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           QVEREES
           ,
           PROPOVNDED
           BY
           THE
           PROTESTANT
           PARTIE
           ,
           CONCERNING
           THE
           PEACE
           IN
           GENERALL
           ,
           
             Now
             treated
             of
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             the
             answers
             thereunto
             made
             in
             behalfe
             and
             name
             of
             the
             Irish
             Nation
             ,
             by
             one
             well
             affected
             thereto
             ,
             to
             the
             first
             copies
             whereof
             many
             things
             are
             inserted
             ,
             and
             much
             added
             .
          
        
         
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           QVEREES
           PROPOVNDED
           BY
           THE
           PROTESTANT
           PARTIE
           ,
           CONCERNING
           THE
           PEACE
           In
           Generall
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             
             WIll
             you
             Article
             ,
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             indent
             with
             your
             King
             ?
             It
             becomes
             not
             Subjects
             ;
             it
             argues
             mistrust
             of
             his
             Majestie
             .
          
           
             
             This
             Nation
             saith
             ,
             it
             hath
             beene
             often
             deceived
             ,
             &
             abused
             by
             some
             ministers
             of
             state
             here
             for
             this
             kingdome
             ,
             by
             whose
             practises
             they
             were
             frustrated
             of
             all
             the
             Kings
             favours
             ,
             and
             graces
             conferred
             to
             them
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             granted
             and
             payed
             about
             three
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             sterling
             ,
             not
             very
             long
             since
             ,
             and
             soone
             after
             besides
             ten
             large
             Subsidies
             in
             the
             Earle
             of
             
               Strafords
            
             time
             ,
             for
             all
             which
             monyes
             ,
             amounting
             neere
             to
             a
             million
             of
             pounds
             sterling
             they
             obtayned
             ▪
             little
             or
             nothing
             .
             And
             the
             said
             graces
             are
             still
             suppressed
             and
             stopped
             .
             Next
             ,
             the
             state
             here
             takes
             all
             advantage
             of
             this
             Nation
             for
             their
             Religion
             ,
             by
             misrepresenting
             them
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             suppresse
             and
             keepe
             them
             from
             the
             government
             ,
             thereby
             to
             possesse
             all
             places
             of
             honour
             ,
             trust
             and
             profit
             ,
             eyther
             in
             the
             Army
             ,
             or
             Common-wealth
             ,
             and
             so
             raise
             themselves
             by
             casting
             perpetuall
             clouds
             of
             disloyaltie
             ,
             and
             disaffection
             betweene
             the
             King
             and
             his
             people
             ,
             as
             lately
             they
             did
             when
             they
             forsooke
             and
             betrayed
             the
             English
             ▪
             pale
             first
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             to
             be
             over-run
             and
             ruined
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             these
             Commotions
             :
             and
             yet
             they
             misinformed
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             procured
             what
             Commissions
             they
             pleased
             ,
             to
             prosecute
             the
             said
             Pale
             with
             extreme
             cruelties
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             and
             colour
             of
             Law
             ,
             to
             have
             their
             estates
             by
             attaynders
             and
             forfeytures
             ;
             whereat
             all
             other
             partes
             of
             the
             kingdome
             were
             amazed
             and
             distracted
             .
             Therefore
             in
             this
             subordinate
             government
             so
             jealous
             and
             irkesome
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             it
             is
             necessary
             to
             be
             on
             sure
             termes
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             and
             that
             Catholickes
             have
             a
             hand
             in
             the
             government
             ,
             to
             prevent
             the
             like
             mischiefes
             .
             And
             on
             these
             grounds
             ,
             it
             may
             well
             become
             Subjects
             to
             Article
             
             with
             their
             Soveraigne
             ,
             which
             argues
             no
             distrust
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             but
             
             of
             his
             ministers
             ,
             whose
             hands
             must
             still
             hold
             the
             helme
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Kings
             owne
             hand
             cannot
             reach
             thereto
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Quaere
               .
            
             2.
             
             Will
             you
             force
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             worke
             now
             on
             his
             necessities
             ?
             He
             will
             remember
             it
             to
             you
             hereafter
             ,
             and
             hee
             may
             recall
             what
             he
             shall
             now
             promise
             :
             nor
             will
             hee
             conceive
             himselfe
             bound
             to
             make
             good
             what
             he
             shall
             now
             grant
             you
             ,
             considering
             the
             condition
             he
             stands
             in
             .
          
           
             
               Resp
            
             It
             is
             not
             in
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             Onely
             wee
             propound
             motives
             to
             support
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             to
             advance
             his
             service
             ,
             a
             whole
             Nation
             to
             the
             last
             man
             ,
             and
             the
             revenue
             of
             a
             whole
             kingdome
             (
             if
             neede
             be
             )
             to
             the
             last
             penny
             ,
             to
             support
             his
             Crowne
             ,
             on
             contentment
             now
             to
             be
             given
             this
             people
             ,
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             loyall
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             good
             fighting
             men
             ,
             to
             spend
             their
             bloud
             in
             this
             quarrell
             for
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             foure
             or
             five
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             sterling
             by
             the
             yeare
             (
             as
             shall
             appeare
             by
             the
             particular
             heads
             of
             the
             revenue
             of
             this
             kingdome
             layd
             downe
             hereafter
             )
             is
             worth
             the
             acceptation
             ,
             and
             may
             invite
             his
             Majesty
             to
             give
             content
             to
             this
             people
             .
             He
             then
             that
             will
             hinder
             or
             oppose
             this
             ,
             to
             loose
             the
             King
             such
             a
             considerable
             party
             and
             assistance
             ,
             can
             be
             no
             other
             then
             an
             enemy
             ,
             ayming
             at
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             to
             weaken
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             diverting
             this
             Nation
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             by
             compulsion
             from
             
             his
             service
             .
             And
             this
             is
             not
             to
             force
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             worke
             his
             necessities
             ,
             but
             to
             helpe
             him
             ,
             and
             relieve
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             buy
             our
             Peace
             with
             the
             marrow
             of
             our
             purses
             and
             bloud
             of
             our
             veines
             ,
             which
             his
             Majesty
             may
             (
             indeede
             )
             well
             remember
             hereafter
             ,
             not
             to
             recall
             our
             liberties
             ,
             but
             to
             record
             our
             loyalties
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             may
             aswell
             in
             future
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             forced
             to
             the
             conditions
             of
             peace
             profered
             ,
             as
             to
             those
             demanded
             :
             for
             neyther
             the
             one
             ,
             nor
             the
             other
             ,
             would
             ever
             have
             beene
             granted
             in
             precedent
             times
             ,
             though
             not
             by
             want
             of
             gracious
             inclination
             in
             his
             Majesties
             to
             favour
             us
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             sinister
             characters
             which
             his
             ministers
             here
             ,
             ever
             gave
             him
             of
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Quaere
            
             3.
             
             Will
             you
             loose
             the
             King
             all
             his
             protestant
             party
             ,
             which
             will
             fall
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             will
             you
             loose
             him
             all
             his
             protestant
             Subjects
             of
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             and
             consequently
             his
             Crowne
             of
             both
             kingdomes
             ,
             which
             must
             follow
             ,
             if
             he
             give
             you
             content
             ?
          
           
             
               Resp.
            
             Can
             you
             imagine
             that
             any
             Subjects
             ,
             which
             be
             true
             subjects
             ,
             will
             forsake
             their
             Prince
             ,
             because
             we
             tender
             ayde
             of
             men
             and
             monyes
             ,
             and
             propound
             motives
             to
             advance
             his
             service
             ;
             nay
             rather
             the
             protestant
             party
             will
             advise
             his
             Majesty
             considering
             the
             condition
             and
             necessity
             he
             stands
             in
             ,
             to
             give
             content
             to
             this
             Nation
             ,
             thereby
             to
             gaine
             so
             considerable
             a
             party
             ,
             and
             assistance
             to
             support
             his
             Crowne
             ,
             and
             themselves
             .
             Nor
             can
             they
             once
             suspect
             with
             reason
             (
             if
             they
             will
             not
             put
             it
             on
             him
             of
             purpose
             ,
             as
             a
             seeming
             occasion
             of
             their
             defection
             from
             him
             )
             that
             his
             Majesty
             is
             not
             constant
             to
             the
             protestant
             Religion
             seeing
             they
             well
             know
             he
             is
             by
             education
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             beliefe
             and
             opinions
             
             as
             firme
             a
             protestant
             as
             ever
             
               England
            
             bred
             ,
             as
             is
             most
             manifest
             ,
             by
             all
             his
             declarations
             and
             proceedings
             ,
             though
             it
             stands
             not
             with
             the
             pollicy
             of
             the
             Parliamentaries
             ,
             to
             make
             this
             an
             article
             of
             their
             beliefe
             ;
             for
             they
             hold
             it
             a
             deepe
             mysterie
             of
             state
             ,
             to
             misbelieve
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             not
             suffer
             him
             to
             be
             believed
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             thereby
             to
             traduce
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             cause
             the
             Subjects
             still
             conceive
             ,
             he
             is
             inclined
             to
             Papistry
             ,
             whereof
             they
             take
             their
             greatest
             advantage
             ,
             purposely
             to
             seduce
             and
             incense
             the
             people
             against
             him
             .
             Now
             if
             you
             feare
             the
             protestant
             party
             will
             so
             lightly
             fall
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             (
             as
             you
             would
             faigne
             perswade
             us
             ,
             to
             lessen
             our
             conditions
             )
             you
             may
             aswell
             pretend
             any
             expression
             of
             favour
             which
             shall
             be
             granted
             us
             ,
             were
             it
             but
             a
             connivence
             or
             tolleration
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             cause
             sufficient
             ,
             for
             the
             like
             defection
             ,
             but
             if
             the
             said
             protestant
             subjects
             be
             of
             resolution
             ,
             to
             continue
             true
             and
             constant
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             what
             can
             more
             powerfully
             encourage
             them
             thereto
             ,
             or
             hold
             them
             more
             stedfastly
             to
             so
             generous
             and
             just
             a
             resolve
             ,
             then
             an
             ample
             supply
             of
             men
             and
             moneys
             offered
             by
             us
             ,
             on
             a
             good
             peace
             ,
             to
             backe
             and
             second
             their
             party
             ,
             the
             weakenesse
             whereof
             is
             not
             perhaps
             the
             least
             cause
             of
             all
             their
             feares
             ,
             
             and
             wavering
             betweene
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ?
             But
             suppose
             the
             King
             were
             Catholickely
             affected
             ,
             and
             would
             absolutely
             restore
             us
             our
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             publicke
             use
             thereof
             ,
             in
             as
             full
             and
             ample
             manner
             ,
             as
             ever
             we
             enjoyed
             it
             in
             the
             times
             of
             his
             Majesties
             predecessors
             from
             the
             Conquest
             to
             
               Henry
            
             the
             
               VIII
               ,
            
             would
             therefore
             (
             or
             rather
             should
             )
             all
             his
             protestant
             subjects
             fall
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             must
             he
             therefore
             forfeyte
             his
             Crowne
             ?
             Your
             
               Quaere
            
             answers
             they
             would
             ,
             and
             he
             must
             ,
             it
             followes
             then
             ,
             they
             are
             onely
             conditionally
             Subjects
             ,
             not
             absolutely
             ,
             and
             his
             Majesty
             holds
             his
             Crowne
             by
             a
             conditionall
             Tenure
             ,
             not
             by
             an
             absolute
             :
             both
             which
             are
             absurd
             .
             Why
             did
             not
             all
             the
             Catholicke
             Subjects
             of
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Ireland
            
             relinquish
             
               Henry
            
             the
             
               VIII
               .
            
             when
             he
             forsooke
             his
             owne
             and
             their
             Religion
             ?
             why
             did
             not
             he
             loose
             his
             Crowne
             ,
             when
             he
             lost
             his
             faith
             ?
             Why
             might
             not
             the
             Romish
             subjects
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             fall
             off
             from
             the
             late
             
               French
            
             King
             ,
             and
             his
             Father
             ,
             when
             they
             gave
             tolleration
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             liberty
             to
             build
             Churches
             and
             Synagogues
             to
             the
             
               Huguenotes
               ?
            
