esteeming any Machiuilian policie which herein they might forsee but being caried away with the firme allegiance they ought theire King and fervent desire they had to aduance his seruice by universall and unanimous vote condescended to the Marques his request and gaue him with all in mony to assist his maiestie in that expedition 3000-pounds The monyes were receiued by the marques as then was bruited the Catholike confederats provided on theire parts but neither then nor after would the marques of Ormond euer goe into the field either with his owne forces aparr or ioynd with ours against the Scots nay if we may give credit to the probable coniectures and strong presumptions of many his Excellencie had some influence and concurrance in the invasion made by the Scots into Conaught and other parts of Ireland and it was observed that upon such inuasions and other defections of the Enemie his Excellencie endeauoured to draw our people to this uniust peace obiecting unto us how could we resist so many Enemies wherein he had enough of mercenaries in our owne bosome who plaid the advocates for him see more § 5. 16. It is also observable that our Councell and Committees had notice of the forsaid letter dated 16. Februarie 1644. the next Iuly following yet did they neither publish it nor make use therof in the treatie of peace by causing the marques to ioyne with them against the Scots or Inchequin according to his Maiesties direction either aftet the peace was concluded or before during the continuance of the Cessation see aboue in the first part and in the Marques his answere to our 7. and 8. proposition where euery impartiall iudgment may discouer how farre the Marques was from giueing obedience to his Maiesties directions in this particular and what merueile is it he fauour affect and cherish those who Were then used as instruments to persecute the Catholikes and now lately called upon by the Marques himselfe to assist the hereticks of Dublin The king as yow may see by this letter was glad to giue us a remuneration for condescending to a Cessation being then necessitated but our Committees would take noe notice therof they euermore cast the necessite on our selves and in lieu of accepting graces from his Maiestie they wasted the monyes of the kingdome on the subiect 17. Our distressed soueraigne by his missive of the 16. of April 1646. advertised the Marques of Ormond that he receiued very good securitie that he and all that did or should adhere unto him should be safe in theire persons honour and Consciences in the Scotish Army an that they would reallie and effectuallie ioyne with his Majestie for his preservation and employ theire armies and forces to assist him with whose assistance and with the conjunction of the forces under the Marques of Montrosse in Scotland he would indeavour to procure an honorable and speedie peace in England which resolution he praied the Marques of Ormond to communicat to his Councell and his loyall subiects with him Among these loyall subiects it pleased the Marques of Ormond to register Major General Monro unto whom by his letters dated 21 may 1646. he communicated the kings forsaid resolution in this dialect Sir having this morning rereiued a dispach from his Maiestie and command to impart it not onely to his Councell but to all his loyall subiects I am confident yow haue soe good a title to aknowledge thereof as I have held it my part instantlie to dispache it unto yow by an expresse and soe sir wishing yow all happines I rest your assured humble servant Ormond here I observe first that Monro and such other Couâ—nantiers who have sworne the oath of Couenant against the king and his Monarchie and made warre these foure yeares past against him are in Ormonds Calender Loyall subiects though in his Maiesties Calender they be notable Rebels and therfore he admonisheth Ormond to ioyne in armes with the Irish against them from whence this sequel may be rightlie deduced to giue the gouernment of the Citties forts c. within our quarters or the Command of our armies unto Ormond is in effect to giue them unto Monro and his fellow Couenantiers 2. I observe that the Marques ioyned with the Scots against us whereas the king commanded him to ioyne with us against them 3. I observe that the Scots in England have beene soe farre from ioyning theire forces with our partie the Marques of Montrosse in Scotland as they haue made him lay downe his armes and render unto them what forts Citties c. he had in his possession noe better securitie or effects may the Confederat Catholikes expect by any conjunction with Ormond if therin he shall haue the chiefe Command or gouernment Other observations I omitt haveing heard before the impression hereof some good newes of Leslyes conjunction with Antrim and of a happie victorie by them obtained against the Parliamentaries God grant it bee true To concurre with