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<P> The Earl of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> NEGOTIATIONS And colourable Commitment IN IRELAND DEMONSTRATED: OR THE <HI>IRISH</HI> PLOT For bringing Ten thou&s;and Men and Arms into <HI>England,</HI> whereof Three hundred to be for Prince <HI>CHARLS</HI>'s Lifeguard.</P>
<P>Di&s;covered in &s;everal <HI>Letters</HI> taken in a Packet-boat by Sir <HI>Tho: Fairfax</HI> Forces at <HI>Pad&s;tow</HI> in <HI>Cornwal.</HI></P>
<P>Which Letters were ca&s;t into the Sea, and by the Sea coming in, afterwards regained.</P>
<P>And were read in the Honorable Hou&s;e of <HI>Commons.</HI></P>
<P>Together with divers other LETTERS taken by Captain <HI>Moulton</HI> at Sea near <HI>Milford-Haven</HI> coming out of <HI>Ireland,</HI> concerning the &s;ame Plot and Negotiation.</P>
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<P><HI>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That the&s;e</HI> Letters <HI>be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed:</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">om.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London: Printed for <HI>Edward Husband,</HI> Printer to the Honorable Hou&s;e of Commons. <HI>March</HI> 17. 1645.</P>
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<HEAD>To the Honorable <HI>William Lenthal</HI> Esq; Speaker of the Honorable Hou&s;e of Commons.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THe&s;e inclo&s;ed Letters being brought to my hands by Divine Providence, I held it my duty to &s;peed to you, be|cau&s;e of the great importance of them, and to acquaint you how I came by them.</P>
<P>Having &s;ome Dragoons at <HI>Pad&s;tow,</HI> a Packet Boat from <HI>Ireland</HI> came into the Harbour; The Dragoons pre&s;ently endeavoured to board her; and after &s;ome &s;mall re&s;i&s;tance, wherein the Captain and the Ma&s;ter of the Ve&s;&s;el were &s;lain, they entred, &s;eizing upon one Captain <HI>Allen;</HI> the &s;aid <HI>Allen</HI> threw a Packet and divers loo&s;e Letters over-board, of which, onely the&s;e inclo&s;ed were recovered: I &s;hall &s;end <HI>Allen</HI> with all convenient &s;peed up to you, who&s;e Examination you have al&s;o herewith inclo&s;ed: I finde him to be a dan|gerous and &s;ubtile man; I believe he has much in his brea&s;t which may be got out of him, by rea&s;on he is obnoxious as a Spye, and a man I perceive loves his life &s;o well, that good u&s;e may be made thereof, to di&s;cover by further Examination what we have not opportunity to do here, but yet may be worthy of your knowledge: For it appears by &s;ome of the Let|ters, that he hath much intru&s;ted by the Earl of <HI>Gla|morgan</HI> to him, to give a verbal Accompt of; I have given Captain <HI>Moulton</HI> who is upon the Iri&s;h Seas, adverti&s;ement of the Enemies intentions. To &s;ay no
<PB N="4" REF="3"> more, you will perceive by the Date of the E<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">rl of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> Letters, That he has the Honour, Tru&s;t and Liberty of a very good and Loyal Subject. I &s;up|po&s;e you will &s;ee by the&s;e Lette<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">, what rea&s;on there is to ha&s;ten Recruits with effect, which I mu&s;t withal repre&s;ent to be the more needful, in regard of the Di|minution which cannot but attend tho&s;e Marches; and that hard&s;hip the Army has been put to in &s;uch a Coun|trey and at &s;uch a &s;ea&s;on. I mu&s;t acknowledge your provi&s;ions for this Army to be very great, and the Comm<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">tee of the Armies care, in ob&s;erving your ap|pointments therein to be an&s;werable. I de&s;ire I may faithfully <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">mprove your favours, as becomes an hone&s;t man to the glory of God, and your Service: And re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Bodman</HI> <DATE>March 7&punc; 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your mo&s;t humble Servant, <HI>T. Fairfax.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>To the Honorable <HI>William Lenthal</HI> E&s;quire; Speaker to the Honorable Hou&s;e of Commons.</HEAD>
<P>SIr, In my la&s;t; which was but ye&s;terday by the Po&s;t, I gave you an account of the Agreement made for the delivery up of Mount-Ed<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ecomb, and the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 chunk">ing of the Regiments rai&s;ed in tho&s;e parts, &amp; of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> of Mr. <HI>Coriton</HI> and divers other Gentlemen of quality, which is every day more apparent then other, by their hourly &s;ending to the Generall to be received into the protection of the Parliament, which is now in &s;ome mea&s;ure made known to the Country, who had this day a meeting upon <HI>Bodman</HI> Downs: It was but ye&s;terday they had notice, and one Hundred of the four had not the notice come to them, yet about eight hundred or nine hundred appeared; And now for the occa&s;ion the meeting was de&s;ired, which was for this purpo&s;e, to let
<PB N="5" REF="3"> them know the Army was come to protect them, not to ruine them; That the Souldiers hor&s;e and foot had charge to defray their Quarters: That if any Souldier offered violence unto them, upon Complaint it &s;hould be redre&s;&s;ed: That the Gentlemen of the Country, naming &s;uch and &s;uch per&s;ons, were come into the Par|liament, which did very much incourage the co~monalty to be the more forward to harken to what might be for the &s;ervice of the publique, and defence of their own County: And that which wrought the impre&s;&s;ion deepe&s;t upon their hearts, was Mr. <HI>Peters</HI> his publi&s;hing to them the packets taken in the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Ve&s;&s;el, which I mentioned unto you in the la&s;t Letter, which he not on|ly &s;hewed unto them, but read the &s;ame, and permitted &s;uch of them as de&s;ired it to read them, and told them they &s;hould have Copies of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> Articles, and his other Letters, if they de&s;ired them, which abun|ly gave them &s;atisfaction; and that which put it out of doubt was, That the &s;hip and packets were &s;eized on, and taken by the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Inhabitants at <HI>Pad&s;tow</HI> within their own County but the day before: And indeed it was a very &s;ea&s;onable and remarkable accident as could have hapned for the uniting of this County to the Parliament, for the very thoughts of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> and French are hateful unto them: Tho&s;e Letters that were mo&s;t con&s;iderable mi&s;carried in the water; which was the Earl of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> to the Prince, Sir <HI>Edward Hide,</HI> and to another; which Capt. <HI>Allen,</HI> an <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Papi&s;t and Merchant of <HI>Waterford</HI> confe&s;&s;eth he had from the hands of the Earl of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> to deliver as afore&s;aid: Vpon his Examination he &s;aid further, That the three hundred <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> de&s;ired for the Princes Lifeguard were to be thus di&s;po&s;ed, An hun|dred to be put into the Mount, an hundred to <HI>Pendennis,</HI>
<PB N="6" REF="4"> and the other hundred to be a guard to the Prince: The Generall hath &s;ent po&s;t to Capt: <HI>Moulton</HI> Admirall of the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Coa&s;ts, to give him notice in what forward|ne&s;&s;e the <HI>Ir<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;h</HI> were to be tran&s;ported, That they may keep out &s;hips at &s;ea for prevention: The Trumpet that went with the Summons to the Lord <HI>Hopton</HI> is not yet returned. To morrow early the whole Army hor&s;e and foot advances towards Truro: All pa&s;&s;es, By lanes &amp; Fords being for the mo&s;t part barricadoed or blockt up; &s;o that if the Enemy &s;hould &s;lip by (which we no wayes fear) their marches will be &s;o &s;low, That their Rear will be ingaged before they get half through the pa&s;&s;age. Before this come to your hands, without per|adventure the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e will be very near decided by a Treaty or retreate into the &s;ea: There came &s;even or eight of the Princes &s;ervants this day for pa&s;&s;es to go home, much lamenting the &s;udden carrying the Prince on &s;hipboard when they dreamed not of it: At Foy we took thirteen pieces of Ordnance mounted, be&s;ides Arms and powder; the fir&s;t night the Town &s;tood upon their guard, but the next morning repented of their fol|ly, &amp; without di&s;pute admitted our forces to come in: Be plea&s;ed to ha&s;ten down Monies to the Army, and match and Powder with all &s;peed to Lyme: Neither of the&s;e will admit of delay: And ha&s;ten recruits that they may meet us when we face about.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Bodnam,</HI> <DATE>March 6. 11. at night.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your mo&s;t humble and faithful Servant, <HI>Joh. Ru&s;hworth.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>THe Examination of <HI>Allen</HI> is &s;ent up by this Bearer, who can inform you more of the carriage of the man: I hope the Bearer will come &s;afe with the Letters; he is enjoyned to have great care, he comes far with &s;uch a Tru&s;t.</P>
