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<HEAD>THE Articles of <HI>Limerick,</HI> Ratified under the Great Seal of <HI>ENGLAND.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>WILLIAM REX.</SIGNED>
<SIGNED><HI>WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>MARY</HI> by the Grace of God, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></SIGNED><SALUTE> To all whom the&s;e Pre|&s;ents &s;hall come, Greeting.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Whereas certain Articles bearing Date the <HI>Third</HI> Day of <HI>October</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, Made and Agreed on between Our Ju&s;tices of Our Kingdom of <HI>Ireland</HI> and Our General of Our Forces there, on the one part, and &s;everal Officers there Commanding within the City of <HI>Limerick,</HI> in Our &s;aid Kingdom, on the other part; whereby Our &s;aid Ju&s;tices and General did undertake that VVe &s;hould Ratifie tho&s;e Articles within the &s;pace of <HI>Eight</HI> Months or &s;ooner, and u&s;e their utmo&s;t Endeavours that the &s;ame &s;hould be Ratified and Confirmed in Parliament: The Tenor of which &s;aid Ar|ticles is as follows, <HI>viz.</HI> Articles agreed upon the <HI>Third</HI> Day of <HI>October One Thou&s;and Six Hundred Ninety</HI> and <HI>One:</HI> Between the Right Honourable Sir <HI>Charles Porter,</HI> Kt. and <HI>Thomas Coningesby,</HI> E&s;q; Lord Ju&s;tices of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and His Excellency the Baron <HI>de Ginckle,</HI> Lieute|nant General and Commander in Chief of the <HI>English</HI> Army, on the one part, and the Right Honourable <HI>Patrick</HI> Earl of <HI>Lucan, Piercy</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Gallmoy,</HI> Colonel <HI>Nicholas Pur&s;ell,</HI> Colonel <HI>Nicholas Cu&s;arke,</HI> Sir <HI>Toby Butler,</HI> Colonel <HI>Garret Dillon,</HI> and Colonel <HI>John Browne,</HI> on the other part, in the behalf of the <HI>Irish</HI> Inhabitants in the City and County of <HI>Limerick,</HI> the Counties of <HI>Clare, Kerry, Corke, Sligo,</HI> and <HI>Mayo,</HI> in Con&s;ideration of the Surrender of the City of <HI>Limerick,</HI> and other Agreements made between the &s;aid Lieutenant General <HI>Ginckle,</HI> the Governour of the City of <HI>Limerick,</HI> and the Generals of the <HI>Irish</HI> Army, bearing Date with the&s;e Pre&s;ents, for the Surrender of the &s;aid City, and Submi&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid Army, it is Agreed that,</P>
<P N="1">I. THAT the <HI>Roman Catholicks</HI> of this Kingdom &s;hall enjoy &s;uch Privileges in the Exer|ci&s;e of their Religion as are con&s;i&s;tent with the Laws of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or as they did enjoy in the Reign of King <HI>Charles</HI> the II. And their Maje&s;ties, as &s;oon as their Affairs will permit them to Summon a Parliament in this Kingdom, will endeavour to procure the &s;aid <HI>Roman Ca|tholicks</HI> &s;uch further &s;ecurity in that particular, as may pre&s;erve them from any <HI>Di&s;turbance</HI> upon the Account of their &s;aid Religion.</P>
<P N="2">II. ALL the Inhabitants or Re&s;idents of <HI>Limerick,</HI> or any other Garri&s;on now in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>Irish,</HI> and all Officers and Soldiers now in Arms under any Commi&s;&s;ion of King <HI>James,</HI> or tho&s;e Authorized by him, to Grant the &s;ame in the &s;everal Counties of <HI>Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Corke,</HI> and <HI>Mayo,</HI> or any of them, and all the Commi&s;&s;ioned Officers in their Maje&s;ties Quarters that belong to the <HI>Irish</HI> Regiments now in being that are treated with, and who are not pri&s;oners of War, or have taken Protection, and who &s;hall return and &s;ubmit to their Maje&s;ties Obedience, and their and every of their Heirs &s;hall hold, po&s;|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="4 letters"> and enjoy all and every their E&s;tates of Freehold and