
           other
           quarrells
           use
           to
           end
           ,
           that
           is
           with
           slaughter
           and
           fury
           ,
           whereas
           all
           others
           swell
           first
           in
           expostulations
           and
           manifestoes
           ,
           ripen
           in
           threats
           ,
           warning
           ,
           and
           preparations
           ,
           break
           at
           length
           in
           fair
           and
           open
           arms
           .
           But
           this
           Irish
           Rebellion
           
           clasht
           out
           like
           a
           sudden
           storm
           of
           lightning
           and
           thunder
           ,
           defacing
           houses
           and
           fields
           ,
           wasting
           Countries
           ,
           destroying
           man
           and
           beast
           ,
           and
           giving
           an
           essay
           of
           what
           it
           meant
           in
           the
           end
           by
           the
           cold
           and
           treacherous
           murthers
           of
           so
           many
           thousand
           innocent
           souls
           in
           the
           first
           two
           moneths
           ,
           before
           men
           were
           enough
           themselves
           to
           know
           almost
           from
           whence
           their
           danger
           came
           ;
           which
           number
           encreasing
           to
           that
           of
           above
           Two
           hundred
           Thousand
           in
           the
           first
           two
           years
           ,
           makes
           the
           Massacre
           unparallel'd
           ,
           and
           excuses
           all
           cruelties
           may
           have
           been
           return'd
           by
           the
           English
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           War.
           Whoever
           imagins
           a
           Troop
           of
           Souldiers
           ,
           among
           whom
           is
           hardly
           a
           man
           ,
           but
           has
           lately
           lost
           a
           Wife
           ,
           a
           Brother
           ,
           a
           Parent
           or
           a
           Child
           by
           the
           butcherly
           hands
           of
           inveterate
           enemies
           ,
           will
           not
           wonder
           to
           see
           them
           fierce
           in
           their
           assaults
           or
           furious
           in
           their
           executions
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           horrid
           Murther
           of
           his
           late
           Majesty
           of
           blessed
           memory
           ,
           which
           this
           Writer
           would
           throw
           into
           the
           ballance
           as
           a
           crime
           diffused
           thorough
           many
           Thousands
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Subjects
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           I
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           bold
           slander
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           no
           more
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           the
           Protestants
           here
           ,
           then
           the
           assassin
           of
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           of
           France
           ,
           to
           the
           Roman
           Catholiques
           there
           ,
           this
           having
           been
           contriv'd
           by
           Ravilliack
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           half
           a
           dozen
           Jesuites
           his
           complices
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           
             Cromwell
             ,
             Ireton
          
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           half
           a
           dozen
           more
           ,
           whose
           power
           ,
           and
           name
           ,
           and
           artifices
           ,
           had
           at
           that
           time
           stun'd
           the
           Nation
           into
           a
           sufferance
           of
           that
           impious
           fact
           ,
           and
           inchanted
           the
           Army
           into
           an
           outward
           complyance
           with
           what
           I
           am
           confident
           not
           one
           man
           in
           Ten
           Thousand
           throughout
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           but
           abhorr'd
           in
           his
           Soule
           .
        
         
           For
           what
           he
           sayes
           of
           
             [
             their
             having
             as
             little
             contributed
             or
             intended
             towards
             the
             Kings
             restoration
             as
             the
          
           Irish
           did
           ]
           because
           't
           is
           modestly
           spoken
           he
           shall
           e'en
           go
           away
           with
           it
           ,
           though
           no
           man
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           no
           not
           the
           Birds
           nor
           the
           Flies
           contributed
           lesse
           to
           it
           then
           the
           Roman
           Catholique
           
           Irish
           ,
           whereas
           there
           seem'd
           an
           universal
           conspiration
           towards
           it
           in
           the
           Protestants
           of
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           which
           past
           for
           some
           amends
           of
           their
           faults
           ,
           and
           earnest
           of
           their
           pardons
           so
           graciously
           allowed
           them
           .
           And
           for
           their
           bare
           intentions
           they
           may
           best
           judge
           themselves
           ,
           for
           by
           their
           former
           actions
           we
           should
           be
           apt
           to
           judge
           ill
           ,
           and
           besides
           I
           have
           heard
           an
           unlucky
           Proverb
           ,
           
             that
             hell
             is
             full
             of
             good
             intentions
             .
          
