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<P><HI>HIS MAJESTIES</HI> DECLARATION And MESSAGE, To the Marquis of <HI>Ormond,</HI> in the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> concerning the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> a&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r,</HI> and the Army under the Command of the L G. <HI>Fairfax.</HI> Wi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">h a da<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">gerous Declaration and Pro|te&s;tation of the &s;aid Marquis, to the K<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ngs mo&s;t &s;acred Ma|je&s;ty and all other his loyall and liege People what&s;oev<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r, and his Art<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">cles, Propo&s;alls, and R<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;olution thereupon, to defend his dread Soveraign.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Signed, ORMOND.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Likewi&s;e, a new Me&s;&s;age from his Excellency, the Lord Gen. <HI>Fairfax,</HI> to the Lord Major, Aldermen, and Comm<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n C<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">un|cell of the City of <HI>London,</HI> on <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> night la&s;t, and their Re&s;ults and Proceedings thereupon.</P>
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<P><HI>London, Printed in the Year,</HI> 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties Me&s;&s;age to the Marques of <HI>Ormond,</HI> concerning the Lord Generall <HI>Fairfax,</HI> and his Army.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>_RIght tru&s;ty and entirely beloved Co&s;in and Coun&s;ellor, wee greet you well,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>whereas we have received &s;everall informations from our two Hou&s;es of Parliament, concerning your proceedings with the Confederate Roman Catholicks in the King|dom of Ireland, (the &s;everall votes and extracts where|of we do herewi h tran&s;mit unto you) and for as much as we are now engaged in a Treatie of Peace with our 2 Hou&s;es, wherein we have made &s;uch large conce&s;&s;ions, as we hope will prove the foundation of a ble&s;&s;ed Peace. And we having con&s;ented by one Article (if the &s;aid Treatie take effect) to intru&s;t the pro&s;ecution and man|nagement of the War in <HI>Ireland,</HI> to the guidance and ad|vice of our 2. Hou&s;es. We have therefore thought fit hereby to require you to de&s;ert from anie farther pro|ceedings upon the matters contain'd in the &s;aid papers. And we expect &s;uch obedience unto this command, that our 2. Hou&s;es de&s;ires may be fullie &s;atisfied.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at <HI>Newport</HI> in the I&s;le of <HI>Wyght,</HI>
<DATE>the 25. of <HI>No|vemb.</HI> in the 24. yeer of our Reign.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>To our right tru&s;ty and well-beloved Cou&s;in and Councellor, Iames Marques of Ormond.</TRAILER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="royal declaration">
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<HEAD>The Declaration of the Marquis of <HI>Ormund.</HI></HEAD>
<P>TO prevent too frequent prejudices incident through jealou&s;ies, di&s;tru&s;ts, and mi&s;-con&s;tructions to all un|dertakings, We account it not the lea&s;t worth of our labours, upon the in&s;tant of our arivall, to prepare this people, who&s;e welfare we contend for, with right un|der&s;tanding of tho&s;e intentions in Us, which in order to his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice, We de&s;ire may terminate in their goods.</P>
<P>To enumerate the &s;everall rea&s;ons by which we were induced (for pre&s;ervation of the Prote&s;tant Religion, and the Engli&s;h intere&s;t) to leave the City of <HI>Dublin,</HI> and other his Maje&s;ties Garri&s;ons then under our power in this Kingdome, in the hands of tho&s;e intru&s;ted by his two Hou&s;es of Parliament, were to &s;et out a narrative in place of a manife&s;t. It may &s;uffice to be known, that tho&s;e tran&s;actions had for one main ground this confi|dence, that being under the power of the hou&s;es, they would upon a happie expected compo&s;ure of affaires in <HI>England,</HI> revert unto, and be reve&s;ted in his Maje&s;ties proper right.</P>
<P>But having found how contrary to the inclinations of the wel affected to his Maje&s;ties re&s;tauration in <HI>England</HI> the power of that Kingdom hath unhappily devolved to hands imployed only in the Art and labour of pluck|ing down, and &s;ubverting the fundamentals of Monar|chie (with whom a pernicious Partie in this Kingdome, doe equally &s;ympathize and co-operate.) And being fil|led with a deepe &s;en&s;e of the duty and obligations that are upon us, &s;trictly to embrace all opportunities of em|ploying our endeavours towards the recovery of his Maje&s;ties ju&s;t rights in any part of his Dominions.</P>
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<P>Having ob&s;erved the Prote&s;tant Armie in the Pro|vince of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> (by &s;peciall providence di&s;covering the arts and practice u&s;ed to entangle the members thereof, in engagements as directlie contrary to their duties towards God and man, as to their intentions and re&s;olutions) to have found means to manife&s;t the can|dor and integritie thereof in a di&s;clamor of any obedi|ence to our concurrence with tho&s;e powers or per&s;ons which have &s;o gro&s;ely varied even their own profe&s;&s;ed principles of pre&s;erving his Maj. per&s;on and rights, by confining him under a mo&s;t &s;trict impri&s;onment, his Maj. al&s;o vouch&s;afing to graciou&s;lie accept the Decla|ration of the &s;aid Army, as an eminent and &s;ea&s;onable expre&s;&s;ion of their fidelitie towards him, and in te&s;ti|monie thereof, having laid his commands upon us, to make our repair unto this Province, to di&s;charge the duties of our place.</P>
