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A95324	The true way to render Ireland happy and secure, or, A discourse; wherein 'tis shewn, that 'tis the interest both of England and Ireland, to encourage foreign Protestants to plant in Ireland In a letter to the right honourable Robert Molesworth, one of His Majesty's honourable Privy Council in Ireland, and one of the members of the honourable House of Commons, both in England and Ireland.	Molesworth, Robert Molesworth, Viscount, 1656-1725.	1697 (1697)	Wing T3129; ESTC R232990	29,409	28

know a very good Author who tells us that the French King had it in his Thoughts to Land an Army in Ireland And that he made the Peace of Nimiguen more readily upon that very Account What Accidents may happen after this Genera●ion is passed away God only knows This I know that I can think of things that may possibly happen which may give the Irish an opportunity at least with Forreign Assistance which they will always Industriously sollicit of troubling us again Wise and Good people who have a concern for their Posterity would provide against all Accidents and whatsoever their present condition be would not reckon themselves Secure when the Irish are three to one especially when they consider that as the English Power grew greater in Ireland the Efforts of the Irish in their Insurrections were always more considerable and dangerous to the English There is a good Reason for it such as every body has not thought of but is very material and worthy our Consideration that is this That the Irish have Increas'd in Power and Number by means of the English and will do so far the time to come When Henry the Second Invaded the Kingdom the Computation was that there were then but 300000 Souls in Ireland 'T is ve●y probable that if they had been left to themselves and their old Custom of Cutting Throats and Mu●thering one another their number would not have been much greater at this day All the English who came in since that time except those of latter years have been getting Children for them and Increasing their st●ck so great a part have they had in making them numerous as they are that it cou'd be shown that above half the Names of Ireland which are now of the Language Customs Religion and Interest of the Irish were old English who came over to subdue them Such are all the old names of the pale Such are in the County of Waterford the Powers Welches Pendergrasses Sherlocks Geraldines Nugents Condons Browns Dobbins Heys Such in the County of Cork besides some of these are the Barrys Roches Coureyes M●agh Fitz-Edmonds Carons Whites Russels c. And thus I could run thro' all the other Counties in Ireland were it not tedious Many old English names there are which have been chang'd into the meer Irish Mac's and O's The Mac Quilins in the County of Autrim who in the Reign of King James the first were destroyed by the Mac Donnels were anciently Welshmen and the name was William● The O Rely's in the County of Cavan some say were Ridley's The Mac Swynes in Ulster were formerly Vero's And the Mac Mahons Fitz U●sula's In Conaught Mac Morrice was formerly Pendergrass Mac Avile Stanton Mac Jordan D'Exter Mac Quistolo Nangle Mac Phadin Mac Pieke Mac Tomin all Barrets O Doud Dowdal Mac Delphin Dolphin Mac Granel Nangle Mao Thomas Joyes Mac Orish B●imingham O Naughton Snow Mac Kogh Gough Mac Nemara Mor●imer Mac William Eughter Mac Phillippine Burgh's And a vast number of other Names which I cou'd reckon There is in one of the Manuscripts at Lam●e●h (a) Lib. CC. Fol. 57 58. a Letter which Sir Henry Sidney wrote to the Lords of the Council in England the 27th of April 1576. Wherein he tells them that when he was in Conaught there came to him Mac Phaton Mac ●●ylye Mac Jordan Mac Gostelo and Mac Maurice and brought him Matters of Record and Credit to shew that they had been not only English which every one says he Confesses but also Lords and Barons in Parliament and that they had then Lands sufficient for Barons if they might weld their own quietly That they were so Barbarous that they had not three Hacney's between them to carry them and their Train home These and some other old English Gentlemen he says came and Lamented their Devastation and with one consent cry'd for Justice and English Government in so miserable and yet magnanimous a manner as it would make any English heart to feel Compassion with them This short Account gives a good Idea of all those old English who liv'd among the Irish They did not as 't is said Messala Corvinus a Learned man did in a fit of Sickness forget their Names but they put them off together with their Language and former manner of Living So Universal was this Degeneracy that even the old English of the pale tho' by reason of the nearness of the State they retain'd more