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<PB N="917" REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>AN ACT FOR The &s;etting apart a Day of publique Thank&s;|giving, to be kept on Friday the 26^t^h of this in&s;tant JULY: Together with a Declaration &amp; Narrative, Expre&s;sing the <HI>GROVNDS &amp; REASONS</HI> thereof.</HEAD>
<P>_THe mighty Wonders that God hath wrought in and for <HI>Eng|land,</HI> and the multitude of Mercies with which he hath followed the PARLIAMENT throughout, in this great Cau&s;e which they have under|taken, for A&s;&s;erting and Re|covery of their Ju&s;t Rights and Liberties, with the E&s;ta|bli&s;hment of Truth and Righteou&s;ne&s;s, are always to be had in thankful Remembrance by us and our Po&s;te|rities, and ought to endear this Commonwealth, after a mo&s;t peculiar maner to &s;eek the Lord, and become a People in whom his Soul may take delight. For he it is that hath removed our &s;houlders from the Burthen, and hath delivered us from Tyranny and Bondage; He hath gone forth with our Armies, and the Weapons that have been formed again&s;t us, He hath not &s;uffered to pro|&s;per. A mo&s;t eminent Example of this His Grace and Goodne&s;s to us, we have occa&s;ion at this time to Cele|brate
<PB N="918" REF="2">in re&s;pect of <HI>Ireland,</HI> where God hath not onely be|gun his &s;aving and delivering Work, to our Admiration, and the A&s;toni&s;hment of all our Enemies, but hath al|mo&s;t made an end, and that in a mo&s;t glorious and remarkable maner; &s;o as we may truly &s;ay, The Lord hath &s;oon &s;ubdued our Enemies in that Nation, and turned his hand again&s;t our Adver&s;aries; <HI>The haters of the Lord have been found lyars, and have not been able to stand in the day of Battel;</HI> but tho&s;e Cruel and Blood|thir&s;ty men have had his ju&s;t Vengeance &s;o &s;ea&s;onably poured out upon them, that the Innocent Blood of the many Thou&s;ands Prote&s;tants there &s;lain &s;ince this Re|bellion, hath been Revenged and Puni&s;hed upon the prime and eminent Actors of it. God (that <HI>is un|&s;earchable in his Councels, and in his ways pa&s;t finding out</HI>) having called them to a &s;trict Accompt, and <HI>given them blood to drink,</HI> of which they were worthy, <HI>that all Nations may fear before him,</HI> and take heed how they &s;et them&s;elves again&s;t him and his People. It is as yet very little more then Twelve Moneths, when <HI>Dublin</HI> and <HI>London-derry</HI> were the onely con&s;iderable places in all <HI>Ireland,</HI> that remained under the Power of the Parliament; and tho&s;e were &s;o &s;traightly block'd up and be&s;ieged by powerful Armies of the Enemies, that there was nothing left, but marvellous &amp; extraordinary appearances of God, whereby to &s;et them free, and make pa&s;&s;age, &amp; give footing unto the Army &s;ent la&s;t year from hence for the reduction of that Dominion; who&s;e progre&s;s, by the Ble&s;sing of God, hath been &s;uch, as that neither in Field nor Gari&s;on the Enemy is much con&s;iderable. The particulars of this la&s;t great Mercy given unto the Parliaments Forces under Sir <HI>Charls Coot,</HI> Lord Pre&s;ident of <HI>Connaught,</HI> again&s;t the whole Army of Iri&s;h Rebels in <HI>Vlster,</HI> commanded by the Popi&s;h Bi&s;hop of <HI>Clogher,</HI> have been by an Expre&s;s from the &s;aid Lord Pre&s;ident, certified to the Parliament, and are &s;umm'd up in the Narrative following, and the Letters and Papers them&s;elves herewith, and heretofore printed and made publique.</P>
<PB N="919" REF="2">