the English Parliament to dethrone theire owne naturall soueraigne who hathe beene the greatest hoÌ„our that euer Scotland had coÌ„sidering the amplitude of his dominions is a thing soe Vnnaturall as heaven and earth may be astonished at it T were better be subiects to him than slaues to his Rebellious subsects the Parliament dixeruntque omnia ligna ad rhamnum veni impera super nos for the Scots forwarning herein and the incitation of all faithfull subiects to take armes against that rebellious merciles Parliament of England I will presume on the Readers favour to licence me to A difgression wherin the Parliament of England hathe manifested theire impudencie against the Scots and theire horrid treason against theire and our natural liegelord QVEREES TO FIND OVT WHO IT IS THAT HOLDS OVT IN ARMES AGAINST THE STATE OF ENGLAND SEing the King is our prisoner as in the Scottish Army who by contract are our servants and our Army and therefore not to do what they list but what we coÌ„mand them seeing they receive pay from us as meer mercinaries and serve not freely as brethren therefore if our State representative the chosen Commons of England assembled in Parliament shall give Order to the State of Scotland for tht King presently to disband all his Forces in England Ireland or else-where and to deliver up all Townes and Garrisons unto our States hand Quere I say if it be not done thereupon if wee may not conclude that it is the Scots hold up Armes against our State for the King being our Prisoner and in their power our servants hath no power but must do as they will and they will do as they list for him For if they of themselves can prostrate their owne opposite armes of Montrosse and put his name thereto for a cullour as if done by him or inforce him to doe it to cullour their doing why not the same forme upon order from our State aforesaid why oh English States is not this assayd to discover who it
is that holds up armes against you for what power hath one man that is in the power of others And if our State will not giue order for the same what may we not conclude there of must the lives and estates of men be sacrificed to the wilfulnesse of any But our State performing their parts we shall apparantly see where it rests for how can the King hinder what they please to doe Do not these that are celled the French and Spanish States what them please put or their King must put their names thereto to culour it that the State may not bee seene in it but it may passe as if their Kings act not theirs Can any be so simple to think their Kings may or can rule a State which is as much as the wisest State can doe In short it is the States doe all and so doe the Scot and so ought our State and not let the weale safety happinesse prosperitie and being of a Kingdome or kingdomes and millions of lives therein lye at the will or the VVilfulnesse folly or madnesse of one man whom they call their king though the Parliament of England in their late letter to him when hee was at Oxford doetell him plainly that he is guilty of all the innocent blood which hath beene now shedin all the three kingdomes Oh therefore let not the world ieerus that our prisoner can use his keepers as his prisoners c. VVho hath stood it out in open Hostility as long as possible he could against his Earthly Soveraigne Lord king and Creator the state Vniversall VVhose legall and formal representative the Parliament he hath vnnaturally wickedly uniustly and irrationally proclaimed Traytors and Rebels for doing their duty in endeauouring the preservation of those that trusted them from the ruine and distruction endeavoured and intended to them by him their rebellious servant How can it be properly said that the Engish Creator the State of England can commit Treason agasnst it's own meere creature the king If it be treason to assist the king with men monies armes and horses in this his unnaturall VVarre and Rebellion against the Parliament and people of England as the Parliament hath often declared then is it not the height of Treason for any of the Parliaments Armies privately to treat with him and to receive him into their Army and there protect him from those who requite him and have right to him and to disposc of him yea and afford him elbow room and libertie to send Messages and Embassages to Denmark Holland France Spain and Ireland or whether he pleaseth that so he may lay new designes for the utter subversion and destruction of thâ— State and kingdome Oh the height of c. no longer to be put up borne or suffered by trustees that desire to approve themselves faithfull to their trusters London August 16 46. 