offence given by the Bishops but through his owne heightie mind which in all matters and in all occasions must rule and domineere or will have peace nor quietness with any man this matter comprehending many parts arguments and circumstances I shal be forced to bestow more time about it It fell out soe that the confederat Catholicks appointed certain persons of qualitie as Commissioners of treaty they appointed others for preparing instructions for those that were to treat whom they named commissioners of instructions to treat and conclude a peace with Ormond then lord Leutenant this was done in the yeare 1644. the names of those appointed were Richard lord viscount of Mongaret Donogh lord viscount of Musgrie Sr. Robert Talbot Barronet Dermot ô Brien Patrick Darcy Geffery Brouwne and Iohn Dillon Esquires After a long debate vpon neare two yeares a peace was at lenght concluded between them and his Excellency the lord Leutenant consisting of thirty articles which articles after being perfected duely and maturely examined by vnderstanding and learned men were suspected vnsafe for the Chatholicks this is the subject the mentioned divine handled and soundly Proved and vpon the same occasion learnedly justified the rejection of that peace out of the arguments and decrees of the Ecclesiastical congregation CHAP V. The rejection of the peace of 1646 made by the Bishops and Cleargy at Waterford maintained and justified which peace was alsoe voyd for being perfected without authoritie of Ormond ' s part THis author sayes the Bishops and Cleargy allarmed at the publication of the said peace in Dublin and Kilkenme and obedience the Citizens and other natives gave therunto they saw the Gouverment was devolved the supreme Councell of the Nation dissolved and the forces and armies and all to be put into the hands of said Ormond lord Leutenant the peace as above was said being not secure for the cheefest concernements of the Catholicks convened and came togither at VVaterford a noble and Catholick Cittie the sixt of August 1466. the zeale of Gods house and of theyr flocks soe requiring to consider seriously the contents of the Articles of said peace and ackordingly to determine as pietie and the saftye of Religion and thir flocks would require at their hands The method said the Author the Eishops and Cleargy observed in rejecting said Peace and the order of their consultations was grave and yet free giving every divine licence to argue discourse and deliver his opinion as to the question proposed the Chancelour of the congregation taking in the meane time his notes in writing of every mans sense and sentence of the question ventilated and after a full debate repeting viva voce the substance of the arguments they voted with much tranquilitie a result or conclusion and indeed soe much was said to every of these articles that came vnder debate as nothing was left vnsaid that could be pertinent A love Principium was the begining of this Congregation they publickly sacrificed and prayed with flamming Charitie and profound humilitie demanding from God light and wisedom in this most important affaire that soe touched holy Religion and his divine worship that he would be pleased to give a blessing to their worke there and for the better guiding their Consciences they seriously perused First the oath of association the rule of warr and peace with the confederat Catholicks which could not be contravened by any without perfidiousness and impietie 2. The model of Gouvernement 3. Several remonst rances printed in France the yeare 1642. Fourthly our grevances presented at Tryme March the 17. 1642. Fifthly the several acts and protestations made by the Kingdom in open assembly at Kilkennie in the mounths Iuliâ— and August 1645. for the liberties and splendour of Religion and for the Churches Sixtly the 17. propositions exhibited to his Maiestie yeare 1644. Seaventhly the further addition and propositions after propounded to the lord Marques of Ormond All these things 〈◊〉 examened with great deliberation and attention being the rules laid downe by the whole Kingdom for regulating the committie of treaty as alsoe the committie of instructions for the said treaty and all others to whom any charge was intrusted They began with the important propositions the committie of treaty for the peace were to present vnto the Lord Marquez of Ormond Leutenant Generael of Irland sor and in behalfe of the confederat Catholicks of Irland for concluding a peace those propositions were the cheefe rules they were bound to observe in that treaty 1. One proposition was â—that the Roman Catholicks both Cleargy and Laity haue and enjoy the free and publick exercise of the Roman Catholick Religion through out that Kingdom as it was in the raigne of Henry the 7. or any other Catholick King his ptedecessours Kings of England and Lords of Irland had either in England or Irland 2. That the secular roman Cleargy of irland viz Primats