<P>We have as well in obedienne thereunto, as in pur|&s;uance of our own dutie, and de&s;ire to advance his Maj. &s;ervice, re&s;olved to evidence our approbation and e|&s;teem of the proceedings of the &s;aid Armie by pub|li&s;hing unto the world our like determination in the &s;ame en&s;uing particulars: And accordinglie we profe&s;&s;e and declare,</P>
<P N="1">1. To improve our utmo&s;t endeavours for the &s;ettle|ment of the Prote&s;tant Religion according to the ex|ample of the be&s;t reformed Churches.</P>
<P N="2">2. To defend the King in his Prerogatives.</P>
<P N="3"><PB N="4" REF="4">3. To maintain the priviledges and freedom of Pail. and the libertie of the Subjects. That in order hereun|to, we &s;hall oppo&s;e to the hazard of our lives, tho&s;e Re|bels of this Kingdom, who &s;hall refu&s;e their obedience to his Maj. upon &s;uch terms as he hath thought fit by us to require it; and we &s;hall endeavour to the utmo&s;t, the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of the <HI>Independant Party,</HI> who have thus fi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rcely laboured the extirpation of the true Pro|te&s;tant Religion, the ruine of our Prince, the di&s;honour of Parl. and the va&s;&s;allage of our fellow Subjects, a|gain&s;t all tho&s;e who &s;hall depend upon them, or adhere unto them. And that this our undertaking might not appear obnoxious to the Trade of <HI>England,</HI> but that we de&s;ire a firm Union and Agreement be pre&s;erved be|twixt us. We do likewi&s;e declare that we will conti|nue free traffique and commerce with all his Maj. good Subjects of <HI>England,</HI> and that we will not in the lea&s;t manner prejudice any of them that &s;hall have recour&s;e to our harbours, either in their bodies, &s;hips or goods, nor &s;hall we take any thing from them without pay|ment of readie monie for the &s;ame, and now, that by his Maj. &s;aid Command, We have proceded to reenter up|on the work of his &s;ervice in this Province, we conceive no higher te&s;timonie can be given of his Maj. accepta|tion, or of the e&s;timation&punc; We bear about us, towards their proceedings, then by re&s;orting unto them in per|&s;on with his Maj. authoritie, and exhibiting unto them the incouragement and &s;atisfaction they may receive in this a&s;&s;urance. That as we bear an e&s;peciall regard to their pre&s;ent undertakings and performances, accom|panied with a reall &s;ence of their former &s;ufferings, So lea&s;t there &s;hould any advantages be derived unto tho&s;e
<PB N="5" REF="4"> who endeavour to improve all opportunities of &s;owing &s;edition, and di&s;tru&s;t by this &s;ugge&s;tion? That the for|mer differences in judgment and opinion, which have induced per&s;ons to &s;erve diver&s;ly under his M<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">j. and the Parl. will occa&s;ion a prejudice or ill re&s;entment to ari&s;e towards &s;uch p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r&s;ons as have not formerly concurred in judgment with others in his Maj. <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ervice: We do de|clare that we are qualified with &s;peciall power and au|thority from his Maj. to a&s;&s;ure them, that no di&s;tincti|on &s;hall be made in any &s;uch con&s;ideration, but that all per&s;ons now intere&s;ted and engaged in this cau&s;e, &s;hall be reflicted upon with equall favour and regard.</P>
<P>And that we &s;hall make it our endeavours to improve and confirme His Maje&s;ties gracious di&s;po&s;ure towards them, as that We will never call to memorie any pa&s;t difference in Opion, Judgement, Action, or Prof<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;ion, to the prejudice of any member of this Armie, or any Per&s;on rela<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ing to it; but on the contrarie, &s;hall be re|die to atte&s;t ou<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> good affection towards them, in the di&s;|charge of &s;uch good Offices as &s;hall be in Our power; In returne whereof, We &s;hall onely expect their per&s;e|verance in their pre&s;ent engagements for his Maje&s;ti<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s Service, with &s;uch allacritie, con&s;tancie, and affection, as may &s;uite with their late Publike Declaration, and Profe&s;&s;ions, To whom We &s;hall in the future u&s;e our utmo&s;t care and diligence to provide for their pre&s;erva|tion from the like hard&s;hips, to tho&s;e they have former|lie undergon; So We have already imploied Our be&s;t indu&s;trie and endeavours for the &s;ettlement of &s;uch a cour&s;e, as we may (with mo&s;t rea&s;on) hope, wil in the&s;e uncertaine times produce a con&s;tant &amp; competent &s;ub|&s;i&s;tence for them, enabling them to make &s;uch a pro|gre&s;&s;e
<PB N="8" REF="5"> in their pre&s;ent undertakings, as may with the great Ends thereof, e&s;tabli&s;h their owne honour and content: Thus much We have thought fit to publi&s;h to the world, to furni&s;h it with an evidence of &s;trong conviction again&s;t Us, if ever we &s;werve (to the be&s;t of our power) from the ju&s;t waies of maintaining the true Prote&s;tant Religion, the honour and Intere&s;t of His Sa|cred Maje&s;tie, the ju&s;t Rights of Parliaments, the Li|berties of the Subjects, and the &s;afetie, quiet, and wel|fare of the People intru&s;ted to Our care.</P>
<P>On <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> night la&s;t, His Excellencie the Lord Generall <HI>Fairefax,</HI> &s;ent a Me&s;&s;age to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Councell of the Citie of <HI>London,</HI> by Scout Ma&s;ter Generall <HI>Pit&s;on,</HI> intimating his de&s;ire, to pre&s;erve the peace and &s;afetie of the &s;aid Citie; and (as is &s;aid) to have the Summe of 40000 l. &s;peedily collected; Whereupon a Common Coun|cell was called, and the re&s;ults was, That all po&s;&s;ible care &s;hould be taken, for the &s;atisfying his Excellen|cies de&s;ires, and keeping a mutuall corre&s;pondencie between the Citie and Armie.</P>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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