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<HEAD>To the Prince His Highnes.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>May it plea&s;e Your Highnes,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>SInce my coming from his Maje&s;ty on the 14 of <HI>Octo.</HI> la&s;t, I have gone in &s;uch untroden paths, as have not afforded me the po&s;&s;ibilitie of making any addre&s;&s;e unto your Highnes, untill this opportunity which hath made me live under no &s;mal affliction, lea&s;t my Actions &s;hould have been mi&s;repre&s;ented to your Highnes, and le&s;&s;en me in that good opinion of yours which I value as the greate&s;t ble&s;&s;ing of my life. I &s;hall not pre&s;ume <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">o to trouble your Highne&s;&s;e with &s;o tedious a Narrative, as the rea&s;ons of my coming from the King, and the relation of my Adventures &s;ince mu&s;t needs be; but I have done it at large to Sir <HI>Edward Hide,</HI> and I mo&s;t humbly be&s;eech your Highne&s;&s;e to give him leave to entertain you with them at &s;uch lei&s;ure times, when he &s;hall finde that you can admit of it with lea&s;t trouble; which that you may the more ea&s;ily grant me, I &s;hall not importune you my &s;elf with any thing more at this time, then this &s;incere Prote&s;tation, That while I have the Honour to live in Your Highne&s;&s;e thoughts; which favour, I &s;hal think my &s;elf above all Misfortunes, how mi&s;erable &s;oever otherwi&s;e, and I doubt not but your goodne&s;&s;e will by pre&s;erving me &s;o happy in your memory, encourage me in that which you cannot hinder me, from being</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Highnes mo&s;t humble and mo&s;t faithful Servant, George Digby.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>TO Sir <HI>EDWARD HIDE</HI> Chancellor of the Exchequer.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My dear Chancellor,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Seize with much joy this occa&s;ion that flatters me with the hopes of conveying &s;afe unto you, and by you unto the re&s;t of my Friends there an Accompt of my Adventures, &s;ince you heard from me; the&s;e inclo&s;ed Papers will give you a very par|ticular relation of all matters of Fact, I make no que&s;tion but my un&s;ucce&s;sfulne&s;&s;e in that imployment will give occa&s;ion to my enemies to accu&s;e me of a great di&s;-&s;ervice to the King, in having been the lo&s;&s;e of &s;o many of his hor&s;e, not in the conduct of them (for I apprehend not malice it &s;elf in that point) but in putting them upon &s;o de&s;perate a De&s;ign. This point I de&s;ire you to cleer, by letting all with whom you &s;hall finde the Ob|jection, know, That although I was of opinion, that the King him&s;elf ought to have ventured, when he was at <HI>Welbeck,</HI> the pa&s;&s;age into <HI>Scotland,</HI> in ca&s;e there had been a certainty of my Lord of <HI>Montro&s;&s;es</HI> being on this &s;ide <HI>Forth,</HI> yet when that was once diverted, upon both my Intelligence and Advice, I had afterwards the lea&s;t &s;hare of any man in the Councel of adven|turing any part of the Kings hor&s;e upon &s;o hopele&s;&s;e a De&s;ign as that of <HI>Scotland</HI> was, while we were doubtful of my Lord of <HI>Montro&s;&s;es</HI> condition; but the Northern hor&s;e being di&s;gu&s;ted with <HI>Gerrard,</HI> refu&s;ed ab&s;olutely to march back Southward to <HI>Welbeck,</HI> and &s;o rather then they &s;hould disband, it was thought fit to try whether they would be ingaged to adventure to <HI>Mon|tro&s;&s;e,</HI> who in all his Letters had &s;eemed much to re&s;ent the neg|lect of him, in not &s;ending him a &s;upply of hor&s;e, a&s;&s;uring, That with the help but of 1000. he could carry through his work:
<PB N="9" REF="5"> The Propo&s;ition being made to Sir <HI>Marmaduke Langdale,</HI> he at fir&s;t point-blanck refu&s;ed it, as an undertaking which had by <HI>Gerrard</HI> and all the re&s;t been declared de&s;perate; even with all the Kings Hor&s;e; but upon &s;econd thoughts, finding that all his Hor&s;e would disband if they were drawn Southward, he and all the Northern Gentlemen came to the King, and told Him, That if he would lay His Commands upon me to take the charge and to go along with them, they would adventure it, otherwi&s;e not: whereupon, I having declared my obedience to what&s;oever the King &s;hould impo&s;e upon me, His Maje&s;ty commanded me po&s;itively to that charge, u&s;ing be&s;ides His plea|&s;ure, this Argument to me, That if I &s;ucceeded in it I &s;hould reap much Honour; if not, I could incur no prejudice by fail|ing in that which was at fir&s;t given for de&s;perate: and &s;o at half an hours warning, having (I prote&s;t to God) not dreamt of the matter before, I marcht off from the Rendezvouz, with an Addition onely to the Northern Hor&s;e, of &s;uch as would vo|luntarily chu&s;e to go with me, which proved to be a matter of Three hundred, with which I made that progre&s;&s;e, which you will finde related in the inclo&s;ed Papers: But here I am &s;ure you will wonder, how I holding that place I did neer the King, and having the Honour of &s;o great a part in His Tru&s;ts, e&s;peci|ally at a time when he had &s;carce either Coun&s;ellor or Pen-man about Him, &s;hould be put upon &s;o extravagant and de&s;perate an imployment: To this I mu&s;t let you know, and &s;uch onely as you &s;hall think fit, That though I had no thought of the pre&s;ent Action, yet the King and I had long before (that is ever &s;ince His Affairs were made &s;o de&s;perate by the lo&s;&s;e of <HI>Bri&s;tol)</HI> con|cluded it mo&s;t for his &s;ervice, That I &s;hould ab&s;ent my &s;elf from him for &s;ome time, in ca&s;e I could finde a fair and honorable pre|tence for it: I believe the accidents &s;ince befaln at <HI>Newark</HI> with Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> and <HI>Gerrard,</HI> will have given you a light of &s;ome rea&s;ons of my remove. The truth; <HI>Here follow many lines of Characters&mdash;</HI></P>
<P>Over and above the&s;e urging Rea&s;ons, as to the time, upon the main of the Kings condition and mine; I found the King likely to &s;uffer much by my &s;tay near him, the wearine&s;&s;e of the
<PB N="10" REF="6"> War being &s;o univer&s;al, and the de&s;pair of any approvement in His condition being &s;o great in all about Him, I found it al|mo&s;t every mans opinion; <HI>Here come in more lines of Cha|racters&mdash;</HI></P>
<P>I thought it then high time to watch an opportunity of free|ing His Maj<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ty from an Attendant &s;o pernicious to His Honour and Intere&s;t; And this, my deare&s;t Friend, is as much as I think nece&s;&s;ary to &s;ay unto you upon this &s;ubject, hoping that by your dextrous conveyance of it to His Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> it will have the &s;ame impre&s;&s;ion with him, which I cannot doubt of with you.</P>
<P>Since my coming out of <HI>England,</HI> I &s;taid a moneth for a wind at the I&s;le of <HI>Man,</HI> which time I cannot think mi&s;-&s;pent, having there received great civilities from my Lord of <HI>Derby,</HI> and had the means of a particular acquaintance with his Noble Lady, whom I think one of the wi&s;e&s;t and generou&s;e&s;t per&s;ons that I have known of her Sex: From thence, I and my company were very &s;ecurely conveyed hither in a light Frigot of his Lord&s;hips, where I found all things in a great forwardne&s;&s;e, the conclu&s;ion of which was expected within few dayes, and great Forces (as was pretended) already in a readine&s;&s;e for <HI>England</HI> under the command of the Earl of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> the Confederates great General and Favourite; but his Lord&s;hip being &s;ent for by my Lord Lieutenant and my &s;elf, to confer about the wayes of di&s;po&s;ing tho&s;e Ayds mo&s;t to the advantage of His Maje&s;ties &s;ervice, the bu&s;ine&s;&s;es contained in the inclo&s;ed Papers brake &s;orth in &s;uch manner, as you will finde there &s;et down, and ob|liged me to that part in the Kings Vindication, which was thought could not &s;o properly be performed by any as my &s;elf; you will finde the whole bu&s;ine&s;&s;e &s;o fu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ly &s;tated in the Tran&s;|actions them&s;elves which I &s;end you, and in my Letter to my Brother Secretary, that I &s;hall need to &s;ay no more upon the &s;ubject, onely let me ask you, whether according to the rules of Policy I have not carryed my body &s;wimmingly, who being be|fore &s;o irreconciliably hated by the Puritan party, have thus &s;ea&s;onably made my &s;elf as odious with the Papi&s;ts: well, my comfort is, that the very few hone&s;t men that are in the world
<PB N="11" REF="6"> will love me the better, and whil'&s;t I do the part of a man of Integrity and Honour, I am willing to tru&s;t God with the re&s;t. I mu&s;t not conclude without telling you, that if I had been brought hither by far greater misfortunes, I could not have re|pined at any thing that had given me the happine&s;&s;e of &s;o parti|cular a knowledge of, and friend&s;hip with the Marques of <HI>Or|mond,</HI> who (if I can judge at all of men) is not onely the wi&s;e&s;t yong man, but the mo&s;t &s;teady, generous, and vertuous per&s;on that I have ever known. I conjure you, as you love virtue, and as you love me, who have &s;o little a &s;hare of it, build carefully by the diligent application upon tho&s;e grounds which I have laid for a friend&s;hip between you; for indeed, I love him &s;o much, as I cannot be at re&s;t till we make up the Triangle equall on all &s;ides, to that perfection wherewith I am</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dublin,</HI> <DATE><HI>Ian.</HI> 4. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Yours, George Digby.</SIGNED>