Arch-bishops Bishops Ordinaries Deans and Chapters Archideakens and other dignitaries Persons Vicars and all other Pastors of the secular Cleargy and their respective successours shall have and enjoy all and every of them all manner of jurisdictions priviledges and immunites in as full and ample manner as the Roman Catholick Cleargy had or enjoyed within this Realme at any time during the raigne of the late King Henry the 7. of England and Lord of Irland any declaration of law laws statute power or any authoritie to the contrarie not with standing 3. That all laws and statutes made since the time of King Henry the 8. whereby any restreinght penaltie mulct or incapacitie or other restriction what-soever is or may be laid vpon any of the Roman Catholicks either of the Cleargy or laity for such the said exercise of the Roman Catholick Religion within this Kingdom and of their several functions jurisdictions and Priviledges may be repealed revoked and declared voyd in the next Parlament by one or more acts of parlament to be passed therin 4. That the Primats Bishops Archbishops Ordinaries Deans and Chapters Archdeakens Chancelours Treasurers Chanters prevosts Guardians of Collegial Churches Prebendaries and other dignitaries Persons Vicars and other Pastors of the Roman Catholick Cleargy and their respective â—uccessours shall have hould and enjoy all the Churches and Church liuings â—as large and ample manner as the late Potestant Cleargy respectively enjoyed the same in the first day of Septem 1641 togither with all their rights profits emoluments perquisits liberties to their respective Seas and Churches belonging as well in all places now in the possession of the confederat Catholicks as alsoe all other places that shall be recovered by the confederat Catholicks from the adverse partie within this Kingdom saving to the Roman Catholick Laity and their respective rights ackording to the lawes of the land The Roman Catholick Regular Cleargy of the Kingdom were to have and hould the Bodyes sites and precincts of their Abbeys Monasteries and churches c. These foure propositions were sworne by the Confederat Catholicks
Nicolaus Episcopus Fernensis Cancellarius Congregationis The supersciption was For the Right Honnorable the lord Mongarret and the rest of the late supreme Councel The declaration mentionned in the aboue letter which was printed doth manifest what past vpon the examination of the peace of 30. Articles and of the aboue mentioned matters with our sense and judgement vpon all our prayers and fatherly commands to our flocks ouer the Kingdom and to the Generals and other officers and soldiers to haue nothing to doe with that peace the propositions mentioned in said letter were expedients offered by the Congregation for securing the Catholick Religion liues liberties and estates of the Catholicks One and that a principal proposition that Glanmorgans concessions vpon which the comitie of Treaty relyed as to Religion should be made as valid and pudlick as the 30. articles and of the same force with them for the benefit and satisfaction of the Catholicks Ormond who was then in Kelkennie when the mentioned letter was receaued by the supreme Councel answered he had noe power to consent to such consessions nor as much as to add any article to the 30. articles his Commission by vertue of which he had concluded said 30. articles with them being expired yet he promised all the frindly offices that lay in his power and all mediation with the king for the satisfaction of the Catholicks which was noe securitie nor satisfaction to the Catholick Prelats The supreme Councel after receauing the mentioned declaration and propositions employed Sr. Lucas Dillon knight and Gerrat Finnel Esquire both of the Councel with Thomas Tirel and Laurence Dudal esquires adding to them Nicolas Plunket and Patrick Darcy esquires who were in VVaterford before both members of the Councel to offer certain proposals for satisfying the Bishops and cleargy to the end sorsaid peace of 30. Articles might be vnanimously by them and the rest accepted these gentlemen were humanly receaued and listened vnto by the lord Nuncio and Bishops of Clonferty and Fernes which two were chosen by the congregation to attend on the lord Nunci◠in that affaire after all was heard and considered of and all they said represented to the Congregation there was nothing of securitie found as to Religion and churches Heere it is to be particularly observed that the Lord Leutenant Ormond vpon a sudden departed from Kelkennie to Dublin like a man possessed by some feare when Sir Luke and the rest were vpon their way to VVaterford which departure of his prescinded all expectation of giving such securitie and satisfaction as the Bishops and Cleargy exspected Heer vpon the Congregation tould Sir Lucas and the rest of the Gentlemen there was noe other way remaining for satisfying all good men then to summon of new a General Assembly of the confederat