A declaration of the Lord Broghil, and the officers of the army of Ireland in the province of Munster
      
       
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             A declaration of the Lord Broghil, and the officers of the army of Ireland in the province of Munster
             Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679.
             Ireland. Army.
          
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             Printed by William Bladen, by special order ;
             and re-printed at London by John Macock,
             Dublin :
             London :
             1659 [i.e. 1660]
          
           
             Caption title.
             Signed at end: "Broghill." i.e., Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery [and 42 others].
             A request for the restoration of the secluded members of Parliament.
             Annotation on Thomason copy: "March 20".
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           A
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Lord
           BROGHIL
           ,
           and
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           
             Munster
             .
          
        
         
           AS
           the
           Freedom
           of
           Parliaments
           is
           their
           undoubted
           Right
           :
           so
           are
           our
           utmost
           endeavours
           for
           restoring
           them
           unto
           ,
           and
           preserving
           them
           in
           their
           Freedom
           ,
           our
           undoubted
           Duty
           .
           Our
           Interest
           also
           is
           involved
           in
           our
           Duty
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           truly
           love
           that
           ,
           we
           cannot
           decline
           this
           ;
           since
           whosoever
           enquires
           into
           the
           Foundations
           of
           his
           own
           Freedom
           ,
           his
           Posterities
           and
           his
           Countries
           :
           in
           a
           Free
           and
           Full
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           common
           Center
           ,
           will
           find
           them
           all
           to
           meet
           .
           And
           therefore
           he
           that
           is
           not
           free
           in
           his
           Representative
           ,
           hath
           little
           reason
           to
           hope
           he
           shall
           be
           so
           in
           his
           Person
           or
           Property
           .
           The
           Theory
           of
           this
           truth
           hath
           not
           been
           more
           believed
           by
           other
           Nations
           ,
           than
           the
           Practick
           of
           it
           hath
           been
           sadly
           felt
           by
           Ours
           .
           For
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           first
           violence
           which
           was
           put
           upon
           the
           Authority
           of
           Parliament
           in
           1648
           we
           have
           been
           without
           Foundation
           ;
           it
           having
           cost
           us
           more
           Bloud
           and
           Treasure
           to
           maintain
           confusions
           ,
           than
           ever
           it
           did
           cost
           any
           former
           Age
           to
           free
           it self
           out
           of
           them
           .
           For
           whilst
           we
           were
           fighting
           for
           our
           Properties
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           we
           have
           even
           almost
           in
           our
           successes
           lost
           both
           ;
           and
           whilst
           we
           contended
           for
           Reformation
           in
           Religion
           ,
           we
           have
           almost
           lost
           the
           very
           Being
           and
           Life
           of
           it
           .
           More
           Heresies
           and
           Schisms
           being
           introduced
           whilst
           the
           highest
           Light
           was
           pretended
           to
           ,
           than
           ever
           the
           darkest
           times
           were
           involved
           in
           ;
           and
           whilst
           we
           seemingly
           aspired
           to
           Perfectness
           ,
           we
           actually
           lost
           that
           Charity
           which
           is
           the
           Bond
           of
           it
           ;
           becoming
           thereby
           a
           reproach
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           a
           derision
           to
           that
           Protestant
           part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           unto
           which
           ,
           whilst
           our
           Supreme
           Authority
           was
           inviolated
           ,
           we
           were
           a
           Bulwark
           :
           the
           Universities
           and
           Schools
           of
           Learning
           in
           our
           Nations
           having
           been
           looked
           more
           after
           to
           poyson
           them
           ,
           than
           to
           keep
           them
           sound
           ;
           that
           not
           only
           our
           Streams
           might
           be
           impure
           ,
           but
           even
           our
           Fountains
           ;
           many
           have
           been
           employed
           to
           teach
           ,
           who
           stood
           in
           need
           to
           be
           taught
           ;
           and
           the
           Legal
           Maintenance
           of
           the
           Ministery
           of
           the
           Gospel
           conferred
           on
           Men
           unable
           ,
           unwilling
           or
           unfit
           to
           dispense
           it
           ,
           who
           had
           less
           ill
           deserved
           a
           Maintenance
           for
           their
           Silence
           ,
           than
           their
           Speaking
           .
           Never
           greater
           Taxes
           raised
           for
           Armies
           and
           Fleets
           ,
           and
           never
           Fleets
           and
           Armies
           more
           in
           Arrear
           .
           Taxes
           and
           Impositions
           laid
           ,
           which
           past
           Ages
           never
           knew
           ,
           and
           many
           thousand
           Families
           of
           the
           present
           have
           been
           beggered
           by
           .
           Powers
           have
           made
           Laws
           ,
           and
           subsequent
           Powers
           disown'd
           and
           null'd
           what
           the
           preceding
           Powers
           had
           Acted
           :
           that
           now
           the
           Questions
           are
           not
           so
           many
           ,
           What
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           as
           ,
           What
           is
           a
           Law
           :
           whereby
           that
           is
           become
           a
           Subject
           of
           Debate
           ,
           which
           formerly
           was
           a
           Rule
           for
           ending
           of
           it
           .
           All
           which
           are
           yet
           inseparable
           Effects
           of
           such
           a
           Cause
           :
           for
           whilst
           an
           Authority
           it self
           is
           disputed
           ,
           their
           Acts
           will
           always
           be
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           whilst
           many
           are
           unrepresented
           in
           making
           of
           Laws
           ,
           few
           will
           be
           satisfied
           to
           be
           obliged
           by
           them
           :
           And
           what
           is
           Enacted
           by
           any
           but
           a
           Full
           and
           Free
           Parliament
           ,
           will
           always
           be
           Questioned
           ,
           if
           not
           Repealed
           ,
           when
           such
           an
           One
           doth
           sit
           :
           nor
           can
           it
           be
           believed
           that
           the
           Laws
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           very
           much
           greater
           part
           of
           whose
           Members
           are
           kept
           out
           without
           Impeachment
           or
           Tryal
           ,
           will
           ever
           pass
           the
           Test
           of
           a
           Free
           Parliament
           ;
           lest
           thereby
           they
           should
           encourage
           others
           to
           serve
           them
           in
           like
           kind
           .
        
