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A82705	A declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. Shewing the present designe now on foot (by vertue of a pretended commission from His Majesty) for a cessation of armes, or treaty of peace with the rebels in Ireland, now they are brought to such a low condition, that they are inforced to devoure and eate one another in some parts of that kingdome And by what popish instruments and ministers in their councels at the court, the said designe is and hath been carried on; persons of great trust, eminent for their affection to religion, and hatred of the rebels being displaced, and men popishly addicted put in their offices. All serving for the better introduction of popery, and extirpation of the true Protestant religion, in that and other of His Majesties dominions. Die Sabbathi 30. Septemb. 1643. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this declaration shall be forthwith printed & published. J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing E1457; Thomason E69_16; ESTC R1207	5,303	12

reception and countenance most pragmatick Papists negotiating the businesse have found at Court and that those of the State in Dublin who had so much Religion and Honesty as to disswade the Cessation were first discountenanced and at last put out of their places and restrained to prison as Sir Wil. Parsons one of the Lords Iustices there Sir John Temple Master of the Rolls Sir Adam Loftus Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and Treasurer at Wars and Sir Robert Merideth one also of the Councell Table Secondly the Lords and Commons desire it may be observed That during all these Passages and Negotiations the Houses of Parliament were never acquainted by the State of Ireland with the Treaty of a Cessation much lesse was their Advice or Councell demanded notwithstanding that the care and managing of the War was devolved on them both by Act of Parliament and by His Maiesties Commission under the great Seale To advise order and dispose of all things concerning the government and defence of that Kingdome But the wants of the Army were often represented and complained of whereby with much craft a ground was preparing for the pretext wherewith now they would cover the Counsels of this Cessation as if nothing had drawne it on but the extreame wants of their Armies whereas it is evident That the reports of such a Treaty have been in a great part the cause of their wants for thereby the Adventurers were dis-heartened Contributions were stopped and by the admittance to Court of the Negotiators of this Cessation their wicked counsels have had that influence as to procure the intercepting of much provisions which were sent for Ireland so that Ships going for Ireland with Victuals and others comming from thence with Commodities to exchange for Victuals hade beene taken not onely by Dunkirkers having his Maiesties Warrant but also by English Ships commanded by Sir John Pennigton under his Maiestie Mr. Davis his ships and others And moreover the Parliament Messengers sent into severall Counties with the Ordinance of Ianuary last for Loanes and Contributions have beene taken and imprisoned their Money taken from them and not one peny either Loane or Contribution hath beene suffered to bee sent in for Ireland from those Counties which were under the power of the Kings Army while in the meane time the Houses of Parliament by their Ordinances Declarations and Solicitations to the City of London and the Counties free from the terrour of the Kings Forces were still procuring not contemptible aide and releefe for the distresses of Ireland 3. As the Lords and Commons have reason to Declare against this Plot and designe of a Cessation of Armes as being treated and carried on without their advice so also because of the great prejudice which will thereby redound to the Protestant Religion and the encouragement and advancement which it will give to the practice of Popery when these 〈…〉 Papists shall by this agreement continue and set up with more freedome their Idolatrous Worship their Popish Superstitions and Romish abominations in all the places of their command to the dishonouring of God the grieving of all true Protestant hearts the disposing of the lawes of the Crowne of England and to the provoking of the wrath of a iealous God as if both Kingdomes had not smarted enough already for this sin of too much●●●●niving at and tolerating of Antichristian Idolatry under pretext of civill contracts and politike agreements 4. In the fourth place they desire it may be observed that this Cessation will prove dishonourable to the ●ublike Faith of this Kingdome it will elude and make null the Acts and Ordinances of Parliament made for the forfeiting of the Rebels Lands at the passing of which Acts it was represented that such a course would drive the Rebells to despaire and it proves so but otherwayes then was meant for despairing of their force and courage they goe about to overcome vs with their craft 5. Lastly what shall become of the many poore exiled Protestants turned out of their Estates by this Rebellion who must now continue begging their bread while the Rebells shall injoy their Lands and houses and who shall secure the rest of the Protestants that either by their owne courage industry and great charges have kept their possessions or by the successe of our Armies have beene restored Can there be any assurance gotten from a perfidious Enemy of a Cessation from Treachery and breach of