Inheritance, and all their Rights, T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">es, and Intere&s;ts, Privileges, and Immunities, which they and every or any of them held and enjoyed, or were rightfully or lawfully intitled to in the Reign of King <HI>Charles</HI> II. or at any time &s;ince, by the Laws and Statutes that were in Force in the &s;aid Reign of King <HI>Charles</HI> II. and &s;hall be put in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion by Order of the Government, of &s;uch of them as are in the King's Hands, or the Hands of his Tenants, without being put to any Suit or Trouble therein; and all &s;uch E&s;tates &s;hall be Freed and Di&s;charged from all Arrears of C<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">own-Rents, Quit-Rents, and other Publick Charges incurred and become due &s;ince <HI>Michaelmas One Thou&s;and Six Hundred Eighty Eight,</HI> to the Day of the Date hereof: And
<PB N="2" REF="2" MS="y">all Per&s;ons comprehended in this Article, &s;hall have, hold, and enjoy, all their Goods and Chattels, Real and Per&s;onal, to them or any of them belonging and remaining either in their own Hands or the Hands of any Per&s;ons what&s;oever, in tru&s;t for, or for the U&s;e of them or any of them, and all and every the &s;aid Per&s;ons, of what Profe&s;&s;ion, Trade, or Calling &s;oever they be, &s;hall, and may u&s;e, exercile, practi&s;e their &s;everal and re&s;pective Profe&s;&s;ions, Trades, and Callings, as freely as they did u&s;e, exerci&s;e, and enjoy the &s;ame in the Reign of King <HI>Charles</HI> II. Provided that nothing in this Article contained, be con|&s;trued to extend to or re&s;tore any forfeiting Per&s;on now out of the Kingdom, except what are hereafter comprized. Provided al&s;o, that no Per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hall have, or enjoy the Benefit of this Article, that &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to take the Oath of Allegiance made by Act of Parliament in <HI>England</HI> in the Fir&s;t Year of the Reign of their pre&s;ent Maje&s;ties, when thereunto required.</P>
<P N="3">III. ALL Merchants, or reputed Merchants of the City of <HI>Limerick,</HI> or of any other Gari&s;on now po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the <HI>Irish,</HI> or of any Town or Place in the Counties of <HI>Clare</HI> or <HI>Kerry,</HI> who are ab&s;ent beyond the Seas, that have not bore Arms &s;ince their Maje&s;ties De|claration in <HI>February One Thou&s;and Six Hundred Eighty Eight,</HI> &s;hall have the Benefit of the Second Article in the &s;ame manner as if they were pre&s;ent: Provided &s;uch Merchants and reputed Merchants do repair into this Kingdom within the &s;pace of Eight Months from the Date hereof.</P>
<P N="4">IV. THE following Officers, Colonel <HI>Simon Luttrel,</HI> Captain <HI>Rowland White, Maurice Eu&s;tace</HI> of <HI>Yerman&s;towne, Chivers</HI> of <HI>May&s;towne,</HI> commonly called <HI>Mount-Lin&s;ter,</HI> now be|longing to the Regiments in the afore&s;aid Gari&s;ons and Quarters of the <HI>Irish</HI> Army, who are beyond the Seas, and &s;ent thither upon Affairs of their re&s;pective Regiments, or the Army in general, &s;hall have the Benefit and Advantage of the Second Article: Provided they return hither within the &s;pace of Eight Months from the Date of the&s;e Pre&s;ents, and &s;ubmit to their Maj<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ties Government, and take the abovementioned Oath.</P>
<P N="5">V. THAT all and &s;ingular the &s;aid Per&s;ons comprized in the Second and Third Articles &s;hall have a general Pardon of all Attainders, Outlawries, Trea&s;ons, Mi&s;pri&s;ion of Trea&s;on, Premunires, Felons, Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es, and other Crimes and Mi&s;demeanours what&s;oever, by them or any of them committed, &s;ince the Begining of the Reign of King <HI>James</HI> II. And if any of them are attained by Parliament, the Lords Ju&s;tices and General will u&s;e their be&s;t En|deavours to get the &s;ame repealed by Parliament, and the Outlawries to be rever&s;ed <HI>gratis,</HI> all but Writing Clerks Fees.</P>
