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<P>The true &s;tate of the TRANSACTIONS OF Colonel George Monk WITH <HI>Owen-Roe-mac-Art-O-Neal;</HI> As it was Reported to the Parliament BY THE Councel of State. Together with the VOTES &amp; RESOLUTIONS OF The PARLIAMENT thereupon.</P>
<P><HI>ORdered, That it be referred to the Councel of State, to give Di|rection for printing the Report from the Councel of State, and &s;o much of the Letters and Proceedings as concern this bu&s;ine&s;s, and the Votes of the Hou&s;e thereupon.</HI></P>
<P>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Hu&s;band,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England, Augu&s;t</HI> 15. 1649.</P>
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<HEAD>Die Veneris, 10 Augu&s;ti, 1649.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Mr. Scot</HI> Reports from the Councel of State, a Letter and Paper concerning a Ce&s;&s;ation made by Colonel <HI>Monk</HI> with General <HI>Owen Roe mac Art O Neal,</HI> &s;ent to the Lord Lieutenant of <HI>Ire|land</HI> by Colonel <HI>Monk,</HI> and were by the Lord Lieutenant brought and delivered to the Councel, and by them taken into con&s;ideration, and that the whole Bu&s;ine&s;s was then di&s;approved by the Councel; and the Councel hath de|clared unto Colonel <HI>Monk,</HI> That they neither did nor do approve of what he hath done therein; and Ordered, That both the fore&s;aid Letter and Papers, and al&s;o the Rea&s;ons now exhibited to the Councel by Colonel <HI>Monk,</HI> for his making the Ce&s;&s;ation, &s;hould be Reported to the Hou&s;e; which were all this day read.</P>
<P><HI>The Hou&s;e being informed, That Colonel</HI> Monk <HI>was at the door, he was called in; and being come to the Bar,</HI></P>
<P>Mr. Speaker by Commands of the Hou&s;e declared to him, That the Hou&s;e had received a Report from the Councel of State, touching an Agreement for a Ce&s;&s;a|tion between him and <HI>Owen Roe;</HI> and whereas in his Letter he doth mention, That he had done it with advice with &s;ome others there, Mr. Speaker demanded of him, what per&s;ons he intended thereby: To which Colonel <HI>Monk</HI> an&s;wered, That he did it upon his own &s;core, without the advice of any other per&s;on; onely having formerly had Di&s;cour&s;e with Colonel <HI>Jones,</HI> Colonel
<PB N="4" REF="3"><HI>Jones</HI> told him, That if he the &s;aid Colonel <HI>Monk</HI> could keep off <HI>Owen Roe</HI> and <HI>Ormond</HI> from joyning, it would be a good &s;ervice.</P>
<P>Being demanded by Mr. Speaker, Whether he had any advice or direction from the Parliament, or Councel of State, or Lord Lieutenant of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or any other per&s;on here to do the &s;ame; he did expre&s;ly deny, That he had any advice or direction therein from the Lord Lieu|tenant of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or from the Councel of State, or from the Parliament, or any Member of either; but he did it onely on his own &s;core, conceiving it was for the pre&s;er|vation of the Engli&s;h Intere&s;t there, and that they have had &s;ome fruits thereof accordingly.</P>
<P>Being withdrawn, and afterwards called in again, the que&s;tions demanded him by Mr. Speaker, and his an&s;wers thereunto, were read unto him; and the &s;aid Colonel <HI>Monk</HI> did acknowledge, That the &s;ame are his an&s;wers to the &s;aid que&s;tions.</P>
<P>RE&s;olved, &amp;c. <HI>That this Hou&s;e doth utterly di&s;approve of the proceedings of Co|lonel</HI> Monk, <HI>in the Treaty and Ce&s;&s;ation made between him and</HI> Owen Roe O Neal; <HI>And that the innocent Blood which hath been &s;hed in</HI> Ireland, <HI>is &s;o fre&s;h in the memory of this Hou&s;e, that this Hou&s;e doth dete&s;t and abhor the thoughts of any clo&s;ing with any party of Popi&s;h Rebels there, who have had their hands in &s;hedding that blood.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Neverthele&s;s, the Hou&s;e being &s;atisfied that
<PB N="5" REF="3">what the &s;aid Colonel</HI> Monk <HI>did therein, was in his apprehen&s;ion nece&s;&s;ary for the pre&s;er|vation of the Parliament of</HI> England <HI>Intere&s;t, That the Hou&s;e is content the further con&s;i|deration thereof, as to him, be laid a&s;ide, and &s;hall not at any time hereafter be called in que&s;tion.</HI></P>
<P>Ordered, <HI>That it be referred to the Councel of State, to give Direction for printing the Report from the Councel of State, and &s;o much of the Letters and Proceedings as con|cern this bu&s;ine&s;s, and the Votes of the Hou&s;e thereupon.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<LETTER>
