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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89475	A manifestation directed to the honourable Houses of Parliament in England, sent from the Lord Inchequin, the Lord Broghill, Sir Wil. Fenton, Sir Percy Smith, Lieut. Col. Will. Brocket, Lieut. Col. Thomas Serle, Sarjeant Major Muschamp; containing the reasons of their now opposing the cestation with the blood-thirsty Irish rebels; and their resolution to live and die in defence of the Parliament and Protestant cause in that Kingdom. As also, the joynt and unamimous declaration of His Majesties Protestant subjects in the Province of Munster, shewing to the whole world the many inhumane, cruell, and unheard of perfidious dealings, treacherous conspiracies, and horrid combinations of friers, priests and Jesuits, to betray the castles, forts and garrisons, and their murthering many Protestants in that province, contrary to the article of free commerce, and other articles of the late treaty.	Inchiquin, Murrough O'Brien, Earl of, 1614-1674.	1644 (1644)	Wing M424; Thomason E6_1; ESTC R3771	7,096	14

A MANIFESTATION DIRECTED To the Honourable Houses of Parliament in England SENT From the Lord Inchequin the Lord Broghill Sir Wil. Fenton Sir Percy Smith Lieut. Col. Will. Brocket Lieut. Col. Thomas Serle Serjeant-major Muschamp Containing the reasons of their now opposing the Cessation with the blood-thirsty Irish Rebels and their resolution to live and die in defence of the Parliament and Protestant Cause in that Kingdom As also The joynt and unanimous Declaration of His Majesties Protestant subjects in the Province of Munster shewing to the whole world the many inhumane cruell and unheard of perfidious dealings treacherous conspiracies and horrid combinations of Friers Priests and Jesuits to betray the Castles Forts and Garrisons and their murthering many Protestants in that Province contrary to the Article of free Commerce and other Articles of the late Treaty Die Veneris 9 August 1644. ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament That this Letter and Declaration be forthwith printed and published J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum Corrected and amended LONDON Printed for J. Wright in the Old-baily August 14. 1644. TO THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT at Westminster May it please the honourable Houses IF the miseries which we have suffered in the Province of Munster could be described they would be as farre short of what they are as our ability to right our selves is short of our desires and though our past sufferings have been extreme great yet we are like to be much more opprest unlesse the honourable Houses of Parliament doe take us into their protection and send us some speedy reliefe The severall Agents we imployed before we submitted to the Cessation did often acquaint you with the heavy burthen we groaned under and when we saw our lamentable condition did onely produce your pitty but could not your reliefe which was diverted by the War in England we esteemed it farre more advantagious for the cause to submit to the Cessation and by that meanes preserve our Garrisons then by a ruinous obstinacy to continue in a War which we knew not how to maintain ten daies Neither can this action be imputed to any desire of having a peace with our bloody enemies for if we had had any such design upon the first or second failing of our supplies we might have embraced that opportunity but we saw Gods glory and the honour and advantage of our Countrey too deeply engaged to condescend to any thing that had the face of a peace as long as possibly we were able to maintaine a War If we thought the honourable Houses had any greater ●…terest then the protecting of the opprest Protestants ●…e might represent divers great advantages unto them ●… more then a probability of the Adventurers gaining ●…eir purchased right which otherwise is utterly lost ●…d many other advantages which we will not specifie ●…cause we know your justice to be so great that no●…ing can adde to your pious care where the Protestant ●…eligion is so deeply engaged But if through your great necessities we should faile on your relied on ayd the World shall see how much we value the vindicating of Gods glory and the honour of the English Nation above our lives and fortunes Neither is the payment of this duty the onely advantage we propound unto our selves by this action for we firmely hope and humbly desire this honourable assembly that our unexpressible wrongs and miseries might be a rise for you to send unto his Majesty for the concluding of a happy peace in England without which we apprehend this Warre cannot be prosecuted as it ought to be We have likewise sent our most humble des●res unto his Majesty to the same effect whom we hope God will direct in that way which will so much conduce to the establishment of the Protestant Religion and the happinesse of the English Nation We will not trouble you with an over-tedious Letter since this enclosed Declaration which we humbly present unto you will acquaint you with our actions and intentions We have likewise sent our humble desires which we make no doubt will be found as just as our designs since both shall be for the settlement of the true Protestant Religion and the maintenance of our Laws and Liberties for the defence of which we have vowed to sacrifice the lives and fortunes of those which for your absolute security if you should doubt the reality of our intentions do offer when any of your ships shall arrive before our harbour all or any particular person of us will goe aboard till you have secured your selves of all or any our Garrisons But we strongly hope this wise Assembly will distinguish betwixt the effects of necessity dishonesty and impute our submitting to the Cessation to the first being too miserable already in our sufferings without encreasing them by a needlesse jealousie of the last These our miseries and infinite sufferings we most humbly submit to your judicious considerations not doubting but when you have well weighed them you will send a speedy redresse to Your most humble and affectionate servants The Lord of Inchequin chiefe commander of the Protestant forces in Munster Lord of Brohgill governour of Youghall Sir William Fenton Kt. Sir Percy Smith Kt. Lieut. col and Deputy governour of Youghall Lieutenant-col Wil. Brocket Governour of Kinsale Lieutenant-col Thomas Serle Governour of Bandon c. Serjeant-major Muschamp Governour of the Fort of Corke c. Corke July 18. 1644. The Vnanimous Declaration of HIS MAJESTIES Protestant Subjects of the Province of of MVNSTER IF in the undertaking of a just designe it were only requisite that the hearts and consciences of the undertakers were satisfied we should not need to publish this Declaration But lest our Enemies should traduce the candor of our actions and intentions we have made this manifestation of them which will acquaint the world with their malice and our innocence Wee are confident that all Christendome hath heard of the bloudy Rebellion in Ireland And we are as confident the Rebells and Popish Clergy have so palliated and disguised it That many are fully perswaded they had reason for what they did but we believe all men of judgement will change that opinion when they shall know that though they were a conquered people yet the Lawes were administred unto them with asmuch equity as to the English That they enjoyed their Religion though not by Toleration yet by Connivence That their Lords though Papists sate in Parliament And that the election of the Knights of the Shire and Burgesses was free and though of a contrary Religion were admitted into the house of Commons yet for all these and many other vast favours and priviledges when every one was sitting under his Vine and Fig-tree without any provocation they resolved upon a generall extirpation both of the Protestants and their Religion which without doubt they had effected had not God beene more mercifull then they were wicked and by a miracle discovered this divelish designe Whereof