and that he was now reduced to fo low a condition, that by the next, we should certainly hear the king had submitted to the parliament, and till that were done, things would never do well. Here I took my resolution, with God's help, not tamely to die butchered, and fo to have my innocency fmothered; but to preferve my life, I hoped more to the honour of God, and fervice of king Charles, and that by escape. Now forasmuch, as the most immediate way into England was blocked up, I refolved upon a trial, to gain a paflage by Wexford into France, and from thence into England; conceiving, I fhould have been forthwith able to have put myself into a fum of money, to have borne my charges, by the fale of fuch plate, goods, and stock, as I had in the country: but I was not many hours out of Dublin, before I was pursued by fome troops of horfe, Sir Arthur Loftus leading them, who that night came to my house in the county of Kildare, and mifling me, killed some of my fervants, hurt divers, and, after having rifled the house, they fet it, and all about it, on fire and befides all my fervants prifoners, they carried away more than the worth of five thousand pounds in plate, and other goods. Here my wings being clipt, all that I had to carry me abroad, or keep me at home, being thus taken from me, together with the distractions in England, fo that I could make little or no account of my estate there; in this ftreight, I thought fit to apply myfelf to the great affembly of the kingdom of Ireland, who having given me full fatisfaction for their affembling, and that their taking arms was but natural, as to defend themselves and theirs from those aforefaid barbarous cruelties; and that they defired (as may appear by many of their inftruments in writing) nothing but the free exercife of their ancient religion, their just liberties, and the preservation of this crown unto his majesty, I having fome intereft both in honour and estate in the country, affociated myself with them; and they, after some time that I was amongst them (more out of charity than merit in me) offered me the generalfhip of their horfe, of the province of Leinster, which I thankfully accepted: and now in my colours bear this device, Sagitta tua acuta in corda inimicorum regis. For the executing whereof, I defire God no longer to profper my actions, than my heart, hand, fword, and prayers, shall be readily and chearfully employed therein. Having, with much trouble to the reader, endeavoured to vindicate myfelf in this remonftrance, I conceive it both proper and charitable, in this place, to labour to acquit him, who, I understand, hath unjustly fuffered for my fake, I mean sheriff Alien. The proteftant theriff Woodcock, to whose custody only I was committed, went unpunished for my escape, as really he knew nothing thereof. But sheriff Allen being a catholick, who had no charge of me, nor acquaintance with me, other than than that I often faw him, when he came to treat with his brother fheriff about the city affairs, he, poor innocent man, for fo I take God to witness he was as to my escape, or as to any word let fall to that effect to my knowledge, or that I can guess, was, with great inhumanity, dragged to prifon, most of his goods feized upon and taken away, and a great number of foldiers ceffed upon his houfe. Whereby, and being made uncapable to receive his rents or debts, or to follow any other way he had to gain a living by, his wife and children, from that day forth, were exposed to the charity of their friends, and he condemned to imprisonment for a whole year in mifery. How justifiable or confcionable, this proceeding was, I will not argue, much lefs aggravate, having difcharged my confcience thereupon: the matter itself, both to God and the world, crying loud for justice. NUMB. XI. [From Defiderata Curiofa Hibernica, vol. ii. p. 78.] The heads of the caufes which moved the northern Irish, and Catholicks of Ireland to take arms. Anno 1641. [See Review, vol. i. p. 190, &c.] 1.IT was plotted and refolved by the puritans of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to extinguifh quite the catholick religion, and the profeffors and maintainers thereof, out of all thofe kingdoms; and to put all catholicks of this realm to the fword, that would not conform themselves to the protestant religion. 2. The state of Ireland did publickly declare, that they would root out of this realm all the natives, and make a total second conqueft of the land, alledging, that they were not safe with them. 3. All the natives here were deprived of the benefit of the ancient fundamental laws, liberties, and privileges, due by all laws and juftice to a free people and a nation, and more particularly due by the municipal laws of Ireland. 4. That the fubjects of Ireland, especially the Irifh, were thruft out forcibly from their ancient poffeffions, against law, without colour or right; and could not have propriety or fecurity in their estates, goods, or other rights, but were wholly fubject to an arbitrary power, and tyrannical government, these forty years paft, without hope of relief or redress. 5. Their native youth here, debarred by the practice of state, from all learning and education, in that the one only university here excludes all catholicks thence; neither are they fuffered to acquire learning or breeding beyond feas, of purpose to make them rude and ignorant of all letters. Bb 2 6. The 1 6. The catholicks of this realm are not admitted to any dignity, place, or office, either military or civil, fpiritual or temporal, but the fame conferred upon unworthy perfons, and men of no quality, who purchase it for money, or favour, and not by merit. 7. All the trading, traffick, fhipping, and riches of this whole ifle, by the corruption of the ftate, are engroffed by the Dutch, Scottish, and English, not refiding here, who exclude the natives wholly from the fame; and who return the product, and all their ftock and coin back into their native countries. 8. All the ftaple and rich commodities of the realm are turned to monopolies, and heavy impofitions against law laid on all merchandize. 9. The principal native wares of the land exported into foreign parts, unwrought and unmanufactured, thereby depriving the kingdom of all manual trades and occupations; and driving the natives to furnish themselves from head to foot, with manufactures from abroad, at very dear rates. 10. All their heavy and infufferable preffures profecuted and laboured by the natives of this kingdom, with much fuit, expence, and importunity, both in parliament here, and in England before his majefty, to be redreffed, yet could never be brought to any happy conclufion, or as much as hope of contentment, but always eluded with delays. 