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p._n 118_o 119_o 3._o protestant_n impoverish_v by_o vexatious_a law_n suit_v p._n 119_o 4._o by_o delay_n and_o the_o treachery_n of_o popish_a council_n p._n 120_o 5._o by_o defend_v their_o charter_n and_o be_v force_v to_o take_v out_o new_a one_o ibid._n 6._o by_o free_a quarter_n innkeeper_n and_o houskeeper_n ruin_v p._n 121_o 7._o by_o the_o burden_n of_o priest_n and_o friar_n p._n 122_o sect._n 10._o three_o king_n james_n own_o attempt_n on_o the_o same_o p._n 123_o 1._o quarter_a on_o private_a house_n contrary_a to_o the_o article_n to_o lord_n mountjoy_n most_o soldier_n have_v many_o quarter_n mischievous_a in_o their_o quarter_n instance_n in_o brown_n who_o rob_v his_o landlord_n and_o swear_v treason_n against_o he_o p._n 123_o 124_o 2._o plunder_v and_o kill_v the_o protestant_n stock_n vast_a number_n destroy_v and_o steal_a p._n 125_o 3._o irish_a encourage_v to_o do_v so_o no_o redress_n upon_o complaint_n p_o 126_o 4._o nugent_n avow_v it_o rapparee_n necessary_a evil_n stop_v put_v to_o this_o trade_n when_o they_o begin_v to_o rob_v one_o another_o p._n 127_o sect._n 11._o four_o king_n james_n further_a method_n to_o complete_a the_o ruin_n of_o the_o protestant_n personal_a fortune_n p._n 128_o 1._o take_v away_o absentees_n good_n bill_n for_o it_o in_o parliament_n ibid._n method_n to_o drain_v those_o that_o stay_v of_o their_o ready_a money_n p._n 129_o 1._o by_o licence_n for_o ship_n to_o go_v for_o england_n ibid._n 2._o by_o pretend_a liberty_n of_o transport_v good_n p._n 130_o 3._o licence_n for_o person_n to_o go_v for_o england_n ibid._n 4._o by_o protection_n grant_v and_o void_v ibid._n 5._o by_o seize_v money_n and_o plate_n upon_o information_n ibid._n 6._o boiselot_n dragoon_v of_o cork_n ibid._n 7._o act_n for_o the_o subsidy_n at_o 20000_o l._n per_fw-la month_n on_o land_n ibid._n 2._o second_o subsidy_n of_o 20000_o l._n per_fw-la month_n on_o personal_a estate_n ibid._n debate_n in_o council_n about_o this_o and_o manner_n of_o order_v it_o ibid._n 3._o tax_v for_o the_o militia_n p._n 132_o 4._o tax_v for_o fortify_v the_o avenue_n of_o dublin_n ibid._n 5._o tax_v for_o quarter_a soldier_n call_v bed-mony_n p._n 133_o 6._o brass_n mony_n illegal_a void_a the_o necessity_n of_o parliament_n ibid._n of_o what_o metal_n and_o how_o much_o coin_v viz._n 965375_o l._n in_o one_o year_n p._n 134_o force_v to_o be_v take_v in_o all_o payment_n ibid._n fitton_n force_v it_o on_o trustee_n for_o orphan_n p._n 135_o 7._o lutterell_n force_v it_o on_o pain_n of_o death_n by_o the_o provost-martial_a ibid._n on_o smith_n leeson_n bennet_n widow_n chapman_n her_o barbarous_a usage_n ibid._n papist_n not_o force_v to_o receive_v it_o from_o protestant_n p_o 136_o 8._o seize_v of_o protestant_n wool_n hides_n tallow_n p._n 137_o peircy_n to_o have_v be_v hang_v for_o say_v he_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o part_v with_o they_o p._n 138_o protestant_n not_o permit_v to_o export_v they_o their_o import_v seize_v ibid._n 9_o seize_v of_o corn_n and_o malt_n the_o treason_n of_o have_v biscuit_n giles_n meigh_o p._n 139_o difficult_a for_o protestant_n to_o get_v corn_n or_o bread_n this_o before_o