A narrative of the settlement and sale of Ireland whereby the just English adventurer is much prejudiced, the antient proprietor destroyed, and publick faith violated : to the great discredit of the English church, and government, (if not re-called and made void) as being against the principles of Christianity, and true Protestancy / written in a letter by a gentleman in the country to a noble-man at court.
         Narrative of the Earl of Clarendon's settlement and sale of Ireland
         French, Nicholas, 1604-1678.
      
       
         
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             A narrative of the settlement and sale of Ireland whereby the just English adventurer is much prejudiced, the antient proprietor destroyed, and publick faith violated : to the great discredit of the English church, and government, (if not re-called and made void) as being against the principles of Christianity, and true Protestancy / written in a letter by a gentleman in the country to a noble-man at court.
             Narrative of the Earl of Clarendon's settlement and sale of Ireland
             French, Nicholas, 1604-1678.
          
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           A
           NARRATIVE
           OF
           THE
           Settlement
           and
           Sale
           OF
           IRELAND
           .
        
         
           Whereby
           the
           Just
           English
           Adventurer
           is
           much
           prejudiced
           ,
           the
           Antient
           Proprietor
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           publick
           Faith
           violated
           ;
           to
           the
           great
           discredit
           of
           the
           English
           Church
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           (
           if
           not
           re-called
           and
           made
           void
           )
           as
           being
           against
           the
           Principles
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           true
           Protestancy
           .
        
         
           Written
           in
           a
           Letter
           by
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           to
           a
           Noble-man
           at
           Court.
           
        
         
           LOVAIN
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCLXVIII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           .
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           in
           obedience
           to
           your
           Lordships
           Commands
           ,
           set
           down
           in
           brief
           ,
           the
           sad
           and
           deplorable
           state
           of
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           apparent
           injustice
           ,
           and
           innequality
           used
           in
           the
           present
           Settlement
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ;
           which
           ,
           in
           my
           opinion
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           formerly
           told
           your
           Lordship
           )
           hath
           chiefly
           occasioned
           the
           heavy
           Judgements
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           our
           English
           Nation
           hath
           sensibly
           felt
           these
           many
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           our
           Sufferings
           are
           not
           yet
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           take
           a
           speedy
           course
           to
           humble
           our selves
           ,
           and
           appease
           the
           wrath
           of
           his
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           may
           punish
           us
           farther
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           Justice
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           (
           contrary
           to
           all
           Justice
           )
           hitherto
           oppressed
           the
           Irish
           .
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           of
           Ireland
           have
           infinitely
           suffered
           ,
           during
           the
           late
           Usurped
           Governments
           ;
           But
           they
           have
           done
           it
           cheerfully
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           not
           without
           some
           comfort
           ;
           having
           had
           all
           that
           time
           ,
           as
           Companions
           in
           Suffering
           ,
           not
           only
           some
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ;
           
             Ferre
             quam
             Sortem
             patiuntur
             omnes
             ,
             Nemo
             recusat
             .
          
           But
           now
           since
           His
           Majesties
           happy
           Restauration
           ,
           and
           during
           the
           universal
           Jubilee
           of
           Joy
           over
           all
           the
           British
           Monarchy
           ,
           that
           the
           Irish
           alone
           shou'd
           be
           forced
           to
           mourn
           ,
           but
           condemued
           to
           a
           perpetual
           Sufferance
           ,
           far
           surpassing
           those
           they
           formerly
           endured
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           Cromwel
           ;
           is
           a
           Calamity
           rather
           to
           be
           deplored
           then
           exprest
           .
           And
           yet
           I
           find
           very
           few
           of
           our
           Nation
           any
           way
           touched
           with
           a
           compassion
           of
           the
           Miserie
           's
           snstained
           by
           those
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Irish
           are
           not
           only
           vigorously
           persecuted
           by
           their
           Constant
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           are
           wholly
           abandoned
           by
           their
           former
           Friends
           (
           I
           mean
           their
           fellow-sufferers
           for
           the
           same
           Cause
           )
           who
           do
           
           not
           now
           concern
           themselves
           in
           their
           sufferings
           .
           This
           consideration
           alone
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           zeal
           I
           have
           always
           had
           for
           Justice
           ,
           and
           the
           commiseration
           which
           nature
           imprints
           in
           every
           Man
           ,
           are
           the
           motives
           (
           next
           to
           your
           Lordships
           commands
           )
           which
           induce
           me
           to
           undertake
           this
           subject
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           ,
           by
           setting
           down
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           by
           examining
           the
           title
           of
           the
           present
           Possessors
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           the
           antient
           proprietors
           ,
           discovered
           the
           wicked
           Artifices
           hitherto
           practised
           ,
           to
           deprive
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           the
           benefit
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Mercies
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           His
           Justice
           .
        
         
           Broghil
           and
           Coot
           having
           by
           several
           Emissaries
           sent
           into
           England
           ,
           felt
           the
           Pulse
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           and
           finding
           the
           People
           generally
           inclined
           to
           concur
           with
           the
           Loyal
           and
           Successful
           endeavours
           of
           the
           Lord
           General
           Monk
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Restauration
           of
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           convoqued
           a
           Convention
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           of
           Persons
           newly
           Interested
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           consult
           upon
           the
           best
           and
           safest
           course
           that
           might
           be
           taken
           to
           prevent
           the
           restoring
           of
           the
           Irish
           Cavallers
           to
           those
           Estates
           which
           the
           Conventionists
           and
           their
           Partizans
           enjoyed
           by
           the
           Usurpers
           bounty
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           had
           great
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           would
           be
           immediately
           restored
           to
           the
           ancient
           Proprietors
           upon
           his
           Majesties
           Re-establishment
           .
           In
           order
           to
           this
           resolution
           ,
           it
           was
           agreed
           upon
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           Ireland
           should
           be
           committed
           to
           close
           Prison
           ,
           to
           render
           them
           incapable
           of
           contributing
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Restauration
           ,
           in
           case
           His
           Majesty
           would
           choose
           to
           pursue
           His
           Royal
           Right
           by
           dint
           of
           Sword
           ,
           rather
           then
           to
           condescend
           to
           such
           disadvantageous
           conditions
           ,
           as
           the
           Conventionists
           did
           hope
           ,
           and
           were
           fully
           perswaded
           would
           be
           imposed
           upon
           him
           by
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           .
           It
           was
           also
           concluded
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           of
           Parts
           and
           Faction
           among
           the
           Presbyterian
           Party
           ,
           should
           be
           imployed
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           prepossess
           the
           People
           there
           ,
           with
           the
           Dangers
           and
           inconveniences
           which
           the
           restoring
           of
           the
           Irish
           Natives
           to
           their
           Antient
           Estates
           ,
           would
           infallibly
           bring
           upon
           the
           new
           English
           Interest
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           .
           In
           pursuance
           to
           these
           resolutions
           ,
           all
           the
           Prisons
           in
           Ireland
           were
           filled
           with
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           whom
           no
           imbecility
           of
           Age
           ,
           nor
           indisposition
           of
           body
           could
           excuse
           ,
           nor
           any
           offered
           Security
           answer
           for
           :
           Sir
           
             John
             Clotworthy
          
           ,
           (
           a
           man
           Famons
           for
           plundering
           Somerset
           House
           ,
           Murdering
           the
           Kings
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           committing
           many
           other
           Treasons
           and
           horrid
           Crimes
           ,
           )
           was
           dispatched
           into
           England
           .
           This
           Person
           ,
           who
           was
           always
           accounted
           as
           violent
           against
           
           the
           Irish
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           known
           to
           be
           Seditious
           ,
           and
           ill-affected
           to
           Monarchy
           ;
           No
           sooner
           arriv'd
           in
           London
           ,
           than
           he
           fill'd
           the
           peoples
           ears
           with
           such
           dreadful
           stories
           of
           a
           new
           Insurrection
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           (
           where
           counterfeited
           Letters
           were
           read
           on
           the
           Exchange
           and
           several
           Copies
           dispersed
           over
           all
           the
           corners
           of
           the
           City
           )
           that
           His
           Majesty
           was
           warm
           in
           his
           Fathers
           Throne
           ,
           when
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           (
           grounding
           their
           belief
           on
           
           Clotworthy's
           assertion
           )
           presented
           unto
           him
           a
           Proclamation
           ,
           to
           be
           signed
           against
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           ,
           who
           were
           said
           to
           be
           actually
           in
           Rebellion
           ,
           murdering
           his
           Majesties
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           violently
           intruding
           into
           other
           Mens
           possessions
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           Characters
           of
           Infamy
           ,
           rendring
           them
           odious
           to
           all
           Nations
           .
           This
           Proclamation
           was
           published
           in
           London
           on
           the
           Third
           day
           of
           
             June
             1660.
          
           notwithstanding
           that
           it
           was
           very
           well
           known
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           not
           an
           Irish
           Man
           in
           arms
           in
           any
           part
           of
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           Clotworthy
           ,
           encouraged
           with
           the
           good
           success
           of
           his
           first
           Essay
           ,
           and
           strengthened
           by
           a
           new
           landed
           recruit
           of
           Convention
           Agents
           (
           among
           whom
           Broghil
           himself
           made
           one
           )
           having
           observed
           that
           a
           general
           Act
           of
           Indempnity
           was
           ready
           to
           be
           passed
           to
           all
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           fearing
           that
           the
           Irish
           (
           if
           concluded
           therein
           )
           would
           be
           consequently
           restorable
           to
           their
           Estates
           ;
           presented
           a
           Proviso
           against
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           inserted
           in
           that
           Act
           ;
           But
           this
           Proviso
           seemed
           so
           unreasonable
           to
           both
           Houses
           (
           especially
           after
           that
           His
           Majesty
           had
           made
           a
           Speech
           to
           them
           for
           comprehending
           the
           Irish
           in
           his
           general
           and
           Gracious
           Pardon
           (
           that
           they
           were
           fully
           resolved
           to
           extend
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           to
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           .
           But
           the
           Conventionists
           ,
           after
           some
           conference
           with
           the
           *
           D
           —
           of
           O
           —
           (
           to
           whom
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           (
           with
           what
           trust
           I
           know
           not
           )
           they
           offer'd
           that
           great
           Estate
           ,
           and
           vast
           summs
           of
           Money
           which
           wrought
           so
           much
           upon
           his
           Grace
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           he
           made
           a
           Speech
           against
           comprehending
           the
           Irish
           Papists
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           had
           taken
           that
           matter
           into
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           His
           Majesty
           had
           but
           few
           days
           before
           clearly
           declared
           himself
           for
           their
           being
           comprehended
           in
           his
           General
           Pardon
           :
           so
           that
           it
           was
           carryed
           a-against
           
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           astonishment
           of
           all
           persons
           of
           Honour
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           were
           informed
           of
           the
           corrupt
           ways
           whereby
           they
           were
           excluded
           .
        
         
           Neither
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           was
           the
           exclusion
           of
           the
           Irish
           out
           of
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           so
           satisfactory
           to
           the
           Convention
           Agents
           ,
           if
           all
           other
           passages
           to
           his
           Majesties
           further
           Graces
           and
           Favours
           were
           not
           shut
           up
           against
           them
           :
           And
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           they
           prevailed
           with
           the
           first
           Minster
           of
           State
           (
           whom
           they
           had
           gained
           to
           their
           side
           ,
           by
           what
           coloured
           Arguments
           he
           knows
           best
           himself
           )
           to
           re-call
           the
           Commission
           of
           Lord
           Deputy
           ,
           which
           was
           formerly
           given
           to
           the
           Lord
           Roberts
           ,
           a
           person
           of
           known
           Honour
           and
           Integrity
           ;
           The
           Conventionists
           having
           ,
           observed
           that
           his
           Lordship
           was
           not
           to
           be
           won
           ,
           upon
           any
           account
           to
           forward
           their
           Design
           .
           This
           grand
           obstacle
           being
           removed
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           
             Broghil
             ,
             Anglesey
             ,
             Clotworthy
          
           ,
           and
           Mervin
           ,
           (
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           
             Steel
             ,
             Roberts
          
           and
           Petit
           )
           after
           three
           Months
           labour
           ,
           brought
           forth
           that
           monstrous
           issue
           of
           their
           brain
           ,
           which
           was
           exposed
           to
           the
           World
           under
           the
           Name
           and
           Title
           of
           
             His
             Majesties
             most
             Gracious
             Declaration
             for
             the
             Settlement
             of
          
           Ireland
           .
           This
           was
           their
           Master-piece
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           ever
           since
           the
           ground-work
           of
           all
           subsequent
           Acts
           which
           were
           established
           for
           the
           farther
           Settlement
           of
           that
           Nation
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           branch
           of
           the
           Declaration
           confirms
           the
           Adventurer
           in
           his
           possession
           ;
           the
           Second
           secures
           the
           Soldier
           in
           his
           Debenture
           ;
           the
           Third
           satisfies
           the
           49
           Men
           ;
           the
           Forth
           assures
           unto
           the
           Transplanted
           Irish
           the
           Land
           Decreed
           unto
           them
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           Conaught
           ,
           and
           County
           of
           Clare
           ;
           The
           Fifth
           makes
           mention
           of
           those
           Irish
           Officers
           who
           served
           his
           Majesty
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           Generality
           of
           the
           Nation
           who
           pretend
           to
           Articles
           .
           My
           Lord
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           a
           blessed
           Declaration
           ,
           which
           provides
           in
           so
           large
           a
           manner
           for
           so
           many
           different
           Interests
           ?
           A
           Declaration
           that
           satisfies
           the
           Natives
           ,
           and
           yet
           dispossesseth
           none
           of
           the
           Cromwellists
           .
        
