some yeares continued his capitulations and treatings with the Catholicks of Irland and did indeed wijre-drawe them to theyr great losse both to the dishartning of their souldiers consumption of their treasures and letting slip great advantages of service great matters we expected from Ormond and noe lesse did our Commissioners tell us that he was ready to condescend to our demaunds and graunt us good things but in the end litle or nothing was don not withstanding all this any thing that seemed to be with the Kings interest or for the Kings service did much relish with the Catholicks and soe desirous and forward we were to make peace with any party the King owned to be his owne as we omitted to pursue vigorously a good warr and at long running wee made noe good peace for libertie Religion Fortunes or honour of the Nation CHAP. IIII. Glanmorgans peace rendered voide by the Kings disavoving any authoritie given to that effect Twice we concluded peace by our Commissioners the one off which have been with the Earle of Glanmorgan and the other with Ormond and in fin wee had neither peace nor the assurance of a peace the said Earle of Glanmorgan shewed us under the privat signet a faire and large commission he had from the King authorizing him to conclude a peace with us and to graunt us such favourable concessions for religion as Ormond the Kings Lieutenant who also had a comission under the great seale could not Publickly graunt or be seen in this peace made with Glanmorgan became voyd and of noe force the King disavowing any power given to that effect vnto Glanmorgan you shall find the Kings disavowing of any such power in his booke commonly caled Reliquiae Sacrae Carolinae pag the 29 in a message given as it is written in our court at Oxford the 29 lanu 1645. to the speaker of the house of Peeres pro tempore to be communicated to the two houses of Parliament at westminster and to the commissioners of the Parliament in Scotland His Majesties message of Ianuary 29. 1645. about Irland and his Majesties further Concessions and desire of a personal treaty Oxford C R His Majestie having receaved information from the lord Leutenant and Councel in Irland that the Earle of Glanmorgan hath without his or their orders or priuitie entered into a treaty with some Commissioners on the Roman Catholick partie there and alsoe drawne vp and agreed vnto certain articles with the said Commissioners highly derogatory to his Majesties honour and royal dignitie and most prejudicial vnto the protestant religion and church there in Irland wherevpon the said Earle of Glanmorgan is arrested vpon suspition of high treason and imprisoned by the said lord Leutenant and Councel at the instance and by the impeachment of the lord Digby who by reason of his place and former employment in these affaires doth best know how contrarie that proceeding of the said Earle hath been to his Majesties intentions and directions what great prejudice it might bring to his affaires if those proceedings of the Earle of Glanmorgan should â—e any way vnderstood to have been done by directions liking or approbation of his Majestie having in his former messages for a personal treaty offered to give contentment to his two Houses in the business of Irland hath now thought fitting the better to shew his clearer intentions and to give satisfaction to his two Houses of Parlament and the rest of his subjects in all his Kingdoms to send his declarations to his said houses containing the whole truth of the busines which is That the Earle of Glanmorgan having made offer vnto his Majestie to raise forces in the Kingdom of Irland and to conduct them into England for his Majesties service had a commission to that purpose and to that purpose only That he had noe commission at all to treat of any thing else without the privitie and direction of the lord Leutenant much lesse to Capitulat any thing concerning religion or any propertie belonging either to Church or Laity That it clearly appeares by the lord Leutenants procedings with the said Earle that he had noe notice at all of what the said Earle had treated and pretended to have capitulated with the Irish vntill by accident it came to his knowledge And his Majestie doth protest that vntill such time as he had advertisment that the person of the said Earle of Glanmorgan was arrested and restrained as is aboue said he neuer heard nor had any kind of notice that the said Earle had entred into any kind of treaty or capitulation with the Irish commissioners much lesse that he had concluded or signed these articles soe destructiue both to Church and State and soe repugnant to his Majesties publick professions and knowne resolution And for the further vindication of his Majesties honour and integritie heerin he doth declare that he is soe far from considering any thing contained in those papers or writings framed by the said Earle and those commissioners with whom he treated as he doth absolutly disavow him therein and hath giuen commandements to the lord Leutenant and the Councel there to proceed against the said Earle as one who either out of falseness presumption or folly had soe hazarded the blemishing of his Majesties reputation with his good subiects and soe impertinently framed those articles of his owne head without the consent privitie or directions of his Majestie or the lord Leutenant or any of his Majesties Councel there but true it is that for the necessarie preservation of his Majesties protestant subiects in Irland whose case was dayly represented vnto him to be soe desperat his Majestie have given commission to the lord Leutenant to treat and conclude such a peace there as might be for safty of that Crowne the preservation of the protestant religion and noe way derâ—gatery to his owne honour and publick professions You see plainly by this his Majesties disavowig letter of any power given to Glanmorgan as to the effect of peace to be concluded with the confederat Catholicks how Glanmorgans peace came to nothing and of noe validitie though much labour paines and monnies it cost to the confederat Catholicks and not without great discredit to the said Earle As for the peace made with Ormond yeare 1646. who had the Kings commission vnder the great seale it had noe better issue then the former as shal be made cleare out of the aboue specified divine his writings reasons arguments and woords as they are put downe And in as much as the Bishops and Cleargy their opposition to that peace hath drawne vpon them the implacable anger of Ormond pervsing what I shall write you shal be able to iudge the reasons given by the Prelats were valid and themselves honest in their intentions and vpright in their proceedings and that they haue done nothing but what pietie and the obligation of their pastoral care did require consequently yon will graunt that the dukes anger and rancour came by noe
been still faithfull and loyall to the King and crowne this my lord neglected to have don but rather by his repentinous conjunction of friendship with those well approved and trustie ministers of Cromwel gave occasion to several wise men to suspect and thinke that Ormond did not much in heart averse Cromwel nor dislike of his proceedings and that which we doe wonder at is that all this while we could not see nor heare by mouth or pen any apologie from this good duke that may give the world satisfaction for his soe doeing In my opinion his Grace had good reason to be silent in this matter and to conceale from the eyes and eares of men the cunning motifs slights and arcana's that pusshed him on for to manifest his reasons were manifestare errores inexcusabiles suos Seeing then that heerin my lord duke is pleased to be silent J hope his Grace will give the looser leave to speake and discover to the world the reasons deduced his Grace from the right roade of vertue justice pietie and honnour deserting his trustie old friends to kint vnexpected new sudden friendship with his old enemies it is to well Knowne to our woe-full experience he made the worst use a christian noble man could have don of the power he had from his majestie in order to the catholick interest of Irland striving constantly and musing how to subvert and suppress equitie and justice to our destruction which have been the cheefest ground induced him to this association with the Cromwelians that at once and along with them he may plunder our houses fortunes and estates and soe really it fell out for of all men he had the fattest fayrest and greatest share The greatness of his person cannot terrifie me from apearing for my countrie and countrie-men nor from speaking clearly freely and plainy the truth if in case I shall speake or write any thinge ungroundedly I shall desire some of his learned sticklers take the paynes to answer for him and confute me if he can we know his lordship hath more Hierelings parasits and flaterers then true friends and I beleeve his Grace will find my saying to be true affore he dyes for it will be but the just judgment of god that he who deserted his honest and true friends should be deserted by all I could hartily wish in the meane time he had in him these true vertues that would both merit and deserve truefriends For compassing what I haue taken in hand the right doore and ingresse to my discourse must be a true and naked relation of Ormonds dealings and transactions with the Catholicks of Irland since the first vnfortunat day they Knew him this will make the reader Know what manner of man he was and is whether of vertue or vice love or hatred to the Catholicks of Irland all wch I wil endevour Succinctly with candid veritie soe save me God to performe crauing from my benevolous reader the patience off perusing all with attention and to Suspend his Iudgment till Fully instructed of all that past It is not my present intent to stand vpon iustifyng the reuolution and warr of that Kingdom begun the yeare 1641. to which they were forcibly compelled I haue understood that matter is performed ala reâ—dy and soundlie purpose by a skilfuller quil then myne my present scope is and will be to have the reader Know what Ormond did in that warr and afther the warr and soe I dout not but the reader will be able to passe a free and impartiall Iudgment vpon his Grace and me and next whether his desertinge of the catholicks and combining with the new men is or can be Iustifiable and excusable To this therefore effect the reader may understand that the now duke then Earle of Ormond at the beginning of this warr was leutenant General of the Kings forces under the lords justices Sr. william parsons and Sr. Iohn Burlace I passe by how he demeaned him selfe in that high post either shewing enimitie to the Catholicks or desiring the revolution should be suppressed some say he was for the suppressing off it let us suppose he did what became a man placed in that office he had and leave that soe CHAPTER III. Heere is shewen how Ormond was chosen lord lieutenant and his several cessations made with the confederat catholicks and vast summes of monys receaved to transport over souldiers for his majesties service This Sr. VVilliam parsons a could rigid and wise-man but an inveterat enemie to the catholicke religion and Catholicks at once with Sr. Adam Loftus Sr. Robert Merideth Sr. Iohn Temple and others of the councel became much addicted to the House of commons in England which house began at that time to contest and be at variance with the King and in good faith made noe other use of his Majesties power and Sword of Iustice in that Kingdom then to increase and kendle rather then quench the flame of that revolution which they caled a rebellion heere you are to observe that the said lords Iustices and aboue specified councellours though they were disloyal and perfidious to the King yet the false and pernicious relations thes knaves gave and divulged by proclamations of the Irish that the vniversalitie of the Catholicks of Irland got up into a new rebellioÌ„ whereas for one Catholick that was engaged in that revolution there were thousands in the natioÌ„ knew nothing off it even the nobilitie citties and gentrie of the nation were soe they were easily beleeved in that theyr false and Malicious aspersion soe that his Majestie did noe lesse call and esteeme us rebelles then the House of commons in England did these men's disaffection to the King and theyr Treacherie beyng at lenght discovered his Majestie recalled theyr commissions and appointed Ormond lord lieutenant of the Kingdom after his Excellencie was invested with this new commission and power the parlament of England more and more growing stroung in hostilitie against the King and declaring open warr to his Majestie which was plain rebellion not like the painted rebellion of Irland his Excellency who had at that timo trustie friends in the Councel of the confederat Catholicks treated with the assembly of said Catholicks and in their absence with the foresaid Councel for a Cessation of armes between his Partie and theirs to which the Catholicks did Freely and willingly consent and to that effect graunted and paied over to my lord Lieutenant thirty thousand and eight hundred pounds sterling for to transport over into England some of the Kings Forces to Supresse the rebellion in that Kingdom this free speedy and loyall contribution of soe vast a summe of monies in soe seasonable a time to furnish and pay the Kings souldier against the rebells of England was noe signe of rebellious hearts in the Catholicks As for what these forces ferried over did there whether they beat the rebells or were beaten is not my subject in hand I come to my lord of Ormond who for