agreement when they shall see a fit time and opportunity These and many other Considerations being well weighed it will appeare evidently that this designe of a Cessation is a deepe Plot layd by the Rebells and really invented for their owne safety and falsly pretended to be for the benefit of our Armies And whereas the Lords and Commons have no certaine Information that the Treaty is concluded but are informed by severall Letters that all the Protestants as well Inhabitants as Souldiers in that Kingdome are resolved to withstand that proceeding and to adventure on the greatest extremities rather then have any sort of Peace with that generation who have so cruelly in time of Peace murdered many thousands of our Country men and laboured to extirpate the Protestant Religion from amongst them So they do beleeve that these rumors of a Cessation were first contrived by the Enemies of our Religion and peace and by their practises The Treaty was carried on with much subtility and solicitation thereby to stop the sending of supplies from thence to our Armies and for the cooling of the affections of those who have already shewed their Zeale to the Weal● of Ireland And therefore the onely meanes to defeate this their policy prevent the evills intended by it is to settle a course wherby the Armies of Ireland may be at least fenced against hunger and cold For which purpose it is desired that all those who are wel-affected to the Protestant Religion either in that or this Kingdom and all those who by their adventures already made have embarked their particular interests with the publike of that Kingdome and doe desire a good returne of their engagements would joyne their endeavours for obviating of that necessity which may be made a strong argument to inforce a destructive Cessation of Armes that they would not through too much suspition and jealousie of it forbeare the providing of supplies and so occasion that inconvenience which they ought by all meanes to prevent for by so doing they will lose all their former paines and charges and the withholding of provisions now will gaine credit to that calumnie layd against this Kingdome of neglecting the Armies of Ireland and by the continuing of supplies these Forces will be encouraged to continue the Warre and so crowne both their worke and ours And lastly the Rebels seeing assistance against them still flowing from hence must needs be out of hope of prosecuting or concluding this their designe The cry of much Protestant blood the great indigency of many ruined Families the danger of our Religion almost exiled out of that Kingdome calls for this last Act of Piety Charity Iustice and Policy from us which being resolved on Letters are to be dispatched to the severall parts of that Kingdome to encourage the Commanders Souldiers upon the aforesaid reasons and assurances that they may not hearken to such an unjust and deceitfull counsell and as 〈◊〉 their prosecuting of the Warre through Gods blessing they have successefully resisted the Rebels cruelly so they may upon this occasion beware they be not over-reached by their craft All which the Lords and Commons doe earnestly desire may be seriously taken to heart by all the Kingdome and that from those other encouragements mentioned at large in the Ordinance of the 14 of July last and such as now are offered a 〈◊〉 may be taken whereby such a constant weekly ●●●tribution may be setled as will supply to the Armies in Ireland the meere necessities of nature which may be more punctually and seasonably transmitted unto the severall parts of that Kingdome according to their respective wants that so the benefit and honour of so pious a worke happily begun and successefully hitherto carried on may not be lost when so little remaines to be done and that the fading of a Kingdome the re-establishing of so many Protestant Churches the re-possessing of so many thousand Christians into their Estates may not be deserted and let fall to the ground for a little more paines and cost FINIS

A DECLARATION OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in Parliament Shewing the present Designe now on foot by vertue of a pretended Commission from His Majesty for a Cessation of Armes or Treaty of Peace with the Rebels in Ireland now they are brought to such a low condition that they are inforced to devoure and eate one another in some parts of that Kingdome And by what popish Instruments and Ministers in their councels at the Court the said designe is and hath been carried on Persons of great trust eminent for their affection to religion and hatred of the Rebels being displaced and men popishly addicted put in their Offices All serving for the better introduction of Popery and extirpation of the true Protestant religion in that and other of His Majesties Dominions Die Sabbathi 30. Septemb. 1643. ORdered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament that this Declaration shall be forthwith printed published J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum LONDON Printed for Iohn Wright in the Old-baily Octob. 2. 