<HEAD>Colonel <HI>George Monks</HI> Letter to the Lord Lieutenant of <HI>Ireland.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honorable,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>SInce I received adverti&s;ement of your re&s;olution of coming into this Kingdom, I have very much re|joyced, and withal do a&s;&s;ure you, that you have no &s;ervant in the world more glad of it, then my &s;elf; I am infinitely obliged to you for your many favors, for which I return you hearty thanks. I do account it a principal part of my duty, to give you account of af|fairs here in this &s;ervice: I have, &s;ince, the Scots de|&s;erting me (although they are unwilling to own it) not|with&s;tanding their actions do fully manife&s;t it, u&s;ed my utmo&s;t endeavors to re&s;erve the intere&s;t of <HI>Eng|land</HI> in the North, and to keep &s;ome footing there. I have taken care to provide the Garri&s;on of <HI>Li&s;negarvy,</HI> with two moneths provi&s;ion of corn, which is kept there &s;afe, if any rupture happen between, which is likely to be, &s;ince their ends are clear oppo&s;ite: As al|&s;o I have well furni&s;hed with victual the Garri&s;on of <HI>Derry,</HI> the onely pa&s;s into the North, and <HI>Green Ca&s;tle, Cartingford, Dundalk</HI> and <HI>Colerane,</HI> if my Forces &s;hould advance to be&s;iege either of them. And being in a ve|ry ill condition with the&s;e Garri&s;ons between the Scots and Iri&s;h, <HI>Owen mac Art</HI>'s Army, I have adven|tured, by the advice of &s;ome &s;pecial friends and well-wi&s;hers to this Service, to treat with <HI>Owen mac Art,</HI> to keep him from joyning with <HI>Ormond,</HI> which if he had done, Colonel <HI>Jones</HI> and I had been in a very great ha|zard
<PB N="7" REF="4">of lo&s;ing the Parliaments footing in this King|dom; whereupon finding Colonel <HI>Jones</HI> in &s;uch a con|dition, that he could not relieve me, it made me the more confident to adventure upon a Ce&s;&s;ation of Arms between <HI>Owen mac Art</HI>'s Party and mine, he en|gaging him&s;elf to oppo&s;e <HI>Ormond,</HI> which he doth really intend to do, and hath already by his endeavors ma|nife&s;ted his willingne&s;s to ruine <HI>Ormond,</HI> for a greater feud cannot po&s;&s;ibly be between them, then there is now: wherefore upon this &s;core I have treated with him, and according to his de&s;ire, &s;ent you the Copy of the Propo&s;itions made by him, and according to his de&s;ire &s;ent you the Copy of the Propo&s;itions made by him, to the Parliament, which are wonderful high, but I believe will de&s;cend much lower: I have &s;ent you likewi&s;e a Copy of Agreement for the three moneths Ce&s;&s;ation betwixt <HI>Owen mac Art</HI> and I. I do not think it fit to &s;ignifie this to the Councel of State, but do wholly refer the bu&s;ine&s;s to you, either to make further u&s;e of it, or el&s;e to move it, or as you con|ceive mo&s;t fit to be done, &s;ince there was great nece&s;|&s;ity for me to do it, I hope it will beget no ill con&s;tru|ction, when the advantage gained to the Service, by dividing <HI>Ormond</HI> and <HI>Mac Art,</HI> is fully weighed.</P>
<P>By this bu&s;ine&s;s I have very much quieted the Scots, who were upon &s;o high terms, that nothing would &s;atisfie them, but that I mu&s;t deliver up the pro|vi&s;ions, Arms and Ammunition to them which I had in my Stores, as you may perceive by the Copies of their Letters at their meetings; but now they do not &s;tir, either to &s;end Forces to joyn with tho&s;e again&s;t <HI>Derry,</HI> or to advance towards me: wherefore being driven to this great &s;treight, I &s;hall de&s;ire that it may
<PB N="8" REF="5">not receive any ill cen&s;ure, but that it may be through|ly con&s;idered.</P>
<P>I doubt I have already tre&s;pa&s;&s;ed too much upon your time, and do therefore crave pardon for this bold|ne&s;s, and humbly be&s;eech you to continue your good opinion towards me, and e&s;teem me, as I am</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dundalk,</HI> <DATE>this 25. of May 1649.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your faithful and mo&s;t humble Servant, <HI>GEORGE MONK.</HI></SIGNED>