         
           To
           understand
           it
           well
           ,
           we
           must
           mount
           a
           little
           higher
           ,
           and
           call
           to
           our
           remembrance
           how
           the
           Rump-Parliament
           divided
           the
           spoils
           of
           that
           conquered
           Nation
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1653.
           
           Ten
           Counties
           were
           allotted
           to
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           Twelve
           conferred
           on
           
           Cromwel's
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           three
           of
           the
           Barren
           Counties
           given
           by
           way
           of
           charity
           to
           the
           transplanted
           Irish
           ;
           These
           ,
           by
           computation
           ,
           make
           up
           25
           Counties
           ,
           the
           remaining
           seven
           (
           for
           Ireland
           contains
           in
           all
           but
           32
           Counties
           )
           together
           with
           all
           the
           Cities
           and
           Corporations
           of
           that
           
           Kingdom
           ,
           were
           reserved
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           Now
           this
           Declaration
           confirms
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           transplanted
           Irish
           in
           their
           present
           possessions
           ;
           And
           moreover
           ,
           it
           assigns
           to
           several
           other
           uses
           ,
           the
           Seven
           remaining
           Counties
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           great
           Towns
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           disposed
           of
           by
           the
           Common-wealth
           :
           One
           of
           the
           Counties
           being
           designed
           to
           supply
           the
           deficiency
           of
           the
           Adventurers
           Lots
           ;
           another
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           the
           Incumbrances
           on
           the
           Lands
           already
           laid
           out
           to
           Adventurers
           and
           Souldiers
           ;
           The
           third
           to
           reprize
           such
           as
           were
           removed
           from
           the
           Lord
           Duke
           of
           
           Ormond's
           Estate
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           Four
           Counties
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Cities
           and
           Corporations
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           (
           a
           pretty
           grant
           )
           being
           assigned
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Officers
           who
           serv'd
           His
           Majesty
           in
           Ireland
           at
           any
           time
           before
           the
           year
           1649.
           
           After
           this
           Solemn
           division
           and
           distribution
           made
           of
           every
           House
           ,
           and
           every
           Acre
           of
           Land
           ,
           over
           all
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           .
           Some
           500
           Irish
           Gentlemen
           (
           who
           also
           serv'd
           his
           Majesty
           in
           Flanders
           )
           are
           named
           in
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           to
           be
           forthwith
           restored
           to
           their
           ancient
           Estates
           ;
           but
           not
           ,
           until
           Lands
           of
           equal
           value
           ,
           worth
           and
           purchase
           ,
           are
           first
           found
           out
           to
           reprize
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           now
           in
           possession
           ;
           a
           work
           no
           more
           nor
           less
           feasible
           ,
           than
           the
           creation
           of
           another
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           this
           Declaration
           was
           published
           on
           the
           30th
           .
           of
           
             Novomber
             1660.
          
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           Broghil
           created
           Earl
           of
           Orery
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Charles
             Coot
          
           made
           Earl
           of
           Montrath
           ;
           were
           joyned
           in
           Commission
           with
           the
           Lord
           Chancellor
           Eustace
           ,
           as
           his
           Majesties
           Lords
           Justices
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ;
           Sir
           
             John
             Clotworthy
          
           (
           who
           was
           also
           created
           Lord
           Viscount
           Masserene
           )
           Sir
           
             Audley
             Mervin
          
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           of
           the
           Convention-Agents
           ,
           staid
           at
           Court
           ,
           to
           draw
           up
           privare
           Instructions
           for
           the
           better
           executing
           his
           Majesties
           Declaration
           :
           And
           because
           Innocents
           ,
           viz.
           Such
           as
           never
           offended
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           His
           Royal
           Father
           ,
           were
           the
           only
           people
           to
           be
           restored
           without
           
             previous
             reprisals
          
           ,
           the
           Conventionists
           made
           it
           their
           grand
           work
           to
           qualifie
           an
           Innocent
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           Morally
           impossible
           to
           find
           any
           such
           in
           
             rerum
             natura
             ,
             virum
             ,
             innocentum
             quis
             inveniet
             ?
          
           Eleven
           qualifications
           were
           ordered
           for
           their
           Tryal
           and
           those
           so
           rigid
           and
           severe
           ,
           that
           Clotworthy
           and
           his
           Companions
           (
           who
           had
           the
           wording
           of
           them
           )
           did
           verily
           believe
           there
           could
           not
           be
           a
           man
           found
           in
           all
           Ireland
           that
           should
           pass
           untoucht
           through
           so
           many
           Pikes
           :
           For
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           inoffensive
           persons
           ,
           who
           never
           took
           Arms
           ,
           who
           never
           
           enter'd
           into
           the
           Confederacy
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Countreymen
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           but
           pay
           them
           the
           least
           Contribution
           out
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           but
           reside
           in
           the
           Irish
           quarters
           ,
           although
           in
           their
           own
           own
           houses
           ;
           not
           only
           these
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           were
           declared
           to
           be
           no
           Innocents
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           lived
           all
           the
           War-time
           in
           England
           ;
           such
           as
           were
           with
           Hi●
           Majesty
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           served
           in
           his
           Army
           ,
           if
           they
           received
           any
           Rent
           from
           their
           Tenants
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           were
           by
           virtue
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Eleven
           Qualifications
           ,
           to
           be
           held
           for
           Nocents
           .
        
         
           But
           among
           all
           the
           other
           Qualifications
           ,
           that
           of
           taking
           an
           Engagement
           (
           which
           was
           administred
           unto
           all
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           )
           was
           a
           very
           notable
           one
           ;
           This
           Engagement
           was
           forced
           upon
           the
           Irish
           in
           so
           high
           a
           nature
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           would
           not
           take
           it
           ,
           were
           debarred
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           also
           exposed
           to
           an
           innevitable
           danger
           of
           death
           ,
           the
           Souldiers
           of
           Cromwels
           Army
           being
           commanded
           by
           publick
           Proclamation
           ▪
           to
           kill
           all
           they
           met
           on
           the
           High-way
           ,
           who
           carried
           not
           a
           Certificate
           about
           him
           ,
           of
           having
           taken
           that
           Engagement
           :
           Commands
           which
           were
           cruelly
           executed
           on
           silly
           Peasants
           ,
           who
           ,
           out
           of
           Ignorance
           ,
           or
           want
           of
           care
           ,
           having
           left
           their
           Tickets
           at
           home
           ,
           were
           barbarously
           murdered
           by
           the
           merciless
           Souldiers
           :
           My
           Lord
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           devised
           this
           Engagement
           ,
           who
           heartily
           subscribed
           unto
           it
           ,
           and
           forced
           others
           to
           take
           it
           ,
           shall
           not
           be
           questioned
           or
           held
           criminal
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           who
           never
           saw
           it
           before
           it
           was
           ministered
           unto
           them
           ,
           who
           abhorred
           it
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           were
           forced
           to
           sign
           it
           ,
           to
           avoid
           a
           bloody
           and
           violent
           death
           ,
           shall
           be
           declared
           Nocents
           ,
           and
           an
           irrevocable
           sentence
           of
           losing
           their
           Estates
           given
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           Estates
           so
           forfeited
           ,
           to
           be
           conferred
           on
           those
           very
           Persons
           who
           compelled
           the
           Proprietors
           to
           that
           Forfeiture
           .
           By
           this
           Qualification
           alone
           ,
           a
           Man
           may
           judge
           of
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           To
           Crown
           this
           grand
           work
           of
           settling
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           Conventionists
           (
           having
           worded
           the
           Declaration
           and
           Instructions
           to
           their
           own
           advantage
           )
           prevailed
           with
           their
           great
           Patron
           ,
           to
           have
           themselves
           named
           the
           only
           Commissioners
           to
           put
           in
           Execution
           his
           Majesties
           Declaration
           for
           the
           Settlement
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           This
           un-usual
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           never
           before
           heard
           of
           course
           of
           Justice
           ,
           (
           one
           of
           the
           parties
           being
           made
           Judge
           of
           the
           Case
           )
           appeared
           so
           ugly
           and
           terrible
           to
           the
           Irish
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           them
           could
           hardly
           be
           perswaded
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           was
           restored
           to
           the
           peaceable
           and
           free
           
           possessession
           of
           his
           Crown
           and
           Kingdoms
           ,
           seeing
           the
           very
           same
           persons
           who
           tyranized
           over
           them
           during
           
           Oliver's
           Reign
           ,
           were
           now
           not
           only
           confirmed
           in
           their
           formed
           in
           their
           former
           charges
           ,
           and
           advanced
           to
           places
           of
           greater
           Trust
           ;
           but
           also
           newly
           Commissioned
           with
           an
           unlimited
           power
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           final
           and
           decisive
           Sentence
           of
           all
           the
           Titles
           and
           pretentions
           of
           the
           unfortunate
           Natives
           .
           This
           preposterous
           way
           of
           proceeding
           ,
           having
           not
           only
           incensed
           the
           interessed
           Irish
           ,
           but
           also
           scandalized
           all
           the
           moderate
           men
           of
           England
           ,
           another
           course
           was
           judged
           fit
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           less
           shameful
           in
           appearance
           ,
           but
           in
           effect
           the
           very
           same
           :
           The
           new
           Court
           of
           Claims
           was
           annulled
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           Justices
           were
           ordered
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           met
           on
           the
           8th
           .
           day
           of
           
             May
             1661.
          
           
           The
           Lower
           House
           of
           this
           Parliament
           was
           all
           composed
           of
           Cromwellists
           ,
           and
           but
           very
           few
           of
           the
           Irish
           Peers
           were
           admitted
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           former
           Indictments
           .
           This
           Parliament
           made
           the
           first
           Act
           of
           Settlement
           ,
           which
           they
           entitled
           ,
           
             an
             Act
             for
             explaining
             His
             Majesties
             Declaration
             for
             the
             Settlement
             of
          
           Ireland
           .
           This
           Act
           decides
           all
           the
           doubtful
           expressions
           of
           the
           Declaration
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Cromwellists
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           disadvantage
           of
           the
           Natives
           ,
           it
           allows
           only
           a
           Twelve-months
           time
           for
           the
           tryal
           of
           Innocents
           ;
           But
           those
           Irish
           Gentlemen
           who
           served
           His
           Majesty
           abroad
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           Nation
           pretending
           to
           Articles
           ,
           (
           half
           a
           score
           persons
           only
           excepted
           ,
           who
           were
           particularly
           provided
           for
           )
           are
           for
           ever
           debarred
           by
           this
           Act
           ,
           to
           recover
           their
           Estates
           without
           previous
           Reprizals
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           thing
           not
           to
           be
           had
           in
           nature
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           I
           cannot
           omit
           minding
           your
           Lordship
           of
           a
           remarkable
           expression
           in
           the
           preface
           of
           this
           Act
           ,
           
             that
             the
          
           Irish
           
             Rebels
             were
             conquered
             by
             His
             Majesties
             Protestant
             Subjects
             ,
             in
             his
             Majesties
             absence
             .
          