Catholicks and there and then to have the 30. Articles of 46. more nicely examened and by them to be recepted or rejected as pleased the prudency of the whole Catholick Assembly This is a candid and ample accoumpt I give you out of the mentioned divin of the propositions and procedings of the Bishops and Cleargy assembled in VVaterford to the end that all their transactions there and then rightly pondered and vnderstood they may appeare to the world as really they are innocent and blamelesse as acting nothing therin but what the dictamen of their conscience led them vnto touching the 30. Articles It is by this manifestly known how Ormonds mercenarie pens and others vpon their suggestions without any search or examination haue both bitterly spoken and written of these Bishops and of all the cleargy for putting a side that peace one of which and that wrote bitterly was F. Peeter VVailsh who censured them griuously for soe doeing thought at the same time this Congregation sate this friar was as much against the said 30. Articles and Ormond as another how he came to Change his mind and writ for Ormond against the Bishops and Cleargy I know not neither to this day hath he given any ground or reason nor is able to doe for that his instabilitie and if in case he had apparently given yet noe regard ought to be had by any good and Zealous Catholick of what he sayes in as much as he lyes vnder the curse of an excommunication major as I haue said in the Preface prononced against him by a general Chapter of his owne order against whom he most rebelliously stands out refusing submission to them I hope these things well considered the Bishops and Cleargy assembled in VVaterford will loose noe esteme in the sight of good impartial Christians but rather be commended for their zeale vnd fortitude in Gods cause wee are not to feare fire nor sword nor the graetness of men when wee speake for God and his glorie Loquebar saith the divin psalmist de testimonijs tuis in conspectu regum non confundebar The diuin by me aboue cited protested before God and his Angels that the Bishops and cleargy had noe intention to offend Ormond in that proceeding or to blemish his honnor in the least but they were much vnsatisfied with the Comitie of Treaty for neglecting and not performing the trust laid vnto their charge by which protestation you see the Bishops gave noe cause to Ormond to depart Kelkennie for Dublin nor as much as thought of his goeing or suspected in the least that he would be gon but his owne conscience why spered various thoughts vnto him soe that verè trepidabat timore vbi non erat timor He trembled with feare where there was noe occasion of feare howeuer since this great man departed for Dublin he fostered an inveterat odium against the Bishops and Cleargy swearing and protesting he will be avenged of that stinking creuw soe he is heard to call them which vnusuall forme of speech to an intire and of an intire body of Bishops vertuous learned and honorable men divers of them being noblie descended If this be I say a language beseeming a noble man of Ormonds qualitie or rather the language of a rash profane and insolent person let any discreet man iudge CHAP. VII The Calumnies and aspersions cast by Fa. Wailsh vpon the Congregation of Iamestowne and especially that of forcing the Lord Leutenant out of the Kingdom confuted and their proceedings justified FOur yeares after this Congregation of VVaterford an other convened in Iamestowne a litle towne in Conaght two yeares after the second peace concluded with Ormond in the yeare 1648 by the vnanimous consent of the Kingdom Ormond keapt a great stirr with this Congregation and Fa VVailsh who busied himselfe still and alwayes in verifying of Ormonds doeings must needs write vnhandsomly of that venerable congregation saying in his litle printed booke he calls by the name of the more ample accompt pag 105 that vnfortunat and fatall Congregation gave a scandal which aspersed them and aspersed not them and the whole Irish Cleargy alone but euen their Communion and Religion in
Fruition of these vast recompences or as rather I shonld say Robberys of poore orphans and widowes which will have noe good end soe much be said of his recompences received and rewards in rhe next Chapter I shall give a distinct and the briefest accompt I can of the manifest Iniurys hee hath don to his Country and Countrimen CHHPTER 16'th A Relation of some particular Iniuries the Duke of Ormond hath don his Countrymen His subuerting our vnion with Vlyssean practizes NOt withstanding all the trust and confidence the generality of that people placed in Ormond both great and small yet little affection did hee show to his country or Countrymen the first Injury and stratagemme have bine to worke a diuition amongst them hee was the man let fall the venemous apple of discord in the middle of that vnited body theire vnion the basis of all prosperity continuing noe power noe enemy was able to