19. Reade all histories â—acted and prophane reuolve all Chronicles domesticke and forren and tell us if yow haue or can finde any treason soe abominable any rebellion soe odious to God and man any Apostacie soe detestable to heaven and earth as is this damnable treason rebellion and apostacie of the titular Parliament of England It is not enough to be perfidious to theire king bur they must be also blasphemons against God by making themselues Creators Here monarchie is ablegated anarchie introduced the Lords anointed made slaues to theire subiects and theire subjects raised to noe lesse dignitie than to earthly soueraignes Lords Kings Creators the stato vniuersall Theire fellow subjects the Scots are theire merce naries and servants not theire Brethren and the Irish are unto them opprobrium hominum et abiectio Plebis But pride and confusion disobedience to Princes and treason against them and theire monarchie is a propertie inseparable from moderne heretickes wherfore we must not admire that D. Garrier sometime a Protestant and Chaplaine to k. Iames burst forth into these words I can not be persuaded that they ever will or can joyne togeather to advance your Majesty or your children further then they may make a present gayne by you They are not agreed of their own Religion nor of the principles of universall and Eternall truth how can they be constant in tho Rules of particular and transitory honor Where there is nullum Principium Ordinis there can be nullum principium Honoris such is their Case There is a voyce of confusion among them as well in matters of State as of religioÌ„ Their power is great but not to edification but to destruction They ioyne to geather onely a gaynst good Order which they call the Common Enemy and if they can destroy that they will in all likelihood turne their fury agaynst themselves andlike Diuells torment like Serpents deuoure one another In the meane time if they can make their Burgers Princes and turne old Kingdomes into new States it is lyke inough they will doe it but that they will ever agree together to make any one Prince King or Emperour ouer them all yield due obedience unto him further then eyther their gayne shall allure them or his sword shall compell them that I can not persude my selfe to belieue And therfore I can not hope that your Majesty or your Posterity can expect the like honour or security from them which you might do from Catholike Princes if you were ioyned firmely to them in the vnity of Religion § 5. The Marques of Ormonds Commission enlarged by his Majestie but his Command not executed 20. When the Marques of Ormond dispachd Agents unto the Parliament demanding succours from them against the con federat Catholikes of Ireland It is said S argeant Eustace to cloake that treason publickelie declared in the dismembred Parliament of Dublin that as it was lawfull for euery man euen by the law of nature to defend himselfe against the violence of uniust Assailants soe was it lawfull for the kings Lieutenant and the kings priuie Councell in Dublin for theire owne defence to looke for succour from the kings Enemies the Parliament against the kings subjects the Irish who were in a violent and hostile manner to assault them letting this passe for an hyperbole the Catholike Confederats doe brieflie affirme that they were noe assailants but defendents of theire lives religion liberties and estates against theire fellow subjects and particularlie against the chiefe Ministers of justice who following the steps of their Predecessours tirannically gouerning made use of all the projects that michieuous policie could invent to depriue them of theire lives religion liberties and estates wherin they have beene soe exorbitant as neither the authoritie of the ancient fundamentall lawes of the kingdome nor the kings owne Commands could preuaile with them Here we must descend vnto particulars and especiallie to the kings Commands sent vnto the Marques of Ormond enlarging his power for the speedie conclusion of a happie peace 21. The impossibilitie saith his Majestie writing to the Marques of Olmond of
Marques was resolved not to conclude a peace untill we complyed in sending over 10000. men wherein the Marques might have spared his labour the contract for sending over 10000. men being made by us with Glamorgan and not with him whose peace was not in it selfe worthy the acceptance onely much lesse worthy the reward of sending over 10000. men for getting it To be briefe thus stands the question how dared the Committee of Treatie to signe and seale a peace before the first of May contrary to the Assemblyes resolution and how dared the new supreme Councell without consent of the assembly to grant them a commission to that effects By the relation of Mr. Browne and Mr. VValsh you see our committees were not engaged by all the Treaties past to conclude a peace with the Marques they might without difficultie comply with the Popes Holynes and the Kings speciall commissioners request And this request was made by them even then when Glamorgans articles were in full power because they held it not altogether so secure and profitable when