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<HEAD>&leaf; A Letter &s;ent from both Hou&s;es of Parliament, to all the High-Sheriffs of this Kingdom, concerning the late Propo&s;itions for <HI>Ireland.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Ma&s;ter Sheriff.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe Lords and Commons being deeply &s;en&s;ible of the un&s;peakable calamities which his Maje&s;ties good Sub|jects of the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland</HI> do now &s;uffer, by the barbarous cruelties and ma&s;&s;acres of the Rebells there, and conceiving the&s;e printed Propo&s;itions herewith &s;ent (being ratified by his Maje&s;ties Royall a&s;&s;ent, and the unanimous approbation of both Hou&s;es of Parliament) do undoubtedly tend to the &s;peedy and effectuall reducing of tho&s;e bloody Rebells, the propagating of the Prote&s;tant Religion, the augmenting of the greatne&s;&s;e and the Revenue of the Crown of <HI>England,</HI> and the e&s;tabli&s;hing of an happy and firm peace for the future in his Maje&s;ties three Kingdoms; and all this to be effected (by Gods gracious a&s;&s;i&s;tance) without the generall charge of the Subject, and to the great advantage of tho&s;e that &s;hall under-write; have thought fit to require you to publi&s;h the&s;e printed Propo&s;itions and In|&s;tructions at this Lent A&s;&s;izes, to the intent that all his Maje&s;ties good people within your Countie, may take notice of the benefit they may receive by under-writing in due time; And that &s;o many of them then pre&s;ent and willing to &s;ub|&s;cribe, may give up a Note of their Names, Sums, and dates of their Sub&s;criptions to you, to be entred in the Paperbook mentioned in the printed In&s;tructions, which is forthwith to be &s;ent unto you. And you are further directed hereby, at this Lent A&s;&s;izes (if they be not pa&s;t) by the advice and a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Ju&s;tices of Peace for your County, then pre|&s;ent, to appoint certain dayes and places mo&s;t convenient for this &s;ervice; when and where your &s;elf, and the Ju&s;tices of Peace within each divi&s;ion, will be pre&s;ent, to receive the Names, Summes, and times of Sub&s;cription, of &s;uch of his Maje&s;ties well-affected Subjects within your Countie as &s;hall not have &s;ub&s;cribed at this Lent A&s;&s;izes, their Names Sums, and times of Sub&s;cription, to be likewi&s;e entred in the Paperbook. And if this Letter come to your hands af|ter the A&s;&s;izes, then to appoint &s;uch times and places as may be&s;t &s;peed this &s;ervice. And further, your &s;elf, and the Ju|&s;tices of Peace, the Mini&s;ters of Gods Word, and per&s;ons of quality within your County, are hereby earne&s;tly de&s;ired to &s;hew them&s;elves active and exemplary in advancing this great and pious work; 'Tis a &s;ervice tending &s;o much to the glory of God, the honour and profit of his Maje&s;tie, and the peace and tranquilitie of his three Kingdoms for the future. And you are likewi&s;e to inform tho&s;e that &s;hall under-write, that the Act of Parliament (which his Maje&s;tie hath promi&s;ed to pa&s;&s;e&punc; for the &s;etling of tho&s;e two Millions and half of Acres) is already in hand, and that the Lands are to be divided &s;o indifferently by Lot among&s;t them that under-write, that no one man, what&s;oever, &s;hall have more re&s;pect or advantage than another, in the divi&s;ion. And la&s;tly, You are to give a &s;peedie account to the Parliament of your proceedings herein, and of tho&s;e that do really advance this &s;ervice. Thus not doubting of your utmo&s;t care and diligence herein, we bid you heartilie farewell.</P>
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<HEAD>The Propo&s;itions.</HEAD>
<P N="1">I That two Millions and an halfe of tho&s;e Acres may be a&s;&s;igned, allotted, and divided among&s;t them after this proportion, <HI>viz.</HI><LB>
<HI>For each adventure of</HI>
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<ITEM>200 li. 1000 <HI>Acres in</HI> Ul&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>300 li. 1000 <HI>Acres in</HI> Conaght.</ITEM>
<ITEM>450 li. 1000 <HI>Acres in</HI> Mun&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>600 li. 1000 <HI>Acres in</HI> Lein&s;ter.</ITEM>
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<P>All according to the Engli&s;h mea&s;ure, and con&s;i&s;ting of Meadow, Arrable, and profitable Pa&s;ture, the Bogs, Woods, and barren Mountaines be|ing ca&s;t in over and above. The&s;e two Millions and a halfe of Acres to be holden in free and common Soccage of the King&punc; as of his Ca&s;tle of <HI>Doublin.</HI></P>
<P N="2">II. That out of the&s;e two Millions and an halfe of Acres, a con&s;tant rent &s;hall be re&s;erved to the Crowne of <HI>England,</HI> after this proportion, <HI>viz</HI><LB>
<HI>Out of each Acre thereof in</HI>
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<ITEM>Ul&s;ter 1^d&mdash;</ITEM>
<ITEM>Conaght 1^d&mdash;ob</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mun&s;ter 2^d&mdash;&abque;</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lein&s;ter. 3^d&mdash;</ITEM>
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<P>Whereby His Maje&s;ties Revenue out of tho&s;e Lands will be much improved, be&s;ides the advantages that He will have by the comming to his ands of all other the Lands of the Rebels, and their per&s;onall e&s;tates, without any charge unto his Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P N="3">III That for the erecting of Mannors, &s;etling of Wa&s;te and Commons, maintaining of Preaching Mini&s;ters, creating of Corporations, and re|gulating of the &s;everall Plantations, one or more Commi&s;&s;ions be hereafter granted by Authority of Parliament.</P>
<P N="4">IV. That Monies for this great occa&s;ion may be the more &s;peedily advanced, All the Undertakers in the City of <HI>London,</HI> and within twenty Miles di&s;trant thereof, &s;hall under-write their &s;everall &s;ums before the twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> 1641. and all within &s;ixty miles of <HI>London,</HI> before the fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> 1642, And the re&s;t of the Kingdom before the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> 1642.</P>
<P N="5">V. That the &s;everall &s;ums to be under-written, &s;hall be paid in at four payments, <HI>viz.</HI> one fourth part within ten dayes after &s;uch under-wri|ting; and the other three parts at three Moneths, three Moneths, and three Moneths: all to be paid into the Chamber of <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P N="6">VI. That for the better &s;ecuring of the &s;aid &s;everall &s;ums accordingly, every one that doth &s;o under-write, &s;hall at the time of his &s;ub&s;cription pay down the twentieth part of the totall &s;um that &s;hall be by him then under-written.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e that the re&s;idue of his fir&s;t fourth part be not paid in to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall be appointed to receive the &s;ame within the ten dayes before limited, then &s;uch party &s;hall not onely forfeit the twentieth part of the &s;um totall formerly depo&s;ited, but &s;o much more of his fir&s;t fourth payment to be added thereunto, as &s;hall make up the one moity of the &s;aid fir&s;t payment. And if the &s;ame per&s;on &s;hall fail in any other of the three payments, he &s;hall then forfeit his entire fir&s;t fourth part, and all the benefit of his &s;ub&s;cription; which forfeiture &s;hall accrue to the com|mon benefit of the re&s;t of the undertakers.</P>
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<P>March 11. <HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Io&s;eph Hun&s;cott.</HI> 1641.</P>
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