and for their surer conduct and better vnderstanding of all made vse of the advise and counsell of the two eminentest and famous lawyers of the land who made certaine sound observations vpon that peace and concessions of Glanmorgan the substance of those observations is digested into four Articles 1. That the Committie of treaty waved the the benefit of Glanmorgan's concessions by not onely not insisting vpon them but not soe much as proposing them during the treaty with my lord Leutenant which was contrarie to the trust and charge laid vpon them by the Kingdom 2. A publick faith given by the Kingdom to the lord Nuntio and Cleargy to make Glanmorgan's concessions and all conditions for Churches and Religion as publick as valid and of as much force as that of the temporal was not performed 3. That the king did disavow Glanmormorgan's concessions soe as they became vtterly therby void for which reasons the Cleargy were to provide for themselves by other wayes 4. Vpon the perclosing of those observations the said lawyers hath this ensueing language If the case of reference to further concessions granted in the agreement of said 30. Articles can not extend to what the lord Leutenant publickly disauoued and as wee vnderstand on the very perfection of said 30. Arucles he before witnesses expressed to witt that the said clause of further concessions in his peace was not meant by him to extend to Glanmorgan's concessions shall then the securitie of Religion and Churches in all the Kingdom depend on a matter that hath soe many doubts in it Besides if those 30. Articles concluded with Ormond had any matter of moment in them for Religion before perfection of them the King reuoked the lord Leutenant's commission and by this all goes to ground for without authoritie he could not perfect articles This revocation is in print and expressed in a letter from his Majestie to the Marquez of Ormond the 11. 1646. as followeth C. R. RIght trusty c. having long with much grief looked vpon the sad condition our Kingdom of Irland hath been in these divers yeares through the wicked and desperat rebellion there and the bloudy effects have insued there-vpon For the setling where-of wee would have wholy applyed our selves if the difference betwixt vs and our subjects heere had not diverted and withdrawen vs and not having beene able by force for that respect to reduce them wee were necessitated for the present safâ—y of our protestant subjects there to give you power and authoritie to treat with them vpon such pious honorable and safe grounds as that our kingdom did then reqiure but for many reasons to long for a letter wee thimke fit to require you to proceed noe further in treaty with the rebells nor to ingage vs vpon any condition with them after sight hereof And having formerly found such reall proofs of your ready obedience to our commands wee doubt not of your care in this wherein our service and the good of our protestant subjects in Irland is soe much concerned from Newcastle Iune the 11. 1646. This letter was receaved by Ormed before perfecting of the 30. Articles where fore said articles can be of noe force what remedy then can be had â— what healp to make the 30. Articles valid they said Digby brought some thing in Cypher to incourrage the Lord Leutenant and what then shall wee rely upon a cypher and gett noe better securitie for our Religion and Churches for our liues fortunes and estates then the relying upon a cypher this were in good earnest to make a peace in Cypher Heere I haue given you the sence of the two famous lawyers upon the 30. articles one of those for his abilities was well known to the learnedest juges of England and Irland was a Counsellor to Ormonds familie and one that knew as much of the ground and cause of our quarrel and of all that passed in the Assembly Councel and several commities as any who somever in the Kingdom By what is said you see Ormonds commission was reuoked before perfecting the said peace of 30. Articles which shall be more expressly made cleare hereafter and did not his Excellencie knowing this play fooly with the confederat catholicks what then did he intend by intruding this peace vpon us what other but to cheat and deceave us by getting from us vpon consideratâ—â—n of such a peace as in effect he did all our forts citties townes armes armies and nauy vnder his owne command and by dissoluing our association and gouvemement was not this a handsom tricke and plott for vndoeing vs taking away all our defense for noe other consideration then that of those plaistred articles perfected without any commission that could and lightly would be disavoued in Parlament by his Majestie as concluded without his authoritie and consequently wee should gaine noe grace nor pardon by them After the Bishops and other ordinaries and diuins had well considered these things and more particularly the result of the two renowned lawyers who were especial leading-men in the common-wealth after long debate and learned arguments great diligence search and paines they found it evident that Religion estates lives liberties and saftie of the Catholicks lay open to danger notwithstanding the 30. articles agreed vpon with Ormond by the commitie of treaty who discharging not the trust laid vpon them by failing to pursue the instructions giuen them as aboue was said and finding all the citties townes forts Garrisons armie ships magazins and the strenght of the Catholicks to be rendred vp to the lord Leutenant as some of them already was and the supreame Councel had by that time â—eded their authoritie and submitted to the said peace which had been as was said proclaimed and published solemnly by the Kings-at-armes in Dublin and Kilkennie and that the lord Leutenant come from Dublin gallantly attended by many hundreds of prime Gentlemen was then at Kelkenny and began to gouverne acccording the articles of the peace the Bishops I say and Cleargy naked and without any garde other then the protection of God and affection of good Catholicks after invoking the name of the most high came to a final result which was the insueing decree which they put foorth and caused to be published to the Catholicks over the Kingdom Per congregationem Ecclesiasticam vtriusque cleri hibernici in Spiritu Sancto congregatam Waterfordiae coram Illustrissimo D Archiespiscopo FIRMANO Nuntio Apostolico extraordinario in Iberniam SVper quastione inter nos orta per multos dies exagitata an perjuri declarandi essent qui pacem contentam triginta articulis ad nos â— supremo Concilio transmissis acceptarent successiuè an tanquam perjuri forent excommunicandi auditis prius singulorum sententijs rationibus lectisque aliquorum sacrae theologiae doctorum scriptis decretum est vnanimi consensu singulorum votis nemine contradicente quod omnes singuli confaederati Catholici qui simili paâ—i
Interest will you haue reconciled Enemies constantly in pay and seruice is this Loyalty or loue to the King to turne out true and faithfull men to the Crowne and confirme bloudy Traytours in theyr place How many be there that wonders as well abroad as at home his Maiestie takes noe notice of these proceedings certainly there can be noe great argument of loue to the King in forsaking his constant and faithfull subiects making new frindship with his approued enemies thy affection to Ortery others doe sound some misterious pollicie as men of weake capacitie cannot reach vnto howeuer there be those that say that the roote of all this proceeds from an vnsatiable desire of auri sacra fames and willingness to be reuenged on the poore catholicks of the Nation He then thanks Orrery in his letter for an oath hee sent him that General Preston made and sayes he never saw it before but found the fruits of it and of another perjurie soone after I need not in this place make mention of the ancient and noble familie of General Preston Viscount of Taro cadett to the most noble house of Gormanstowne the eldest and first house of vis counts in Irland a familie allwayes true and faithfull to the crowne and of great pietie and deserts that the said Generall ever show'd â—hemselfe a gallant and valiant man in all dangers is well knowne and though Ormond and Ortery both have been Commaunders of Armies the first under his Majeste and the other under Cromwel I can scarce beleeve either of them gained by or in any expidition as muâ— honour and applause as Preston had at the seege of lovain where beseged by the French in the year 1634. by a sallie made in the head of 300. of his owne regiment vpon S. Peters day early in the morning breaking vpon the French quarters routing and Killing all Opposed or Resisted him to the losse of 200 and eightie French souldiers returning victorius sound and safe without loosing a man was receiued with triumph and Ioy of all the people of Louain vvhich noble exploit of his is celebrated by the famousest writers of those dayes as Vernuleus and Puteaus There was in General preston another thing of greater prayse then all this true Vertu and pietie being a man that feared God and loathed to doe against his Commaundements soe that it is a calumnie to call him perjured but if Orrery and Ormond shall be admitted to judg honest upright people many will be by them censured as Noble preston is for perfidious and perjured men But pray why may not Preston and others say to this Oâ—mond Quis te Constituit Iudicem I will conclude with General Preston for whom I doe say that his life being sifted out from his childhood he will not be found to have done any base or vile action Heere Ormond is not resolved to stopp but passes on further and sayes to his new moulded Friend Orrery and in truth I found nothing but direct trecherie and disobedience from the Generalitie of that people it is true Quod ex abundantia cordis os loquitur in this place but I would have his grace know in a frindly manner I speak that there is nere a Butler a live nor have been in times past noe nor of the Geraldins nor Bourkes families renounced as any of the Butlers nor even of the old princly bloud of that Nation as your ô Brian ô Nealls ô Mourchoes ô Donells Macharties O Connors c. whose word or testimonie would be esteemed as to the blemishing of the generalitie of a nation to make them treacherus and perfidious Father walsh harken and take notice of this splendid attestation your great Mecaenas Ormond gives of the Catholick people of Irland that in tâ—uth hee found nothing but direct Treacherie and disobedience from the Generalitie of that people what man soe impudent would maintaine soe notorious a reproach and infamie cast upon a sound body of men a whole nation faithfull and loyall ever and all wayes to the King in this place good Father I discover that notwithstanding your intimacy with Ormond it doth not stopp him from giving you the lie who in severall places of your writings doe prove the Generality of the nation though you writt against some particulars to have been loyall and faithfull to the King now Ormond doth blemish the Generality of the nation with a stayne of of trechery what say you to this Hauing aspersed the Nation by the fore-mentioned spott hee turnes to the Bishops Pastors and Fathers of the people and tells his louing Orrery the people were gouerned by the worst Spirituall guids that euer lead a poor people to distruction and sayes further they doe it and it is fitt they should find the smart of it and that hee hath a designe to make the smart where it is most reason it should be Heere my Lord Duke vsurps a great presumption in saying the Bishops were dismall guides to the people he is far mistaken in his false Suppositions the Bishops were not they that misguided the people lead them a stray he is mistaken I say again Vox populi sayes it is he and he alone Ormond I meane that lead them blind fould deluded and trapan'd them to theyr destruction downefall and rvine Seazing vpon all they had Fortunes Libertie and Estates with the rest of his Complices and not the Bishops This good Duke seems to have a strange antipathie to these venerable Bishops for each where he affronts them an argument of an ignominious minde hee wil have noe peace with them Though his Grace a while after the Kings restauration was created Duke and Lord Steward of the Kings house and Lord Leutenant of Irland and one of his Majesties priuie Counsel in England and Earle of Brecknocke in wales created that hee might sitt in the Parlament of England to be short hee attained to that hight of favour with our good King as none in the three Kingsdoms did reach unto yet all this signified little or nothing to him till he had seen those catholick Bishops alliedy much afflicted trampled vnder his feet theyr sufferings could not appease his wrath theyr Innocencie could not satisfie his conscience nor theyr integritie rectifie his erronious Iudgement but must needs write to his beloved Orrery his new friend saying that these Bishops were the worst Spirituall guids that ever lead a poore people to destruction this is Ormonds testimonie to the King of the good Bishops he sayd they were Traytours and disaffected to his Majestie and Crowne and sayes the same still all this to kindle his Majesties indignation against them and by that way to see himselfe revenged of an Injurie hee imagined don him by those of the congregation of watersord and Iamestowne of which wee have sayd enough above Saint Paul himselfe diuine trumpet of the word of God though hee suffered cheerfully and innocently many reproaches contumelies and imprisonments for Gods cause