they afterward understood that his Majestie protested against Glamorgans articles doe you thinke that either they or the assembly would ever yeeld to accept of Ormonds fordid articles apart either the May following or for ever he had more need to beg a peace of us than we of him Had not the countrey beene betrayed by licencing him to receive his rents he had beene glad to come off with better conditions according his Majesties commands and provided better for His Majestie and himselfe The Clergies subscription to the Nuncius his Protestation 4. Wee also the underwritten Prelates and Clergie of Ireland doe adhere unto the opinion of the most illustrious Lord Nuncius confirming what are above expressed And we doe resolve unanimously to insist upon the same protestation Dated at Kilkenney the foresaid sixt day of February 1645. stylo veteri Hugo Ardmachanus Fr. Thomas Dubliniensis Thomas Casseliensis David Ossoriensis Gulielmus Corâ—agiens Duan Io. Clonfertens Emerus Clogherens Io. Laonens Fr. Patrie VVaterford Lismor Fr. Edmund Laghliniens Nicholaus Fernensis Richardus Ardsertensis Accadensis Edmund Calamens Episcopus Coaedjutor Linericens Fr. Albertus O Brien Provincial Ordin Praedicatorum Robertus Nugentius Societatis Iesu Superior VValterus Linchaeus Vicar General Tuamens Iacobus Fallonus Vicar Apostolic Accadens Fr. Oliverus de Burgo Vicar Duaceus Donaldus O Gripha Vicar Apostolic Finiburensis Iacobus Dempsy Vicar General Kildar Cornelius Gafnus Ardaghader Vicar Oliver Deise vicarius Procurator Reverendissimi Medensis Episcopi Carolus Coghlaâ— Vicar General Cluanensis §. 11. An abridgement in English of the Lord Nuncius his Latin letter dated the 5. of May 1646. sent unto the Supreme Councell and committee in the prosecution of the said Protestation 5. In this letter the Lord Nuncius doth elegantly distinguish in the Marques of Ormond a double qualitie the one of a Lieutenant for his Majestie the other of a chiefe Peere of the realme In the qualitie of Lieutenant hee proves no firme and solide peace can be made with him forasmuch as his authoritie depends of the King and by how much the more or the lesse the securitie and power of his Majestie increaseth or decreaseth it necessariiy followeth that the authoritie also of the Lieutenant increaseth and decreaseth and that the safetie and authoritie of the King being uncertaine the authoritie also of Lieutenant becometh void and uncertaine c. and if this be true in those articles which belong to the politicke state of the Kingdome how much more in the Ecclesiasticall state and things belonging to the Catholique Faith against which he being a Protestant hath an aversion of minde besides the want of authoritie VVherefore the Confederate Catholiques ought not by any meanes choose any other way than by laying aside in the interim any treatie of peace c. untill the Kings most excellent Majestie be restored to that state and condition as he may confirme by Parliament the Articles which His Holynes agreed upon with Digby in Rome which thing seemes not onely profitable and necessarie for the affaires of Ireland in the present state but also honourable to the King himselfe seeing all things are reserved to his authoritie untill that time when he shall be in the full libertie of dominion and the loyaltie of the Irish shall be able to merit somewhat with his Majestie c. which shall be augmented by the Catholiques publique protestation that whatsoever they possesse or acquire shall be with all loyaltie and fidelitie preserved for his Majestie who otherwise may be wash'd out of all if Parliamentarie Harpies once fix their Tallons in them 6. Hee proceedeth further shewing how glorious it shall be unto the Confederate Catholiques that the advance of the Catholique cause the splendour libertie lawes rites and publike exercise of Religion proceeded rather from themselves and from the innate love they beare to true Religion than from any treaty with the Marques whose authoritie lyes a bleeding c. All Christian Princes and chiefely the Pope would be offended that any peace and that of abject conditions should be here treated of while the peace containing honourable and good conditions concluded upon in Rome doth expect only our Kings approbation as if particular men and those Procestants to could better provide for Ireland and the Catholique Church than His Holynes can doe 7. If the Marques be considered as a Peere of the Realme in that respect he may have all things common to the rest of the Irish and therefore I hold he may be a defender of his countrey against the common enemies And if he will as an Irish man and a Servant to his Majestie gather all his forces against the Scots and Parliamentaries he ought to be received yea and to be assisted by money and other subsidies so as the Catholique Religion by such kinde of conjunction receive no detriment for effecting whereof he