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<P>BY THE GENERALL ASSEMBLY OF THE CONFEDERATE CATHOLIQVES OF IRELAND METT AT THE CITTIE OF KILKENNY THE TENTH DAY OF IANVARY <HI>Co.</HI> Anno Domini 1646.</P>
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<P>IT is ordered that the Oath of A&s;&s;ociatio~ with the addition thereunto made by this A&s;&s;em|bly in maner as the &s;ame hereafter followeth shalbe <HI>de nouo</HI> taken, and &s;worne by the mem|bers of this A&s;&s;embly and all others of the Confederate Catholickes.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Ex. per Philippum Kearnie Gen. Com. Hiberniae Cler.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed at Kilkenny in the yeare, 1646.</P>
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<P><HI>I A. B.</HI> Doe promi&s;e, &s;weare, and prote&s;t, before God and his Saints and his Angells that I will during my life beare true faith and alleageance to my Souue|raine lord Charles by the Grace of God King of great Britaine, France, and Ireland and to his heires and lawfull &s;ucce&s;&s;ors, and that I wil to my power during my life defend, uphold and maintaine all his and theire iust prerogatiues, E&s;tates, and rights, the power, and priuiledges of the Parliament of this realme, the fun|damentall lawes of Ireland, the free exerci&s;e of the Roman Catholique faith and Religion throughout this land, and the liues, iu&s;t liberties, po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, Estates and rights of all tho&s;e that haue taken or shall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> this oath and performe the contents thereof. And that I will obey and ratifie all the orders, and decrees ma|de, and to be made by the Supreame Councell of the Confederat Catholiques of this Kingdome concer|ning the &s;aid publique Cau&s;e, and that J will not &s;eeke or receiue directly or indirectly any pardon or pro|tection for any Act don, or to be don touching this Generall cau&s;e, with out the con&s;ent of the Maior part of the &s;aid Councell, And that I will not directly or indirectly doe any Act or Acts that shall preiudice the &s;aid Cau&s;e but will to the hazard of my life and e&s;|tate a&s;&s;ist, pro&s;ecute, and maintaine the &s;ame. More|ouer I doe further &s;weare, that I will not accept of,
<PB N="3" REF="2" MS="y">of &s;ubmitte unto any peace made, or to be made, with the &s;aid Confederat Chatholiques with out the con&s;ent and approbation of the Generall A&s;&s;embly of the &s;aid Confederat Catholiques, and for the pre&s;eruation and &s;treingthning of the A&s;&s;ociation, and Vnion of this Kingdome that upon any Peace or Accomodation to be made or concluded with the &s;aid Confederat Ca|tholiques as afore &s;aid I will to the uttermost of my po|wer in&s;ist upon and maintaine the en&s;ueing propo|&s;itions, untill a peace as afore&s;aid be made, and the mat|ters to be agreed upon in the Articles of Peace be established and secured by Parliament. Soe helpe me God and his holy Go&s;pell.</P>
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<HEAD>THE PROPOSITIONS <HI>MENTIONED IN THE Fore&s;aid</HI> Oath.</HEAD>
<P>FIr&s;t that the Roman Catholiques of both Cleargie and layty in there &s;euerall Capa|cities, haue the free and publique exerci&s;e of the Roman Catholique Religion and Function throughout the Kingdome in as full lu&s;tre and &s;plendor, as it was in the Raigne of King Henry the &s;eauenth, or any other Catholique Kinge, his predece<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="4 letters">s Kings of England, and Lords of Ireland <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ther in Ireland or in En|gland.</P>
<P N="2">2. Secondly <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> the <HI>&s;ecular Cleargie</HI> of Ire|land videz. Prima<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters"> <HI>Archbi&s;&s;hops, Bishops,</HI> Ordi|naries, Deanes, Deanes and Chapters, Archdea|cons, Prebendaries and other Dignitaries, and all other Pa&s;tors of the &s;ecular Cleargie, and theire re&s;pectiue &s;ucce&s;&s;ors shall haue and enioye all and all manner of Iuri&s;dictions, priuiledges and immunities in as full and ample manner as the Roman Catholique &s;ecular Clergie had or inioyed the &s;ame within this
<PB N="5" REF="3" MS="y">Realme at any tyme during the Raigne of the late Kinge Henry the &s;eauenth, &s;ometimes King of England and Lord of Ireland, any lawe, declaration of lawe &s;tatute, power, or Au|thority what &s;oeuer to the Contrary not with|&s;tanding.</P>