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
was a sensible greefe to his Holynesse to see his Children of Irland a constant people in Catholick Religion soe sorly afflicted and cast downe and holy faith allmost extinguished and that there was noe way possible to releeve them the Prelate reply'd our wound is now indeed soe wide and feastered as is very hard to heal it but when it was fresh not soe wide and as yet curable our Nation found no Samaritan that would power oyle and wine into it One thing I shall say worthy to be written in Characters of gold that a Catholick Prince driven out of his owne Dominions was hee that offered fairest Ad rem Catholicorum in Hibernia restituendam Charles P. M. late Duke of Loraine a Caesar in fortitude and Resolution one of the greatest Captaines Europ had seen for som ages a Prince that by longe experience of crosses and Calamities made the world know Quod sciveriâ— fortia agere fortia pati To this Duke were sent from Irland Anno 1651. Stilo veteri a Bishop a Cheralier of high quality from the Clergy and from the then Visroy or Lord Deputy and the people a Viscâ—uâ—â— and two noble Cheâ—aliers all able men and fitt to manage soe Important a business as that was The Duke received them with all afability and after a deliberation and debate of som monthes they proceeded to an agreement very advantagious to Catholick Religion the king and Nation the sum of this capitulation was that his highness vndertook to warr vpon the Rebelling Parlament to pay the Army and to furnish Canon and all war-like Amunition vntill the Kingdom were recovered and those vndertook in behalfe of the Nation to reimbours his highness and to give him for Caution som townes his Highness medled not at all with the civill goverment of the Kingdom but only with the Militia and was ingag'd to restore the Cautionary townes his disboursments being payd The Duke advanced twenty thousand pistols in ready mony six thousand therof went over with his Envoy the Abbot of S. Catharin whoe tooke vp fourteen thousand more of the Marchants in Irland which some was payd them in Antwerp by the Dukes order His Highness sent over two little vessels with Amunition and Armes which arrived and two other little vessels were taken vpon the Coast of Britanie The whole came to som thirty thousand pistols and was not this a Princly and magâ—ificent liberality of a Duke then out of his owne Country But let noe man wonder at this it being naturall to the great Dukes of Loraine to fight Battles for holy Religion and the house of God in all extremities and what other can be expected from Princes descending from Godeâ—ry king of Hierusalem I should fill a vollume if I should speak at large of his warlike feats and vallour let the day and Battle of Norlingham alone speak wherin were slaine 18000. Swedes to his vallour and conduct was attributed a great share of this victory Vâ—o verbâ— in all encounters hee play'd a souldiers part as well as that of a Captaine Et licet fuerit maximus Imperio militars fuit tamen major exemplâ— fortitudinis This digression and mention of his high exploits and fortitude is a gratitude due from mee to his highness who hath been a patron and father to my Countrimen in theire exile and confident I am God will poure blessings aboundantlv vpon his gallant Childe Prince de Vaudemont and noe less on his Nephew present Duke Charles of Lorainâ— a Prince of great expectation and on the whole family a most glorious house that hath evermore defended and protected the Catholick Church To speak of the greatness antiquity and splendor of the house of Loraine is but to hold a candle to the sunne All Europ knowes the puissance and piety of the house of Guise a branch of Loraine which gave a Queen to Scoâ—tland Mary second wife to King Iames the fifthâ— mother to Queen Mary of Scotts put to death in England by Cruell Elizabeth great Grandmother To King Charles the second by her right hee is true Heire and King of the three Kingdoms There are other noble Fâ—â—ilies in France as D'â—â—ouf Maine Ioyes Harcour and many more golden streames flowing from theire fountaine the house of Guisâ— as that from Loraine those houses have alsoe given most Excellent Heroes and Captains all of them ever true to the holy Church and Loyall to theire Princes the most Christian Kings Soone after the a forsaid Capitulation was perfected our King arriving at Paris after the defeat and Roote of his army at Worcester the Duke demanded his Royall assent to the agreement hee had made with his Catholick subjects the King heervpon cald together his counsell Ormond was one of them for giving answer they Iudg'd it noe way expedient that the King should agree to what had past between the Duke and his subjects at Brusells Which seemed strange to all that heard it seeing noe Prince in Europ took part with our King but the Duke a lone It seems this Counsell all compos'd of Protestants would not have Irland recovered by a Catholick Prince they could by noe meanes agree with two Articles of the Capitulation the one that the Duke had been accepted by those contracted with him for Protector Royall of the Nation they were less troubled that Crumwell who had murthered one King and forced another the Present King out of his Dominions should take all then a most antient Catholick Duke and his Majestyes â—insman should bee stiled Royall Protector of the Catholicks of Irland whereas soon after Crumwell was over all Europ called Protector of the three Kingdoms The other displeasing Article was that his Highness engag'd himselfe to restore Catholick Religion in Irland in its splendor and soe Catholick was the Duke as hee chiefly took in hand our quarrell for making good this Article The Capitulation from which wee hoped for preservation being blasted in this Kindâ— his Majestey Employed two Envoyes to the Duke an English Protestant Lord and Sr. Henry de Visque his Majesties then Râ—â—ideâ—â— in Brussell with those the King returned the Duke thanks by a Kinde letter for his care of his intrest and desired him to treat with these new men who were curteously received by his Highness but at the second conference hee told them hee did not know what matter of Capitulation could pass between him and theire maister who had not at that tyme in his owne possession as much as one Citty wal'd-towne fort or Port in his three Kingdoms yet not withstanding if his Majesty would bee pleas'd to consent to the Articles hee had perfected with the aforesaid Catholick commissioners hee would perform all of his part which answer being not accepted by the Kings counsell the Duke by a handsom manifest soon after discharg'd his owne honour from all blame and Imputation touching the forementioned Capitulation and agreement Be pleased my civill reader to consider the deplorable and sadd condition of the Catholicks
in a general Assembly to be insisted vpon and obtained vpon any treaty of peace otherwise that they would not lay downe their armes while they had power and abilitie to maintaine the warr Now said foure Propositions or matters soe sworne to be insisted vpon were not granted in the 30 Articles of 1646. as above is cleare and manifest nor as much as presented or vrged as the Commissioners themselves did confess which seemes a breach of trust in those of the Commitie of Treaty who were obliged to present and vrge said propositions certaine I am that one of the most vnderstanding of that Committie tould me it was but meere folly to present and offer them for that Ormond was noe way content to consent o give way to them nor even to Glanmorgan's concessions it selfe which were of far lesser importance for Religion ad Nation then the above four propositions and that for this reason they said nothing of foresaid propositions nor of Glanmorgan's concessions vntill after signature of the 30 Articles they then desired Glanmorgan's confessions should be at once printed and published with the 30. Articles as contained and comprised in one of them to witt the Article of his Majesties gratious favour and further concessions which is as I remeâ—ber the first Article of all but my lord of Ormond abfolutly denied said concessions of Glanmorgan should be published at once with the 30 Articles and that he had nothing to doe with Glanmorgan's treaty or concessions Of the above foure propositions the cheefest things to be vrged and insisted vpon ackording the instructions they had they sayd nothing to Ormond After this followeth a title of the author in haec verba How the commitie of treaty demeaned themselves in concluding the peace of 1646 with Ormond THe Commitie saith this Divin coÌ„fessed they vpon concluding the peace of thirty Articles relejed principally vpon Glanmorgan's concessions as to the libertie and exercise of Religion and as to the establishement and securitieâ—therof and they conceaved the benefit of Glanmorgan's concessions were included in these Articles of 1646 and made of equal force with them wheras the benefit of said Glanmorgan'â— concessions is rather waved and renonced in said Articles of 1646 those Commissioners of Treaty sayes Glanmorgan's concessions are included vnder these words of the first of the 30. Articles furtheâ— coucessions grâ—nted or to be granted by his Maiestie But you are to observe that all a long vpon the debate of the peace of 46. they never made as above said as much as mention to my lord of Ormond of Glanmorgan's concessions to be included and to be of equal force with the 30. Articles it is true after signature of said 30. Articles they moved his Excellency of Glanmorgan's concessions but he tould them plainly he never meant by the Article of further concessions that the Catholicks thereby should have the benefit of Glanmorgan's concessions Behould how the greatest matter that could concerne the Catholicks the matter of Religion was handled by the Commitie of Treaty to wit the foure propositions above mentioned and Glanmorgan's concessions the basis vpon which the Catholicks relied for Religion and splendor there-of immunities liberties Churches and church-livings committed to thâ—m to be insisted vpon now in all the time of said treaty and debate with his Excellency about the â—0 Articles not one word was spoken of said propositionâ— and concessions nor at the very time of signature and perfection of the 30. Articles as if they had been of soe litle worth as they merited not to be moved once being not withstanding the principal part oÌ„f their trust Did they think by silencing them in time of Treaty to steale them vpon my lord of Ormond he was to wise to be soe gulled or did they meane by not moving them to leave them for a seede of a new warr when the King in Parlament should denie vs the benefit of Glanmorgan's concessions and of those other propositions and things as in my opinion he could rationally doe they being not articled and agreed vpon in the 30. Articles perfected by Ormond by vertue of his commission vnder the great seale and consequently not