         
           These
           sad
           Miseries
           ,
           and
           these
           certain
           Truths
           ,
           made
           us
           believe
           we
           hazarded
           more
           in
           submitting
           to
           that
           Force
           that
           was
           so
           lately
           over
           us
           ,
           than
           in
           taking
           up
           Arms
           to
           oppose
           it
           ;
           and
           thereby
           endeavouring
           the
           Restauration
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           Authority
           :
           in
           which
           God
           was
           pleased
           so
           to
           own
           the
           duty
           of
           our
           endeavours
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           few
           days
           we
           were
           not
           only
           at
           unity
           among
           our selves
           ,
           but
           even
           able
           and
           willing
           to
           offer
           our
           assistance
           to
           our
           Brethren
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             ;
          
           which
           had
           it
           been
           needed
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           as
           readily
           sent
           as
           offered
           .
           But
           we
           must
           confess
           ,
           we
           could
           hardly
           so
           much
           as
           imagine
           that
           those
           Members
           which
           had
           so
           recently
           felt
           ,
           and
           justly
           exclaimed
           against
           a
           Force
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           would
           when
           it
           was
           taken
           off
           ,
           have
           deny'd
           their
           Brethren
           to
           participate
           in
           that
           right
           they
           saw
           the
           three
           Nations
           had
           engaged
           their
           All
           to
           restore
           them
           unto
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           a
           justice
           to
           declare
           for
           the
           restoring
           of
           some
           Parliament
           Members
           under
           a
           Force
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           greater
           justice
           to
           appear
           for
           the
           restoring
           of
           all
           that
           are
           under
           it
           :
           yea
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           whole
           is
           preferrable
           to
           a
           part
           ;
           so
           much
           greater
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           this
           declaring
           ,
           than
           of
           that
           .
        
