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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87219	The impudence of the Romish whore: continued, and improved, in her shamelesse and barbarous brood of the Jrjsh rebells; calling themselves, His Majesties Catholike subjects. Discovered by a particular of certaine motives by them divulged, and falsly alledged to be the occasion of their late taking up armes: as also, by their oath of association, and by certain ridiculous and arrogant proposjtjons, which they have prepared, with a foolish hope, that they shall be condescended unto, by the King and Parliament of England. All which are here exemplified, with some briefe notes and observations upon them: by a Lover of his countrey. Published by Authority.	Lover of his country.	1644 (1644)	Wing I108; Thomason E44_13; ESTC R2551	12,599	16

Parliament yea in despight of Parliament and contrary to the Lawes of God and the Kingdome therefore they ought rather to have been sooner broken then so long tolerated as they were XVI The many horrible murders Robberies Pillages Wasts Burnings and other execrable Cruelties perpetrated of late by the Protestants Army here by publike direction of the State of this Realme upon His Majesties good Subjects of the English Pale and other parts of the Land they not offending against the Laws or Peace of the Realm but meerly standing upon their own defence and this done them against His Majesties pleasure without his privity The impudence of every sonne of the Babilonish Whore is very monstrous but none like that of her Irish Bastards For after they had committed I will use their owne words so many horrid Murders Robberies Pillages Wasts Burnings and other execrable Cruelties upon the harmlesse Protestants living among them who neither gave occasion of offence nor suspected such cruelty till they felt the skenes in their throats they are neverthelesse not ashamed contrary to their own and our knowledge to affirme that these cruelties were put in execution upon them and by direction of the State of that Realme before they tooke up Armes or acted in the massacre of the Protestants which is the most impudent falshood that ever was averred by any child of the Devill For all the Brittish Isles rung with the horrour of their hellish cruelties before the Protestants whose brethren were murdered unawares had so much as a thought of any such offence as was pretended or of any such defensive preparatives as have beene since made Yea it is generally knowne that the remainder of the murdered Britans in Ireland tooke not up Armes to prevent their totall extirpation till that mischiefe was begun and proceeded in almost beyond prevention And that they then armed themselves against these Rebells with his Majesties privitie and good liking appeares with his detestation of their inhumanity by the Act of Parliament made against them and confirmed by his Majesty as also by his owne voluntarie Declarations often mentioning bleeding Ireland and remembring the Parliament not to be remisse in sending supplies against those Miscreants though since termed his loyall Subjects Therefore no tongue but Irish could have averred so apparent a falshood nor any but Popish Irish Traitors have dared to affirme that our preparations to avenge the blood of his murthered Subjects and our Brethren was without his Majesties privitie and against his pleasure unlesse they will confesse and prove his secret will to be contrary to that which was revealed XVII All the Natives in the English Plantations of this Realme were disarmed by Proclamation and the Protestant Plantators armed and tied by the Condition of their Plantations to have Armes and to keep certain numbers of Horse and Foot continually upon their Lands by which advantage many thousands of the Natives were expulsed out of their possessions and many hanged by Martiall Law without cause and against the Laws of this Kingdom and many of them other ways destroyed and made away by sinister means and practices That which is here affirmed is totally false for had the Natives been indeed unarmed and the Protestants armed as by law they ought to have been and as the trecherous condition of the Irish required the publique peace had been yet preserved at least such Butcheries had not been committed But the Britans were too secure and so farre from using the cruelties against the Irish or taking the advantages laid to their charge that they suppressed them not as they ought to have done much lesse hanged them as they deserved for which cause they have since cut their throats who saved them from the Gallowes XVIII Halfe this Realme was found to belong unto His Majesty as his ancient Demeasne and Inheritance upon old feigned titles of 300. yeares past by Iudges against Law their Evidence and Conscience who were corrupted to finde the said Titles upon promise of part of those lands so found for the King or other rewards or els drawne thereunto by threats of the Iudges of the Circuits or by heavy Fines Mulcts and Censures of Pillory Stigmatizing and other like cruell and unusuall punishments What was unjustly found for the King by the corruption of Judges and others let them answer for whom it concernes as also to the rest of this Article For we have seen and felt so much injustice in England that much of it may perhaps be true But me thinks Saint Patricks Beads-men should have considered that this imputation of injustice will more disparage their friends at Court then those whom they account their enemies for from them proceeded that injustice which was done The Preface to the Oath of Association taken by the Irish Rebels Whereas the Roman Catholikes of this Kingdome of Ireland have beene inforced to take up Armes for the necessary defence and preservation as well of their Religion plotted and resolved to be quite suppressed by the Puritan Faction as likewise of their Estates and Liberties and also for the defence and safeguard of His Majesties Royall Power Prerogatives and Right invaded upon which we will defend so farre forth onely as may serve our owne turnes And for that it is requisite there should be an unanimous consent and reall union betweene all the Catholikes of this Kingdome to maintain the premises and strengthen them against their adversaries It is thought fit by them that they and whosoever should adhere unto their party should for the better assurance of their fidelity and constancy of the publike Cause take the insuing Oath The Rebells Oath of Association I A. B. do promise vow and make Protestation before God and his Angels of my Allegiance to my Soveraigne Lord King Charles and to the Heires of his Body Kings and Queenes of England and that I will maintaine his and their just Prerogatives Honour Estate and Rights the Power and Priviledges of Parliament and all the ancient and fundamentall Lawes of England now of force within this Realm so farre forth as they are not contrary or against the Romane Catholike Religion this was well provided And do further promise vow and protest before God and his Angels that I as Confederate and Associate to the rest of the Confederate Catholikes of this Kingdome will by all lawfull meanes maintaine uphold and defend to my power the free exercise of the said Religion through this Kingdome as also the just liberties possessions and estates of this Kingdome who have or shall take this Oath and performe the Contents thereof with men money and other provision as it shal be reasonably required from time to time by the said Catholikes Confederates And moreover I will joyn with the same Confederates in any lawfull way that shal be agreed on by them to free this Kingdome and Nation from the oppressions and cruell Government of the now State and Officers of this Realm and from the designes or attempts