           These
           Irish
           Rebels
           when
           they
           were
           conquered
           ,
           fought
           under
           the
           command
           of
           the
           Lord
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           ,
           His
           Majesties
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           after
           under
           the
           command
           of
           the
           Lord
           Marquess
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           His
           Majesties
           Lord
           Deputy
           for
           that
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           those
           Protestant
           Subjects
           who
           conquered
           them
           ,
           were
           called
           
             Cromwel
             Ireton
             ,
             Jones
             ,
             Reynolds
             ,
             Broghil
             ,
             Coot
             ,
             Venables
             ,
             Hewson
             ,
             Axtel
             ,
          
           &c.
           who
           vigorously
           pursued
           the
           Irish
           Rebels
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           constantly
           denyed
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           pretended
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           unalterably
           adhered
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           
             Charles
             Stewart
          
           ,
           (
           for
           his
           Majesties
           now
           
             Protestant
             Subjects
          
           
           were
           wont
           ,
           in
           that
           time
           of
           conquest
           ,
           to
           call
           Our
           Gracious
           Soveraign
           ;
           )
           but
           now
           adayes
           they
           sing
           another
           note
           ,
           and
           speak
           quite
           another
           language
           ;
           having
           established
           for
           a
           fundamental
           Law
           ,
           
             that
             the
          
           Irish
           
             Rebels
             were
             conquered
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Protestant
             Subjects
             in
             his
             Majesties
             absence
             .
          
           This
           being
           passed
           ,
           and
           the
           Royal
           assent
           given
           to
           it
           ,
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Rainsford
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           appointed
           by
           his
           Majesty
           to
           decide
           the
           claims
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           in
           pursuance
           of
           this
           Act
           ,
           landed
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           about
           the
           of
           1662.
           
           And
           having
           some
           time
           to
           study
           the
           Act
           ,
           they
           plainly
           understood
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           the
           unfortunate
           Natives
           could
           be
           restored
           to
           their
           Estates
           ,
           but
           the
           Ten
           persons
           who
           had
           particular
           proviso's
           inserted
           therein
           ,
           and
           such
           others
           as
           would
           prove
           their
           Innocence
           in
           open
           Court.
           The
           Commissioners
           began
           their
           first
           Session
           on
           the
           day
           of
           February
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           continued
           until
           the
           of
           August
           following
           .
           During
           this
           time
           the
           Claims
           of
           near
           upon
           a
           thousand
           Irish
           were
           heard
           ,
           whereof
           the
           one
           half
           were
           declared
           Innocents
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           rigid
           Qualifications
           against
           them
           .
           The
           time
           limited
           for
           ajudging
           Innocents
           being
           expired
           ,
           
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Rainsford
          
           (
           a
           most
           just
           and
           upright
           man
           )
           would
           proceed
           no
           farther
           ,
           expecting
           an
           enlargement
           of
           time
           to
           hear
           out
           the
           rest
           ,
           who
           were
           7000
           in
           number
           ,
           and
           who
           had
           as
           much
           reason
           to
           pretend
           a
           title
           to
           their
           Estates
           ,
           (
           until
           they
           were
           heard
           ,
           and
           condemned
           )
           as
           those
           who
           were
           already
           judged
           ;
           For
           every
           man
           is
           to
           be
           held
           Innocent
           until
           he
           be
           convicted
           ,
           and
           especially
           those
           who
           durst
           venture
           upon
           so
           severe
           a
           tryal
           :
           For
           ,
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           (
           which
           was
           involved
           in
           the
           War
           )
           did
           not
           pretend
           to
           Innocence
           ,
           but
           claim
           the
           benefit
           of
           Articles
           .
           But
           this
           enlargement
           of
           time
           being
           flatly
           denyed
           by
           the
           first
           Minister
           of
           State
           ,
           the
           Court
           of
           Claims
           was
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           the
           interessed
           party
           made
           Judges
           by
           Clarendon
           ,
           and
           indifferent
           men
           not
           admitted
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           prepared
           an
           aditional
           Bill
           of
           Settlement
           ,
           
           which
           came
           into
           England
           in
           the
           of
           
             May
             ,
             1664.
          
           
        
         
         
           
             By
             this
             additional
             Act
             ,
             it
             is
             decreed
             ,
             that
             no
             benefit
             of
             Innocency
             ,
             or
             Articles
             ,
             shall
             be
             allowed
             from
             henceforth
             ,
             to
             any
             of
             the
          
           Irish
           
             Natives
             .
             The
             words
             of
             the
             Text
             ,
          
           pag.
           8.
           l.
           22.
           
             are
             these
          
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           hereby
           declared
           ,
           that
           no
           Person
           or
           Persons
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           qualifications
           in
           the
           said
           former
           Act
           ,
           hath
           not
           been
           adjudged
           innoieut
           ,
           shall
           at
           any
           time
           hereafter
           be
           reputed
           Innocent
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           claim
           any
           Lands
           or
           Tenements
           hereby
           vested
           ;
           or
           be
           admitted
           to
           have
           any
           benefit
           or
           allowance
           of
           any
           future
           adjudications
           of
           Innocence
           ,
           or
           any
           benefit
           of
           Articles
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           To
           salve
           this
           grand
           breach
           of
           publick
           Faith
           ,
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Nations
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           some
           colour
           of
           Justice
           ,
           to
           an
           action
           which
           is
           evidently
           repugnant
           to
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           England
           (
           to
           condemn
           so
           many
           thousands
           before
           they
           are
           heard
           )
           it
           is
           ordered
           by
           the
           same
           Act
           ,
           that
           some
           Fifty
           four
           persons
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           (
           who
           likely
           deserved
           his
           Majesties
           particular
           favour
           ,
           and
           whose
           names
           are
           specified
           in
           the
           Act
           )
           shall
           be
           restored
           unto
           their
           several
           and
           respective
           principal
           Seats
           ,
           and
           unto
           2000
           Acres
           of
           Land
           thereto
           adjoyning
           ;
           provided
           always
           ,
           that
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           49
           men
           who
           are
           to
           be
           removed
           ,
           shall
           be
           first
           satisfied
           by
           some
           other
           forfeited
           Lands
           ,
           in
           equal
           value
           ,
           worth
           ,
           and
           purchase
           ;
           The
           transplanted
           Irish
           are
           purposely
           left
           by
           this
           Act
           upon
           very
           doubtful
           terms
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           of
           necessity
           (
           if
           the
           stock
           of
           Reprizals
           should
           sall
           short
           )
           their
           present
           possessions
           might
           serve
           to
           Reprize
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           Souldiers
           ,
           49
           Men
           ,
           and
           Grantees
           already
           removed
           by
           the
           restored
           Innocents
           ,
           and
           the
           Ten
           Proviso-men
           in
           the
           former
           Act
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           removed
           by
           the
           nominees
           ,
           and
           some
           three
           or
           four
           persons
           more
           particularly
           provided
           for
           in
           this
           additional
           Act.
           The
           Forty
           Nine
           men
           are
           expresly
           forbidden
           by
           this
           Act
           ,
           to
           set
           or
           Let
           by
           way
           of
           Lease
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           any
           part
           of
           their
           Lots
           within
           the
           walled
           Towns
           and
           Corporations
           ,
           or
           at
           a
           certain
           distance
           thereunto
           :
           to
           any
           Irish
           Papists
           ,
           under
           the
           penalty
           of
           loosing
           what
           is
           Let
           ,
           and
           forfeiting
           as
           much
           more
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           general
           Clause
           in
           the
           Act
           ,
           that
           all
           Clauses
           and
           provisoes
           therein
           contained
           ,
           which
           admit
           any
           doubtful
           expression
           ,
           shall
           be
           always
           construed
           to
           the
           advantage
           and
           favour
           of
           the
           English
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           provisons
           are
           made
           ,
           all
           tending
           to
           the
           designed
           extirpation
           of
           the
           Natives
           .
        
         
         
           This
           destructive
           Act
           ,
           after
           many
           long
           consultations
           ,
           wherein
           the
           first
           Minister
           of
           State
           did
           always
           imploy
           the
           utmost
           of
           his
           uncontrouled
           power
           ,
           to
           countenance
           the
           Cromwellian
           party
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           Solicitor
           General
           (
           who
           had
           the
           penning
           of
           the
           Act
           ,
           made
           use
           of
           his
           Rhetorick
           and
           Knowledge
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           to
           plead
           in
           their
           behalf
           ,
           (
           the
           favour
           of
           the
           one
           being
           easily
           gained
           ,
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           several
           vast
           sums
           of
           ready
           money
           ,
           and
           the
           promise
           of
           an
           Estate
           of
           6000
           l.
           a
           year
           for
           his
           Son
           ;
           and
           the
           pains
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           being
           modestly
           rewarded
           by
           a
           small
           Fee
           of
           8000
           
             l.
             sterl
             .
          
           )
           This
           Act
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           so
           well
           supported
           ,
           was
           Signed
           and
           Sealed
           at
           Salisbury
           on
           the
           25th
           of
           
             July
             1665
             ▪
          
           (
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           opposition
           given
           thereunto
           ,
           )
           and
           this
           in
           a
           time
           when
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           visibly
           appeared
           in
           the
           great
           Mortality
           ,
           which
           then
           began
           to
           increase
           in
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           heard
           many
           moderate
           men
           say
           ,
           
             we
             are
             justly
             punished
             by
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             injustice
             done
             to
             the
          
           Irish
           .
           It
           is
           now
           more
           than
           two
           years
           since
           the
           Act
           went
           over
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           the
           52
           Nominees
           who
           were
           to
           be
           restored
           as
           they
           verily
           believed
           )
           to
           their
           chief
           houses
           ,
           and
           2000
           Acres
           of
           Land
           ,
           have
           not
           yet
           got
           the
           possession
           of
           a
           Cottage
           ,
           or
           of
           one
           Acre
           of
           Ground
           ;
           which
           agrees
           very
           well
           with
           
           Ororye's
           railery
           lately
           expressed
           ,
           
             That
             it
             was
             intended
             by
             the
             Act
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             only
             Nominees
             ,
          
           nomine
           
             restorable
             ,
             but
             not
          
           re
           ,
           
             for
             that
             was
             never
             intended
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           same
           Orrory
           assured
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           sufficient
           stock
           of
           Reprisals
           to
           satisfie
           all
           Interests
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           true
           state
           ,
           in
           brief
           ,
           of
           the
           Irish
           Case
           ,
           as
           to
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           since
           the
           first
           day
           of
           his
           Majesties
           most
           happy
           Restauration
           ,
           to
           this
           Instant
           .
           Let
           us
           now
           examine
           matter
           of
           Right
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           Title
           the
           several
           Interests
           obstructing
           there
           establishment
           of
           the
           Irish
           can
           justly
           pretend
           to
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           distressed
           Natives
           .
           These
           different
           Interests
           can
           be
           reduced
           to
           four
           principal
           ones
           ;
           the
           first
           is
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           the
           second
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           the
           third
           of
           the
           Forty
           nine
           Men
           and
           the
           fourth
           of
           the
           Grantees
           ;
           We
           will
           begin
           with
           the
           Adventurers
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           certain
           Inhabitants
           of
           London
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           year
           1641.
           pretended
           to
           venture
           their
           momes
           to
           reduce
           the
           Rebels
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           (
           but
           intended
           ,
           as
           afterwards
           appeared
           ,
           to
           destroy
           the
           King
           )
           upon
           the
           assurance
           of
           getting
           such
           a
           quantity
           of
           the
           Rebels
           Lands
           in
           proportion
           to
           the
           sums
           they
           laid
           out
           ,
           and
           in
           pursuance
           of
           an
           Act
           of
           our
           English
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           then
           passed
           to
           that
           effect
           .
           