of Civility yet became Irish in their Affection and Interest And in the late War 't is certain that as they were the greatest men both in the Army and the management of the State so were they as forward and deep as any of the old Irish in the Design that was form'd to shake of the English Yoke And when I speak of the late War I cannot but observe that Sir Valentine Brown who lost his Estate for being Engag'd with the Irish in this War against the Interest of England Descended from that Sir Valentine Brown who in a Discourse about Peopleing Munster to be seen in one of the Manuscripts at Lambeth (b) Lib. L. Fol. 4● in the year 1584. when Sir John Perrot was Lord Deputy Propos'd to Queen Elizabeth that the Geraldins and the Principals of the Free holders should be Prosecuted by War to the utter Extirpation of them and theirs We cannot so much wonder at this when we consider how many there are of the Children of Oliver's Souldiers in this Kingdom who cannot speak one word of English And which is stranger the same may be said of some of the Children of King William's Souldiers who came but t'other day into the Country This misfortune is oweing to the Marrying Irish women for want of English who came not over in so great numbers as were requisite 'T is sure that no English-man in Ireland knows what his Children may be as things are now They cannot well live in the Country without growing Irish for none take such care as Sir Jerom Alexander did who left his Estate to his Daughter provided she Married no Irish-man or any Related to that Interest Since things are thus the Irish unless a great deal of care be taken will out number us in a greater proportion than now they do They are not Imploy'd in our Wars as the British are they Marry much younger than the British do and get a great many Children before they Marry and are not as severely punished for it as they might be And besides as I said the Children of the English by Conversing in the Country with them learn their Language admire their Customs Marry with them very frequently and of course Embrace their Religion What then can better secure us and our Posterity than to Encourage great numbers of Forreign Protestants who will Contribute to Reform the Manners and Religion of the Irish and thus do God and the Country the greatest Service to come over and take up their Habitations among us I know 't will

THE TRUE WAY To Render IRELAND Happy and Secure OR A DISCOURSE Wherein 't is shewn that 't is the Interest both of England and Ireland to Encourage Forreign Protestants to Plant in Ireland IN A LETTER To the Right Honourable Robert Molesworth One of His Majesty's Honourable Privy Council in Ireland and one of the Members of the Honourable House of Commons both in England and Ireland DVBLIN Printed by and for Andrew Crook Printer to the King 's Most Excellent Majesty on Cork-Hill near Copper-Alley and for Eliphal Dobson at the Stationers Armes in Castle-Street 1697. SIR WHEN Parliaments Assemble to Treat of the Grand Affairs of the Nation 't is usual for men Without doors to put into their Hands such Schemes and Projects as they think may be Serviceable to the Publick Nor is this Intermeddling of private men reckon'd Bold and Impertinent but those Great and Wise Heads vouchsafe to receive the Proposals of men sometimes of little Figure as readily as they do the Petitions of Injured persons They think 't is reasonable that they who are Chosen to Enact Laws for the good of the Common-wealth should have a due regard to what any Member of the Community proposes for the common good Besides they wisely consider that men of ordinary capacities may sometimes hit upon lucky Thoughts which they by close Application of their minds to them may afterwards improve to the advantage of the Publick When such regard is shewn by Legislators to the Sentiments of Private men an honest man cannot well forbear Offering that to their Consideration which he believes will be a means of settleing the Peace and Prosperity of his Count●● What I here propose Sir is what I think may have that good Effect If the Wisdom of the Nation Judge otherwise I shall sit down contented with the pleasure of being mistaken in my Zeal to serve my Country The Reasons which induced me to recommend this little Pamphlet to you are more then one you and your Ingenious and Worthy Friend Mr. St y were privy first to the Writing of it you have Interest both in England and Ireland as well as parts to compass what it designs The Method which it proposes to promote the good of the Publick is in the main agreeable to your Sentiments and you want neither Courage nor Resolution to contend warmly for that which you ●●e perswaded is for the good of your Country What Entertainment it may meet with I am not able to conjecture your