1643. A DECLARATION OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament AS it is evident to all the world that this late horrid rebellion of the Papists in Ireland did without any colour or pretext of provocation professedly and boldly ayme at the destruction of the Protestant Religion the rejecting of the Lawes of England and the extirpation of the Brittish Inhabitants out of that Kingdome So it is no lesse manifest that this Parliament of England to whom His Majesty hath left the mannaging of the Warre against those Rebels hath taken the troubles of Ireland to heart with that resentment and compassion as may evidence their zeale to Religion their love to their distrest Countrey-men and brethren there in these times when the like Iesuiticall practices have cast England into woefull distractions and an unnaturall warre not withstanding which the reducing of Ireland hath still béene a chiefe part of the care of this Parliament And God hath béene pleased to blesse our endeavours with such successe as that those furious bloud-thirsty Papists have beene stopped in the carriere of their cruelty some part of the Protestant Blood which at first was spilt like Water upon the ground hath beene revenged their massacres burnings and famishings have by a Divine retaliation beene repayd into their bosome And the Protestant party hath beene erected to that condition of strength and hope that their enemies are constrained distrusting their Forces to have recourse to their craft and policies And therefore by their subtill Agents at Court and their active instruments elsewhere have beene endeavouring now of a long time to make our Armes in Ireland disaffected to the Parliament what by occasion of their wants not so readily supplyed as their need required what by amusing them with these unhappy differences fallen in here betwéene King and people labouring by that meanes to divide those Forces into factions to the end the maine worke they have in hand might be neglected which is the prosecuting of the Warre against the Rebels so farre brought low in some parts of Ireland that if they can be deprived of the benefit of this Harvest they are not likely to sée the next Summer And therefore the Rebels finding that notwithstanding the distractions here occasioning the slownesse and scarcenesse of supplies yet they themselves are in a farre worse condition being in want of most things necessary not onely for the maintaining of a warre but even of life the judgement of God being remarkable upon them in this that as their bloody and treacherous Religion made them inhumanely cruell in shedding the Protestants blood so now the famine amongst many of them hath made them unnaturally and Caniball-like eate and féede one upon another Therefore that they may have time to expect from their friends abroad new supplies both of victuall and Amunition and may without molestation reape the fruit of this Harvest they have laboured a Treaty for a Cessation which Project of theirs doth no lesse ayme at the overthrow of the remainder of the Protestants in that Kingdome then their treacherous taking of Armes at first did intend the destruction of them all for their Cessation and Hostility their War and peace are alike to be esteemed of and with those that neither in peace nor war kéepe any faith it is best to be in perpetuall defiance Therefore the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled according to their continued care of that Kingdome of Ireland doe in a speciall manner take into their consideration the condition thereof upon this occasion of an intended Cessation and so much the rather because it is feared that the Protestant forces through want of provisions for their Armyes may at last it not relieved be perswaded to admit of this course in hope thereby to procure some means for their subsisting as also because there is too much ground to suspect that if this Cessation should bee agreed unto they might have opportunity to ioyne with the Popish party here for their greater strengthning And though it were to have no influence upon this Kingdome yet the evill Consequences of it are so many and pernitious to Ireland that this Parliament should betray the trust reposed in them if they did not declare against this Cessation and use all meanes in time to make it prove abortive And therefore they desire that it may be observed and taken notice of First from whence the counsell and designe of this Cessation ariseth even from the Rebels and Papists themselves for their owne preservation for soone after they had missed of their intent to make themselves absolute Masters of that Kingdome of Ireland by their treacherous surprises and seeing that this Kingdome did with most Christian and generous resolutions undertake the charges of the Warre for the reliefe and recovery of Ireland Propositions were brought over from the Rebels by the Lords Dillon and Tase at which time they were intercepted and restrained by Order of the House of Commons After that they had the boldnesse even while their hands were still imbrued in the Protestants blood to petition His Majestie that their demands might be heard and for this purpose they obtained a Commission to be sent over into Ireland to divers persons of qualitie whereof some were Papists to heare receive and transmit to His Majestie their Demands which was done accordingly and one Master Burke a notorious pragmatick Irish Papist was the chiefe Sollicitor in this businesse After this the just revenging God giving daily successe to handfuls of the Protestant Forces against their great numbers so that by a wonderfull blessing from Heaven they were in most parts put to the worst Then did they begin to set on foot an Overture for a cessation of Armes concerning which what going and comming hath beene betwéen the Court and the Rebels is very well known and what Meetings and Treaties have beene held about it in Ireland by warrant of his Maiesties ample Commission sent to that effect and what