             Why
             lost
             not
             they
             ▪
             therefore
             their
             Crownes
             ?
             But
             to
             come
             neerer
             home
             :
             did
             not
             our
             dread
             Soveraigne
             King
             
               Charles
            
             condescend
             unto
             such
             propositions
             of
             the
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             as
             stood
             not
             with
             their
             loyalty
             to
             demand
             ,
             nor
             in
             his
             power
             to
             grant
             ,
             (
             to
             omit
             all
             other
             ,
             witnesse
             the
             abrogation
             of
             Episcopacie
             ,
             or
             unmitering
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             who
             be
             the
             first
             of
             the
             three
             states
             of
             every
             Christian
             and
             Catholicke
             kingdome
             )
             as
             appeares
             by
             severall
             his
             Majesties
             declarations
             yet
             extant
             .
             This
             his
             Majesty
             did
             ,
             onely
             to
             content
             that
             Nation
             ,
             and
             save
             that
             Crowne
             ;
             albeit
             the
             former
             followed
             not
             ;
             heavens
             grant
             ,
             the
             later
             may
             ?
             for
             they
             must
             have
             
               aliquid
               amplius
               ,
            
             to
             wit
             ;
             Kings
             un-Crowned
             and
             Monarchy
             pull'd
             downe
             ,
             how
             ever
             his
             Majesties
             protestant
             
             party
             in
             
               England
               ,
               Ireland
               ,
            
             or
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             fell
             not
             therefore
             from
             him
             ,
             neyther
             is
             he
             therefore
             discrowned
             :
             and
             yet
             must
             both
             follow
             ,
             if
             he
             give
             content
             to
             the
             
               Irish
            
             (
             in
             your
             opinions
             )
             or
             his
             Royall
             assent
             to
             their
             propositions
             ;
             albeit
             they
             containe
             nothing
             ,
             but
             what
             may
             modestly
             suite
             with
             their
             fidelity
             to
             propound
             ,
             and
             justly
             with
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             power
             ,
             and
             expediently
             with
             his
             gracious
             benignity
             to
             grant
             ,
             &
             that
             which
             hath
             beene
             their
             owne
             for
             ten
             or
             twelve
             ages
             consequent
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             enjoyed
             in
             quiet
             possession
             ,
             ever
             since
             the
             Conquest
             ,
             during
             the
             happy
             Raigne
             of
             fifteene
             or
             sixteene
             Kings
             his
             Majesties
             predecessors
             ,
             before
             
               Henry
            
             the
             
               VIII
               .
            
             and
             since
             then
             ,
             violently
             wrested
             from
             them
             by
             tyrannie
             ,
             oppression
             ,
             and
             surreptitious
             Lawes
             ,
             fraudulently
             introduced
             by
             the
             bloud-sucking
             ministers
             of
             this
             subordinate
             governement
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             what
             concernes
             it
             the
             protestant
             Subjects
             of
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             whether
             we
             have
             content
             or
             not
             ?
             How
             are
             they
             any
             way
             impeached
             or
             improved
             thereby
             ?
             or
             how
             therein
             interessed
             ?
             What
             loose
             they
             by
             our
             liberty
             ,
             or
             gaine
             ▪
             they
             by
             our
             restraint
             ?
             Can
             not
             they
             goe
             to
             Church
             ,
             though
             wee
             goe
             to
             Masse
             ?
             the
             broad
             Sea
             is
             betwixt
             us
             ,
             we
             will
             be
             no
             eye-sore
             to
             them
             .
             If
             it
             be
             for
             their
             brethren
             here
             ,
             we
             seeke
             not
             the
             abrogation
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             or
             abreviation
             of
             their
             lawfull
             freedome
             ,
             or
             ought
             else
             derogating
             to
             their
             honour
             ,
             securitie
             ,
             or
             peaceable
             cohabitation
             ,
             as
             appeares
             by
             our
             propositions
             now
             in
             Print
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             As
             for
             his
             Majesties
             protestant
             party
             protestant
             party
             here
             in
             
               Ireland
            
             (
             not
             to
             undervalue
             them
             )
             they
             are
             no
             way
             considerable
             :
             For
             ,
             over
             all
             
               Munster
               ,
               Vlster
               ,
            
             and
             
               Connaght
               ,
            
             such
             as
             for
             a
             while
             did
             seemingly
             proclayme
             themselves
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             doe
             now
             absolutely
             disclayme
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             declare
             themselves
             for
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             his
             enemies
             ,
             so
             as
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             no
             protestant
             party
             here
             ,
             but
             onely
             in
             
               Leynster
               ,
            
             and
             that
             but
             in
             a
             destroyed
             nooke
             thereof
             ,
             to
             wit
             in
             the
             Counties
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             
               Louth
               ,
            
             and
             a
             part
             of
             
               Kildare
            
             and
             
               Meath
               ,
            
             (
             for
             
               Doncanon
            
             is
             fallen
             off
             )
             in
             all
             which
             they
             cannot
             make
             up
             one
             thousand
             five
             hundred
             protestants
             fighting
             men
             ,
             where
             among
             these
             shall
             hardly
             cull
             out
             two
             hundred
             ,
             I
             might
             well
             say
             two
             score
             heads
             well
             squared
             to
             the
             Kings
             rule
             ,
             the
             rest
             (
             as
             also
             all
             the
             protestant
             inhabitants
             of
             
               Dublin
            
             and
             their
             other
             Townes
             ,
             farre
             much
             more
             then
             the
             most
             part
             )
             have
             their
             heads
             so
             Round
             ,
             as
             they
             cannot
             hold
             rouling
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             when
             the
             least
             occasion
             is
             offered
             ,
             As
             for
             their
             hearts
             ,
             they
             are
             from
             the
             beginning
             in
             the
             bosome
             of
             their
             pure
             brethren
             in
             
               VVestminster-hall
               ;
            
             and
             their
             heeles
             are
             all
             as
             nimble
             and
             ready
             to
             dance
             a
             scottish-jigge
             ,
             and
             a
             parliamentall
             
               revolta
               ,
            
             to
             
               Essex
            
             hornepipe
             ,
             if
             execution
             were
             as
             easie
             ,
             as
             thought
             is
             free
             ,
             and
             wishes
             facil
             ;
             all
             which
             is
             manifest
             by
             their
             Common-prayers
             ,
             publicke
             discourses
             ,
             and
             Commerce
             ,
             and
             slocking
             to
             the
             Parliament
             Ships
             ,
             whensoever
             they
             hover
             over
             our
             coastes
             ,
             and
             thus
             are
             they
             all
             affected
             and
             infected
             from
             head
             to
             foote
             ,
             save
             a
             very
             few
             of
             the
             prime
             ,
             whereof
             some
             
             being
             strangers
             ,
             can
             make
             no
             other
             party
             ,
             then
             their
             houshold
             servants
             :
             other
             some
             ,
             though
             by
             birth
             or
             descent
             ,
             Natives
             ,
             and
             bigge
             in
             bloud
             and
             calling
             ,
             and
             in
             precedent
             times
             vast
             in
             possessions
             ,
             and
             powerfull
             in
             command
             ;
             yet
             now
             as
             the
             winde
             blowes
             ,
             they
             beare
             but
             low
             and
             fagge
             sayles
             ,
             and
             can
             make
             no
             more
             way
             ,
             then
             the
             meanest
             vassals
             ,
             by
             reason
             their
             numerous
             allyes
             ,
             friends
             ,
             and
             followers
             ,
             are
             all
             Roman
             Catholickes
             ,
             and
             consequently
             adhering
             to
             the
             Confederats
             ,
             with
             whom
             ,
             not
             being
             united
             ,
             their
             power
             is
             as
             poore
             as
             that
             of
             the
             Alyens
             :
             So
             as
             the
             premisses
             maturely
             pondered
             ,
             his
             Majesties
             protestant
             party
             disioyned
             from
             the
             Catholicke
             ,
             is
             no
             way
             here
             considerable
             .
             Will
             you
             then
             ,
             upon
             the
             onely
             reason
             of
             an
             ungrounded
             Antipathy
             in
             Religion
             ,
             advise
             his
             Majesty
             to
             discontent
             a
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             for
             complying
             soly
             with
             the
             wilfull
             malice
             of
             so
             fractious
             ,
             frayle
             ,
             and
             feeble
             a
             party
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             the
             protestants
             ?
             I
             say
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             for
             those
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             they
             cannot
             alleage
             rationably
             any
             reason
             for
             opposing
             our
             peace
             ,
             save
             also
             a
             meere
             hatred
             to
             our
             profession
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             reason
             of
             fiends
             ,
             who
             ,
             because
             their selves
             are
             in
             bale
             cannot
             brooke
             others
             should
             be
             in
             blisse
             :
             or
             their
             hearts
             are
             forsooth
             purified
             ,
             and
             their
             heads
             sphearified
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             the
             behalfe
             and
             behoofe
             of
             their
             pure
             brothers
             ,
             they
             cunningly
             intend
             by
             this
             opposition
             to
             weaken
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             fomenting
             a
             continuall
             difference
             twixt
             him
             and
             his
             Catholicke
             Subjects
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             whose
             party
             they
             know
             to
             be
             so
             powerfull
             both
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             abroad
             ▪
             as
             (
             were
             matters
             fairely
             composed
             ,
             &
             content
             given
             them
             )
             they
             might
             strongly
             assist
             to
             quench
             the
             fiery
             fury
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             reinthrone
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             now
             
               de
               facto
            
             they
             begin
             to
             doe
             in
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             by
             a
             small
             succour
             of
             two
             thousand
             
               Irish
            
             sent
             thither
             ,
             to
             joyne
             with
             the
             Kings
             party
             there
             ,
             whereby
             it
             appeares
             ,
             how
             highly
             an
             union
             betwixt
             his
             Majesties
             Catholicke
             and
             protestant
             Subjects
             in
             his
             three
             kingdomes
             ,
             conduceth
             ,
             for
             the
             quelling
             and
             quayling
             of
             his
             enemies
             ,
             and
             reestablishing
             of
             his
             Royall
             person
             in
             his
             full
             power
             ,
             prerogatives
             ,
             and
             glorie
             :
             For
             ,
             if
             a
             poore
             ayde
             of
             two
             thousand
             men
             onely
             can
             so
             much
             prevayle
             ,
             what
             may
             a
             large
             contribution
             of
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             in
             Coine
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             and
             ten
             thousand
             men
             ,
             yea
             twenty
             ;
             thirty
             it
             neede
             be
             .
             I
             have
             beene
             over
             fuse
             (
             I
             confesse
             )
             in
             my
             answer
             to
             this
             
               Quaere
            
             because
             it
             is
             the
             objection
             most
             frequently
             and
             fervently
             obtruded
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Quaere
            
             4.
             
             Will
             you
             loose
             the
             kingdome
             by
             going
             to
             a
             new
             warre
             againe
             ?
             will
             you
             utterly
             undoe
             it
             ,
             and
             your selves
             ,
             by
             a
             new
             breach
             ?
             You
             are
             not
             able
             for
             the
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             or
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Insiquin
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Parliament
             party
             that
             is
             in
             the
             kingdome
             :
             much
             lesse
             for
             my
             Lord
             
               Lieutenant
            
             and
             his
             party
             ,
             whom
             you
             will
             force
             to
             joyne
             with
             the
             
               Scots
            
             and
             parliament
             ,
             and
             so
             hold
             but
             with
             the
             longest
             and
             ●…st
             .
          
           
             
               Resp.
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             these
             arguments
             of
             weaknesse
             m●…
             bee
             retorted
             on
             your selves
             .
             Will
             you
             ,
             that
             pretend
             so
             much
             loyaltie
             and
             zeale
             to
             
             serve
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             loose
             the
             King
             and
             kingdome
             ,
             which
             every
             day
             you
             doe
             ,
             while
             you
             keepe
             this
             distance
             with
             the
             Catholicke
             party
             ,
             in
             giving
             the
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             time
             to
             come
             to
             a
             head
             ,
             and
             the
             Round
             heads
             leasure
             to
             bring
             their
             secret
             plots
             to
             effect
             ,
             and
             this
             ,
             by
             taking
             advantage
             of
             your
             weakenesse
             ,
             in
             spreading
             themselves
             all
             over
             the
             kingdome
             ?
             witnesse
             the
             revolte
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               Insiqum
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             Forte
             of
             
               Doncanon
               ,
            
             which
             you
             have
             lost
             ,
             unlesse
             we
             deeme
             them
             politicke
             alarums
             ,
             and
             subtle
             inventions
             to
             fraight
             and
             worke
             on
             the
             Confederates
             ,
             to
             accept
             the
             easier
             conditions
             now
             of
             peace
             from
             you
             .
             It
             is
             likewise
             apprehended
             on
             very
             good
             grounds
             ,
             that
             the
             City
             and
             Castle
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             by
             the
             daily
             growing
             insolencies
             and
             infections
             of
             the
             Round-heads
             in
             the
             said
             City
             ,
             may
             be
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             lost
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             I
             may
             boldly
             say
             )
             is
             daily
             a
             loosing
             .
             It
             is
             easie
             to
             fall
             from
             a
             protestant
             to
             a
             puritant
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             King
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
             It
             is
             their
             ordinary
             practise
             ,
             to
             come
             and
             goe
             daily
             ,
             a
             victory
             or
             two
             does
             it
             :
             but
             the
             Catholickes
             cannot
             with
             such
             facility
             fall
             from
             their
             Religion
             ,
             because
             the
             differences
             are
             essentiall
             ,
             and
             points
             of
             faith
             ;
             nor
             from
             their
             obedience
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             apparent
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             such
             affection
             in
             them
             to
             the
             puritans
             ,
             but
             rather
             an
             innated
             antipathy
             :
             So
             as
             to
             such
             extremes
             there
             's
             no
             feare
             of
             fall
             .
             Now
             if
             you
             deeme
             us
             so
             weake
             for
             the
             
               Scots
            
             and
             parliamentaries
             in
             this
             kingdome
             ,
             certainely
             you
             are
             much
             more
             ,
             But
             say
             you
             ?
             you
             may
             joyne
             with
             the
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             yes
             ,
             to
             forsake
             the
             King
             ,
             you
             may
             ,
             and
             so
             doe
             your
             best
             to
             secure
             this
             kingdome
             for
             the
             Parliament
             and
             
               Scots
               .
            