layeth downe among other these conditions if it shall ever happen that the forces of the Marquis be joyned with the Catholique forces that then he may by no meanes establish any other Religion than the Catholique Religion in all places which shall happen to be gained by the same armies ioynt together otherwise the Popes aides aswell present as future may by no meanes be employed for the advance of Protestanisme which were impious That the Consederates so treate with the Marques at our hopes of having or obtayning a Catholique Vice-Roy after the expiration of his time be not frustrated which the securitie of Religion doth chiefly require and His Holynesse doth vehemently desire Therefore to this end we must be warie least in the interim while the affaires of England doe waver wee doe any thing which may compell the Nuncius Apostolicus in the behalfe of His Holynesse to protest against it as by his private letters he hath protested a few dayes past Hee addeth further that Dublin be delivered to the possession of
the Confederates to be preserved for the Kings most excellent Maiestie that all hopes may be cut off from the Puâ—itans who perpetually thirst after the possession thereof c. I trow this should be a forewarning prevalent enough with our Councell and Committees not to conclude a peace with the Marques upon such base conditions as they have done §. 12. The Councell and Committee of Instructions Latine answer 1. Iunij 1646. to the foresaid letter and protestation abriged into English 8. IN the first place they acknowledge the receit of the letter and protestation doe observe the resolution of the Lord Nuncius and Clergie to be such as he will have no peace at any hand concluded with the Kings Commissarie unlesse first the splendor of the Catholique Roligion be established and with the articles published In the second place they admire that the protestation came not sooner unto their hand and at length they answer that the weakenesse and necessitie of the Confederate Catholiques enforceth them to a peace that by publique declaration printed 1642. and by their Agents they sent to the Pope and other Christian Princes to demand aide that for the space of five yeares warre they received not so much succour as would defray the charge of warre for two moneths time that they looked onely for as much meanes as would maintaine 15000 foote and 2000. horse for six moneths times and they would undergoe all hazards and endure all discommodities to increase the splendour of the Catholique Religion through all parts of this Kingdome which they obtained not The consideration of these things say they and the obedience due to his Majestie enforceth them to make ANY PEACE to prevent the fatall miseries of VVarre and the sudden ruin of Religion and Nation 9. Yet they tell the Lord Nuncius that they resolve to ratifie marke the phrase I pray you ratas habere Glamorgans concessions granted by the Kings authority and to endevour by the authority of the See Apostolicke and the mediation of other Catholicke Princes to obtayne more plentifull graces for the establishing of the Catholicke Religion that in the Treaty of peace there was place left for further priviledges of the Catholicke Religion They further affirme that in the last treaty at Dublin nothing was done without consulting the Nuncius and that according his desire the Conclusion marke that hitherto the peace was not concluded therefore they were as yet at liberty to conclude the peace or not conclude it and publication of the peace was deferred untill the Calends of May least any impediment should be given to the coÌ„ditions which were expected by that time to come but are not yet come They pray his Grace to take notice if it shall happen the peace shortly to be concluded and published without the promulgation of Glamorgans concessions that same is pro re and to the greater good of the Religion 10. They proceede further aggravating the present state of the kingdome in the temporality Mounster exhausted with warre cherisheth many enemies in her bosome who daily increase by the patronage of the Parliament of England and revolt of Thomond In Connaght all is wasted besides Galway and Mayo Roscoman Boyle and other Forts revolting c. Generall O Neyle hath so wasted Leynster before he went to Vlster that three or foure counties thereof are unprofitable for the plow and in themselves miserable c. They adde the feare of the Lieutenants conjunction with the Scots c. insomuch as force feare and danger beget in all men a desire to embrace any peace Besides feare of the Scots conjunction with the Parliament the King being now in their power a peace timely made may alone hinder this which being concluded the catholickes may serve God and their King and free themselves from all those evils This Letter was signed thus Illustrissimae ac Reverendissimae Dominationis vestrae addictissimi