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A confutation of the Earle of Newcastles reasons for taking under his command and conduct divers popish recusants in the northerne parts; wherein is shewed both the unlawfulnesse, and danger of arming of papists: being a thing of main consequence for all true Protestants to take present and speciall notice of.
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1643
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in Dublin where Sir Tobie consulted often and seriously with Prelates and other Ecclesiasticall persons of the Church of Rome by whom he prepared the partie of Papists in the Parliament of Ireland then sitting to assent to a Declaration against the kingdome of Scotland and to grant more Subsidies to advance that war then they have yet paid But to come neerer home to the writer of the Declaration hath the Parliament or his Exeelencie the Earle of Essex given Commissions or power to any Colonell or Commander of the Popish Religion to levie conduct and command Regiments Troopes or Bands of men in the present service As the Earle of Newcastle his Majesties Generall in the Northern parts hath done Are there whole Regiments or Companies consisting all or most part of Papists exactly and distinctly knowne by the Parliament to be such admitted to serve under the Earle of Essex or any other Commander in Chiefe imployed by the Parliament Surelie none But such are in great esteeme and credit and much trusted in the severall Armies latelie raised and now on foote by vertue of severall Commissions granted by his Maiestie to the Earle of Newcastle and others to defend the Protestant Religion the Lawes of this kingdome by which Papists are declared unfit to bee trusted with Armes and the Libertie of the Subject as is pretended Now admitting some Papists have through negligence or by friendship with private Captaines or other Officers got into the Parliaments Army as it may be supposed some have done of purpose to betray the Counsells and designes of that Armie is that a good justification for exciting and authorizing all the Papists in the North and other places fit to beare Armes to take up Armes for for the destruction of the Protestants and suppression of Religion Lawes and Liberties established in the Land The Author of the said Declaration glanceth at the Proclamation lately published prohibiting all Popish Recusants to come to his Majesties Court unlesse they would take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacie stricter Proclamations against Papists have beene freequent heretofore yet they never affrighted the Papists who were well acquainted with the intentions of the Advisors of such Proclamations It is recorded in History that a Christian Emperour having under hand waged a great Armie to warre upon the Pope caused the Citie of Rome to be sackt and the Pope to be besieged in the Castle of Saint Angelo yet when the tidings thereof became publike and famous in all countries he ordained a Fast to be observed in his Court for the safety and delivery of the Pope an impious dissimulation and such as should not be imitated by any Prince Christian But it must be acknowledged that the Author of the Declaration aforesaid dealeth more plainely then the Pen-men of his Majesties Declarations usually doe for he affirmeth that his Majestie thinkes it not unlawfull for him to admit into his service and continue in pay professed Papists and that his Majestie doth hold his Recusant subjects meaning Papists to be as strongly obliged by the Lawes of the Land for the defence of his person and the liberty of Parliaments and Lawes of the Kingdome as any of his Protestant Subjects c. whether his Majestie will avow the same or no is yet unknowne therefore till time discover it let the Earle of Newcastle or who else published the said Declaration under his name be favourably pleased to understand that although all Subjects be alike obliged by Law for defence of their Soveraignes person and the liberties and Lawes of the Kingdome yet all Subjects have not the like interest in the liberties and Laws of the Kingdome now in force neither did any Papist ever affirme that he affects the liberty of the Parliaments as Protestants doe which his Majestie knowes well by their cariage and insinuation at all times to bring him to dislike with Parliaments if it were possible And albeit his Majestie may be construed to be exempt from the Excommunication of Pope Pius against the Kingdom of England because hee was not borne in England yet when the Prince of Wales or any of his Majesties Children shall succeede in the Royall Throne they may be accounted Excommunicate and if the Pope doe at any time hereafter enjoyne the Papist to deny Alleagiance to his Majestie by colour of that Excommunication or some other Romane device may finde as little fidelity in the Papists as Queene Elizabeth did and they will never conceive themselves so obliged as is set forth in the said Declaration in regard they held a supremacie in the Pope above the King in matters Ecclesiasticall which at this time are become not the least occasions of the apparent evills and threatned ruine ready to fall upon his Majesties Dominions nor doth the taking of the Oath of Supremacie secure their alleagiance or fidelitie to the Kings of England being Protestants considering there is a power admitted by them to be in the Pope to dispence with Oathes in matters lesse conducing to the advancement of the Ecclesiasticall Hierarchie then to dissemble in taking the Oath of Supremacie as testifieth the Example of Cardinall Askanius who being released out of prison by the French King and after great kindnesses received in that Kingdome was permitted to goe to Rome with the Cardinall D' Amboise to be at the election of a Pope to succeede Pope Alexander tooke an Oath that he would returne to France againe yet refused so to doe having obtained the Popes dispensation to breake his faith with the Christian King which a Heathen Romane of old would not doe to escape the most grievous torments the matter then standing thus and the Law of England not allowing that Papists should have Armes although the King may dispence with the Law in some cases for the good and tranquility of the people yet in this case where one of the pretences for Arming is the defence of the Protestant Religion and another pretence is the maintenance of priviledges of Parliament Why is not his Majesty barred by the equity and intent of the Law from admitting Papists into the present service Seeing all papists are taught to have both the protestant Religion the parliament more then any Religion or Court of Justice in the world and therefore cannot be conceived by any of mean understanding much lesse by the Earle of Newcastle to stand neither so deeply obliged nor so well affected to defend either the Kings person being a protestant or the protestant Religion or priviledges of parliament as the protestant Subjects of England are The Author of the aforsaid declaration poceedeth to examyne the pretended in conveniences where with the arming of papists is alleadged to be attended in the first place voucheth for iustification of the uniustifiable arming of papists the example of the Emperor Charles the first who being a Popish Emperor did not refuse the service of any of the Protestants of Germany in that Army wherewith he made warre upon the