           By
           which
           Act
           ,
           it
           is
           ordered
           that
           the
           mony
           so
           laid
           out
           ,
           should
           be
           employed
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           Ireland
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           (
           after
           the
           Rebels
           were
           declared
           by
           both
           houses
           to
           be
           wholly
           conquered
           )
           a
           Commission
           should
           issue
           forth
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           strict
           enquiry
           through
           all
           the
           Counties
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           of
           Estates
           forfeited
           by
           the
           Rebellion
           ,
           to
           be
           disposed
           of
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           Adventurers
           .
           Neither
           of
           these
           conditions
           were
           hitherto
           observed
           ,
           for
           the
           money
           laid
           out
           ,
           was
           all
           ,
           (
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           for
           the
           greatest
           part
           )
           imployed
           to
           buy
           arms
           and
           ammunition
           to
           fight
           against
           his
           Majesty
           in
           England
           .
           The
           Rebels
           were
           never
           yet
           declared
           by
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           to
           have
           been
           conquered
           ,
           nor
           any
           Commission
           issued
           forth
           under
           the
           Great
           Seal
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           enquire
           after
           Forfeitures
           :
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           remaining
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           made
           an
           Ordinance
           in
           the
           year
           1652.
           (
           without
           the
           concurrence
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           )
           that
           the
           Rebels
           were
           wholly
           conquered
           ;
           And
           that
           consequently
           assigned
           Ten
           Counties
           to
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           without
           issuing
           forth
           any
           Commission
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           examine
           whether
           the
           Lands
           therein
           contained
           were
           forseited
           or
           no.
           Of
           these
           ten
           Counties
           ,
           the
           Adventurers
           of
           the
           doubling
           Ordinance
           (
           who
           were
           to
           have
           for
           their
           respective
           Sums
           laid
           out
           ,
           double
           the
           quantity
           of
           Land
           assigned
           to
           the
           first
           adventurers
           )
           have
           proportion
           ,
           because
           their
           money
           was
           given
           to
           the
           long
           Parliament
           in
           the
           year
           1644.
           
           When
           they
           were
           in
           actual
           Rebellion
           against
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           The
           late
           King
           understood
           very
           well
           the
           nullity
           of
           this
           act
           having
           never
           made
           mention
           of
           the
           adventurers
           interest
           in
           all
           the
           Treaties
           of
           Peace
           which
           pass'd
           between
           His
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Confederates
           in
           Ireland
           ;
           which
           certainly
           so
           just
           a
           Prince
           as
           Charles
           the
           First
           was
           known
           to
           be
           ,
           would
           never
           have
           done
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           conceived
           himself
           any
           way
           obliged
           by
           that
           act
           to
           provide
           for
           them
           .
           But
           supposing
           that
           the
           act
           of
           
             decimo
             septimo
             Caroli
          
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           London
           adventurers
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           defective
           ;
           can
           those
           of
           the
           doubling
           Ordinance
           expect
           any
           benefit
           by
           that
           Law
           ?
           Can
           the
           first
           adventurers
           whose
           Moneys
           were
           disposed
           to
           other
           uses
           than
           the
           relief
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           pretend
           any
           advantage
           by
           that
           act
           ?
           nay
           ,
           can
           those
           few
           Persons
           of
           the
           first
           Rank
           (
           whom
           we
           call
           the
           just
           adventurers
           ,
           and
           whose
           moneys
           were
           really
           imployed
           in
           the
           Irish
           War
           )
           lawfully
           enjoy
           the
           Irish
           Land
           ,
           until
           the
           Rebels
           be
           declared
           by
           the
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           to
           be
           wholly
           
           conquered
           ;
           until
           a
           Commission
           issues
           forth
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           of
           England
           to
           examine
           who
           are
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           Innocents
           ;
           and
           until
           ,
           after
           the
           performing
           these
           essential
           Formalities
           required
           by
           the
           Act
           ,
           they
           receive
           by
           a
           just
           and
           legal
           way
           of
           proceeding
           ,
           their
           respective
           Proportions
           of
           the
           Forfeited
           Estates
           ?
        
         
           The
           first
           Minister
           of
           State
           (
           a
           Lawyer
           by
           his
           first
           profession
           )
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           of
           these
           varieties
           ;
           especially
           when
           he
           perswades
           his
           Royal
           Master
           to
           speak
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           in
           his
           Declaration
           for
           the
           Settlement
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           pag.
           7.
           
           
             Therefore
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             settlement
             of
             that
             Interest
             claimed
             by
             the
             Adventurers
             ,
             alth●ugh
             the
             present
             Estates
             and
             Possessions
             they
             enjoy
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             examined
             by
             the
             strict
             Letter
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             would
             prove
             very
             defective
             and
             invalid
             ,
             as
             being
             no
             ways
             pursuant
             to
             those
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             upon
             which
             they
             pretend
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             but
             rather
             seem
             to
             be
             a
             structure
             upon
             their
             subsequent
             assent
             ,
             both
             to
             the
             different
          
           Mediums
           
             and
             ends
             ,
             than
             the
             observance
             of
             those
             ;
             yet
             who
             being
             always
             more
             ready
             to
             consult
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Can
           any
           thing
           be
           spoken
           more
           plain
           to
           prove
           the
           nullity
           of
           the
           Adventurers
           Title
           by
           the
           Act
           of
           17.
           
           
             Car.
             1
          
           ?
           And
           could
           the
           supream
           Judge
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Equity
           give
           a
           more
           unjust
           sentence
           ,
           than
           to
           say
           ,
           although
           this
           Party
           can
           pretend
           no
           right
           to
           the
           Estate
           in
           question
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           pleased
           to
           adjudge
           it
           for
           him
           ?
           The
           matter
           in
           dispute
           is
           no
           less
           than
           the
           land
           of
           ten
           Counties
           ,
           the
           parties
           pretending
           are
           the
           Irish
           Proprietors
           ,
           and
           the
           London
           Adventurers
           :
           The
           first
           enjoyed
           it
           for
           so
           many
           ages
           ,
           they
           have
           their
           Patents
           and
           Evidences
           to
           shew
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           lost
           it
           at
           length
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           fighing
           for
           the
           Kings
           Interest
           against
           the
           Murderers
           of
           his
           Royal
           Father
           :
           the
           last
           (
           as
           't
           is
           acknowledged
           by
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           )
           have
           no
           other
           Title
           but
           what
           they
           derive
           from
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           an
           usurped
           Government
           ,
           for
           having
           disbursed
           vast
           sums
           of
           Money
           to
           countenance
           Rebellion
           ,
           to
           pull
           down
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           put
           up
           a
           pretended
           Common-wealth
           .
           And
           yet
           the
           Land
           is
           adjudged
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           to
           them
           and
           their
           Heirs
           for
           ever
           :
        
         
           The
           Second
           main
           Interest
           obstructing
           the
           Restoration
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           
           Cromwel's
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           17
           Caroli
           ;
           neither
           indeed
           do
           they
           pretend
           any
           other
           Title
           to
           their
           Estates
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           always
           imployed
           against
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           enjoying
           as
           a
           Sallary
           for
           their
           service
           ,
           all
           the
           Irish
           Estates
           in
           twelve
           Counties
           .
           
           I
           do
           not
           think
           any
           man
           will
           be
           so
           impudent
           as
           to
           justifie
           this
           prodigious
           Title
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           their
           greatest
           Patrons
           never
           durst
           say
           they
           were
           just
           ,
           but
           they
           said
           very
           often
           ,
           it
           was
           convenient
           to
           confirm
           them
           in
           possession
           of
           other
           Mens
           Land.
           And
           perhaps
           we
           shall
           not
           find
           many
           other
           States-men
           (
           among
           the
           Followers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           )
           who
           will
           allow
           a
           conveniency
           so
           apparent
           against
           Justice
           :
           
             Ruat
             Coelum
             &
             fiat
             Justicia
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Motto
           which
           better
           becomes
           a
           Lord
           Chancellour
           ;
           Then
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           do
           what
           is
           just
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           convenient
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           indeed
           a
           most
           wonderful
           conveniency
           to
           dispossess
           the
           Ancient
           Proprietor
           who
           Fought
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           give
           his
           Estate
           to
           a
           Fanatick
           Souldier
           who
           Fought
           for
           Cromwel
           .
        
         
           To
           suppor
           this
           pretended
           Conveniency
           ,
           the
           first
           Minister
           of
           State
           made
           use
           of
           a
           strong
           Argument
           ,
           derived
           from
           the
           great
           power
           of
           the
           Cromwellists
           in
           Ireland
           ;
           and
           thus
           he
           makes
           it
           out
           :
        
         
           The
           English
           Army
           is
           very
           considerable
           now
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           they
           have
           Swords
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           in
           possession
           of
           all
           the
           great
           Towns
           ,
           and
           strong
           holds
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           therefore
           safe
           to
           irritate
           them
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           (
           as
           the
           case
           stands
           )
           to
           confirm
           them
           in
           their
           present
           possessions
           ,
           For
           we
           must
           not
           do
           what
           is
           just
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           is
           convenient
           .
           These
           words
           were
           often
           delivered
           in
           Councel
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           Oracles
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           the
           greater
           Statesman
           did
           not
           seriously
           reflect
           ,
           whether
           the
           same
           Argument
           might
           not
           serve
           as
           well
           to
           confirm
           all
           the
           Cromwellists
           in
           England
           ,
           in
           their
           unlawful
           Acquisitions
           of
           the
           Crown
           and
           Church-Lands
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           Cavaliers
           Estates
           ,
           whereof
           they
           were
           dispossessed
           upon
           his
           Majesties
           Restauration
           ,
           without
           any
           great
           noise
           ,
           and
           less
           danger
           ;
           and
           yet
           they
           were
           then
           very
           considerable
           :
           They
           had
           Swords
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           in
           possession
           of
           all
           the
           strong
           holds
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           all
           over
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           assure
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           the
           old
           Inhabitants
           and
           Natives
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           are
           Ten
           for
           one
           ,
           and
           far
           the
           more
           considerable
           Party
           ;
           But
           large
           Sums
           have
           made
           that
           corrupt
           Minister
           say
           any
           thing
           that
           seemed
           advantagious
           to
           support
           that
           other
           Interest
           :
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           admitting
           them
           as
           inconsiderable
           as
           he
           would
           have
           them
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           half
           so
           formidable
           ,
           as
           the
           power
           of
           that
           party
           was
           in
           England
           when
           the
           King
           came
           in
           .
           These
           were
           all
           disbanded
           in
           less
           then
           Six
           Months
           time
           ,
           and
           now
           't
           is
           more
           than
           Seven
           
           years
           ,
           that
           the
           Fanatick
           Army
           is
           maintained
           in
           Ireland
           without
           any
           necessity
           ,
           which
           ,
           occasions
           that
           his
           Majesty
           receives
           no
           Revenue
           out
           of
           that
           vast
           and
           fertil
           Kingdom
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           he
           is
           obliged
           to
           send
           yearly
           a
           considerable
           sum
           of
           Money
           out
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           that
           Army
           :
           For
           my
           part
           I
           cannot
           nnderstand
           how
           the
           King
           might
           safely
           reduce
           the
           English
           Army
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           should
           be
           dangerous
           for
           him
           to
           disband
           the
           Irish
           Forces
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           half
           so
           numerous
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           to
           be
           feared
           as
           those
           in
           England
           .
           If
           the
           want
           of
           Money
           hindred
           their
           disbanding
           at
           once
           with
           their
           Brethren
           in
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ;
           might
           not
           they
           reduce
           by
           degrees
           ,
           and
           by
           Regiments
           ,
           in
           eight
           years
           time
           ?
           I
           think
           it
           is
           sufficiently
           evidenced
           that
           the
           Cromwellian
           party
           in
           Ireland
           have
           no
           more
           power
           than
           what
           his
           Majesty
           hitherto
           is
           pleased
           to
           grant
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           advice
           of
           his
           first
           Minister
           ,
           who
           upholds
           that
           Fanatick
           Army
           for
           his
           own
           sordid
           ,
           if
           not
           wicked
           ends
           .
           Let
           that
           Favourite
           that
           perswades
           his
           Master
           to
           tolerate
           Injustice
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           a
           Servile
           Fear
           ,
           have
           a
           care
           that
           he
           be
           not
           one
           day
           convinced
           either
           of
           ignorance
           .
           
             Rex
             est
             qui
             posuit
             metus
             ,
             &
             diramala
             pectoris
             ,
             quem
             non
             ambitio
             popularis
             ,
             &
             nunquam
             stabilis
             faveur
             Vulgi
             praecipitis
             movet
             .
          
        
         
           The
           third
           grand
           interest
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           destructive
           to
           the
           Natives
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Officers
           ,
           who
           served
           his
           Majesty
           (
           or
           the
           Parliament
           )
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           before
           the
           year
           1649.
           