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<P><HI>Pray fail not to let my Father partake of what I write to you, and General</HI> Goring <HI>al&s;o, as far forth as you &s;hall judge nece&s;&s;ary.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>To Secretary <HI>Nicholas.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My good Brother,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOu will receive by this di&s;patch a particular accompt from my Lord Lieutenant of the &s;tate of the Treaty here, and of tho&s;e Conditions upon which he was hopefull &s;uddenly to have concluded &s;uch a Peace as would have afforded His Maje&s;ty powerful and timely ayds from this Kingdom, had not the un|fortunate madne&s;&s;e (for I can give it no other name) of my Lord of <HI>Glamorgan,</HI> and the nece&s;&s;ary proceeding thereupon, ca&s;t all things back into a po&s;ture, as uncertain and more dangerous then ever. You will receive from my Lord Lieutenant and the Coun|cel here, a punctual relation of the matter of Fact, and it is re|ferred to me to convey unto you, and by you to His Maje&s;ty, the Circum&s;tances and Rea&s;ons of the whole proceeding again&s;t his Lord&s;hip.</P>
<P>About ten dayes &s;ince, matters of the Treaty growing near to a conclu&s;ion, and in confidence thereof preparations being made by my Lord of <HI>Glamorgan,</HI> and the Iri&s;h (as they a&s;&s;ured us) for the &s;peedy &s;ending over of three thou&s;and men for the relief of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> which were to be made up ten thou&s;and before the be|ginning of March. It was thought nece&s;&s;ary that we &s;hould confer with the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> and &s;ome of the Iri&s;h Commi&s;&s;ioners, to the end that before my Lord Lieutenants fi|nal con&s;ent to the Articles of the Treaty, the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of the Kings &s;upply might be reduced from di&s;cour&s;e to a certainty, and directed in the mo&s;t advantagious way for his &s;ervice; to which end (we little &s;u&s;pecting then what was &s;ince di&s;covered) the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> and &s;ome of the Iri&s;h Commi&s;&s;ioners then at <HI>Kilkenny</HI> were earne&s;tly invited hither both by my Lord Lieutenant and my &s;elf.</P>
<P>Upon Monday la&s;t, the day before the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> was expected in Town, my Lord Lieutenant received out of the North from an hone&s;t and well affected per&s;on, the copy which is &s;ent you of my Lord of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> Articles and Oath with the Confederate Catholiques, a&s;&s;ured to have been found in the
<PB N="13" REF="7"> titulary Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Tuams</HI> pocket, killed in October la&s;t at <HI>Sligo.</HI> At fir&s;t the thing appeared &s;o impo&s;&s;ible, as that we were apt to think it a Forgery and Plot again&s;t the King of the Par|liamentary Rebells, till con&s;idering the circum&s;tances, formali|ties and punctualities thereof, we grew to apprehend &s;omewhat more in the matter, and &s;oon after a &s;econd and third copy of the &s;ame coming to other per&s;ons, all with Letters to the effect of this inclo&s;ed, it was then thought high time to take the bu&s;i|ne&s;&s;e into mo&s;t &s;erious con&s;ideration; which being done by my Lord Lieutenant and my &s;elf, a&s;&s;i&s;ted by &s;ome of the wi&s;e&s;t and be&s;t affected per&s;ons here, we &s;oon concluded, that if the&s;e things were once publi&s;hed, and that they could be believed to be done by His Maje&s;ties Authority, they could have no le&s;&s;e fa|tall an effect then to make all men &s;o believing, conclude all the former Scandals ca&s;t upon His Maje&s;ty of the inciting this Iri&s;h Rebellion true, That he was a Papi&s;t, and de&s;igned to introduce Popery even by wayes the mo&s;t unkingly and perfidious; And con&s;equently, that there would be a general revolt from him of all good Prote&s;tants, with whom this opinion could take place.</P>
<P>Now when we con&s;idered the circum&s;tances convincing the truth of this Tran&s;action on my Lord of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> part, and how impo&s;&s;ible almo&s;t it was for any man to be &s;o mad, as to en|ter into &s;uch an Agreement without powers from His Maje&s;ty, and there being &s;ome kinde of a formal Authority vouched in the Articles them&s;elves, we did al&s;o conclude, That probably the greate&s;t part of the world, who had no other knowledge of His Maje&s;ty then by outward appearances, would believe this true, and do according to that belief, unle&s;&s;e His Maje&s;ty were &s;ud|denly and eminently vindicated by tho&s;e who might ju&s;tly pre|tend to know him be&s;t. Upon this ground it was al&s;o concluded by us, That le&s;&s;e then an Arre&s;t of the Earl of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> upon &s;u&s;pition of High-Trea&s;on could not be a Vindication of His Maje&s;ty eminent or loud enough; and that this part could not properly nor effectually be performed by any other per&s;on then my &s;elf, both in regard of my Place and Tru&s;ts near His Maje|&s;tie, That the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of <HI>Ireland</HI> had pa&s;s'd for the mo&s;t part through my hands, That I attended His Maje&s;ty about the time of the date of His Maje&s;ties pretended Commi&s;&s;ion, That &s;ince
<PB N="14" REF="8"> that time I had by His Maje&s;ties command written to the Iri&s;h Commi&s;&s;ioners a Letter, whereof I &s;end you a copy &s;o Diami|trally oppo&s;ite to the &s;aid Earls Tran&s;actions; And la&s;tly, in re|gard that my Lord Lieutenant, to whom otherwi&s;e His Maje|&s;ties Vindication in this kinde might properly have belonged, was generally thought to be unworthily cou&s;ened and abu&s;ed in the matter, in ca&s;e there were any &s;uch &s;ecret Authority given by His Maje&s;ty to the Earl of <HI>Glamorgan.</HI></P>
<P>This being our unanimous judgement of what was fit to be done, and by whom, the onely Que&s;tion then remaining, was to the point of Time, in which we were al&s;o of opinion, That if it were defer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">'d till the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e growing publike otherwayes, &s;hould begin to work its mi&s;chief, His Maje&s;ties Vindication would lo&s;e much of its force, and be thought rather applyed to the notarieting then to the impiety of the thing, and rather to the pernicious effects then to the dete&s;table cau&s;e it &s;elf: Not|with&s;tanding I mu&s;t confe&s;&s;e unto you, that the con&s;ideration of fru&s;trating the &s;upplies of three thou&s;and men, which were &s;o confidently affirmed to be in readine&s;&s;e for the relief of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> in ca&s;e the condition of that place could not bear the delay which this might occa&s;ion, wrought in us a very great &s;u&s;pen&s;ion of Judgement, Whether the proceeding again&s;t my Lord of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> &s;hould not be forborn till that &s;o nece&s;&s;ary &s;upply were &s;ent away; but the ca&s;e being more &s;trictly examined, We found, fir&s;t, that by the Lord of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> Oath, the Forces were not to be haz<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">rded till His Maje&s;ties performance of the &s;aid Earls Conditions: And &s;econdly, that the &s;aid &s;upply was never intended by my Lord of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> and the Iri&s;h, till the Articles of Peace were con&s;ented to, which the Lord Lieutenant dur&s;t in no wi&s;e do without a preceding Vindication of the Kings Honour, &s;ince this Tran&s;action of my Lord of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> was known unto him, and known to be known unto him by tho&s;e who wanted neither Art nor Malice to make u&s;e of it; &s;o that the nece&s;&s;ary forbearance to conclude the Treaty, fru&s;tra|ting as much the relief of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> as the &s;udden and vigorous proceeding again&s;t my Lord of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> could do, our Re&s;o|lutions did in the end determine upon that cour&s;e; when at the in&s;tant to remove all Objections, Information was brought us,