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<P>Ormond <HI>within this three days hath taken a Garri&s;on of</HI> Owen mac Arts, <HI>and put mo&s;t of the men to the &s;word, the place called</HI> Mary-Burrow, <HI>and the hath &s;ent</HI> Pre&s;ton <HI>to lye before</HI> Athy, <HI>another of</HI> Owen mac Arts <HI>Garri&s;ons.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Articles conde&s;cended unto, and agreed upon, by and between General <HI>Owen O Neal,</HI> Commander in chief of the confederate Catholiques, and Colonel <HI>George Monk,</HI> Commander in chief of the Par|liament Forces, within the Province of <HI>Ul&s;ter.</HI> Dated <HI>8</HI> May, <HI>1649.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">I. IT is agreed that there be a Ce&s;&s;ation of Arms, and of all acts of Ho&s;tility, between the Forces and Parties commanded by, and adhering to General <HI>Owen O Neal,</HI> as well in <HI>Ul&s;ter</HI> as in the re&s;t of the Provinces of the Kingdom, and the Forces or Parties under Co|lonel <HI>George Monk</HI> his command, for three moneths after the date hereof; Provided that in the &s;aid time, there be not any agreement made with the Marque&s;s
<PB N="9" REF="5">of <HI>Ormond,</HI> the Lord of <HI>Inchiqueen,</HI> or any their adhe|rents, or with any who are Enemies to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P N="2">II. That upon all occa&s;ions during the &s;aid time, both Parties be ready with their Forces to a&s;&s;i&s;t one another, until a more ab&s;olute agreement be made and conde&s;cended unto by the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P N="3">III. It is agreed between the &s;aid Parties, that the Creaghts of <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> re&s;iding within the quarters of Co|lonel <HI>Monk,</HI> pay contribution to General <HI>Owen O Neal;</HI> And that it may be likewi&s;e lawful for the &s;aid Colo|nel <HI>Monk</HI> to receive contribution from &s;uch Creaghts of <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> as well tho&s;e who have not as yet paid him contribution, as tho&s;e that do; and in ca&s;e any of them refu&s;e &s;o to do, it &s;hall be lawful for Colonel <HI>Monk</HI> to compel them thereunto, excepting tho&s;e who be|long to the County of <HI>Cavan.</HI></P>
<P N="4">IV. It is al&s;o agreed, That if General <HI>Owen O Neal</HI> &s;hall happen to fight again&s;t the Forces under the com|mand of the Marque&s;s of <HI>Ormond,</HI> the Lord <HI>Inchiqueen,</HI> or any other Enemies to the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> and thereby &s;pend his Ammunition, if he be near unto my Quarters, and be di&s;tre&s;&s;ed for want of Ammuni|tion. I &s;hall then furni&s;h him.</P>
<P N="5">V. It is agreed between the &s;aid Parties, And the &s;aid Colonel <HI>Monk</HI> doth in the behalf of him&s;elf and his Party, faithfully promi&s;e and undertake, that free leave and liberty &s;hall be given to any Ship or Ships, that may arrive at any Harbor, or Port-Town within the &s;aid Colonel <HI>Monk</HI>'s liberty, during the time of our Agreement, with any Silver, Gold, Provi&s;ion, Arms, Ammunition, or any other commodities, to the u&s;e of the &s;aid General or his Forces: And that the &s;aid Ge|neral
<PB N="10" REF="6"><HI>O Neal,</HI> or &s;uch as &s;hall be by him authorized hereunto, &s;hall be admitted to fetch away the &s;ame with &s;ecurity and &s;afety; and that no interruption or impediment be given to the &s;aid &s;hipping, to depart without any prejudice, at their will and plea&s;ure.</P>
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<HEAD>The Propo&s;itions of General <HI>Owen O Neal,</HI> the Lords, Gentry and Commons of the confederate Ca|tholiques of <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> to the mo&s;t High and mo&s;t Ho|norable, the <HI>PARLIAMENT</HI> of <HI>England.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">I. <HI>IMprimis,</HI> That &s;uch as are already joyned, or &s;hall within the &s;pace of three moneths, joyn with General <HI>Owen O Neal,</HI> in the &s;ervice of the Par|liament of <HI>England</HI> in this Kingdom, as well Clergy as others, may have all laws and penalties again&s;t their Religion and its Profe&s;&s;ors, taken off by Act of Parlia|ment, and that Act to extend to the &s;aid Parties, their Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors for ever, while they loyally &s;erve the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P N="2">II. The &s;aid General <HI>O Neal</HI> de&s;ireth an Act of ob|livion to be pa&s;&s;ed, to extend to all and every of his party, for all things done &s;ince the beginning of the year 1641.</P>
<P N="3">III. They de&s;ire that General <HI>Owen O Neal,</HI> be provided with a competent command in the Army, be|fitting his worth and quality.</P>
<P N="4">IV. They de&s;ire that they may enjoy all the Lands that were, or ought to be in their or their Ance&s;tors po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion.</P>
