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A88021 A letter sent to His Majestie, from the Lords justices, and councell in Ireland, April 23. 1642. Concerning His Majesties resolution to go into Ireland. Ireland. Lords Justices and Council. 1642 (1642) Wing L1619; Thomason E146_7; ESTC R19734 1,697 7

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A LETTER SENT To His Majestie From the Lords Justices and Councell in IRELAND April 23. 1642. Concerning His Majesties Resolution to go into Ireland LONDON Printed by ROBERT BARKER Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie And by the Assignes of JOHN BILL MDCXLII 23. April 1642. ❧ The Copie of a Letter sent to His Majestie by the Lords Justices and Councell in Ireland May it please Your most Excellent Majestie BY Your Majesties gracious Letters of the thirteenth of this Moneth and a Copie of Your Majesties Message sent lately to Your Parliament in Your Kingdom of England both which came to the hands of us Your Justices on the eighteenth of this Moneth we observe that Your Majestie out of a just sense of the great miseries and afflictions of Your distressed Subjects in this Your Kingdom of Ireland occasioned by the inhumane cruelties of the Rebells here And out of Your tender and gracious care of Your good Subjects on this side hath firmely resolved by the assistance of Almighty God with all possible speed to make a Journey hither in Your own Royall person for the full and finall suppressing of this Rebellion Those Letters and Message we Your Majesties Justices then immediately communicated with the Councell as we alwayes do all matters of Importance concerning Your Majesties Services And caused the Copy sent us of Your Message to Your Parliament in England to be Printed here so to make known here Your Majesties gracious purpose as You commanded us And we all joyntly do humbly beseech your Majestie to give us leave to cast ourselves at your Majesties feet and with the Duty and Loyalty of faithfull Subjects most humbly and thankfully to acknowledge to Your Sacred Majestie as well Your continued Grace and Goodnesse upon all occasions expressed to this Your Kingdom and all Your Subjects therein and amongst them even those wretched Rebels themselves heretofore when they stood in the condition of good Subjects though they want the gratitude to be sensible of it as particularly this high addition of Your Majesties gracious favour to us in not sparing the pains or hazard even of Your own Royall Person for the suppressing of this hideous Rebellion and punishment of these ungratefull and treacherous Rebels who are thus unnaturally risen in Arms against Your Majestie Expressed such unparalleled hatred and detestation against Your Government and Nation Spilt unprovoked the blood of so many thousands of Your faithfull and innocent Subjects Destroyed the Estates of all the British and Protestants in the Kingdom And which is above all as appears by severall examinations and many other concurring Circumstances here notwithstanding all their false and feigned Pretences to disguise their wicked and traiterous purposes aimed finally at no lesse which we tremble to write and cannot think without horrour and astonishment at their Impiety then even to deprive You of Your Royall Crown and Dignity and to place over them some of themselves or some Forreign Prince and so altogether to shake off the English Government Wherefore we cannot but rejoyce even in the middest of our present Calamities to hear Your Majesties Princely purpose to take just vengeance on them for vindicating your Honour revenging the blood and destruction of so many of Your faithfull Subjects and securing the fu●ure Safetie of Your Crowns and Kingdoms And as we do thus joyfully apprehend the happinesse we are to enjoy by those your Majesties Royall purposes so we hold it agreeable with the duty of us Your loyall Subjects and faithfull Servants whom You have advanced to the Honour to serve You as Councellours to You in this Your Kingdom humbly to represent to Your Majestie upon this occasion the present estate of Your affairs here and the condition wherein this Kingdom stands which we have done by our Letters now sent to Master Secretarie Nicholas to be made known to your Majesty that so your Majestie understanding them may on that side provide for supplying our defects here and rendering safety to Your own Royall Person against these bloody Rebels as your Majestie in Your Excellent judgement shall think fit whereby You may to the comfort of Your good Subjects and terrour of Your Enemies appear in this Kingdom in that Majestie which is sutable to the Greatnesse and Wisdom of so Mightie a King as God hath appointed You whom we pray God to Blesse and Prosper with length of dayes and a happie and blessed Government over this and all other Your Kingdoms and Dominions to the Glory of God the Honour of your Maiestie and the Joy and Comfort of all Your Subjects and amongst them of us From Your Majesties Castle of Dublin 23. April 1642. Your Majesties most loyall and most faithfull Subjects and Servants Subscribed by Sir William Parsons Sir Jo. Borlase Justices E. of Ormond Ossory Lord Ro. Digby Sir Th Rotherham Sir Jo. Temple Sir Fra. Willoughby E. of Roscomon Lord Cha. Lambert Sir Ad. Loftus Sir Ja. Ware Sir G. Wentworth Sir Rob. Meredith FINIS