<PB N="15" REF="8"> That the thing was already publike throughout the Town, and began to work &s;uch dangerous <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ff<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">cts, as in tru<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">h I do not believe that my Lord Lieutenant, or any of the Kings faithful Servants could have been many hours &s;afe in the delay of this His Maje&s;ties and their Vindication, which h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">th now been &s;o &s;ea&s;onably applied, as that it hath wrought here not onely a ge|neral &s;atisfaction in all moderate men; but even &s;uch a conver|&s;ion in many le&s;&s;e well inclined, That whereas before a Peace with the Iri&s;h, even upon tho&s;e unavoidable Conditions, upon which my Lord Lieutenant mu&s;t needs within few dayes have concluded, it would hardly have bin publi&s;hed in this place with|out very much danger; mens mindes are &s;o &s;ecured and &s;etled by this proceeding, as that I believe the Peace now would be em|braced upon tho&s;e, &amp; perhaps upon harder terms, without much mutiny or repining. This being &s;o, our chief remaining fear is, le&s;t what hath been done again&s;t my Lord of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> &s;hould &s;o far incen&s;e the Iri&s;h, as to drive them to &s;udden extremes; things here on His Maje&s;ties part being in &s;o ill a condition to enter again upon a War unto this danger, the be&s;t preventives we could think of are applied, This inclo&s;ed Letter written to my Lord of <HI>Muskerry</HI> by my Lord Lieutenant; Apt per&s;ons imployed to <HI>Kilkenny,</HI> to acquaint them with the rea&s;ons and nece&s;&s;ities of this proceeding; And la&s;tly, the Articles of Peace &s;ent unto them with my Lord Lieutenants a&s;&s;ent, in the very terms propo&s;ed, and acquie&s;t in by them&s;elves in the la&s;t re&s;ults of this long Treaty; which in all probability will have one of the&s;e two effects, either to make them conclude a Peace (not|with&s;tanding this in<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ervening accident) whereby <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> may be &s;peedily relieved, and His Maje&s;ty further &s;upplied this Spring, or make it break &s;o foully on their &s;ide, as to divide from them the mo&s;t con&s;iderable of their party. Whatever the event be, my Lord Lieutenant and I &s;hall comfort our &s;elves with this &s;atisfaction, That we have done what belong'd to men of Honour, faithful to their King, and to their Religion, and as wi&s;ely as ours and our friends be&s;t under&s;tandings could di|rect us, leaving the re&s;t to God Almighty, whom we be&s;eech (<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Some &s;uch words &s;hould be &s;upplyed to make it &s;ence, though they be not in the Original.</NOTE> <HI>to direct)</HI> His Maje&s;ty to that cour&s;e herein on His part, which may be corre&s;pondent to our faithful endeavours; and
<PB N="16" REF="9"> that he will ble&s;&s;e them with as good effects upon the mindes of all hone&s;t men, towards his Maje&s;ties Vindication in that King|dom, as I make no doubt but what we have done wil have in this, when &s;econded and pur&s;ued by tho&s;e further directions from his Maje&s;ty, which I am &s;ure His own Wi&s;dom and Princely Indig|nation to finde His Honour, Con&s;cience, and Piety thus infa|mou&s;ly traduced, will dictate unto Him without further advice from</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dublin,</HI> <DATE>Jan. 4. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your</SIGNED>
<POSTSCRIPT>
<P><HI>I</HI> Believe you will be as much &s;tartled as I was to finde the Signet mentioned in my Lord of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> Tran&s;action; but it &s;eems that was mi&s;taken; and that he now pretends to &s;ome kinde of Authority under the Kings Pocket-Seal, which I certainly believe to be as fal&s;e, as I know the other.</P>
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</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="concluded by Glamorgan" TYPE="treaties">
<PB N="17" REF="9">
<HEAD><HI>Articles of agreement made and concluded between the Right Honourable</HI> Edw. <HI>Earle of</HI> Gla|morgan, <HI>in pur&s;uance, and by vertue of his Maje|&s;ties</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>This is the true Copy of the Articles &s;ent by the Lord</HI> George Digby, <HI>to Se|cretary</HI> Ni|cholas, <HI>to be by him com|municated to his Maje|&s;ty.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Authority under His Signet and Royall &s;ig|nature, bearing date at</HI> Oxon <HI>the twelfth day of</HI> March, <HI>in the 20th yeare of his Raigne, For, and on the behalfe of his mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;tie of the one part, and the Right Honourable</HI> Richard, <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Mountgarret, <HI>Lord Pre&s;ident of the &s;u|preme Councell of the Confederate Catholiques of</HI> Ireland, Donog. <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Muskery; Alex|ander, <HI>Mac</HI> Donnell, <HI>&amp;</HI> Nicholas Plunket, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Robert Talbot, <HI>Baronet;</HI> Dormet o Brian, John Dillon, Patrick Darcy, <HI>&amp;</HI> Jeffrey Browne, <HI>E&s;quires, for and on the behalfe of his Maje&s;ties Roman Catholique &s;ubjects, and the Catholique Clergy of</HI> Ireland <HI>of the other part.</HI></HEAD>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<P><HI>_IMprimis,</HI> The &s;aid Earle doth grant, con|clude and agreee on the behalfe of his Maje&s;tie, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ours, to and with the &s;aid <HI>Rich.</HI> Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Mountgarret,</HI> Donnog. Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Muskery, Alex. Mac Donnell,</HI> and <HI>Ni|cholas Plunket,</HI> E&s;quires; Sir <HI>Robert Talbot,</HI> Baronet; <HI>Dormet &ocirc; Brian, Jo. Dillon, Patr. Darcy,</HI> and <HI>Jeffrey Browne,</HI> E&s;quires, that the Roman Catholique Clergie of the &s;aid Kingdome, &s;hall and may from hence-forth for ever, hold and
<PB N="18" REF="10"> enjoy all and every &s;uch Lands, Tenements, Tithes and Heredi|taments what&s;oever by them re&s;pectively enjoyed within this Kingdome, or by them po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed at any time &s;ince the twenty three of <HI>October</HI> 1641. and to all other &s;uch Lands, Tenements, Tithes, and Hereditaments belonging to the Clergie within this Kingdome, other then &s;uch as are now actually enjoyed by his Maje&s;ties Prote&s;tant Clergie.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> It is granted, concluded, and agreed on by the &s;aid <HI>Ri|chard</HI> Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Mountgarrer, Donnog.</HI> Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Muskery, Alex. Mac Donnell,</HI> and <HI>Nicholas Plunket,</HI> Sir <HI>Ro|bert Talbot, Dormett &ocirc; Brian, Jo. Dillon, Patr. Darcy,</HI> and <HI>Jeffrey Browne,</HI> on the behalfe of the Confederate Roman Ca|tholiques of <HI>Ireland,</HI> that two parts in three parts to be divided, of all the &s;aid Lands, Tithes, and Hereditaments what&s;oever mentioned in the precedent Article, &s;hall for three yeares next en&s;uing, the Fea&s;t of Ea&s;ter, which &s;hall bee in the yeare of our Lord God one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty &s;ix, bee di&s;po&s;ed of and converted for and to the u&s;e of his Maje&s;ties Forces em|ployed, or to be employed in His &s;ervice, and the other third part to the u&s;e of the &s;aid Clergy re&s;pectively; And &s;o the like di&s;po|&s;ition to be renewed from three yeares to three yeares by the &s;aid Clergy during the warres.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> It is accorded and agreed by the &s;aid Earle of <HI>Glamor|gan,</HI> for and in the behalfe of his Majestie, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors, that his Excellency, the Lord Marque&s;&s;e of <HI>Ormond,</HI> Lord Lievtenant of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or any other or others authorized, or to be authorized by his Maje&s;tie, &s;hall not di&s;turbe the Pro|fe&s;&s;ors of the Roman Catholique Religion in the pre&s;ent po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, and continuance of the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of their Churches, Lands, Tenements, Tithes, Hereditaments&punc; Juri&s;diction, or any other the matters afore&s;aid in the&s;e Articles agreed and conde&s;cended to by the &s;aid Earle, untill his Maje&s;ties plea&s;ure bee &s;ignified for confirming and publi&s;hing the Graunts herein Articled for, and conde&s;cended unto by the &s;aid Earle.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> It is accorded and agreed by the &s;ayd Earle, for and in the behalfe of his Maje&s;tie, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ours, that an Act &s;hall bee pa&s;&s;ed in the next Parliament, to bee held in this
<PB N="19" REF="10"> Kingdome, according to the tenor of &s;uch agreement, or conce&s;&s;i|ons as herein are expre&s;&s;ed: and in the meane time, the &s;aid Cler|gie &s;hall enjoy the full benefit, freedome, and advantage of the &s;aid agreements and conce&s;&s;ions, and every of them. And the Earle of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> doth hereby engage his Maje&s;ties Royall word and publike faith unto the &s;aid Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Mountgar|ret,</HI> and the re&s;t of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, for the due ob&s;ervati|on and performance of all and every the Articles, Agreements, and Conce&s;&s;ions herein mentioned to be performed to the &s;aid Ro|man Catholique Clergie, and every of them. In witne&s;&s;e where|of the parties to the&s;e pre&s;ents have hereunto interchangeably put their hands and &s;eales the 25. of <HI>Augu&s;t, Anno Dom.</HI> 1645.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Glamorgan.</SIGNED>
<POSTSCRIPT>
<P>Signed. Sealed, and delivered in the pre&s;ence of <HI>John Summer&s;et, Jeffrey Browne,</HI> and <HI>Robert Barry,</HI></P>