<P N="3">3. Thirdly that all lawes and &s;tatutes made &s;ince the twentieth yeare of King Henry the Light whereby any re&s;trainte penaltie or other re&s;triction what&s;oeuer, is, or may be layed vpon any of the Roman Catholiques either of the Cleargie or of the Layty for &s;uch theire free exerci&s;e of the Roman Catholique Reli|gion within this Kingdome and of theire &s;e|uerall functions, Iuri&s;dictions, and priuiledges may be repealed, renewed and declared voyde in the next Parliament, by one or more Acts of Parliament, to be pa&s;t therein.</P>
<P N="4">4. That the Primats Arch Bishops, Bishops Ordinaries, Deanes, Deanes and Chapters, Ar|chdeacons, Chancelors Trea&s;urers Chanters Prouo&s;ts Wardens of Collegiat Churches Pre|bendaries and other Dignitaries, Par&s;ons Vicars and other Pa&s;tors of the Roman Catholique &s;ecular Cleargie, and theire re&s;pectiue &s;ucce&s;|&s;ors shall haue, hold, and enioye all the Chur|ches,
<PB N="6" REF="4" MS="y">and Church liuings in as large and ample manner, as the late prote&s;tant Cleargie re&s;pec|tiuely enioyed the &s;ame on the first day of October in the yeare of our Lord <HI>God 1641.</HI> to|gether with all the profits, emoluments, perqui|&s;its, liberties, and other rights to theire re&s;pec|tiue Seas and Churches belonging as well in all places now in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Confede|rat Catholiques as al&s;oe in all other places that shalbe recouered by the &s;aid Confederat Ca|tholiques, from the aduer&s;e party within this Kingdome, &s;auing to the Roman Catholique Layty theire re&s;pectiue rights, according the lawes of the Land.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Ex. per Philippum Kearnie Gen. Com. Hiberniae Cler.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CONFEDERAT CATHOLICKS OF IRELAND</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas the Confederat Roman Ca|tholicks of Ireland, haue beene for|ced to take Armes for the nece&s;&s;ary defence and pre&s;eruation of their Religion, plotted, and by many fowle practi&s;es endea|uored to be quite &s;uppre&s;&s;ed by the Puritan faction, as al&s;o for the defence &s;afeguard and maintenance of his Maie&s;ties regall power, iu&s;t prerogatiues, and rights inuaded vpon by the maligna~t Parliamentary partie of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and for the pre&s;erua|tion of the Relligion, liues, liberties po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions e&s;tates, and rights of the &s;aid Confederat Ca|tholiques, haue to that effect heretofore ta|ken an Oath of A&s;&s;ociation in declaration, and firme binding of a reall and vnanimous vni|on among them for the effects afore&s;aid. Now
<PB N="12" REF="5" MS="y">for a&s;much as this generall A&s;&s;embly vpon &s;ome late di&s;tractions happened, haue thought fit to take and accordingly haue taken (with an addition thereunto made by this ho|w&s;e) the &s;aid Oath of A&s;&s;ociation <HI>de Nouo</HI> It is there fore this day ordered that all and euery per&s;on, and per&s;ons of the Confederat Catho|liques with in the Kingdome of Ireland, and all other per&s;on or per&s;ons that shall hereafter adheare vnto their partie, as a Confederat, shall for the better a&s;&s;urance of their adhea|ring fidellity and con&s;tancie to the publick cau&s;e take <HI>de Nouo</HI> the &s;aid Oath with the ad|dition thereunto made by this general A&s;&s;|embly, and any per&s;on or per&s;ons of the Com|federat Catholiques afore&s;aid, of what degree, condition, or quality, what &s;oeuer failing or refu&s;ing to take the &s;ame to be deemed and reputed a traytor and hereby is declared a tray|tor to God, his King, and countrey, and as a per&s;on marked with that odious taynte to be proceeded again&s;t, and dealt with all, and to the ende noe man might pretend ignorance of the Oath a fore&s;aid, or want of tender of the &s;ame vnto him. It is further ordered that all Superiours of the &s;ecular Cleargie shall cau&s;e
<PB N="13" REF="5" MS="y">all tho&s;e vnder their power, and within their re&s;pectiue di&s;tricts, Dioce&s;&s;es, and Iuri&s;dictions to take the Oath afore&s;aid, in mannner follow|ing, videlicet that euery Parish Prie&s;t admini&s;t|er the &s;ame in his and theire re&s;pectiue Chur|ches, or other publike place, to be appointed by &s;uch parish prie&s;t throughout the kingdome, and euery per&s;on of ranke and quallity within euery &s;uch parish to &s;igne a~d &s;ub&s;cribe his name adding therto the place of his habitation in a Roll of parchment to that Oath, which Rolle the &s;aid Parish Prie&s;t is hereafter to retourne &s;igned likewi&s;e and &s;ealed by him &s;elfe to the Ordinary of the dioce&s;s wherein the &s;aid Parish lyeth, whoe is to keepe the &s;ame in his Trea&s;ury, and to tran&s;mit and certi|fie a true Copie thereof with in three mone|thes next en&s;ueing vnto the office of the Clear|ke of the Generall A&s;&s;embly vnder his Epi&s;copale &s;eale, there to be kept, and the like cour&s;e the Regulars for tho&s;e vnder the ir rule are to ob&s;erue, And eache Generall or other Commander in chiefe appointed or to be appointed to conduct or leade any Army or Armies vnder the power of the Confederat Catholiques, and all and euery Collonell, Captaine, or other officer, and his