         
           We
           were
           more
           than
           hopeful
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Cause
           ceased
           ,
           the
           Effect
           would
           do
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Rebellious
           part
           of
           the
           Army
           was
           broken
           ,
           those
           Members
           would
           have
           been
           re-admitted
           ,
           which
           hitherto
           ,
           we
           were
           made
           believe
           ,
           were
           kept
           out
           only
           by
           it
           .
           The
           happiness
           of
           the
           now-Members
           Restauration
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           suppressing
           of
           those
           Forces
           which
           lately
           had
           interrupted
           them
           ,
           could
           not
           have
           been
           greater
           than
           the
           Honour
           they
           would
           have
           acquired
           ,
           in
           making
           those
           other
           Members
           ,
           which
           had
           participated
           with
           them
           in
           their
           Sufferings
           ,
           to
           have
           also
           participated
           in
           their
           Restitution
           .
           We
           were
           loath
           by
           an
           Address
           of
           that
           nature
           to
           have
           lessened
           the
           beauty
           of
           their
           expected
           performance
           ,
           and
           had
           rather
           have
           enjoyed
           the
           Right
           and
           happiness
           of
           having
           this
           Parliament
           Full
           and
           Free
           ,
           as
           the
           Product
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           this
           present
           House
           ,
           than
           as
           any
           Effect
           of
           Our
           Sollicitations
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           violence
           was
           put
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           in
           1648
           ,
           we
           did
           with
           much
           contentment
           observe
           how
           sollicitous
           those
           that
           sate
           were
           to
           have
           it
           taken
           off
           ,
           thereby
           asserting
           their
           Rights
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           denied
           the
           actual
           enjoyment
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           made
           us
           the
           more
           chearfully
           engage
           our selves
           to
           restore
           those
           to
           the
           Power
           of
           doing
           Justice
           ,
           who
           then
           manifested
           they
           wanted
           not
           the
           Will
           :
           It
           being
           a
           crime
           too
           great
           to
           enter
           into
           our
           beliefs
           ,
           That
           they
           asked
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           sure
           to
           be
           deny'd
           ;
           and
           would
           approve
           when
           they
           had
           the
           power
           ,
           what
           they
           condemned
           when
           they
           had
           not
           the
           power
           :
           which
           ,
           though
           then
           objected
           against
           them
           by
           many
           ,
           we
           did
           not
           then
           credit
           ,
           and
           we
           wish
           we
           never
           since
           had
           cause
           to
           believe
           .
           Nor
           was
           it
           unobservable
           ,
           that
           though
           such
           Members
           of
           theirs
           as
           have
           been
           lately
           put
           out
           of
           the
           House
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           Sir
           
             Hen.
             Vane
          
           and
           others
           ,
           were
           known
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           joyning
           with
           that
           Rebellious
           part
           of
           the
           Army
           :
           yet
           they
           admitted
           them
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           till
           particular
           Charges
           were
           brought
           in
           against
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           they
           heard
           ,
           and
           judged
           by
           the
           House
           .
           If
           such
           be
           not
           the
           true
           and
           antient
           manner
           of
           proceeding
           against
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           why
           was
           it
           practised
           to
           those
           so
           deeply
           guilty
           ?
           and
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           why
           is
           it
           deny'd
           to
           others
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           hitherto
           appeared
           to
           be
           so
           ?
           Doubtless
           such
           as
           were
           kept
           out
           of
           the
           House
           by
           a
           Rebellious
           part
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           merited
           at
           least
           as
           much
           favour
           and
           justice
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           joyned
           with
           it
           .
           We
           do
           the
           more
           deplore
           such
           a
           Procedure
           ,
           because
           from
           it
           Pleas
           have
           been
           raised
           for
           the
           like
           violence
           acted
           on
           the
           Members
           now
           sitting
           :
           and
           happy
           are
           those
           who
           condemn
           not
           themselves
           in
           the
           things
           which
           they
           allow
           .
        
         
           What
           more
           pregnant
           proof
           need
           there
           be
           of
           the
           want
           of
           those
           worthy
           Patriots
           ,
           so
           long
           excluded
           ,
           who
           with
           the
           earliest
           stood
           in
           the
           gap
           for
           our
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           ,
           than
           ,
           that
           Petitioning
           to
           the
           Parliament
           is
           now
           punished
           as
           a
           high
           Crime
           in
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           at
           the
           Parliaments
           first
           meeting
           was
           declared
           to
           be
           their
           undoubted
           Right
           ?
           And
           though
           a
           constant
           experience
           hath
           taught
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           may
           lawfully
           Petition
           for
           Repealing
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           which
           is
           grievous
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           much
           more
           against
           a
           Vote
           which
           is
           so
           :
           yet
           to
           our
           Trouble
           and
           Amazement
           we
           understand
           those
           worthy
           and
           eminent
           persons
           ,
           who
           in
           obedience
           to
           their
           Countries
           desires
           ,
           presented
           Petitions
           for
           the
           Restauration
           of
           the
           Excluded
           Members
           ,
           an
           imprisonment
           in
           the
           Tower
           was
           their
           Answer
           :
           That
           ,
           we
           again
           say
           ,
           which
           was
           declared
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           being
           now
           become
           their
           transgression
           ,
           Is
           it
           not
           high
           time
           to
           declare
           for
           that
           Justice
           ,
           which
           when
           Petition'd
           for
           ,
           is
           punished
           ?
        