Name in the Front will give it some Reputation and dispose a great many to cast an Eye upon it To give it a little more Credit I can say that a Person of Place and Quality related to you and Dr. Wm. Mo x to whose Judgement I have a very great regard have viewed it and passed their Censure upon it The design of it is to shew what you are throughly convinc'd of that 't is our great Interest to Encourage Forreign Protestants to live among us● This is a ready way to make our Country Flourish and the most effectual course that we have now left in my opinion to secure us a lasting Peace and prevent such Rebellions as for above Five Hundred years together ' since the Conquest of Ireland by King Henry the Second have perpetually disturb'd this Kingdom made it a Dear and Troublesome purchase to England and an uncomfortable Habitation to the English who have been Seated here I know Sir that our people who are as apt to forget a Danger as they are Bold to Encounter it when it lyes in their way do generally reckon that the Irish are so broken by the last Rebellion that it will not be in their Power again to Disturb the Peace of the English here or to put England to any further Charge to Subdue them I shall shew you that the English have reckon'd too much after this rate formerly and it may happen that these too Sanguine hopes may prove very deceitful and be Fatal to them hereafter I do not think that the Irish are yet so subdu'd but that if things run on in the old course they may in process of time meet with circumstances that may favour other Rebellions The Happines or Misery of this Island for the time to come to me seems to depend on the prudent or ill management of the present We have now an opportunity in our hands such as never yet offer'd since Stronghow's Adventurers first brought their Arms into this Country of laying the Foundation of a lasting Peace I need not tell you Sir who are conversant in Histories and know the Changes and Revolutions of the World that the Flourishing Estate of some Countries has been occasion'd by the Ruin of their Neighbours and the intolerable uneasinesses that have forc'd them from their Habitations the present Desolation of France and the usage with Protestants meet with there may be a means of raising the Power a●●●●alth of those Neighbouring Protestant Countries which have Wisdom and Goodness enough to take hold of the opportunity The United Provinces who know that they owe their greatness to the Troubles of Germany and the concourse of people from thence who were Persecuted for Religion make the best hand they can of their Calamities They Entertain the Persecuted Hagonots with the greatest Humanity and are very liberal in their Charity to them They know what the Reward of Charity is and they know of what value people are to their State they cannot Ingross all the Wrack of the French Church the Providence of God seems to Design a part for Ireland and the Security of 〈◊〉 Protestant Religion here and 't is sure if this Deodate be improv'd as it ought that Religion and English Prop●rty may by this means be throughly secured and our Countrey rendred very flourishing The Ground of this hope arises from His Majesty's inclination to that People and that Noble Person to whom he has given a share in the Government The King has always express'd a Christian concern for them and he has as often recommended their Condition to the Charitable consideration of His Parliament as he has desir'd necessary Supplies for carrying on the War 'T is not then to be doubted but that His Majesty will Give them Encouragement to Settle and Plant in Ireland when he is perswaded that by their means he may do more to Secure the Protestant Interest of this Kingdom which he preserv'd with the hazard of His Life than has been ever done heretofore Those who have a Love for England and the Protestant Interest in Ireland pure and free from all Mean and Self ends do hope that the King had such a Design when he thought of making the Earle of Gallway one of the Triumvirat It happens indeed very Providentially that he 's a Person for his Courage Knowledge Temper and Integrity great in the esteem of the English as well as his own Country-men 'T is to be hop'd then that the great Opinion the French have