obliging the King as a matter contained included and perfected in the said 30. Articles what answer then can the commitie make for themselves as to the foure propositions and Glanmorgan's concessions not spoken of in the time of treaty how could the benefit of them be obtained in Parlament when the peace of 46. should be ratifyed and made good to the Nation Ormond would denie in open Parlament any consent given by him to such concessions or propositions or that they had been as much as moved to him or proposed vpon time of treaty or perfecting the 30. Articles now it is cleare that in contracts nothing can be claimed but what is don by the consent of the parties contracting Heere our Commitie of treaty is in a labirinth for obtaining the four propositions and Glanmorgan's concessions in Parlament what they affirme Ormond stifly denies and groundedly for who will say he consented to concessions or propositions never mentioned or vrged during the treaty nor at the time of perfecting the 30. Articles what shall the King determine in this dispute and difference what other but denie the benefit of said propositions and Glanmorgan's concessions for not being consented vnto by his commissioner Ormond what then will the Catholicks of Irland doe either they must content themselves with Ormond's peace of 30. Articles and goe without the benefit of both the propositions and said concessions the best and principal ground and securitie for Religion or else they must make warr with the king for obtaining them wheras vntill then they have never warred against his Majestie Heere have I given you nakedly the deportment of the commitie of Treaty with the nature substance and qualitie of that peace of 46 altogither vnsecure and vnsafe for Catholick religion and all the interrest of the Nation Now if in case that said Commitie of treaty for concluding of peace swarued from any of the rules and instructions given them as indeed they have don what they acted can noe way oblige either the Cleargy or the people to their owne overthrow and destruction it were a hard case for a common-wealth if persons by her impowered with trust and not performing the same trust could bind the common-wealth to Acts prejudicial and destructive both to their presâ—rvation interrest and libertie as many of those 30. Articles were to doe CHAP VI. The opinion of two famous lawyers vpon the peace of Glanmorgan and that of Ormond with the final result and iudgement of the Prelats after examening the said peace of 30. Articles WEe are in this place to see what the Congregation did with their divins After making a sound ponderation vpon the above foure Propositions and other Acts and Ordinances of the several assemblys of that Kingdom they came to a mature examination of the 30. Articles above mentioned
adhaerebunt vel ejus fautoribus consentient aut alio modo illam amplectentur perjuri absolutè habendi sint ea praecipuè de causa quod in ijs articulis nulla facta est mentio Catholicae Religionis ejusque securitatis nec vlla habita ratio conseruanis priuilegiorum Patriae sicuti juramento legitur promissum sed potius omnia referantur ad arbitrium Serenissimi Regis a quo in presenti rerum statu nihil certi potest haberi interim subijciantur exercitus arma munimenta ipsumque supremum Concilium confederatorum Catholicorum authoritati dominio Concilij status suae Majestatis officialium protestantium a quibus vt securi fieremus Iuramentum illud suscepimus Ex quibus ex pluribus alijs causis sola nostra conscientia moti solumque Deum prae oculis habentes vt notum sit vniversis singulis tum Ibernis tum exteris tali pace nos non dedisse nec daturos consensum nisi pro Religione Rege patria juxta nostrum juramentum securae conditiones apponantur vt Greges nostri confaederatique omnes Catholici qui in generalibus comitijs aliquando in hoc Spirituali negotio velut ad Ecclesiasticum judicem vnice spectante sententiam nostram rogauerunt certo sciant quod a nobis determinatum fuerit vt in eum sensum tanquam pij sideles Catholici pastoribus suis obedientes concurrant Hoc decretum scribi vbique locorum anglicâ vel etiam Ibernicâ lingua publicari jussâ—mus manibus ac sigillis nostris firmauimus Alteram verò quaestionem de Excommunicatione ad proximas sessiones reseruamus Datum Waterfodiae die 12 Aug anno 1646. Ioannes Baptista Archiespiscopus FIRMANVS Nuntius Apostolicus Fr. Thomas Archiepiscopus Dublin Hiberniae Primas Thomas Archiepiscopus Casseliensis Fr. Boetius Episcopus Elphin Ioannes Episcopus Loanensis Franciscus Episcopus Aladensis Nicolaus Episcopus Fernensis Fr. Patricius Episcop VVaterford Lismor Ioannes Clonsertensis Episcopusâ— Fr. Edmundus Episcopus Lacklin Richardus Adfertensis Accadem Episcop Edmundus Episcop Limericensis Emerus Episcop Clocheren Fr. Iacobus Abbas Benchorensis Fr. Patricius Abbas B. M. Dublin Fr. Laurentius Abbas de surio Fr. Iacobus Abbas de S. Cruce Fr. Iacobus Tobin Abbas de Kilcoole Robertus vicarius Apostol Rossen Donaldus Vicarius Funiborensis Fr. Gregor Prior Prouinc Ord Praedicat Fr. Diomsius Prior Prouinc Erim S. Aug. Edmundus ô Theige Procur Illustriss D. Armach VValterus Vicar Apost Tuamens Guilelmus Vicar Apost Imolacen Iacobus Vicar Generael Kildar Cornelius Vicar General Ardensis Oliverius Vicar general Meden Dominicus Vicar General Corcagien Simon Vicar General Cluanensis Edmundus Vicar General Clowensis Cornelius Vicar general Cluan Robertus Superior Societ Iesu Fr. Antonius Procurator Provinc FF Minorum Fr. Barnabas Commiss Gener Capuci These are the names of such as sate in the Ecclesiastical congregation of both the Irish cleargy secular and regular in true spirit of the holy Ghost conuened at VVaterford before the most Illustrious and most Reuerend Archbishop Firmanus Nuntio Apostolical in Irland The decree is thus Englished As to the question betwixt vs moued and for many dayes discussed whether such as would accept of that peace contained in the 30. articles remitted vnto vs from the supreme Councel are to be declared perjurious and consequently whether as perjurious they are to be excommunicated wee having first given eare to each ones opinion and sentiment in this matter as alsoe having read the writings of some doctors of Diuinitie it is decreed and by each ones vote in particular none contradicting that all and euery one of the confederat Catholicks that will adhere to such a peace or consent to the furtherers therof or in any other manner or way will embrace the same shall be absolutly as perjurions esteemed cheefly in as much as there is noe mention made in them 30 articles nor prouision for the Catholick Religion or safty therof nor any respect had for the preservation of the Kingdom 's priuiledges as were promised in the oath of association but to the contrary all remitted and referred to the Kings will and pleasure from whome as the case stands at present with his Majestie noe certainty of things can be had or expected yeâ— in the meane time all the armes armies fortifications even the very supreme Councel of the confederat Catholicks are and is to be subjected to the authoritie and â—ule of his Majesties Councel of State and protestant officers from whom that wee may be safe and secure wee have taken that oath Out of which and several other reasons wee moved therunto by our only conscience having God before our eyes would have it known to all and to each person and persons as well of the Irish natiues as to forrain nations that wee gave noe consent nor will any to such a peace if they will not grant vs further surer and safer conditions for our Religion our King and Countrie according to our oath of association and to the end our flocks all the confederat Catholicks who in their general assemblies required our sentence in this spiritual matter appertaining to vs onely as Ecclesiastical Iudges may know for certain what is by vs determined herein and as godly and faithfull Catholicks obeyng their Pastors may concurre with vs wee have ordered this decree to be written and published each where both in the English and Irish toung Given vnder our hands and sealed with our proper seales The other question of Excommunication wee reserve to next sessions Given at Waterford the 21. of August 1646. This Decree was the principal worke of the Congregation after which they writ to the Citties and townes in the Catholick quarters to the Generals of the Armies and some other principal officers and to seueral other noble men warning them of the danger and insecuritie of said peace adhorting all to concurre and joyne with them in rejecting the same peace and at the same time they writ the ensueing letter to the lord president and members of the late supreme Councel residing at Kelkennie Right honorable after a serious debate with Mr. Plunket and Mr. Darcy desiring and hoping for a good vnderstanding between vs whereby the vnion and true peace of the Kingdom may be preserved wee conceaued and drew vp the inclosed declaration and propositions containing our truâ— sense of the late peace and our iust demands for a sufficient prouision and securitie for the Catholick Religion churches liues liberties and estates of the confederat Catholicks of thisâ— Kingdom praying wee may with all conuenien speed receaue your answers which if not timely returned wee shall find our selues obliged in conscience to let our declaration and propositions be made publick with our best wishes wee rest your Honnour 's louing frinds Waterford 24. August 1646. by command of the lord Renuccini Archbishop and Prince of Fermo Apostolical Nuncio and of the Ecclesiastical Congregation of both the secular and Regular Clergy of Irland
but this Province of Connaght and the countie of Clare 2. That the People seeing noe visible armie for their deffence to oppose the enemie are come to despaire of recovering what is lost or deffending what wee â—hould and inâ—lining for the safty of their lives and estates to compound with the Parlament by which agreement the Kings authoritie will be infallibly cast off the Catholick faith soe wee feare with the time exstinguished and the Nation first enslaved will perhaps in the end be pluckt vp root and branchâ— 3. Yee shall protest before God Angels and men in the name and behalfe of the Congregation that the Prelars of this Kingdom have employed their earnest and â—est endeavour for removing the feares and jealousies of the people and that they have noe power to doe it finding the vniversal sense of the people to be that fate doth waite vpon these times 4. Yee shall present to his excellency how wee finding noe othâ—r human expedient remedie for the preservation of this Nation and his Majesties interest therinâ— then the speedy repiare of his Excellency to the Queen and Prince in France for preventing the destruction of all doe humbly pray he leave the Kings authoritie in the hands of trusty persons to his Majestie and faithfull to the nation and to such as the affection and confidence of the people will follow by which the rage and furie of the enemie may with Gods grace receave some interruption wee humbly offer this important matter of safty or destruction of the Nation and the Kings interest to his wisdom and consideration and yee shall asâ—â—â—â— his Excellency wee shall in the meane time doe what lyeth in our power to assist the persons intrusted by his Excellencie Yee are alsoe to pray his Excellencie will be pleased to give yee an answer within few dayes for that wee are not in a condition to continue long togither I aske if there be any thing in this letter message or instructions but what is humain civil and with great respect to his Excellencie In this nature the Bishops soe demeaned themselves even then when the greatest danger of distruction was over them yea when most of them were destroyed alredy and reduced to extreme pouerty through the loss of the kingdom in the short time of his government I further demand is there any thing in this that sauours of treason or disaffection to his Majestie or of opposing or destroying of the peace or of desire to put aside the kings authoritie and gouerment was there any thing in all these proceedings could offend this noble man or could any man draw out of this an occasion of carping or reprehending the Prelats certainly noe man excepting this father or some other Ormenian flatterer was it I pray you soe haighnous a crime to desire the lord Lutenant to take a viadge to the Queen and Prince for to seeke supplies to support the war ' and leaue the kings authoritie behind him in hope wee might doe some thing against the enemie in his absence by these intrusted by him in as much as he himselfe did nothing all that time but lost vs all wee had as likewise what was gained from the enemie in the begining