        
         
           But
           we
           plead
           not
           our
           innocence
           neither
           here
           nor
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           we
           stand
           not
           upon
           Articles
           ,
           we
           claim
           His
           Majesties
           Grace
           held
           forth
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           Indempnity
           ,
           and
           question
           not
           but
           the
           same
           reasons
           which
           then
           induc'd
           His
           Majesty
           both
           to
           grant
           it
           us
           and
           deny
           it
           them
           ,
           continue
           still
           ,
           and
           will
           do
           so
           to
           both
           our
           Posterities
           ,
           unless
           we
           lose
           our
           memories
           ,
           and
           change
           our
           Religions
           ,
           we
           grow
           to
           own
           dependence
           upon
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           they
           upon
           the
           King
           in
           all
           Ecclesiastical
           matters
           ,
           which
           ,
           say
           what
           men
           will
           ,
           draw
           Civil
           after
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           pleaded
           in
           this
           Letter
           is
           that
           
             [
             they
             fought
             for
             His
             Majesty
             till
             over-power'd
             by
             Multitudes
             ,
             through
             Gods
             unsearchable
             judgements
             ,
             desertion
             by
             friends
             abroad
             ,
             and
             home
             divisions
             ,
             they
             lost
             both
             themselves
             and
             their
             Country
             .
             ]
          
           That
           they
           fought
           so
           long
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           were
           overpower'd
           by
           Multitudes
           ,
           I
           cannot
           allow
           ,
           for
           the
           Quarrel
           persu'd
           by
           the
           Long-Parliament
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           following
           Tyrannous
           power
           ,
           against
           the
           Irish
           ,
           was
           not
           for
           their
           Show
           of
           adherence
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           was
           known
           to
           be
           the
           next
           Covert
           they
           shrunk
           under
           for
           shelter
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           for
           being
           Murtherers
           and
           Rebels
           against
           the
           English
           Nation
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           what
           advantages
           accrued
           to
           the
           Rebellious
           Arms
           in
           England
           ,
           from
           the
           pretence
           of
           this
           National
           War
           and
           revenge
           upon
           the
           Rebells
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           enlarge
           ;
           I
           may
           safely
           say
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           miseries
           of
           these
           Nations
           began
           to
           break
           out
           with
           violence
           and
           blood
           ,
           first
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           so
           they
           were
           fomented
           and
           heightned
           all
           along
           by
           the
           ill
           effects
           and
           ill
           colours
           of
           that
           Irish
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
         
           Those
           who
           indeed
           so
           long
           and
           so
           bravely
           fought
           for
           His
           Majesty
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           were
           so
           violently
           pursued
           by
           the
           Usurpers
           and
           their
           powers
           ,
           we
           know
           well
           were
           those
           gallant
           and
           Loyal
           Troops
           of
           English
           ,
           assembled
           under
           your
           Graces
           command
           ,
           and
           made
           up
           either
           of
           the
           first
           English
           Army
           ,
           or
           such
           constant
           Subjects
           to
           his
           Majesties
           interest
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           after
           the
           Ruine
           of
           their
           hopes
           here
           ,
           went
           over
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           preferring
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           lives
           once
           more
           before
           the
           Servitude
           of
           their
           Country
           :
           These
           are
           commonly
           comprehended
           under
           the
           name
           of
           such
           as
           serv'd
           His
           Majesty
           in
           the
           War
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           before
           49.
           and
           are
           a
           noble
           vital
           part
           of
           that
           body
           ,
           I
           mean
           by
           the
           English
           interest
           in
           Ireland
           ;
           and
           how
           well
           these
           were
           assisted
           and
           treated
           by
           the
           Roman
           Irish
           Catholicks
           ,
           I
           may
           safely
           leave
           to
           your
           Graces
           Remembrance
           .
        
