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A96907	The Earl of Glamorgans negotiations and colourable commitment in Ireland demonstrated: or the Irish plot for bringing ten thousand men and arms into England, whereof three hundred to be for Prince Charls's lifeguard. Discovered in several letters taken in a packet-boat by Sir Tho: Fairfax forces at Padstow in Cornwal. Which letters were cast into the sea, and by the sea coming in, afterwards regained. And were read in the Honorable House of Commons. Together with divers other letters taken by Captain Moulton at sea near Milford-Haven coming out of Ireland, concerning the same plot and negotiation. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that these letters be forthwith printed and published. H. Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	Worcester, Edward Somerset, Marquis of, 1601-1667.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1646 (1646)	Wing W3533; Thomason E328_9; ESTC R200673	21,230	35

Popes interest consisting in being Head not of a Militant but tryumphant Church and it may be the secret negotiations which they have and do still entertain with Forraigne Princes It is true the duty that subjects owe to their Prince should out-ballance all such considerations But I doubt that duty is taught at Rome with as many limitations as at Edenborough or in Westminster it selfe And as for those Reflections that should be made upon the future they are not for every capacity but for understanding men onely and such may for ought appears to me to the contrary see as faire and promising hopes for themselves in our embroylements at home as we can see for our advantage in their refusall and obstinacie To which I may adde this further consideration how they will be able to suppresse Inchiquin assisted and supported from England and maintain their own too against the Scots if they shall once have parted with 10000. of their best men and with so many Armes since it is plaine that sithence the Cessation they have made no great progresse against either of the two with their entire strength for as for any assistance they can expect from my Lord Lievtenant it is inconsiderable and these Garrisons must not bee drained for feare of Insurrections within where we find much wavering and such a hatred even in the Souldiers themselves against the Confederates that I can promise my selfe but little good from their Conjunction Thus your Honour may see what probability my Lord Lievtenant though never so good a Gamester hath of the Game in hand between the danger of war and the difficulty of procuring an usefull and honourable Peace for his Majestie by this Treaty The proceedings whereof I leave to his Lordships relation resting Sir Dublin the 2. day of January 1645. Your Honours most humble affectionate and obliged Servant John Poingdexter To the Lord Culpeper My Lord HAving orepast many Rubbs and difficulties the long expected worke is at last compassed which by what meanes it wa● retarded your Lordship perhaps before hath learned and will be more faithfully and amply Related by the Bearer Captaine Bamber whom I have employed to his Highnesse the Prince to give an account of the state of affaires here and in what a Mist wee are for want of Intelligence whereby wee might be ascertained of the Kings and Princes Condition which one Allen a Merchant of Waterford proposeth to undertake a course for And 〈…〉 his Highnesse desire which moved for three hundred men for the Princes Life-Guard which the Irish party is willing should bee sent him by the returne of such shipping as I have humbly desired from his Highnesse might be sent hither to Waterford for to waft over the men whereof six thousand are in a readinesse for the reliefe of Chester which yet wee heare holds out and the other foure thousand by the first of May are to follow Your First of May. Lordship would extreamly further the service by your Representing to his Highnesse the necessitie of a course of Intelligence That we might not as we are now buried in ignorance of his Majesties and the Princes being and Condition of which I hoped your Lordship will vouchsafe me some light that our motion may be according thereunto by which likewise to be assertained of your Lordships wellfare and happinesse would be most wellcome newes to Waterford the 27. of Febr. 1645. My Lord Your Lordships most affectionate and humble servant Glamorgan Lord Culpeper THese severall Letters and papers comming from Ireland were taken at Milford Haven by Captain Moulton To the right Honourable the Lords and Commons for the Committee of the Admiralty and Cinque Ports Right Honourable THese contrary winds have much against my desire detained me still in this harbour so that my entended voyage for Ireland hath not the free nor speedy passage I wished but the first oppertunity of wind that offers it selfe shall be layed hold of Yesterday a barque that stole away from Dublin ●ame in hither wherein I found the enclosed Letters committed ●o a passenger which I send unto your honours to be disposed of as to your honours shall seeme good this place being barren both of newes and action to produce any makes me forbeare to give your honours any further present trouble save to assure that I am ever Aboard the Lyon in Milford Haven this 23. Jan. 