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To all the Royalists that suffered for His Majesty, and to the rest of the good people of England the humble apology of the English Catholicks.
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Castlemaine, Roger Palmer, Earl of, 1634-1705.
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1666
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Wing C1249; ESTC R1297
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that taking all on Hear-say zealously wounds and then examines the business when 't is too late or is perchance confirm'd by another that knows no more of us then he himself 'T is to you we must make our applications beseeching you as subjects tender of our King to intercede for us in the execution and weigh the Dilemma which doubtless he is in either to deny so good a Parliament their request or else run counter to his Royal inclinations when he punishes the weak and harmless Why may not we Noble Country-men hope for favour from you as well as French Protestants find from theirs A greater duty then ours none could express we are sure Or why should the United Provinces and other Magistrates that are harsh both in mind and manners refraine from violence against our Religion and your tender breaâ—ts seem not to harbour the least compassion or pitty These barbarous people sequester none for their faith but for transgression against the State Nor is the whole party involved in the crime of a few but every man suffers for his own and proper fault Do you then the like and he that offends let him die without mercy And think always we beseech you of Cromwells ' injustice who for the actions of some against his pretended Laws drew thousands into decimation even ignorant of the thing after they had vastly paid for their security and quiet We have no other study but the Glory of our Soveraign and just liberty of the Subjects nor was it a mean argument of our duty when every Catholick Lord gave his voice for the Restoration of Bishops by which we could pretend no other advantage but that 26. Votes subsisting wholly by the Crown were added to the defence of Kingship and consequently a check to all Anarchy and confusion 'T is morally impossible that we who approve of Monarchy in the Church but must ever be fond of it in the State also Yet this is a misfortune we now plainly feel that the longer the late transgressors live the more forgotten are their crimes whilst distance in time calls the faults of our Fathers to remembrance and buâ—ies our own Allegiance in eternal Oblivion and forgetfulness My Lords and Gentlemen Consider we beseech you the sad condition of the Irish Souldiers now in England the worst of which Nation could be but intentionally so wicked as the acted villany of many English whom your admired Clemency pardoned Remember how they left the Spanish service when they heard their King was in France and how they forsook the employment of that unnatural prince after he had committed the never to be forgiven act of banishing his distressed Kinsman out of his Dominions These poor men left all again to bring their Monarch to his home and shall they then be foâ—goâ—eâ— by you Or shall my Lord Douglâ—as and his brave Scots be left to their shifts who scorn'd to receave wages of those that have declared Warr against England How commonly is it said that the Oath of renouncing their Religion is intended for these which will needs bring this loss to the King and you that either you will force all of our Faith to lay down their Armes though by experience of great Integrity and worth or else if some few you retain they are such whom Necessity has made to swear against conscience and who therefore will certainly betray you when a greater advantage shall be offered By this test then you can have none but whom with caution you ought to shun and thus must you drive away those that truly would serve you for had they the least thought of being false they would gladly take the advantage of gaine and pay to deceave you We know your wisdom and generolity and therefore cannot imagine such a thing Nor do we doubt when you shew favour to these but you will use mercy to us who are both fellow Subjects and your own flesh and bloud also If you forsake us we must say the world decays and its final trensmutation must need quickly follow Little do you think the Insolencies we shall suffer by Committee-Men c. whom chance and lot has put into petty power Nor will it choose but gâ—ieve you to see them abused whom formerly you loved even by the common Enemies of us both When they punish how will they triumph and say Take this poor Romanists for your love to Kingship and again this For your long doating on the Royal Party all which you shall receive from us commissioned by your dearest Friends and under this cloak we will gladly vent our private spleen and malice Wee know my Lords and Gentlemen that from your hearts you do deplore our condition â—et permit us to tell you your bravery must extend thus farr as not to sit still with pitty only but each is to labour for the distressed as far as in reallity his Abilitie will reach some must beseech our Gracious Soveraign for us others again must Undeceave the Good though Deluded Multitude Therefore all are to remember who are the Prime Raisers of the Storm and how through our Sides they would Wound both the KING and You for though their Hatred to us our selves is great yet the enmity out of all measure encreases because we have been yours and so shall continue even in the Fiery day of Trial. Protect us we entreat you then upon all your former Promises or if that be not sufficient for the sakes of those that Lost their Estates with you Many of which are now fallen asleep But if this be still too Weak we must conjure you by the â—ight of this Bloudy Catalogue which contains the Names of your murthered Friends and Relations who in the Heat of Battail perchance saved many of your Lives even with the joyful Loss of their own THe Earl of Carnarvan slain at Newbury first battle Lord Viscount Dumbar at Scarborough and two of his Sons much wounded Knights Sir John Smith Baâ—naret-who Rescued the Kings Standard from the Rebels at Edghil slain at Alresford in Hampshire Sir John Cansfield wounded at Newb. of which he dyed a lingring death Sir Hen Gage Governour of Oxford â—â—ain at Cullumbridge 11 Jan. 1644. Sir J. Digby wounded at Taunton and dy'd at Bridgewater Sir P. Brown wounded at Nasby dyed at Northampton Sir Nich. Fortescue Knight of Malta slain in Lancashire Sir Troylus Turbervil Captain Leiut of the Kings Life-Guard slain upon his Majesties marching from Newark to Oxford Sir J. Preston wounded at Furnace of which he died a lingering death Sir Arthur Aston Governour of Reading slain at Tredaugh in cold blood Sir Thomas Tildesâ—â—â— slain at Wiggan Sir Hen. Slingsby beheadeâ— on Tower-hiâ—l Colonels Col. Th. Howard Son of the Lord William Howard slain at Peiâ—â—bridge Col. Tho. Howard Son of Sir Francis at Atherton Moor The gaining which Battel was principaly ascrib'd to his Valour Col. Tho. Morgan of Weston in Warwicksh slain at Newb. first battel he raised a Regiment of Horse