A CONFVTATION Of the Earle of Newcastles REASONS For taking under his Command and conduct divers Popish Recusants in the Northerne parts WHEREIN Is shewed both the unlawfulnesse and danger of Arming of Papists Being a thing of main consequence for all true Protestants to take present and speciall notice of London Printed for Henry Overton 1643. A CONFUTATION OF The Earle of Newcastles Reasons for taking under his Command and Conduct divers Popish Recusants in the Northerne Parts THere is a Declaration lately printed under the name of the Earle of Newcastle an Earle and Baron of England and by birth and discent an English man of the Family of Cavendish now Generall of an Army in the Northerne parts of the Kingdome Consisting most part of Papists raised as is conceived to suppresse the Liberty of England contrary to the Fundamentall Lawes of the Land and to establish that long excogitated Arbitrary Government which evill Counsellours aspiring by flattery to become great have divers yeares since projected Wherein the Author of the Declaration first desires the Subjects of the County of Yorke to take into their serious consideration severall particulars and expects credit to be given to them these I passe over at this present in hope the good Subjects of that County will in due time make it appeare how little credit is to be given to the Author of that Declaration who would justifie actions so contrary to the professions of the Earle of Newcastle made to God to the Church and to his Countrey Secondly He desires to give satisfaction both to the Subjects of Yorkeshire and all other true Protestants of this Kingdome why hee hath beene necessitated to take under his Command and Conduct divers Popish Recusants in the Northerne Parts alleaging First It was not His Majesties intention nor the intention for any thing his Lordship knowes of any in Authority under him to admit any of them that is to say Popish Recusants into that service if the way had not been chalked out to His Majesty and His Ministers by the very men in whose Forge the Objection was raised Let saith the Earle the Muster Rolls of that Army which is named from the Parliament bee perused and then it shall appeare plainly that the mannagers of that Army doe exactly and distinctly know that they now have and for many moneths have had great numbers under their pay both English French and other Nations whom at their Inrollment and ever since they did know to have been professed Papists Whereas by the contrary it is notoriously knowne that before this course was taken by the other party His Majesty and His Ministers did not admit to nor continue any Souldiers in pay who were suspected to be that way inclined or did refuse the Oaths of Alleagiance and Supremacy Not that His Majesty thought it unlawfull for him so to doe or that he did not hold his Recusant Subjects to be as strongly obliged by the Lawes of this Land for the defence of His Person and the Liberty of Parliaments and Lawes of this Kingdome as any of His Protestant Subjects For if the Kingdome now stood under the feare of a Forraigne invasion Is it to be conceived that the Recusants of this Land were not by the Lawes of the same obliged to adventure their lives and fortunes in the defence thereof Sure the great confusion which is now in this kingdome is of as fearefull a consequence as any Forraigne Invasion possible can bee and therefore Recusants are so far from being disobliged as they stand deeply obliged for giving their assistance in this time of extremity But His Majesty was very cautelous and tender in this point and certainly would not have looked towards it if the other party had not first assumed that liberty to themselves from which by the Law of the Land he saw himselfe no way barred Because the Earle or who else is the Author of that Declaration under his name takes upon him to be privy to his Majesties intentions and to excuse his Majesties Ministers concerning the arming of Popish Recusants it were earnestly to bee wished that men would not withhold the truth with unrighteousnesse nor goe about to deceive the world with Colours Let the Author declare who chalked the way to His Majesties Counsellors and Ministers to advise and procure His Majestie to recommend if not authorise Randoll Mac donell now Earle of Antrim a Papist and by discent meere Irish being the Grandson to Sorley boy mac donell by the Fathers side and of the most perfidious Traytor and enemy of the truth Hugh Oneale Earle of Tirone by the Mothers side who also was one of the Conspirators of the present Rebellion in Ireland and yet is harboured about Newcastle or Durham to raise an Army in Ireland with which he being Generall should invade the kingdome of Scotland a designe though crossed more through emulation and envy then for any regard to his Majesties Honour or conscience to afflict a Protestant Church and Nation by an Army of Papists discovereth plainly that there hath been an intention to admit Papists to serve under His Majestie for the destruction of some of his Protestant Subjects before such a supposed chalking out of the way as the Author of this Declaration pretends as may further be evidenced by the bringing of 500. Souldiers out of Ireland to Carlile a part if not the greatest of that number being Papists and the many Popish Commanders Captaines Officers and Souldiers entertained and imployed in the two Northerne Expeditions against Scotland in the latter of which Garret Barry now Lieutenant Generall of the Rebels Army in the Province of Munster in Ireland served having quit his places held under the King of Spaine to come into England for an employment in that Expedition another Barry also a Papist much coversant at the Court was Serjeant Major of a Regiment of Horse Colonell Plunket now in Rebellion in Ireland Colonell Rely an Irish man with very many other Papists of Ireland were enabled by the entertainment they received in England in those Northerne Expeditions to doe no small mischiefe since to the Protestants besides many others of Forraigne Nations with our owne well knowne Country men of the Popist Religion Witnesse likewise the Army raised in Ireland in the beginning of the yeare 1640. in a manner consisting of Papists altogether save that the chiefe Officers of the Field and divers other Officers and Souldiers were Protestants that kingdome at that time not affording men of the Popish Religion having Military abilities to discharge the duties of so great places but nothing wanted to let them know how much they were relyed upon Sir Tobie Mathews a Jesuit attended upon the Earle of Strafford into Ireland in March before the raising of that Army and during his abode there was lodged in his Lordships house of residence the Castle of Dublin and every day rid upon one of Sir George Radcliffs horses to one or other of the publique Masse-houses