             And
             had
             not
             the
             Catholicke
             Army
             beene
             now
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             probable
             ,
             you
             had
             not
             escaped
             so
             scot-free
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             done
             .
             And
             if
             wee
             prosper
             not
             in
             this
             expedition
             (
             for
             which
             you
             had
             neede
             to
             pray
             )
             but
             that
             they
             shall
             chance
             to
             over-run
             us
             ;
             then
             I
             beleeve
             ,
             you
             will
             finde
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             content
             themselves
             with
             the
             North
             alone
             ,
             but
             will
             resolve
             to
             venture
             for
             a
             greater
             and
             better
             share
             of
             the
             kingdome
             .
             I
             see
             no
             reason
             ,
             but
             you
             may
             feare
             your
             portion
             .
             You
             say
             you
             may
             safely
             joyne
             with
             the
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             to
             hold
             out
             the
             longer
             with
             them
             ,
             because
             you
             conceive
             them
             the
             stronger
             ,
             and
             us
             the
             weaker
             ,
             why
             should
             not
             you
             aswell
             apprehend
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             joyne
             with
             some
             other
             forainer
             ,
             or
             submit
             to
             such
             ,
             whose
             severall
             Agents
             now
             in
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             perhaps
             wayte
             an
             opportunity
             in
             that
             kinde
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             eares
             open
             ready
             to
             snatch
             up
             such
             a
             motion
             ?
             Doe
             not
             you
             thinke
             but
             the
             
               Scots
            
             and
             Parliament
             of
             
               England
            
             will
             be
             glad
             to
             accept
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             our
             offers
             ,
             which
             we
             make
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             will
             permit
             us
             freely
             to
             enjoy
             the
             benefit
             of
             our
             conditions
             ,
             so
             we
             concuire
             with
             them
             in
             suppressing
             Monarchy
             ▪
             which
             is
             the
             faire
             white
             whereat
             their
             warres
             doe
             levell
             ?
             But
             say
             you
             ,
             you
             know
             there
             is
             no
             such
             sympathy
             betwixt
             us
             ,
             that
             were
             ,
             from
             the
             frieing
             pan
             into
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             therefore
             you
             are
             confident
             we
             will
             not
             be
             so
             mad
             ,
             however
             ,
             it
             behooveth
             you
             in
             commonpolicy
             ,
             
             to
             be
             cautious
             ,
             how
             you
             exasperate
             a
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             and
             force
             them
             to
             fly
             for
             safety
             to
             forein
             protection
             ,
             whereto
             ,
             doubtlesse
             ,
             the
             late
             cruell
             plots
             and
             practises
             of
             
               Sir
               VVilliam
               Parsons
               ,
               Sir
               Adam
               Lofius
               ,
            
             and
             other
             vipers
             of
             the
             state
             ,
             had
             driven
             this
             Nation
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             beene
             
             immoveable
             from
             its
             loyaltie
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             wheron
             you
             would
             faine
             it
             seemes
             force
             a
             breach
             ,
             by
             hindering
             his
             Majesties
             gracious
             favours
             from
             us
             ,
             to
             make
             way
             for
             your
             holy
             brothers
             the
             parliamentaries
             ,
             to
             enter
             and
             possesse
             the
             kingdome
             :
             But
             ,
             if
             you
             keepe
             the
             gap
             too
             long
             open
             ,
             beware
             our
             neighbours
             enter
             not
             ,
             before
             your
             brethren
             ;
             for
             
               Ireland
            
             is
             a
             faire
             and
             fryant
             morsell
             ,
             and
             your
             
               Spaniards
               ,
               Italians
               ,
            
             and
             
               French
            
             have
             lushious
             teeth
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             once
             fixe
             in
             it
             ,
             I
             feare
             all
             the
             Pincers
             or
             Hammers
             in
             
               England
            
             will
             not
             draw
             or
             drive
             them
             out
             .
             You
             aske
             us
             ,
             will
             we
             loose
             the
             kingdome
             and
             our selves
             ?
             No
             ,
             but
             endevour
             to
             save
             both
             ,
             and
             if
             wee
             may
             not
             ,
             a
             faire
             death
             is
             better
             then
             a
             specious
             bondage
             ,
             slavery
             ,
             or
             servitude
             :
             
               Meluis
               est
               enim
               nobis
               moriin
               bello
               ,
               quam
               videre
               mala
               gentis
               nostrae
               ,
            
             If
             therefore
             you
             will
             tye
             the
             Kings
             hands
             so
             fast
             ,
             as
             he
             may
             not
             grant
             us
             the
             freedome
             of
             Christians
             we
             must
             be
             compell'd
             to
             endevour
             to
             cut
             the
             bands
             ,
             to
             reinfranchise
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             disinthrall
             our selves
             ,
             how
             weake
             soever
             you
             would
             fayne
             perswade
             us
             to
             be
          
        
         
           
             
               Quare
               .
            
             5.
             
             What
             if
             my
             Lord
             
               Lieutenant
            
             will
             publish
             his
             Commission
             ,
             and
             will
             issue
             forth
             Proclamations
             of
             mercy
             and
             pardon
             ,
             with
             restitution
             of
             estates
             ,
             and
             all
             assurances
             of
             life
             ,
             liberty
             and
             tolleration
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             thereby
             withdraw
             and
             divide
             all
             your
             party
             ,
             and
             so
             pusle
             and
             weaken
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             be
             glad
             of
             any
             conditions
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             his
             excellency
             will
             be
             pleased
             to
             propund
             ?
          
           
             
               Resp.
            
             No
             doubt
             ,
             this
             was
             invented
             as
             a
             mayne
             Engine
             to
             crush
             ,
             and
             bring
             our
             party
             and
             whole
             Nation
             to
             division
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             desolation
             .
             I
             confesse
             this
             Commission
             and
             Proclamation
             may
             perhaps
             worke
             on
             the
             most
             necessitous
             ,
             weake
             ,
             and
             discontented
             people
             within
             the
             verge
             and
             quarters
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             whom
             extreame
             necessity
             may
             force
             to
             goe
             any
             whither
             for
             reliefe
             ▪
             but
             that
             have
             not
             you
             to
             give
             them
             for
             you
             have
             neyther
             meate
             ,
             nor
             money
             to
             spare
             within
             your
             quarters
             ,
             nor
             strength
             enough
             to
             gaine
             it
             from
             ours
             .
             You
             must
             come
             thirty
             miles
             now
             from
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             to
             get
             any
             Corne
             or
             Cattle
             if
             you
             take
             not
             from
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             so
             starve
             your selves
             .
             Your
             parties
             of
             Horse
             that
             used
             to
             make
             their
             incursions
             for
             prey
             into
             the
             remoter
             Counties
             ,
             are
             broken
             and
             dispersed
             ,
             and
             what
             service
             may
             they
             be
             able
             to
             performe
             ,
             going
             so
             farre
             from
             their
             quarters
             ,
             specially
             ,
             now
             that
             our
             Confederates
             are
             growen
             farre
             stronger
             ,
             then
             ever
             you
             or
             they
             have
             beene
             ,
             both
             in
             Horse
             and
             Armes
             ,
             so
             as
             little
             or
             no
             reliefe
             are
             you
             to
             expect
             by
             pillage
             :
             and
             what
             small
             store
             remaynes
             within
             your
             owne
             quarters
             ,
             will
             hardly
             maintayne
             your
             great
             Townes
             ,
             Garisons
             ,
             
             for
             any
             considerable
             time
             .
             Consider
             well
             your
             owne
             present
             state
             ,
             condition
             ,
             weakenesse
             ,
             and
             necessities
             ,
             and
             you
             cannot
             with
             sans
             judgement
             imagine
             ,
             that
             any
             of
             our
             party
             will
             flye
             unto
             you
             ,
             whilest
             they
             have
             the
             most
             part
             of
             the
             kingdome
             of
             their
             owne
             side
             ,
             plentifully
             able
             to
             relieve
             them
             ,
             without
             adventuring
             their
             lives
             ,
             to
             goe
             a
             pillaging
             with
             you
             ,
             against
             their
             country
             ,
             friends
             ,
             and
             conscience
             ,
             specially
             ,
             seeing
             there
             be
             other
             wayes
             to
             maintayne
             them
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             by
             putting
             the
             meaner
             sort
             into
             pay
             of
             the
             Armies
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             banished
             Nobility
             and
             Gently
             into
             places
             and
             Offices
             of
             Military
             and
             Civill
             imployment
             ,
             as
             is
             resolved
             by
             the
             late
             Assembly
             held
             at
             
               Kilkenny
               .
            
             And
             what
             people
             doe
             you
             thinke
             to
             draw
             and
             devide
             from
             us
             ?
             Those
             of
             the
             
               English-Pale
               ,
            
             all
             destroyed
             ,
             and
             made
             inconsiderable
             by
             your
             massacres
             &
             cruelties
             ,
             for
             having
             withstood
             the
             shocke
             ,
             while
             Amunition
             Armes
             ,
             and
             Commanders
             were
             a
             comming
             ,
             who
             must
             be
             now
             rather
             a
             burden
             ,
             then
             a
             helpe
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             no
             great
             losse
             to
             us
             ,
             for
             what
             concernes
             their
             power
             ,
             in
             the
             condition
             they
             now
             stand
             in
             ,
             though
             before
             ,
             they
             were
             ,
             for
             so
             many
             ,
             the
             most
             considerable
             part
             of
             the
             whole
             kingdome
             .
             Their
             Common
             sort
             are
             all
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             murdered
             and
             starved
             ;
             and
             such
             of
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             as
             are
             remayning
             ,
             will
             not
             ,
             for
             their
             estates
             (
             whereof
             they
             can
             make
             little
             benefit
             )
             hazard
             the
             losse
             of
             their
             persons
             in
             your
             service
             ,
             to
             be
             exposed
             to
             all
             dangers
             ,
             for
             a
             poore
             lively-hood
             only
             ,
             to
             be
             drawen
             out
             of
             prey
             and
             pillage
             ,
             seeing
             you
             cannot
             otherwise
             maintayne
             them
             of
             any
             place
             of
             honour
             ,
             trust
             ,
             command
             ,
             or
             benefit
             ,
             by
             your
             old
             crooked
             rules
             ,
             they
             are
             incapable
             ,
             at
             least
             so
             are
             they
             sure
             to
             be
             made
             and
             in
             fine
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             masters
             ,
             let
             them
             not
             doubt
             to
             be
             slaves
             ,
             if
             not
             utterly
             extirpated
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             country-men
             your
             opposits
             ,
             for
             the
             ancient
             spleene
             you
             beare
             to
             their
             Religion
             and
             Nation
             ,
             and
             unquenchable
             thirst
             to
             their
             estates
             ,
             how
             ever
             now
             in
             your
             neede
             you
             make
             use
             of
             their
             endeavours
             and
             services
             .
             Can
             you
             then
             with
             reason
             imagine
             ,
             that
             their
             reason
             is
             so
             faire
             blinded
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             foresee
             this
             Doe
             you
             thinke
             they
             will
             be
             so
             effeminat
             ,
             as
             for
             a
             sufferance
             which
             cannot
             long
             continue
             ,
             they
             will
             expose
             themselves
             to
             be
             the
             perpetuall
             object
             of
             their
             countries
             wrath
             ,
             the
             abject
             of
             all
             Christian
             Nations
             ,
             yea
             and
             the
             obloquy
             of
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             advance
             your
             heathenish
             designes
             ,
             by
             enduring
             all
             present
             and
             future
             miseries
             ,
             by
             fighting
             against
             their
             friends
             ,
             allyes
             ,
             themselves
             ,
             and
             their
             consciences
             ,
             by
             assisting
             to
             extirpat
             their
             owne
             Nation
             and
             Religion
             ,
             which
             hath
             now
             above
             foure-score
             yeares
             withstood
             so
             many
             furious
             assaults
             of
             your
             tyrannous
             pressures
             and
             persecutions
             ,
             and
             betray
             their
             lives
             ,
             liberties
             ,
             and
             estates
             ,
             to
             a
             never
             ending
             slavery
             and
             infamy
             ,
             being
             still
             exposed
             to
             your
             new
             pretended
             attaynders
             ,
             and
             corruptions
             of
             bloud
             ,
             which
             no
             pseudo-parliament
             of
             yours
             can
             wash
             away
             ,
             nor
             may
             their
             