of his owne Goverment great Generals have been displaced for want of success though valorous soever this have been don in the Roman and Atthenian commoÌ„wealths the most florishing in the world An ancient old woman came to Philip king of Macedo in presence of all his Grandes beseeching his Majestie to give eare to her complaints and doe her justice the king replyed he had noe leasure to attend her at which answer the bould poore woman said in presence of them all igitur né sis Rex what are you King for but to doe vs iustice if you will not heare me lay downe your crowne which you got to doe me iustice immediatly this great king stood vp gaue her audience did her iustice would it not I pray well become my lord of Ormond to listen to the iust and reasonable request of soe many Bishops spiritual fathers of the people while they humbly prayed him to take in hand a viadge certainly I am confident that the great Monarchs of Spaine and France would give care to what soe many Bishops would say and take it much to their serious consideration and I doubt not but our owne King would have don it though of a different religion It hath been said by some of his owne frinds that he himselfe desired to take such a viadge in hand but in as much as the Bishops desired him he went backe from his owne resolution what the reason is I know not if not to crose their deâ—ire CHAP VIII The true Iealousies of the Irish Catholicks at London that Ormond was to desert them wellset forth by F Wailsh in a letter to Ormond with certain observations made vpon the same letter NOw we come to the jealousies and feares of the Catholick nobilitie and Gentrie in London yeare â—660 well set forth in a letter from F. VVailsh vnto Ormond who not-withâ—standing all the rest did feare yet the F. did not nor as much as suspect of Ormonds disaffection and realtie to his countrie and catholick frinds wherefore Ormond may say to him what our saviour said to the centurian Math. c. 8. Non inveni tantam fideâ—â— in Israel Heere I give you the fathers letter A letter from Peeter Wailsh to the marquez now duke of Ormond and second time lord leutenant of Irland desiring a Iust and mercifull regard may he had of the Roman Catholicks of Irland written Octob 1660. SInce I had the honour of speaking last to your Excellencie I reflected by reason of several discourses had this week with persons of qualitie on the dayly increase of the feares and jealousies of my countriemen which is the reason that insteed of waiting vpon you this morning about priuat concernments as I intended I chose rather out of my vnalterable affection to your selfe to give first this paper and therin my thoughts and my desires relating to the publick that is to vour selfe to his Maiestie and his Kingdom of Irland My lord I thought fit to tell you that considering the general feare seized alreddy almost on all the Nobilitie and Gentry and others here of that nation and reflecting on the vast difference t' wixt my owne beleefe and thâ—irs it seemes vnto me I behould in vs all particularly who have relied for soe many yeares on your vertue some-what fulfilled not vnlike the misterious extinction of all the lights to one in the ceremonie of Tenebrae in holy weeke for my lord I observe in the generalitie of the Catholicks of Irland here even I say of those who have been sâ—e long your constant beleevers your passionat frinds a dimness and darkness seazing their iudgment even your fastest sticklers heretofore loosing at present their expectation of your future appearance for them and hopes of their delivery by you at
feares of the Catholicks of our nation in London that Ormond was to desert them and their good cause let us pass o cleere arguments fully convincing that noble man of this his mind and determination to abandon said catholicks and joyne with Orery and the rest of that tribe as really he did God said to the Prophet Ezeciehl Son of man digge the wall and when I had aigg'd the wall there appeared one doore and he saith to me goe in and see the most wicked abominations which they doe here I am now comming to digg the wall where you shall see the abominations Ormond was doeing even about the time the credulous friar wrote him the above letter what I am to say here will appeare evidently by Ormond's owne letter to Orery which is in this forme Ormond's letter to Orery My Lord agreable to the particular frindship I desire to have inviolably with your Lordship that upon ocâ—asion the King 's naming me to the gouvernement of Irland I sâ—ould have written particularly to you but I held it not soe particularly necessarie because I vnderstood a principal coâ—dition is that noe change should be made in that hoever it may make me more or less able to serve you soe that I presume on the oldfoot and lay asside all ceremonies I hope you will find that since I had some title to make it my business the maine dispaches in order to the setlement of that Kingdom hâ—ve not gon on slower then before which with some thristy alterations hath past hiâ— Majesties approbation in full counsel and wil speedyâ—y be transmitted and if it be possible the great act of setlement with it that with the retrenchements the securitie as well of their possessions as of a constaâ—t payement of what is left of pay may be secured vnto them I assure you noe diligence nor â—â—anes shall be wanting or omitted on my side to hastâ—n both to you I thanke your Idsp for general Preston's pious oath I neavâ—r saw it before but the fruits of it and of an other pâ—rjurie soone after I found and in truth found nothing but direct treachery and disobedience from the generalitie of that people governed by the worst spiritual guides that ever lead a poore people to destruction but they doe and it is just they should find the smart of it I have a designe to make that smart whâ—re it is reason it should it is to execute the act in all the fundation of it which must be immoveable by way of plantation and transplatation I meane of the Irish for it must be laid as a ground that noâ— adventurer or soldier shall be removed from his lott by which all the ends of satisfaction and security I think will be mett which my conceptions are in the hands of your frind and tells me he liketh them well when they are brought to forme you shall have â—hem sent you I am yours c. Ormond CHAPTER XI A paraphrase vpon the misterious meaning of this letter IN this letter a blind man may parceaue the great affection Ormond beares to the Cromwelians and his longing desire to see them paid and satisfyed of all their challenge and demands more could not be desired by them then what is promised by Ormonds letter the 12. Counties in Irland that Cromwel and the then parlament allotted them the same affection and care he hase of the adventurers of London as deeply in rebellion as the rest Vnderstood here for it must be said Ormond laid as a ground that noe adventurer nor soldier shall be remoued from his lott by which all the ends of satisfaction and securitie I thinke will be mett which my conceptions are in the hands of your frind and tells me he likes them well this frind he meanes is Clarendon who sold away Irland and the catholicks of Irland Ormonds conceptions ran vpon the satisfaction and securitie of the Cromwelians that they should not be remoued from their lott neither the adventurers in manner that by this frindly distribution there was nothing left to the Catholicks for what the Cromwelâ—ans and adventurers possessed were 22. countyes of thirty two in aâ—l Irland If Cromwel were but aliue againe and hauing an act of grace from his majestie for himselfe he could not demand nor desire more for his close Sticklers then what Ormond assures them of Good friar trouble your braines noe more with these Strained letters of yours vnto Ormond as for favour to the Catholicks conclusum est contra ipsos all is disposed of and to the very rebells your Ormond have stopt his eares to your flattering eloquence and left nothing to the poore innocent Catholicks an eternal staine and blemish to his name and family and this he was plotting to your confusion friar be this spoken this he was plotting I say even then and at the same time you strained your witt to pen him that learned letter it is much that for the confidence he placed in you his prone Orator and affection he bore to his noble brother in law Clancarty and Kindness to his gallant nâ—phew young Musgry that he concealed all these his hidden straragems from you all even from his intimat ould frind Mr. Belâ—ng This letter is replenished with tender love and affection to Orery my lord said Ormond agreable to the particular friâ—dsâ—ip I desire to have inviolably with your lordship what a sudden alteration if they be sincerely spoken is this a noble man held still to be a royalist to become soe vnexspectedly a fautor of Cromwelians a man as Ormond who stuck soe closely to the king in his royal banishment and vnparalel misfortunes the kings cabinet counselor to desire and insinuate freely without solicitations from the other side frindship and particular amitie inviolably to be observed and performed with the kings mortal enemie not long agoe with Orery I meane whose witt was brewing to crowne Cromwel king of the three kingdoms Ormond tells this Orery I hope you will find that since I had some title to make it my business the maine dispaches in order to the setlement of that kingdom have not gon on slower then before which with some thrifty alterations hath past his Majesties approbation in full counsel and will speedyly be transmitted and if it be possible the great act of setlement with it c. Ormonds business here which he made his maine worke was to vndermine and destroy the Irish intrest his settlement as hee means is to see all disposed of to the Cromwelians Aduenturers and Souldiers not forgetting himselfe and some others as treacherous to Irclaud as hee himselfe or Orrery â—eere you may take notice of his godly conscience in hauing a speciall care to see a constant payment of what is vnpayd secured for the vngodly crew tell mee Ormond Sautour and Ioseph of your Countremen what is your meaning by a constant payment to those who fought soe vigorously against the Crowne and Royall Bloud is this the Crownes
see this is an euill familiar those exalted to the height of greatness and favour in the Princès eye have noe Counsellours that will speak freely the ttuth as worthy Cineas did to Pyrrhus few are neere Kings and Princes can say that which Seneâ—a requires to be said by Iust upright men Loquimur quod Sentimus et Sentimus quod Loquimur this is a thing wanting in Court Homo qut dicat veritatem which Seneca excellently expressed to his frind Lucilius thus Monstraho tibi cuius rei inopia laborant magna fastigia quod â—mnia possidentibus desit unum Scilicet qui verum dicit They live not in Courts and the houses of Kings that will severly speake and sincerely the trueth what man can without teares behold soe many great personages even Christians in this age that live and doe farre wickeder things then Gentils or pagans have don or does which had more respect and regard to theire Idols in whome they apprehended some dietie then those to the true and liuing God CHAPTER 12. If Ormonds attendance and service vpon the King in his baniishment met with sufficient recompence and reward THis querie you may take to be somthing extravagant such another as if one had doubted whether it be day even when the sun shines and is scorching of the earth putting men into such heat and sweat as they must of all necessity put of theire Cloathes however this querie is quickly resolved by calculating the yearly rents Ormond had before the warre and conferring the same with this his present estate in doeing of this the work is don and your question resolved what rent say you had hee Immediatly before the warre 7000. pound sterling noe more in as much as that vast estate of his was engaged to men in long Leases Morgaged and incumbred with Annuitys what then is his present rent and estate neare vpon eighty thousand pound starling annuall rent and I doubt whether any subject in Europe have the like estate som say hee hath more but how coms it that a man that came home naked and bare after soe many yeares toe and froe in the World as severall other noble men in poverty and need came soe suddainely by such vast acquisitions This is quickly answered all was made over to him by the kings grant as for Example Six Corporations which his Ancestours never had all the estates of his house leased soe that the leasors are constrained to begg hee had alsoe conferred vpon him the estates and lands of many honest faithfull subjects all this and more bestowed vpon him by his Majestyes free