<P N="5">V. That all incapacity, inability and di&s;tru&s;t hither|to,
<PB N="11" REF="6">by Act of State or otherwi&s;e, again&s;t the &s;aid party, be taken off.</P>
<P N="6">VI. That on both &s;ides all jealou&s;ies, hate and a|ver&s;ion, be laid a&s;ide, unity, love and amity, be re|newed and practi&s;ed between both parties.</P>
<P N="7">VII. That General <HI>Owen O Neal</HI> may be re&s;tored and put in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of his Succe&s;&s;ors e&s;tates, or &s;ome e&s;tates equivalent to it, in the Counties of <HI>Tyrome, Ard|mach,</HI> or <HI>London-dery,</HI> in reward of his merit, and the good &s;ervice that he &s;hall perform in the Parliament of <HI>Englands</HI> &s;ervice, in the pre&s;ervation of their intere&s;t in this Kingdom.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. That the Army belonging to General <HI>Ow|en O Neal</HI> and his party, be provided for, in all points as the re&s;t of the Army &s;hall be.</P>
<P N="9">IX. That the &s;aid party be provided with, and po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed of a convenient Sea port in the Province of <HI>Ul&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P>I do, upon receiving a confirmation of the&s;e Propo|&s;itions, forthwith undertake and promi&s;e in behalf of my &s;elf, and the whole Party under my command, faithfully and firmly to adhere to the &s;ervice of the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> in this Kingdom, and main|tain their intere&s;t hereafter, with the hazard of our lives and fortunes, again&s;t all oppo&s;ers what&s;oever. In wit|ne&s;s whereof, I have hereunto put my hand and &s;eal, this 8 day of May, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1649.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Signed, <HI>Owen O Neal.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<PB N="12" REF="7">
<HEAD>The REASONS inducing Colonel <HI>Monk to</HI> make a Ce&s;&s;ation with <HI>Owen Roe O Neal</HI> for three Moneths, which is now expired, were as followeth:</HEAD>
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<ITEM>1. THat about <HI>April</HI> la&s;t, the Scots under his com|mand having relinqui&s;hed their obedience to the Parliament, and denied to obey any command from him, upon refu&s;ing to joyn with them in a De|claration again&s;t the Parliament and Army, he de&s;ired a&s;&s;i&s;tance from Colonel <HI>Jones</HI> to reduce them to obe|dience: But Colonel <HI>Jones</HI> finding by good Intelli|gence, that the Lord of <HI>Ormond</HI> had made a Peace with all the Iri&s;h, except <HI>Owen Roe O Neal;</HI> That he had &s;et up the Princes Intere&s;t, and upon that &s;core was rai&s;ing all the force he could make to di&s;tre&s;s Colonel <HI>Jones</HI> in his quarters, thought it not &s;afe, as to the Par|liaments Intere&s;t in <HI>Lem&s;ter,</HI> to &s;pare any a&s;&s;i&s;tance to Colonel <HI>Monk.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That Colonel <HI>Monk</HI> being upon this nece&s;&s;itated to retire to his Gari&s;on of <HI>Dundalk,</HI> found <HI>Owen Roe O Neal</HI> quartered with his Forces, being Six thou&s;and Foot, and about Seven hundred hor&s;e, in the counties of <HI>Cavan</HI> and <HI>Monahan,</HI> within twenty or thirty miles march of his Garri&s;on; and al&s;o received good In|telligence, that the Lord of <HI>Ormond</HI> at that time u&s;ed all po&s;&s;ible means to draw <HI>Owen Roe</HI> to his party, offering him any Conditions to induce to it.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That Colonel <HI>Monk</HI> finding him&s;elf thus inviron|ed with the Scots on the one hand, with whom he under&s;tood the Lord of <HI>Ormond</HI> kept Intelligence at
<PB N="13" REF="7">that time, and with <HI>Owen Roe</HI> on the other; and find|ing how dangerous it would in all probability be, not onely to him&s;elf, but al&s;o to Colonel <HI>Jones,</HI> and &s;o con&s;equently to all the Parliaments Intere&s;t in <HI>Ireland,</HI> to have <HI>Owen Roe</HI> and the Scots thus upon the &s;udden, and before any Forces could be expected to arrive out of <HI>England,</HI> either to Colonel <HI>Jones</HI> or his own relief, united with the Lord of <HI>Ormond.