prevaile against them this union was our onlyest bulwark and would prove if not subuerted Formidable to our Enemys at home and a broad that Commonwealth doth prosper whose Cittizens are of one accord Concordia res paerua crescunt discordia res magnae dilabuntur Ormond his chief Imagnation hath bin to take away this vnion the life of our confederacie what people common-wealth or nation more knitt in mutuall Charity at the first beginning of the warre then wee The Bishops Clergie Noblemen Gentry townes and Cittys and the common people looked all one way all possessed with the same flame of Religious zeal to preserve and recover our libertys Country and religion all were Cor unum et anima vna whilst Paersons and Burlace did gouerne in Dubblin and soe had wee still continued if Ormond had not been chosen Lord Lieutenant by whose influence vpon the people all was lost subuerted and supplanted If you demaund how could Ormond destroy this vnion and would his relations even and dearest frinds which tooke the oath of association becom perjurous and perfidious for Ormonds sake Would they Forsake the sacred confederacy and the best quarel in the world for his respect I doe not meane to say thes affected him most were perfidious and perjourous to the country yea I hould his relations and friends to have been good catholicks how then say you could Ormond debauch them from theyr union and confederacie his Excellencie you must understand had a great number of his relations among us and many more persons of good qualitie that had nothing to doe with him held him for a man of great integritie and affection to his countrie and tooke him for a man of vertu Iustice and sound Iudgement a man that had power to doe us good and a good willingness thereunto and hoped that he would represent unto the king our oppressions and burdens under cruel statesmen that destroyed and enslaued the subjects by their sleights and cunning artifices and in fine that he would prove the deliverer of this conceipt which proved bu adreame conferred all mens affection vpon him receaving and embracing all the reasons and such sentiments as hee pleased to infuse unto them and ordered all theyr course in all wisdom as they thought by his ways and dictamen by this meanes were undermined our union and our quarel destroyed Ormonds persuasions prevailing in court and countrie his reasons were esteemed the best and wisest his friends and Faction crys Ormond is a wise man he loves our interest understands our cause rightly this publick confidence well knowne hath been no smale meanes for him to deceave his Friends and they deceaved the Generalitie possessing them with such and such imaginations till at last we grew in good earnest could in our proceedings dissentions sprung up and our union the life and strengh of our countrie dissolved and broaken desolation and destruction run over all places we then began to disagree in our consultations and debates about the publick â—alousies inuaded our assemblies difference rose between such and such Families between Noble men Gentrie and even amoung the Bishops and cleargy some speaking high of the brittish interest others of the interest of religion and countrie in the conclusion we came to be regnâ—m in se divisun in the meane time Ormond who had acted his part soidly said to his counsel and complices Divisum est cor Catholicorum jam interibunt my worke is don they are broaken they are at variance one with an other they sprosper noe more That you may more plainly see the influence this great man had over the confederat Catholicks in the supreme counsel who gouverned all consisting of 12. You may know he had usually six of that number for his trusty friends the first was Richard Lord Viscount Mongret at the beginning of the warr and for a great whyle President of the counsel this Lord was Brother to Ormonds grandmother the second was donogh Lord Viscount Musgue after Earle of Clancartie who married Ormonds eldest sister Mr. Richard Bealings Secretarie to the counsel and a member thereof maried to â—said Viscount Mountgarets Daughter Mr. Grat fenel Doctor physick intimat do mistick counselour to Ormond for som yeeres Mr. Patricke Darcy a Famous lawyâ—r counsell in law to the house Ormond Mr. Gessery Browne a sound and good lawyer and Sr. Lucas Dillon knight an able personage both much addicted to Ormonds Wayes esteeming them the best as for the Lord of Mountgaret he was a plain simple man but the other five were substantiall Peeces as the land could afford Ormond was theire delight and Ioy and though they had witt sufficient to understand his ways and ponder his euill designes this they have not don but rather gaue him full scope to worke what hee pleas'd out of the fore-spooken confidence placed in him by this meanes these wise-men were deceiued deluded and inueagled away and wee with them our repentance is to late and without remedy and wee finde our error Fatall and irrecoverable and wee