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<HEAD>THE King of France's Letter TO THE Earl of Tyrconnel, Found in a Ship Laden with Arms for <HI>Ireland.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>MY LORD,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>AS we are fully Inform'd of the deplorable Misfortunes of our Royal Brother, (His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Great Britain</HI>) and of His In|tentions to Honor Our Court with His Pre&s;ence, till we can Accommodate His Return to His Ungrateful <HI>Country</HI> and <HI>Kingdom,</HI> &s;uitable to His Grandeur and Merit; &s;o we thought it convenient to &s;end You the mo&s;t proper In&s;tructions VVe, and Our Council, could Sugge&s;t, whereby we might render your endeavours as Serviceable and Material as may be for your Royal Ma&s;ter's Intere&s;t. The <HI>Kingdom</HI> of <HI>Ireland</HI> &s;eems, at pre&s;ent, to be your Ma&s;ter's la&s;t <HI>Stake,</HI> and there|fore mu&s;t be managed wi&s;ely; Nor &s;hall you want Opportunity of making the mo&s;t of your Game, &s;ince we are &s;tedfa&s;tly re&s;olv'd to give the Army in <HI>England</HI> &s;uch powerful Diver&s;ion, that we doubt not to render them wholly incapable of turning their Arms towards You: In the mean time, we advi&s;e you to make all the Levies you can; and by no means admit any <HI>Heretical Villains</HI> into the lea&s;t Command, <HI>Civil</HI> or <HI>Military:</HI> VVe have &s;ent you Arms for <HI>Thirty Thou&s;and;</HI> which, with what your &s;elf can &s;upply, will Accouter a Formidable Body of Men, and fully &s;ufficient for the entire Reduction of that <HI>Kingdom.</HI> VVe &s;hall al&s;o take care to furni&s;h you with Money; and, in the mean time, we advi&s;e you to &s;eize, without di&s;tinction, all the <HI>Hereticks</HI> Goods and E&s;tates, which will &s;erve for a pre&s;ent Advance: VVe will al&s;o &s;upply you with &s;ome <HI>Expert Commanders,</HI> and all nece&s;&s;ary <HI>Engines of War;</HI> and for the &s;upply of <HI>Ammunition,</HI> we are Inform'd of your care, in your &s;peedy &s;etting up <HI>Mills</HI> for the making of <HI>Powder, &amp;c.</HI> VVe likewi&s;e advi&s;e you to keep <HI>&s;trong</HI> and <HI>diligent Guards</HI> in all your <HI>Sea-Ports</HI> and <HI>Coa&s;ts;</HI> to &s;et up <HI>Beacons</HI> in convenient places throughout the <HI>Kingdom,</HI> whereby the <HI>Country</HI> may be ready at the lea&s;t <HI>Alarm:</HI> And as we doubt not of the <HI>A&s;&s;i&s;tance</HI> of <HI>God</HI> in &s;o Ju&s;t a <HI>Cau&s;e,</HI> &s;o we may, with all human probability, conclude of the &s;peedy Re-e&s;tabli&s;hment of Our <HI>Royal Brother</HI> in his <HI>Throne &amp; Kingdom.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for T. P. 1688.</P>
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