harvest_n will_v have_v force_v out_o all_o their_o silver_n ibid._n 10._o seize_v wool_n as_o soon_o as_o shear_v p._n 140_o search_v house_n for_o copper_n and_o brass_n for_o the_o mint_n and_o take_v private_a account_n of_o what_o else_o the_o protestant_n have_v in_o in_o their_o house_n ibid._n 11._o lord_n mayor_n rate_v of_o merchant_n good_n force_a on_o the_o protestant_n but_o disregard_v by_o the_o papist_n instance_n in_o the_o very_a lord_n mayor_n himself_o ibid._n 12._o proclamation_n to_o rate_n silver_n and_o gold_n in_o exchange_n for_o brass_n on_o pain_n of_o death_n p._n 141_o 13._o inference_n from_o the_o whole_a ibid._n sect._n 12._o five_o king_n james_n destruction_n of_o the_o protestant_n real_a estate_n p._n 142_o 1._o explication_n of_o old_a and_o new_a interest_n and_o account_v of_o the_o act_n of_o settlement_n and_o of_o the_o tenure_n by_o which_o the_o protestant_n hold_v their_o estate_n ibid._n the_o papist_n out_v of_o their_o estate_n by_o the_o late_a rebellion_n still_o keep_v up_o a_o claim_n to_o they_o and_o make_v jointure_n and_o settlement_n of_o they_o which_o be_v confirm_v in_o king_n james_n parliament_n p._n 143_o 2._o king_n james_n at_o his_o first_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n give_v out_o he_o will_v preserve_v the_o act_n of_o settlement_n lord_n clarendon_n lord_n chancellor_n porter_n and_o the_o judge_n in_o circuit_n direct_v to_o declare_v it_o ibid._n the_o papist_n know_v it_o be_v only_a colour_n p._n 144_o nagle_n coventry_n letter_n first_o open_o break_v the_o matter_n october_n 26._o 1686._o ibid._n tirconnell_n at_o his_o come_a governor_n leave_v it_o out_o of_o the_o proclamation_n ibid._n nugent_n and_o rice_n send_v to_o england_n to_o concert_v the_o method_n of_o repeal_n it_o but_o conceal_v for_o the_o present_a their_o success_n p._n 145_o at_o their_o return_n prepare_v for_o a_o parliament_n ibid._n for_o which_o matter_n have_v be_v fit_v by_o the_o quo_fw-la warranto_n and_o reversal_a of_o outlawry_n against_o the_o irish_a peer_n ibid._n 3._o papist_n have_v not_o patience_n to_o wait_v for_o their_o estate_n till_o a_o parliament_n but_o go_v to_o work_n by_o counterfeit_a deed_n and_o by_o old_a injunction_n of_o the_o court_n of_o claim_n p._n 146_o 4._o matter_n ripe_a for_o a_o parliament_n but_o put_v off_o till_o the_o parliament_n which_o be_v to_o sit_v in_o england_n november_n 1688._o shall_v take_v off_o the_o penal_a law_n etc._n etc._n p._n 147_o 5._o at_o king_n james_n arrival_n in_o ireland_n it_o be_v against_o his_o interest_n to_o call_v a_o parliament_n first_o because_o of_o loss_n of_o time_n the_o kingdom_n not_o reduce_v ibid._n 6._o second_o which_o be_v king_n james_n allegation_n for_o not_o call_v one_o in_o england_n this_o reflect_v on_o his_o sincerity_n p._n 148_o 7._o three_o it_o be_v the_o way_n to_o disoblige_v all_o that_o be_v incline_v to_o he_o in_o england_n and_o scotland_n ibid._n 8._o four_o it_o disoblige_v a_o great_a many_o of_o the_o irish_a themselves_o ibid._n 9_o five_o it_o render_v all_o not_o under_o his_o power_n desperate_a p._n 149_o 10._o against_o all_o reason_n and_o interest_n he_o call_v one_o be_v resolve_v to_o die_v a_o martyr_n