grant now see you whether his service and attendance vpon his Majesty be plentifully requited or noe My Sentiment of Ormonds acquisitions I delivered in the case of Sir Robert Lynch as above now whether the King hath duly and legally bestowed other mens estates vpon his Grace is left to every mans thought to think what hee will however I am of this opinion that all being well considered by his Majesty and this portentous liberality to that noble man well examined his Majesty will finde but little content or joy therin nay to the contrary his Royall hart will be in an ocean of unquietness seeing soe many deserving families numberless widdowes Innocents and orphans deprived of theire propper right forced both at home and abroad to unspeakable wants consumed by hunger vermin and miseries and all this to raise up the greatness of one man's familie that was great enough of it selfe If the Law of God or nature will allow of soe many thousand Innocents to perish and be destroyd by depriving them of theire rights and livelyhood is a maxim that toucheth much his Royall wisdome for it is written that God will have a care of the widdowes and fatherless and in due tyme will chaâ—â—ife aâ—d oppress the oppressors of those thousands of Innocents are sacrificed in this our age to increase the estate of one man can Iustice suffer this can the mercifull breast of a mercifull King endure to see soe many specktacles of woes and miseries without reliefe will not God at long running looke downe vpon these vnlawfull proceedings certainly hee will and to the confusion of the possessors But Let us grant the parents of those Innocent creatures ran into a Rebellion as Ormond Clarindon and others falsly suggested to the King have the little babes not borne at that tyme been rebells What have they don against the Crowne Must they all perish and suffer for theire Parents crimes crimes only Imputed to them but never proved God himselfe sayes Filius non portabit iniquitatem patriâ— The childe shall not beare the iniquity of his Father but Ormond says the contrary let them suffer and perish for the errours of theire Parents soe that I may be thereby both great and wealthy Iustitia Iusti sayes the Holy Ghost super eum et impietas iâ—â—pij super eum The Iustice of the Iust fall vpon him and the Impiety of the Impious vpon him the quite contrary is in this case for the Iust have not found Iustice nor mercy the Innocent children of the supposed rebells are punished as Impious left naked and to noe mercy Saint Ierome his saying is not regarded in this place Nâ—t virtutes nec vitia parentam liberis Imputentur Let not the virtues or vices of the parents be Imposed to the Children there is a God above all when hee comes to examine those open injustices Clarindon Ormond and others and the rest instruments of the ruine of soe many thousand honest families will not appeare all will be made more cleare to theire confusion but wee must leave the Innocent to God who though hee is pleased to Chastise them with the Rod of his anger out of his secret and Iust Iudgments the which wee must adore yet the cruelty of those afflicters who plunged as in an ocean of Calamities will not escape his seveare sentence and Iustice What a ridiculus conceipt is it of some of Ormonds flatterers who tell the World Ormond waited on the King out of meer affection and therby lost his estate and fortunes at home truly noe man hath bine wiser if it be wisdome to deuest and robb honest men of theire estates then Ormond in his aâ—quisitions which as the World sees are great but the Malediction of God doth follow things unjustly aquired and likely the bread hee now eates dipped in the teares of widowes and blood of the Innocent doth not taste sweetly I could not heare of any had the fortune that Ormond had in the time of the Kings exile hee was still neare the King knew all his Arcana had the comfort and honour to suffer with his King a sufficient recompence for all his attendance and at the same tyme his Lady a wise woeman was honoured and comforted by Crumwell and her Ghildren much carressed by his Children soe Gratious was this Lady in Crumwells tyme and in his eyes that shee obtained three
of Mr. Thomas wading of waterford and that of Mr. Phillip Hore of Kilshalchan the seat of Kâ—lbarry neare waterford hee hath from the former adelicious place with the whole estate vpon a thousand pound a yeare and Kilshalchon within seven miles of Dublin a faire seat with the livings of eight hundred pound yearly these Gentlemens Children which were many in number by this munificencie are to shift for themselves in great misery the Lord knowes in whar condition they are in and this befalls them and severall others that Ceorge Lane should be gratifyed an unknowne man For writing for Ormond hee has had conferred vpon him other estates in all neare vpon foure thousand pound annuall rent this wee are informed brave rewards for a Secretary I dare confidently say stout and valiant Collonells Officers and Gentlemen of quality which firmly adhered to the King Fought stoutly for him and lost both life in the bed of honour and estates in his service have not nor any of theires in reeompence received the least provision reward or comfort in this I may say that George Lane his penn hath been more Fortunate and profitable to him then these noble Gentlemens swords have been unto them a sad incourragement and cold Satisfaction to worthy Royalists to see this little Lane and such like night-sprungmus heroms to have suckt the Fattness of the earth from farre better plants then themselves and perhaps the hands of as low men as themselves will be ready to pluck them up root and branch when the season shall serue to cleare the Land of such weeds by what meanes this will com to pass I am quite Ignorant but I think the Iustice of God will make way for it and take not only from Ceorge Lane and men of that ranck but even from Ormond and the greatest of them all the conferred estates of honest men for seldom the blessing of God doth accompany unjust plunderes and Robbers And it is the opinion of severall true harted subjects to his Majesty that things are not like to prosper with himselfe untill this be don But I heare sum body say Ormond hath don the King great service though hee hath not preserved the Monarchie of Brittaine as Cochles and Musius did that of Rome and that his affection to King and Country have been as great as theires to the Senat and common wealth of Rome occation being only wanting as For his affection to King and Crowne I beleeve hee had as much as another noble man but to his Country where hee hath his estate and lands hee had none at all If affection to the king can draw rewards and Remunerations there be thousands loved the King and the intrest of the Crowne of England as much as Ormond ever did and appeared undoubtedly in all occations against the Kings enemys nevertheless thousands of them never had an Aker of ground nor a Cottage to shelter themselves in in frosty weather in recompensation of such affection therfore I doe heire conclude that Ormond was happily Fortunate in his affections to the King and Crowne and others were not having obtained those Evtraordinary rewards from his Royall Majesty which in the insuing Chapter I doe resolve more amply to discover and speak of CHAPTER 15'th The Remunerations the Duke of Ormond had from the King after his Restauration These remunerations will bee found soe great that you must needs confess Ormond was not Loyall gratis neither doe I in any way doubt but there be som Bassa's of the great Turck and some of the chiefest of them would come and serve our King and serve him Loyally for soe incredible a recompence as Ormond had Let us now speak of the quantity and quality therof according the best notice wee have received Wee have said above his Annuall rents before the warre was but seven thousand pound starling his ancient estate being then incumbred with Annuitys and Leases which otherwise was worth forty thousand pound starling per Annum and at present it is vpon Eighty thousand now the first part of his new great revennues is the Kings grant of all those lands of his owne estate which were leased and morgaged the rest were grants of other mens Estates and other gifts of his Majesty for auoyding the trouble of searching after all his particulare gettings many there are without doubt unknowne to mee I will here put downe certaine Quaeres in number 29. Out of which hee that will may take notice of these Immense recompences given him Quaeres touching the Present Condition of his Majesties Kingdom of IRELAND 1. WHether it be not demonstrable by search made into the Records of his Majestys Auditor General of Ireland that had his Majestys Revenue of that Kingdome been well managed there had been money enough to answer the necessary Charge of that Kingdom 2. Whether vpon search made of his Majestyes Exchequer in England there doth not appear upwards of 200000 l. Sent out of England into Ireland since the Duke of Ormonds last Government there 3. Whether there doth not appear that there were twenty four subsidies amounting to 360000 l. Assessed by the late Parliament of Ireland 4. Whether there was not 50000 l. advanced out of the Soldiers and Adventurers Rents 5. Whether the aforesaid Summs thus extraordinarily raised do not amount to abve six hundred thousand pounds 6. Whether the aforesaid extraordinary Summs would not discharge near Four Years of his Majesties Establishment both in the Civil and Martial List Independently of the Revenue of that Kingdom 7. Though the aforesaid Summs Extraordinarily raised would have paid near Four Years Establishment yet whether the Martial and Civil Lists be not a Year and half in arrear 8. Whether his Majestyes Ordinary certain and Casual Revenue which if well managed might have fully paid his Majesties necessary Charge whether vpon the aforesaid Principles it is not demonstrable that the said revenue harh not discharged more then one year and a halfs Establishment in six years time 9. Whether it be not demonstrable then that there hath been more then Four years and a half Revenue embesled in six years time and whether the chief Governour be not more Faulty in this great miscarriag then the Earle of Anglesy Quaeres in Relation to the Lord Duke of Ormond 1. WHether by sales of Offices as Lord Steward and receits out of his Majesties Exchequer of England the Lord Duke of Ormond hath not raised upwards of 30000 l 2. Whether he did not receive by one Act of Parliament of Ireland as a gift 30000 l 3. Whether it doth not appear by the Records of his Majesties Tresurie in Ireland that his Grace did receive 12000 l. Before his being last Levtenant 4. Whether he did not receive 12000. l. Per Annum as Lord Levtenant which was a Moyetie more than any Lord Levtenant received and that Moyetie amounts in six years to 36000 l 5. Whether it doth not appear that his Grace hath released by the Act of Sentlement