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</LETTER>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<P>VVHereas in the&s;e Articles touching the Clergies li|vings, the Right Honourable, the Earle of <HI>Glamor|gan</HI> is obliged in his Maje&s;ties behalfe, to &s;ecure the Conce&s;&s;i|ons in the&s;e Articles by Act of Parliament; We holding that manner of &s;ecuring the&s;e Graunts as to the Clergies livings, to prove more difficult and prejudiciall to his Maje&s;tie, then by doing thereof, and &s;ecuring the&s;e Conce&s;&s;ions, otherwi&s;e as to the &s;aid Livings, the &s;aid Earle undertaking, and promi&s;ing in the behalfe of his Maje&s;tie, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors, as here|by he doth undertake, to &s;ettle the &s;aid Conce&s;&s;ions, and &s;ecure them to the Clergie, and their re&s;pective &s;ucce&s;&s;ours, as ano|ther &s;ecure way, other then by Parliament at pre&s;ent, till a fit opportunity be offred for &s;ecuring the &s;ame, doe agree and con|de&s;cend thereunto. And this in&s;trument by his Lord&s;hip &s;igned, was before the perfection thereof intended to that pur|po&s;e, as to the &s;aid Livings; to which purpo&s;e we have mutu|ally Signed this Endor&s;ment. And it is further intended that the Catholique Clergie &s;hall not bee interrupted by Parlia|ment,
<PB N="20" REF="11"> or otherwi&s;e, as to the &s;aid livings, contrary to the meaning of the&s;e Articles.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Glamorgan.</SIGNED>
<POSTSCRIPT>
<P><HI>Copia vera collata fideliter cum Origin.</HI> Tho. Ca&s;hell, F. Patricius, Waterford <HI>&amp;</HI> Li&s;mor.</P>
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</LETTER>
<P><HI>VVHereas much time hath been &s;pent in Meetings and Debates betwixt his Excellencie</HI> Ja. <HI>Lord Mar|que&s;&s;e of</HI> Ormond, <HI>Lord Lievtenant, and Generall, Governour of his Maje&s;ties Kingdome of</HI> Ireland, <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioner to his mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,</HI> CHARLES, <HI>by the Grace of God, King of Great</HI> Britaine, France <HI>and</HI> Ireland <HI>&amp;c. for the Trea|ting and Concluding of a Peace in the &s;aid Kingdome: of his Maje&s;ties humble and loyall Subjects, the Confederate Ro|man Catholiques of the &s;aid Kingdome of</HI> Ireland, <HI>of the one part, and the Right Honourable</HI> Donnog. <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Muskery, <HI>and other Commi&s;&s;ioners deputed and Authorized by the &s;aid Con&s;ederate Roman Catholique &s;ubjects of the other part; And thereupon many difficulties did ari&s;e, by occa|&s;ion whereof, &s;undry matters of great weight and con&s;e|quence nece&s;&s;arily requi&s;ite to be conde&s;cended unto by his Ma|je&s;ties &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioner, for the &s;afety of the &s;aid Confederate Roman Catholiques were not hitherto agreed upon, which re|tarded, and doth as yet retard the Conclu&s;ion of a firme Peace and &s;ettlement in the &s;aid Kingdome. And whereas the Right Honourable</HI> Edward <HI>Earle of</HI> Glamorgan, <HI>is intru&s;ted and Authorized by his mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty to Grant and a&s;&s;ure to the &s;aid Confederate Roman Catholique &s;ubjects farther graces and favours which the &s;aid Lord Lievtenant did not, as yet, in that latitude as they expected grant unto them. And the &s;aid Earle having &s;eriou&s;ly con&s;idered of all matters, and due circum&s;tances of the great Affaires now in agitation which is the peace and quiet of the &s;aid Kingdome, and the impor|tance thereof in order to his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice, and in relation to a Peace and &s;ettlement in his other Kingdomes, and here upon the place having &s;eene the ardent de&s;ire of the &s;aid Ca|tholiques</HI>
<PB N="21" REF="11"> <HI>to a&s;&s;i&s;t his Maje&s;tie again&s;t all that doe, or &s;hall op|po&s;e his Royall Right or Monarchique Government, and ha|ving di&s;cerned the alacrity and cheerefulne&s;&s;e of the &s;aid Ro|man Catholiques to embrace honourable Conditions of Peace, which may pre&s;erve their Religion, and other ju&s;t Intere&s;ts; In pur&s;uance thereof in the twentieth of His Raigne, granted unto the &s;aid Earle of</HI> Glamorgan, <HI>the tenour whereof is as followeth,</HI> viz. <HI>CHARLES R. Charles</HI> by the Grace of God, King of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defendor of the Faith, &amp;c. To Our Right Tru&s;ty and well-beloved Cou&s;in, <HI>Edw.</HI> Earle of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> Greeting. <HI>Wee repo&s;ing great and e&s;peciall tru&s;t and confidence in your approved wi&s;edome and fidelity, doe by the&s;e (as firmly as under Our Great Seale, to all intents and purpo&s;es) Authorize and give conclude you power to Treat and conclude with the Confederate Roman Catholiques in our Kingdome of</HI> Ireland, <HI>if upon nece&s;&s;itie any thing be to be conde&s;cended unto, wherein Our Lord Lievtenant cannot &s;o well be &s;een in, as not fit for us at this pre&s;ent publickly to owne, and therefore we charge you to proceed according to this our Warrant, with all po&s;&s;ible &s;ecre&s;ie; And for what&s;oe|ver yo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hall engage your &s;elfe, upon &s;uch valuable con&s;idera|tions, as you in your judgement &s;hall deeme fit, Wee promi&s;e in the word of a King, and a Chri&s;tian, to ratifie and performe the &s;ame that &s;hall be granted by you and under your hand &amp; &s;eale&punc; the &s;aid Confederate Catholiques, having by their &s;up|plyes te&s;tified their zeale to Our &s;ervice: And this &s;hall bee in each particular to you a &s;ufficient warrant. Given at Our Court at</HI> Oxon, <HI>under Our Signet, and Royall Signature the twelfth day of</HI> March, <HI>in the twentieth yeare of our Raigne,</HI> 1644. To Our Right Tru&s;ty and well-beloved Cou&s;in <HI>Edward</HI> Earle of <HI>Glamorgan. It is therefore granted, accorded, and agreed, by and betweene the &s;aid Earle of</HI> Glamorgan, <HI>for and on the behalfe of his mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors on the one part, and the Right Honourable,</HI> Richard <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Mountgarret, <HI>Lord Pre&s;ident, of the &s;upreame Councell of the &s;aid Confederate Catholiques, and the &s;aid</HI> Donnog, <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Muskery, Alex. Mac Donnell, <HI>and</HI>
<PB N="22" REF="12"> Nich. Plunket, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Robert Talbot, <HI>Baronet;</HI> Dormet &ocirc; Brian, Jo. Dillon; P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 chunk">r. Darcy, <HI>and</HI> Jeffrey B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">owne. <HI>E&s;quires; Commi&s;&s;ioners in that behalfe appointed, by the &s;aid Confe|derate Roman Catholique &s;ubjects of</HI> Ireland, <HI>for and in the behalfe of the &s;aid Confederate Roman Catholiques of the other part, in manner following, that is to &s;ay,</HI></P>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<P><HI>Imprimis,</HI> It is agreed, accorded, and granted by the &s;aid Earle, for, and on the behalfe of his mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ours, That all and every of the profe&s;&s;ors of the Roman Catholike Religion in this Kingdome of <HI>Ireland,</HI> of what ever e&s;tate, degree or quality &s;oever he or they be or &s;hall be, &s;hall for ever hereafter have and enjoy within the &s;aid Kingdome, the free and publike u&s;e and exerci&s;e of the &s;ayd Roman Catho|lique Religion, and of the re&s;pective functions therein.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> it is granted, accorded, and agreed by the &s;aid Earle, for, and on the behalfe of his Maje&s;ty, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ours, That the &s;ayd Profe&s;&s;ours of Roman Catholique Religion &s;hall hold and enjoy, all and every of the Churches by them enjoyed within this Kingdome, or by them po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed at any time &s;ince the 23. of <HI>October</HI> 1641. and all other Churches in the &s;aid King|dome, other then &s;uch as are now actually enjoyed by his Maje|&s;ties Prote&s;tant &s;ubjects.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> it is granted, accorded, and agreed by the &s;aid Earle, for, and on the behalfe of his mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors, That all and every of the Catholique &s;ubjects of <HI>Ireland,</HI> of what &s;tate and condition, degree or quality &s;oever, &s;hall be free and exempt from the Iuri&s;diction of the Prote&s;tant Clergy, and every of them, and that the Catholique Roman Cler|gy of this Kingdome, &s;hall not be puni&s;hed, troubled or mole&s;ted for the exerci&s;e of their Juri&s;diction over their re&s;pective Catho|lique flocks in matters &s;pirituall and Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> It is further accorded, granted, and agreed by the &s;aid Earle, for, and on the behalfe of his mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors, That an Act &s;hall be pa&s;&s;ed in the next Parliament to be held in this Kingdome; the tenour and purport wherof &s;hall be as followeth, viz. An Act for the relief of his Ma|je&s;ties Catholique &s;ubjects of his Highne&s;&s;e Kingdome of <HI>Ireland.</HI>