           Whose
           arrears
           have
           been
           cast
           up
           ,
           and
           stated
           to
           the
           vast
           sum
           of
           Eighteen
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           sterl
           .
           in
           satisfaction
           whereof
           ,
           the
           part
           of
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           (
           which
           certainly
           is
           worth
           many
           Millions
           )
           is
           conferred
           upon
           them
           .
           They
           are
           entitled
           to
           all
           the
           Natives
           Estates
           in
           four
           great
           Counties
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           Cities
           ,
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           Walled
           Towns
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           Land
           situated
           within
           a
           mile
           to
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           River
           of
           Shanon
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           Conaught
           ,
           and
           County
           of
           Clare
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           Debts
           ,
           Leases
           ,
           Mortgages
           ,
           and
           the
           Reversions
           of
           the
           Irish
           ;
           for
           not
           only
           the
           real
           Estates
           ,
           but
           also
           all
           other
           pretensions
           and
           Titles
           of
           the
           unhappy
           Natives
           are
           forfeited
           :
           And
           leest
           all
           this
           should
           come
           short
           to
           content
           this
           insatiable
           Party
           ,
           the
           last
           act
           allows
           them
           one
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           out
           of
           the
           two
           half
           years
           Rent
           from
           Adventurers
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           restored
           Irish
           .
           Though
           the
           Roman
           Catholick
           Officers
           have
           always
           faithfully
           adhered
           to
           the
           Kings
           Interest
           ,
           and
           never
           deserted
           his
           service
           (
           as
           all
           ,
           or
           most
           of
           these
           Protestant
           Officers
           in
           Ireland
           
           have
           done
           ,
           when
           the
           Usurper
           prevailed
           )
           yet
           they
           being
           Papist
           ,
           disables
           them
           from
           any
           satisfaction
           for
           their
           service
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Qualification
           not
           imposed
           on
           the
           Catholicks
           in
           England
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           since
           the
           Cessation
           of
           Arms
           concluded
           in
           the
           year
           1643.
           
           There
           was
           no
           more
           fighting
           between
           his
           Majesties
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           Roman
           Catholick
           Subjects
           ,
           which
           makes
           a
           great
           difference
           between
           their
           Loyalty
           in
           the
           point
           of
           merit
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           our
           Cavaliers
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           generous
           resolution
           ,
           without
           any
           necessity
           ,
           or
           consideration
           of
           private
           Interest
           ,
           did
           freely
           embrace
           his
           Majesties
           Quarrel
           ,
           siding
           always
           with
           the
           best
           ,
           although
           weakest
           party
           ,
           which
           they
           maintained
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           Six
           years
           ,
           at
           their
           own
           charges
           ,
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           so
           many
           thousand
           brave
           lives
           ,
           who
           were
           all
           Sacrificed
           as
           unspotted
           Victims
           on
           the
           Altar
           of
           Loyalty
           .
           How
           comes
           it
           then
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           a
           handful
           of
           Irish
           Protestants
           should
           be
           allowed
           1800000
           l.
           for
           two
           years
           service
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           English
           Royalists
           ,
           who
           were
           a
           hundred
           times
           more
           numerous
           continued
           thrice
           longer
           in
           serving
           the
           King
           and
           whose
           pure
           Loyalty
           was
           never
           tainted
           with
           the
           mixture
           of
           any
           treachery
           or
           private
           Interest
           ,
           should
           get
           among
           them
           all
           ,
           without
           distinction
           of
           Nation
           or
           Religion
           ,
           but
           70000
           l.
           to
           be
           distributed
           among
           the
           Needy
           Cavaliers
           ,
           (
           who
           had
           neither
           Estates
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           nor
           any
           publick
           Chrges
           or
           imployments
           )
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           starving
           ?
           Upon
           what
           account
           should
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Four
           or
           five
           Garrisons
           in
           Ireland
           that
           plundered
           ten
           times
           more
           then
           their
           pay
           came
           to
           ,
           enjoy
           four
           large
           Counties
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           great
           Towns
           and
           Corporations
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           whilst
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           Royallists
           in
           England
           are
           so
           much
           slighted
           that
           there
           is
           not
           one
           Parish
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           nor
           Street
           in
           any
           City
           ,
           conferred
           upon
           them
           ?
           Will
           not
           the
           Irish
           Forty
           nine
           Men
           allow
           us
           ,
           that
           Prince
           Rupert
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Newcastle
             ,
             Montross
             ,
             Bristol
             ,
             Barkley
             ,
             Middleton
             ,
             Rochester
             ,
             Gerard
             ,
          
           and
           several
           other
           Noblemen
           of
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           deserve
           to
           have
           their
           Arrears
           stated
           and
           satisfied
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Grandees
           of
           Ireland
           ?
           I
           ,
           there
           any
           conveniency
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Justice
           )
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           one
           and
           not
           for
           the
           other
           ?
           It
           cannot
           be
           said
           that
           his
           Majesty
           is
           obliged
           by
           the
           Act
           of
           17.
           
           Car.
           by
           his
           Declaration
           from
           Breda
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Covenant
           ,
           to
           recompence
           in
           so
           large
           a
           manner
           ,
           the
           mercenary
           service
           of
           his
           Protestant
           Officers
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           be
           had
           for
           the
           innumerable
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           present
           want
           of
           so
           many
           Indigent
           Cavaliers
           
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           bread
           to
           eat
           ,
           nor
           a
           house
           to
           lye
           in
           ,
           and
           scarce
           a
           Rag
           to
           cover
           their
           Nakedness
           .
        
         
           To
           give
           some
           colour
           to
           this
           apparent
           partiality
           ,
           the
           first
           Minister
           of
           State
           is
           forced
           to
           betake
           himself
           to
           his
           last
           refuge
           ,
           telling
           ,
           as
           for
           a
           final
           reason
           ,
           that
           the
           Protestant
           English
           Interest
           cannot
           by
           maintained
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           without
           extirpating
           the
           Natives
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           that
           the
           Counties
           and
           Corperations
           undisposed
           of
           by
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           must
           not
           be
           restored
           to
           the
           Natives
           upon
           any
           account
           .
           The
           preservation
           of
           this
           Interest
           is
           now
           become
           
             ultima
             ratio
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             non
             plus
             ultra
          
           to
           all
           political
           Debates
           ;
           and
           seeing
           the
           Learned
           Gown-man
           will
           needs
           establish
           it
           for
           a
           first
           Principle
           not
           to
           be
           denyed
           ,
           is
           not
           amiss
           to
           consider
           more
           attentively
           this
           Idol
           ,
           that
           occasions
           so
           much
           impiety
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           his
           Majesties
           bound
           to
           maintain
           it
           in
           all
           his
           Kingdoms
           and
           Dominions
           ,
           as
           far
           forth
           as
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           requires
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           the
           several
           Constitutions
           of
           particular
           places
           will
           admit
           .
           Certainly
           ,
           no
           Man
           (
           though
           never
           so
           zealous
           ,
           )
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           was
           obliged
           ,
           when
           he
           held
           the
           Town
           of
           Dunkirk
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           to
           expiate
           the
           ancient
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           place
           new
           English
           Colonies
           in
           their
           room
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           a
           Protestant
           Interest
           .
           True
           Religion
           was
           ever
           yet
           planted
           by
           preaching
           and
           good
           example
           ,
           not
           by
           violence
           and
           oppression
           :
           An
           unjust
           intrusion
           into
           the
           Neighbours
           Estate
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           right
           way
           to
           convert
           the
           ancient
           Proprietors
           ,
           who
           will
           hardly
           be
           induced
           to
           embrace
           a
           Religion
           ,
           whose
           Professors
           have
           done
           them
           so
           much
           injustice
           :
           And
           as
           to
           the
           present
           Settlement
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           it
           is
           apparent
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           the
           Confiscation
           of
           Estates
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Conversion
           of
           Souls
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           thing
           aimed
           at
           .
           If
           by
           the
           English
           Interest
           we
           understand
           the
           present
           Possession
           of
           the
           London
           Adventurers
           ,
           and
           of
           
           Cromwel's
           Souldiers
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           it
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           restoration
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           neither
           can
           the
           New
           English
           Title
           to
           Land
           be
           well
           maintained
           ,
           without
           destroying
           the
           old
           Title
           of
           the
           Natives
           ;
           even
           as
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           late
           Common-wealth
           was
           incompatible
           with
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           Cromwels
           Protectorship
           was
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Kings
           Government
           But
           ,
           if
           by
           the
           English
           Interest
           ,
           we
           understand
           (
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           do
           )
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Crown
           and
           Cavaliers
           of
           England
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           it
           might
           not
           be
           preserved
           in
           Ireland
           for
           500
           years
           to
           come
           )
           as
           well
           it
           was
           preserved
           there
           for
           500
           years
           past
           ,
           
           without
           extirpating
           the
           Natives
           .
           Why
           could
           not
           the
           English
           Interest
           be
           maintained
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           without
           extirpation
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Spanish
           Interest
           is
           preserved
           in
           Naples
           and
           Flanders
           ;
           the
           French
           Interest
           in
           Rossilignion
           and
           Alsace
           ;
           the
           Swedish
           Interest
           in
           Breme
           and
           Pomerland
           ;
           the
           Danish
           Interest
           in
           Norway
           ;
           the
           Austrian
           Interest
           in
           Hungary
           ;
           the
           Venetian
           Interest
           in
           Dalmatia
           ;
           and
           the
           Ottoman
           Interest
           over
           all
           Greece
           ;
           and
           so
           many
           other
           Christian
           Provinces
           ,
           without
           dispossessing
           the
           Antient
           Inhabitants
           of
           their
           Patrimonies
           and
           Birth-rights
           ?
           Forts
           ,
           Cittadels
           ,
           Armies
           ,
           and
           Garrisons
           Punishment
           and
           Reward
           ,
           were
           hitherto
           held
           the
           only
           lawful
           means
           for
           the
           Christian
           Princes
           to
           maintain
           their
           Authority
           ,
           and
           secure
           their
           Interest
           :
           Such
           an
           extirpation
           was
           never
           yet
           practised
           by
           any
           Prince
           that
           followed
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           supposing
           that
           the
           preservation
           of
           an
           English
           Interest
           were
           so
           sacred
           a
           thing
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           held
           lawful
           in
           that
           regard
           to
           extirpate
           the
           old
           Inhabitants
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           who
           have
           received
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           that
           Portion
           of
           the
           Earth
           for
           their
           Inhabitants
           ;
           upon
           what
           colour
           of
           Title
           can
           our
           rigid
           Statesman
           design
           the
           extirpation
           of
           so
           many
           Families
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           or
           the
           English
           race
           and
           Extraction
           ,
           lineally
           descended
           from
           the
           best
           Families
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           those
           Antient
           English
           Colonies
           who
           first
           brought
           over
           that
           Interest
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           maintained
           it
           there
           for
           so
           many
           Ages
           ?
           If
           this
           Cannibal
           English
           Interest
           ,
           gives
           no
           better
           quarter
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           English
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           what
           can
           Strangers
           expect
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           what
           assurance
           can
           be
           had
           for
           the
           prosperity
           of
           those
           very
           Adventurers
           and
           Souldiers
           ,
           that
           after
           an
           Age
           or
           two
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           likewise
           devoured
           ,
           or
           displaced
           to
           make
           room
           for
           a
           new
           swarm
           of
           English
           Planters
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           securing
           a
           new
           English
           Interest
           :
           And
           those
           new
           Colonies
           also
           within
           an
           Age
           after
           ,
           shall
           extirpated
           upon
           the
           same
           score
           ;
           For
           the
           Children
           of
           those
           who
           were
           planted
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           King
           James
           his
           Reign
           ,
           are
           now
           destroyed
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           security
           of
           an
           English
           Interest
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           posterity
           of
           the
           first
           English
           ,
           who
           Invaded
           the
           Country
           in
           the
           days
           of
           King
           Henry
           the
           Second
           ;
           so
           that
           to
           the
           Worlds
           end
           ,
           if
           we
           follow
           this
           Rule
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           able
           to
           secure
           the
           English
           Interest
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           The
           Grandees
           are
           the
           Fourth
           and
           last
           in
           order
           ,
           that
           obstruct
           the
           Restoration
           of
           the
           Irish
           Natives
           :
           Their
           Title
           is
           soon
           examined
           ,
           being
           only
           founded
           on
           the
           Kings
           free
           Grant
           ;
           for
           it
           cannot
           be
           said
           
           that
           His
           Majesty
           was
           bound
           by
           any
           former
           obligation
           ,
           or
           pretended
           conveniency
           ,
           to
           confer
           on
           his
           Courtiers
           and
           Favourites
           the
           Land
           of
           other
           People
           .
           Can
           there
           be
           any
           conveniency
           (
           not
           to
           speak
           of
           Justice
           )
           that
           the
           Kings
           only
           Brother
           ,
           and
           Heir
           apparent
           to
           three
           Crowns
           ,
           should
           enjoy
           so
           many
           thousands
           a
           year
           in
           Ireland
           of
           poor
           Gentlemens
           Estates
           ,
           whereof
           some
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           serve
           under
           his
           Command
           in
           Foreign
           Countreys
           ?
           And
           is
           it
           fit
           to
           expose
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           and
           his
           Princely
           Posterity
           to
           the
           many
           inconveniencies
           ,
           and
           heavy
           Judgements
           which
           commonly
           follow
           illegal
           and
           unjust
           acquisitions
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           remarkable
           passage
           ,
           that
           