<P> IT having plea&s;ed God &s;o to ble&s;s our Armies in <HI>Lem&s;ter</HI> &amp; <HI>Mun&s;ter,</HI> that the enemy dur&s;t no longer keep the Field in tho&s;e parts, The Iri&s;h Rebels (having reduced them|&s;elves into a Body meerly Popi&s;h, putting all Prote&s;tants, of what quality &s;oever, from among&s;t them, and till when, they thought them&s;elves le&s;s capable of Succe&s;s or any Blo&s;sing) look'd upon the Province of <HI>Vl&s;ter</HI> as the fitte&s;t Refuge for their pre&s;ervation and &s;ub&s;i&s;tence, where the Parliaments Forces lay &s;cattered in &s;malle&s;t propor|tion, and (as the nature of that large Countrey required) at greate&s;t di&s;tances, and where the Countrey was well-near wholly at their Devotion, the Papi&s;ts (which in tho&s;e parts are the mo&s;t zealous, and therefore the fir&s;t in the Rebellion, and mo&s;t bloody in the Execution) upon their own account entirely, and the Scots upon their Kings, by who&s;e Authority, and for who&s;e Service this Army was rai&s;ed; and therefore as by the la&s;t years ex|perience they were &s;ure of the Scots upon that Common Intere&s;t, &s;o for their encouragement now, they did by many Declarations di&s;per&s;t among&s;t the Scots, a&s;&s;ure them of Security and Protection, if they continued to own the &s;aid Kings Authority. The&s;e Forces, which upon the death of <HI>Owen Roe O Neal,</HI> were de&s;titute of a Comman|der, were &s;upplied with <HI>Ever mac Mahon</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Clogher,</HI> by Commi&s;sion from <HI>Ormond,</HI> Authorized thereunto by <HI>Charls Stuart,</HI> Elde&s;t Son to the late King, into who&s;e Service and Protection they were taken, by a Treaty mentioned in the &s;aid Commi&s;sion it &s;elf of the &s;aid <HI>Or|monds,</HI> herewith Printed.</P>
<P>This is that Army, which while it was under the Con|duct of <HI>Owen Roe</HI> the la&s;t year, did occa&s;ion &s;ome jealou|&s;ies and reproaches upon the Proceedings of this pre&s;ent Parliament, as if they had been taken into their Service, and that &s;uch bloody Rebels &s;hould have been made u&s;e of again&s;t the Prote&s;tant Party of Engli&s;h and Scots, then under the Command of <HI>Ormond</HI> and <HI>Monroe,</HI> that had
<PB N="920" REF="3">declared them&s;elves again&s;t the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> as Sectaries, and Murtherers of the late King: And great u&s;e was made thereof by Mini&s;ters and others, not affect|ed to this pre&s;ent Government, to alienate the mindes of men from their duty to this Parliament, and foment new Di&s;tractions and Divi&s;ions among&s;t us. But as we did then in the &s;ight of God and &s;incerity of our hearts, vin|dicate our innocency in reference to any &s;uch De&s;igns, as by the Votes we then pa&s;&s;ed doth appear; &s;o the vigorous and con&s;tant oppo&s;ition all along maintained again&s;t them, and the thorow execution now done by our For|ces upon them, gives an undenyable evidence of our clearne&s;s therein, and leaves to future Ages, the marks of our ju&s;t Indignation again&s;t them. This Army pro|vided of this General about the end of <HI>May</HI> la&s;t, fell down into Sir <HI>Charls Coot</HI>'s Quarters, and pre&s;ently took by &s;torm a place upon the Frontier of <HI>Vlster,</HI> called <HI>Dunge|ven,</HI> where they put all to the Sword, except the Gover|nor, whom they &s;ent dangerou&s;ly wounded to <HI>Charle|mont;</HI> from thence they marched to <HI>Bally</HI> Ca&s;tle, which was pre&s;ently &s;urrendred to them without oppo&s;ition, by the treachery of &s;ome therein. The&s;e &s;ucce&s;&s;es exceed|ingly puft up the Rebels, and made them con&s;iderable, not in their own eyes onely, but to the judgement of <HI>Ormond, Clanrikard,</HI> and the re&s;t of their Party, who therefore advi&s;e their General, by all means to keep off from putting things to the hazard of a Battel, having hopes upon this foundation, and by the well managing of this &s;o well begun Succe&s;s, to recover again, not onely their late Intere&s;t in, but the whole Dominion of <HI>Ire|land:</HI> For though the Army in effective force did not con|&s;i&s;t of above Six hundred Hor&s;e and Four thou&s;and Foot, yet they were reckoned Fourteen Regiments of Foot, and had Officers of all degrees proportionable to that number, which by their Intere&s;t in the Countrey as afore&s;aid, and by the countenance of the&s;e &s;ucce&s;sful be|ginnings, they might rea&s;onably promi&s;e them&s;elves; &amp; by