have lived to see Ormond close with our deadly enemys and himselfe the greatest enemy of them all Sed sero Sapiunt phriges This Lethean cupp ministred by Ormond unto us the confederates stupifyed our wil soe much as wee could neither understand nor perceive one another wee became much like to the confusion of Babell when one sought for stone the other gave him sand when sand hee brought him stones But the first stepp to our confusion was treaties of cessations by those conferrences hee deceived our people who went still vpon the opinion of his affection hee spunn us out with new devices and delays and in the Intrim wee omitted the opertunity of doeing service wayting dayly for apeace for Ormond had brought us to that fools paradice as we neglected our owne preservation great matters hee promised to our committie of treaty a good peace the which when wee had was worth nothing as formerly said where I advertised you how the Committie of treaty failed to performe the instructions given them and
Prince Neither wanted Ormond as some men did think his hidden reasons that moved him to neglect soe much and sleight the Royall Authority His Logickâ— made him discourse thus secretly with himselfe the King is prisoner to his Parliment and noe hopes left for his redemption hee is like to perish there the Queen alsoe and the young Prince they are exiled what can they doe They are not able to help themselves much less to procure any forraigne assistance for his Majesty the Parliment of England with Crumwell have drawne all England to theire owne side with Scotland and a great part of Irland as the large Province of Vâ—ster where the Scot insulted and that part of Munster where Insequin with his Army remained vnder obedience of the Parliment my best way then will be quoth Ormond to play my owne game the best and make good vse of the tymes I will therfore apeare exteriourly for his Majesty and yet oblige the Parliment in yielding vp to them the Castle of Dublin with the Kings sword and all the faire County of Dublin rather then keep it and take part with the Irish and this I will doe notwithstanding the Queen and Princes orders and commands to the contrary for I may well feare the Irish Catholicks and I though Ioyned with them will be at long running mastered by the Parliment who will be minâ—full of mee in due tyme for soe necessary and frindly an action And truly it fell out soe for though they shewed noe personal favour to Ormond they shewed great kindness to his Lady allowing her three thousand pound starling for her Ioynter as a bove said and Crumâ—â—â—lls Children weare not less frindly to her Children and all this kindness hath been done them by all liklyhood in recompensation of Ormonds giving vp the Cittie Castle and County of Dublin to the Parliment Projects of Policy are deep and secret and likly this act of Ormond was the Policy and Wisdom the Lord Digby meant when hee sayd to Mr. Wintergrant that the Lord of Ormond was wiser then to vnite with the Irish Catholicks But in the meane tyme what became of his Loyalty Of his great zeal to his Majestys interest Of his obedience to the Royall Commaunds and to the orders and instructions of the Queen and Prince Herein the King was sleighted the Queen and Prince put by who as they held the preserving of Dublin the Castle therof and County about it to be the Kings great intrest and beneficiall for his Majesty soe alsoe they did think the delivering vp of all to the Parliment would prove a very great loss and distructive to his Royall intrest for preventing of which loss and mischief orders commaunds instructions and all power were sent from Queen and Prince by Mr. Wintergrant to Ormond to perclose a peace with the Confederate Catholicks at what price soever If the neglect committed heerin by Ormond sleighting the Royall powers and Authority a cleare Argument of disobedience in him to both hath redounded to the vtter overthrow of the Catholicks and Kingdom and consequently of his Majestys intrest therin you my reader may Iudge or any other Impartiall Iudgment CHAPTER 17'th The accommodation sent by the confederat Catholicks to Ormond Lord Lieutenant for preserving of the Cittie and Castle of Dublin with the lands about it rejected by him and the reasons given by him for such rejection GEntle Reader heer before I give you the accommodation presented and offered by the Confederate Catholicks vnto Ormond I think it necessary to give you first the sound observation of an vnderstanding and discret Member made vpon the same accommodation of the said confederate Counsell of Catholicks which shall serve you as a guiding light to the clearer vnderstanding how the matter was carried on which vvas vvord to vvord as follovveth That the late Articles of pacification concluded vvith the Lord Marqnis of Ormond Anno 1646. Being rejected by the generall assembly vvith an vnanimous consent by reason the Lord Marquis of Ormond did not grant those conditions vnto