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A48109 A letter in answer to a friend, upon notice of a book entituled, A short view of the late troubles in England wherein in the VIIIth chapter the occasion of the execrable Irish rebellion XLI is egregiously mistaken. 1681 (1681) Wing L1555; ESTC R3008 5,323 4

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40. the Earl of Strafford order'd his New-rais'd Army to keep their Rendezvouz in the North intending to have landed them near Dunbarr Frith in Scotland the better to divert the Scots from attempting Ireland Than which there cannot be a greater Proof that the Insolencies of the Scots how maliciously soever inforc'd could never be able to have Eradicated the Natives But we are told in the next place That the Eager Prosecution of the Act for the Confiscation of the Rebels Lands was not without suspition That the Members at Westminster urg'd that Act to provoke the Rebels Whereas as Affairs then stood no other expedient could then readily be found or if there could could any thing have been more just than that the English by the forfeiture of the Irish Estates might thereby have been somewhat repair'd and for the future secur'd in their Station In reference to which after his Majesty had propos'd Whether it were seasonable to declare Resolutions before the Events of a War be seen He gave them thanks for their Care and chearful Engagement for the Suppression of that Rebellion upon the speedy effecting whereof the Glory of God in the Protestant Profession the Safety of the British there His Honour and that of the Nation so much depended As for the hindring of his Majesty to go over the Reasons the Parliament gave were so obvious as his Majesty acquiesced therein replying in his Answer to the Parliament on that Subject That he was glad to find the work of Ireland so easie as they seem'd to think it It not appearing when He sent his Message and therefore He would stay some time to see the Event of those great Successes they mention'd till he had given them a Second Notice And as for the getting of the War into their Own Hands It 's Evident that few would have adventur'd at that time of Fears and Jealousies to have advanc'd large Sums had they not had a Gracious Commission from his Majesty impowering such persons as were recommended to Him by the Parliament To advise order and dispose of All things concerning the Government and Defence of that Kingdom In such a way as should be thought most effectual by the Wisdom and Authority of Parliament It being known that the Irish won Ground when the Parliament every hour wither'd in his Affections It 's generally reported and thence some have made a Conclusion That if the 8000 disbanded Irish had been permitted as promis'd to have been transported for Spain the Irish might have wanted an Encouragement to have proceeded in their desperate Enterprize It cannot be denied but that the Irish who were train'd up in that Army were very serviceable to the Rebels at their first Adventure And some have thought it an ill Policy in the State There That the Irish should be instructed in Arms. But certain it was that the whole 8000 were never design'd to be sent abroad and for those that were hindred it was more the Artifice of the Romish Members of Parliament in Ireland who by very many plausible and insinuating Arguments importunately urg'd their stay than any Motion Inforc'd by the English Parliament more than that they might be made good Husband-men at home of which that Kingdom had great need As to the want of a Lord Lieutenant in Ireland the Earl of Strafford not being long before taken off it must be acknowledg'd that he was an Eminent Instrument of State and had as great an Insight into the Temper and Condition of the Irish as happily any that preceeded or may succeed him Yet it must also be allow'd that the times were of themselves quiet and the several Humors were not so angerly gathered together as to force a Crisis so as imperfect Plots were easily broken whereas if he had liv'd to the Season there being at that time Complications both of Encouragement and Connivance the Rebellion might have outwatch'd his Providence Nothing by the Governors then in place being attempted like those Incitements which the Conspirators from his Lordships Government avow as the Rise and Growth of all their Complaints and Grievances Besides within few days after that the Earl of Strafford was beheaded the Earl of Leicester who had been imployed in most of the considerable Embassies abroad was design'd for that Government Being thought by his Knowledge in Martial Affairs and other his great Abilities to be abundantly capable to reduce the Irish to due Obedience And certainly had he gone over the Civil and Martial Power having been lodg'd in One hand there would have been that Expedition in the work as others taking measures from their Interest unfortunately prolong'd Other things as The Insurrection of the Scots from whence the Irish might feign a President but justly could make That no Example And The Parliaments unwillingness to levy men till the King had disclaim'd his Power of Pressing The Parliaments making use of the Money for the Relief of Ireland might here be insisted on But what are these to the Motives or Occasion of that Rebellion fully discuss'd in the Treaty at Vxbridge Indeed it may be said that those who in These or other respects wrought their own Ends were Obstructers of that War But nothing appears so plain as that the unhappy difference betwixt the King and Parliament then was the chief Obstacle And for that Particular so much enforc'd That Orders were made by the House of Parliament in England encroaching upon the Priviledges of Parliament in Ireland I must confess I am ignorant unless as to Sr. George Radcliff's Case who being a Member of the Commons House of Parliament in Ireland was sent for thence After a long Debate whether it would not be a Breach of Priviledge of the Parliament there to demand by Order of the Commons of England a Member thence Which was unanimously agreed on to be no Breach of Priviledge for that being impeach'd of Treason there was no doubt but he might be sent for Thence No Priviledge of Parliament neither Here nor There being sufficient to Protect him And accordingly the King writ to his Deputy that Expedition might be shew'd in that Business which effectually was done And I find Sr. John Vaughan late Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in England in Craw's Case versus Ramsey fol. 292. makes it evident That Ireland is not absolute Sui Juris declaring amongst other things That the Parliament There cannot make it self not subject to the Laws and subordinate to the Parliament of England which in that Ireland is a Conquer'd Nation may easily be allow'd and not thought much of by any whose Interest is English or their Hearts Loyal after such an expence of Treasure and so much Blood as the English have been prodigal of to subdue that Kingdom To conclude We are told That the Northern Parts of Ireland were given up to the Scots and a small Body of the English were sent to preserve the South That a considerable Force of the Scots went thither is certain but what Service they did there more than live upon the Countrey is to be enquired Indeed those who were there before acted well and 't was thought that the New Scots were sent thither more for Conveniency the Passage being short than for any Confidence repos'd in them His Majesty very materially taking notice That some of the Articles by which they came thither imployed too great Trust for Auxiliary Forces though to prevent greater Delays in the necessary Supply of Ireland He would not further insist on any thing that would delay them And as for the English in the South their Courage and Conduct every way appeared remarkable the Cessation being made to their Prejudice and the Causes of it necessity evidenced lately by an Excellent Pen to be disputable if not fictitious serving rather to give the Irish more Security than advance the English Interest That the Confederates might Reign alone Thus I have run o're the Eighth Chapter you commended to my view in the Short View of the Late Troubles in England and that not with so severe a Reflection as it required It being like to be Favour'd when I may not be heard But in maintenance of the English Interest in Ireland the State 's Integrity there and what was holdly attempted by the Irish you shall ever have the Affection of SIR Your Faithful Humble Servant The last of April 1681. LONDON Printed for Randall Taylor in Amen-Corner 1681.