or_o establish_v popery_n ibid._n 11._o this_o parliament_n fit_v for_o our_o ruin_n both_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o king_n and_o of_o both_o house_n ibid._n 13._o method_n of_o fill_v the_o house_n of_o lord_n with_o popish_a peer_n only_o four_o or_o five_o protestant_a temporal_a and_o four_o spiritual_a lord_n ibid._n several_a act_n pass_v not_o by_o consent_n of_o these_o last_o though_o it_o be_v pretend_v in_o their_o preamble_n p._n 150_o 14._o house_n of_o commons_o how_o fill_v manner_n of_o elect_v member_n only_o two_o protestant_n that_o can_v be_v call_v such_o in_o it_o p._n 151_o 15._o the_o whole_a house_n a_o slave_n to_o the_o king_n will._n no_o protestation_n allow_v p._n 153_o 16._o how_o much_o reason_n we_o as_o well_o as_o england_n have_v to_o dread_a papist_n in_o a_o parliament_n p._n 154_o 17._o first_o account_v of_o the_o act_n of_o repeal_n ibid._n second_o of_o the_o act_n of_o attainder_n p._n 155_o three_o clause_n in_o it_o of_o hold_v correspondence_n since_o aug._n 1._o 1688._o ibid._n four_o clause_n of_o cut_v off_o remainder_n p._n 156_o five_o no_o protestant_n may_v hope_v to_o be_v reprize_v by_o the_o act_n of_o repeal_n ibid._n six_o clause_n in_o the_o act_n of_o attainder_n against_o the_o king_n pardon_v which_o be_v the_o reason_n this_o act_n be_v keep_v so_o secret_a copy_n procure_v by_o mr._n coghlan_n upon_o account_n of_o sir_n thomas_n southwell_n pardon_n solicit_v by_o lord_n seaforth_n king_n james_n in_o a_o passion_n with_o sir_n richard_n nagle_n for_o betray_v his_o prerogative_n by_o this_o clause_n against_o pardon_v p._n 157_o 158_o 159_o 18._o observation_n first_o king_n james_z can_v not_o dispense_v when_o the_o irish_a please_v ibid._n second_o near_o three_o thousand_o protestant_n condemn_v for_o not_o come_v in_o by_o a_o day_n and_o yet_o the_o act_n never_o publish_v but_o keep_v secret_a ibid._n three_o folly_n of_o attaint_v person_n to_o think_v of_o ever_o be_v pardon_v if_o king_n james_n be_v restore_v since_o it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n p._n 160_o four_o papist_n get_v into_o their_o estate_n before_o the_o time_n set_v in_o the_o act_n of_o repeal_n ibid._n 19_o means_n how_o the_o papist_n get_v possession_n p._n 161_o first_o popish_a tenant_n attorn_v to_o their_o old_a popish_a landlord_n ibid._n second_o advantage_n take_v of_o clause_n in_o the_o act_n of_o repeal_n ibid._n
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proof_n and_o a_o great_a charge_n there_o do_v not_o appear_v sufficient_a profit_n to_o arise_v to_o answer_v the_o charge_n upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n this_o bill_n seem_v rather_o to_o lessen_v the_o zeal_n of_o those_o employ_v to_o seize_v absentee_n good_n than_o otherwise_o when_o they_o consider_v that_o upon_o debate_n in_o parliament_n it_o be_v deny_v to_o pass_v a_o law_n that_o shall_v indemnify_v they_o for_o more_o than_o half_a their_o seizure_n even_o in_o the_o city_n of_o dublin_n half_o the_o person_n who_o good_n be_v there_o seize_v not_o be_v name_v in_o the_o bill_n of_o attainder_n however_o aug._n 9th_o 1689._o the_o commissioner_n of_o the_o revenue_n have_v appoint_v four_o