vvhich hee vvas authorized by his Maiesty and for that the King vvas brought vnto a condition incapable at present to performe any thing that was granted and for that there was noe security in them for Religion or Nation and the insecurity not com knovvledg of the confederats vntill after the late pacification vvas published the late generall assembly in the begining of March last Imployed Mr. Giffery Barron som tyme before Imployed in France and Mr. Gerrald Fennell both persons of great trust vnto the said Marqnis vvith the inclosed heads or Overtures of an accommodation to continue vntill his Maiesty vvere in a free condition to grant honourable and safe conditions vnto the consederats and the said Marquis after receiving the said Overtures by vertue of a letter of Credence from the said Mr. Barron and Mr. Fennell returned ansvver to the assembly that hee vvould send his ansvvers by messengers of his owne first giving great hopes vnto those Imployed by the assembly that hee would never Ioyne with the Parliment The assembly expecting this answer for one and twenty days received it not to the hazard and very great charge of the Kingdom his Lordship in the interim treated with the Parliment Commissioners and the assembly fully possessed with a beliefe that his Lordship would never conclude with the Parliment a few days days before the adjournment sent Theobala Butler Major of Horss in the Catholick Army to his Lordship to know the cause which might retard or stay his Lordships answer soe long and soe much expected at whose coming thither the said Marquis having as it seemes concluded with the Parliment delivered hostages vnto theire Gommissioners Viz his sonne the Lord Richard Butler and the Lord Dyllon the Earle of Resâ—omon a considerable Peere and native of this Kingdom Collonell Arthur Chischester sonne and haire of the Lord Viscount Chischester and Sr. lames Ware Knight a person of consideration with him and of the Privie Counsell hier vpon the sayd Lord Marquis tould the said Major Buttler that hee would never propound any thing to the consederate Catholicks that was in theire power to deny him The Assembly receiving this answer soe much tending to the Kings disservice by which the hopes of an accommodation was frustrated they being solâ—mnly sworne to endeavour an accommodation with him which were consistent with Loyalty and Catholick Religion on the fourth currant adjourn'd it selfe vntill the 12'th of November next soone after Monsieur Tallone and Monsieur Munnery Residents to the King of France arrived heer and being with vs at the Counsell declared that most of theire bussiness hither was to solicit an accommodation tending Chiefly to the preservation of the Catholick Religion and wee did on all occations declare our willingness and rediness to effectuate the same and after severall Iourneys made by the said Monsieur Tallent to Dublin wee did condescend to enlarge the Cessation at first agreed vpon to the
17'th of Aprill which was performed And after condescended that incase good and particulare hopes were demonstrated vnto vs wee would out of zeal to our liege Lord the King and in our great expectation of the interposition by them promised of the Crowne of France embrace a Cessation for six monthes soe that in the interval the Lord Marquis would accept noe Parliment forces into any of the Garrisons vnder his commâ—und and give good assurance for his performance therein where vpon Monsieur Tallone repaired to Dublin and brought vnto vs his Lordships absolute denyall of Cessation for more then three weekes vnto which wee could not condescend in regard wee had Iust and pregnant causes of feares that the said Lord Marquis did but seek that short Cessation in expectation of forces from the Parliment wherof wee had well grounded intelligence from London and otherwise and his Lordship having during the treaty with vs received men from the Parliment into Dublin and other his Garrisons and wee having vnderstood that his Lordships reason for not granting a Cessation for the six monthes propounded was that therby all hopes of his agreement with the Parliment had bin taken away and that then of necessity hee must throw himselfe on our party before hee could fairly fall of from the Parliment which whether hee can doe or noe the delivery of the hostages and theire quality and the forces by him allready received and the dayly expectation hee hath of more and the late propositions by him sent to the Parliment which if assented vnto by the Parliment hee declared himselfe to stick vnto them being considered it may be easily Iudged wherin the Impediment to an accommodation lyeth Adding to the premises for the more Cleare vnderstanding of our real desires to entertaine an accommodation wit the Lord Marquis of Ormond for preserving and continuing the places vnder his Majestys obedience which his Lordship holdeth that since our propositions sent him to put his Lordship in minde of an accommodation