<PB N="921" REF="3">them upon the place it is belived, that within a very few days they would have gathered in a force of Soldiers, an|&s;werable to tho&s;e Officers: In the mean time, all the force that the Lord Pre&s;ident of <HI>Connaught</HI> could draw into the Field to re&s;i&s;t this powerful inroad (leaving the Gari|&s;ons tollerably provided for) was but Eighteen hundred Foot, and Six hundred Hor&s;e, whereof One thou&s;and Foot came up to him under Colonel <HI>Fenwick,</HI> but three days before he engaged the Enemy: But <HI>England</HI> may &s;ay as well as I&s;rael, <HI>It is as ea&s;ie with the Lord to &s;ave with few as with many;</HI> who was plea&s;ed to put &s;uch zeal and cou|rage into the Soldiers of the Parliament, that on the One and twentieth of June la&s;t, they marched up to|wards this Army (&s;o exceeding them in number, and heightned Re&s;olution by late &s;ucce&s;&s;es) as it lay Encamp|ed near <HI>Letterkenny</HI> upon the &s;ide of a Mountain, in|acce&s;sible either for Hor&s;e or Foot; upon &s;ight of which, the Enemy drew forth upon a piece of ground (being in|deed inticed thereunto by the giving back of &s;ome of our Forlorn-Hopes (ordered for that purpo&s;e &s;o to do) and though that ground were extreamly bad, yet it plea&s;ed God to put it into the hearts of our Forces, with that &s;mall Body to advance towards them, where they pre|&s;ently engaged them, and by the wonderful ble&s;sing of God, after an hours hot di&s;pute, even to pu&s;h of Pike, with great re&s;olution on both &s;ides, the Enemy was to|tally Routed, many of them killed upon the place, and the Execution pur&s;ued ten or eleven Miles every way that night; &s;o as the number computed to be &s;lain that day in the pur&s;uit, and the next day, was Three thou&s;and at the lea&s;t, in which Action were &s;lain and taken Pri&s;oners mo&s;t of their Officers, from, the highe&s;t to the lowe&s;t, few e&s;caping; and many of the Heads of the principal Septs or Families in that Countrey of the old Iri&s;h Rebels, &s;ome of whom are &s;ince Executed, and their Heads &s;et upon the Walls of <HI>London-Derry,</HI> for the terror of others, and as Monuments of Gods goodne&s;s in their over|throw,
<PB N="922" REF="4">the mo&s;t con&s;iderable of all which, &s;o far as they were then di&s;covered and known, are &s;et forth in the Li&s;t herewith printed. There were al&s;o taken in that glorious Day, all their Arms, Ammunition; Colours, Bag and Baggage, and mo&s;t of their Hor&s;e; and though their General the Bi&s;hop got off with a Party, yet he was met with (&s;o &s;ure doth Divine Ju&s;tice pur&s;ue, and overtake the men of Blood) and taken by Major <HI>King</HI> and his Troops near <HI>Eniskellen,</HI> who&s;e Head was al&s;o &s;ent for by Sir <HI>Charls,</HI> to accompany the re&s;t of his wicked Ac|complices at <HI>Derry.</HI> In this day of <HI>Vl&s;ters</HI> Danger and Di&s;tre&s;s, it might rea&s;onably have been expected, That the Scots (who notwith&s;tanding their general defection from the Parliament to the contrary Party the la&s;t year, had yet enjoyed Peace and Protection from us) would have come out again&s;t this perfectly-Popi&s;h Army, and <HI>help the</HI> LORD <HI>again&s;t the mighty;</HI> but &s;uch was their in|gratitude, and &s;o great their hatred to them whom they term Sectaries, above what they bear to the wor&s;t of Pa|pi&s;ts, and the mo&s;t bloody Rebels, as that they &s;ate Neu|tral all the while, as re&s;erving them&s;elves to declare, and fal in with the Conqueror, which they al&s;o did accordingly.</P>
