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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

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

to take a great deal of pains both in Labouring the Ground and in Handicraft Occupations to get a Livelihood The streights they were put to made them Ingenious in their Inventions and when they found they were pinch'd both in the narrowness and produce of their Earth they were forc'd to look for room and provisions in the Sea By this means they fell into Navigation and Traffick grew vastly Rich Built great Cities and became the Envy of some of their Neighbours and the Admiration of Europe These are the Natural and Necessary Effects of much people Countries must be Improv'd and Enrich'd by them and those sooner than others which have the richest Soil and are most favour'd by the Sea England is as great an instance of this as any other Country for that great Wealth which it has acquired by the Improvement of the Woollen Manufacture which is an unknown Treasure is owing to the Walloons to whom Queen Elizabeth gave the greatest Encouragement to come for shelter into England from the Fury of the Duke of Alva's Pesecution But I shall make this plainer to the People of Ireland by giving them a short view of somethings here in our own Country There is in the North of Ireland an Estate which was the Lord Conway's which the Lord Marquess of Normanby the other day enjoy'd in Right of his Lady but now belongs to Mr. Popham Seym●r This Estate was formerly purchased by Sir Foulk Conway Uncle to the late Lord for about Five hundred pounds The Rent-role of this Estate is now about Five thousand pound per Annum Thô there are many great and profitable Leases in it some worth about Four hundred pounds per Annum clear The Land does not lye upon the Sea the Ground but very indifferent 't was altogether a Wood as the name Kilulta the Wood of Vlster denotes and yet in the Memory of men now living has been thus improv'd by a Colony of Yorkshire people and orhers brought over and Settled here by the Lord Conway and manag'd by Sir George Rawdon The same Remarke may be made on the Neighbouring Country of Clan Hugh Boy or O Neal's Country about Belfast and Carrickfergus the former of which Towns is the third in Ireland for Number of People and Trade and yet grew up to what it is from nothing in the Memory of People who liv'd but t'other day since Sir Arthur Chichester got that Estate But why should I mention particular Improvements We know that till about the same time the profits of Ireland in General were very inconsiderable The Rent which the Landlords receiv'd was no more than what he and his Followers eat in their Coshers and the Publick Revenue was not equal to the Charge of the State till of late years All the Advances which the Country made towards a better Fortune were in proportion to the number of People who came over into this Island In Queen Elizabeth's time after the Rebellions of Munster were quell'd some English came over an● Settled in the Plantations there And after that towards the latter en● of Her Reign that Province was render'd more Secure by the Defeat o● the Spanish Forces others came over in King James his Reign These by the Management of the Government and the Care of the Presidents o● Munster put the Country into a little better Condition than 't was in before The same Effect about the same time had the Plantations in the County of Wicklow and part of W●xford where the English had a very ancient Settlement after that the Tools Birn's and Cavenash's had been rooted out And in the King 's and Queen's County after the quieting of the Insurrections of the O Connor's and the O More 's Vlster which before could only afford ordinary Food to the Kerns of the Country and some Military men from the latter end of Queen Elizabeth and the Reign of King James the First began to thrive and alter it's Condition for the better This was occasion'd by the Care which was then taken in Planting the Escheated Countres with new Protestant Inhabitants the Londoners Building Derry and Colrane and sending people to Inhabit them English Colonies Improving the Lands of Chichester and Conway and the Neighbouring places and the concourse of the Scotch out of Scotland These were only the first dawnings of Happiness After the War which began with the Rebellio● in Forty One was ended and the Kingdom was settled in Peace it began to Flourish indeed and Improv'd every day Then Houses were Built Manufactures set up Lands Improv'd and as they now yielded a considerable Rent to the Landlord so were they reckon'd able to pay a Quit Rent to the King This was the Condition of Ireland in the Reign of King Charles the Second it grew every day in Prosperity And the cause of this is very Obvious the number of the British here was grown greater then ever before The Army with which Cromwel Subdued the Irish was considerable after the War was over these continued in the Land the Souldiers most of them set down upon their Debentures a great many Adventurers came over brought English with them and Planted the Estates which were given them for the Money they laid out to carry on the War These were men of another Spirit generally and more opposit to the Irish and their Barbarous Customs then the English who came over before which must be imputed to the great aversion and prejudice which the Bloody Massacre in Forty One had Created in them This new Colony put the English who came over before who according to the old Custom were Degenerating and growing Irish in mind of their Origin and help'd to keep them tite to the English Interest and Protestant Religion By their means Trade Manufactures and the Rents of Lands Increased dayly and the State of the Kingdom was so Improv'd that in the latter end of King Charles the Second's Reign Ireland which before us'd to put England to a considerable charge raised a Revenue of about 330000 l. per Annum Since the late Troubles the condition of the Country is much worse and 't will be in a worse condition than 't is now many fair Houses and some Towns were Bu●●ed and great Numbers of the People Destroyed so that of course Man●●actures must be Imp●ired and Lands Untenanted But people would soon recover it and m●ke it's condition better than ever it was all Forreigners are valuable but some more than others The Du●ch are worth the B●●bing it they could be drawn in that way When we consider how little Land is to be Purchased in Holland what horrible Devastations have been in the 〈◊〉 and the continual danger of the Protestants upon the Rhin● and elsewere we may reckon that abundance of those people would willingly upon any Encouragement flock hither But the French Protestants are the people that we have the greatest expectation from at present and to me they seem to be such as this Country should desire