             grievances
             be
             thereby
             redressed
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             free
             and
             legall
             parliament
             ,
             such
             as
             they
             shall
             never
             have
             ,
             by
             your
             consents
             ,
             though
             you
             did
             promise
             ,
             sweare
             ,
             vow
             ,
             protest
             ,
             and
             proclayme
             a
             restitution
             of
             all
             freedome
             and
             favour
             .
             Your
             words
             and
             Proclamations
             so
             often
             violated
             both
             before
             and
             since
             the
             warres
             ,
             and
             your
             wonted
             faithlesse
             proceedings
             ,
             confirmes
             them
             in
             this
             beliefe
             .
             The
             violence
             of
             the
             storme
             is
             over-blowen
             ,
             they
             hope
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             confident
             ,
             they
             are
             resolved
             to
             beare
             out
             with
             their
             fellow-vassals
             ,
             rather
             then
             strike
             themselves
             aground
             ,
             under
             your
             Lee
             .
             But
             suppose
             your
             proclamations
             brought
             in
             a
             considerable
             party
             (
             as
             I
             cannot
             beleeve
             they
             will
             )
             you
             will
             make
             but
             a
             perpetuall
             Warre
             ,
             in
             regard
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             kingdome
             is
             so
             possessed
             ,
             and
             swayed
             by
             the
             Catholicke
             Bishops
             and
             Clergy
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             no
             reasonable
             accommodation
             be
             made
             ,
             or
             content
             herein
             be
             given
             ,
             the
             kingdome
             will
             be
             so
             imbroyled
             and
             rent
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             will
             not
             be
             able
             to
             draw
             any
             assistance
             thereout
             ,
             to
             support
             his
             Crowne
             :
             hee
             will
             loose
             all
             his
             owne
             revenue
             ,
             and
             our
             ayde
             of
             men
             and
             monyes
             ,
             which
             are
             (
             under
             favour
             )
             far
             transcending
             any
             his
             Majesty
             may
             expect
             from
             his
             protestant
             party
             here
             ,
             (
             if
             any
             such
             he
             hath
             )
             and
             more
             to
             be
             regarded
             ,
             then
             the
             bare
             walles
             and
             empty
             carcasses
             of
             Churches
             ,
             whereto
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             no
             protestants
             ,
             save
             onely
             the
             Ministers
             with
             their
             wives
             ,
             did
             ever
             resort
             ,
             in
             regard
             the
             flocke
             were
             all
             of
             the
             Catholicke
             fold
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             labours
             ,
             endevours
             ,
             and
             persecutions
             ,
             being
             frustrat
             which
             since
             the
             suppression
             ,
             were
             imployed
             to
             propagate
             the
             protestant
             Religion
             in
             this
             kingdome
             ,
             or
             fasten
             it
             on
             the
             body
             thereof
             ,
             though
             the
             Court
             of
             wardes
             hath
             wrought
             on
             a
             few
             degenerate
             members
             ,
             and
             devided
             them
             from
             God
             and
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             from
             their
             King
             ,
             but
             I
             pray
             ,
             it
             may
             not
             so
             prove
             .
             But
             let
             it
             now
             be
             considered
             ,
             whether
             the
             protestant
             or
             Catholicke
             party
             here
             is
             most
             powerfull
             ,
             and
             can
             bring
             the
             King
             most
             men
             and
             money
             ?
             and
             if
             it
             be
             not
             as
             necessary
             (
             or
             more
             )
             to
             give
             the
             Catholickes
             content
             ,
             as
             the
             protestants
             ?
             His
             Majesty
             (
             we
             are
             confident
             )
             is
             graciously
             inclined
             towards
             us
             ,
             as
             appeares
             by
             his
             severall
             favourable
             declarations
             made
             in
             our
             behalfes
             ,
             before
             some
             persons
             of
             worth
             and
             credit
             ,
             now
             in
             this
             kingdome
             ,
             ready
             to
             testifie
             so
             much
             .
             To
             conclude
             ,
             can
             those
             of
             the
             Pale
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             (
             to
             whom
             griping
             misery
             ,
             or
             raging
             jelousie
             of
             being
             vilipended
             by
             certayne
             unnaturall
             and
             ungratefull
             patriots
             may
             suggest
             a
             thought
             of
             deviding
             or
             withdrawing
             themselves
             from
             our
             party
             )
             be
             of
             so
             slavish
             an
             humour
             ,
             as
             to
             joyne
             with
             you
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             reflect
             ,
             and
             call
             to
             minde
             ,
             how
             their
             immediat
             predecessors
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             themselves
             perhaps
             yet
             living
             (
             by
             whose
             power
             and
             prowesse
             in
             the
             late
             precedent
             warre
             you
             kept
             your
             footing
             in
             the
             kingdome
             )
             were
             by
             you
             rewarded
             ,
             disregarded
             ,
             and
             abused
             .
             Was
             it
             not
             the
             usuall
             taunt
             of
             the
             late
             Lord
             
               Strafford
               ,
            
             and
             all
             his
             fawning
             Sycophants
             in
             their
             private
             
             Colioquies
             to
             those
             of
             the
             
               Pale
               ,
            
             that
             they
             were
             the
             most
             refractory
             men
             of
             the
             whole
             kingdome
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             more
             necessary
             (
             yea
             for
             their
             crooked
             ends
             )
             they
             should
             be
             Planted
             and
             supplanted
             ,
             then
             any
             other
             thereof
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             would
             never
             be
             absolute
             Soveraigne
             ,
             whilest
             there
             lived
             a
             Papist
             therein
             ?
             These
             &
             the
             like
             were
             the
             ordinary
             Cabbinet
             discourses
             of
             the
             state
             in
             generall
             ,
             whereinto
             sometimes
             in
             publick
             their
             malice
             would
             burst
             forth
             ,
             and
             where
             plantations
             might
             not
             reach
             ,
             defective
             Titles
             should
             extend
             .
             Many
             Officers
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
             who
             had
             done
             very
             good
             service
             in
             the
             said
             Warre
             ,
             and
             lost
             their
             bloud
             and
             limbs
             therein
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             had
             Annuall
             pensions
             conferred
             on
             them
             were
             soone
             after
             deprived
             of
             their
             said
             pensions
             ,
             for
             onely
             having
             refused
             to
             take
             the
             Oath
             of
             Supremacie
             ,
             or
             Allegeance
             ,
             in
             such
             forme
             as
             protestants
             use
             ,
             some
             whereof
             I
             have
             seene
             without
             hands
             ,
             which
             they
             left
             at
             
               Kinsale
               ,
            
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             Crowne
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             for
             which
             they
             remayned
             also
             without
             thankes
             ,
             without
             pension
             ,
             for
             only
             being
             faithfull
             to
             God
             and
             their
             owne
             soules
             .
             Many
             of
             the
             ancient
             
               Irish
            
             who
             stucke
             steadfastly
             to
             the
             Queenes
             quarrell
             ,
             and
             lost
             therein
             their
             lives
             ,
             had
             their
             estates
             planted
             ,
             with
             as
             little
             justice
             ;
             favour
             ,
             or
             reason
             ,
             as
             those
             who
             endevoured
             to
             take
             the
             Crowne
             of
             her
             head
             ,
             and
             kingdome
             out
             of
             her
             hands
             .
             I
             knew
             my selfe
             a
             certaine
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             being
             questioned
             before
             the
             state
             ,
             for
             matter
             of
             Recusancy
             ,
             (
             as
             you
             terme
             it
             )
             answered
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             demanded
             of
             me
             the
             day
             of
             
               Kinsale
            
             what
             Religion
             I
             was
             of
             ,
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             replyed
             an
             ungratefull
             states-man
             ,
             I
             confesse
             you
             did
             good
             service
             that
             day
             ,
             but
             you
             doe
             now
             ,
             as
             the
             Cow
             ,
             that
             gives
             much
             milke
             ,
             and
             spils
             it
             after
             with
             a
             kicke
             of
             her
             heele
             ,
             and
             this
             kicke
             (
             forsooth
             )
             was
             no
             other
             then
             kicking
             in
             spirit
             at
             their
             foresaid
             execrable
             Oathes
             ,
             and
             being
             a
             Roman
             Catholicke
             .
             Who
             then
             reflecting
             on
             your
             Tyranny
             ,
             injustice
             ,
             malice
             ,
             ingratitude
             ,
             faithlesse
             promises
             ,
             and
             undeserved
             persecutions
             will
             be
             so
             stupid
             or
             craven
             harted
             as
             on
             your
             brittle
             proclamations
             ,
             to
             adhere
             to
             you
             ,
             &
             put
             their
             heads
             like
             Asses
             ,
             againe
             into
             the
             halter
             ?
             Did
             not
             
               Tyrone
            
             and
             
               Tyre-conell
            
             come
             in
             ,
             and
             submit
             on
             faire
             conditions
             ?
             Yet
             had
             not
             their
             heeles
             saved
             their
             heads
             ,
             the
             former
             had
             beene
             tripped
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             later
             chopped
             off
             ,
             and
             so
             may
             all
             heads
             be
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             so
             blockish
             as
             to
             lay
             themselves
             on
             the
             blocke
             ,
             while
             the
             Hatched
             is
             in
             the
             Butchers
             hand
             over
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Quaere
            
             6.
             
             What
             considerable
             good
             ,
             is
             there
             to
             be
             expected
             ,
             by
             your
             helpe
             of
             men
             ,
             or
             monyes
             ,
             the
             kingdome
             being
             so
             exhausted
             and
             destroyed
             ,
             as
             no
             pecuniary
             ayde
             may
             be
             thence
             collected
             ,
             and
             so
             depopulated
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             no
             men
             to
             spare
             ,
             &
             such
             as
             are
             ,
             so
             cowarded
             ,
             by
             our
             many
             victories
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             not
             regardable
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             use
             or
             estimation
             ?
          
           
             
               Resp.
            
             You
             cannot
             deny
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             beginning
             of
             these
             Commotions
             ,
             you
             were
             fearefully
             scared
             by
             a
             popular
             rout
             of
             disarmed
             Clowns
             
             not
             onely
             in
             the
             countrey
             ,
             but
             even
             in
             your
             strongest
             walled
             Townes
             and
             Cities
             ,
             in
             somuch
             as
             you
             durst
             scarce
             peepe
             out
             at
             the
             gates
             of
             your
             great
             Garizons
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             
               Drogbeda
               .
            
             I
             grant
             ,
             when
             you
             had
             discovered
             those
             multitudes
             to
             be
             weapon-lesse
             ,
             and
             in
             no
             fit
             posture
             to
             defend
             themselves
             or
             offend
             you
             ,
             then
             indeede
             you
             tooke
             courage
             and
             rushing
             forth
             with
             horse
             and
             foote
             compleatly
             armed
             ,
             you
             slew
             man
             ,
             woman
             ,
             and
             child
             ,
             as
             they
             came
             under
             your
             lash
             ,
             aswell
             those
             that
             held
             the
             plough
             ▪
             as
             the
             pike
             ,
             the
             goade
             as
             the
             gun
             ,
             the
             suich
             as
             the
             sword
             ,
             which
             brave
             kinde
             of
             service
             and
             swaye
             you
             continued
             ,
             untill
             some
             Commanders
             ,
             Armes
             ,
             and
             ammunition
             ,
             came
             to
             our
             succour
             ,
             and
             then
             were
             you
             put
             to
             a
             stand
             .
             This
             is
             the
             naked
             truth
             ,
             without
             disparaging
             or
             undervaluing
             eyther
             Nation
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             observed
             ,
             since
             the
             battle
             of
             
               Rosse
               ,
            
             where
             ,
             though
             you
             had
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             field
             ,
             by
             oddes
             of
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             great
             advantage
             of
             your
             Artillery
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             somewhat
             else
             ,
             which
             were
             petty
             treason
             to
             touch
             ;
             yet
             wee
             had
             the
             honour
             to
             have
             relieved
             and
             kept
             the
             Towne
             ,
             and
             taken
             your
             shipping
             ,
             where
             you
             were
             so
             stung
             ,
             smarted
             ,
             and
             amazed
             at
             the
             sharpenesse
             of
             the
             encounter
             ,
             that
             ever
             since
             you
             have
             for
             borne
             to
             meete
             our
             Troupes
             .
             I
             will
             passe
             over
             the
             gayning
             of
             
               Burrise
               ,
               Bir
               ,
               sort-Faulkland
               ,
               Ballynikill
               ,
               Ballylenan
               ,
            
             and
             severall
             other
             places
             ,
             and
             skirmishes
             about
             the
             time
             of
             concluding
             the
             Cessation
             in
             
               September
            
             1643.
             specially
             at
             
               Loghleagh
               ,
            
             where
             a
             few
             of
             ours
             routed
             and
             slew
             multitudes
             of
             yours
             ,
             &
             
               Portlester
               ,
            
             where
             fell
             that
             busie
             nice
             warrier
             ,
             full
             of
             his
             countries
             bloud
             and
             spoyle
             ,
             and
             zeale
             to
             serve
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             
               Charles
            
             Lord
             viscouut
             
               Moore
               ,
            
             of
             unhappy
             memory
             .
             So
             as
             ,
             though
             we
             runne
             away
             ,
             (
             as
             you
             object
             )
             yet
             in
             each
             conflict
             you
             lost
             most
             men
             and
             that
             evermore
             of
             your
             chiefe
             Commanders
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             broken
             ,
             disorderly
             ,
             and
             disfurnished
             warre
             as
             we
             were
             compelled
             to
             make
             .
             And
             when
             you
             shall
             make
             an
             upcast
             of
             your
             accounts
             ,
             you
             shall
             finde
             (
             if
             selfe
             conceit
             inveigle
             you
             not
             )
             that
             we
             have
             not
             had
             the
             least
             or
             worst
             part
             of
             the
             victoryes
             .
             As
             for
             our
             retreate
             lately
             from
             
               Charlemount
               ,
            
             to
             refresh
             our
             horses
             and
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             our
             Army
             out
             of
             such
             narrow
             straights
             ,
             where
             Horse
             could
             not
             freely
             play
             ;
             (
             whereat
             you
             seeme
             to
             rejoyce
             ,
             and
             slaken
             the
             treaty
             of
             peace
             ,
             as
             if
             you
             would
             side
             with
             the
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             the
             Kings
             enemies
             )
             no
             other
             construction
             can
             be
             made
             thereof
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             was
             done
             to
             put
             the
             Army
             in
             a
             better
             posture
             for
             service
             :
             And
             suppose
             our
             Army
             did
             retyre
             or
             disbande
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             some
             carelesse
             fayler
             or
             defect
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             Councell
             ,
             or
             prime-Commanders
             ,
             in
             falling
             short
             of
             provision
             ,
             pay
             ,
             or
             other
             requisites
             :
             Must
             it
             therefore
             be
             inferred
             ,
             that
             the
             kingdome
             is
             the
             lesse
             considerable
             ,
             or
             powerfull
             to
             succour
             his
             Majesty
             ?
             This
             consequence
             halts
             over
             
               pons
               Assinorum
               ,
            
             it
             followes
             not
             .
             For
             it
             is
             manifest
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             whole
             kingdome
             had
             put
             their
             strength
             to
             it
             ,
             (
             though
             your
             party
             did
             sit
             still
             ,
             and
             looke
             on
             onely
             ,
             as
             in
             this
             occasion
             you
             have
             remarkeably
             done
             ,
             which
             argues
             
             in
             you
             infallibly
             ,
             eyther
             want
             of
             will
             ,
             or
             power
             ,
             if
             the
             former
             ,
             you
             are
             no
             right
             Subjects
             ,
             if
             the
             later
             ,
             you
             are
             lesse
             able
             to
             assist
             his
             Majesty
             then
             we
             )
             Little
             should
             the
             