<P>In all this Bu&s;ine&s;s, the lo&s;s on our &s;ide was very &s;mall, &s;o mercifully <HI>did the</HI> LORD <HI>cover the heads of his &s;ervants in the day of Battel;</HI> &s;o as onely Captain <HI>Sloper</HI> of Colonel <HI>Venables</HI> Regiment, with eleven or twelve private Soldiers, were &s;lain, and Colonel <HI>Fenwick,</HI> Major <HI>Gore,</HI> Captain <HI>Gore,</HI> and an En&s;ign, with &s;ome few others, wounded: And it is a thing mo&s;t worthy Ob&s;ervation, That tho&s;e who fir&s;t began the Rebellion in that very Countrey of <HI>Vl&s;ter,</HI> and where they executed mo&s;t Cruelty and In|humanity, &s;hould be re&s;erved for Gods Vengeance to be poured out upon them in that place; &s;o that we may ju&s;tly &s;ay, <HI>Who is a</HI> GOD <HI>like our</HI> GOD, <HI>our enemies them|&s;elves being Iudges!</HI> To him alone therefore be the Prai&s;e and the Glory.</P>
<P>Nor was this great Mercy more Wonderful then Sea|&s;onable,
<PB N="925" REF="4">in regard of the terms wherein we &s;tand to <HI>Scot|land,</HI> and the Nece&s;sity of our Armies marching thither, among&s;t other things, for pur&s;uing the Head of this Ar|my of Popi&s;h and Iri&s;h Rebels, CHARLS STUART, Elde&s;t Son of the late King, who being beaten out from his Confidences and Intimacies with the Popi&s;h Army in <HI>Ireland,</HI> by the wonderful Succe&s;s which God hath been plea&s;ed to give our Army this year and the la&s;t, hath now no other Refuge left him but <HI>Scotland,</HI> where his hopes are (<HI>Montro&s;s</HI> al&s;o having run out his cour&s;e, upon who&s;e A&s;si&s;tance 'tis known he mo&s;t affectionately de|pended) to do that by Stratagem and Deceit, with the Reformed Party, which he could not carry on by Force and Power, by means of the Popi&s;h Rebels, and purely Malignant Party; And thinks now, under the fair Vi|zard of Reformation and the Covenant (which he hath &s;wallowed, like ill-plea&s;ing Phy&s;ick, for a de&s;perate Cure) to rai&s;e up a Party for him&s;elf in this Nation al&s;o, for the Rooting up this pre&s;ent Government, and with it the Engli&s;h Liberty, Purcha&s;ed at &s;o high a Rate, and what|ever el&s;e is near and dear to hone&s;t and good men: But the &s;ame God, who is mighty in Strength, and al&s;o wi&s;e in heart, and having &s;hewn him&s;elf in Power to &s;ubdue open Enemies, will not &s;uffer his Arm to be &s;hortned, in his going forth again&s;t Hypocrites and fal&s;e Friends, that he in all may be glorified, and his Prai&s;e &s;pread abroad throughout the whole Earth.</P>
<P><HI>UPon con&s;ideration of all which, together with the taking of</HI> Trecroghan <HI>about the &s;ame time, and other pro&s;perous proceed|ings of our Forces in</HI> Ireland, <HI>The Parliament, for manife&s;tation of their high and extraordinary Sen&s;e of &s;o &s;ignal and &s;ea&s;onable Mercies, have thought it &s;it, and their duty, to &s;et apart a time for publique and &s;olemn Thank&s;giving, to be rendred to the Lord, the Author of the&s;e Mer|cies:
<PB N="924" REF="5">And they do therefore Enact and Ordain, That</HI> Friday <HI>the Twenty &s;ixth of</HI> July, <HI>be ob&s;er|ved and kept as a Day of publique and holy Re|joycing and Thank&s;giving to the Lord, in all the Churches and Chappels, and places of Divine wor&s;hip within this Commonwealth of</HI> England, <HI>Dominion of</HI> Wales, <HI>and Town of</HI> Berwick <HI>upon</HI> Tweed; <HI>And that the Mini&s;ters of the re&s;pective Pari&s;hes and places afore&s;aid, be, and hereby they are Required and Enjoyned to give notice on the Lords-Day next preceding the &s;aid Twenty &s;ixth of</HI> July, <HI>of the day &s;o to be ob&s;erved; to the end the People of their &s;everal Congrega|tions may the more generally and diligently at|tend the publique Exerci&s;es of Gods Wor&s;hip and Service there to be di&s;pen&s;ed upon that occa&s;ion; At which time, that the People may be the more particularly and fully informed of this great Deliverance and Succe&s;s, the &s;aid Mini&s;ters are hereby Required, and (under the Penalty &s;et down in the</HI> Re&s;olves of Parliament <HI>of the Ninth day of</HI> July, <HI>One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty nine) En|joyned to publi&s;h and reade this pre&s;ent Act and Declaration. And for the better ob&s;ervation of the day, the Parliament doth hereby inhibit and for|bid the holding or u&s;e of all Fairs, Markets, and &s;ervile works of mens ordinary Callings upon that day: And all Majors, Sheriffs, Iu|&s;tices of Peace, Con&s;tables, and other Offi|cers, be, and are hereby Enjoyned to take e&s;pe|cial care of the due ob&s;ervance of the &s;aid day of Thank&s;giviving accordingly.</HI></P>