         
           
             [
             The
             over-powering
             them
             with
             Multitudes
             ,
             ]
          
           I
           before
           never
           heard
           ,
           nor
           can
           any
           believe
           ,
           who
           knows
           their
           numbers
           in
           proportion
           to
           ours
           much
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           I
           have
           heard
           and
           could
           tell
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           love
           not
           to
           reproch
           men
           who
           have
           lost
           their
           Arms
           ,
           though
           cruelty
           and
           valour
           have
           been
           ever
           esteem'd
           ,
           and
           are
           indeed
           by
           nature
           so
           little
           a
           kinne
           ,
           that
           whoever
           knows
           much
           of
           the
           one
           cannot
           believe
           much
           of
           the
           other
           .
           For
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           Paragraph
           it
           is
           so
           ingenuous
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           joyn
           with
           him
           in
           the
           acknowledgement
           
             [
             that
             through
             the
             unsearchable
             Wisdome
             of
             God
             ,
             desertion
             by
             friends
             abroad
             ,
             and
             home
             divisions
             ,
             they
             have
             lost
             both
             themselves
             and
             their
             Country
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           For
           matter
           of
           their
           Articles
           in
           forty
           Eight
           ,
           which
           the
           Writer
           of
           this
           Letter
           presses
           to
           be
           observ'd
           that
           of
           Trasplantation
           ,
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           the
           disposal
           of
           the
           Irish
           Lands
           according
           to
           His
           Majesties
           declared
           Will
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           pursuit
           of
           His
           English
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           they
           are
           particulars
           I
           shall
           not
           meddle
           with
           ,
           as
           having
           heard
           that
           they
           all
           have
           ,
           or
           will
           fall
           in
           debate
           before
           His
           Majesty
           at
           Council
           ,
           where
           your
           Lordship
           
           must
           needs
           be
           acquainted
           with
           all
           that
           can
           be
           argued
           upon
           those
           Subjects
           ,
           though
           in
           case
           I
           find
           need
           of
           more
           publick
           Satisfaction
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           refuse
           to
           come
           once
           more
           into
           the
           Presse
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ,
           and
           question
           not
           to
           satisfie
           all
           unbias'd
           persons
           ,
           concerning
           His
           Majesties
           Resolutions
           of
           setling
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           upon
           the
           foundation
           of
           a
           Protestant
           Strength
           and
           Interest
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           evident
           he
           has
           taken
           them
           up
           upon
           grounds
           of
           Piety
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Prudence
           ,
           and
           Honour
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           any
           
             [
             fear
             from
             the
             power
             of
             the
             English
             Army
             there
             as
             this
             Letter
             would
             insinuate
             .
             ]
          
           Whereas
           I
           am
           confident
           never
           any
           Prince
           was
           better
           serv'd
           and
           obey'd
           then
           His
           Majesty
           will
           be
           by
           His
           Protestant
           Subjects
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           whom
           I
           look
           upon
           all
           as
           one
           body
           .
        
         
           Another
           shred
           of
           this
           Work
           I
           am
           taking
           in
           pieces
           ,
           consists
           of
           some
           well
           couch'd
           threatnings
           ,
           
             [
             how
             much
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholiques
             in
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             will
             be
             estrang'd
             both
             from
             His
             Majesty
             and
             your
             Grace
             ]
          
           if
           they
           are
           defeated
           of
           their
           hopes
           .
           I
           must
           agree
           with
           him
           again
           and
           acknowledge
           he
           tells
           you
           a
           great
           truth
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           might
           have
           told
           you
           another
           in
           saying
           they
           are
           so
           already
           ,
           past
           all
           means
           of
           firm
           reconciling
           ,
           since
           they
           who
           aim
           at
           the
           whole
           ,
           will
           never
           be
           contented
           with
           a
           part
           .
           I
           shall
           only
           desire
           your
           Grace
           to
           take
           the
           warning
           they
           give
           you
           ;
           to
           trust
           and
           favour
           those
           who
           take
           themselves
           to
           be
           oblig'd
           by
           you
           ,
           never
           those
           who
           think
           themselves
           offended
           .
           Nor
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           will
           any
           man
           blame
           them
           so
           much
           for
           seeking
           their
           revenge
           ,
           as
           us
           for
           not
           providing
           our
           defence
           ,
           since
           in
           all
           like
           cases
           the
           same
           nature
           uses
           to
           imprint
           both
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           rest
           of
           this
           Pamphlet
           consists
           in
           quotations
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           from
           which
           its
           Author
           
             [
             exhorts
             to
             imitation
             of
             God
             in
             not
             destroying
             the
             righteous
             with
             the
             just
             ,
             and
             denounces
             judgements
             against
             Breakers
             of
             Articles
             ,
             from
             the
             Example
             of
             Saul
             and
             the
             Gib●onites
             .
             ]
          
