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act_n	king_n	parliament_n	repeal_v	4,000	5	12.1621	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90156	The true demands of the rebells in Ireland. Declaring the causes of their taking up armes. Sent into England by Sir Phelom O-Neale, their generall: to the Honorable and High Court of Parliament. Vlster, February 1.0. [sic] 1641. Published for prventing [sic] false copies already extant, or that may be hereafter printed. Avowed by R.P. Gent.	O'Neill, Phelim, Sir, 1604?-1653, attributed name.; R. P., Gent.	1642 (1642)	Wing O344; Thomason E135_4	1,758	7

THE TRVE DEMANDS OF THE Rebells in Ireland DECLARING The Causes of their taking up ARMES Sent into England by Sir Phelom O-Neale their Generall TO The Honorable and High Court of PARLIAMENT Vlster February 10. 1641. Published for prventing false Copies already extant or that may be hereafter printed Avowed by R. P. Gent. LONDON Printed by Iohn Hammond 1641. THE Irish Rebells Vnreasonable DEMANDS My LORD I Am commanded by the Noble men Knights and Gentry of our Army now resident within the Provinces of Lemster and Vlster to give your Lordship an account of ' the reasons that have induced us to take Armes that the same might bee presented to the rest of the Lords of the Councell of this Kingdome by which meanes our desires might be made knowne to the King and State assembled in Parliament in the Kingdome of England hoping thereby to procure redresse of our manifold grievances and oppressions where with wee have been for a long time together afflicted and could never yet obtaine any remedy of the same neither by our humble Petitions nor otherwise wee never having beene desirous to use violence to obtaine the same untill now of late This State assembled for the most part of English and them of the Irish Nation ioyned as members thereof with them being altogether disaffected to our Religion have endevoured what in them lay to take from us our liberties and lawes formerly enacted by Parliament with the consent of severall Princes and Parliaments in England whereby wee have used and exercised our Religion according to the due rites and holy and necessary ceremonies thereof which served as decent ornaments to set forth the honour and glory thereof whereby we suppose God is honoured and with it well pleased Which to defend and preserve being now ready to fall to decay and bee brought to destruction We have been forced to betake our selves to our Armes to defend our Religion and liberty And if the same may bee againe restored and our Religion tolerated we shall willingly lay downe our Armes in such manner as followeth 1. We desire the Lawes of Queene Mary concerning our Religion in the use and exercise thereof may be againe renewed and now againe by Act of Parliament as well the Parliament of England as this Kingdome may be established and confirmed to us and our posterity 2. That the Lawes and Statutes made and enacted in the reigne of Queen Elizabeth and King Iames against us and our Religion may be by the Parliament of both Kingdomes repealed and annihilated viz. I. That all Statutes made and enacted in either Kingdome against any in holy Orders of the Catholicke Religion as Priests Iesuites Monkes Friers Capuchins and the like either for their execution or banishment may be repealed and an ordinance by Parliament of this Kingdome made whereby they may have free liberty in any part of the Kings dominions to use and exercise their severall functions to educate teach and instruct all such as are descended of Catholicke Parents or are inclinable and desirous to bee of the Romane Religion without incurring any punishment either corporall or in their estates or by imprisonment banishment or the like I. That all Acts and Statutes against publike Recusants taking away their means and land may be repealed and that they may freely and publikely professe their Religion without such trouble and punishment II. That those lawes made for the abolishment of Abbyes Pryories and Monasteries may b● repealed and an Act of libertie made by this State to all holy and devont men that will build and up-reare the same againe to doe it without any let or impediment and that the Ancient demeanes and Revenews of right appertaining and belonging to the same may be againe to them restored to the mainteynance of those orders of Holy men for which they were first ordained and erected IV. That wee may have free correspondency by Embassages or otherwise with his Holinesse at Roome touching any thing concerning our Religion that wee may have at all times a Nuntio Resident amongst us to informe us of his Holinesse pleasure upon all occasions tending to our soules good and salvation V. That all Lawes and Ordinances hereafter enacted in this Kingdome may be by select Councells of Romane Catholikes for the Romish Religion And only of Protestants for theirs and ioyntly together in matters concerning the Civill and Politicke government of the State VI. That wee may no more bee subiect in this Kingdome to the Crowne of England and the Lawes and Statutes of the Kingdome but altogether governed by this State and may have placed over us such a Governor or Viceroy as may bee well accepted of by us that wee may willingly submit our selves to his subiection and obedience My Lord These are the particulars of our ●●●mands which I am commanded to present to your Lordship and which are desired may be consented unto ratified and confirmed which if reiected and refused wee doe intend to the uttermost of our power to the losse of lives and fortunes to maintaine Vlster Febr. 10. 1641. Your Lordships to command Phelom O Neale