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<P>THE PROPOSITIONS OF OVVEN ROE O NEILE <HI>SENT TO</HI> COL. MONCK, And a Ce&s;&s;ation for three months con|cluded between them:</P>
<P><HI>Together with a Letter thereupon, &s;ent by a Gentleman at Dundalk to his friend at CORCK.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Printed at</HI> Corck, <HI>in the yeare of our Lord God,</HI> 1649. <HI>Are to be &s;old at Roches building.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>The Propo&s;itions of Generall <HI>Owen O Neile,</HI> the Lords, Gentry, and Commons of the Confederate Catholiques of <HI>Ul&s;ter:</HI> To the mo&s;t Honourable and mo&s;t potent, the Parliament of England.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>_IN primis</HI> That all Lawes, Statutes, Penalties made, pa&s;t or concluded again&s;t the Roman Catholiques their Mini&s;ters or profe&s;&s;ors their liberty or exerci&s;e of the &s;aid Religion, &s;ince the twentieth yeare of <HI>Henry</HI> the eight, be repealed, reclaimed and perpe|tually taken off, and that act to extend to the &s;aid partie and their i&s;&s;ues, and &s;ucce&s;&s;ors for ever.</P>
<P N="2">2. The &s;aid Generall <HI>Owen O Neile</HI> de&s;ireth that an act of Oblivion be pa&s;&s;ed to extend to all and every of his partie for all things done &s;ince the begining of the yeare 1641.</P>
<P N="3">3. They de&s;ire that Generall <HI>Owen O Neile</HI> be provided for with a Competent Commaund in the Army befitting his Worth, Place and Quality.</P>
<P N="4">4. They de&s;ire that all Lands taken Illegally from the &s;aid partie and every of them, or their Ance&s;tors &s;ince 1^o <HI>Iacobi</HI> be re&s;tored to them.</P>
<P N="5">5. That the &s;aid partie be made capable and Intru&s;ted, in all Commaunds Martiall and Civill by Sea and Land.</P>
<P N="6">6. That all Incapacities, Inhability, and di&s;tru&s;t hitherto by Act of State or otherwi&s;e, again&s;t the &s;aid partie be taken off.</P>
<P N="7">7. That on both &s;ides all Jealou&s;ies, hate and aver&s;ion be laid a&s;ide, unity, love and amity be renewed and Proclai|med betweene both parties.</P>
<P N="8">8. That Generall <HI>Owen O Neile</HI> be re&s;tored and put in po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of his Ance&s;tors E&s;tates, untill it be tryed whether the &s;ame e&s;tates were illegally taken away or not.</P>
<P N="9">9. That the &s;aid partie be provided with and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of a Convenient Sea-port in the Province of <HI>Vl&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P>That the Army belonging to Generall <HI>Owen O Neile</HI> and his partie be provided for in all points as the re&s;t of the Army &s;halbe.</P>
<CLOSER><HI>Copia Vera.</HI> <SIGNED>Owen O Neile.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have receaved yours of the 25. of Aprill and I have &s;eene your order given to Captaine <HI>Hugh Mac Patrick Mac Mahon</HI> to treat and conclude a peace with me in the behalfe of your &s;elfe and the Forces under your Commaund. I have peru&s;ed your propo&s;itions and conceiving there are &s;ome par|ticulars in them which at the fir&s;t view the Parliament of <HI>Eng|land</HI> may &s;cruple to grant, I have made a &s;mall alteration in &s;ome of them, being well a&s;&s;ured that by it you will not receive the lea&s;t di&s;advantage, but it will rather prove a meanes to be|get an increa&s;e of their good opinion towards you and your partie which I believe your reallity, fidelity and action in their &s;ervice will &s;ufficiently merit, and in ca&s;e you approve of them as I have revi&s;ed and altered them, I de&s;ire you to &s;end them to me &s;igned and &s;ealed by you that I may pre&s;ent them to the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> to obtaine their favourable an&s;|wer in returne of them, and in the meane time I de&s;ire that ac|cording to this inclo&s;ed paper, three months ce&s;&s;ation be con|de&s;cended unto and agreed betweene us, and inviolably kept betweene our forces during the &s;aid time,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dondalke</HI> <DATE>26. <HI>April,</HI> 1649.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>George Moncke.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A &s;econd Copy of Owen Roe O Neile's Propo&s;itions as they were cor|rected by Colonell Monck &amp; &s;ent to the Parliament to be granted.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1. <HI>IN primis,</HI> That &s;uch as &s;hall joyne with Generall <HI>O Neile</HI> in the &s;ervice of the Parliament of England in this King|dome, may have liberty of Con&s;cience for them&s;elves and their i&s;&s;ue.</P>