             Miles
             Corbe●
          
           and
           other
           Regicides
           ,
           who
           went
           over
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           got
           a
           large
           proportion
           of
           Irish
           Land
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           service
           ,
           but
           the
           execrable
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           which
           they
           gave
           against
           our
           late
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           should
           now
           enjoy
           all
           that
           Land
           ,
           by
           no
           other
           Title
           but
           that
           of
           the
           Regicides
           .
           The
           Land
           was
           given
           them
           by
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           for
           murthering
           the
           King
           ,
           let
           the
           World
           judge
           of
           the
           goodness
           of
           their
           Title
           ;
           certainly
           whosoever
           comes
           to
           inherit
           them
           ,
           can
           have
           no
           better
           .
           I
           shall
           make
           no
           mention
           here
           of
           so
           many
           Courtiers
           of
           a
           lesser
           Sphere
           ,
           who
           have
           got
           vast
           Estates
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           by
           his
           Majesties
           free
           Gift
           ,
           and
           whom
           the
           first
           Ministers
           of
           State
           have
           purposely
           interressed
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           engage
           them
           against
           the
           Natives
           ;
           whereby
           the
           Restoration
           of
           the
           Irish
           is
           rendred
           impossible
           ,
           and
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           Adventurers
           and
           Souldiers
           already
           disposed
           by
           the
           Decrees
           of
           the
           last
           Court
           of
           Claims
           ,
           is
           much
           obstructed
           ,
           so
           many
           fresh
           Grants
           exhausting
           the
           stock
           of
           Reprisals
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           I
           have
           hitherto
           set
           down
           in
           brief
           the
           hard
           usage
           extended
           to
           the
           Irish
           since
           his
           Majesties
           Re-establishment
           ,
           and
           examined
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           several
           Interests
           obstructing
           their
           Restoration
           .
           Now
           it
           remains
           to
           say
           somewhat
           of
           the
           undoubted
           right
           ,
           and
           indisputable
           Claim
           of
           the
           Natives
           ,
           to
           those
           Estates
           which
           by
           Cromwels
           Decree
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesties
           confirmation
           ,
           are
           kept
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           justifie
           their
           first
           rising
           ,
           (
           although
           I
           have
           seen
           a
           Treatise
           in
           Latin
           proving
           the
           lawfulness
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           necessity
           ,
           of
           that
           War
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           having
           begun
           it
           in
           their
           own
           defence
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           general
           ruin
           and
           destruction
           designed
           against
           the
           Kindom
           and
           themselves
           (
           by
           the
           Presbyterian
           party
           both
           in
           England
           and
           Scotlana
           )
           I
           shall
           not
           excuse
           any
           Subjects
           
           presuming
           to
           take
           Arms
           ,
           upon
           any
           account
           or
           pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           without
           the
           Authority
           of
           their
           Prince
           ;
           I
           will
           only
           say
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           Insurrection
           (
           how
           bloody
           and
           barbarous
           soever
           some
           are
           pleased
           to
           print
           and
           paint
           it
           )
           four
           hundred
           English
           could
           not
           be
           found
           murdered
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           proceedings
           (
           and
           Records
           yet
           extant
           in
           Dublin
           )
           of
           the
           Usurped
           Powers
           severe
           inquiry
           ,
           and
           their
           Court
           of
           Justice
           ,
           that
           for
           want
           of
           Men
           did
           hang
           Women
           ,
           not
           only
           without
           legal
           proof
           ,
           but
           without
           probability
           that
           they
           could
           or
           would
           be
           guilty
           of
           killing
           Souldiers
           ,
           or
           Innocent
           English
           .
           The
           Irish
           insurrection
           ,
           I
           say
           ▪
           hath
           not
           been
           accompanied
           with
           that
           Insolence
           and
           Malice
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           nor
           with
           those
           sad
           and
           dismal
           effects
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           which
           other
           Rebellions
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           ,
           and
           some
           Pamphlets
           have
           charged
           the
           Irish
           with
           .
           They
           were
           scarce
           22
           Months
           in
           Arms
           ,
           when
           they
           yielded
           to
           a
           Cessation
           upon
           the
           first
           notice
           given
           of
           his
           Majesties
           pleasure
           ,
           although
           they
           had
           then
           the
           upper
           hand
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           known
           the
           Protestant
           party
           could
           not
           be
           well
           preserved
           without
           it
           .
           This
           Cessation
           was
           enlarged
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           until
           a
           final
           Peace
           was
           solemnly
           concluded
           in
           the
           City
           of
           Kilkenny
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           1648
           by
           ,
           and
           between
           the
           Lord
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           Commissioner
           ,
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           the
           General
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Confederate
           Cathol●cks
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           said
           Confederate
           Catholicks
           .
           This
           peace
           was
           no
           sooner
           published
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           Garrisons
           ,
           Forts
           ,
           Citadels
           Strong-holds
           ,
           and
           Magazines
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           were
           put
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Kings
           Lieutenant
           ;
           all
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           both
           in
           Cities
           and
           Country
           submitted
           to
           his
           Government
           .
           And
           though
           the
           English
           Rebels
           have
           been
           ever
           since
           very
           succesful
           in
           all
           their
           attempts
           ,
           yet
           the
           Irish
           ,
           notwithstanding
           they
           were
           offered
           any
           conditions
           by
           the
           Usurper
           ,
           held
           out
           ,
           with
           an
           undaunted
           Courage
           ,
           until
           the
           last
           Town
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           Fortress
           was
           lost
           ,
           and
           until
           they
           received
           express
           Orders
           from
           his
           Majesty
           to
           yield
           to
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           the
           best
           conditions
           they
           could
           for
           their
           own
           preservation
           .
           It
           is
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           this
           peace
           was
           concluded
           in
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           was
           in
           a
           most
           flourishing
           condition
           ,
           having
           Armies
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           the
           Cities
           and
           great
           Towns
           in
           their
           possessions
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           three
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           under
           their
           command
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           courted
           by
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           solicited
           ,
           by
           
           some
           Neighbouring
           Potentates
           ,
           and
           when
           by
           espousing
           his
           Majesties
           quarrel
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           then
           destitute
           of
           all
           humane
           support
           )
           they
           were
           to
           draw
           on
           their
           Country
           all
           their
           united
           Force
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           Victorious
           Rebels
           in
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           consequently
           expose
           themselves
           and
           their
           Posterity
           to
           the
           danger
           of
           an
           unevitable
           ruin
           and
           destruction
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           their
           Adversaries
           have
           practised
           all
           the
           artifice
           that
           Malice
           could
           invent
           ,
           to
           perswade
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           is
           no
           way
           obliged
           to
           make
           good
           that
           peace
           which
           was
           concluded
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           his
           Royal
           Father
           .
           And
           Solemnly
           confirmed
           by
           himself
           .
           Those
           Articles
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           were
           forced
           from
           His
           Majesty
           by
           the
           Irish
           Confederates
           who
           ought
           to
           loose
           the
           benefit
           of
           all
           his
           Majesties
           gracious
           concessions
           ,
           having
           banished
           the
           Lord
           Duke
           Ormond
           ,
           His
           Majesties
           Lieutenant
           ,
           out
           of
           Ireland
           .
           It
           is
           easily
           proved
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           was
           forced
           to
           take
           the
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           environed
           by
           the
           Presbyteriam
           Army
           in
           Scotland
           :
           But
           I
           do
           not
           understand
           how
           it
           can
           be
           made
           out
           ,
           that
           the
           Confederates
           of
           Ireland
           were
           able
           to
           exort
           that
           peace
           from
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           in
           France
           .
           It
           will
           seem
           very
           ridiculous
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           Marquess
           of
           Antrim
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Muskry
           (
           imploy'd
           by
           the
           Consederate
           Catholicks
           ,
           to
           solicit
           ,
           in
           a
           most
           humble
           manner
           ,
           for
           those
           Articles
           which
           only
           contain
           a
           pardon
           for
           the
           past
           ,
           and
           the
           liberty
           of
           Free-born
           Subjects
           for
           the
           future
           )
           should
           come
           to
           Paris
           with
           a
           train
           sufficient
           to
           force
           a
           Sovereign
           Prince
           ,
           lodged
           in
           the
           Louvre
           ,
           who
           was
           Cousin
           German
           to
           his
           most
           Christian
           Majesty
           The
           other
           Assertion
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           was
           banished
           out
           of
           Ireland
           by
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           is
           very
           false
           ;
           His
           Lordship
           being
           driven
           out
           of
           the
           provinces
           of
           Leinster
           and
           Munster
           ,
           by
           the
           power
           of
           Cromwels
           .
           Army
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           retire
           to
           the
           province
           of
           Connaught
           ,
           from
           whence
           he
           took
           Shipping
           for
           France
           ,
           to
           inform
           the
           Queens
           Majesty
           of
           the
           sad
           condi●ion
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           implore
           some
           succour
           from
           abroad
           ,
           (
           which
           if
           timely
           obtained
           )
           might
           probably
           give
           a
           stop
           to
           Cromwels
           conquest
           ,
           and
           render
           him
           unable
           to
           bring
           his
           Victorious
           Forces
           out
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           defeat
           his
           Majesty
           at
           Worcester
           ,
           His
           Lordship
           having
           appointed
           the
           Lord
           Marquess
           of
           Clanrickard
           to
           Command
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           as
           the
           Kings
           Deputy
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Nation
           shewed
           all
           due
           obedience
           and
           submission
           )
           is
           a
           manifest
           argument
           that
           his
           Lordship
           was
           not
           banished
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           
           by
           the
           Confederate
           Catholiks
           ;
           for
           whom
           he
           named
           ,
           a
           Commander
           in
           his
           own
           absence
           :
           neither
           can
           it
           reflect
           upon
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           what
           was
           decreed
           by
           some
           prelates
           convened
           in
           Jamestown
           ,
           whose
           unseasonable
           zeal
           was
           soon
           after
           condemned
           ,
           and
           protested
           against
           by
           a
           general
           Assembly
           held
           in
           Loghreagh
           ,
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           Gentry
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           the
           advantagious
           proposals
           then
           made
           by
           Cromwels
           Agents
           ,
           were
           generously
           rejected
           by
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           the
           Nation
           having
           unanimously
           resolved
           to
           rise
           or
           fall
           with
           the
           Kings
           Interest
           .
           But
           what
           need
           we
           any
           other
           Evidence
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           Irish
           did
           not
           generally
           violate
           the
           Articles
           of
           that
           peace
           ,
           then
           His
           Majesties
           own
           words
           ,
           in
           the
           preamble
           of
           his
           Declaration
           for
           the
           Settlement
           of
           
             Ireland
             .
             And
             therefore
             we
             could
             not
             but
             hold
             our self
             obliged
             to
             perform
             what
             we
             owe
             by
             that
             peace
             to
             those
             who
             had
             honestly
             and
             faithfully
             performed
             what
             they
             had
             promised
             to
             us
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Irish
           being
           at
           the
           last
           over-power'd
           at
           home
           ,
           though
           they
           lost
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           fail
           in
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           most
           of
           their
           young
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           having
           followed
           his
           Majesty
           into
           Forreign
           Countries
           ,
           and
           resorted
           from
           all
           parts
           to
           side
           with
           those
           Princes
           who
           favoured
           his
           Interest
           ;
           when
           the
           King
           was
           in
           France
           ,
           they
           quitted
           the
           Spanish
           service
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           came
           to
           Flanders
           ,
           they
           abandoned
           the
           French
           service
           and
           flocked
           in
           great
           numbers
           about
           his
           Royal
           Person
           ,
           having
           made
           up
           in
           short
           time
           ,
           a
           handsome
           body
           of
           an
           Army
           ,
           which
           rendred
           his
           Majesty
           considerable
           to
           his
           Friends
           abroad
           ,
           and
           dreadful
           to
           his
           Enemies
           at
           home
           .
           These
           are
           verities
           that
           none
           dare
           impugn
           ,
           seeing
           the
           King
           himself
           is
           most
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           own
           them
           in
           his
           Declaration
           .
           
