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A92404	The converts letter to his old freinds. Or The apologie of a commander of the Kings party, for diserting of that party, and bearing armes for the Parliament. Wherein is shewed, that those pretences of defending the Protestant religion, the fundamentall lawes, the liberties of the subjects, &c. on that party, are but specious. What Irish, and papists, have been honoured & cheifly intrusted. How if that army doth conquer, as it is now moulded, popery and tiranny, of necessity must be introduced. Withe the lawfulnesse of bearing defensive armes by the Parliament. Printed and published according to order.	W. R.	1645 (1645)	Wing R94; Thomason E260_43; ESTC R212471	7,823	11

THE CONVERTS LETTER To his old freinds Or the Apologie of a Commander of the Kings Party for di●●●ting of that party and bearing Armes for the PARLIAMENT Wherein is shewed that those pretences of Defending the Protestant Religion the fundamentall Lawes the Liberties of the Subjects c. on that party are but specious What Irish and Papists have been ●o●oured ●●●ifly intrusted How if that Army doth conquer as it is now moulded Popery and Tiranny of necessity must be introduced With the lawfullnesse of bearing defensive Armes by the PARLIAMENT Veritas non querit Angulos Romans the 16.17.18 Now I beseech you brethren marke them which cause Divisions and offences contrary to the Doctrine which yee have learned and avoid them For they that are such serve not the Lord Iesus Christ but their owne Belly and by good words and faire speeches deceive the Hearts of the simple Printed and Published according to Order LONDON Printed for H. Twyford at the three Daggers in Fleet-street MAY 30. 1645. The Apologie of a Commander of the Kings for diserting that party and bearing Arms for the Parliament with the reasons that induced him thereto To all my old fellow Protestant Souldiers in the Kings Army these Fellows in Arms NEver had any man greater confidence of the Kings owne integrity and power of himselfe in the managing of his owne businesse then I had But now my feares too truly tell mee otherwise in point of power And I very much pitty many honest and sound Protestants amongst you great enemies to Popery which are ingaged on that party out of the same confidence that I was Whom I wish though never that occasion to pry into the secrets of the times which I have had to consider well with themselves and they shall find Prince Rup●●t and his Accomplices fight even so much for the Priviledges and Liberties of the Subjects as the Papists doe for the Protestant Religion I lay nothing of this on the King God forbid in an injurious way I should touch so much as the skirt of his garment But it is apparent there are those who buzze into his Majesties eares extreame pretended injury in point of Prerogative c. which in effect is but to engage him in opinionated necessitie to make use of their help to right himselfe And under colour thereof to draw his Majesty as pretended principle by accident to countenance the Malignant designes of Papists and publick disturbers of the Peace to accomplish their own ends And lest I should be thought a generall Satyrist rather then to tell particular truths I shall descend to some particulars I know that most of you which have Commissions in that Army have in them this specious clause incerted For defence of the Kings Royall Person and Authority the Protestant Religion the Lawes of the Land the Liberty of the Subjects and priviledges of the Parliament But how farre these Commissions in these particulars are pursued I shall offer by the occurrences since time is the best teller of truth in things of this nature I shall draw my first observation from Ireland which wil shew how far this is pursued in matter of Religion And herein I must confesse I did think the Rebellion in that Kingdome to be an act of their owne without any allowance from England although it was alwayes alleaged by the Irish that they had the Kings Commission for it That they were the Queens Souldiers that they fought for their religion c. He that doth but consider how and on what tearms the Cessation there was made pretended to be an act of necessity how many of the Irish Rebels were drawn over into England under the name of the Protestant Army there Such as Welch his Regiment of horse The recruit of St. Legers Regiment of foot now the Duke of Yorks regiment Osullivan the Lord of Muskeries Cook his Troop with many others which have butchered the Protestants in that Kingdome He that doth but consider with himself what Irish have been alwayes Liegers about the King viz. The Lord Taffe the Lord of Costeloe Sir John Dungan Garrat Talbot George Evelin Mr. Robinson Mr. William Brent Philip