               Scots
            
             be
             of
             force
             to
             resist
             us
             ,
             and
             much
             lesse
             (
             I
             am
             confident
             )
             will
             they
             be
             (
             the
             fire
             being
             now
             kindled
             and
             encreasing
             in
             their
             owne
             countrey
             )
             when
             your
             party
             and
             ours
             shall
             joyne
             unanimously
             against
             them
             .
             In
             the
             interim
             ,
             if
             ought
             shall
             happen
             amisse
             ,
             you
             may
             have
             a
             share
             in
             the
             blame
             and
             mischiefe
             .
             And
             our
             opposing
             the
             
               Scots
            
             deserveth
             a
             gratefull
             acknowledgement
             ,
             being
             a
             service
             more
             concerning
             your
             interests
             and
             safeties
             (
             if
             there
             be
             not
             some
             latent
             combination
             betwixt
             you
             and
             them
             )
             then
             ours
             ,
             in
             regard
             we
             are
             in
             a
             more
             able
             condition
             for
             defence
             and
             offence
             ,
             whereby
             ,
             you
             cannot
             but
             judge
             us
             to
             be
             considerable
             ,
             having
             lately
             maintayned
             in
             the
             field
             (
             besides
             all
             garison'd
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             trayn'd
             bands
             of
             horse
             and
             foote
             ,
             setled
             in
             the
             severall
             Counties
             )
             about
             seven
             or
             eight
             thousand
             foote
             ,
             and
             one
             thousands
             horse
             ,
             for
             five
             Moneths
             ,
             in
             a
             body
             .
             I
             beleeve
             our
             enemies
             have
             found
             our
             Troupes
             well
             able
             to
             breake
             theirs
             ,
             and
             to
             trample
             under
             foote
             their
             
               Scottish
            
             hobbyes
             .
             You
             may
             not
             be
             over
             confident
             of
             your
             past
             victories
             ,
             or
             presume
             so
             much
             on
             a
             vaine
             opinion
             of
             the
             
               Scottish-Army
            
             ,
             (
             whereof
             perhaps
             you
             make
             use
             to
             square
             and
             governe
             this
             Treaty
             )
             you
             cannot
             deny
             ,
             but
             we
             have
             multitudes
             of
             men
             ,
             many
             thousand
             Souldiers
             ,
             brave
             Cavvalliers
             ,
             and
             long
             experienced
             stout
             Commanders
             ,
             most
             zealous
             and
             willing
             to
             fight
             out
             this
             quarrell
             for
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             ,
             on
             secure
             contentment
             given
             their
             Nation
             ,
             will
             prove
             themselves
             as
             valiant
             and
             hardy
             now
             and
             alwayes
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             beene
             ever
             hetherto
             ,
             and
             still
             are
             ,
             reputed
             in
             all
             foraine
             Countries
             .
             I
             appeale
             to
             your
             owne
             knowledge
             ,
             whether
             any
             stands
             better
             of
             your
             side
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             then
             this
             country
             man
             ?
             So
             that
             we
             may
             truly
             say
             ,
             you
             fought
             with
             our
             owne
             men
             against
             us
             ,
             as
             now
             the
             
               Scots
            
             doe
             .
             And
             though
             the
             kingdome
             in
             many
             partes
             be
             destroyed
             ;
             yet
             are
             the
             revenues
             thereof
             still
             considerable
             :
             Whereas
             this
             last
             yeare
             of
             Cessation
             ,
             above
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             have
             beene
             levyed
             out
             of
             the
             very
             plough-lands
             ,
             and
             the
             Counties
             at
             large
             ,
             without
             scarce
             touching
             our
             Cities
             or
             walled
             Townes
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             thirty
             thousand
             pounds
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             on
             the
             Cessation
             ,
             for
             transporting
             the
             English
             Army
             herehence
             to
             his
             ayde
             ,
             fifty
             thousand
             pounds
             for
             the
             Army
             of
             
               Vlster
            
             at
             least
             ,
             during
             the
             expedition
             :
             twenty
             thousand
             pounds
             more
             have
             beene
             payed
             this
             same
             yeare
             ,
             in
             satisfaction
             of
             arrears
             due
             to
             Officers
             and
             Commanders
             ,
             besides
             divers
             other
             summes
             for
             our
             Agents
             at
             severall
             times
             ,
             which
             I
             omit
             ,
             together
             ,
             with
             the
             intertaynement
             of
             all
             such
             as
             serve
             the
             Common-weale
             ,
             whereof
             ,
             though
             some
             receive
             not
             much
             ,
             yet
             some
             others
             doe
             .
             I
             passe
             over
             all
             summes
             which
             lye
             hidden
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             Collectors
             ,
             Receivers
             ,
             &
             such
             other
             Officers
             ,
             which
             in
             all
             amounts
             to
             above
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             ,
             this
             yeare
             ,
             when
             the
             kingdome
             (
             I
             suppose
             ,
             and
             hope
             )
             is
             at
             the
             lowest
             
             ebbe
             .
             What
             then
             will
             it
             be
             able
             to
             affoord
             when
             a
             happy
             peace
             shall
             begin
             to
             recover
             it
             ,
             and
             bring
             a
             full
             tyde
             of
             all
             flourishing
             plenty
             ,
             specially
             ,
             when
             the
             
               English-pale
            
             shall
             be
             reinhabited
             ,
             which
             now
             lyes
             wast
             in
             a
             manner
             and
             uselesse
             ,
             and
             hath
             beene
             the
             best
             and
             richest
             Colony
             of
             the
             land
             ,
             and
             the
             chiefest
             and
             most
             abounding
             Granary
             thereof
             ,
             and
             prime
             support
             of
             the
             state
             ?
             and
             if
             the
             wayes
             wee
             have
             fixed
             on
             ,
             the
             last
             Assembly
             at
             
               Kilkenny
            
             in
             
               Iuly
            
             1644.
             be
             condescended
             unto
             ,
             and
             effectually
             followed
             ,
             during
             this
             grand
             necessity
             ,
             they
             will
             (
             I
             say
             )
             bring
             into
             the
             treasury
             ,
             at
             least
             foure
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             by
             the
             yeare
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             ensuing
             heads
             of
             a
             revenue
             agreed
             unto
             at
             
               Kilkenny
            
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             may
             plainely
             appeare
             .
             First
             ,
             the
             excises
             layd
             in
             a
             moderate
             way
             over
             all
             our
             quarters
             ,
             suppose
             halfe
             asmuch
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             will
             amount
             to
             a
             huge
             summe
             throughout
             all
             our
             Cities
             and
             Corporations
             ,
             as
             yet
             not
             touched
             in
             this
             kind
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             fourth
             part
             of
             the
             yearely
             rent
             and
             value
             of
             every
             mans
             estate
             ,
             which
             likewise
             I
             leave
             to
             be
             considered
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Rents
             ,
             Compositions
             ,
             and
             Customes
             ,
             which
             (
             though
             now
             in
             a
             manner
             during
             the
             warres
             ,
             lost
             ,
             or
             of
             small
             value
             )
             will
             upon
             a
             peace
             soone
             improue
             ,
             if
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             
               VVentworths
            
             or
             
               Ratclifes
               ,
            
             to
             cozen
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             Catch
             poll
             the
             Subject
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             two
             partes
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             of
             all
             Church-livings
             belonging
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             so
             much
             now
             insisted
             upon
             betweene
             the
             Catholicke
             and
             protestant
             Clergy
             :
             and
             this
             to
             assist
             his
             Majesty
             during
             the
             warres
             ,
             All
             which
             particulars
             of
             a
             revenue
             ,
             must
             doubtlesse
             amount
             unto
             a
             vast
             summe
             ,
             to
             be
             imployed
             first
             ,
             to
             secure
             and
             cleere
             this
             kingdome
             of
             all
             Round-heads
             ,
             and
             other
             malignant
             or
             ill-affected
             persons
             ,
             bee
             they
             
               English
               ,
               Irish
               ,
            
             or
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             which
             by
             a
             perfect
             union
             of
             the
             Protestant
             party
             (
             I
             meane
             such
             as
             sincerely
             adhere
             to
             the
             King
             )
             &
             ours
             ,
             may
             be
             speedily
             effectuated
             ,
             through
             the
             happy
             and
             disinteressed
             governement
             ,
             we
             then
             hope
             to
             enjoy
             ,
             and
             the
             free
             and
             cheerefull
             contribution
             of
             all
             
             to
             advance
             the
             said
             service
             ,
             which
             being
             atchieved
             ,
             then
             may
             all
             our
             Armies
             be
             transported
             into
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             our
             forces
             be
             imployed
             towards
             his
             Majesties
             succour
             which
             is
             the
             longing
             desire
             ,
             and
             chiefest
             ambition
             of
             this
             loyall
             Nation
             ,
             how
             suspitious
             soever
             you
             may
             be
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             your
             owne
             sinister
             intentions
             ;
             all
             which
             really
             pondered
             ,
             sans
             all
             jealous
             prejudication
             ,
             our
             helps
             both
             of
             men
             and
             monyes
             ,
             are
             highly
             considerable
             ▪
             and
             yours
             very
             little
             avaylable
             ,
             for
             first
             ,
             your
             party
             is
             in
             a
             manner
             no
             party
             ,
             at
             least
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             reason
             the
             most
             and
             strongest
             part
             thereof
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             ,
             consists
             of
             Puritans
             and
             antimonarchists
             ,
             such
             as
             would
             ,
             if
             it
             lay
             in
             their
             power
             ,
             rather
             Conquer
             the
             kingdome
             for
             their
             holy
             brethren
             ,
             the
             Parliamentaries
             ,
             
               Scots
               ,
            
             or
             
               Hollanders
               ,
            
             then
             for
             his
             Majesty
             .
             Next
             ,
             if
             you
             had
             a
             considerable
             protestant
             party
             ,
             you
             have
             no
             provision
             if
             Come
             ,
             victuals
             ,
             men
             ,
             or
             monyes
             ,
             nor
             can
             you
             expect
             any
             ,
             but
             from
             his
             Majesties
             enemies
             ,
             who
             will
             send
             you
             none
             ,
             to
             serve
             against
             themselves
             ,
             all
             which
             is
             before
             sufficiently
             
             demonstrated
             .
             How
             then
             are
             you
             prepared
             for
             a
             new
             warre
             ,
             or
             how
             able
             to
             extirpate
             this
             Nation
             ,
             if
             you
             intend
             not
             to
             bring
             in
             the
             parliament
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             of
             your
             anti-monarchicall
             brethren
             ,
             to
             winne
             the
             kingdome
             for
             themselves
             ,
             and
             weane
             it
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ?
             And
             what
             gets
             the
             King
             by
             that
             ?
             mary
             ,
             hee
             shall
             gayne
             an
             open
             enemy
             ,
             and
             loose
             a
             kingdome
             .
             And
             ,
             if
             for
             this
             end
             ,
             the
             parliament
             help
             you
             not
             ,
             they
             have
             small
             encouragement
             to
             send
             you
             any
             more
             ,
             so
             little
             effect
             have
             they
             found
             of
             the
             severall
             aydes
             hetherto
             transmitted
             ,
             which
             doth
             no
             way
             countervayle
             the
             bloud
             of
             so
             many
             thousand
             men
             ,
             and
             charge
             of
             so
             many
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             ,
             imployed
             ;
             spent
             ,
             and
             lost
             ,
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             to
             subdue
             ,
             and
             extinguish
             this
             Nation
             ,
             which
             must
             very
             much
             discourage
             them
             ,
             and
             retard
             their
             further
             adventures
             hether
             ,
             having
             their
             heads
             &
             hands
             full
             of
             worke
             at
             home
             .
             We
             know
             their
             spleene
             to
             
               Ireland
            
             over-flowes
             ,
             and
             their
             desire
             is
             transcendent
             ,
             to
             joyne
             it
             as
             a
             large
             Canton
             to
             their
             new
             intended
             state
             ,
             framed
             after
             the
             
               Holland
            
             cut
             :
             Yet
             ,
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             their
             ambition
             is
             first
             ,
             to
             settle
             it
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             to
             secure
             themselves
             ,
             much
             more
             prevalent
             ,
             for
             charity
             begins
             at
             home
             ;
             and
             they
             conceive
             ,
             they
             may
             come
             time
             enough
             to
             play
             the
             after
             game
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             for
             they
             assure
             themselves
             ,
             to
             have
             alwayes
             odde
             men
             lurking
             in
             our
             after
             points
             ,
             to
             keepe
             the
             Tables
             open
             .
             It
             is
             hard
             then
             for
             you
             to
             trust
             to
             their
             present
             supplyes
             so
             uncertaine
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             doe
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             hard
             for
             his
             Majesty
             to
             confide
             in
             you
             ,
             for
             doubtlesse
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             relieve
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             succour
             him
             ,
             whom
             they
             so
             violently
             oppose
             ,
             and
             labour
             to
             depose
             .
             Now
             I
             pray
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             a
             little
             further
             ,
             to
             examine
             your
             vaunting
             victories
             ,
             and
             therein
             to
             manifest
             the
             valour
             of
             our
             men
             ,
             so
             much
             by
             you
             undervalued
             .
             The
             first
             encounter
             was
             (
             as
             you
             cannot
             but
             remember
             )
             betweene
             the
             bridge
             of
             
               Gillianstone
               &
               Smithstone
               ,
            
             where
             a
             few
             of
             ours
             ,
             with
             Swords
             and
             Skines
             onely
             ,
             without
             shot
             defeated
             foure
             of
             five
             hundred
             of
             yours
             ,
             armed
             as
             compleatly
             as
             any
             ,
             Souldiers
             in
             
               Holland
               ,
            
             where
             among
             was
             a
             Troupe
             of
             Horse
             which
             saved
             themselves
             by
             their
             heeles
             ,
             and
             about
             three
             hundred
             of
             the
             foote
             were
             slaine
             in
             the
             place
             ,
             without
             shot
             or
             stroke
             in
             defence
             of
             their
             lives
             were
             the
             
               Irish
            
             then
             cowards
             ?
             During
             the
             siege
             of
             
               Drogheda
               ,
            
             (
             which
             though
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             rayse
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             Commanders
             ,
             Armes
             ,
             and
             Amunition
             )
             in
             the
             few
             encounters
             that
             were
             ,
             they
             shewed
             their
             valour
             ,
             even
             in
             standing
             ,
             and
             defending
             themselves
             not
             being
             provided
             for
             offence
             ,
             yet
             was
             your
             losse
             still
             most
             .
             And
             did
             not
             our
             young
             Gentlemen
             enter
             the
             Towne
             ,
             and
             therein
             sufficiently
             demonstrate
             their
             courage
             ,
             though
             compelled
             to
             retyre
             ,
             as
             you
             were
             at
             
               Rosse
               .
            