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Finding that if he could keep the Lord of <HI>Ormond</HI> and <HI>Owen Roe</HI> at di&s;tance, until &s;upplies arrived, he &s;hould not onely deprive the Lord of <HI>Ormond</HI> of that acce&s;&s;ion of &s;trength which <HI>Owen Roe</HI>'s Forces would have added unto him, but al&s;o render the Scots in <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> and the Earl of <HI>Clanrickard</HI> with his <HI>Connaght</HI> Forces (all which being joyned together, would have made Twelve thou&s;and hor&s;e and foot) u&s;ele&s;s to the Lord of <HI>Ormond,</HI> as to any a&s;&s;i&s;tance he could expect from them to joyn with him again&s;t Colonel <HI>Jones, Owen Roe</HI> lying &s;o with his Forces, as that he might within two or three days march, have fallen either in|to the Scots quarters, or <HI>Clanrickards</HI> quarters, if they had not kept their Forces to attend his motions.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. Finding al&s;o that <HI>Owen Roe,</HI> in regard of his own &s;afety, would accept the large Offers made him by the Earl of <HI>Ormond,</HI> if he had not been &s;peedily prevent|ed; Colonel <HI>Monk</HI> well weighing all the dangers and advantages as afore&s;aid, that might in all probability in&s;ue thereupon; and likewi&s;e what hazard it might have been to retard a conclu&s;ion with <HI>Owen Roe</HI> (whom he found impatient of all Delays) until he might re|ceive Directions either from the Councel of State or the Parliament, for his farther proceeding therein, thought it mo&s;t agreeable to the di&s;charge of his tru&s;t,
<PB N="14" REF="8">and the &s;afety of the Parliaments Intere&s;t in that Kingdom, rather to ca&s;t him&s;elf upon the Parliaments favorable interpretation, and to conclude a Ce&s;&s;ation with <HI>Owen Roe</HI> for three moneths, then by any further delay, to lo&s;e the advantages afore&s;aid, the fruits whereof have in &s;ome mea&s;ure an&s;wered his expecta|tion, and prevented the Earl of <HI>Ormond</HI> all this while from a &s;trict be&s;ieging of <HI>Dublin,</HI> and &s;o con&s;equently of taking it, for want of a competent number of foot to lie down before it, which he could not have done, without the addition of the Scots and <HI>Connaght</HI> forces as afore&s;aid; and in the mean time nece&s;&s;itated him to &s;pend his time in taking of the out-Gari&s;ons, which if <HI>Dublin</HI> had been taken, he knew would have &s;peedily fallen into his hands. The truth of all which, and of the advantages gained by his proceedings, he &s;ub|mits to the further te&s;timony of tho&s;e that Command in chief for the Parliament upon the place.</ITEM>
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<PB N="15" REF="8">
<HEAD>A Letter of the Scotti&s;h Officers in <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> to <HI>Colonel MONK.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Honorable Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>VVE are very well &s;atisfied in our own con&s;ciences, and are confident all, except the parties again&s;t whom we do declare, will be &s;o, That we have di&s;charged our duties in rela|tion to you, and that we have with a great deal of hone&s;ty &amp; fide|lity, declared our &s;elves for the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> And one|ly again&s;t tho&s;e who have illegally u&s;urped their power, for who&s;e &s;ervice we are confident the Arms, Ammunition and Clothes &s;ent to the Army, were never ordained; nor can we &s;ee how you di&s;charge your tru&s;t to the Parliament, when you detain tho&s;e provi&s;ions &s;ent by them to us, who are &s;till willing cordially to pro&s;ecute tho&s;e ends to which we were engaged, when you got your Commi&s;&s;ion, and to follow the commands of that lawful Power which did give it you. Thus far we are free, becau&s;e we cannot lie under the accu&s;ation of that crime, whereof others are guilty, &amp;c.</P>
<P>Major <HI>Rawden</HI> will give you an accompt of our An&s;wers to your de&s;ires, which we are confident will witne&s;s our re&s;pects to you, and we do earne&s;tly de&s;ire that you may be as careful in pre&s;erving a good corre&s;pondency and neighbor-hood, as</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Belfa&s;t,</HI> <DATE><HI>the</HI> 9. <HI>of May,</HI> 1649.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Your affectionate humble Servants.</HI> Signed:
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<ITEM><HI>Montgomery, John Edmon&s;tone,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Uti Knox, William Hamilton,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>George Kieth, James Clotworthy,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>James Shaw, Fergus Kennedy,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ed: Ellis.</HI></ITEM>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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