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A85531 The plott and progresse of the Irish rebellion. Wherein is discovered the Machavilian policie of the Earle of Straford, Sir George Ratcliffe and others. Shewing what countenance that rebellion hath had against the Protestants of England, (which doth now too manifestly appeare) by his Majesties granting a free and generall pardon to the rebells in Ireland. And authorizing the calling of a new Parliament in Ireland, according to the rebells desires, of late condiscended unto at Oxford. Printed and published according to order. Crant, Thomas. 1644 (1644) Wing G1523; Thomason E50_1; ESTC R10644 8,639 17

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THE PLOTT AND PROGRESSE OF THE JRISH REBELLION WHEREIN Is discovered the Machavilian Policie of the Earle of Straford Sir George Ratcliffe and others Shewing what Countenance that Rebellion hath had against the Protestants of England which doth now too manifestly appeare by his Majesties granting a free and generall Pardon to the Rebells in Ireland And Authorizing the Calling of a New Parliament in Ireland according to the Rebells desires of late Condiscended unto at Oxford Printed and Publshed according to Order LONDON Printed by I. N. for Henry Twyford at the three Daggers in Fleet-street 1644. THE PLOTT And Progresse of the Irish REBELLION LOoke into all Machavillian Pollicies they first pretend unto a seeming good as may appeare in the Goverment of Ireland under the Lord Lievtenant Straford in his first comming to regulate the sword with an austere hand of Justice over all seeming to befriend and ease the Subjects from a letigious course of Law and Monopolized the major part of Causes and reduced them to an Arbitrary Government 2. The advantage raised unto his Majesty by affording agreater Revenue for the customes of Ireland then formerly was given and so a grant of farming the customes was afforded 't was said to Sir George Ratclife the world may be satisfied for whose use it was then presently customes were enhanced of all forts as Yarne Tallow Hide Butter c. and especially Tobacco from six pence to two shillings in the pound by which increased an estate by any unjust exaction from the Subject 3. In obtaining thirty thousand Arms Ammunition Artillery c. pretending for the security of the Kingdome then the confiscating of the lands of Conaught to bring them to the Crowne as also divers other Estats in that Kingdome by which it might seeme to his Majesty and the state of England good service done to the Crowne it cannot be denied but that the said Lord Lievtenant shewed himselfe very severe against the Natives neither were the British much favoured when they came under his hand This is but a preamble for their intended project Touching matters regulated in the Church it is worth a consideration what innovations were crept in and in the regulating of Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction as the High Commission Court 't is worth observation that what power the Bishop of Derry Bramble in clawing and never ending for 〈◊〉 not onely his fellow Soveraign Bishops but also Arch Bishops to void tennants estats and enhancing rents nigh the double value what formerly they were this may conduce ●o a Romish pollicy to keepe the Subject as poore as may be that when time serves to inact farther and impose on them 〈…〉 they please so the tennants as the Tribe of Jssachar must ●eare what Levi would impose on them in a temporall Government as also the high Commission Court being so prevalent that Hillary Tearme last 1643. at Dublin in which Doctor Harding was censured to be degraded of his ministeriall function and also of his degrees in the Colledge and after to be left to be proceeded against at Common Law the cause alleadged was for maintaining Blasphemy in the Colledge about foure yeares since alleadging he should declare that 't was injustice in God to condemne Adam for eating the apple another charge there was laid against him for causing a booke to be printed in Dub lin though he had the approbation of the Arch-Bishop of Dublin entituled Irelands advocate being none of his owne worke but sent by an acquaintance of his from England in manuscript and he putting it to the presse with an Epistle Dedicated to Sir Iohn Temple of his owne framing in which booke they picke forth treason as they tearme it the first exception is because the Authour is invective against Bishops the other was in an other place of the booke giving the Almighty thankes for the severall deliverances that England hath had from the plots of the Papists as instancing that of 88. and that of the 5. of November and that of the 4. of Ianuary at which of the 4. of Ianuary they storme and inferre to be treason interpreting that was the day his Majesty with his attendance went to demand the five members forth of the house of Parliament and therefore conceived treason for rancking or comparing that day to the known Papisticall plotts and for ought as yet is known he is like to loose his life and the bookes that could be found printed were adjudged by the said high Commission Court to be burnt by the hand of the hangman which accordingly was done This is not the bondage aymed at but one far deeper the spirituall bondage of the soule as looke into that Cozen-jerman to plaine Popery Superstitious and Alter-like Service how it was enforced throughout that Kingdome of Ireland and they that refused how severely they were handled in the high Commission Court 't is two well known that divers Ministers that refused that way were forced to quit that Kingdome especially some in the North. Power being once prevalent both in State and Church then time served to set forward that Diabolicall plot for the ruine and destruction of the Protestant Religion in the three Kingdomes of England Scotland and especially Ireland and the first practice as well 't is observed by the authour of the Booke intituled The Mysterie of iniquitie yet working Scotland not resenting to what the Prelates would have forced in their Church tooke Armes to defend their Religion a Passification was ye●lded to by his Majestie till after invited by the Earle of Strafford and others to take armes De nove hee having prepared matters sufficiently in Ireland pretending against the Scots and so drew downe an Armie of eight thousand of which 't is well knowne of Officers and souldiers there were not nigh one thousand Protestants to the Scottish shoare where the inhabitant Scot of that Kingdome of Ireland was by his Commands disarmed and Garrisons planted from Strankford to London-Derrie along the shoare-side Matters then beginning to come to a ripenesse the Earle of Straford brought with him into that Kingdome of Ireland at his last going over one Sir Toby Mathews an arch Jesuite made him his Comrade observed none was more honoured by him then this grand Jesuite Now observe how easie a matter it is for a Jesuite once understanding the intent to state the hearts of other Jesuites Friers Seminaries c. and then how easie a matter 't is for them to state the hearts of all their people and adherents any man may judge that knoweth any thing So then if the Lord Strafford did shew himselfe never so great a Tyrant as certaine hee did not only to the Natives but also to the Brittish the rather to cast a cloud before the State of England then otherwayes how easie it was for the Jesuites Priests c. to informe the Common people that hee was for all their good though hee shewed himselfe otherwayes to them as time hath brought it forth Wee may now