<PB N="23" REF="12"> Whereas by an Act made in Parliament held at <HI>Dublin,</HI> in the &s;econd yeare of the Raigne of the late Queene <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intitu|led, An Act for re&s;toring to the Crown the antient Juri&s;diction over the &s;tate Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall and Spirituall, and aboli&s;h all For|raigne power repugnant to the &s;ame, And by another Statute made in the &s;aid la&s;t mentioned Parliament, intituled, An Act for the uniformity of Common Prayer and Service in the Church, and the Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments, &s;undry mulcts, penalties, re&s;traints, and incapacities are and have been layd upon the pro|fe&s;&s;ors of the Roman Catholique religion in this Kingdome, in and for, and concerning the u&s;e, profe&s;&s;ion, and exerci&s;e of their Reli|gion, and their functions therein, to the great prejudice, trouble, and di&s;quiet of the Roman Catholiques in their Liberties and e&s;tates, to the generall di&s;turbance of the whole Kingdome; For remedy whereof, and for the better &s;ettling, increa&s;e, and continu|ance of the peace, unity, and tranquillity of this Kingdome of <HI>Ire|land,</HI> his Maje&s;ty at the humble &s;uit and reque&s;t of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, is graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed, that it may be enacted, and bee it enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, the Lords &s;pirituall and temporall, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by authority of the &s;ame, that from, of, and after the fir&s;t day of this Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, it &s;hall and may be lawfull to, and for all the Pro|fe&s;&s;ors of the Roman Catholique Religion, of what degree, conditi|on or quality &s;oever, to have and enjoy the free and publike exer|ci&s;e and profe&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid Roman Catholique Religion, and of their &s;everall and re&s;pective functions therein, without incurring any mulct and penalty what&s;oever, or being &s;ubject to any re&s;traint or incapacity concerning the &s;ame, any Article, Clau&s;e, &s;entence, or provi&s;ion in the &s;aid la&s;t mentioned Acts of Parliament, or in any other Act or Acts of Parliament, Ordinances, Law or u&s;age to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. And be it al&s;o further enacted, that neither the &s;aid Statutes, or any other Statute, Act, or Ordinance heretofore made in your Maje&s;ties Raigne, or in any the Raigne of any of your Highne&s;&s;e mo&s;t noble Progenitors or Ance&s;tors and now of force in this Kingdome, nor all, nor any Branch, Article, Clau&s;e, and &s;entence in them, or any of them
<PB N="24" REF="13"> contained and expre&s;&s;ed &s;hall be of force and validity in this Realme, to extend to be con&s;trued or adjudged to extend in any wi&s;e to enquiet, prejudice, vexe or mole&s;t the profe&s;&s;ors of the &s;aid Ro|man Catholique Religion, in their per&s;ons, lands, hereditaments, or goods, for any thing, matter, or cau&s;e what&s;oever touching, and concerning the free and publique u&s;e, exerci&s;e and enjoying of their &s;ayd Religion, function, and profe&s;&s;ion. And be it al&s;o further e|nacted and declared by the authority afore&s;aid that your Maje|&s;ties Roman Catholique Subjects in the &s;aid Realme of <HI>Ireland</HI> from the fir&s;t day of this &s;e&s;&s;ion of Parliament &s;hall be and be taken de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 chunk">ed, and adjudged capable of all offices of tru&s;t, and advance|ment places, degrees &amp; dignit<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">es and preferments what&s;oever with|in your &s;aid Realme of <HI>Ireland,</HI> any Act Statute, &V;&s;age or Law, to the contrary notwith&s;tanding. And that other Acts &s;hall be pa&s;&s;ed in the &s;aid Parliament, according to the tenor of &s;uch agreement or conce&s;&s;ions as herein are expre&s;&s;ed, and that in the meane time the &s;aid Roman Catholique Subjects, and every of them &s;hall en|joy the full freedome, benefit and advantage of the &s;aid agreement or conce&s;&s;ions and of every of them.</P>
<P><HI>Item</HI> It is accorded granted and agreed by the &s;aid Earle, For and on the behalfe of his Maje&s;ty, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors, That his Ex. the Lord Marques of <HI>Ormond</HI> Lord Livetenant of <HI>Ireland</HI> or any other or others authorized by his Maje&s;ty &s;hall not di&s;turbe the Profe&s;&s;ors of the Roman Catholique Religion in their pre&s;ent po&s;e&s;&s;ion, and continuance of the po&s;e&s;&s;ion of their &s;aid Chur|ches, Juri&s;diction or any other the matters afore&s;aid in the&s;e Ar|ticles agreed and con&s;ented unto by the &s;aid E. untill his Maje&s;ties plea&s;ure be &s;ignified for confirming and publi&s;hing the grounds and Agreements hereby articled for, and condi&s;cended unto by the &s;aid Earle. And the &s;aid Earle of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> doth hereby ingage his Maje&s;ties Royall and publique Faith unto all and &s;ingular the profe&s;&s;ors of the &s;aid Roman Catholique Religion within the &s;aid Kingdome of <HI>Ireland,</HI> for the due ob&s;ervance and performance of all and every the Articles, Grounds and Clau&s;es, herein contain|ed, and the Con&s;ce&s;&s;ions herein mentioned to be performed to them.</P>
<P><HI>Item</HI> It is accorded and agreed that the publique Faith of the kingdom &s;hal be engaged unto the &s;aid Earl by the &s;aid confederate Catholiques
<PB N="25" REF="13"> for &s;ending 10000. men to &s;erve his Maje&s;ty by order and publique Declaration of the generall a&s;&s;embly now &s;itting: and the &s;upreame Councell of the &s;aid Confederate Catholiques, &s;hall engage them&s;elves to bring the &s;aid number of men armed the one halfe with musketts, and the other halfe with Pikes unto any Port within this realme at the election of the &s;aid Earle, and at &s;uch time as he &s;hall appoint to be by him &s;hipped and tran&s;por|ted to &s;erve his Maje&s;ty in <HI>England, Wales,</HI> or <HI>Scotland,</HI> under the Command of the &s;aid Earle of <HI>Glamorgan,</HI> as Lord Generall of the &s;aid army: which army is to be kept together in one entire bo|dy, and all other the &s;aid Officers and Commanders of the &s;aid ar|my are to be named by the &s;upreame Councell of the &s;aid Confe|derate Catholiques, or by &s;uch others as the &s;everall a&s;&s;embly of the &s;aid Confederate Catholiques of this Kingdome &s;hall entru&s;t there|with. In witnes whereof the parties of the&s;e pre&s;ents have hereunto enterchangeably put their hands and &s;eales the 25. Day of <HI>Au|gu&s;t</HI> 1645.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Glamorgan.</SIGNED>
<POSTSCRIPT>
<P><HI>Copia vera collata fideliter originali</HI> Thomas Ca&s;hell. F Partricius Waterford <HI>&amp;</HI> Li&s;more.</P>
</POSTSCRIPT></CLOSER>
</LETTER>
<LETTER LANG="eng">
<P>I <HI>Edward</HI> Earle of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> doe prote&s;t and &s;weare faith|fully to acquaint the Kings mo&s;t excellent Maje&s;ty with the proceedings of this Kingdome, in order to his &s;ervice and to the endeerement of this Nation, and punctuall performance of what I have (as authorized by his Maje&s;ty) obliged my &s;elfe to &s;ee performed. And in default not to permit the army intru&s;ted to my charge to adventure it &s;elfe or any con&s;iderable part thereof, untill conditions from his Maje&s;ty, and by his Maje&s;ty be performed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Sept.</HI> 3. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Glamorgan.</SIGNED>
<POSTSCRIPT>
<P><HI>Copia vera concordans de verbo &amp; verbis cum originali.</HI> Tho: Ca&s;hell.</P>
</POSTSCRIPT></CLOSER>
</LETTER>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="letter">
<PB N="26" REF="14">
<HEAD>To the Lord <HI>Hopton.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Noble Lord</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IF the report of the many difficulties wherewith I have &s;trugled in compa&s;&s;ing my de&s;ignes for his Maje&s;ties &s;er|vie, have not before this reached you, a faithfull Relation of the whole will be made to you by the bearer hereof Cap|taine <HI>Allen,</HI> whom I de&s;ire your Lord&s;hip to pre&s;ent unto the Prince His Highnes as an hone&s;t man, and one that pro|po&s;eth a cour&s;e for Intelligence to pa&s;&s;e between this Country and his Maje&s;ties Quarters, whereof there is great need: Now (God be thanked) the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e is brought to that up&s;hot, that the ten thou&s;and men are de&s;igned for his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice, &s;ixe thou&s;and whereof are ready for Tran&s;portation: The means for which are wanting, unle&s;&s;e your Lord&s;hip will plea&s;e to &s;olicite his Highnes the Prince for tran&s;mitting what &s;hiping tho&s;e parts are furni&s;hed with, that all po&s;&s;ible expedition may be u&s;ed. We heare (God be thanked) that as yet <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> holds out, to releive which the 6000. men are ready for tran&s;portati|on. This bearer hath intimated the Princes de&s;ire for haveing <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">00 men hence for his highnes Lifguard, which may be tran&s;por|ted to his highnes by the returne of &s;uch &s;hiping as &s;hall be &s;ent hither for the afore&s;aid &s;ervice. By his returne I de&s;ire to learne from your Lord&s;hip, the Kings pre&s;ent State and being, that wee may &s;hape our De&s;ignes accordingly, Thereby I &s;hould be mo&s;t glad to know of the Princes and your Lord&s;hips good &s;ucce&s;&s;e and pro&s;perity, for which none can be more &s;olicitous then I who am</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>My Lord</SALUTE>
<DATELINE><HI>Waterford</HI> <DATE>28 <HI>Feb.</HI> 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your L. mo&s;t affectionate humble &s;ervant <HI>Glamorgan</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="letter">
<PB N="27" REF="14">