<P N="4">IV. AND whereas the pre&s;ent VVars have drawn on great Violences on both parts, and that if Leave were given to the bringing all &s;orts of private Actions, the Animo&s;ities would, probably, continue that have been too long on Foot; and the publick Di&s;turbances la&s;t. For the quieting and &s;etling therefore of this Kingdom, and avoiding tho&s;e Incon|veniencies which would be the nece&s;&s;ary Con&s;equence of the contrary; no Per&s;on or Per|&s;ons what&s;oever, comprized in the foregoing Articles, &s;hall be Sued, Mole&s;ted, or Implead|ed at the Suit of any Party or Parties what&s;oever, for any Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es by them committed, or for any Arms, Hor&s;es, Money, Goods, Chattels, Merchandizes, or Provi&s;ions what&s;o|ever by them &s;eized or taken during the time of the VVar. And no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;oever in the Second or Third Articles comprized, &s;hall be Sued, Impleaded, or made accountable for the Rents or mean Rents of any Lands, Tenements, or Hou&s;es by him or them received or enjoyed in this Kingdom, &s;ince the Begining of the pre&s;ent VVar to the Day of the Date hereof; nor for any VVa&s;t or Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es by him or them committed in any &s;uch Lands, Tenements, or Hou&s;es. And it is al&s;o Agreed, that this Article &s;hall be mutual and Reciprocal on both &s;ides.</P>
<P N="7">VII. EVERY Nobleman and Gentleman comprized in the &s;aid Second or Third Article, &s;hall have Liberty to ride with a Sword and a Ca&s;e of Pi&s;tols, if they think fit, and keep <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> Gun in their Hou&s;es for the Defence of the &s;ame, or for Fowling.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. THE Inhabitants and Re&s;idents in the City of <HI>Limerick</HI> and other Gari&s;ons, &s;hall be permitted to remove their Goods, Chattels, and Provi&s;ions out of the &s;ame, without be|ing viewed or &s;earched, or paying any manner of Duties, and &s;hall not be compelled to leave the Hou&s;es or Lodgings they now have, for the &s;pace of Six VVeeks next en&s;uing the Date hereof.</P>
<P N="9">IX. THE Oath to be Admini&s;tred to &s;uch <HI>Roman Catholicks</HI> as &s;ubmit to their Maje&s;ties Government, &s;hall be the Oath above&s;aid, and no other.</P>
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<P N="10">X. No Per&s;on or Per&s;ons who &s;hall at any time hereafter break the&s;e Articles, or any of them, &s;hall thereby make or cau&s;e any other Per&s;on or Per&s;ons to forfeit or lo&s;e the Be|nefit of the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="11">XI. THE Lords-Ju&s;tices and General do promi&s;e to u&s;e their utmo&s;t Endeavours that all the Per&s;ons comprehended in the abovementioned Articles, &s;hall be protected and de|fended from all Arre&s;ts and Executions for Debt or Damage for the &s;pace of Eight Months nex<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> en&s;uing the da<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e hereof.</P>
<P N="12">XII. LASTLY, The Lords-Ju&s;tices and General do undertake, that their Maje&s;ties will ratifie the&s;e Articles within the &s;pace of Eight Months or &s;ooner, and u&s;e their utmo&s;t Endeavours that the &s;ame &s;hall be Ratified and Confirmed in Parliament.</P>