1645. Your honours most affectionate humble and most obedient servant Robert Moulton To Collonel Pigott Worthy Cosen I Have here enclosed sent two Letters two the Countesse of Glamorgan at Ragland her Lord being lately confined here to the Castle of Dublin and least her Ladiship may take things too much to heart these Letters are sent to add some comfort Both my Lord and I shal acknowledge our thankefullnesse unto you if you bee pleased to use the best and speediest course you may for conveighing them to my Lady you were wont to honour noble Ladyes especially in distresse and am assured now more then ever having the happines of enjoying so noble a Lady of your owne your Father Mother and friends in Leix are all in good health and dayly expect to heare good newes out of England thus not doubting of care herein with my best wishes of happines to your selfe and your noble Lady not unmindfull of our good Friends all I remaine Dublin this 5. of Jan. 1645. Your assured loving Cosen to serve you Roger Br●reton To the Countesse of Glamorgan Madam I Presume that some rumors of my Lord of Glamorgans being confined to the Castle of Dublin for some matters layd to his charge by the Lord George Digby have before this time come to your Ladiships hearing I thought fit therefore by these few lynes to let you know that my Lord is in perfect health hearty and very chearfull not doubting to give a satisfactory answer to what may be layd to his charge I have so much confidence in your Ladiships accustomed discretion that I know there needs no disswasive arguments to your Ladiship from either greeving or taking any reports you may receive to heart to much not doubting but his Lordship will ere long see your Ladiship when you may partake of all things more fully then may be by writing My Lord your uncle is in health at Bunraly and with him there the Earle of P. my Lord Iohn and my Lady Honora I wish your honour all health and happines and am Dublin this 5. of Ian. 1645. Your Ladiships still faithfull servant and Kinsman Roger Brereton Lord Herbert pretended Earle of Glamorgan his Letter to his Lady MY dearest heart I hope these will prevent any newes shal come unto you of me since my cōmittment to the Castle of Dublin To which I assure thee I went as cheerefully and as willingly as they could wish whosoever they were by whose meanes it was procured and should as unwillingly goe foorth were the gates both of the Castle and Town open unto me until

his Lordships where I found all things in a great forwardnesse the conclusion of which was expected within few dayes and great Forces as was pretended already in a readinesse for England under the command of the Earl of Glamorgan the Confederates great General and Favourite but his Lordship being sent for by my Lord Lieutenant and my self to confer about the wayes of disposing those Ayds most to the advantage of His Majesties service the businesses contained in the inclosed Papers brake sorth in such manner as you will finde there set down and obliged me to that part in the Kings Vindication which was thought could not so properly be performed by any as my self you will finde the whole businesse so fu●ly stated in the Transactions themselves which I send you and in my Letter to my Brother Secretary that I shall need to say no more upon the subject onely let me ask you whether according to the rules of Policy I have not carryed my body swimmingly who being before so irreconciliably hated by the Puritan party have thus seasonably made my self as odious with the Papists well my comfort is that the very few honest men that are in the world will love me the better and whil'st I do the part of a man of Integrity and Honour I am willing to trust God with the rest I must not conclude without telling you that if I had been brought hither by far greater misfortunes I could not have repined at any thing that had given me the happinesse of so particular a knowledge of and friendship with the Marques of Ormond who if I can judge at all of men is not onely the wisest yong man but the most steady generous and vertuous person that I have ever known I conjure you as you love virtue and as you love me who have so little a share of it build carefully by the diligent application upon those grounds which I have laid for a friendship between you for indeed I love him so much as I cannot be at rest till we make up the Triangle equall on all sides to that perfection wherewith I am Dublin Ian. 4. 1645. Yours George Digby Pray fail not to let my Father partake of what I write to you and General Goring also as far forth as you shall judge necessary To Secretary Nicholas My good Brother YOu will receive by this dispatch a particular accompt from my Lord Lieutenant of the state of the Treaty here and of those Conditions upon which he was hopefull suddenly to have concluded such a Peace as would have afforded His Majesty powerful and timely ayds from this Kingdom had not the unfortunate madnesse for I can give it no other name of my Lord of Glamorgan and the necessary proceeding thereupon cast all things back into a posture as uncertain and more dangerous then ever You will receive from my Lord Lieutenant and the Councel here a punctual relation of the matter of Fact and it is referred to me to convey unto you and by you to His Majesty