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honourable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have hitherto been &s;o farre from troubling you with many Letters, that I can &s;carce ab&s;tain for excu&s;ing this Addre&s;&s;e, But as I hope you will do me the favour, to beleeve that tho&s;e Ommi&s;&s;ions have proceeded out of a tenderne&s;&s;e to mole&s;t you unnece&s;&s;arily, &amp; not out of any &s;lothfulne&s;s in things e&s;&s;ential to my duty, &s;o in my own opinion I were now too much to blame, if after &s;o long time, &amp; &s;ome late hazards, I &s;hould not take this occa&s;ion to repeat unto you the a&s;&s;urances of my mo&s;t humble &s;ervice, proceeding from the due &s;ence I have of your goodne&s;&s;e to me, which how&s;oever I have bin deficient in expre&s;&s;ing, as to the outward, I a&s;&s;ure your Honour, I pre&s;erve the memory in a very &s;ure Cabinet, as a trea&s;ure there laid up wholly for your &s;ervice, when ever you &s;hall thinke me worthy the tryall.</P>
<P>For what concernes the affaires of this Kingdome, My Lord gives you &s;o full &amp; particular an accompt thereof, that I cannot adde to your knowledge of them. Therefore I &s;hall &s;ufficiently have ob&s;erved the decorum of the place, and complyed with my duty too, when I &s;hall have made the&s;e few reflections upon the generall condition of the&s;e parts, and e&s;pecially of the Engli&s;h Quarters, which in my judgement is very &s;ad, they being not onely reduced within a very narrow compa&s;&s;e of ground, but totally ruinated, the whole Countrie wa&s;te, and unhabited, Farms and Villages burnt down to the ground, not a Garri&s;on of his Maje&s;ties. 36. 45. 188. 23. 27. 58. 24. 12. 66. or any wi&s;e 5. 69. 11. 13. 38. 57 61. 59. 70. 37. 71. 63. 40. 6. 5. 59. 72. ju&s;t 66. 84. 45. 36. Provi&s;ions of all &s;orts very &s;cant. The Corporations: 8. 35. 55. 16. 62. and 49. 63. 46. 68. 12. 2. 49. between 36. 4. 25. 15. 63. 6. 67. 29. 87. 4. 19. 34. 58. 42. 13. 11. 6 66. 45. the 8. 16. 35. 67. 62. 51. 67. 70. 11. 29. 40. 20. 2. 15. 70. 16. 5. 31. 36. equall to either, The Army in 66. 3. 55. 40. 29. 23. 12. 2. 34. 71. 38. 10. 62. as 300. 3. 22. 11. 6. 68. 29 5. 58. 56. 37. 20. 39. above 45. 5. 35. 30. 59. 66. thou&s;and 27 58. 46. 2. 66. 48. 19. 40. 49. 16. 69. 12. Foot, and 66. 67. 28. 34. 2. 62. 69 Hundred hor&s;e, Garri&s;ons and all, and tho&s;e for the mo&s;t part of 51. 52. 6. 4. 2. 3. 42. 2. 49. 71. 27. 39. 24. 26. 67. 68. 55. 56. 29. This place it &s;elfe in a man|ner
<PB N="28" REF="15"> Blockt up by the Parliament Shipps, riding continually without it, and no le&s;&s;e pincht at land by the Iri&s;h Quartered within a very few miles of it, This condition of his Maje&s;ties Quarters here, compared with that of the Iri&s;h, contrary to i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> almo&s;t in every re&s;pect, may &s;eeme unlikely upon any condi|tions offered hitherto, to further &s;uch a Peace as mu&s;t di&s;po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e them of great advantages gotten by the War, and &s;uch a Peace as thwarts the Ambition, and covetous de&s;ires of all tho&s;e of the Long Robe, whether they be their Clergie or Laiety, and the &s;way and Authority of their Nobility, the unlimited Liberty of the People. The Popes intere&s;t, con&s;i&s;ting in being Head, not of a Militant, but tryumphant Church, and (it may be) the &s;ecret negotiations, which they have, and do &s;till entertain with For|raigne Princes. It is true, the duty that &s;ubjects owe to their Prince &s;hould out-ballance all &s;uch con&s;iderations; But I doubt, that duty is taught at <HI>Rome,</HI> with as many limitations, as at <HI>Edenborough,</HI> or in <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> it &s;elfe; And as for tho&s;e Refle|ctions, that &s;hould be made upon the future, they are not for every capacity, but for under&s;tanding men onely, and &s;uch may (for ought appears to me to the contrary) &s;ee as faire and pro|mi&s;ing hopes for them&s;elves in our embroylements at home, as we can &s;ee for our advantage in their refu&s;all and ob&s;tinacie; To which I may adde this further con&s;ideration, how they will be able to &s;uppre&s;&s;e Inchiquin, a&s;&s;i&s;ted and &s;upported from <HI>Eng|land</HI> and maintain their own too, again&s;t the Scots, if they &s;hall once have parted with 10000. of their be&s;t men, and with &s;o many Armes, &s;ince it is plaine that &s;ithence the Ce&s;&s;ation, they have made no great progre&s;&s;e again&s;t either of the two, with their entire &s;trength: for as for any a&s;&s;i&s;tance they can expect from my Lord Lievtenant it is incon&s;iderable, and the&s;e Garri|&s;ons mu&s;t not bee drained for feare of In&s;urrections within, where we find much wavering, and &s;uch a hatred even in the Souldiers them&s;elves again&s;t the Confederates, that I can pro|mi&s;e my &s;elfe but little good from their Conjunction. Thus your Honour may &s;ee what probability my Lord Lievtenant, though never &s;o good a Game&s;ter, hath of the Game in hand between the danger of war, and the difficulty of procuring an
<PB N="29" REF="15"> u&s;efull, and honourable Peace for his Maje&s;tie by this Treaty. The proceedings whereof I leave to his Lord&s;hips relation, re&s;ting</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE>
<DATELINE><HI>Dublin</HI> <DATE>the 2. day of <HI>January</HI> 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Your Honours mo&s;t humble, affectionate, and obliged Servant&punc;</HI> John Poingdexter.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="letter">
<HEAD><HI>To the Lord</HI> Culpeper.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lord,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>HAving orepa&s;t many Rubbs and difficulties, the long expected worke is at la&s;t compa&s;&s;ed, which by what meanes it wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> retarded, your Lord&s;hip perhaps before hath learned, and will be more faithfully and amply Related by the Bearer, Captaine <HI>Bamber,</HI> whom I have employed to his Highne&s;&s;e the Prince, to give an account of the &s;tate of affaires here, and in what a Mi&s;t wee are for want of Intelligence, whereby wee might be a&s;certained of the Kings and Princes Condition, which one <HI>Allen</HI> a Merchant of <HI>Waterford</HI> pro|po&s;eth to undertake a cour&s;e for. And <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> his Highne&s;&s;e de|&s;ire, which moved for three hundred men for the Princes Life-Guard which the Iri&s;h party is willing &s;hould bee &s;ent him by the returne of &s;uch &s;hipping as I have humbly de&s;ired from his Highne&s;&s;e, might be &s;ent hither to <HI>Waterford</HI> for to waft over the men, whereof &s;ix thou&s;and are in a readine&s;&s;e for the reliefe of <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> (which yet wee heare holds out) and the other foure thou&s;and by the fir&s;t of May are to follow. Your <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Fir&s;t of</HI> May.</NOTE> Lord&s;hip would extreamly further the &s;ervice by your Re|pre&s;enting to his Highne&s;&s;e the nece&s;&s;itie of a cour&s;e of Intel|ligence, That we might not (as we are now) buried in igno|rance of his Maje&s;ties and the Princes being and Condition, of which I hoped your Lord&s;hip will vouch&s;afe me &s;ome light, that our motion may be according thereunto, by which like|wi&s;e
<PB N="30" REF="16"> to be a&s;&s;ertained of your Lord&s;hips wellfare and happi|ne&s;&s;e would be mo&s;t wellcome newes to</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Waterford</HI> <DATE>the 27. of Febr. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>My Lord,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>Your Lord&s;hips mo&s;t affectionate and humble &s;ervant, <HI>Glamorgan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord <HI>Culpeper.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="captured by Moulton" TYPE="letters">
<P>THe&s;e &s;everall Letters and papers comming from <HI>Ireland</HI> were taken at <HI>Milford Haven</HI> by Captain <HI>Moulton.</HI></P>
<DIV3 TYPE="letter">
<HEAD>To the right Honourable the Lords and Commons for the Committee of the Admiralty and Cinque Ports.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honourable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe&s;e contrary winds have much again&s;t my de&s;ire detai|ned me &s;till in this harbour, &s;o that my entended voyage for <HI>Ireland</HI> hath not the free nor &s;peedy pa&s;&s;age I wi&s;hed, but the fir&s;t oppertunity of wind that offers it &s;elfe &s;hall be layed hold of. Ye&s;terday a barque that &s;tole away from <HI>Dublin</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ame in hither, wherein I found the enclo&s;ed Letters committed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">o a pa&s;&s;enger, which I &s;end unto your honours to be di&s;po&s;ed of as to your honours &s;hall &s;eeme good: this place being bar|ren both of newes and action to produce any, makes me for|beare to give your honours any further pre&s;ent trouble &s;ave to a&s;&s;ure that I am ever.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Aboard the Lyon in <HI>Milford Ha|ven</HI> <DATE>this 23. Jan. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your honours mo&s;t affectionate humble and mo&s;t obedient &s;ervant, <HI>Robert Moulton.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="letter">
<PB N="31" REF="16">