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<PB N="925" REF="5">
<HEAD>A LIST OF Such Officers and Soldiers of the Army Com|manded by the Tituler Bi&s;hop of <HI>Clogher,</HI> Commander in Chief of the Army of the Iri&s;h Rebels, as were &s;lain and taken in the Fields of <HI>Scarfollis</HI> the 21^t^h of June, 1650. and upon the Pur&s;uit being known to our ARMY.</HEAD>
<P>THe Bi&s;hop of <HI>Clogher</HI> Pri|&s;oner.</P>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Killed.</HEAD>
<ITEM>The Lord of <HI>Eniskellen,</HI> Col.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Bi&s;hop of <HI>Down.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shane O Cane</HI> Major General.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Henry Roe O Neil</HI> Gen. <HI>O Neil</HI> his Son Colonel of Hor&s;e.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nice mac Collehittagh</HI> Colonel.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hugh mac Guier</HI> Colonel.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Phelemy mac Tool O Neal</HI> Col.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hugh mac Maghan</HI> Colonel.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Lieut: Colonels killed,</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Torlogh O Boyle.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shane mac Donnel.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shane mac Donnel.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>James O Donnally.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shane O Haggan</HI> pri&s;oner.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Henry O Neil</HI> pri&s;oner.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Quarterm. Gen. <HI>Saxton</HI> pri&s;oner.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Phelemy O Neal</HI> Adjutant Gen.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Torlogh O Neal</HI> Adjutant Gen.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Majors,</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Phelemy O Neal.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Donnel O Neal.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Emer mac Guillon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John mac Guier.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Captains of Hor&s;e killed,</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Artoge O Neal.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Coll mac Maghan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mull Holland.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>O Guire.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Farrel.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Captains of Foot,</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Stewart.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fergus Farrel.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bryan O Neal.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Owen O Guire.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>George Ru&s;&s;el.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>James mac Cartain.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Patrick O Connally.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Donnel mac Guier.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Gollagher.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bryan mac Gill.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Teige oge mac Hugh.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mac oge O Guine.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cormache O Mullan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Henry Benalds.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Conagher.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Three Prie&s;ts and Fryars killed.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>With &s;everal other Field-Officers, Captains, Lieutenants, En&s;igns, which we know not; and Three thou&s;and private Soldiers, with all their Ammunition, Colours, Arms, Bag and Baggage.</P>