         
           And
           because
           we
           know
           the
           common
           aspersion
           to
           such
           a
           Declaration
           is
           ,
           That
           it
           savors
           of
           a
           Design
           of
           introducing
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           ;
           We
           shall
           here
           set
           down
           some
           of
           those
           many
           Grounds
           which
           makes
           us
           experience
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Duty
           we
           now
           ingage
           in
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           to
           be
           frighted
           by
           such
           words
           :
           it
           may
           indeed
           terrifie
           and
           dare
           others
           ;
           but
           such
           who
           mean
           what
           they
           say
           ,
           and
           are
           satisfied
           in
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           will
           only
           pity
           those
           who
           therein
           believe
           what
           they
           speak
           ,
           &
           contemn
           those
           who
           therein
           speak
           what
           they
           do
           not
           believe
           .
           We
           rather
           doubt
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           House
           be
           kept
           so
           empty
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           it
           will
           admit
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           ,
           than
           the
           House
           so
           filled
           :
           for
           whilst
           eight
           parts
           of
           ten
           of
           the
           People
           are
           unrepresented
           ,
           and
           two
           Nations
           of
           the
           three
           intirely
           ;
           may
           not
           it
           too
           probably
           provoke
           those
           People
           to
           joyn
           with
           whoever
           will
           promise
           them
           their
           Right
           ,
           than
           lie
           under
           that
           power
           which
           hath
           hitherto
           deny'd
           it
           to
           them
           ?
           To
           keep
           out
           most
           of
           the
           Members
           ,
           that
           a
           few
           may
           keep
           him
           out
           ;
           is
           to
           do
           evil
           that
           good
           may
           come
           thereof
           .
           We
           love
           to
           do
           Lawful
           things
           ,
           Lawfully
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           House
           ought
           to
           be
           fuller
           than
           now
           it
           is
           ,
           seems
           of
           late
           to
           be
           the
           granted
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Members
           that
           now
           sit
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           conceive
           can
           no
           way
           so
           probably
           with
           safety
           be
           effected
           ,
           as
           by
           admitting
           all
           those
           who
           in
           the
           year
           1648.
           and
           since
           ,
           were
           excluded
           ;
           those
           being
           likelyest
           to
           take
           care
           of
           our
           Safeties
           and
           Settlement
           ,
           by
           whose
           Authority
           our
           Actings
           were
           influenced
           during
           the
           greatest
           heat
           of
           our
           Wars
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           Interest
           as
           well
           as
           Justice
           will
           be
           most
           concerned
           for
           us
           .
           And
           when
           such
           are
           admitted
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           fear
           that
           the
           necessary
           Qualifications
           for
           those
           Additional
           Members
           to
           be
           futurely
           elected
           ,
           to
           supply
           the
           vacancies
           of
           delinquent
           and
           dead
           Members
           ,
           will
           be
           disobey'd
           ,
           being
           enacted
           by
           so
           unquestionable
           an
           Authority
           ;
           nor
           that
           those
           then
           chosen
           can
           be
           able
           to
           over-vote
           so
           full
           a
           House
           ,
           were
           that
           as
           much
           their
           design
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           far
           from
           our
           thoughts
           to
           have
           so
           unworthy
           a
           belief
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           believe
           ,
           under
           submission
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           acted
           and
           fought
           against
           the
           pretended
           King
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           any
           others
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           apprehend
           his
           coming
           in
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           any
           others
           :
           but
           ,
           through
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           our
           Principle
           is
           not
           to
           act
           an
           Evil
           our selves
           ,
           to
           secure
           the
           doubts
           of
           some
           ,
           that
           our
           Supreme
           Authority
           else
           would
           commit
           one
           .
           We
           are
           not
           to
           speak
           nor
           think
           evil
           of
           the
           Rulers
           of
           our
           People
           ;
           nor
           out
           of
           the
           fear
           of
           an
           uncertain
           Ill
           ,
           to
           decline
           a
           certain
           Duty
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           said
           Excluded
           Members
           be
           re-admitted
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           either
           the
           Greater
           or
           the
           Lesser
           Number
           in
           the
           House
           :
           If
           the
           Lesser
           ,
           where
           is
           the
           Danger
           of
           their
           Admission
           ?
           If
           the
           Greater
           ,
           where
           is
           the
           Justice
           of
           their
           Exclusion
           ?
           for
           then
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           Minor
           Number
           keeps
           out
           the
           Major
           .
           And
           if
           in
           the
           apprehension
           ,
           that
           a
           Parliament
           when
           Full
           and
           Free
           ,
           will
           abuse
           their
           Authority
           ,
           it
           be
           a
           received
           Maxime
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           the
           Exercise
           of
           it
           ;
           a
           certain
           Foundation
           is
           laid
           for
           all
           that
           have
           the
           greatest
           Force
           ,
           to
           have
           also
           the
           greatest
           Authority
           ;
           and
           whoever
           hath
           strength
           and
           this
           Tenent
           together
           ,
           may
           too
           easily
           be
           perswaded
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           as
           much
           Right
           over
           the
           Minor
           part
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           the
           Minor
           part
           has
           over
           the
           Major
           .
           Neither
           can
           any
           Act
           of
           a
           Supreme
           Authority
           be
           so
           evil
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           admitting
           that
           any
           but
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           ought
           practically
           to
           judge
           what
           is
           best
           for
           the
           Nations
           :
           the
           One
           can
           be
           but
           an
           ill
           Act
           in
           Governours
           ,
           but
           the
           Other
           is
           a
           destroying
           of
           Government
           .
           VVe
           do
           not
           desire
           that
           any
           of
           the
           Secluded
           Members
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           offended
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           tryed
           :
           but
           we
           humbly
           desire
           that
           they
           may
           have
           a
           Parliamentary
           Tryal
           .
           And
           though
           we
           much
           value
           their
           Persons
           ,
           yet
           we
           can
           with
           as
           much
           truth
           aver
           ,
           VVe
           ask
           this
           for
           their
           Cause
           ,
           not
           for
           Them
           .
           And
           had
           those
           Members
           who
           now
           sit
           ,
           been
           in
           the
           Condition
           of
           the
           Excluded
           Members
           ,
           and
           the
           Excluded
           Members
           in
           their
           Condition
           ,
           we
           had
           as
           cheerfully
           appeared
           for
           These
           ,
           as
           now
           we
           do
           for
           Those
           .
        