Roch Doctor Meara Physitian to Prince Rupert Rob. Welsh Rich-Power Captain O Bryan Major ô Neil Edmond Keogh Butler c. besides English Papists the bellows and fomenters of war cānot but remember that the statutes inacted in this Kingdom against popish Recusants have been well put in execution according to the Kings Proclamation about this time three years to that purpose 10. Aug. 1642. Or shall we not think this Proclamation was set forth meerly to delude the people He that doth but remember how many thousands of the Kings loyall Protestant Subjects of Ireland were bereaved of their lives and estates without any provocation or injury offered And how the King by act of Parliament granted the power and care of Reducement of that Kingdom to the Parliament of England cannot but think very strangely of the pacification in that Kingdom made or to be made on such dishonourable tearms when as no satisfaction shall bee made for the effusion of so much innocent blood or for the poore Protestant Inhabitants losses be they never so great He that doth but consider how the Irish papists Rebels have been honoured and trusted both in England and Ireland and what immunities have been granted them viz. Muskery must be made President of Mounster and Thomond The Parliament of Ireland must be allowed to be held at Kilkenny the Metropolis of Rebellion Poynings act must be reversed which is that no Act of Parliament shal passe until it be first certified into England and allowed of by the King and his Councell so as the Irish shall by this have liberty to make what acts they please The Protestant party if they dare adventure their throats must come to Kilkenny to the Parliament Edmond Fitzgerrald otherwise called Edmond ô Clenlas must be made a Barroner for the good service he did in Ireland in raising maintaining a Troop of horse and a foot Company in rebellion all the wars against the Protestants Robert Welsh and Rich. Power must be Knighted as part of their Irish Court agents and have great commands conferred on them one to command a Brigade of horse in England and the other to be made a Collonel and then Governour of Bartley in the place of Collonel Veale a Protestant that must be suspected and put forth Bryan ô Neale Edmund Butler Garrat Talbot another part of their Irish Court agents must be Knighted at least if not Baronets and great commands must be conferred on them He that doth but remember how at the beginning of this Parliament the foure main Jesuiticall spirits of this Kingdome were banished by act of Parliament with the Kings owne consent viz. Sir John Winter Walt. Mountague Sir Toby Mathews and Sir Kenelm Digby And yet of these how much Winter is honoured and trusted now is publikely knowne insomuch that

Protestants in Bristoll must be shot to death for refusing to go under his command And Walt. Mountague though a known Jesuite and taken in London as a spye must bee thought in exchange worthy of a Captaine and Lievtenant of horse more then the Earle of Cleaveland that is a Peere of the Realme and commanded a Brigade of horse if what was offered may be beleeved He that doth but consider what Garrisons on the Kings party are and have been intrusted in the hands of Papists viz. In Oxford the Kings head quarter Sir Arthur Aston must be Governour and Collonel Gage since shine his assistant In Bristoll the next grand Garrison the Lord Herbert the Lord Rivers the Lord Sturton c must have the superintendent or directive power Mounsier Garnier a French Papists of the Queens placing is Major of the Town and a Jesuite as I am informed is the Governours Capt Lievtenant In Basing are the Marquesse of Winchester and his retinue In the Forrest of Deane are Sir Jo. Winter and his In Barkley Castle Collonel Power as I named before and Slowley his Major In Nunny Castle Captaine Pratar c. These all in these places have the command And by these in one corner of the Kingdome you may judge of other Parts as Expede Herculem by the dimension of the foot the whole body He that doth but consider besides these in the Armies who are most intrusted or respected shall find them to be most Papists Such as Collonel William Arundel of Warder and his horse Regiment all Papists Robert Bret Lievtenant-Collonel to Courtney made a Barronet Peter Treviltan Major of foot to Prince Maurice Major Webb sometimes to be Major Generall for Dorsetshire Richard Hunt Lievtenant-Collonel to the Queens Regiment of foot Cum multis alis● quos nunc per scribere longum est These you know I presume which are all within my knowledge besides Captains and others of meaner command And besides Irish Scottish Dutch and French papists amongst the Cavalry which for number are like the Locusts in Egypt These are only in my memory and I beleeve I here mention