             And
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             we
             did
             ,
             and
             must
             always
             remember
             the
             great
             affection
             a
             considerable
             part
             of
             that
             Nation
             expressed
             to
             Vs
             during
             the
             time
             of
             our
             being
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             when
             with
             all
             cheerfulness
             and
             obedience
             they
             received
             ,
             and
             submitted
             to
             our
             Orders
             ,
             and
             betook
             ,
             themselves
             to
             that
             service
             which
             we
             directed
             as
             most
             convenient
             and
             behooveful
             at
             that
             time
             to
             us
             ,
             though
             attended
             with
             inconveniency
             enough
             to
             themselves
             :
             which
             demeanour
             of
             theirs
             ,
             cannot
             but
             be
             thought
             very
             worthy
             of
             our
             Protection
             ,
             Justice
             and
             Favour
             .
          
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           Is
           it
           not
           a
           sad
           case
           ,
           that
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           who
           sacrificed
           their
           Lives
           ,
           their
           Estates
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Interest
           they
           had
           in
           their
           Country
           for
           the
           Kings
           service
           ,
           who
           followed
           his
           Majesty
           abroad
           ,
           and
           stuck
           to
           him
           in
           his
           Banishment
           ,
           when
           he
           
           was
           abandoned
           almost
           by
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           in
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           should
           now
           be
           in
           a
           far
           worse
           condition
           ,
           than
           they
           were
           reduced
           unto
           ,
           during
           the
           Usurpers
           Reign
           ?
           For
           then
           their
           Estates
           were
           kept
           from
           them
           by
           violence
           ,
           and
           the
           un-resistable
           power
           of
           
           Cromwel's
           Army
           ;
           but
           now
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           legally
           adjudged
           against
           them
           by
           two
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           .
           They
           were
           then
           in
           hopes
           that
           God
           would
           one
           day
           Re-establish
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           in
           a
           peaceable
           and
           entire
           Possession
           of
           his
           Crown
           and
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           consequently
           restore
           to
           them
           their
           ancient
           Patrimonies
           ,
           which
           they
           lost
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           his
           Interest
           :
           But
           now
           ,
           they
           behold
           his
           Majesty
           seated
           in
           the
           Glorious
           Throne
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           themselves
           out
           of
           all
           hopes
           of
           ever
           enjoying
           their
           Estates
           ,
           which
           are
           conferred
           on
           their
           (
           and
           his
           Majesties
           )
           Enemies
           ,
           by
           a
           final
           sentence
           pronounced
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           (
           which
           surpasseth
           all
           the
           misery
           that
           can
           be
           Imagined
           )
           they
           are
           eternally
           condemned
           by
           a
           Messias
           ,
           in
           whom
           they
           hoped
           for
           redemption
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           sake
           they
           sacrificed
           their
           lives
           ,
           lost
           their
           Fortunes
           ,
           quitted
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           forsook
           all
           that
           was
           dear
           to
           them
           in
           this
           World
           :
           And
           this
           done
           by
           the
           corruption
           and
           covetousness
           of
           two
           or
           three
           persons
           ,
           whereof
           one
           was
           the
           first
           Minister
           .
        
         
           
             The
             extraordinary
             merit
             of
             this
             Nation
             in
             his
             Majesties
             service
             ,
             was
             fresh
             in
             his
             Majesties
             memory
             when
             he
             spake
             after
             this
             man-to
             the
             House
             of
             Peers
             ,
             on
             the
          
           27
           July
           ,
           1660.
           
           
             Touching
             the
             Act
             of
             Indempnity
          
           ;
           I
           hope
           I
           need
           say
           nothing
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           alone
           shall
           not
           be
           without
           the
           benefit
           of
           my
           Mercy
           :
           They
           have
           shewed
           much
           affection
           to
           me
           abroad
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           have
           a
           care
           of
           my
           honour
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           have
           poomised
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           to
           pass
           by
           Honour
           and
           Gratitude
           ,
           (
           which
           some
           States-men
           little
           value
           )
           how
           shall
           we
           excuse
           the
           Injustice
           of
           these
           proceedings
           ?
           Suppose
           the
           Peace
           concluded
           in
           the
           year
           1648.
           was
           invalid
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Majesty
           received
           no
           service
           abroad
           from
           any
           of
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           ,
           can
           he
           in
           justice
           condemn
           7000
           Innocents
           ,
           (
           before
           they
           are
           heard
           )
           inoffensive
           Persons
           ,
           who
           never
           offended
           his
           Royal
           Father
           ,
           nor
           himself
           :
           Let
           us
           suppose
           farther
           ,
           that
           an
           Innocent
           person
           could
           not
           be
           found
           in
           all
           Ireland
           ,
           that
           every
           individual
           of
           that
           Nation
           were
           an
           obstinate
           Rebel
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           of
           them
           ever
           deserved
           the
           least
           favour
           from
           his
           Majesty
           in
           point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           or
           Gratitude
           ;
           can
           our
           prime
           Minister
           and
           his
           adherents
           say
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           thousand
           Widows
           
           and
           Orphans
           (
           though
           never
           so
           criminal
           )
           are
           not
           fit
           objects
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Compassion
           and
           Clemency
           ?
        
         
           That
           Kings
           are
           the
           Anointed
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           his
           Lieutenants
           on
           Earth
           ,
           is
           an
           infallible
           truth
           received
           among
           Christians
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           derive
           their
           power
           immediately
           from
           God
           ,
           so
           they
           ought
           to
           imitate
           him
           in
           their
           Actions
           .
           But
           of
           all
           the
           Divine
           Attributes
           ,
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           above
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Works
           ,
           
             Misericordia
             ejus
             supra
             omnia
             opera
             ejus
             ,
          
           so
           is
           it
           that
           alone
           which
           Princes
           are
           most
           concerned
           to
           follow
           .
           It
           is
           by
           this
           Heavenly
           Virtue
           ,
           that
           good
           Kings
           have
           been
           always
           distinguished
           from
           Tyrants
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           appeared
           to
           their
           Subjects
           as
           the
           very
           Images
           of
           Divinity
           .
           I
           do
           not
           think
           that
           the
           English
           Crown
           was
           ever
           worn
           by
           a
           Prince
           more
           Benign
           and
           Merciful
           than
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           there
           is
           no
           King
           now
           living
           on
           Earth
           ,
           who
           hath
           given
           a
           larger
           Testimony
           of
           his
           natural
           propensity
           and
           inclination
           that
           way
           .
           How
           great
           then
           must
           be
           the
           Guilt
           of
           those
           Ministers
           of
           State
           that
           cunningly
           obstructed
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           Bounty
           and
           Clemency
           of
           so
           good
           and
           gracious
           a
           Prince
           towards
           an
           Innocent
           people
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           not
           the
           least
           deserving
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ?
           Their
           gettings
           by
           the
           Bills
           of
           Settlement
           spoils
           their
           plea
           ,
           and
           pretence
           for
           the
           promotion
           of
           protestancy
           .
           It
           will
           seem
           a
           paradox
           to
           posterity
           ,
           that
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           Insurrections
           hath
           been
           pardoned
           ,
           and
           preserved
           by
           the
           Royal
           Bounty
           of
           Kings
           ,
           meerly
           English
           should
           now
           be
           condemned
           to
           an
           eternal
           extirpation
           by
           a
           King
           of
           old
           Irish
           extraction
           (
           lineally
           descended
           from
           Fergusius
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           Royal
           blood
           of
           Ireland
           )
           who
           of
           all
           the
           Kings
           that
           ever
           Regned
           in
           England
           ,
           was
           most
           obliged
           to
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           ,
           and
           that
           during
           the
           Reign
           of
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           (
           the
           most
           merciful
           Prince
           that
           ever
           wore
           a
           Crown
           )
           so
           many
           thousand
           Innocents
           should
           be
           exempted
           from
           a
           hearing
           ,
           and
           others
           from
           a
           General
           pardon
           ,
           which
           by
           a
           Mercy
           wholly
           extraordinary
           ,
           doth
           extend
           to
           some
           of
           the
           very
           Regicides
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           verities
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           of
           in
           our
           dayes
           ,
           which
           after
           Ages
           will
           hardly
           admit
           ,
           seeing
           the
           like
           was
           never
           before
           Recorded
           in
           Annals
           ,
           or
           mentioned
           in
           any
           History
           :
           For
           ,
           since
           the
           Creation
           of
           Adam
           to
           this
           day
           (
           and
           perhaps
           our
           posterity
           to
           the
           Worlds
           end
           ,
           may
           be
           as
           far
           to
           seek
           )
           we
           cannot
           produce
           another
           example
           of
           the
           like
           measure
           extended
           to
           a
           Christian
           people
           ,
           under
           the
           Goverment
           of
           a
           most
           Christian
           Prince
           .
           The
           most
           bloody
           Tyrants
           
           of
           former
           Ages
           ,
           even
           those
           Monsters
           of
           Nature
           ,
           who
           seemed
           to
           be
           born
           for
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           than
           the
           desolation
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           did
           never
           extirpate
           their
           old
           Friends
           ,
           to
           make
           room
           for
           their
           reconciled
           Enemies
           :
           So
           that
           it
           must
           be
           a
           very
           difficult
           matter
           to
           perswade
           those
           who
           are
           not
           Eye-witnesses
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           that
           the
           Royal
           Authority
           of
           our
           Gracious
           King
           ,
           which
           here
           in
           England
           maintains
           the
           Peer
           in
           his
           Splendor
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           the
           Commoner
           in
           his
           Birth-right
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           which
           protects
           the
           Weak
           from
           the
           oppression
           of
           the
           mighty
           ,
           secures
           the
           Nobility
           from
           the
           Insolence
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           Equal
           and
           Impartial
           Justice
           is
           indifferently
           distributed
           to
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           this
           Great
           and
           Flourishing
           Realm
           ;
           should
           be
           at
           the
           same
           time
           made
           use
           of
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           condemn
           Innocents
           before
           they
           are
           heard
           ,
           to
           destroy
           so
           many
           thousand
           Widows
           and
           Orphans
           ,
           to
           confirm
           unlawful
           and
           usurped
           possessions
           ,
           to
           violate
           the
           publick
           Faith
           ,
           to
           punish
           Virtue
           ,
           to
           countenance
           Vice
           ,
           to
           hold
           Loyalty
           a
           Crime
           ,
           and
           Treason
           worthy
           of
           Reward
           .
           The
           bloody
           and
           covetous
           States-man
           who
           chiefly
           occasioned
           all
           this
           disorder
           ,
           was
           very
           often
           heard
           to
           say
           ,
           with
           a
           fierce
           countenance
           ,
           and
           passionate
           tone
           ,
           the
           Irish
           deserve
           to
           be
           extirpated
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           would
           (
           after
           his
           usual
           manner
           )
           come
           out
           with
           a
           great
           Oath
           ,
           and
           swear
           ,
           they
           shall
           all
           be
           extirpated
           ,
           Root
           and
           Branch
           .
           Good
           God
           ,
           what
           a
           Heathen
           expression
           is
           this
           in
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           who
           is
           expresly
           commanded
           to
           love
           his
           Enemies
           ?
           Does
           he
           think
           that
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           which
           orders
           the
           growth
           of
           Herbs
           ,
           the
           fall
           of
           Leaves
           ,
           and
           appoints
           an
           Angel
           for
           the
           guard
           of
           every
           individual
           person
           ,
           takes
           no
           care
           to
           preserve
           an
           entire
           Body
           of
           a
           Nation
           ?
           and
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           in
           the
           power
           of
           one
           man
           to
           destroy
           the
           work
           of
           God
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ;
           of
           such
           a
           Man
           that
           could
           not
           prevent
           his
           own
           disgrace
           ,
           not
           avoid
           the
           many
           other
           inconveniences
           which
           are
           like
           to
           fall
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           proud
           Haman
           ,
           who
           ,
           joyntly
           with
           some
           few
           others
           ,
           to
           get
           Money
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Estates
           for
           their
           Children
           )
           contrived
           the
           general
           extirpation
           of
           the
           whole
           Irish
           race
           ;
           but
           before
           he
           could
           fully
           compass
           his
           wicked
           Design
           (
           I
           must
           confess
           he
           went
           very
           near
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           God
           had
           given
           him
           a
           longer
           continuance
           of
           power
           he
           would
           undoubtedly
           make
           good
           his
           word
           )
           was
           forced
           for
           his
           own
           safety
           ,
           and
           the
           preservation
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           to
           quit
           his
           fine
           House
           ,
           forsake
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           bid
           his
           Countrey
           farewel
           ,
           and
           to
           
           travel
           in
           his
           old
           age
           ,
           in
           the
           dead
           of
           Winter
           ,
           through
           so
           many
           dangers
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           incommodities
           by
           Land
           ,
           to
           seek
           for
           some
           shelter
           abroad
           ,
           seeing
           he
           could
           not
           be
           secure
           at
           home
           
             Justu
             es
             ,
             Domine
             ,
             &
             justum
             judicium
             tuum
             .
          