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<PB N="926" REF="6">
<HEAD>A Copy of the Commi&s;sion under the Hand and Seal of the Lord <HI>Ormond</HI> to the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Clogher;</HI> The Original whereof was taken, and &s;ent over to the Parliament.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>James <HI>Marquis of</HI> Ormond, <HI>Earl of</HI> Ormond <HI>and</HI> O&s;&s;ory, <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Thurles, <HI>Lord Baron of</HI> Arclo, <HI>Lord Lieutenant General, and Ge|neral Governor of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>Chancellor of the Uni|ver&s;ity of</HI> Dublin, <HI>and Knight of the mo&s;t Noble Order of the Garter.</HI></SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Our Tru&s;ty and Welbeloved, Bi&s;hop <HI>Ever mac Mahon. ORMOND.</HI></SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>WHereas upon the Treaty with General <HI>Owen O Neile</HI> de|cea&s;ed, it was (among&s;t other particulars) concluded and agreed upon, That in ca&s;e of the death or removal of him, &s;uch other General, or Commander in chief, &s;hould be au|thorized by Commi&s;&s;ion from us, to Command his Maje&s;ties Forces of the Province of <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> Natives of the Kingdom, as &s;hould be by general con&s;ent of the Gentry of that Province elected and made choyce of for the &s;ame. And whereas in a general meeting, lately held by the &s;aid Gentry for that purpo&s;e, it was agreed upon, and &s;o repre|&s;ented unto us, That you &s;hould exerci&s;e that Command over the &s;aid forces: We therefore, upon con&s;ideration thereof, and of the Care, Iudgement, Valor and Experience in Martial affairs, as al&s;o of the readine&s;s and good affections of you, to do his Maje&s;ty good and ac|ceptable &s;ervice, Have nominated and appointed, and we do hereby nominate and appoint you the &s;aid Bi&s;hop <HI>Ever mac Mahon,</HI> to be Ge|neral of all his Maje&s;ties &s;aid forces of hor&s;e and foot of the Province of <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> Natives of the Kingdom; Giving hereby unto you the &s;aid Bi&s;hop <HI>Ever mac Mahon,</HI> full power and authority to take the &s;aid charge and employment upon you, and the &s;aid forces and every of them to lead and command, according to the u&s;e and Di&s;cipline of War, and &s;uch further Order and In&s;tructions, as you &s;hall from time to time receive from us, or other his Maje&s;ties chief Governor or Governors of this Kingdom for the time being in that behalf; Willing, and hereby requiring all the Officers, Troopers and Soldiers of the &s;aid forces, to obey you as their General, and to be at and perform your Commands, as they &s;hall i&s;&s;ue unto them upon all occa&s;ions of his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice, as they will an&s;wer the contrary.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>In witne&s;s where|of we have Signed this your Commi&s;&s;ion, and cau&s;ed our Seal of Arms to be thereunto affixed at <HI>Loghreogh</HI> <DATE>the fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> 1650.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Jovis, 11 Julii, 1650.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, <HI>That this Act, together With the Li&s;t of the Officers and Soldiers &s;lain and taken, and the Commi&s;&s;ion to the Popi&s;h Bi&s;hop of</HI> Clogher, <HI>be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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