Irish are so subdu'd that there is no danger of their disturbing us for the time to come By such a forward reckoning as this have the English continually been deceiv'd and very fatally Impos'd on themselves ever since the first Conquest of Ireland I think it Sir not inconvenient to instance some Cases very briefly Henry the Second the First Conqueror after he came into Ireland contented himself with the Oaths and Submissions of the Irish he thought they were sufficient and did not trouble himself with Building of Garisons or Leaving an Army here those who came after him saw that they have but a very bad Interest who rely upon Irish Submissions I find in Sir George Carew's Manuscripts in the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury's Manuscript Library at Lambeth (a) Lib. M. pag. 38. that Richard the Second in the Ninth year of his Reign made Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland Lord Lieutenant here gave him 1500 men super conquestum illius terrae perdues annos they were positive then that those men wou'd serve to Conquer Ireland fully in Two years but they were out in their Reckoning for in the same Book (b) ib. pag. 39. I find which is related likewise by our Historians that King Richard the Second in the year 1394 which was but Nine years after came over himself in Person with an Army of 30000 Archers and 4000 men of Arms. This was a pretty sort of Army for a King to bring into a Country which his Lieutenant had so lately engag'd to Conquer in Two years with less than the 20th part of the men But notwithstanding this Army and the general Submissions of the Irish to him he came over again to head another Army within Five years I find by the Instructions which Queen Eliz. gave that Great and Worthy Person Sir Henry Sidney in the year 1575 when he came over Lord Deputy which are in the Manuscript Library at Lambeth (a) Lib. H. fol. 326. that he had Engag'd to Her that he wou'd defray all Her Charge here for 20000 l. Per Annum besides the Revenue of the Kingdom which was then little or nothing This was more than King Edward the Third gave Sir William Windsor who Covenanted with the King by Indenture to defray all the Charge for 11213 l. 06● 08 d. Per Annum (b) Lib. M. fol. 44. and yet if he had liv'd till the latter end of the Queen's Reign and made his Bargain good he had sav'd Her a Considerable Treasure Four years after Anno 1579 we find among the same Manuscripts (c) Lib. L. fol. 265. that an Opinion touching the Government of Ireland proposes with 2000 Souldiers well plac'd to keep the whole Country in Subjection How these Projectors were mistaken a little time discover'd for Mr. Spencer in his Eudoxus Irenaeus Complains of the vast deal of Money which the Queen had spent in a little time and Camden (a) Camd append to Eliz. tells us that O Neal's War which the Queen ended cost England 1198717 l. Mr. Spencer who was Offended at the Oversight of others is sure he has a contrivance which will put an end to all these Troubles he 's then for having all put to their helping Hands and H●arts and doing all at once If 10000 Foot and 1000 Horse be sent into Ireland he says that in a year and a half 's time they 'l do the work effectually and Settle the Perpetual Peace of the Kingdom (b) Spencer pag. 233. when the Ingenious Mr Edm. Spencer form'd this Scheme Sir William Russ●● who was Sworn August 11th 1594. was Lord Deputy within Four or Five years after his Writing it he saw that he mistook as well as others had done for in the Instructions Queen Elizabeth gave Robert Earl of Ess●x which is in one of the above named Manuscripts (c) Lib. C.C. fol. 169. 170. in the year 1599. on the 25th of March when he was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland we find She allows him 16000 Foot and 1●00 Horse to finish the War betime and Orders him to receive the Capital Tray●or O Neal to no Conditions but bare Submissions This Army by the Rule of proportion ought to have done hat in somewhat more than a year which Mr. Spencer's was to do in a year and half and yet we find in another Book among Sir George Carew's Manuscripts in Lambeth Library that above Three years afterwards in April 1602 the List of the Army was 1350 Horse and 16000 Foot and in September following the List was 1425 Horse and ●6250 Foot (a) Manucripts in Pag. 14. Any man will at first sight perceive why I am thus particular in mentioning these things 't is to shew how the English have been mistaken in their Reckoning that this may make them cautious at the present The Troubles which follow'd afterwards are a plainer Demonstration of their Errour Notwithstanding the Subjection which the Army of Queen Elizabeth brought the Irish to and the trouble which King James Her Successor had and the Care he took by making New Plantations and Raising strong Fortresses to secure the Peace of this Kingdom yet in 1641 a Rebellion began with a most Bloody Massacre and a War ensued which put England to much more Charge than they were at since the Conquest After this War the English reckoned themselves in Possession of a Peace which cou'd never again be Disturbed And in the year 1672 we find that one of the greatest Heads in Europe (a) Sir William Petty Polit. Anatom of Ireland positively Asserted that it could not be in the power of the Irish to disturb the