             At
             
               Swoards
               ,
               Finglas
               ,
            
             and
             
               Santry
               ,
            
             did
             not
             thirty
             or
             forty
             Musketires
             of
             ours
             ,
             having
             not
             above
             three
             shots
             of
             powder
             a
             peece
             ,
             with
             three
             or
             foure
             hundred
             Clubbetiers
             ,
             confront
             a
             body
             of
             eight
             hundred
             shot
             of
             yours
             ,
             beside
             pike
             and
             horse
             ,
             and
             slay
             your
             Commanders
             ,
             and
             sixe
             for
             one
             of
             
             your
             Souldiers
             ,
             till
             want
             of
             powder
             did
             force
             their
             retreat
             ,
             and
             give
             you
             way
             to
             murder
             a
             company
             of
             old
             labouring
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             ?
             At
             
               Kiljhalaghan
               ,
            
             did
             not
             they
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             kept
             the
             place
             also
             ,
             for
             that
             time
             in
             despite
             of
             you
             ,
             to
             your
             excessive
             losse
             ?
             At
             
               Trim
               ,
               Dundalke
               ,
            
             and
             other
             petty
             skirmishes
             ,
             you
             evermore
             lost
             your
             Commanders
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             your
             Souldiers
             ,
             neyther
             did
             you
             ever
             put
             ours
             to
             flight
             ,
             while
             they
             had
             a
             shot
             of
             powder
             left
             ,
             though
             you
             had
             ten
             Armes
             ,
             for
             one
             of
             ours
             .
             At
             
               Kilrush
               ,
            
             I
             confesse
             we
             were
             as
             many
             men
             (
             I
             believe
             )
             as
             you
             ,
             but
             your
             Artillery
             ,
             Horse
             ,
             Armes
             ,
             Amunition
             ,
             triply
             exceeded
             ours
             ,
             which
             are
             very
             great
             advantages
             ,
             yet
             little
             got
             you
             by
             that
             day
             ,
             but
             the
             field
             ,
             which
             ,
             with
             such
             oddes
             ,
             I
             hold
             for
             no
             great
             victory
             ,
             which
             you
             had
             not
             the
             courage
             to
             prosecute
             .
             All
             such
             Castles
             as
             you
             got
             from
             us
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             cost
             you
             deere
             ,
             ten
             lives
             or
             more
             ,
             for
             one
             ,
             though
             you
             layd
             formall
             sieges
             to
             them
             ,
             with
             Artillery
             ,
             plenty
             of
             Amunition
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             requisites
             ,
             against
             a
             few
             unarmed
             disfurnished
             men
             :
             Witnesse
             
               Carrigmain
               ,
               Baldugan
               ,
               Suddain
               ,
               Lynch
            
             his
             
               Knocke
               ,
            
             and
             severall
             other
             ,
             where
             commonly
             ,
             you
             most
             perfidiously
             broke
             your
             quarter
             given
             .
             All
             these
             were
             before
             the
             arrivall
             of
             any
             helpe
             of
             Commanders
             ,
             Armes
             ,
             or
             Amunition
             in
             our
             quarters
             ,
             since
             when
             you
             have
             alwayes
             lost
             ground
             ,
             and
             recovered
             none
             ;
             At
             
               Raconell
            
             you
             confesse
             our
             men
             fought
             valiantly
             ,
             even
             with
             stones
             ,
             when
             their
             powder
             was
             spent
             ,
             the
             want
             whereof
             (
             it
             is
             evident
             )
             was
             the
             sole
             cause
             of
             the
             defeat
             .
             At
             
               Loghleagh
               ,
            
             you
             were
             shamefully
             beaten
             .
             At
             
               Rosse
            
             we
             had
             our
             intent
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             defend
             the
             Towne
             ,
             though
             you
             got
             the
             field
             ,
             by
             the
             advantage
             of
             your
             Artillery
             ,
             and
             somewhat
             else
             ,
             must
             not
             be
             spoken
             off
             .
             At
             
               Keshenennan
               ,
            
             being
             in
             all
             ,
             not
             a
             full
             thousand
             men
             ,
             horse
             and
             foote
             ,
             very
             slightly
             provided
             ,
             we
             kept
             the
             passage
             against
             your
             great
             Army
             of
             five
             or
             sixe
             thousand
             horse
             and
             foote
             .
             At
             
               Clancurry
               ,
            
             we
             had
             also
             our
             intent
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             send
             you
             home
             ,
             without
             annoyance
             of
             us
             .
             At
             
               Portlester
            
             you
             got
             the
             worst
             ,
             as
             is
             aforesaid
             .
             All
             such
             Castles
             as
             we
             have
             gained
             from
             you
             ,
             we
             wonne
             them
             (
             in
             a
             manner
             )
             without
             difficulty
             ,
             blowes
             or
             losse
             ;
             (
             
               Ballinikill
            
             onely
             excepted
             ,
             which
             also
             held
             not
             out
             much
             more
             then
             halfe
             a
             day
             ,
             after
             the
             first
             shot
             of
             a
             Cannon
             ,
             though
             you
             vauntingly
             glorified
             it
             ,
             with
             the
             name
             of
             invincible
             )
             yet
             in
             each
             of
             them
             ,
             you
             abounded
             with
             men
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Military
             provision
             .
             Now
             in
             all
             these
             battles
             ,
             encounters
             ,
             skirmishes
             ,
             and
             Castles
             wonne
             or
             lost
             ,
             it
             is
             particularly
             to
             bee
             noted
             ,
             that
             you
             never
             gayned
             from
             us
             ,
             without
             stiffe
             and
             stout
             resistance
             ,
             sharpe
             blowes
             ,
             and
             much
             losse
             ,
             most
             commonly
             ,
             and
             with
             much
             advantage
             ,
             of
             Artillery
             ,
             Armes
             ,
             Amunition
             ,
             and
             other
             warlike
             necessaries
             ;
             whereas
             ,
             whensoever
             we
             got
             from
             you
             ,
             (
             I
             say
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             it
             was
             evermore
             without
             much
             opposition
             ,
             damage
             ,
             or
             bloud
             ,
             with
             all
             kinde
             of
             disadvantage
             of
             our
             side
             ,
             which
             evidently
             demonstrats
             whose
             men
             are
             most
             cowarded
             ,
             or
             stood
             worst
             .
             If
             we
             still
             runne
             away
             ,
             why
             did
             not
             you
             
             over-runne
             and
             conquer
             the
             kingdome
             ?
             And
             if
             a
             man
             armed
             onely
             with
             a
             Club
             ,
             or
             a
             Gunne
             without
             powder
             ,
             should
             flye
             from
             another
             ,
             compleatly
             armed
             ,
             and
             provided
             to
             his
             hearts
             desire
             ,
             can
             any
             with
             reason
             therefore
             call
             that
             man
             a
             coward
             ?
             I
             should
             rather
             hold
             him
             for
             a
             Cullion
             ,
             that
             pursues
             such
             a
             man
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             cannot
             wrest
             his
             will
             ,
             or
             winne
             his
             wish
             from
             him
             .
             If
             our
             men
             thus
             nakedly
             appointed
             ,
             could
             hold
             play
             ,
             for
             a
             whole
             yeare
             to
             yours
             plentifully
             furnished
             ,
             while
             succour
             was
             a
             comming
             ,
             as
             it
             appeares
             they
             did
             ,
             may
             they
             be
             nickenamed
             Cowards
             ?
             rather
             the
             contrary
             :
             for
             all
             this
             proves
             manifestly
             ,
             that
             you
             were
             very
             cowards
             ,
             or
             they
             very
             valiant
             fellowes
             ,
             and
             I
             thinke
             you
             will
             rather
             averre
             the
             later
             ,
             then
             avow
             the
             former
             .
             How
             ever
             ,
             I
             am
             certaine
             all
             Christian
             Nations
             else
             will
             ,
             and
             doe
             proclayme
             them
             valiant
             ,
             yea
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
            
             their
             most
             spleenative
             enemies
             ;
             Prince
             
               Rupert
            
             will
             witnesse
             it
             .
             And
             out
             of
             these
             premisses
             I
             deduce
             an
             infallible
             consequence
             ,
             two
             ,
             or
             three
             ,
             
               ergo
            
             our
             men
             and
             monyes
             are
             considerable
             ;
             
               ergo
            
             it
             is
             dangerous
             for
             you
             in
             a
             new
             warre
             to
             hazard
             the
             losse
             of
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             and
             utter
             extirpation
             of
             the
             protestant
             party
             ;
             
               Ergo
               ,
            
             it
             is
             better
             and
             safer
             for
             you
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             should
             give
             content
             to
             this
             Nation
             ,
             by
             giving
             his
             Royall
             assent
             to
             our
             propositions
             .
             But
             you
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             in
             his
             Majesties
             power
             to
             condescend
             to
             our
             demands
             .
             If
             he
             shall
             ,
             it
             will
             set
             popery
             againe
             in
             jurisdiction
             ,
             introduce
             the
             Supremacie
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             take
             away
             or
             endanger
             his
             Majesties
             supreme
             authority
             in
             causes
             Ecclesiasticall
             ,
             a
             diminution
             of
             honour
             and
             power
             not
             be
             endured
             .
             I
             answer
             ,
             we
             desire
             not
             the
             repealing
             of
             any
             ancient
             grounded
             lawes
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             disburdened
             of
             certayne
             grievous
             pressures
             layd
             on
             us
             ,
             either
             by
             acts
             of
             state
             ,
             or
             parliament
             ,
             or
             the
             lawlesse
             Law
             of
             
               Sic
               volo
               ,
               sic
               jubeo
            
             fraudulently
             or
             violently
             enacted
             and
             executed
             ,
             by
             the
             unsupportable
             tyranny
             of
             the
             ministers
             of
             this
             subordinat
             governement
             ,
             destructive
             to
             our
             Religion
             ,
             lives
             and
             liberties
             ,
             which
             ,
             a
             free
             parliament
             with
             his
             Majesties
             Royall
             assent
             can
             legally
             doe
             :
             therefore
             it
             lyes
             in
             his
             Majesties
             power
             to
             grant
             our
             propositions
             .
             Doubtlesse
             ,
             you
             will
             acknowledge
             King
             
               Charles
            
             to
             be
             as
             lawfull
             ,
             absolut
             ,
             &
             powerfull
             a
             King
             of
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Ireland
               ,
               tam
               de
               jure
               ,
               quam
               de
               facto
               ,
            
             as
             was
             
               Henry
            
             the
             
               VIII
               .
            
             or
             
               Edward
            
             the
             
               VI
               .
            
             Who
             (
             as
             it
             were
             at
             a
             blow
             )
             beat
             downe
             and
             suppressed
             a
             Religion
             of
             above
             eight
             hundred
             (
             or
             rather
             twelve
             hundred
             )
             yeares
             standing
             ,
             seazed
             on
             IESUS
             CHRISTS
             owne
             patrimony
             ,
             the
             possessions
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             confiscated
             their
             goods
             ,
             sacked
             and
             prophaned
             their
             Churches
             ,
             &
             in
             
             fine
             ,
             turned
             above
             ten
             thousand
             of
             them
             out
             of
             doores
             to
             seeke
             their
             fortunes
             ,
             without
             being
             heard
             ,
             or
             orderly
             convicted
             for
             any
             offence
             ,
             contrary
             to
             all
             Law
             ,
             conscience
             ,
             and
             common
             reason
             :
             For
             ,
             the
             Abbeys
             hold
             their
             Lands
             in
             
               Franke
               Almoine
               ,
            
             and
             in
             
               Fee
               ,
            
             they
             were
             possessed
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             donation
             of
             severall
             
               Saxon
               ,
               English
            
             and
             
               Norman
            
             Kings
             ,
             and
             Subjects
             ,
             continued
             legally
             by
             prescription
             ,
             
             established
             by
             law
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             by
             the
             Charters
             of
             Kings
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             
               Magna
               Charta
               9.
               H.
            
             3.
             and
             the
             confirmation
             thereof
             28.
             
               Ed.
            
             1.
             
             Where
             it
             is
             granted
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             shall
             be
             free
             ,
             and
             have
             its
             liberties
             inviolable
             ,
             and
             
               cap.
            
             2.
             judgement
             given
             against
             them
             shall
             be
             held
             for
             naught
             :
             Also
             ,
             
               sententia
               lata
               super
               confirmatione
               Chartarum
               ,
            
             by
             
               Ed.
            
             1.
             or
             ●●
             .
             
               Ed.
               3.
               cap.
            
             8.
             
             If
             any
             statute
             be
             made
             contrary
             to
             
               Magna
               Charta
               ,
            
             it
             shall
             be
             voyde
             ,
             or
             the
             confirmation
             of
             all
             these
             ,
             1.
             6.
             7.
             8.
             of
             
               Rich.
            