the Circumstances and Reasons of the whole proceeding against his Lordship About ten dayes since matters of the Treaty growing near to a conclusion and in confidence thereof preparations being made by my Lord of Glamorgan and the Irish as they assured us for the speedy sending over of three thousand men for the relief of Chester which were to be made up ten thousand before the beginning of March It was thought necessary that we should confer with the said Earl of Glamorgan and some of the Irish Commissioners to the end that before my Lord Lieutenants final consent to the Articles of the Treaty the businesse of the Kings supply might be reduced from discourse to a certainty and directed in the most advantagious way for his service to which end we little suspecting then what was since discovered the said Earl of Glamorgan and some of the Irish Commissioners then at Kilkenny were earnestly invited hither both by my Lord Lieutenant and my self Upon Monday last the day before the said Earl of Glamorgan was expected in Town my Lord Lieutenant received out of the North from an honest and well affected person the copy which is sent you of my Lord of Glamorgans Articles and Oath with the Confederate Catholiques assured to have been found in the titulary Archbishop of Tuams pocket killed in October last at Sligo At first the thing appeared so impossible as that we were apt to think it a Forgery and Plot against the King of the Parliamentary Rebells till considering the circumstances formalities and punctualities thereof we grew to apprehend somewhat more in the matter and soon after a second and third copy of the same coming to other persons all with Letters to the effect of this inclosed it was then thought high time to take the businesse into most serious consideration which being done by my Lord Lieutenant and my self assisted by some of the wisest and best affected persons here we soon concluded that if these things were once published and that they could be believed to be done by His Majesties Authority they could have no lesse fatall an effect then to make all men so believing conclude all the former Scandals cast upon His Majesty of the inciting this Irish Rebellion true That he was a Papist and designed to introduce Popery even by wayes the most unkingly and perfidious And consequently that there would be a general revolt from him of all good Protestants with whom this opinion could take place Now when we considered the circumstances convincing the truth of this Transaction on my Lord of Glamorgans part and how impossible almost it was for any man to be so mad as to enter into such an Agreement without powers from His Majesty and there being some kinde of a formal Authority vouched in the Articles themselves we did also conclude That probably the greatest part of the world who had no other knowledge of His Majesty then by outward appearances would believe this true and do according to that belief unlesse His Majesty were suddenly and eminently vindicated by those who might justly pretend to know him best Upon this ground it was also concluded by us That lesse then an Arrest of the Earl of Glamorgan upon suspition of High-Treason could not be a Vindication of His Majesty eminent or loud enough and that this part could not properly nor effectually be performed by any other person then my self both in regard of my Place and Trusts near His Majestie That the businesse of Ireland had pass'd for the most part through my hands That I attended His Majesty about the time of the date of His Majesties pretended Commission That since that time I had by His Majesties command written to the Irish Commissioners a Letter whereof I send you a copy so Diamitrally opposite to the said Earls Transactions And lastly in regard that my Lord Lieutenant to whom otherwise His Majesties Vindication in this kinde might properly have belonged was

generally thought to be unworthily cousened and abused in the matter in case there were any such secret Authority given by His Majesty to the Earl of Glamorgan This being our unanimous judgement of what was fit to be done and by whom the onely Question then remaining was to the point of Time in which we were also of opinion That if it were defer●'d till the businesse growing publike otherwayes should begin to work its mischief His Majesties Vindication would lose much of its force and be thought rather applyed to the notarieting then to the impiety of the thing and rather to the pernicious effects then to the detestable cause it self Notwithstanding I must confesse unto you that the consideration of frustrating the supplies of three thousand men which were so confidently affirmed to be in readinesse for the relief of Chester in case the condition of that place could not bear the delay which this might occasion wrought in us a very great suspension of Judgement Whether the proceeding against my Lord of Glamorgan should not be forborn till that so necessary supply were sent away but the case being more strictly examined We found first that by the Lord of Glamorgans Oath the Forces were not to be haz●rded till His Majesties performance of the said Earls Conditions And secondly that the said supply was never intended by my Lord of Glamorgan and the Irish till the Articles of Peace were consented to which the Lord