<P N="2">2. The &s;aid Generall <HI>O Neile</HI> de&s;ireth an act of Oblivion be pa&s;&s;ed, to extend to all and every of his partie for all things done &s;ince the beginning of the yeare 1641.</P>
<P N="3">3. They de&s;ire that Generall <HI>O Neile</HI> be provided for a com|petent command in the Army befitting his worth, place and quality.</P>
<P N="4">4. They de&s;ire that they may enjoy all tho&s;e Lands that
<PB REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 10 -->were in their po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion at the beginning of this war for them|&s;elves &amp; heires, during their fidelity to the Intere&s;t of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. That all Incapacity, Inhability and di&s;tru&s;t hitherto by acts of State or otherwi&s;e again&s;t the &s;aid partie be taken off.</P>
<P N="6">6. That on both &s;ides all Jealou&s;ies, hate and aver&s;ion be laid a&s;ide, unity, love and amity renewed and practi&s;ed between both parties.</P>
<P N="7">7. That Generall <HI>O Neile</HI> may be re&s;tored and put in po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of his Ance&s;tors E&s;tates or &s;ome other e&s;tate equivalent to it in reward of his merit and the good &s;ervice that he &s;hall performe in the Parliament of Englands &s;ervice in the pre&s;er|vation of their intere&s;t in this Kingdome.</P>
<P N="8">8. That the Army belonging to the Generall <HI>O Neile</HI> and his partie be provided for in all points as the re&s;t of the Army &s;hall be.</P>
<P N="9">9. That the &s;aid partie be provided with and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of a convenient Sea-port in the Province of Ul&s;ter.</P>
<P><HI>And I doe upon receiving a Confirmation of tho&s;e de&s;ires un|dertake and promi&s;e in the behalfe of my &s;elfe and the whole par|tie under my Commaund, Faithfully and firmely to adhere to the Parliament of</HI> Englands <HI>&s;ervice in this Kingdome and to main|taine their Intere&s;t hereafter with the hazard of our lives and E|&s;tates again&s;t all oppo&s;ers what&s;oever. </HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given under my hand and Seale.</HI></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Colonell George Monck his Propo&s;itions to Generall Owen Roe O Neile.</HEAD>
<P><HI>THat there be a Ce&s;&s;ation of Armes betweene the forces under the Command of Generall</HI> Owen O Neile <HI>and the forces under Command of Colonell</HI> George Monck, <HI>for the &s;pace of three months beginning the fir&s;t of this in&s;tant May, before which time be ended I am certaine to receive the Parliaments an&s;wer to your propo&s;iti|ons.</HI></P>
<P><HI>That upon all occa&s;ions during the &s;aid time wee be ready to a&s;&s;i&s;t
<PB REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 10 -->one another till a more ab&s;olute agreement be made and conde&s;cen|ded unto by the Parliament of England.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For &s;uch Creats as pay me contribution I &s;hall be contented that they likewi&s;e pay contribution to the forces under Generall</HI> Owen O Neiles <HI>Command, provided that I may have liberty to bring in &s;uch Creats of the Province of Vl&s;ter under Contribution to me, who have not yet payd any to the forces under my Command.</HI></P>