Muskry De mandato Concisij Comitiorum Thomas Tyrell 11. Why the Viscount Muskry alone subscribed hereunto and none else I doe not know unlesse it be because the ill affected of the Councell for so they call in the Manuscript outside of the Articles the soundest part of the Councell those that were not of the faction did not condescend thereunto 13. The Lord Nuncius his Letter 10. Iunij 1646. sent to the same Councell and Committee 12. Least I might saith he in this most waighty circumstance of things seeme to have sent unto your honours two severall protestations without any ground of reason I pray you would reade the same reasons which moved me so to diswade the peacc in these times which is now propounded esteeming me to have beene compelled to write these things out of zeâ—le onely towards Religion and the honour of the Catholicks of this kingdome c. And having repeated the substance of his foresaid Letter touching the double quality of the Marquesse of Ormond he saith that though there could be a peace made yet it ought not to be made for the following reasons For seeing nothing is therein established concerning the Catholicke religion c. by what meanes I beseech you may the Catholicke Confederats defend themselves if among others even the Nuncius Apostolicke is to become witnesse among all Christian Princes that the Catholicks might have better conditions from her Majesty the Queene in France the last yeare and as yet better from the Lord of Glamorgan in these later Moneths and as yet the most plentifull of all concluded by his Holynesse in Rome and yet that the Confederate Catholickes all these peaces being contemned after so many moneths cessations in the very point of new difficulties in England and after that a full halte yeare of the time to make warre is past over yea when the enemies are all almost beaten backe should accept of a worse peace than the other three Let every conscience beare witnesse whether by such a resolution the Oath of Association taken with such glory and constancy be not violated 13. It is therefore manifest unlesse first the Catholickes be assured that the Kings Majesty would ratify the Earles authority and that the Queenes Majesty hath cleerely understood whether the Popes conditions shall have place or no whatsoever shal be done shall tend to the evident destruction of this kingdome and to the extirpation of Religion which is the head of all and to the notable injury of the Princes who hetherto have laboured for the safety and security of the Catholicke Confederats which is so much the more true seeing no reasonable motive can be assigned by the adverse party for concluding this peace Then answering to the objection of the danger of the Scots he saith there is no danger of more Scots to come over this season being busily imployed elsewhere and as for those that are in Vlster and Connaght they are sufliciently provided against by two Armies mayntained by the Popes moneys There remaynes therefore
pax Ierem. 6. 14. See 1. part art 15. c. And p. 2. § 2. See hereafter numb 35. The danger of the kingdome aggravated by the foresaid Councels Letter unto the Nuncius taken away before they concluded any peace 33. IN that Letter you have heard the Councell and Committee aggravat vehemently the dangerous state and condition wherein then 1. Iunij 1646. the kingdome was and to avoyde this danger they would needs make any peà ce upon what conditions soever This was the chiefe pretence they had to make this unhappy peace Now marke the just judgement of God discovering the corruption of this pretence before ever they concluded this peace this dangerous state and condition wherein the kingdome then stood was quite taken away by the wonderfull hand of God insomuch as Ireland was never in a better posture or condition than it was when they concluded this peace Marke it well I pray you the peace was never concluded untill the 29 of Iuly 1646. neyther were they by vertue of any anteriour contract bound then to conclude that contract as above I have proved but they remayned still in their full liberty till the foresaid 29. day of Iuly to conclude or not conclude a peace Before that 29. day of Iuly namely the sift day of Iune the glorious victory against the Scots in Vister was obtayned by the Confederate Catholickes under the conduct of the renowned Commander Eugenius O Neyle and by that meanes the dangerous state and condition of that part of the kingdome quite taken away On the 7. of Iuly which was 22. dayes before the peace with Ormond was concluded the noble and vigilant Commander Preston after deleating all the power strength of the Scots-horse which was upwards of 600. reduced to the obedience of the Confederate catholickes for his Majesties ufe Roscoman Abbey of Boyle c. and immediatly freed all that Province of Connaght Slygo onely excepted from the infesture of the rebellious Scot and