in particular an inconsiderable number of them in comparison with the whole If I might beleeve some of the Irish Rebell Cōmissionets who told it me themselves I declared is much to severall persons It is intend●d 〈◊〉 ●and 10000 of the Irish Rebels in England suddenly And if this be 〈◊〉 way or these the persons b● whom the Protestant Religion is 〈…〉 O●●●f these are any Symptomes or tokens 〈…〉 of the times I take the word defence to be correlative to the word offence And as in the word so in the matter there can be no defence without offence or injury first offered Yet this was that pretence of defence under colour whereof the Rebels of Ireland massacred plundered and expelled the Protestants for no other offence then for teaching them civility and how to live like Christians So as here is the first offence offered by Papi●ts cloaked in the name of defence and under colour of maintaining their Religion Lawes and Liberties I professe I thought really the King intended according to his severall Protestations Vows and Declarations with seeming innovations made by Parliament and their party to performe all these things pretended which engaged me to serve amongst you 1. Because it was said to maintaine the Protestant Religion established by law which was sound in all fundamentall points of doctrine Howsoever it was in discipline I did not then so well consider 2. That it was to maintaine the fundamentall Lawes established legally under seeming presidents of authority and antiquity To which I saw no answer although there were one published 3. Because they were engaged amongst you persons of great honour and fortunes reputed good Protestants whom I thought in this monarchicall government setled by law would not longer assist the King in this war then whiles he maintained the Protestant Religion and governed by the Lawes 4. That so long as there was no other proper strength but Protestants and subjects And that army trusted in the hands of such There was no danger of popery or tiranny if the King should prevaile by the sword although some few Papists were made use of as a ministeriall hand only And for my part I assure you charity binds me to the same opinion of the reallity of the Kings owne intentions in the same still though I am otherwise satisfied of his power in performance thereof for when I consider 1. What power and influence a beloved Queen may have on the Kings actions Which was Solomons case and our sad experience can witnes 2. What Councellours and advisers are againe most in favour beloved honoured and trusted which projected the greivances that begot these Wars and which were the primitive cause of our miseries 3. That by the occurrences it doth plainly appeare the Irish Wars were set on foote by the same Councells 4. That the fundamentall Laws of the Kingdome are made a stalking horse to creep under covert rather then a path to walke by And that it strayned at to make an unlimited prerogative in the King for their own ends 5. That al● Commanders in the Kings army are by degrees new moulded for the most part And that army put into the hands of the two Princes Papists forreigners or such as have betrayed their trusts to ambition or avarice 6. That oppression and injury by plundering and otherwise is rather palliated then punished And all Laws but what the will of every man by the sword doth administer become dead letters 7. That such numbers of Auxillary Forces as Papists French Irish Dutch c. are brought in and intrusted when as Protestants are suspected put forth and discountenanced 8. That of necessity that army as now it is in all humane probability must produce popery and Tiranny by constraint of their power if the sword thereof prevaile these things being considered and the faire carriage on the Parliament side I presume it will satisfie all indifferent persons on your party aswell as me that the Parliament aymeth at nothing but those ends which are religious honorable just legall and according to their Covenant For defence of the Kings Royall person and authority in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and liberties of the Kingdome with their owne just rights and priviledges c. The Parliament is that great Court of justice and Councell of State which was freely convened and consented unto to continue by the Kings own expresse authority and confirmation That by the ancient and known priviledges of the same hath power to raise the Posse Regni as a Sheriffe by the Common Law hath to raise the Posse Comitatus to obvene and suppresse all insurrections and disorders and to execute justice In whose Ordinances the Kings implyed though not expresse assent is declared by law Which are to be obeyed more then the orders or rules of any other Court of Justice It hath