             2.
             and
             4.
             
             
               H
            
             4.
             
             All
             which
             were
             intended
             to
             prevent
             tyranny
             ,
             and
             secure
             the
             Church
             then
             being
             ,
             visibly
             knowne
             ,
             and
             generally
             reverenced
             :
             for
             to
             no
             other
             Church
             were
             they
             granted
             ,
             neyther
             can
             any
             other
             enjoy
             them
             .
             Yet
             did
             
               Henry
            
             the
             eight
             ,
             and
             
               Edward
            
             the
             sixt
             assume
             the
             
             power
             to
             controvert
             and
             subvert
             all
             these
             ,
             which
             you
             approve
             and
             applaud
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             acts
             surmounting
             the
             puisance
             of
             heaven
             ;
             and
             you
             will
             not
             allow
             King
             
               Charles
            
             the
             power
             of
             ordinary
             actions
             ,
             and
             sublunary
             things
             in
             our
             behalfes
             ;
             albeit
             you
             avow
             his
             consent
             given
             to
             the
             
               Scots
            
             (
             as
             aforesaid
             )
             by
             act
             of
             parliament
             to
             pull
             downe
             Bishops
             ,
             without
             whom
             a
             parliament
             is
             no
             parliament
             ,
             In
             equity
             and
             reason
             ,
             whatsoever
             Common-law
             may
             pretend
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
             His
             Majesty
             by
             a
             publicke
             Declaration
             in
             Print
             declared
             the
             late
             Earle
             of
             
               Strafford
            
             innocent
             for
             matter
             of
             bloud
             ,
             yet
             was
             he
             compelled
             after
             to
             subscribe
             to
             the
             condemnation
             and
             decollation
             of
             the
             said
             Earle
             to
             content
             the
             parliament
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             yet
             insatiably
             discontented
             .
             All
             these
             (
             I
             say
             )
             you
             approve
             and
             commend
             ,
             and
             yet
             must
             his
             Majesties
             hands
             be
             bound
             ,
             and
             his
             gracious
             favours
             lockt
             up
             from
             us
             ,
             under
             pretext
             (
             forsooth
             )
             of
             impossibilities
             in
             our
             demands
             ,
             though
             they
             contayne
             nought
             ,
             but
             what
             legally
             layes
             in
             his
             Majesties
             Royall
             brest
             to
             grant
             .
             As
             for
             your
             wonted
             childish
             foppery
             ,
             which
             you
             call
             popery
             to
             be
             set
             againe
             in
             jurisdiction
             ,
             our
             propositions
             import
             (
             as
             you
             meane
             it
             )
             no
             such
             thing
             ;
             but
             that
             we
             may
             be
             allowed
             the
             freedome
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholicke
             Religion
             ,
             which
             hath
             here
             continued
             in
             jurisdiction
             (
             if
             you
             know
             what
             meanes
             jurisdiction
             )
             above
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             ,
             maugre
             all
             your
             fiery
             furies
             ,
             and
             persecutions
             .
             And
             suppose
             it
             were
             in
             jurisdiction
             ,
             as
             you
             understand
             it
             ,
             no
             disinteressed
             judgement
             can
             see
             what
             his
             Majesty
             should
             loose
             thereby
             ;
             his
             Rents
             and
             Customes
             would
             be
             still
             the
             same
             ,
             if
             not
             much
             more
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             freedome
             of
             ingresse
             and
             egresse
             of
             trafficke
             ,
             and
             the
             fidelity
             of
             Officers
             ;
             he
             should
             gayne
             a
             hundred
             hearts
             for
             one
             ,
             both
             at
             home
             and
             abroad
             ;
             he
             should
             be
             obeyed
             and
             served
             ,
             as
             Father
             of
             the
             Common-weale
             ,
             for
             love
             and
             filiall
             feare
             ,
             not
             as
             he
             has
             beene
             hetherto
             by
             you
             ,
             for
             lucre
             and
             interest
             ,
             aswell
             appeares
             by
             your
             now
             falling
             off
             from
             him
             ,
             since
             the
             dayes
             of
             gayne
             are
             expired
             :
             for
             his
             protestant
             party
             here
             ,
             is
             onely
             (
             as
             aforesaid
             )
             in
             
               Dublin
               ,
               Drogheda
               ,
               Dundalke
               ,
            
             and
             in
             those
             quarters
             ,
             where
             also
             now
             by
             a
             new
             treason
             lately
             discovered
             ,
             they
             manifest
             the
             old
             treachery
             lay
             hidden
             in
             their
             hearts
             ;
             and
             (
             to
             confirme
             what
             I
             have
             
             above
             layd
             downe
             )
             on
             this
             discovery
             there
             were
             found
             but
             onely
             three
             Commanders
             in
             the
             whole
             Towne
             of
             
               Drogheda
            
             who
             stood
             for
             his
             Majesty
             :
             And
             ,
             if
             all
             the
             protestant
             pulses
             in
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             or
             elsewhere
             in
             
               Ireland
            
             were
             felt
             by
             a
             skilfull
             Physitian
             in
             that
             kinde
             ,
             I
             doubt
             ,
             there
             would
             hardly
             be
             found
             a
             hundred
             free
             from
             that
             franticke
             feaver
             .
             As
             concerning
             the
             introduction
             of
             the
             supremacy
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             which
             you
             object
             ;
             it
             is
             well
             knowen
             ,
             and
             we
             care
             not
             who
             knowes
             it
             ,
             that
             all
             
               Ireland
            
             never
             beleeved
             other
             ;
             how
             then
             can
             that
             be
             intended
             to
             be
             introduced
             ,
             that
             has
             never
             beene
             taken
             out
             of
             it
             ?
             I
             say
             all
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             that
             is
             ,
             all
             
               Irish-men
               ,
            
             whereof
             if
             a
             very
             few
             beleeved
             otherwise
             they
             were
             of
             a
             viperous
             brood
             ,
             destructive
             to
             their
             mother
             ,
             and
             considerable
             ,
             as
             none
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             whole
             kingdome
             ,
             as
             also
             such
             
               English
            
             as
             here
             inhabited
             .
             With
             all
             ,
             our
             propositions
             make
             no
             mention
             of
             any
             such
             intended
             innovation
             .
             So
             as
             (
             suppose
             the
             Roman
             Catholicke
             Religion
             were
             freely
             exercised
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             which
             is
             that
             we
             seeke
             )
             the
             supremacie
             in
             causes
             Ecclesiasticall
             ,
             and
             the
             honour
             and
             power
             thereof
             ,
             should
             still
             asmuch
             as
             ever
             remayne
             in
             his
             Majesty
             .
             Yet
             reflect
             but
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             perceive
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             has
             lost
             that
             honour
             &
             power
             you
             so
             much
             esteeme
             ,
             in
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             (
             Oh
             that
             that
             were
             all
             !
             )
             for
             the
             parliament
             and
             
               Scots
            
             (
             if
             any
             they
             admit
             )
             attribut
             it
             to
             the
             
               Elders
            
             of
             their
             
               Kirke
               ;
            
             but
             there
             is
             no
             corner
             in
             a
             Round-head
             for
             such
             a
             supreme
             beliefe
             ;
             it
             has
             place
             then
             onely
             in
             a
             few
             protestant
             heads
             (
             and
             fewer
             hearts
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             all
             profoundly
             sounded
             )
             in
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             as
             for
             the
             beliefe
             of
             Roman
             Catholicks
             in
             that
             kinde
             ,
             it
             derogates
             not
             a
             single
             haire
             from
             their
             faithfull
             and
             fixed
             allegeance
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             is
             evident
             by
             their
             cleaving
             to
             him
             in
             his
             three
             kingdomes
             ,
             now
             in
             these
             boysterous
             times
             of
             his
             troubles
             ,
             when
             all
             Sectaries
             flote
             in
             their
             fidelities
             ,
             and
             flitt
             according
             their
             fancies
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             what
             great
             diminution
             of
             honour
             or
             power
             (
             to
             use
             your
             owne
             words
             )
             should
             his
             Majesty
             thereby
             sustaine
             ,
             suppose
             the
             supremacy
             of
             
               Rome
            
             were
             introduced
             ?
             The
             world
             knowes
             (
             that
             knowes
             the
             History
             of
             
               England
            
             )
             that
             the
             Crowne
             of
             
               England
            
             had
             more
             power
             ,
             honour
             ,
             fame
             &
             wealth
             ,
             before
             it
             assumed
             that
             seeming
             specious
             Title
             ,
             then
             it
             could
             ever
             since
             then
             ,
             purchase
             ,
             eyther
             at
             home
             or
             abroad
             .
             This
             needes
             no
             proofe
             ,
             the
             Legend
             of
             the
             lives
             of
             the
             Monarchs
             thereof
             ,
             does
             demonstrate
             it
             .
             Had
             not
             
               Henry
            
             the
             
               VIII
               .
            
             morerenowne
             ,
             by
             his
             Booke
             written
             against
             
               Luther
            
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             seven
             Sacraments
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             received
             a
             Sword
             from
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             with
             the
             glorious
             Title
             of
             
               Defender
            
             of
             the
             
               Faith
               ,
            
             then
             he
             had
             after
             ,
             when
             his
             lust
             lead
             him
             to
             arrogate
             the
             supremacy
             ?
             and
             more
             treasure
             had
             he
             in
             his
             Coffers
             ,
             I
             am
             certaine
             .
             For
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             spoyle
             and
             pillage
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             whereof
             the
             value
             of
             the
             Lands
             onely
             
               England
               ,
            
             at
             that
             time
             amounted
             to
             above
             three
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             thousand
             pounds
             ten
             shillings
             sterling
             
               per
               annum
               ,
            
             out
             of
             which
             the
             King
             tooke
             into
             his
             owne
             possession
             ,
             and
             appropriated
             
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             a
             hundred
             sixty
             one
             thousand
             one
             hundred
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
               ,
            
             besides
             their
             moveables
             ,
             which
             doubtlesse
             made
             up
             a
             vast
             summe
             :
             yet
             died
             he
             without
             wealth
             ,
             without
             honour
             ,
             without
             friends
             ,
             without
             peace
             in
             his
             house
             ,
             or
             heart
             ,
             and
             with
             remorse
             of
             Conscience
             belcheth
             forth
             his
             last
             breath
             in
             despayre
             ,
             with
             an
             
               Omnia
               perdidimus
               :
            
             and
             can
             boast
             of
             no
             other
             Monument
             he
             hath
             left
             to
             Record
             his
             memory
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             hee
             left
             ,
             who
             vaunted
             of
             burning
             
               Dianas
            
             Temple
             .
             Now
             since
             then
             ,
             can
             any
             man
             shew
             me
             the
             effects
             of
             the
             supposed
             honour
             or
             power
             ,
             
               England
            
             has
             enjoyed
             or
             acquired
             ,
             eyther
             forraine
             or
             domesticke
             ,
             by
             the
             supremacy
             ,
             other
             then
             pride
             ,
             luxury
             ,
             epicurisme
             ,
             blasphemy
             ,
             effeminacy
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             a
             licencious
             liberty
             to
             swim
             in
             sin
             ,
             and
             wallow
             in
             vice
             without
             controll
             ?
             It
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Duke
             went
             into
             
               Spaine
               ,
               Basta
               .
            
             And
             to
             the
             Isle
             of
             
               Ree
               ,
               c'est
               assé
               .
               England
            
             has
             assisted
             in
             this
             later
             age
             ,
             
               Holland
               ,
               Swedland
               ,
            
             the
             
               Palatinate
               ,
            
             and
             other
             rebels
             against
             their
             naturall
             and
             lawfull
             Soveraignes
             ,
             and
             has
             beene
             ,
             and
             still
             is
             cowed
             by
             that
             Nation
             ,
             which
             it
             most
             scorned
             and
             vilipended
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             over
             which
             in
             former
             ages
             it
             was
             wont
             to
             domineere
             ,
             crow
             ,
             and
             conquer
             .
             It
             is
             lately
             become
             the
             forge
             of
             novellisme
             and
             heresie
             ,
             the
             nursery
             of
             Sects
             ,
             and
             now
             the
             stage
             of
             rebellion
             .
             These
             are
             the
             fruits
             of
             your
             gosling
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             the
             feats
             of
             honour
             and
             power
             ,
             acted
             since
             the
             supremacie
             of
             
               Rome
            
             has
             beene
             expelled
             ,
             and
             the
             inheritance
             of
             
               S.
               Peter
            
             intruded
             upon
             .
             