<PB N="14" REF="6" MS="y">and their re&s;pectiue vnder officers is to take the &s;aid Oath, which Oath the Chaplaine Ma|ior of &s;uch Army or Armies is a&s;well vnto them as vnto all others the officers and Com|manders of &s;uch Armie or Armies, where of hee is Chaplaine, and vnto all the &s;oldiours in &s;uch army re&s;pectiuely to admini&s;ter, re|tourning in manner as before expre&s;&s;ed rolles of the names of tho&s;e that shall take the &s;aid, Oath, adding their names the place of their habitation re&s;pectiuely as a fore&s;aid, And it is further ordered that all and euery Magi&s;trat and officer a&s;well with in Citties and Townes Corporat, as likewi&s;e all manner of officers of what name condition or degree either in the Marshall or Ciuill Li&s;t with in the Quarters of the Co~federat Catholiques shall vpo~ the taking of any &s;uch imployement &s;weare and take the Oath of A&s;&s;ociation afore&s;aid other wi&s;e not to be admitted in any &s;uch publick tru&s;t or im|ployment And all and euery Magi&s;trat or other officer of what nature, name or condition what &s;oeuer already in authority, or intru&s;ted from the Confederat Catholiques in any imploy|ment either Ciuil or Martiall that shal faile or-refu&s;e to take the Oath afore&s;aid to be imedi|atly vpon &s;uch refu&s;all di&s;placed, and put
<PB N="15" REF="6" MS="y">from Commaund, power, office, or imploy|ment, among the &s;aid Confederat Catholiques, and to be treated with and proceeded again&s;t as an enemy in manner as before declared. And fora&s;much as grieuous and daily com|plaintes are made again&s;t the Commanders and officers of the Army for their contempts and di&s;obedience to the orders of &s;uch as are placed in authority, or in the gouernement of the Kingdome, to preuent the like in the future, by the tye and obligation of obedience, by the afore&s;aid Oath impo&s;ed. It is further ordered that noe manner of Commander of what de|gree &s;oeuer in any the Army, or Armies of the Kingdome, shall receiue or be paid either for any pa&s;t arreares or future meanes, to accrue from the publique, vnto him or them re&s;pecti|uely, vntill &s;uch Commaunder or Comman|ders Officers or officer doe produce his and their certificat re&s;pectiuely of taking the Oath afore&s;aid. And it is further ordered and decla|red that no per&s;on or per&s;ons of what degree or qualitie &s;o euer shal be admitted to &s;ue, implea|de or shall haue any other Iudgment, &s;entence, or decree in any Court or Courts Iudicature or Iudicatures what &s;oeuer, either spirituall, or temporall, with in the Quarters of the Confe|derat
<PB N="16" REF="7" MS="y">Catholiques before &s;uch per&s;on or per|&s;ons fir&s;t take the &s;aid Oath of A&s;&s;ociation, and that they not taking or refu&s;ing to take the &s;aid Oath of A&s;&s;ociation, shal be a &s;ufficient plea in Barr, and shall abate the &s;uite or &s;ui|tes of any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, And the Superiours and other per&s;ons afore|&s;aid of &s;ecular and regular Cleargie intru&s;ted to admini&s;ter the &s;aid Oath of A&s;&s;ociation, and to returne rolls as before declared, are in|ioyned as they Tender the Publique good of Ireland and of the Catholique cause, duly and effectually to pursue and obserue the contents of this order, and lea&s;t heere in they or any of them shoulde proue negligent, tho&s;e to be in|tru&s;ted in authority and with the gouernment of the Kingdome by this A&s;&s;embly are vpon &s;uch failer, by i&s;&s;uing of Commi&s;&s;ions to &s;uch whom they shall thinke fit to tru&s;t, or by &s;o|me other meanes to pre&s;cribe a Cour&s;e, whe|reby the &s;aid Oath of A&s;&s;ociation shal be ge|nerally taken by all the Co~federat Catholiques of Ireland in manner as before expre&s;&s;ed and declared, Giuen at Kilkeny the 8. of March, 1646.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Ex. per Philippum Kearnie Gen. Com. Hiberniae Cler.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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