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A37405 A Declaration sent to the King of France and Spayne from the Catholiques or rebells in Ireland vvith a manifesto of the covenant or oath they have made and taken for the defence of the Catholique league against the Protestants in that kingdome : vvherein is discovered their treacherous practizes under the pretence of religion and their bloody actions full of cruelty and barbarisme / ...translated out of French by R. C. Gent. Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665. 1642 (1642) Wing D791; ESTC R18658 4,608 8

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A DECLARATION SENT TO THE KING of France and Spayne From the Catholiques or Rebells in IRELAND VVith a manifesto of the Covenant or Oath they have made and taken for the defence of the Catholique League against the Protestants in that Kingdome VVherein is discovered their treacherous practizes under the pretence of Religion and their bloody Actions full of Cruelty and Barbarisme Published in Paris April the 24 1642. And translated out of French by R. C. Gent. London Printed for I. T. 1642. Newes from France The Lawes newly established by the Catholicks of Ireland now in Armes with the forme of their new Oath taken for the maintayning of their league IRreland being to this day the Sole Right and a contrey subiect to the Governement of the King of great Britaine where the warre now is which is the principall subiect of this Historie and the Parliament of England imputing to that war one of the causes of the division with his Maiesty of Britaine as if some Manifesto had interressed him in it it will bee important not onely for the illustration of the Historic but also for the discussing of the truth of that objection because they condemne the Irish to live without rule and discipline and to exercise many cruelties against the Protestants to understand what lawes they are under which they live and the Articles of their new confederacy To the better understanding whereof wee are to presuppose that Ireland having bin sometimes governed by five severall Kings every one of which reigned in one of those five Provinces in the ye●re ●●●●●here arose a division betwixt two of those Kings namely hee of Lageny whose Royall 〈…〉 e was at Dubling and was called Di●rm●th Omorochon he of Connaught who was called Ochonnoch Donn the first whereof having called the English to his succour Richard de Strongbow repaired to him who behaved himselfe so valiently that ioyning with the King of Lageny he made himselfe Master of one part of that Island and became an Introduction to Henry the second then King of England who came thither with a great Army which the other Provinces perceiving they willingly did submit unto him to be delivered by him from the calamities that did attend their civill warre but as new plantions doe seldome agree with the antient Inhabitants whose lands they came to usurpe and to possesse these two Nations had alwaies some difference which traversed daily the successe of the Irish and hindered them that they could not retire themselves from their obedience to the English especially at that time when Oneale Earle of Tyrone tooke armes for the maintayning of the liberty of the Catholicks against the Protestants in that great and universall subiect of division which the diversity of religion had caused to arise throughout all Christendome who did incourage and conduct them as discreetly and as valiantly as all other people and added to the first and greate difference which arrose in that countrey betweene the naturall Irish and those who were called English-Irish that is to say descended from the English and the Inhabitants of Ireland another difference to it of Catholickes and Protestants which now is growne so strong as to make them forget their antient quarrell and to recombine all those into the same body which are found of the same beliefe two Lords onely excepted to wit the Earle of Clenricard and of Antrim Catholicks both in their profession and are not yet openly ioyned to the Catholiks now in armes but remaine as newtralls although they impute the cavse to the Estates they have in England the first being Earle of S. Albans invested with the honours of three other Baronys the other with the rich dowry of the Dutchesse of Buckingham his consort Now there being no society which can subsist without lawes behold those which they have lately published to entertaine their mutuall correspondence and military discipline with the oath taken by them to the same intent 1. It shall not bee lawfull for any under paine of death to take away the Catholicks goods or to doe any dammage to them whither they be Irish English or Scotts or of any other Nation whatsoever inhabiting within this Realme those onely excepted who shall be declared enemies to the common cause or shall refuse to take armes for their defence in which last case it shall not bee lawfull under the former payne to indammage the said Catholickes without expresse order from the Lords Directors or Intendants of Iustice established in every County or in the greatest part of them 2 If any either of the one or othe sexe which to this present hath made profession of the Protestant Religion shall reconcile himselfe to the holy Church of Rome provided that he persevereth in it he shall suffer no dammage either in his Body or his goods howsoever to prevent deceits the Castles and strong places which shall be found to appertaine unto them shall remaine sixe months in pleage in the hands of the directors or of those who shall bee committed to that charge who shall give them an account of the revenues of the said places 3. If the Husband be a catholick and his wife a Protestant they shall suffer no dammage in their goods moveable or Immoveable but if the Husband bee a Protestant and his Wife a Catholick the thirds of the goods shall bee taken from the disposing of the Husband for the lively hood and maintenance of his wife and from them both a third remaining shall be taken according to the arbitration of the abovesaid directors for the education of their children 4. The Tributes Revenewes Rites and temporall prerogatives of this King of great Britaine shall exactly bee preserved and maintained and all subiects and tenants precisely constrayned to pay them into the hands of the Farmers and ordinary receivers for his Maiestie for the use and service of him 5. There shall be no distinction betweene the naturall Irish and the antient English Irish or any other true Catholicks whatsoever but they shall indifferently bee considered and advanced to offices according to their deser●s being faithfull to the King and preserving and promoting with all their power the common cause of the foresaid Religion 6. It sh●ll not bee permitted to any to depart beyond the confines of his owne County to go to forraigne without order from the directors 7. They who shall appropriate to themselves the goods of their kinred of the contrary party shall bee constrained to leave them to the administration of the directors or to give them an account of them or to bring in unto them the greater part in which first case the Directors shall dispence unto them a fitting considerable recompence and the usurpers who shall bee convinced to have dealt falsely with them shall bee condemned to pay unto the common cause the double of the value of the said goods 8. It is forbidden to all on the forfeit of their lives either under the pretext of warre