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<P>A PROCLAMATION publi&s;hed by the Lords Ju&s;tices and Councell OF IRELAND, To annull and make void all Protecti|ons unduly granted to the Rebels by certaine Commi&s;&s;ioners in divers Counties in Vl&s;ter, &amp;c. contrary to their in&s;tructions and the intenti|on of the State.</P>
<P>Printed at <HI>Dublin</HI> by <HI>William Bladen,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and now reprinted at <HI>London</HI> for <HI>Edward Husbands,</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>&leaf; A Proclamation, Publi&s;hed by the Lords Iu&s;tices and Councell of <HI>Ireland,</HI> to annull and make void all Protections unduly granted to the Rebels by certaine Com|mi&s;&s;ioners in divers Counties in <HI>Vl&s;ter</HI> &amp;c. con|trary to their In&s;tructions, and the inten|tion of the State.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>W. Par&s;ons,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Jo. Borla&s;e.</ITEM>
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<P>_WHereas in the beginning of this hideous and dete&s;table Rebel|lion, We the Lords Iu&s;tices and Councell, de&s;irous, if it might be, to give &s;ome &s;udden &s;top there|unto, &s;o to prevent the &s;preading thereof, and the growth of it to that heigth to which it hath &s;ithence ri&s;en, and concei|ving that at that time the multitude was by evill Councell or fal&s;e rumours, &s;edu|ced to partake in that Rebellion, who not knowing the truth and depth of the combination, We did think, could not &s;o wretchedly faile in their duty and loyalty to their mo&s;t gracious King and Sove|raign, as &s;o univer&s;ally to per&s;i&s;t in their
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cour&s;e of di&s;obedience to His Maie&s;ties authority, but would with treatable and faire admonitions, laying before them their great danger and the iniquity of their enterpri&s;e, have returned to their obedience; Wee therefore on the <HI>27</HI> of Oetober la&s;t authori&s;ed divers per&s;ons ot quality and tru&s;t for the &s;everal Coun|ties of Down, Antrim, Armagh, Mo|naghan, Cavan, Tirone, and Ferma|nagh (among&s;t other powers then en|tru&s;ted with them) to parly with the Re|bels, or any of them, and by Proclamati|on, or otherwi&s;e, to proffer his Maie&s;ties grace and mercy to them, or any of them, and to receive &s;uch of them into his Ma|ie&s;ties grace and mercy as &s;hould &s;ubmit them&s;elves and de&s;ire the &s;ame. Yet We held it fit then to accompany the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion with our letters to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, wherein we &s;ignified to them, that although by the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ion we gave them that power, yet wee did then let them know, that for tho&s;e who were chiefe among&s;t the Rebels, and Ring-leaders of the re&s;t to di&s;obedi|ence,
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that we adiudged them le&s;&s;e wor|thy of favour than the others, whom they had mi&s; guided. And therefore for tho&s;e principal per&s;ons we required them to take care not to be too forward (with|out fir&s;t con&s;ulting this Board) in profe|ring or promi&s;ing mercy to tho&s;e, unle&s;&s;e they the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;aw it of great and unavoidable nece&s;&s;ity: which power entru&s;ted by Vs with the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners was then granted, in re|&s;pect of the comuncture of affairs at that tune, and to an&s;wer the then &s;udden ex|tremities in the publike &s;ervice. And wheras we have now received informa|tion that a long time after the &s;aid power entru&s;ted with them, and when the &s;tate <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> the Countrey was far different from <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Condition wherein it &s;tood, at the i&s;|&s;uing of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, and after the generall Con&s;piracy was fully di&s;co|vered; and that the Rebels of all degrees and conditions had with hatefull and bloody ob&s;tinacy declared their purpo&s;e to extirp the Briti&s;h throughout the whole kingdom, without hope of recon|cilement,
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other then by y^e &s;trength of his Maie&s;ties forces; &s;ome of the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners (notwith&s;tanding the premo|nition given them by our &s;aid Letters, &amp; without con&s;ulting this Board therein) have given Protections of late to many of y^e &s;aid Rebels, being principal per&s;ons &amp; Freeholders, which protections are (in &s;undry re&s;pects) found to be a mighty hindrance to his Maie&s;ties &s;ervice in tho&s;e parts, and tending to his Maie|&s;ties lo&s;&s;e and di&s;advantage. And albeit we are informed that tho&s;e per&s;ons &s;o protected, have by their mi&s;-behaviours &s;ince the protections granted to them, violated the expre&s;&s;e, or implyed conditi|ons of all protections, which be&s;ides the un&s;ea&s;onablene&s;&s;e of the granting of them, contrary to the intent of our d<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">+rection in our &s;aid Letters, might iu&s;tly give cau&s;e to have tho&s;e Rebels immedi|ately faln upon and cut off. Yet in regard we who are entru&s;ted here by his Maie|&s;ty for the government of this his King|dom and People, are &s;o tender of his Maie&s;ties honour, as we neither have
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done, nor will do any thing, that by any con&s;truction, can be interpreted a breach of any word given by Vs, or any other authori&s;ed by Vs.</P>
<P>We think fit before we proceed to the iu&s;t correction of tho&s;e Rebels, hereby to publi&s;h &amp; declare, that all the &s;aid Prote|ctions granted &s;ince the fir&s;t of March la&s;t to any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, in the County of Downe, or other Coun|ties above named, &s;hall at the end of ten dayes next after the publi&s;hing of this Proclamation at Down-Patrick or Strangford in the &s;aid County of Down, or at any other publike place in any of the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively &s;tand vo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">d and be annulled, repealed and revoked. And we doe hereby accordingly from and af|ter the &s;aid ten dayes revoke, repeale, make void and annull them, and every of them, to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if they had never been granted, and do or|der that from and after the &s;aid ten daies, they be of no force, nor derive any benefit, protection or &s;ecurity to any of the parties to whom they were &s;o granted. And this
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Proclamation Wee require the Sheriff of the County of Down, and the &s;eve|rall Sheriffs of the &s;aid &s;everall Coun|ties re&s;pectively, to cau&s;e to be proclaimed and publi&s;hed at Down-Patrick and Strangford afore&s;aid, and at &s;ome pub|like places in the &s;aid &s;everall Counties re&s;pectively, that &s;o all per&s;ons whom it may concern may take notice therof, and that hereafter when by the power and Strength of His Maie&s;ties Army the &s;aid Offenders receive due puni&s;hment for their high tran&s;gre&s;&s;ions, they may not have any colour to pretend the lea&s;t breach of word in this Seate or any the Mini&s;ters thereof:</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at his Maje&s;ties Ca&s;tle of Dublin <DATE>the 19 day of Augu&s;t. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<ITEM>La. Dublin.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ormond O&s;&s;ory.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cha. Lambert.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ad. Loftus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>I. Temple.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Lucas.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ia. Ware.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rob. Meredith.</ITEM>
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