<P><HI>If any provi&s;ions arrive into any Harbour under my Command for the u&s;e of Generall</HI> Owen O Neile, <HI>or any under his command; that freedome be given to him to &s;end and fetch tho&s;e provi&s;ions thence with &s;afety, provided he continueth an enemy to the enemies of the Parliament of England in this Kingdome.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>To my worthy friend  <GAP DESC="blank">  at Corck in Mun&s;ter.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOu may wonder my obligations being &s;o great towards you, that my returnes of acknowledgement &s;hould be &s;o &s;eldome as they have been, but you mu&s;t know there is no defect in my de&s;ires to be at your eares often, tis onely the pre&s;ervation of my liberty and &s;afety in the&s;e parts that makes me forbeare the frequency of &s;uch Intercour&s;es. I am confident the&s;e letters, this Me&s;&s;enger, and the enclo&s;ed papers, which I here &s;end you, (containing a true Copy of the Propo&s;itions and Letters of A|greement between <HI>Owen Roe O Neile,</HI> and Col. <HI>George Monck</HI>) will be able to give you &s;ome accompt of the pa&s;&s;ages in the&s;e parts, and will make you a&s;&s;ur'd that I doe not forget the re&s;|pects I owe unto you.</P>
<P>I mu&s;t confe&s;&s;e to you, that (as you ever conceiv'd) I never could imagin that the Parliament proceedings would have ad|vanced to &s;o high a degree of rage &amp; wickedne&s;&s;e, as I &s;ee they are now come to, and are re&s;olv'd to Act by. But being amaz'd at the Kings Murther, And &s;eeing the Gangreane doth &s;o cru|elly &s;pread, I will impart to you my re&s;olution. That I am re|&s;olv'd to get into your parts with the fir&s;t conveniency, &amp; ad|heare to you there, who&s;e actions are more conducing to the
<PB REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 11 -->pre&s;ervation of our Religion, Law, and comon Intere&s;t, then any where el&s;e, that I can finde. But that this my &s;o &s;udden re|&s;olution may not be conceiv'd the fruit of &s;ome vaine feare, mi&s;cariage in my &s;elfe, or light de&s;ires to abandon my former principles. I &s;hall give you a right under&s;tanding of all the mo|tions and pa&s;&s;ages of my &s;oule, &s;ince I was acquainted with this late treaty between Colonell <HI>Monck</HI> and <HI>Owen Roe O Neile,</HI> that thereby you may judge of the ground of the&s;e my de&s;ignes and di&s;ta&s;ts and my re&s;olutions taken thereupon.</P>
<P>And before I con&s;ider the particulars of the treaty, the thing it &s;elfe is &s;o Odious unto me, that if they could have made the be&s;t bargaine to be imagined for the Engli&s;h &s;afety, The man|ner of it, would have appear'd to me very un&s;avory.</P>
<P>For although it cannot be denied that almo&s;t the whole Iri&s;h party (in regard of their Confederacys and combinations) have not been innocent in all particulars, of that va&s;t Ocean of <HI>Eng|li&s;h</HI> blood that hath been &s;hedd. Yet it is mo&s;t cleere that the plotters and contrivers of this Trea&s;on, and the unnaturall and butcherly executioners thereof, are that party principally, which are now headed by <HI>Owen O Neile.</HI> For although many of the <HI>Pale,</HI> with others of <HI>Conaught, Lein&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Mun&s;ter,</HI> entertained the de&s;igne, when they &s;aw it was &s;o far &s;pread, and the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> &s;o much weakned in their per&s;ons and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, yet it cannot be denyed but this Kingdome had &s;till many moderate-minded men, that lothed their Country-mens barbarity, and could ne|ver be drawne to adheare to their party in their lea&s;t con&s;ent. Now for the Parliament Agents to gather up the&s;e men (and the&s;e only) that have been drunk with the blood of their bre|thren, and to fortifie them with Armes, Coun&s;ells, and con|junction of forces, that thereby they may pre&s;erve to them&s;el|ves the Triumphs of their cruelty and Treachery, and to lapp them up in their affections with promi&s;es of reward, if they will per&s;evere to act with them the ruine of the <HI>King</HI> &amp; <HI>Monarchy,</HI> the di&s;truction of the remnant of the <HI>Engli&s;h Prote&s;tants,</HI> and the antient Iri&s;h who have now declared their loyalty, and &s;ub|mitted to, and con&s;ociated with them, are things that I much lothe, and can no way imbrace.</P>
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<P>Be&s;ides if you con&s;ider the pa&s;&s;ages of the Treaty, you will ea&s;ily be drawne (I &s;uppo&s;e) to ca&s;t away your former inter|tained &s;cruples, and not condemne mee for being out of love with mine.</P>