60000 l due to honest men and good Subjects vpon his Estate before the Rebellion 6. Whether his Grace hath not received 30000 l. out of Soldiers and Adventurers Lands which he invaded and entered vpon without any Title as appears by the Records of the Court of Claymes in Ireland which hath decreed the Lands from him 7. Whether by the Act of Explanation he hath not got the Citty of Kilkenny and six other Corporat Townes together with their Lands and Liberties valved by himselfe and his friends of the Councell but at 60000l though they are well worth 120000 l 8. Whether he did not obtain by a special warrant from his Majestie 72000 l. out of the Soldiers and Adventurers half year Revenue 9 Whether there is not confirmed to him 50000 l. More by the Explanatory Act for waving a grant which he got by the Act of Settlement 10. Whether he had not got as many Gentlemens Estates vpon the pretence of a grant of enjoying all Lands that he could prove by witnesses to have payed him any Chiefrey as is worth at least 150000 l. and whether also he hath not obtained that for the said Lands no quitt Rent be paid to the King which grant at 3d. An Acre per annum amounts to 26000 l 11. Whether he hath not abitrarily layd vpon the Inhabitants of the City of Dublin 8000 l. Per Annum amounting for these six years past of his Government to 48000 l 12. Whether he hath not against the Fvndamental Laws and Magna Charta inclosed divers parcells of Land belonging to the kings good subjects without their consent to the value of 1500 l. per Annum at the very gates of Dublin to the great prejudice of that City and the Country the profit of which Land and Park he hath bestowed vpon the Lord of Dungannon and Colonel Cook 13. Whether it be credible that his Grace is zealous for the English and Protestant Interest seeing it is not possible for the Soldiers and Adventurers to be reprized according to his Majesties gracious Declaration when his Grace hath swallowed up in gifts and grants the best part of the Stock of Reprizalls and hath made or permitted such Embeslements of his Majesties revenue and applyed the Royal authority wholly to gain vast advantages to himself and whether by preferring his own private gains and grants before the Publique good and the Iust right of the Adventurers and Soldiers he hath not unsettled the Kingdom of Ireland and unsatisfied the two main interests of Protestants the Soldiers and Adventurers to such a degree that it is to be feared it will be a continual charge to England to keep to the rules of the Acts of Settlement and Explanation so destroyed and desperate a people and whether all this expence trouble and danger for preserving the Duke of Ormond and his Family that is as much Irish as any can be in other mens Inheritances and Rights be the interest of England or agreable to the Maxims of sound Policy or of Christian piety 14. Whether such of his Majesties Protestant Subjects of Ireland as have escaped the Duke of Ormonds Proviso have not Iust grounds to fear that if the same Duke of Ormond should continue in his Gouvernment and press as now he doth the Paymeut of 100000 l. they will not be in a condition to live or to pay his Majesties quit Rents and the necessary charges of the Kingdom 15. Whether after the Prohibition of transporting Cattle and so much oppression by the Lord Lieutenant and his Creatures it be possible For his Majesties empoverished subjects of Ireland to pay the 300000 l. assessed by the Explanatory Act whereof the First 100000 l. is for his Grace 16. Whether his Grace had not a great regard For his Majesties service when he lately pressed the King and Councel to call a Parliament in Ireland For imposing new Taxes vpon that miserable people and For confirming all his own new acquisitions whereby the Soldiers Advenrurers and Nominees are defrauded of his Majesties intended Favours and the English interest utterly destroyed 17 Whether the Duke of Ormonds gifts and grandis amount not unto 630000 l. and whether this Summe would not have satisfied all the English Interest of Ireland and have settled the Protestants and well meriting Natives Natives of that Kingdome in peace whereas now his Majesty and all Christendom is troubled with their Clamours against the breach of Publique Faith and all this stirr destruction of the people and discredit of the Government to humour one particular man whose merit is not so extraordinary â—s his management hath been vnsuccesful 18. Whether not only some of the Nobility of Ireland but very many of the Nobi lity Knights and Gentry of England have not lost greater revenues and richer moveables for being Cavaliers then the Duke of Ormond whose Estate was much incumbered and his rents before the rebellion exceeding not 7000 l. per Annum and during the Warr got more by his Government of Ireland and giving up Dublin then he could it he were in possession of his Estate 19. Whether such as endeavoured to conceale these miscarriages and miseries of the Kingdom of Ireland From his Majesties and the Parliaments knowledg and yet strive to have the Duke of Ormonds distructive Government continue deserve not to be questioned by the Parlament as betrayers of the Publique good and of the Lawes and Liberties of England 20. Whether it be fit that the Government of Ireland should continue so long in one person as it hath in the Duke of Ormond though he were not an Irish man and all his relations were not Papists and very great Enemies of the English and Protestant interest What man can apprehend or read these incredible gettings and recompenses given Ormond without amaizment By the nine first Quaeries you see his grace is as yet countable for many thousands of thousands of the two hundred thousnd pound sent out of England into Ireland since his last goverment there and of the three hundred and sixty thousand pounds assessed by the Parlament of Ireland and fifty thousand pound advanced out of the Soldiers and Adventerours Rents and that notwithstanding those vast Summs the Marshall and Civil listes were a yeare and halfe in arrears Let his Majesty call him to question or Forgive him both is in his Royall breast to doe in the 20. Quaeries in relation to the Lord Duke of Ormond himselfe you will finde that hee received in all as in gifts and grants that amounted to six hundred and sixty thousand pound starling if this wonderfull and strange masse of treasures be not a sufficient Recompence and reward Let the reader Iudge For this amounts according to Marchants rating a Tunn of gould to sixty three tunns of gould one Tunn of gould only makes a great noyse and surely is a vast summ of monys What then shall wee say of sixty three Tunns Wee finde in the Cronicles of England that thirty thousand markes
to conclude noe peace without insisting on them but cleare sighted men that trusted not in Ormond as those men did found those articles to be a plaistered bussiness as a boue said If Ormond had power from the King to grant better Articles then the thirty Articles will not your understanding be convinced that hee playd fouly with the confederate Catholicks and that his intention was not frindly nor honest and that his only designe hath bine to deceive us his Majesty in a letter to Ormond december the fiftienth 1644. Oxford hath these words Ormond I am sorry to finde from Colonell Barry the sad condition of your particular fortune for which I cannot find soe good and speedy remedie as the peace of Irland it being likewise to redresse most necessary affaiâ—es heere wherefore I command you to dispatch it out of hand for the doeing of which I hope my publick dispatch will give you sufficient instructions and power c. Some what lower downe he hath thes Words and to show this is more then words I doe hierby promise them and command you to see it don that the penal statutes against Roman Catholicks shall not be put in execution c. and concluds the letter thus soe recommending to your care the speedy dispatch of the peace of Irland and my necessary supplie from thence as I wrot you in my last privat letter I rest Of an other letter to the Marques of Ormond Feb 1644. Oxford are these words And now again I can not but mention vnto you the necessitie of hastning of the Irish peace for which I. hope you are allredy sufficiently furnished from me of materialls but in case peace cannot be had vpon those tearmes you must not by any meanes fall to a new rupture with them but continue the cessation according to â—â— postscript in a letter by lack Barrys a coppie of which dispatch I. Heere with send you Soâ— I rest POSTCRIPT IN case vpon particular mens fancies the Irish peace should not be procured vpon powers I have alredy given you I have thought good to give you this further order which I hope will prove needlesse to seeke to renew the cessation for a yeare for which you shall promise the Irish if you can have it noe cheaper to joyne with them against the Scot and Insiquin c. Those Letters are to be seen in the Kings book stiled Reliquiae scarae Carolinae By thes lines you see how clearly his Majestie insisted vpon a peace with the Irish and fayled not to that effect to send Ormond materials sufficient to satisfie the Irish catholicks having heard theyr complaints and theyr reasonable articls for they demanded no other then the libertie of theyr religion benefit of theyr estates and priviledges yet Ormond in his peace of 30. Articles granted not thes things nor was it in his thought to joyne with us against the Scot and Insiquin the Kings professed enemies who owned for theyr master the vsurping power and parlement of England and there were reports grounded vpon very good presumptions that he sent some of his forces to asist the Scots in the North against us * 3 ' Injury wee come now to a third and maine agrivance and injurie done the confederat Catholicks which was the yealding up of Dublin castel sword and all to the Parliament not withstanding that the Queen and Prince sent from Paris a gentleman expresly instructed to his excellencie to prevent the giving up of these places to the Kings enemies and rather to close up a peace with the Catholicks the only way then appearing for setling the Kings affaires this action hath been one of the vglyest things Ormond ever did to render therfore my reader fully capable of this perfidious proceeding I shall be forced to enlarge my selfe therevpon this will be made cleare out of a discource of the Iorney that the Agent sent from the Queen and Prince Mr. Wintergrant a Catholick Gentleman made himselfe who came to Ormond with his letters and instructions before he had given up the castell of Dublin the cittie was rendered before to the parliament the cheefest part of the discource runs thus his Majestie beeing a prisoner at homby and all negotiation for his deliverance and restablishment rendered frvitless it was thought fitt by the Queen and Prince of wales with theyr counsel that some body should be sent to Irland with letters and instrustions to my Lord of Ormond for settling of a peace in that Kingdome for that purposse said Mr. Wintergrant was chosen and accordingly receaved certain instructions sent by the Queen all these instructions tended to the settlement of peace between the confederat Catholicks and the Kings partie as appeareth by the express words of the second instruction you shall informe the said Lord Lieutenant how sensible we and the Prince are of the present troubles of the Kingdom as well in consideration of the Kings affayres in generall as Particularly out of the apprehension of the great and imminent danger that may thereby happen to those which yet remain under the obedience of him the said Lord Lieutenant and how desirous we and the Prince are to contribut all that is in our power to reconsile the things in question between the said Lord Lieutenant and the consederat Catholicks of Irland whereby all of them may bee firmly Vnited under the authoritie of our dearest Lord the King and thereby inabled to defend themselves against the common enemie and seasonably assist the King in his other dominions he also brought letters to the Lord Nunâ—io and Romain cleargy and to severall noble men and to certaine corporations and citties to be first shewed to Ormond and as he pleased to be delivered or not deliverod all was left to Otrmonds breast and this Mr. Wintergrant was to pursue all his instructions in such manner as the Lord Lieutenant shall thinke fitt and in all other things you shall saith the instruction governe your selfe according to the advice and orders of the said Lord Lieutenant In the sixst instruction are these words If he the said Lord Lieutenant shall direct you to repaâ—re to the Lord Nuncio Assembly Cleargy or supreme counsel of the Irish nation or to the Generall assembly now met at Kilkennie you shall vpon all occations when your discretion shall think fitt publish a vow and declare the great inclination which we and the Prince have to contribut effectually all that shall be proper for us and him to the speedy concluding a happy peace in Irland These were one sort of instructions I receiued saith Mr. Wintergrant which were not to be kept soe privat but that they were in some cases comunicable but these that follow not soe Privat instructions YOu shall deliver to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland fourtien blanks now given to your possession by vs and the Prince two wherof were Ioyntly signed by vs and the Prince six other signed by vs alone and the other six by the Prince alone You