         
           And
           considering
           that
           in
           past
           Ages
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           late
           horrid
           Rebellion
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           our
           Brethren
           in
           
             England
          
           have
           abundantly
           manifested
           a
           tender
           and
           compassionate
           sence
           of
           the
           Condition
           of
           
             Ireland
             ;
          
           and
           were
           careful
           to
           relieve
           us
           in
           our
           lowest
           Estate
           ,
           as
           bone
           of
           their
           bone
           ,
           and
           flesh
           of
           their
           flesh
           :
           which
           we
           do
           and
           shall
           ever
           acknowledge
           with
           humble
           thankfulness
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           a
           debt
           which
           we
           well
           know
           to
           be
           due
           from
           us
           to
           them
           above
           all
           people
           in
           the
           world
           )
           shall
           be
           for
           ever
           as
           tender
           of
           their
           happiness
           and
           welfare
           ,
           as
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           which
           indeed
           is
           involved
           in
           theirs
           ,
           and
           without
           whom
           
             Ireland
          
           cannot
           be
           happy
           :
           VVe
           therefore
           remaining
           constant
           in
           the
           Reasons
           of
           our
           Brethrens
           Declaration
           of
           the
           14
           of
           
             December
          
           1659.
           for
           adhering
           to
           the
           Parliament
           in
           defence
           of
           its
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           the
           just
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           of
           these
           Nations
           ;
           all
           which
           we
           see
           now
           are
           apparently
           more
           and
           more
           violated
           by
           the
           not-admission
           of
           the
           said
           Excluded
           Members
           ,
           and
           by
           not
           filling
           the
           vacant
           places
           ,
           whereby
           the
           House
           might
           be
           full
           ;
           and
           being
           freed
           from
           force
           ,
           might
           uninterruptedly
           act
           according
           to
           their
           Judgements
           and
           Consciences
           towards
           re-settling
           these
           Nations
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           in
           all
           humane
           probability
           can
           never
           be
           restored
           to
           Peace
           and
           Tranquillity
           .
        