provincial_a surveyor_n give_v they_o instruction_n that_o the_o surveyor_n general_n and_o the_o collector_n shall_v dispose_v of_o the_o stock_n of_o absentees_n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o instead_o of_o neglect_v that_o matter_n of_o the_o good_n of_o absentee_n they_o seem_v rather_o to_o have_v give_v order_n for_o the_o disposal_n of_o they_o before_o they_o be_v forfeit_v septemb_n 14_o 1689._o the_o commissioner_n find_v no_o satisfactory_a return_v from_o the_o commissioner_n employ_v by_o they_o most_o of_o the_o commissioner_n be_v in_o the_o army_n or_o neglect_v the_o matter_n or_o apply_v the_o good_n to_o their_o own_o use_n they_o supersede_v those_o commissioner_n and_o lest_o the_o whole_a matter_n to_o their_o collector_n which_o if_o do_v at_o first_o some_o profit_n may_v have_v redound_v to_o his_o majesty_n 2._o the_o good_n of_o absentee_n in_o the_o city_n of_o dublin_n be_v not_o order_v by_o the_o lord_n deputy_n to_o be_v seize_v but_o the_o people_n observe_v what_o be_v do_v in_o the_o country_n and_o there_o be_v free_a transportation_n for_o england_n in_o march_n the_o custom-house-key_n become_v like_o a_o fair_a and_o the_o most_o of_o absentees_n good_n be_v then_o send_v for_o england_n scarce_o any_o thing_n valuable_a be_v then_o leave_v unless_o by_o the_o carelessness_n of_o the_o person_n employ_v by_o the_o absentee_n the_o say_v 9th_o of_o august_n 1689._o the_o commissioner_n impower_v several_a person_n to_o seize_v the_o good_n of_o absentee_n in_o the_o city_n of_o dublin_n with_o like_a direction_n as_o the_o lord_n deputy_n give_v former_o in_o other_o county_n viz._n to_o inventory_n and_o take_v security_n for_o the_o forthcoming_a of_o these_o good_n and_o not_o to_o strip_v the_o house_n or_o hinder_v trade_n for_o many_o brewer_n ale-seller_n and_o other_o handicraft_n and_o trader_n though_o absent_a yet_o have_v leave_v behind_o they_o servant_n friend_n and_o sometime_o their_o wife_n to_o manage_v their_o trade_n and_o to_o have_v strip_v those_o house_n have_v but_o add_v to_o the_o number_n of_o waste_v house_n and_o lessen_v his_o majesty_n revenue_n some_o alehouse_n not_o have_v the_o value_n of_o forty_o shilling_n of_o absentees_n good_n draw_v three_o or_o four_o barrel_n of_o drink_n per_fw-la week_n beside_o their_o quarter_a of_o soldier_n which_o have_v cost_v the_o inhabitant_n more_o general_o by_o far_o than_o the_o good_n can_v be_v sell_v for_o these_o time_n and_o this_o matter_n ought_v at_o present_a to_o be_v well_o consider_v for_o though_o now_o the_o good_n be_v vest_v in_o the_o king_n by_o law_n and_o the_o best_a of_o they_o be_v to_o be_v make_v for_o the_o king_n advantage_n yet_o rot_a hang_n will_v sell_v only_o to_o those_o that_o have_v the_o house_n no._n 25._o albavilles_n instruction_n to_o the_o commissioner_n of_o oyer_n and_o terminer_n gentleman_n the_o many_o robbery_n oppression_n and_o outrage_n commit_v through_o all_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o the_o utter_a ruin_n thereof_o and_o to_o the_o great_a scandal_n of_o the_o government_n as_o well_o be_v of_o christianity_n force_v his_o majesty_n to_o a_o great_a resentment_n against_o those_o that_o prove_v