<P N="13">XIII. AND, Whereas Colonel <HI>John Browne</HI> &s;tood Indebted to &s;everal Prote&s;tants by Judgments of Record, which appearing to the late Government, the Lord <HI>Tyrconnell</HI> and Lord <HI>Lucan</HI> took away the Effects the &s;aid <HI>John Browne</HI> had, to an&s;wer the &s;aid Debts, and promi&s;ed to clear the &s;aid <HI>John Browne</HI> of the &s;aid Debts, which Effects were taken for the publick U&s;e of the <HI>Irish</HI> and their Army: For freeing the &s;aid Lord <HI>Lucan</HI> of his &s;aid Engage|ment pa&s;t on their publick Account, for Payment of the &s;aid Prote&s;tants, and for pre|venting the Ruine of the &s;aid <HI>John Browne,</HI> and for Satisfaction of his Creditors, at the In|&s;tance of the Lord <HI>Lucan,</HI> and the re&s;t of the Per&s;ons afore&s;aid; It is agreed, that the &s;aid Lords-Ju&s;tices and the &s;aid Baron <HI>de Ginckle,</HI> &s;hall intercede with the King and Parliament to have the E&s;tates &s;ecured to <HI>Roman Catholicks,</HI> by Articles and Capitulation in this King|dom charged with and equally liable to the Payment of &s;o much of the &s;aid Debts as the &s;aid Lord <HI>Lucan,</HI> upon &s;tating Accounts with the &s;aid <HI>John Browne,</HI> &s;hall certifie under his Hand, that the Effects taken from the &s;aid <HI>John Browne</HI> amount unto; which Account is to be &s;tated, and the Ballance certified by the &s;aid Lord <HI>Lucan,</HI> in One and Twenty Days after the date hereof. For the true Performance whereof, We have hereunto &s;et our Hands, <HI>Cha. Porter, Tho. Coningesby,</HI> Baron <HI>de Ginckle:</HI> Pre&s;ent <HI>Scravenmore, H. Mackay, J. Talmach.</HI> And where|as the &s;aid City of <HI>Limerick</HI> hath been &s;ince, in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Articles, &s;urrendered unto Us. Now know ye, that We having con&s;idered of the &s;aid Articles, are Graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed hereby to declare, that We do for Us, our Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, as far as in Us lies, Ratifie and Confirm the &s;ame, and every Clau&s;e, Matter and Thing therein contained; and as to &s;uch Parts thereof, for which an Act of Parliament &s;hall be found to be nece&s;&s;ary; We &s;hall Recommend the &s;ame to be made good by Parliament, and &s;hall give Our Royal A&s;&s;ent to any Bill or Bills that &s;hall be pa&s;t by Our Two Hou&s;es of Parliament to that purpo&s;e. And whereas it appears unto Us, that it was agreed between the Parties to the &s;aid Articles, that after the Words [<HI>Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Corke, Mayo,</HI> or any of them] in the &s;econd of the &s;aid Articles, the Words following, <HI>viz. [And all &s;uch as are under their Protection in the &s;aid Counties]</HI> &s;hould be incerted, and be part of the &s;aid Articles, which Words having been ca&s;ually omitted by the Writer, the Omi&s;&s;ion was not di&s;covered till after the &s;aid Articles were Signed, but was taken Notice of before the Second Town was &s;urrendered; and that our &s;aid Ju&s;tices and General, or one of them, did promi&s;e that the &s;aid Clau&s;e &s;hould be made good, it being within the Intention of the &s;aid Capitulation, and incerted in the foul Draught thereof. Our further Will and Plea&s;ure is, and VVe do hereby Ratifie and Confirm the &s;aid omitted VVords, <HI>viz. [And all &s;uch as are under their Protection in the &s;aid Counties]</HI> Hereby for Us, Our Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, Ordaining and De|claring, that all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons therein concern'd, &s;hall and may have, receive, and enjoy the Benefit thereof, in &s;uch and the &s;ame manner, as if the &s;aid VVords had been incerted in their proper place in the &s;aid Second Article: Any Omi&s;&s;ion, Defect, or Mi&s;take in the &s;aid Second Article in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. Provided always, and Our VVill and Plea&s;ure is, that the&s;e our Letters-Patents &s;hall be Inroll'd in Our Court of <HI>Chancery</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> within the &s;pace of One Year next en&s;uing. <HI>In Witne&s;s,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>In Wine&s;s,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
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<P>THE ARTICLES OF LIMERICK. <HI>Ratified under the Great Seal of</HI> England.</P>
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