British of this Kingdom again Had he Printed his Book at that time I should almost have suspected that he wrote it to please the Government that Protestants here might Entertain no Suspicion of the great Favour which by Proclamation was shewn the Irish Papists the Year following 'T is plain from what follow'd afterwards that he was mistaken as others were before him We to our Sorrow are Witnesses that they grew to that head as to put England to the Charge of sending over such an Army as never was seen in this Island before and did themselves the Honour of looking the Most Warlike Prince and after him the greatest General in Europe in the Face I know people will say that this happen'd by the King's Indulgence to them and that 't was impossible they should give England that trouble if the Sword had not been put into their Hands I think 't was possible that they might have had a better opportunity than that For suppose that before King James came to the Crown a Civil War had broken out in England which had employ'd the whole Strength of the Kingdom if the French King in such a Case had Landed a considerable Army in Ireland and the Irish had Universally joyn'd with him would not they have put the English harder to it This might have been for we

Attack upon Ireland as a step to the Universal Mon●chy and since that Ambition together with the Balance of Power have ●len to France that King has cast a greedy Eye upon this Island There●e it must be the great concern of England to Secure it Sir Humphrey ●lbert in the year 1572 in a Discource concerning ●●land to be found in one of the Manuscripts at Lam●h (a) Lib. L. fol. 239 240. said 't was the Interest of England to take more ●●re then they did of the Settlement of the English here and ●ir being put in a thriveing way and made able to defend themselves for that to ●gland it must be either a necessary Friend or hurtful Enemy That if it shou'd ●ne into the hands of the Spaniards or French England wou'd be surrounded ●●th dangerous Enemies The Danger england has been in and the Money they have Expended on is Island in this last age should methinks without runing up into the story of more Ancient Times convince them of the Reason they have to ●●ke care of the Settlement of this Kingdom The War that began with the ●assacre in 1641 besides all the Bloud that was spilt cost England more ●an double the Money that all Ireland is worth if you 'l allow the Com●tation of some men That the late Troubles of this Kingdom and the Pow●he Irish grew to considering the State of Affairs abroad brought England into some danger all thinking men I believe will allow This they must own that if the Treasure which was spent in Ireland and the Armies which were employ'd here had been sent into Flanders France had been humbled long ago and we had been in possession of an Honourable Peace When this is consider'd it must be allow'd me that if in former times Methods cou'd have been contriv'd to secure Ireland from these Troubles tho' it were by suffering it to grow Rich it had been the undoubted Interest of England to do it From hence I wou'd infer that 't is the Interest of England at this present time to do all that lies in its Power to prevent such Chargeable Bloudy and Dangerous Rebellions for the time to come There is no way of doing it effectually but by Incourageing people to come and Plant here People who will help to bring the Natives into Order and keep them in Subjection Thomas Howard Earl of Surry Eldest Son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk who was made Lord Leivtenant of Ireland in the year 1520 in a Letter to Henry the Eighth to be seen in one of the Manuscripts at Lambeth (a) Lib. H. fol. 339 340. tells him that unless his Grace send Inhabitants of his own natural Subjects to Inhabit such Countries as should be won all his charges wou'd be but wastfully spent for if the Irishrie says he Inhabit they will undoubtedly return to their old ill rooted Customes when they have opportunity as they have ever yet done This Noble Lord in this Letter shews the King the absolute necessity there was for his sending over Inhabitants of his own Subjects to Plant in this Country On which Saying we may make two Remarks which I think will be very useful First we see what a mighty Advantage it is to England that People come fairly in their way of whom by giving them some Incouragement they may as well serve themselves here and keep their own people at home It was then propos'd that the King wou'd Encourage Spaniards Flemings Almains and others to come over but from this the Earl disswaded the King left they should happen to fall into the Obedience of the Prince of their Native Country This was a just caution at that time when the Power of Spain was so great and all were of one Religion