hee did neither by message or otherwise authorise any to treat further with vs ther vpon but vtterly sleighted that treaty by which wee had noe encourragment given vs to listen to a cessation which in it selfe was noe way profitable to the affaires of the Confederate Catholicks for the reasons afforesaid other then in order to the hopes wee might have of an accommodation the Coppy of which propossitions is hierwith sent Besides the motives afforesaid wee have it by assured and certaine intelligence that the Lord Marquis of Ormond hath alredy concluded with the Parliment and hath vpon confidence of prevailing for a short Cessation with vs assured them that hee would hould what hee enjoyeth vntill the month of May expecting then the Parliment of England theire Supplys Overtures for an accommodation delivered by Doctor Gerrald Fennell and Geffrie Brron Esquires from the Generall assembly of the confederat Catholicks to the Lord Marquess of Ormond in March 1647. 1. THat each party should continue theire respective goverment independent of ech other within such quarters as by the accommodation shall be agreed on vntill a peace 2. That both should joyne in a warre both by sea and land against the Enemys of his Majesty and this Nation and that neither party shall make Peace Cessation or other Agreement or ntertaine any Commerce or Trafick with the said Enemys without the consent of each other vntill a peace 3. That Dublin and other Garrisons your Lordships quarters may be secured against the said Enemie 4. That the Confederat Catholicks within the quarters that by this accomodation shall be agreed vpon to be left to your Lordship shall be secured of the free Enjoying of theire Religion Lives Estates and libertys 5. The like for all other Catholicks in the said quarters 6. That your Lordship shall permitt none to live within your quarters but such as shall sweare to the performance and accomodation 7. That your Lordship shall enjoy the profitts of your Estates in the quarters of the Confederate Catholicks paying such contributions out of it as the said Confederats shall doe out of theires 8. That the Confederats will contribut to the maintenance of your Lordships Charge by reason of your place in a Competent way Could there be any accommodation thought on more profitable to the King more considerable to the Queen and Prince his expectation and more advantagious to Ormond himselfe who therby had the rents of a great part of his Estate of that I meane that laid within the Catholick quarters then this Let any indifferrent conscientious man tell mee if any thing could be more Loyall or laying forth our great affection to our King in the distressed state hee then was in then this Here you have Ormonds answer to said accommodation sent by Mr. Wintergrant vnto the supreme Counsell the 10'th of may 1647. The answers were as followeth THe two first propositions are such as apeare fitter to be treated in a League offensive and defensive between neighbouring Princes then between his Majestys governour of a Kingdom and his subjects of the same declined from theire obedience with whome it is inconsistent with his Majestys Lieutenant to Ioyne otherwise then by theire returne to theire obedience and submission to his Majestys Authority 2. To the third When they are thus returned to theire obedience and have submitted to his Majestys Authority it will then be seasonable to consider of securing the Garrisons 3. The fiue other propositions are such as may be fitt to be considered in case of a sessation which when they shall propose vnto vs wee shall take it into consideration and give such answers thervnto as shall be reasonable You see the nature and condition of this answer Ormond would not com to any accommodation with the Confederate Catholicks because they were as hee saith declined from theire obedience vntill they had returned againe to theire former obedience and submission to his Majestys Authority yet the very same tyme the same Ormond treated publickly of a peace with the Parliment party a peace is of a higher nature then an accommodation open and knowne Rebels to the King and who had his Majesty at the very same tyme theire close prisoner and not only treated with those Rebels but even yielded vp to them the Cittie of Dublin the Castle sword and all appertaining thervnto Ormond gave to the confederate Catholicks and theire propositions of an accommodation the answer hee should have given to the Parliment party hee should have said to theire commissioners with whome hee then treated that it was not consistent with his Majestys Lieutenant to treat with them vntill they had set his Majesty at full liberty laid downe Armes restored to the King his Townes Forts and Navy acknowledging theire obedience and sworne aleageance vnto him This hee did not but perclosed a peace with them as above was said If this his acting when hee could have preserved the Kings Cittie and intrest from his enemys by