Lieutenant durst in no wise do without a preceding Vindication of the Kings Honour since this Transaction of my Lord of Glamorgans was known unto him and known to be known unto him by those who wanted neither Art nor Malice to make use of it so that the necessary forbearance to conclude the Treaty frustrating as much the relief of Chester as the sudden and vigorous proceeding against my Lord of Glamorgan could do our Resolutions did in the end determine upon that course when at the instant to remove all Objections Information was brought us That the thing was already publike throughout the Town and began to work such dangerous ●ff●cts as in tru●h I do not believe that my Lord Lieutenant or any of the Kings faithful Servants could have been many hours safe in the delay of this His Majesties and their Vindication which h●th now been so seasonably applied as that it hath wrought here not onely a general satisfaction in all moderate men but even such a conversion in many lesse well inclined That whereas before a Peace with the Irish even upon those unavoidable Conditions upon which my Lord Lieutenant must needs within few dayes have concluded it would hardly have bin published in this place without very much danger mens mindes are so secured and setled by this proceeding as that I believe the Peace now would be embraced upon those perhaps upon harder terms without much mutiny or repining This being so our chief remaining fear is lest what hath been done against my Lord of Glamorgan should so far incense the Irish as to drive them to sudden extremes things here on His Majesties part being in so ill a condition to enter again upon a War unto this danger the best preventives we could think of are applied This inclosed Letter written to my Lord of Muskerry by my Lord Lieutenant Apt persons imployed to Kilkenny to acquaint them with the reasons and necessities of this proceeding And lastly the Articles of Peace sent unto them with my Lord Lieutenants assent in the very terms proposed and acquiest in by themselves in the last results of this long Treaty which in all probability will have one of these two effects either to make them conclude a Peace notwithstanding this in●ervening accident whereby Chester may be speedily relieved and His Majesty further supplied this Spring or make it break so foully on their side as to divide from them the most considerable of their party Whatever the event be my Lord Lieutenant and I shall comfort our selves with this satisfaction That we have done what belong'd to men of Honour faithful to their King and to their Religion and as wisely as ours and our friends best understandings could direct us leaving the rest to God Almighty whom we beseech * Some such words should be supplyed to make it sence though they be not in the Original to direct His Majesty to that course herein on His part which may be correspondent to our faithful endeavours and that he will blesse them with as good effects upon the mindes of all honest men towards his Majesties Vindication in that Kingdom as I make no doubt but what we have done wil have in this when seconded and pursued by those further directions from his Majesty which I am sure His own Wisdom and Princely Indignation to finde His Honour Conscience and Piety thus infamously traduced will dictate unto Him without further advice from Dublin Jan. 4. 1645. Your I Believe you will be as much startled as I was to finde the Signet mentioned in my Lord of Glamorgans Transaction but it seems that was mistaken and that he now pretends to some kinde of Authority under the Kings Pocket-Seal which I certainly believe to be as false as I know the other Articles of agreement made and concluded between the Right Honourable Edw. Earle of Glamorgan in pursuance and by vertue of his Majesties This is the true Copy of the Articles sent by the Lord George Digby to Secretary Nicholas to be by him communicated to his Majesty Authority under His Signet and Royall signature bearing date at Oxon the twelfth day of March in the 20th yeare of his Raigne For and on the behalfe of his most Excellent Majestie of the one part and the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Mountgarret Lord President of the supreme Councell of the Confederate Catholiques of Ireland Donog Lord Viscount Muskery Alexander Mac Donnell Nicholas Plunket Esquires Sir Robert Talbot Baronet Dormet o Brian John Dillon Patrick Darcy Jeffrey Browne Esquires for and on the behalfe of his Majesties Roman Catholique subjects and the Catholique Clergy of Ireland of the other part IMprimis The said Earle doth grant conclude and agreee on the behalfe of his Majestie his Heires and Successours to and with the said Rich. Lord Viscount Mountgarret Donnog Lord Viscount Muskery Alex. Mac Donnell and Nicholas Plunket Esquires Sir Robert Talbot Baronet Dormet ô Brian Jo. Dillon Patr. Darcy and Jeffrey Browne Esquires that the Roman Catholique Clergie of the said Kingdome shall and may from hence-forth for ever hold and enjoy all and every such Lands Tenements Tithes and Hereditaments whatsoever by them respectively enjoyed within this Kingdome or by them possessed at any time since the twenty three of October 1641. and to all other such Lands Tenements Tithes and Hereditaments belonging to the Clergie within this Kingdome other then such as are now actually enjoyed by his Majesties Protestant Clergie Item It is granted concluded and agreed on by