<P N="1">For fir&s;t: The title to <HI>Owen Roes</HI> propo&s;itions excludes all o|ther of his Nation but &s;uch as will joyne with him, though they be far more capable of peace and pardon then him&s;elfe or his party.</P>
<P N="2">2. Hee and his party who in a late paper of theirs &s;til'd the Parliament of <HI>England, Mon&s;trofum Parliamentum</HI> (The Mon|&s;trous Parliament) when (as then) it had not be&s;mear'd it &s;elfe with Royall, Sacred, and Noble Blood, as &s;ince it hath done. Yet now where he &s;ees them Act like him&s;elfe, he hath taught his tongue to quaver and calls them <HI>The mo&s;t Honorable and Po|tent Parliament.</HI> When all Honour is per&s;ecuted by them, and no power exercis'd by them but bruti&s;h violence, and extreame Tyranny.</P>
<P N="3">3. In the &s;econd Propo&s;ition: That an Act of Oblivion be pa&s;&s;ed to extend to all and every of <HI>Owen O Neiles</HI> party for all things done &s;ince the yeare 1641. you &s;hall find that <HI>Monck</HI> approves of it totally without the lea&s;t re&s;erve of puni&s;hment to any the mo&s;t bloody plotters &amp; murtherers what&s;oever that are in that crew, which maks me more in love with my Lord of <HI>Ormonds</HI> Peace then I was before.</P>
<P N="4">4. Tis propounded by <HI>Owen Roe,</HI> and approved by <HI>Monck,</HI> that he &s;hall have a Sea-port to him&s;elf to make u&s;e of, for the perfecting of his de&s;ignes, when (as we heare) the lea&s;t Traffick will not be allowed to you in Mun&s;ter.</P>
<P N="5">5. Although Col. <HI>Monck</HI> doe a little pare his Propo&s;itions concerning the repealing of Statuts again&s;t Roman Catholicks &s;ince <HI>Hen.</HI> 8. le&s;t he &s;hould offend the people, And though he doe not ab&s;olutely undertake to grant him all his Ance&s;tors Lands (which when he is once &s;tiled <HI>O Neile</HI> he will challenge to be the &s;ix e&s;cheated Countyes) yet by <HI>Moncks</HI> letter he is a&s;|&s;ured that hee &s;hall not receive the lea&s;t di&s;advantage thereby. All which directions, councells and a&s;&s;urances (I am confident)
<PB REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 12 -->Col. <HI>Monck</HI> would not have u&s;ed towards him, if he had not had a Parliament foundation to warrant him.</P>
<P>Thus you &s;ee tho&s;e men who lately were utter enemies, have confederated together to ruine <HI>Monarchy</HI> &amp; the <HI>Prote&s;tant Re|ligion,</HI> meerly to rai&s;e them&s;elves, and &s;upport their own facti|on. They will not here allow the King to make u&s;e of his owne &s;ubjects, to revenge His Fathers Blood, to Reinthrone him|&s;elfe, to ree&s;tabli&s;h Religion and the Lawes, and ju&s;t liberties, And yet they allow them&s;elves a latitude of calling in any par|ty, though the mo&s;t bloody and inhumane, to a&s;&s;i&s;t them, in the carrying on their wicked de&s;ignes. Wee have &s;een <HI>Col. Jones</HI> his Letters, cen&s;uring the Lord of <HI>Ormonde,</HI> for joyning the Iri&s;h to his party (though the be&s;t and lea&s;t culpable of them) and yet the &s;ame <HI>Jones</HI> (who&s;e head and hand is in this Treaty and conclu&s;ion) thinks it allowable in him&s;elf to clo&s;e with the wor&s;t, and that upon their owne termes. And though <HI>Col. Moncks</HI> hipocri&s;ie (in correcting <HI>Owen O Neile's</HI> &s;eventh Article) will not allow that unity and amity &s;hall be publickly proclaimed between them, yet he is willing it &s;hall be practi&s;es, and they &s;hall mutually a&s;i&s;t one-another again&s;t all oppo&s;ers what&s;oever. That is the KING and all in Authority under him.</P>
<P><HI>The Con&s;ideration of the&s;e things hath left &s;uch an impre&s;&s;i|on upon my &s;oule, that I am re&s;olved to make &s;peed to you, noe way de&s;ireing to live under their Commaunds, who&s;e actions increa&s;e in horrour, and beget new afflictions to all hone&s;t Engli&s;h harts. So praying you to forbeare further writing to me, becau&s;e I meane &s;peedily to &s;ee you, I re&s;t.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your a&s;&s;ured freind and Servant.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Dundalk <DATE>May: 20. 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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