to the English Since those Plantations have been made there it has been the securest retreat from the Insurrections of the Irish If a considerable Colony of Protestants were planted in Conaught 't would be impossible for the Irish to disturb the peace of the English in this Country for the time to come I have heard a Person of Quality who is your Relation speak of a projest which I think would if it were put in Execution render that part of the Country secure If the King after that he has oblig'd those whom their Merits Recommend to His Favour would be pleas'd to Grant Lands in this Province to the French and would take care to appoint Commissioners to see it planted by them and English mixed together He would take an effectual course to Secure and Enrich this Kingdom which he retriev'd from Misery and Slavery by the hazard of His Life When the Parliament considers this they perhaps may think it proper to pray the Government that they would Represent this to the King besides these publick Grants and Emulaments 't is to be hop'd that the Protestant Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom will when they consider the great want and value of good people in this Country give private Incouragements to Forreign Protestants to come into the Kingdom and settle upon their Estates In Order to Promote this I could wish that in the Act of Naturalization it were Enacted that at the Publick charge four Folio Manuscripts well bound were purchased the First of these called the Book of Linster to be placed in Dublin the Second called the Book of Mu●ster to be plac'd in Cork the Third called the Book of Conaught to be placed in Gallway the Fourth call'd the Book of Vlster which need not be large because Forreigners will have little or no Encouragement in this Province which is indifferent full of People already to be plac'd at Belfast or some other place those Books I wou'd have put into the hands of the Town Clarks of the respective places or such other Persons as shall be thought fit In these Books I wou'd have the Nobility and Gentry of the Respective Provinces enter the Incouragements they will give to Forreign Protestants to Settle in their Estate viz. How many Tenements they will set out with what Lands Annex'd to them whether the Lease shall be for Lives or a considerable term of years and I cou'd wish that they wou'd consider that the true way to make Ireland Flourish is to let Leases for Lives as in England and to Encourage Tillage how long they shall be Rent free and what the Rent shall be after such time what Bonâ side the Land is worth an Acre as the Land thereabouts is now Set How many Tenements they have particularly for Linnen Weavers for this will be a good way to Incourage the Linnen Manufacture and if the Parliament wou'd in all or for a Specimen in some Counties where the Linnen Manufacture is most Improv'd order large Bleaching Yards to be made in such places of those Counties or the Neighbouring County as Justices of the Peace of the County with the Advice of Persons whose imployment it has been to make Linnen these Bleaching Yards to be put into the hands of the best Tradesmen to be procur'd at home or a broad and they to Whiten Cloath at a rate set by the Parliament this I conceive might go a great way in Improveing our Linnen Manufacture What Incouragement is thus given I wou'd have entered in the Reigistry by the Gentleman 's own hand or if he send his Incouragement in a Letter to the Register I would have two Witnesses hands to the Letter and it should be kept on Record The Reason is because I wou'd have whatever Incouragement is thus given as Binding in Law as if it were a Deed and the poor Forrigner who accepts the Proposal shou'd have Liberty to sue in Formâ Pauperis and all the Kings Council shou'd be oblig'd to see him righted as if it were the Kings Suit Such provisions and security as this from the Publick Faith will Encourage Forreigners to venture into the Kingdom When such publick Registries are Settled Forreigners will have their Agent in the Kingdom to take an Account of the Incouragement that is given and if the Nobillty and Gentry wou'd be generous in their Proposals and wou'd regard rather the good of their posterity and the Security and Flourishing Estate of the Kingdom for the time to come than their own present gain no one can tell what a multitude of useful people they may bring into the Kingdom by this means That these Encouragements maybe made as publick as may be I wou'd have Transcripts of the Incouragements entred in the Book of Conaught sent Monthly to the Register of Cork and Dublin and those entred in Cork Conaught and Vlster sent likewise to Dublin And that Foreigners may have the more Encouragement to Settle here I would have them exempted at least for Seven years from the Offices of Church-Wardens Constables Jurors and from publick Taxes besides what Goods they bring in at their first coming shou'd be Duty Free but then they must give Security to pay for them if they don't settle in the Kingdom I am perswaded Sir that these Proposals on the first Reflection will seem very Wild and Extravagant and 't will be thought ill Husbandry thus to Bribe and hire men to do themselves a kindness Before men censure too rashly I desire they wou'd consider the great I had almost said the unknown value of people and the ill Report that frequent Rebellions have brought upon the Country which is a Lyon in the way that frightens Forreigners from coming hither What is thus given can do us no harm for the Money will in effect be raised only to Improve the Kingdom and that Land which is given to draw Forreigners in to Plant and Improve it will not I 'm sure be carryed out of the Country Some may very justly ask why I dont propose that English people rather be thus Encourag'd to come and settle here so I wou'd for they are the people that wou'd be useful to us if I were not very sure that this wou'd be taken ill in England I 'm for gaining as many useful Foreigners as possible and if we cou'd draw in great numbers of the French Protestants this wou'd be an Act of great Charity to them a great blow to the French King and the greatest kindness that we can do our selves FINIS