           He
           is
           gone
           with
           all
           his
           Greatness
           ,
           and
           the
           miseries
           of
           the
           poor
           Irish
           do
           still
           continue
           ;
           however
           they
           are
           yet
           in
           being
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           hope
           that
           the
           fall
           of
           their
           Mortal
           Enemy
           may
           be
           a
           beginning
           of
           their
           Rise
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Majesty
           will
           now
           seriously
           reflect
           upon
           the
           unparallel'd
           usage
           hitherto
           extended
           to
           that
           Nation
           ,
           who
           are
           deprived
           of
           the
           Benefit
           of
           Law
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           publick
           Faith
           :
           The
           cryes
           and
           tears
           of
           more
           than
           an
           hundred
           thousand
           Widows
           and
           Orphans
           ,
           being
           worthy
           his
           Majesties
           Princely
           consideration
           .
           And
           certainly
           there
           can
           be
           no
           great
           difficulty
           met
           with
           to
           dissannul
           two
           illegal
           Acts
           ,
           which
           are
           evidently
           repugnant
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           and
           Nature
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           common
           reason
           ,
           and
           consequently
           void
           in
           themselves
           )
           but
           also
           to
           all
           sound
           Policy
           and
           reason
           of
           State
           ;
           For
           that
           the
           true
           Interest
           of
           England
           (
           as
           relating
           to
           Ireland
           )
           consists
           in
           raising
           ▪
           he
           Irish
           as
           a
           Bulwark
           ,
           or
           ballance
           ,
           against
           our
           English
           and
           Scotch
           Presbyterians
           .
           The
           Irish
           Papists
           agreed
           so
           well
           ,
           and
           lived
           so
           peaceably
           with
           our
           English
           Prelatiques
           ,
           during
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           Seventeen
           years
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           that
           they
           seemed
           to
           be
           of
           one
           mind
           in
           all
           matters
           :
           And
           when
           the
           Presbyterian
           practises
           and
           Covenant
           began
           to
           disturb
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           the
           Papists
           and
           Prelatiques
           in
           Ireland
           (
           as
           well
           as
           in
           England
           )
           joyned
           their
           hearts
           and
           hands
           against
           Presbytery
           for
           the
           King.
           The
           great
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           judged
           it
           was
           a
           true
           Protestant
           Cavalier
           Interest
           ,
           to
           raise
           an
           Army
           of
           Papists
           in
           Ireland
           thereby
           to
           keep
           in
           awe
           the
           Presbyterians
           of
           Scotland
           and
           England
           .
           And
           indeed
           the
           Presbyterian
           designs
           could
           never
           have
           had
           been
           compassed
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           had
           not
           been
           forced
           to
           disband
           the
           same
           Army
           Then
           the
           Earl
           (
           now
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           (
           thought
           it
           was
           the
           true
           English
           and
           Cavalier
           Interest
           ,
           joyn
           in
           Parliament
           with
           the
           Roman
           Catholick
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           against
           the
           Presbyterian
           Lords
           Justices
           ,
           and
           their
           Faction
           ;
           and
           therefore
           joyntly
           with
           them
           ,
           resolved
           to
           secure
           their
           persons
           ,
           and
           seize
           upon
           the
           Castle
           and
           Magazine
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           for
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           
           But
           this
           their
           Design
           was
           quashed
           by
           an
           inconsiderate
           attempt
           of
           some
           Northern
           Gentlemen
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           and
           encouraged
           the
           presbyterian
           Lords
           ,
           Justices
           to
           force
           the
           Kings
           Loyal
           Subjects
           into
           desperate
           Courses
           :
           But
           no
           sooner
           were
           the
           presbyterian
           Lord
           Justices
           deposed
           ,
           and
           imprisoned
           by
           the
           Kings
           commands
           ,
           but
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           returned
           to
           their
           Duty
           ,
           first
           by
           a
           Cessation
           ,
           next
           by
           a
           submissive
           peace
           ,
           delivering
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           ,
           and
           joyning
           with
           the
           Cavalier
           party
           against
           the
           Kings
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           so
           continued
           untill
           both
           were
           over-powered
           by
           Cromwel
           .
        
         
           Another
           reason
           why
           understanding
           men
           judge
           the
           Irish
           ought
           to
           be
           preserved
           ,
           and
           their
           Interest
           preferred
           before
           that
           of
           Cromwels
           Creatures
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           of
           Ireland
           are
           not
           able
           to
           defend
           themselves
           against
           the
           Scots
           in
           that
           Countrey
           ;
           If
           the
           Irish
           be
           Neuters
           .
           The
           Scots
           are
           a
           people
           so
           numerous
           ,
           so
           needy
           ,
           and
           so
           near
           unto
           Ireland
           ,
           so
           cunning
           ,
           close
           ,
           and
           confederated
           in
           a
           common
           Interest
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           our
           States-men
           apprehend
           ,
           they
           may
           soon
           possess
           themselves
           of
           the
           whole
           Island
           ,
           they
           being
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           not
           only
           Masters
           of
           Vister
           ,
           but
           spread
           over
           the
           other
           provinces
           ,
           and
           very
           well
           armed
           .
           Now
           ,
           if
           despair
           should
           dictate
           to
           the
           destroyed
           Irish
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           their
           conveniency
           to
           joyn
           with
           the
           Scots
           against
           the
           English
           that
           possess
           their
           Estates
           ,
           without
           question
           the
           English
           Interest
           will
           be
           lost
           in
           Ireland
           .
           It
           is
           better
           therefore
           ,
           that
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           be
           gained
           ,
           by
           restoring
           them
           to
           their
           own
           (
           such
           only
           excepted
           as
           had
           their
           hands
           in
           murdering
           English
           )
           than
           that
           a
           few
           presbyterian
           and
           phanatick
           up-starts
           be
           made
           great
           by
           other
           Mens
           Estates
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           endangered
           to
           be
           wrested
           out
           of
           our
           hands
           ,
           and
           seperated
           from
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           .
        
         
         
           You
           see
           ,
           my
           Lord
           that
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           as
           little
           conveniency
           as
           Conscience
           in
           my
           Lord
           
           Clarendon's
           ,
           and
           his
           covetous
           partners
           Settlement
           of
           Ireland
           ;
           yet
           I
           must
           confess
           this
           Domestick
           affair
           agreeth
           well
           with
           his
           policy
           in
           Foreign
           Negotiations
           .
           Until
           his
           time
           the
           Statesmen
           of
           Europe
           (
           particularly
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           )
           made
           it
           their
           business
           to
           keep
           the
           scales
           equal
           between
           France
           and
           Spain
           ,
           least
           either
           of
           those
           two
           potentates
           might
           aspire
           unto
           an
           Universal
           Monarchy
           ;
           But
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clarendon
           made
           it
           his
           business
           to
           utterly
           destroy
           Spain
           ,
           and
           exalt
           the
           French
           King
           to
           such
           a
           height
           of
           power
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           short
           time
           he
           might
           be
           Master
           of
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           and
           find
           no
           opposition
           in
           his
           way
           into
           England
           ;
           And
           indeed
           had
           not
           our
           Kings
           Conduct
           and
           Courage
           been
           extraordinary
           ,
           in
           closing
           up
           a
           new
           Defensive
           League
           so
           seasonably
           ,
           and
           in
           concluding
           a
           peace
           between
           Spain
           and
           Portugal
           ,
           no
           part
           of
           Europe
           that
           is
           worth
           the
           Coveting
           ,
           could
           be
           free
           from
           the
           French
           command
           .
           I
           hope
           ,
           that
           as
           God
           hath
           inspired
           his
           Majesty
           to
           prevent
           (
           by
           this
           League
           and
           peace
           ,
           )
           the
           dangers
           which
           corrupt
           Ministers
           drew
           upon
           us
           ,
           so
           He
           will
           move
           him
           to
           establish
           a
           lasting
           peace
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           by
           a
           just
           repeal
           of
           the
           Irish
           Act
           of
           Settlement
           ;
           And
           thereby
           to
           quash
           all
           the
           Designs
           against
           England
           ,
           That
           France
           or
           any
           Foreigner
           may
           endeavour
           to
           ground
           upon
           the
           discontents
           of
           a
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           desperate
           people
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           had
           this
           account
           of
           the
           transactions
           in
           Ireland
           since
           his
           Majesties
           Restauration
           ,
           it
           were
           an
           act
           worthy
           your
           Lordship
           (
           being
           a
           leading
           Member
           in
           the
           House
           of
           peers
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           much
           relyed
           upon
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           (
           to
           make
           it
           your
           request
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           the
           Business
           of
           Ireland
           may
           receive
           one
           publick
           hearing
           ,
           and
           all
           parties
           concerned
           appear
           by
           their
           Agents
           ,
           which
           if
           your
           Lordship
           prevail
           to
           get
           done
           ,
           if
           the
           Settlement
           as
           it
           is
           now
           Established
           ,
           be
           deemed
           Just
           ,
           will
           be
           happy
           for
           the
           possessours
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           all
           Calumnies
           that
           the
           Irish
           do
           over
           all
           the
           
           World
           east
           on
           the
           Managers
           of
           that
           Settlement
           ;
           But
           if
           it
           appear
           not
           to
           be
           a
           just
           Settlement
           ,
           then
           Justice
           in
           so
           high
           a
           degree
           will
           become
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           Highest
           Court
           ,
           and
           will
           evidence
           the
           Truth
           or
           Nullitie
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           here
           been
           offered
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           by
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Lordships
             most
             Faithful
             and
             most
             Humble
             Servant
             
               F.
               D.
            
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A40454-e120
           
             *
             The
             D
             —
             of
             O
             —
             hath
             added
             as
             much
             to
             his
             own
             ancient
             Estate
             ,
             by
             the
             new
             settlement
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             as
             would
             have
             satisfied
             all
             the
             Claims
             of
             the
             just
             Adventurers
             .
             And
             Anglesey
             and
             Kingston
             little
             less
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Province
             of
             Ulster
             ,
             but
             Three
             of
             the
             Natives
             restored
             ,
             viz.
             My
             Lord
             of
             Antrim
             ,
             Sir
             
               Henry
               O-Neil
            
             ,
             and
             one
             more
             of
             an
             inconsiderable
             Estate
             .
             In
             the
             Province
             of
             Conaught
             ,
             but
             Four
             viz.
             the
             Earl
             of
             Clanrickard
             ,
             Lord
             of
             Mayo
             ,
             Coll.
             
               John
               Kelley
            
             ,
             and
             Coll.
             Moor.
             
          
           
             Which
             the
             Natives
             call
             the
             black
             Bill
             ,