         
           VVe
           do
           therefore
           declare
           for
           a
           full
           and
           free
           Parliament
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           consisting
           not
           onely
           of
           those
           that
           sate
           on
           the
           11
           of
           
             October
          
           1659.
           but
           also
           of
           all
           such
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           imprisoned
           ,
           excluded
           or
           withdrawn
           in
           
             December
          
           1648.
           as
           are
           yet
           living
           ;
           whom
           we
           desire
           may
           be
           restored
           to
           the
           freedom
           and
           liberty
           of
           their
           sitting
           and
           acting
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Trusts
           committed
           to
           them
           by
           the
           several
           Counties
           and
           Places
           which
           did
           chuse
           them
           ;
           that
           so
           they
           may
           be
           no
           longer
           debarred
           from
           discharging
           their
           said
           Trusts
           ;
           and
           that
           vacant
           places
           may
           be
           speedily
           supplyed
           by
           free
           and
           due
           Elections
           of
           the
           People
           :
           yet
           so
           ,
           ●s
           none
           of
           the
           Persons
           to
           be
           admitted
           or
           elected
           ,
           be
           any
           of
           those
           who
           have
           been
           in
           Arms
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           aiding
           ,
           abetting
           or
           assisting
           the
           late
           King
           or
           his
           Son
           in
           the
           late
           VVar
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           or
           that
           have
           put
           rebellious
           Violence
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           :
           and
           that
           the
           House
           so
           filled
           ,
           may
           proceed
           unanimously
           to
           consult
           the
           best
           means
           for
           re-setling
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Nations
           ,
           the
           re-establishment
           of
           true
           Religion
           ,
           (
           the
           surest
           Foundation
           as
           of
           all
           Government
           ,
           so
           of
           all
           the
           happiness
           of
           a
           Nation
           )
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           (
           whereby
           all
           mens
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           are
           preserved
           )
           and
           the
           Liberties
           and
           Freedom
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           are
           supported
           by
           those
           Laws
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           these
           Ends
           ,
           and
           in
           discharge
           of
           our
           duty
           to
           God
           and
           our
           Country
           ,
           we
           do
           resolve
           (
           by
           the
           blessing
           of
           Almighty
           God
           )
           to
           joyn
           with
           all
           our
           Brethren
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Ireland
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           who
           have
           or
           shall
           joyn
           with
           us
           for
           the
           ends
           aforesaid
           ;
           and
           do
           resolve
           for
           the
           maintenance
           and
           preservation
           thereof
           ,
           to
           hazard
           our
           Lives
           and
           Estates
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           dear
           to
           us
           :
           and
           we
           doubt
           not
           but
           all
           our
           Brethren
           in
           the
           said
           Nations
           ,
           who
           disdain
           to
           be
           made
           Slaves
           ,
           will
           joyn
           with
           us
           herein
           ,
           as
           being
           with
           wisdome
           and
           reason
           desirous
           to
           deliver
           over
           to
           their
           Posterity
           that
           Liberty
           and
           Freedom
           which
           was
           conveyed
           to
           them
           at
           so
           dear
           a
           rate
           by
           our
           Ancestors
           .
           And
           then
           we
           trust
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           great
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           will
           speedily
           follow
           a
           happy
           Settlement
           of
           these
           yet-miserable
           and
           distracted
           Nations
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           the
           power
           and
           purity
           thereof
           ,
           may
           be
           established
           ;
           the
           Godly
           ,
           Learned
           and
           Orthodox
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           maintained
           by
           their
           Tythes
           ,
           and
           other
           their
           accustomed
           Rights
           ;
           their
           persons
           supported
           and
           countenanced
           ;
           the
           Universities
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Seminaries
           of
           Learning
           ,
           cherished
           ;
           Heresies
           and
           Schisms
           suppressed
           ;
           needless
           Impositions
           and
           Taxes
           on
           the
           people
           ,
           removed
           ;
           and
           no
           charge
           to
           be
           laid
           on
           any
           of
           the
           Nations
           without
           their
           own
           free
           consents
           ,
           given
           by
           their
           Representatives
           in
           their
           several
           and
           respective
           Parliaments
           :
           Manufactures
           and
           publick
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           advanced
           ;
           Justice
           in
           its
           due
           and
           wonted
           course
           ,
           administred
           ;
           the
           just
           debts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           satisfied
           ;
           the
           Treasure
           and
           Revenues
           thereof
           preserved
           ,
           and
           returned
           to
           their
           right
           and
           proper
           Chanels
           ;
           the
           Arrears
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           other
           publick
           debts
           ,
           duly
           satisfied
           ;
           the
           Armies
           and
           Forces
           continued
           in
           due
           obedience
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           ,
           and
           not
           presume
           ,
           as
           some
           have
           done
           ,
           to
           give
           Laws
           thereunto
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           the
           root
           of
           a
           great
           part
           of
           our
           miseries
           ;
           the
           Nations
           enriched
           ,
           united
           and
           strenthned
           ;
           the
           reformed
           Protestant
           Churches
           abroad
           supported
           and
           countenanced
           ;
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           English
           Nations
           restored
           ,
           to
           the
           comfort
           of
           Friends
           ,
           and
           terrour
           of
           Enemies
           ;
           the
           Plantation
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Adventurers
           and
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           other
           English
           and
           Protestants
           advanced
           ,
           as
           a
           further
           accession
           of
           honour
           and
           greatness
           to
           the
           English
           Nati●n
           :
           And
           so
           by
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           all
           will
           shortly
           terminate
           in
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Peace
           and
           Tranquillity
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           the
           strengthning
           of
           them
           against
           forreign
           Invasion
           ,
           and
           intestine
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           the
           comfort
           ,
           contentment
           and
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           the
           good
           people
           in
           these
           Nations
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   BROGHILL
                   .
                