11. Common justice, and the rights and privileges of parlia ment, denied to all the natives of the realm; and the antient courfe of parliamentary proceeding wholly declined. 12. His majesty's royal power, honour, prerogative, estate, revenue, and rights, invaded upon, by the puritan faction in England. 13. The government of all his realms, his queen, children, and family, ufurped by the parliament of England, and especially by the house of commons; as likewife, the nominating and difpofing of his privy council, judges, clergy, officers, navy, forts and caftles, arrogated by the faid house of commons, leaving his highness nothing, but the bare name of a king. 14. The many affronts and wrongs done by the faid houfe, to the ambaffadors of foreign princes, confederates of his majefty, refiding in England, and to their chaplains and fervants, against the conditions of their league, and the law of nations. 15. The grofs injuries and fcandal given by the faid house of commons to the queen's majefty, and her chaplains and fervants, in breach of the articles made upon her marriage. 16. The many horrid murders, robberies, pillages, wafte, burnings, and other execrable cruelties, perpetrated of late by the proteftant armies here, by publick direction of the state of nis realm, upon his majesty's good subjects of the English pale, and other parts of this land, they not offending against the laws or or peace of the realm, but merely ftanding upon their own defence; and this done them against his majefty's pleasure, and without his privity. 17. All the natives in the English plantations of this realm, were difarmed by proclamation, and the proteftant plantators armed, and tied by the conditions of their plantations to have arms, and to keep certain numbers of horse and foot continually upon their lands, by which advantage, many thousands of the natives were expulfed out of their poffeffions, and as many hanged by martial law, without caufe, and against the laws of this realm; and many of them otherwife deftroyed, and made away, by finifter means and practices. 18. Half this realm was found to belong unto his majefty, as his ancient demefne and inheritance, upon old feigned titles of three hundred years paft, by juries, against law, their evidence and confcience, who were corrupted to find the said titles, upon promise of part of thofe lands fo found for the king, or other reward, or elfe were drawn thereunto by threats of the judges in the circuits, or by heavy fines, mulets, and cenfure of pillory, ftigmatizings, and other like cruel and unusual punish ments. NUM B. XII. [From Walsh's History of the Irish Remonftrance.] The humble Remonftrance, Acknowledgment, Proteftation, and Petition of the Roman Catholick Clergy of Ireland. YOUR [See Review, vol. ii. p. 86.] OUR majefties faithful fubjects, the Roman catholick clergy of your majefties kingdom of Ireland, do moft humbly represent this their prefent ftate, and deplorable condition. That being intrufted by the indifpenfable commission of the king of kings with the cure of fouls, and the care of their flocks, in order to the adminiftration of facraments, and teaching the people that perfect obedience, which for confcience fake, they are bound to pay to your majefties commands, they are loaden with calumnies, and perfecuted with feverity. That being obliged by the allegiance they owe, and ought to fwear, unto your majefty, to reveal all confpiracies and practices against your perfon, and royal authority, that come to their knowledge, they are themselves clamoured against as confpirators, plotting the deftruction of the English among them, without any ground that may give the leaft colour to fo foul a crime, to pafs for probable in the judgement of an indifferent person. That : That their crimes are made as numerous, and as divers, as are the inventions of their adverfaries and because they cannot with freedom appear to justifie their innocence, all the fictions and allegations against them are received as undoubted verities; and which is yet more mischievous, the laity, upon whofe confciences the character of priesthood gives them an influence, fuffer under the fuppofition of all the crimes thus falfly imputed to them it being their adversaries principal defign, that the Irish, whofe eftates they enjoy, fhould be reputed perfons unfit, and no way worthy of any title to your majefties mercy. That no wood comes amifs to make arrows for their destruction; for, as if the Roman catholic clergy, whom they esteem most criminal, were, or ought to be, a fociety fo perfect, as no evil, no indifcreet perfon should be found amongst them, they are all of them generally cryed down for any crime, whether true or feigned, which is imputed to one of them; and as if no words could be fpoken, no letter written, but with the common confent of all of them, the whole clergy must suffer for that which is laid to the charge of any particular person amongst them. We know what odium all the catholick clergy lyes under, by reafon of the calumnies with which our tenets in religion, and our dependence upon the pope's authority are aspersed: and we humbly beg your majefties pardon, to vindicate both by the enfuing proteftation, which we make in the fight of heaven, and in the prefence of your majefty, fincerely and truly, without equivocation, or mental reservation. We do acknowledge and confefs your majefty to be our true and lawful king, fupreme lord, and rightful fovereign of this realm of Ireland, and of all other your majefties dominions. And therefore we acknowledge and confefs ourselves to be obliged under pain of fin, to obey your majefty in all civil and temporal affairs, as much as any other of your majefties fubjects, and as the laws and rules of government in this kingdom do require at our hands. And that, notwithstanding any power or pretenfion of the pope or fee of Rome, or any fentence or declaration of what kind or quality foever, given, or to be given, by the pope, his predeceffors, or fucceffors, or by any authority fpiritual or temporal proceeding or derived from him, or his fee, against your majefty, or royal authority, we will ftill acknowledge and perform, to the uttermost of our abilities, our faithful loyalty, and true allegiance to your majefty. And we openly disclaim and renounce all foreign power, be it either papal or princely, fpiritual or temporal, in as much as it may feem able, or fhall pretend to free, difcharge, or abfolve us from this obligation, or fhall any way give us leave or licence to raise tumults, bear armes, or offer any violence to your majefties perfon, royal authority, or to the ftate or government. Being all of us ready, not only to difcover, and make known to your majefty, and to your mi nifters, |