I were cleered as they are willing to make me unserviceable to the King and lay me aside who have procured for me this restraint When I consider thee a Woman as I thinke I know you are I feare least you should be apprehensive but when I reflect that you are of the House of Thomond and that you were once pleased to say these words unto me That I should never in tendernesse of you desist from doing what in honour I was obliged to doe I grow confident that in this you will now shew your magnanimity and by it the greatest testimony of affection that you can possibly afford me and am also confident that you know me so well that I need not tell you how cleare I am and void of feare the only effect of a good conscience and that I am guilty of nothing that may testifie one thought of disloyalty to his Majestie or of what may staine the honour of the family I come of or set a Brand upon my future posteritie Courage my heart were I amongst the Kings Enemies you might feare but being only a prisoner amongst his Friends and faithfull Subjects you need doubt nothing but that this cloud will be soone dissipated by the Sunne-shine of the King my Master and did you but know how well and merry I am you would bee as little troubled as my selfe who have nothing that can afflict me but lest your apprehension might hurt you especially since all the while I could get no opportunity of sending nor yet by any certaine probable meanes but by my Cousin Bruertons Master Mannerings our Cousin Constable of the Castle and my Lord Lievtenants leave and I hope you and I shall live to acknowledge our obligation to them there being nothing in this world that I desire more then you should at least heare from me And believe it sweet heart were I before th● Parliament in London I could justify both the King and my selfe in what I have done And so I pray acquaint my Father who I know so cautious that he would hardly accept a Letter from me but yet I presume most humbly to aske his blessing and as heartily as I send mine to pretty Mall and I hope this day or to morrow will set a period to my businesse to the shame of those who have been occasioners of it but I must needs say from my Lord Lievtenant and the Privie Councell here I have received as much justice noblenesse and favour as I could possibly expect the Circumstances of these proceedings are too long to write unto you but I am confident all will prove to my greater honour And my Right Honourable accuser my Lord George Digby will be at last rectified and confirmed in the good which he is pleased to say he ever had of me hitherto as the greatest affliction that he ever had did doe what his conscience enforced him unto and indeed did wrap up the bitter pill of the Impeachment of suspition of high Treason in so good words as that I swallowed it with the greatest ease in the world and it hath hither had no other operation then that it hath purged Melancholy for as I was not at the present not any way dismayed so have I not since been any way at all disheartened So I pray let not any of my friends that's there believe any thing untill ye have the perfect relation of it from my selfe And this request I chiefly make unto you to whom I remaine a most faithfull and most passionately devoted Husband and servant Glamorgan Remember my service to my Brother my cosin Browne and the rest of my good friends My Deare friend I Have very much to write to you concerning this place and yet know not what to write you have heard I doe believe of the Earle of Glamorgans agreement with the Irish by which hee undertooke they should have all the Churches within their Quarters and all other Churches in the Kingdome not actually possessed by the Protestant party as also all the Lands Tenements Tythes and Hereditaments belonging to the Clergie not actually possessed by the Protestant party and that they should be free from the Jurisdiction of the Protestant Clergie for which wilde undertaking my Lord Digbie accused him of high Treason for which the Earle doth now stand committed in the Castle What further effects this will produce I am not able to judge but the Irish give out that they will Treat no further with us if that he bee not set at liberty it was part of his agreement with them that they should send into England ten thousand men to assist his Majestie and a great part of them was ready to bee shipped where hee was committed which were thereupon stayed Wee are in a very sad Condition here environed with Enemies of all sides and in a very weake posture to defend our selves but the God of Jacob will I hope be our refuge Your Father and the rest of your friends are in good health I would you had knowne my thoughts or that I were with you for some time to unburthen my selfe God keep you and us in the middest of these straights and so in hast I rest 11. January 1645. Your assured loving friend MA● EUSTACE This Gentleman hath some businesse to Bristoll I pray you to be favour him therein some estate is there fallen to him and hee is gone thither in pursuit thereof My owne and my Wives service to your noble Lady Superscribed for my much honoured friend Tho. Pigget Esquire at Alstowne neere Bristoll these FINIS