had cleerely chased them out of Slygo also had not this wret ched peace given interruption to his fortunat endevours Sâ— as the dangerbus condition wherein that Province was likewise taken away before the foresaid 29. of Iuly On the 13. of Iuly which was 16. dayâ—s before the foresaid peace was concluded Bunratty was taken in the enemies chased out of that part of the Province of Mâ—unster so as the greatest danger which might be there feared was also taken away Et persecuti sunt filios superbiae prosperatum est opus in mambâ—â— eoruâ— This expedition was done by the army commanded by the Lord Viscount Muskry seconded by the auspicious accesse of the most Illustrious Iohn Baptist Archbishop Prince of Firmo Nuncius Apostolicke by whose largesses the foresaid armies of Vlster and Connaght were maintayned 34. Compare these with the Lord Nuncius his answer judicious Reader and judge whether our intrusted councell and committees have proceeded bona side in concluding this unwarrantable peace whether they have with that integritie which is sutable to the qualitie of such noble Catholiques discharged the trust imposed in them by the whole Kingdome in the weightiest affaires that ever concerned a Nation After that the God of Hosts had prodigiously rescued Ireland from those dangers and calamities which were imminent after that those great clouds which were feared to burst into a terrible storme had beene in a moment dissipated after the revocation of the Marques of Ormonds commission and of the commission given unto our committee of treatie after so many advertisments given unto them by the Nuncius and Clergie not to conclude any peace after so many exclamations of the Catholique confederates at home and of Christian Princes and Prelats abroad against the oblique proceedings of our intrusted partie and after the opposition made by the soundest part of the councell and committee It pleased the rest of them notwithstanding all this to conclude without power or commission this fatall peace whereby they have stopped our happy progresse in further victories and given occasion of the greatest division that ever yet hath been in Ireland Whereas if they were pleased to abstaine from concluding this fantasticall peace with our Enemie in one part of the Kingdome we had ere now had a true peace with all our enemie in all parts of the kingdome for indeed by Gods blessiâ—g we had either chased them out of the kingdome or we had forced them to such conditions as would secure Religion King and Countrey So as in very deed the making of this peace hath made a warre and no peace increased our daâ—gâ—rs necessities weakenesse and calamities but tooke noâ—e away Deceperunt populum meum dicentes pax non est pax Ezech 13 10. 34. It s remarkable how in then foresaid answer they aggravate only the present state condition of the kingdome in the temporallitie as if they weigheâ—â— not the staie and condition of the kingdom in the spirituallitie which was the point the Nuncius urged and the whole kingdome in their severall declaâ—aâ—ions resolved to rectifie They â—ffiâ—me that obedience due to his Majestre enforced them to any peace with what Divines did they consult to informe them how farre the subjects obedience to his Prince did extend Is it not knowne the divines that saâ—e in the same councell with them were against them can not wee render due obedience to our King without disâ—bâ—ying our God they ought to remâ—mber that lesson of the Aposties Oportet obedire Deo magis quam hominibus How shall we give to God what is due to God if we give all to Cefar and leave nothing for God But this was a worke of supererogation of theirs the Kings Majestie looked for no such blind obedience from them He gave them the repeaâ—e of the penall lawes they rejected them he gave them by publicke contract their Churches Church-livings jurisdiction and free exercise of Religion they contemned them Yet if they would needs appeare such obedient subjects why did they disobey the Kings letâ—er of the eleventh of Iune commanding no peace should be made with them I wish it appeare not their obedience was to the subject and disobedience to the Prince The Lord Nuncius in his Letters exhorteth them to fidelitie to their Prince and yet diswadeth them to mâ—ke any peace with the Marques protesting that all the damage that should befall the King and this kingdome by concluding that unjust peace should be imputed to them as to men who abuse their private affection and lucre to the destruction of the Common-wealth So as in the Lord Nuncius his opinion by whom our councell and committee should be directed if they stood to the principles of Catholique doctrine and their owne covenant with him its disobedience to the King to obey Ormond and to disobey him is obedience to the King 35. But the councell and committee in their foresaid letter to the Nuncius say they will ratify