it do's not hold in the case of the French who are of the same Religion with us and differ from the Religion of their King and Country Secondly we see what the Great and Wise men reckoned the Interest of England that 't was to subdue Ireland throughly and put it into such a condition that it shou'd not give any Disturbance to England or the English Colony here They were not afraid of Depopulating England or of wanting men to send to raise Smoak in America No Ireland was their great concern They willingly sent their People hither and were very careful to make Ordinances and Laws to keep them here Hence it was that as we find in a Manuscript at Lambeth (a) Lib. G. fol. 13. in the 49th year of Edward the Third there was a Decree of Council that those who had Lands given them in Ireland shou'd abide there in Auxilium Salvationis terrae nostrae Hiberniae to help to preserve our Land of Ireland And in the Reign of Richard the Second his Successor as we find by another of those Manuscripts (a) Lib. M. fol. 35. ano Ric. 2d Rol par Jur. Lond. a Statute was made against Absentces commanding all such as had Lands in Ireland to reside there upon pain of forfeiting two third parts of the profits thereof And in the Reign of Henry the Eighth this Law was made fuller and extended to all their Lands By this Act the Earl of Shrewsbury the Duke of Norfolk the Lord Berkley and others forfeited their Estates here and the former the Ancestor of that Great and Worthy Person the present Duke of Shrewsbury lost that which is now the whole Country of Longford and almost all the Lands of the Counties of Westmeath and Wexford (a) vid. Lib. G. fol. 69. in Manuscript Lambethian These Laws I 'm told are still in Force and some have thought that if they had been duly executed the Irish wou'd not have been able to grow to that Head in Ireland which they lately did Whether this Conjecture be right or no I cannot tell this I may say without offence that the great Adventurers and Estated Men's living in England was always reckoned in former times one of the great Causes why Ireland was not brought into Subjection I could wish that those who have great Estates here wou'd take this into their Consideration now I find that among the other Instructions which the Earl of Essex Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the year 1573 gave Edward Waterhouse to communicate to the Queen this which we find in one of Sir George Carew's Manuscripts (b) Lib. L L. fol. 8. was one that he shou'd inform her that one great reason of the Armies being diminish'd in the North and that the Country was in the hands of the Rebels was the Adventurers retireing themselves to England The reason why I mention these things is to shew that in former times England did not regard any Advantage of its own which might interfere with the security of this Kingdom how plain wou'd this be if I should give an account of the Ancient Immunities granted by our Kings to the Corporations here and shew on t'other side how the Trade now is Prohibited and

most Countries in the World for the production of Flax and Hemp the Natives of the Country seem to be naturally enclin'd to this Manufacture 'T is plain by the Act of Parliament made not long since in England to take off all Duties and Impositions on the Product of Flax and Hemp from Ireland that England is well enclined to humour the genius of Ireland When we consider what a hand Holland France and the Northern Crowns have made of this Manufacture we may well allow that Ireland which has naturally greater advantages to improve it may be greatly enrich'd by it If we did but furnish England with that Linnen which they have from our neighbouring Countries this wou'd raise us a vast Treasure but I can't see what prejudice it would do England It seems to me to be at least as much their Interest to lay out their money with us who shall employ it in their defence and are their selves as with them who will make it an Instrument of their ruin 'T is the Computation of a very great man that the people of England spend 5 l. a year in Linnen one with another this Computation I suppose is much too large if the 30th part of this were laid out in Ireland 't would be three times as much as the current cash of this Kingdom has ever yet been It cannot easily be conceiv'd how much 't is England's Interest to have this Manufacture improv'd to the heighth 'T is probable that this will be the effect of Encourageing Forreign Protestants to flock hither this may draw in not only the French but many others likewise Since 't is so much our Interest to have Forreign Protetestants settle here How Forreigners may be encourag'd it concerns us to consider how we may incourage them to come in The Parliament which was held in my Lord Rumney's Government in the year 