              
               
                 ●●p
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Mau.
                   Fenton
                
              
               
                 Col.
                 
                   Ralph
                   Wilson
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 Col.
                 
                   J.
                   Widenham
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 Col.
                 
                   Ben.
                   Lucas
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 Col.
                 
                   A.
                   Barrington
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 Col.
                 
                   Fr.
                   Foulk
                
              
               
                 Major
                 
                   Will
                   .
                   Wade
                
              
               
                 Major
                 
                   Will
                   .
                   King
                
              
               
                 Major
                 
                   N.
                   Purdon
                
              
               
                 Major
                 
                   R.
                   Goodwyn
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   And.
                   Ruddock
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   J.
                   Wakeham
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Ge.
                   Dillon
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Ja.
                   Manserghe
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Ro.
                   Russel
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Jo.
                   Nicholls
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Samps
                   .
                   Towgood
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Thomas
                   Cullen
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   D.
                   Coghlan
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Hum.
                   Hartwell
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Tho.
                   Lucas
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Will.
                   Pope
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   Will.
                   Hartwell
                
              
               
                 Cap.
                 
                   John
                   Frend
                
              
               
                 
                   Christop.
                   Perkins
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 
                   Hum.
                   Ray
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 
                   Jo.
                   Zan●
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 
                   Rich.
                   Wakeham
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 
                   Rich.
                   Ashwood
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 
                   Pat.
                   Dowdal
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 
                   Zac.
                   Holland
                
              
               
                 Lt.
                 
                   Hen.
                   Haward
                
              
               
                 Cornet
                 
                   H.
                   Fagetter
                
              
               
                 Cor.
                 
                   Mat.
                   Pennefether
                
              
               
                 Cor.
                 
                   Dane
                   Rono
                
              
               
                 Ensign
                 
                   Bar.
                   Foulk
                
              
               
                 Ens
                 .
                 
                   John
                   Brown
                
              
               
                 Ens
                 .
                 
                   Ant.
                   Shackleton
                
              
               
                 Ens
                 .
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sloughter
                
              
               
                 Ens
                 .
                 
                   James
                   Banting
                
              
               
                 Ens
                 .
                 
                   Hen.
                   Bindon
                
              
               
                 Qu.
                 Mr.
                 
                   Jason
                   Whi●●●●
                
              
               
                 
                   Rob.
                   Fletcher
                   ,
                
                 Com.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             Dublin
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             William
             Bladen
             ,
          
           by
           special
           Order
           ,
           and
           Re-printed
           at
           
             London
             ,
          
           by
           
             John
             Macock
             .
          
           1659.