               France
               ,
               Spaine
               Italy
               ,
               Poland
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Catholicke
             countries
             ,
             states
             and
             Provinces
             ,
             who
             still
             continue
             obedient
             children
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             esteeme
             themseves
             eyther
             in
             power
             ,
             honour
             ,
             wealth
             ,
             or
             worldly
             splendour
             ,
             no
             way
             inferiour
             to
             
               England
               ;
            
             yea
             many
             of
             them
             farre
             exceede
             it
             in
             all
             .
             They
             are
             adored
             ,
             beloved
             ,
             awed
             at
             home
             and
             abroad
             ;
             The
             
               Turkes
               ,
               Heathens
               ,
            
             and
             
               Infidels
            
             feare
             and
             feele
             the
             force
             of
             their
             armes
             ;
             both
             ends
             of
             the
             world
             doe
             them
             homage
             ,
             are
             tributary
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             contribut
             to
             the
             farssing
             of
             their
             Coffers
             .
             Yet
             doe
             they
             still
             acknowledge
             
               Rome
            
             their
             superiour
             in
             causes
             Ecclesiasticall
             ,
             neyther
             have
             they
             any
             ambition
             to
             spirituall
             jurisdiction
             ,
             because
             they
             know
             they
             are
             incapable
             thereof
             ,
             and
             they
             deeme
             it
             rather
             a
             diminution
             ,
             then
             any
             addition
             of
             honour
             or
             power
             to
             arrogat
             a
             Title
             which
             derogats
             from
             the
             power
             and
             jurisdiction
             essentially
             inhering
             in
             that
             Title
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             assured
             cannot
             be
             but
             in
             a
             Priest
             .
             So
             as
             this
             great
             
               Colossus
            
             of
             honour
             and
             power
             ,
             
               Supremacy
               ,
            
             in
             spirituall
             causes
             in
             a
             secular
             person
             ,
             (
             the
             losse
             whereof
             you
             so
             much
             apprehend
             )
             is
             a
             meere
             
               ens
               rationis
               ,
            
             and
             consequently
             a
             thing
             not
             to
             be
             thought
             of
             by
             rationall
             men
             .
             Yet
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             needes
             be
             so
             chymericall
             ,
             as
             to
             contend
             
               de
               lanacaprina
               ,
            
             take
             you
             it
             ,
             so
             wee
             may
             have
             from
             the
             benignity
             of
             his
             gracious
             Majesty
             his
             Royall
             assent
             to
             our
             humble
             propositions
             ,
             which
             all
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             reall
             patriots
             are
             bound
             to
             wish
             and
             vote
             ,
             it
             being
             the
             most
             efficacious
             meane
             to
             secure
             and
             succour
             his
             Majesty
             against
             the
             malignant
             party
             ,
             
             and
             to
             settle
             this
             tottering
             kingdome
             in
             a
             firme
             and
             constant
             peace
             ,
             whereto
             a
             raging
             malice
             to
             this
             Nation
             ,
             with
             an
             undiscreete
             antypathicall
             zeale
             to
             the
             extirpation
             of
             the
             Religion
             thereof
             may
             rayse
             many
             opposits
             .
             But
             let
             every
             man
             of
             both
             parties
             lay
             his
             hands
             on
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             sadly
             consider
             the
             state
             of
             this
             kingdome
             ,
             which
             lyes
             pining
             in
             a
             violent
             hecticke
             feaver
             :
             Its
             veines
             have
             beene
             superaboundantly
             vented
             .
             Too
             much
             phlebotomy
             drives
             the
             body
             into
             a
             consumption
             .
             If
             the
             flames
             shall
             once
             againe
             burst
             forth
             ,
             and
             the
             Sword
             be
             reunsheated
             betwixt
             us
             ,
             without
             doubt
             nothing
             shall
             ever
             quench
             the
             one
             ,
             or
             put
             up
             the
             other
             but
             the
             utter
             eradication
             and
             abolition
             of
             you
             and
             your
             Religion
             ,
             or
             us
             and
             ours
             ;
             and
             whether
             ,
             no
             man
             but
             he
             that
             's
             God
             and
             man
             can
             tell
             .
             Can
             any
             then
             so
             farre
             deviate
             from
             the
             roade
             of
             reason
             ,
             as
             to
             take
             their
             way
             where
             they
             are
             certayne
             to
             bee
             way
             laid
             ,
             or
             in
             eminent
             danger
             of
             the
             losse
             of
             their
             purses
             and
             persons
             ,
             while
             they
             may
             confidently
             walke
             other
             secure
             paths
             ?
             Who
             can
             be
             so
             unwise
             ,
             as
             to
             lay
             the
             foundation
             of
             so
             waighty
             a
             structure
             ,
             as
             is
             that
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             lives
             ,
             and
             fortunes
             ,
             on
             floating
             sands
             ,
             while
             they
             may
             have
             firme
             and
             solid
             grounds
             to
             build
             on
             ?
             I
             know
             not
             what
             will
             and
             rage
             may
             doe
             ;
             but
             well
             ,
             what
             wit
             and
             reason
             should
             doe
             .
             Let
             every
             man
             therefore
             (
             I
             say
             )
             wipe
             off
             from
             the
             eye
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             all
             Nationall
             animosities
             ,
             all
             over-weening
             conceits
             of
             proper
             might
             ,
             all
             unnaturall
             antypathies
             ,
             all
             jealous
             distrusts
             ,
             and
             every
             atom
             of
             any
             other
             passion
             ,
             which
             may
             offuscat
             the
             visive
             powers
             from
             discerning
             what
             may
             most
             conduce
             to
             the
             recovery
             of
             our
             infirme
             Countrey
             ,
             whereunto
             ,
             I
             wish
             each
             undividuall
             would
             put
             his
             helping
             head
             ,
             heart
             ,
             and
             hand
             without
             morosity
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             better
             policy
             ,
             then
             to
             keepe
             all
             in
             suspense
             forsooth
             ,
             to
             avoyd
             the
             blame
             of
             concluding
             any
             thing
             ,
             and
             to
             spin
             out
             time
             ,
             to
             see
             for
             whom
             the
             triumph
             will
             turne
             ,
             or
             which
             way
             the
             game
             will
             goe
             ,
             eyther
             for
             the
             King
             or
             Parliament
             ▪
             so
             to
             runne
             with
             the
             good
             successe
             ,
             and
             to
             beate
             on
             the
             winners
             hand
             ,
             or
             upon
             a
             shuffling
             up
             of
             the
             game
             ,
             and
             an
             accommodation
             to
             betray
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             take
             all
             advantages
             against
             it
             ,
             as
             may
             well
             be
             collected
             and
             feared
             ,
             out
             of
             these
             long
             suspitious
             treaties
             ,
             and
             frequent
             Cessations
             .
             But
             the
             great
             God
             of
             heaven
             ,
             and
             protector
             of
             the
             Innocent
             ,
             who
             hath
             hitherto
             frustrated
             the
             grand
             plot
             of
             our
             adversaries
             ,
             intended
             for
             the
             extirpation
             of
             our
             Nation
             and
             Religion
             ,
             by
             stirring
             up
             a
             warre
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             to
             divert
             their
             fiendly
             fury
             ,
             &
             revenge
             the
             spilling
             of
             so
             much
             Innocent
             bloud
             ,
             as
             hath
             beene
             here
             unhumanly
             shed
             ,
             may
             (
             and
             doubtlesse
             will
             )
             convert
             their
             present
             machinations
             on
             themselves
             .
             The
             
               Foxe
            
             is
             oft
             taken
             by
             his
             too
             much
             cunning
             and
             wilynesse
             ,
             when
             one
             good
             plaine
             way
             of
             leaping
             into
             the
             Tree
             ,
             still
             saves
             the
             
               Cat
               .
            
             Did
             not
             the
             state
             here
             cause
             all
             the
             Corne
             in
             the
             
               Pale
            
             to
             be
             destroyed
             and
             burned
             ,
             the
             poore
             labouring
             men
             to
             be
             murdered
             ,
             and
             so
             tillage
             to
             be
             almost
             quite
             banished
             ,
             thereby
             
             to
             starve
             the
             Inhabitants
             ?
             which
             ,
             without
             doubt
             had
             famished
             themselves
             were
             it
             not
             for
             the
             Cessation
             in
             
               September
               1643.
               
               Via
               plana
               ,
               via
               sana
               ▪
            
             T'
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             these
             winding
             wyles
             and
             halting
             policies
             may
             betray
             and
             loose
             his
             Majesty
             all
             his
             protestant
             party
             ,
             so
             ready
             to
             slip
             after
             good
             successe
             ,
             whilest
             the
             parliament
             shall
             winne
             more
             stedfast
             footing
             in
             
               North-VVales
            
             over
             against
             our
             Coasts
             &
             Harbours
             ,
             whereby
             they
             may
             prevent
             the
             timely
             transportation
             of
             our
             ayde
             .
             It
             is
             dangerous
             to
             let
             a
             disease
             runne
             too
             farre
             ,
             and
             a
             patient
             to
             worke
             and
             trust
             too
             much
             to
             the
             strength
             of
             his
             nature
             ,
             least
             all
             helps
             of
             Physicke
             come
             too
             late
             .
             You
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             to
             beare
             the
             
               Scots
            
             and
             other
             Round-heads
             in
             hand
             ,
             till
             you
             be
             assured
             of
             the
             Confederates
             .
             You
             hover
             then
             in
             your
             resolutions
             of
             adhering
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             you
             falter
             in
             your
             fidelity
             ,
             seeing
             you
             hold
             correspondence
             with
             his
             professed
             enemies
             ,
             and
             oppose
             and
             reject
             those
             ,
             who
             (
             you
             know
             in
             your
             Consciences
             ,
             whereto
             I
             appeale
             )
             are
             his
             Majesties
             best
             and
             truest
             Subjects
             ,
             though
             they
             may
             not
             yeeld
             to
             such
             conditions
             of
             peace
             ,
             as
             you
             would
             put
             on
             them
             ,
             without
             perpetuall
             slavery
             ,
             infamy
             ,
             and
             danger
             of
             being
             one
             day
             massacred
             .
             You
             presume
             top
             much
             on
             the
             friendship
             and
             allyance
             some
             of
             your
             great
             ones
             have
             amongst
             us
             ,
             which
             you
             are
             best
             beware
             how
             you
             squise
             and
             wier-drawe
             too
             farre
             ,
             least
             you
             force
             us
             to
             forget
             all
             relations
             of
             bloud
             ,
             and
             tyes
             of
             friendship
             ,
             whereto
             Religion
             and
             Countrey
             must
             be
             preferred
             .
             Vnnaturall
             suits
             and
             quarrels
             ,
             prove
             still
             the
             most
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             least
             capable
             of
             reconciliation
             .
             Let
             not
             any
             thinke
             to
             rayse
             or
             endeere
             themselves
             to
             his
             Majesty
             by
             extraordinary
             services
             ,
             in
             forcing
             the
             harder
             conditions
             on
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             for
             they
             shall
             thereby
             lose
             his
             Majesty
             more
             hearts
             ,
             then
             gayne
             heads
             and
             hands
             for
             his
             assistance
             ,
             while
             you
             presse
             too
             much
             their
             persons
             and
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             grate
             too
             deeply
             on
             their
             estates
             and
             purses
             ,
             they
             having
             ever
             beene
             and
             still
             are
             too
             free
             and
             willing
             of
             themselves
             ,
             to
             supply
             his
             Majesties
             necessities
             ,
             to
             support
             his
             glory
             and
             prerogatives
             ,
             and
             advance
             his
             service
             :
             though
             I
             may
             with
             a
             sigh
             ,
             say
             ,
             they
             have
             beene
             evermore
             most
             unfortunat
             ▪
             in
             sharing
             any
             part
             of
             the
             thankes
             of
             all
             their
             benevolous
             actions
             and
             large
             contributions
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             which
             the
             Governors
             of
             this
             kingdome
             did
             still
             snatch
             and
             arrogat
             to
             themselves
             ,
             by
             magnifying
             their
             owne
             endevours
             and
             labours
             ,
             interposed
             betweene
             the
             King
             and
             his
             people
             ;
             as
             lately
             did
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               Strafford
               ,
            
             who
             engrossed
             all
             the
             honour
             and
             thankes
             of
             our
             profuse
             Subsidies
             ,
             and
             ingenuous
             willingnesse
             to
             his
             Majesties
             service
             ,
             to
             himselfe
             ;
             which
             may
             be
             a
             sufficient
             precaution
             to
             us
             ;
             and
             his
             fall
             from
             the
             stage
             ,
             by
             over-acting
             his
             part
             ,
             a
             lively
             president
             to
             all
             others
             ,
             for
             eviting
             such
             a
             Tragicall
             end
             ,
             which
             is
             commonly
             the
             Epilogue
             of
             all
             politicke
             playes
             .
             Let
             therfore
             all
             such
             ,
             as
             act
             those
             eminent
             partes
             of
             Kings
             or
             Princes
             on
             the
             Theater
             of
             the
             Common-weale
             ,
             enter
             into
             themselves
             ,
             and
             consider
             ,
             that
             albeit
             they
             personat
             
             Princes
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             none
             ,
             but
             fellow-players
             of
             the
             Globe
             or
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             both
             they
             and
             their
             posterity
             ,
             subject
             to
             such
             inconveniences
             and
             pressures
             ,
             as
             they
             ,
             by
             overmuch
             affectation
             of
             applause
             ,
             or
             other
             falter
             ,
             shall
             have
             drawen
             on
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             company
             .
             So
             as
             ,
             when
             the
             play
             is
             done
             ,
             those
             momentall
             glorious
             Kings
             ,
             may
             perhaps
             for
             ever
             after
             ,
             be
             driven
             to
             act
             the
             Clowne
             ,
             exull
             or
             pilgrim
             ,
             aswell
             as
             the
             meanest
             of
             their
             companions
             ,
             which
             God
             avert
             from
             all
             well
             meaning
             servitures
             ,
             whose
             sincere
             intentions
             and
             radiant
             Candour
             ,
             will
             in
             fine
             (
             I
             hope
             )
             shine
             thorough
             the
             the
             thick
             est
             of
             these
             Egyptiacall
             cloudes
             ,
             which
             hang
             over
             our
             Hemisphere
             ,
             and
             disperse
             all
             malignant
             vapours
             and
             vipers
             ,
             which
             will
             vanish
             thoroughout
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             like
             false
             apparitions
             or
             specters
             ,
             upon
             a
             true
             vnion
             &
             understanding
             betweene
             the
             King
             and
             his
             people
             ,
             wherto
             ,
             may
             propitious
             heauen
             say
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
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             VVhat
             followes
             ,
             are
             the
             words
             of
             an
             approved
             English
             Author
             .
          
           
             Hetherto
             the
             foresaid
             Author
             .