           I
           shall
           not
           pursue
           the
           Parallel
           in
           those
           cases
           between
           the
           Sins
           
           of
           Sodome
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           nor
           between
           the
           Scarcity
           of
           the
           Innocent
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           of
           these
           Nations
           ;
           nor
           shall
           I
           observe
           that
           the
           judgements
           of
           God
           were
           not
           sent
           down
           upon
           Israel
           ,
           for
           making
           the
           Gibeonites
           Hewers
           of
           Wood
           and
           Drawers
           of
           Water
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Text
           runs
           for
           Saul
           and
           his
           bloody
           House
           ,
           because
           he
           slew
           the
           Gibeonites
           ;
           in
           which
           case
           we
           desire
           no
           Paralell
           ,
           but
           should
           as
           earnestly
           intercede
           for
           the
           lives
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           though
           yet
           in
           that
           Case
           unpardon'd
           ,
           as
           we
           must
           always
           sollicite
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Settlement
           as
           we
           hope
           to
           see
           atchiev'd
           by
           His
           Majesties
           Gracious
           care
           ,
           and
           your
           Lordships
           diligence
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           it
           .
           For
           the
           rest
           I
           will
           not
           go
           about
           to
           answer
           him
           at
           this
           weapon
           (
           though
           it
           might
           easily
           be
           done
           )
           as
           having
           I
           confesse
           an
           aversion
           from
           the
           late
           custome
           of
           our
           Age
           ,
           for
           every
           private
           hand
           as
           it
           serves
           its
           one
           occasion
           ,
           to
           draw
           all
           Stories
           and
           expressions
           of
           Scripture
           into
           consequence
           ,
           for
           the
           conduct
           of
           our
           lives
           and
           the
           framing
           our
           opinions
           ;
           I
           have
           observ'd
           this
           use
           to
           be
           of
           mischievous
           effect
           ,
           and
           destructive
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           to
           the
           respect
           and
           obedience
           we
           owe
           Civil
           Authority
           .
           I
           revere
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           but
           esteem
           them
           given
           us
           for
           other
           use
           then
           to
           fortifie
           disputes
           concerning
           State
           Affairs
           out
           of
           every
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           know
           how
           apt
           we
           are
           to
           be
           deceiv'd
           with
           the
           likenesse
           of
           Examples
           or
           Precepts
           ,
           in
           the
           unlikenesse
           of
           times
           and
           persons
           ,
           and
           Lawes
           and
           Mannors
           ,
           and
           Constitutions
           and
           other
           Circumstances
           ,
           therefore
           I
           shall
           here
           leave
           him
           to
           his
           devotions
           ,
           and
           betake
           my self
           to
           mine
           ,
           a
           part
           of
           which
           are
           my
           hearty
           wishes
           and
           prayers
           ,
           that
           all
           His
           Majesties
           Councells
           may
           be
           guided
           with
           that
           Wisdome
           which
           will
           end
           in
           his
           own
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           Prosperity
           as
           well
           as
           Peace
           of
           all
           His
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           that
           your
           Graces
           conduct
           in
           this
           great
           Employment
           ,
           may
           be
           as
           eminent
           as
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           fortunes
           ,
           and
           enlightned
           with
           a
           clear
           Sight
           of
           what
           is
           the
           true
           interest
           both
           of
           His
           Majesty
           at
           present
           ,
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           too
           in
           the
           present
           Settlement
           and
           future
           Government
           of
           that
           unhappy
           Kingdome
           ;
           and
           because
           I
           both
           am
           ,
           and
           desire
           to
           appear
           in
           Charity
           with
           all
           men
           ,
           I
           shall
           end
           my
           discourse
           as
           the
           Roman
           Catholique
           does
           his
           ,
           with
           hearty
           wishes
           that
           you
           may
           be
           in
           your
           Station
           [
           the
           Saviour
           of
           your
           Brethren
           and
           your
           Country
           .
           ]
        
         
           For
           my self
           ,
           what
           I
           am
           as
           to
           my
           temper
           and
           opinions
           ,
           must
           be
           referr'd
           to
           this
           Paper
           ,
           who
           I
           am
           is
           no
           matter
           ,
           if
           that
           speaks
           either
           sense
           or
           truth
           ,
           or
           successefully
           to
           the
           ends
           I
           intend
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           are
           fair
           and
           honest
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Professions
           sincere
           of
           my
           being
        
         
           
             Your
             Graces
             most
             humble
             Servant
             .