considerations being now manifest that the English rebells have as farre as in them lyes given the command of Irland to the Scotts that theire ayme is at a totall subversion of Religion and real power and that nothing less will content them or purchase peace Heer I think my selfe bound in conscience not to let slip the meanes of settling that Kingdom if it may be fully vnder my obedience nor to loose that assistance which I may hope from my Irish subjects for such scrupels as in a less pressing condition might reasonably be struck at by mee for theire satisfaction I doe therfore command you to conclude a peace with the Irish whatever it cost soe that my Protstant subjects there may be secured and my regal authority preserved but for all this you are to make for mee the best hargain you can and not discover your enlargment of power till you needs must and though I leave the management of this great matter and necessary worke intirely vnto you yet I cannot but tell you that if the suspension of Poynings act for such bills as shall be agreed vpon between you there and the present taking away the penal lawes against Papists by a law will doe it I shall not think it a hard bargine soe that freely and vigorously they engage themselves in my assistance against my rebells of England and Scotland for vvhich noe conditions can be to hard not being against conscience or honour Can there be any thing clearer then these expressions can there be a larger commission given or more streighter commaund layd on Ormond for compassing speedily a peace with the Irish Catholicks then what is repeated heer can Ormond pretend hee wanted power to conclude a peace or the King a willingness to have it don his Majestyes intentions desires and solicitations to that effect are vrged in these words what ever it cost soe my protestant subjects may be secure and Royal authority there is nothing soe certaine securing Catholicks Religion then that wee desired and vnanimously minded to â—â—â—ure the Kings intrest and prerogative and to help him to our power and not to molest or trouble any of his protestant subjects if not provoked by themselues thervnto take notice in this place of his royall assent to a Suspension of Poynings act for such bills as should be agreed vpon betwixt Ormond and us and the takeing away the penal Lawes against us neither did hee think it a hard bargin soe wee freely and vigorously engaged our selves in his Royall service against his Rebells of England and Scotland and says noe conditions can be to hard soe this be don and that in performing it nothing is against conscience and honour heer you may observe the distinction his Majesty makes at that tyme betwixt his Catholick subjects of Irland and those his Protestant Rebells of England and Scotland his Majesty whose intrest it was and the only Iudge of that fact to aprove or disaprove us as such gave each according his desert calling us his Irish subjects and those of England and Scotland his Rebels yet Ormond in his conference with Mr. Wintergrâ—nt calls us otherwise euen Rebels as those of England and Scotland were adding thervnto that if there were necessity to give vp those places vnder his commaund vnto any of the three Nations hee would rather make them over to his English rebels then to his Majestys faithfull Irish subjects of which opinion hee thought every good Englishman was to which expression Mr. Wintergrant a Roman Catholick and a person who had a better opinion of theire conscience then Ormond replyed nothing By the prefated expressions of Ormond you see how hee declared himselfe for an Englishman and being the Kings Lieutenant in that Kingdome hee showed himselfe only exteriourly for the King but interiourly a right Parlamentier as by his severall open disobediences and distructive delays to the King Queen and Princes orders and instructions as to the hastning of the Irish peace is manifested such a one in effect I must confess his darling Orrery would have him to be by all attributes of Religion breeding person speech dispossitions by his Lady and children and predecessors though Irish and well skild in the Irish speech and of 480. yeares and more standing in that Country would to God Orrery had gotten his wish in this and that his Ormond had been of two sydes an Englishman and that our Country and Countrymen had never knowne Ormond Orrery or Orrerys father were it soe things had gon far better with vs and with the Country you see how this Statsman makes noe difference between the confederate Catholicks and the Rebells of Scotland and England whoe got vp in actuall Armes against the King who bought and sould him had him close Prisoner at the same tyme these words were spoken by Ormond can Ormond produce such an oath of association made and agreed vpon by the Parlimentary party to maintaine the Kings prorogatives rights person and Royall interest as wee have made and set forth vnto the world vpon all occations and in all places even in the lowest ebb of his Majestys affaires wee spoke with veneration and respect of his sacred person when they in pulpits streets banks and theaters in theire privat meetings and Counsels disdainfully violated his sacred person and persued him even in theire news books as you may see in the Heu and Cry of Mercurius Britantcus ridiculously set forth in this forme If any man can bring tale or tyding of a wilfull King which hath wilfully gon a stray from his Parliment with a guilty conscience bloody hands a hart full of broaken vowes and protestations if these marks be not sufficient there is another in the mouth for bid him speak and you will soon know him then give notice to Britanicus and you shall be well payd for your paines god saue the Parliment These and such like scurrilous disrespects to his Royaell person would be theire quotidian pastime yet our good Ormond was pleased to list vs in the ranke and cathalogue of those rediculous prophaine Rebells His Vnâ—e and his Brother-inlaw the two prefated Viscounts and the rest of his affected frinds would hardly believe had an Angel affirmd it that Ormond would harbour soe hard a thought of the confederate Catholicks whome hee knew full well in his â—art to be good faithfull and Zealous subjects Now notwithstanding all these instructions and the Kings letters before mentioned with all the instances Mr. Win ergrant could make which were done with a great deal of care and Iudgment notwithstanding the accomodation which I shall insert heere sent by the confederate Catholicks to Ormond notwithstanding all this I say hee yielded vp to the Kings enemys the Castle of Dublin the Sword and all in which and by which action hee discovered his hatred to the confederate Catholicks his affection to the Parliment his disrespect and manifest disobedience to the Kings orders and commaunds and to those of the Queen 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
an accommodation with the Confederate Catholicks as the King had commaunded and the Queen and Prince ordered by theire express instructions sent to him by Mr. Wintergrant can bâ— excus'd from treason let any indifferent man Iudge Soe much I thought fitt to mention of Mr. Wintergrant his Imployment of the Queen and Princes orders and instructions for concluding a peace with the Irish Catholicks and of the Kings express commaunds to Ormond to the same purpose of the dilligence of Monsieur la Monnerie and Monsieur Tallone to that effect in the mame of the French King theire Master as alsoe of the Articles of the aforesaid accomodation most advantagious to the Kings intrest offered by his subjects the Confederate Catholicks Put all these together my gentle reader and then Iudge if Ormond hath not shewed himselfe transacting with the Parliment disobedient to the Kings Commaunds and to those of the Queen and Prince an Enemie to the Catholicks of Irland and a frind to the vsurping Parliment I now pass to a great and Irreparable Injury don to the whole Nation by his Grace a graceless action the excluding of all the Catholicks of Irland from the benefitt of the generall pardon and indemnity granted to all his other subjects of what Religion soever CHAPTER 18'th How and by whome were the Catholicks of Irland excluded from the benefitt of generall pardon CErtaine it is that the King intended the pardon and act of Indemnity as well for the Catholicks of Irland as for those of England and thee rest of his subjects which is made cleare and evident by his Majestys speech in favour of the Irish Catholicks in the house of Peeres Iuly the 27'th 1660. I hope said the King I need not put you in minde of Irland and that they alone shall not be without the benefitt of my merey they have showne much affection to mee a broad and you will have a care of my honour and what I have promised to them Could the Kings intention of the benefitt of pardon and his mercy to the Irish Catholicks be spooken in more cleare and noble expressions But this Ormond to his Eternall infamy be it said hath cruelly opposed in propounding a wicked and cunning prouizo in the house of Peeres which theire Lordships thought would have satisfy'd vs and soe have past it by by this perfidious fraud of Ormond wee have been exempted from the benefitt of the Indemnity This is the grace Ormond Peter Walsh his saviour of the Irish Nation hath don vs for which the Mallediction of God will likely fall vpon him and his posterity After being excluded from the generall pardon Ormond Clarindon Orrery Cloathworthy and the rest of that holy Synagog put theire heads together for drawing vp a Bill of Settlement of the Kingdoms of Irland soe powerfull they weare in Cheating his Majesty as hee gave them his ordinance for conceiving said Bill of Settlement and theire owne Secretary had the penning of it By the artifice of those great men and force of that Bill wee have lost for ever our Lands Estates and the liberty of free borne subjects This Bill is of an Immens Bulck fraght with faire Language and barbarous contents and proceedings They call it the Kings most gratious Declaration for the settlement of Irland This monstrous Bulck with all the substance therin hath bine reduced into few heads by a learned Laeyer as followeth The substance and sens of the vast bill of settlement 1. BY the late act of Parliment made for the settlement of Irland all that might pretend to be free from the guilt of the late Commotion are concluded from being heard and theire estates disposed for the most part to such of the English as served the Vsurper Crumwell against his late and now Majesty 2. Those who submitted to the peace concluded by his late Majestys Authority in the yevre 1648. are by the said act debarred from the benefitt of the articles concluded in and by the same peace and the publick faith then given denyed them as hath bine already decree'd 3. Innocents are secluded from being restored to theire houses in Corporations a few excepted whoe were restored to theire houses by his Majestyes Letters 4. Catholicks are not suffered to have theire freedom in Corporations or liberty of traficke 5. The Lords ad other Catholicks whoe had presentations of benefices are secluded from the benefit of theire said Privileges except they becom Protestants 6 All the Nobility and gentry that submitted to said Peace of 48. and put themselves to vast charges and expences in raising troopes and Regiments of Horss and foote to serve his Majesty against the Vsurper have lost theire Estates and theire Lands settled vpon those who made the Vsurpers quarell theire owne and fought vnder him against the King and his Catholick subjects of Irland and not only that but are alsoe excluded from all Imployments in the Kings service or Common wealth except they renounce theire Faith By these meanes they are brought to great distress want of Creditt Livelyhood and reliefe Nil nisi vota supersunt A short Ponderation vpon these Branches 1. NEver was pronounced from the begining of Christianity to this day a more vnjust and wicked sentence against Christians then have been by this act which beares the name of the Kings most gratious Declaration for the settlement of Irland 2. What can there be more cruell mor vnjust more Impious then to hinder one to answer for himselfe and prove himselfe Innocent what more against the law of nature What can there be more iniquous and vnworthy of kingly piety then to conferre the loyall subjects Estates vpon open knowne Rebells What more sacred then publick Faith What more infamous then the violation of the same For which in all tymes dreadfull punishments have befalne the Violatours 3. Can there be any thing more Barbarous and against Iustice then to turne an Innocent out of his owne house and right Inheritance 4. The Christians in Constantinople and other the Dominions of the Turck are dealt with farre better and with more moderation then the Catholicks of Irland whome those Statsmen have excluded from all Commerte which the very Turcks doe grant vnto theire Christians 5. Men must renounce theire Religion the Basis of salvation or loose theire Advousins a cruell Impious Tye vpon Catholick patrons but each of them will answer Non Emam tanti panitere 6 Heer you see Rebellion rewarded and Loyalty punished a preposterous and monstrous kinde of Iustice Behold O bountifull God this theire portentous and Impious iniquity Now I see afflicted Countrimen you may ramble vp and downe the world and loudly raise your voyce and say Spectaculum facti sumus mundo Angelis hominibus Wee are made a spectacle to the world to Angels and to men Could there be more formal Iniquity then to devest Innocent true subjects of theire estates and liberty and conferre the same vpon those fought against the King and Crowne was