<HEAD>To Collonel Pigott.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Worthy Co&s;en,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have here enclo&s;ed &s;ent two Letters two the Counte&s;&s;e of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> at <HI>Ragland,</HI> her Lord being lately confined here to the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Dublin,</HI> and lea&s;t her Ladi&s;hip may take things too much to heart the&s;e Letters are &s;ent to add &s;ome comfort. Both my Lord and I &s;hal acknowledge our thankefullne&s;&s;e un|to you if you bee plea&s;ed to u&s;e the be&s;t and &s;peedie&s;t cour&s;e you may for conveighing them to my Lady, you were wont to honour noble Ladyes e&s;pecially in di&s;tre&s;&s;e, and am a&s;&s;ured now more then ever having the happines of enjoying &s;o noble a Lady of your owne, your Father Mother and friends in <HI>Leix</HI> are all in good health, and dayly expect to heare good newes out of <HI>England&punc;</HI> thus not doubting of care herein with my be&s;t wi&s;hes of happines to your &s;elfe and your noble Lady, not un|mindfull of our good Friends all I remaine.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dublin</HI> <DATE><HI>this.</HI> 5. <HI>of</HI> Jan. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Your a&s;&s;ured loving Co&s;en to &s;erve you,</HI> Roger Br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">reton.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>To the Counte&s;&s;e of Glamorgan,</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Madam,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Pre&s;ume that &s;ome rumors of my Lord of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> being confined to the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Dublin</HI> for &s;ome matters layd to his charge by the Lord <HI>George Digby</HI> have before this time come to your Ladi&s;hips hearing; I thought fit therefore by the&s;e few lynes to let you know that my Lord is in perfect health, hearty and very chearfull, not doubting to give a &s;atis|factory an&s;wer to what may be layd to his charge, I have &s;o
<PB N="32" REF="17"> much confidence in your Ladi&s;hips accu&s;tomed di&s;cretion, that I know there needs no di&s;&s;wa&s;ive arguments to your Ladi&s;hip from either greeving or taking any reports you may receive to heart to much, not doubting but his Lord&s;hip will ere long &s;ee your Ladi&s;hip, when you may partake of all things more fully then may be by writing. My Lord your uncle is in health at <HI>Bunraly</HI> and with him there the Earle of <HI>P.</HI> my Lord <HI>Iohn</HI> and my Lady <HI>Honora,</HI> I wi&s;h your honour all health and hap|pines and am.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dublin</HI> <DATE>this 5. of <HI>Ian.</HI> 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your Ladi&s;hips &s;till faithfull &s;er|vant and Kin&s;man. <HI>Roger Brereton.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Lord <HI>Herbert</HI> (pretended Earle of <HI>Gla|morgan)</HI> his Letter to his Lady.</HEAD>
<P>MY deare&s;t heart, I hope the&s;e will prevent any newes &s;hal come unto you of me, &s;ince my co~mittment to the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Dublin,</HI> To which I a&s;&s;ure thee I went as cheerefully and as willingly as they could wi&s;h, who&s;oever they were by who&s;e meanes it was procured; and &s;hould as unwillingly goe foorth, were the gates both of the Ca&s;tle and Town open unto me, until I were cleered, as they are willing to make me un&s;erviceable to the King, and lay me a&s;ide, who have procured for me this re&s;traint; When I con&s;ider thee a Woman, as I thinke, I know you are, I feare lea&s;t you &s;hould be apprehen&s;ive: but when I reflect that you are of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Thomond,</HI> and that you were once plea&s;ed to &s;ay the&s;e words unto me, That I &s;hould never, in tenderne&s;&s;e of you, de&s;i&s;t from doing, what in honour I was obliged to doe, I grow confident, that in this you will now &s;hew your magnanimity, and by it the greate&s;t te&s;timony of affection, that you can po&s;&s;ibly afford me; and
<PB N="33" REF="17"> am al&s;o confident, that you know me &s;o well, that I need not tell you how cleare I am, and void of feare, the only effect of a good con&s;cience, and that I am guilty of nothing, that may te&s;tifie one thought of di&s;loyalty to his Maje&s;tie, or of what may &s;taine the honour of the family I come of, or &s;et a Brand upon my future po&s;teritie. Courage (my heart) were I a|mong&s;t the Kings Enemies you might feare; but being only a pri&s;oner among&s;t his Friends and faithfull Subjects, you need doubt nothing, but that this cloud will be &s;oone di&s;&s;ipated, by the Sunne-&s;hine of the King my Ma&s;ter, and did you but know how well and merry I am, you would bee as little trou|bled as my &s;elfe, who have nothing that can afflict me, but le&s;t your apprehen&s;ion might hurt you, e&s;pecially &s;ince all the while I could get no opportunity of &s;ending, nor yet by any certaine probable meanes, but by my Cou&s;in <HI>Bruertons,</HI> Ma|&s;ter <HI>Mannerings,</HI> our Cou&s;in <HI>Con&s;table</HI> of the Ca&s;tle, and my Lord Lievtenants leave: and I hope you and I &s;hall live to ac|knowledge our obligation to them, there being nothing in this world that I de&s;ire more, then you &s;hould at lea&s;t heare from me; And believe it (&s;weet heart) were I before th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> Parlia|ment in <HI>London,</HI> I could ju&s;tify, both the King and my &s;elfe in what I have done, And &s;o I pray acquaint my Father, who I know &s;o cautious, that he would hardly accept a Letter from me, but yet I pre&s;ume mo&s;t humbly to aske his ble&s;&s;ing, and as heartily as I &s;end mine to pretty <HI>Mall,</HI> and I hope this day or to morrow will &s;et a period to my bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, to the &s;hame of tho&s;e who have been occa&s;ioners of it: but I mu&s;t needs &s;ay from my Lord Lievtenant, and the Privie Councell here, I have received as much ju&s;tice, noblene&s;&s;e and favour, as I could po&s;&s;ibly expect: the Circum&s;tances of the&s;e proceedings are too long to write unto you, but I am confident all will prove to my greater honour; And my Right Honourable accu&s;er, my Lord <HI>George Digby,</HI> will be at la&s;t rectified and confirmed in the good which he is plea&s;ed to &s;ay he ever had of me hi|therto, as the greate&s;t affliction that he ever had, did doe what his con&s;cience enforced him unto, and indeed did wrap up the bitter pill of the Impeachment of &s;u&s;pition of high Trea&s;on
<PB N="34" REF="18"> in &s;o good words, as that I &s;wallowed it, with the greate&s;t ea&s;e in the world, and it hath hither had no other operation, then that it hath purged Melancholy: for as I was not at the pre|&s;ent not any way di&s;mayed, &s;o have I not &s;ince been any way at all di&s;heartened. So I pray let not any of my friends that's there, believe any thing, untill ye have the perfect relation of it from my &s;elfe. And this reque&s;t I chiefly make unto you, to whom I remaine a mo&s;t faithfull, and mo&s;t pa&s;&s;ionately de|voted Husband and &s;ervant,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Glamorgan.</SIGNED>
<POSTSCRIPT>
<P>Remember my &s;ervice to my Brother, my co&s;in <HI>Browne,</HI> and the re&s;t of my good friends.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>My Deare friend,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have very much to write to you concerning this place and yet know not what to write, you have heard I doe believe of the Earle of <HI>Glamorgans</HI> agreement with the Iri&s;h, by which hee undertooke they &s;hould have all the Churches within their Quarters, and all other Churches in the Kingdome not actually po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the Prote&s;tant party, as al&s;o all the Lands, Tenements, Tythes, and Hereditaments belonging to the Clergie, not actually po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the Prote|&s;tant party, and that they &s;hould be free from the Juri&s;diction of the Prote&s;tant Clergie, for which wilde undertaking my Lord <HI>Digbie</HI> accu&s;ed him of high Trea&s;on, for which the Earle doth now &s;tand committed in the Ca&s;tle. What further ef|fects this will produce, I am not able to judge, but the Iri&s;h give out that they will Treat no further with us if that he bee not &s;et at liberty, it was part of his agreement with them, that they &s;hould &s;end into <HI>England</HI> ten thou&s;and men to a&s;&s;i&s;t his Maje&s;tie, and a great part of them was ready to bee &s;hipped where hee was committed, which were thereupon &s;tayed;
<PB N="35" REF="18"> Wee are in a very &s;ad Condition here, environed with Ene|mies of all &s;ides, and in a very weake po&s;ture to defend our &s;elves, but the God of <HI>Jacob</HI> will I hope be our refuge. Your Father and the re&s;t of your friends are in good health. I would you had knowne my thoughts, or that I were with you for &s;ome time to unburthen my &s;elfe; God keep you and us in the midde&s;t of the&s;e &s;traights, and &s;o in ha&s;t, I re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>11. <HI>January</HI> 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Your a&s;&s;ured loving friend,</HI> MA<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">. EUSTACE.</SIGNED>
<POSTSCRIPT>
<P>This Gentleman hath &s;ome bu&s;ine&s;&s;e to <HI>Bri&s;toll,</HI> I pray you to be favour him therein, &s;ome e&s;tate is there fallen to him, and hee is gone thither in pur&s;uit thereof.</P>
<P>My owne, and my Wives &s;ervice to your noble Lady.</P>
<P>Super&s;cribed for my much honoured friend <HI>Tho. Pigget</HI> E&s;quire, at <HI>Al&s;towne</HI> neere <HI>Bri&s;toll</HI> the&s;e.</P>
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