1692 made an Act which Naturaliz'd all Forreign Protestants but that was to be in Force only for Seven years Since that Law will be out of Date within two years I think Sir 't will become the Wisdom of the Nation to make a new Act which shall be in force Twenty years after the expiration of the old one and 't will be for the Publick good I think that by this Law Forreigners be not only Naturaliz'd but made Free of our Corporations likewise This will be for the advantage of the Common-wealth and will not injure particular Trades men as men upon first sight are apt to imagin To vouchsafe Strangers the Freedom of your Country is the first Incouragement the first Act of Kindness and Hospitality that you can shew them But this in good truth is no more than to give Rich men leave to bring in their Wealth and the Poor leave to beg in your Country I cou'd wish that all whom it concerns wou'd seriously consider whether it be not worth the while to lay another bait to draw them in Whether that after you have consider'd the real value of People you will not reckon it money well laid out if you should raise a fund not exceeding to be given to poor Protestants who bring in their Families to settle here I would have this money distributed among the poor French especially because they have been great Sufferers on the account of Religion The greatest Incouragement should be for men of Callings and those shou'd have most who have Wives and most Children This cannot be call'd a Burthen to the Nation because 't will be spent in the Kingdom and will increase its Wealth for the time to come This will not draw in the poor alone but the Rich likewise for they will be fond of living among a people who make such Provision for their poor And because I have shewn that 't is the Interest of England to Incourage Forreign Protestants to settle here 't is to be hop'd that if it can be done some measures will be thought of to prevail upon the King and People of England to raise some Fund there to help poor Forreigners to come over hither When this is done I think Sir that our great Council wou'd do that which would make their Memory dear to postority if they would Address the Government and pray that they would signifie to His Majesty that 't is the request of His great Council here that for promoting the Prosperity and Secureing the Peace of this Nation for the time to come he would in the Grants he makes of Forfeited Lands take some care to have Protestants planted in them If in every Estate Granted by the King the person to whom the Grant is made were oblig'd to plant a considerable number of Protestants in proportion to the Land which is given him and if they were oblig'd to set out a good part of those Estates to Protestant Tenants in Leases for Lives at a small Rent first and to be rais'd afterwards this I think would have a very good Effect and would go a great way towards making the Country Rich and Secure There is another thing which I could wish the Wisdom of our Nation would seriously consider Whether it would not be very much for the Interest of Ireland that the King would grant at least a part of the Forfeited Lands not yet disposed of to Forreign Protestants particularly and that for very good reasons to the French I believe when they consider the thing impartially they will own it I find that in the year 1583 Queen Elizabeth in the Instructions which She gave Sir John Perrot sent Lord Deputy into Ireland when She talks of Disposing of Forfeited Lands here tells him that She 's for giving no more to one than he 's able to furnish people for (a) Manuscript Lambeth L. C. pag. 35. If the King gives Grants to English Gentlemen of England or Ireland without this care taken they must take up with the Irish Tenents that are upon the Land and things must run on in their old course If they furnish people out of England this will unpeople England and impoverish it which 't is our Interest to have full of People and Wealth that we may live the more secure under its protection The great Body of the French Protestants are at this day in a very uneasie and unsettled condition and no one knows how many of them would make this Country a place of Retreat from their severe Persecutions if they heard that the King of Great Britain had granted them Lands to settle upon And when I speak this I cannot but take notice that I think it a great happiness that the Forfeitures not yet dispos'd of are in Conaught If great numbers of the French were planted there that Country which is thinest of Protestants would be render'd as Secure as any part of the Kingdom Before the Reign of King James the first till the Escheated Counties were planted with Protestant Inhabitants and the Londoners Built Derry and Colrane the North of Ireland gave the greatest disturbance