1. THE Marquis of Ormond returns to Ireland.

II. His excellency treats of a peace with the confederate

catholics:

III. The peace of 1648 concluded and proclaimed.

IV. The happy effects of this peace. Ormond's defeat at

Rathmines. Cromwell's arrival in Ireland.

V. Cromwell's policy to reduce Ireland.

VI. Owen O'Nial fubmits to the peace. Inchiquin's forces

revolt to the rebels.

VII. The Marquis of Ormond defires leave to quit the

kingdom.

VIII. The king is invited to Scotland.

IX. The king fecretly regrets this measure.

X. Proceedings of the bishops at James-town.

XI. Ormond approved and advised the king's agreement

with the Scots.

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XII. The real caufe of the clergy's proceedings at James-town. 33

XIII. The clergy's proceedings at James-town disapproved of

by the generality of the Irish catholics.

XVI. Treaty with the Duke of Lorrain.

XIV. The prefbytery of Bangor's proceedings on the peace.

XV. The total defection of the proteftant forces.

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XVII. The treaty with the Duke of Lorrain confidered.

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I. The Marquis of Clanrickard leaves Ireland, now

entirely fubject to the English rebels.

II. The tranfplantation of the Irish into Connaught.

III. High courts of justice in Ireland.

IV. Henry Cromwell's adminiftration in Ireland.

V. Contrivances of Sir Charles Coote and Lord Broghill.

VI. Commiffioners fent from Ireland; their characters

and defigns.

VII. The Irish catholics excluded out of the general act

of oblivion.

VIII. A proclamation publifhed against the Irish.

IX. The Irish parliament.

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X. Falfe reports of a confpiracy among the Irish confi-

dered. The effects of these reports.

XI. The parties principally fufpected of this confpiracy,

voluntarily appear before the lords juftices, in

order to detect the forgery.

XII. Loyalty of the catholic nobility and gentry of Ire-

land at this juncture.

XIII. The Irish clergy's remonftrance of loyalty.

XIV. The Duke of Ormond's defign in permitting this

meeting of the Irish clergy.

XV. The king confeffes his obligation to make good the

peace of the year 1648.

XVI. Ormond's reafons for his oppofition to the Irish con-
fidered.

XVII. The Earl of Orrery abuses the king's confidence,

with refpect to the fettlement of Ireland.

XVIII. The affairs of Ireland brought before the English

council.

XIX. The fufferings of the Irish fet forth by their agents

before the king and council.

XX. A court of claims appointed in Ireland.

XXI. The conditions of the innocency and nocency of the

claimants.

XXII. The time limited for holding these courts, found too

fhort, and not fuffered to be enlarged.

XXIII. An enlargement of time for hearing all the clai-

maints, by whom hindered.

XXIV. Some reflections on the foregoing acts.

XXV. A dangerous confpiracy of the puritans.

XXVI. The Duke of Ormond apologizes for the favour he

had fhewn to the Cromwellian party in Ireland.

XXVII. The probable motives of the Duke of Ormond's

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XXVIII. The Duke of Ormond befriends the Irish.

I. Archbishop King's ftate of the proteftants of Ireland

under King James II. confidered.

II. The fame fubject continued in general.

III. Particular facts related in Archbishop King's book

proved falfe, concerning popish judges and juries.

IV. The execution of Captain Afbton.

V. The affair of the quo-warrantos against the corpora-

tions not truly flated by Dr. King.

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VI. The behaviour of the Irish priests, and new recruits

under King James, impartially confidered.

VII. The conduct of the Irish and English army compared.

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VIII. Irish

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VIII. Irish rapparees.

IX. A confpiracy of the proteftants of Dublin against the

the government.

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X. The difarming of the proteftants further confidered.

XI. General De Rofen's cruelty before Derry confidered.

XII. King James countermands De Rofen's order.

XIII. The proteftants of Ireland were not deprived of their

churches by King James, as Dr. King fets forth.

XIV. King William's treatment of the epifcopal clergy in

Scotland, compared with King James's behaviour

towards the proteftant clergy in Ireland.

XV. The true caufe of the decline of the protestant

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religion in Ireland in the reign of King James II. 186

XVI. The perplexity of the established clergy of Ireland

after the coronation of King William.

XVII. The established clergy of Ireland laboured under a

particular difficulty on this occafion.

XVIII. The good faith of King William's and King James's

officers compared.

XIX. A fhort Sketch of the cruelties inflicted on the Irifh

prifoners in this war; and alfo on those even

under protection.

XX. Surrender of Limerick, with the articles of capitu-

lation.

STATE OF THE CATHOLICS OF IRELAND.

I. Infringement of the articles of Limerick.

II. Severe laws made against catholics.

III. The catholics of Limerick cruelly treated.

IV. Penal laws to prevent the further growth of popery.

V. The fame fubject continued.

VI. Perfecution of the catholics in the reign of 2. Anne.

VII. Penal laws of difcovery and gavel-kind enacted.

VIII. Reafons affigned for making thofe laws.

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IX. Perfecutions in the reign of King George I.

X. The catholics addrefs his majesty King George II.

XI. Penal laws enforced in the reign of King George II. 257

XII. The conduct of the catholics of Ireland in the time of

the rebellion in Scotland, 1745.

XIII. A bill for naturalizing the Jews passes the house of

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commons.

XIV. The catholics addrefs the lord lieutenant.

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XV. The catholics of Ireland, preffed by penal laws, form

XVI. Tumults in Munfter confidered.

an humble remonftrance to be prefented to his majesty. 265

XVII. The fame fubject continued.

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XVIII. Reflections on the foregoing subject.

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XIX. Some profpect of mitigating the rigour of the popery laws. 284

XX. The catholics of Ireland ftate their grievances in an

humble addrefs and petition to the lord lieutenant

to be laid before his majefty.

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No. I. A brief declaration of the government of Ireland-

by Captain Thomas Lee, 1594.

II. Remonftrance of divers Lords of the pale to the

king, concerning the Irish parliament in 1613.

III. The humble petition of the knights, citizens and

burgeffes of the counties, cities and ancient bo-

roughs of Ireland.

IV. Abstract of the report and return of commissioners

fent by the king to Ireland, to enquire into the griev-

ances and complaints of the Irish in 1613.

V. The remonftrance of the catholics of Ireland, deli-

vered to his majesty's commiffioners at Trim, 17th

March, 1642.

VI. Extract of a collection of fome of the massacres

and murders committed on the Irish in Ireland,

fince the 23d of October, 1641.

VII. Extract of the acts of the general congregation of

the Roman catholic bishops, held at Kilkenny,

May 1642.

VIII. Intelligence from his majesty's army in Scotland to

the lord lieutenant of Ireland, February 7th, 1644.

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IX. From Carte's Life of the Duke of Ormond.

X. A Remonftrance of the Right Hon. J. Earl of Caf

tlehaven to King Charles II.

XI. The heads of the caufes which moved the northern Irish,

and catholics of Ireland to take arms, anno 1641.

XII. To the king-The humble Remonftrance of the Roman

catholic clergy of Ireland.

XIII. To the king-The faithful proteftation of the Ro-

man catholic nobility and gentry of Ireland.

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XIV. Extract of Dr. Gorge-his letter to Colonel Hamilton. 379

XV. A proteftation of allegiance-to Queen Elizabeth,

January 31st, 1602.

XVI. The feveral arguments of Sir Theobald Butler, Coun-

fellor Malone, and Sir Stephen Rice,—February

1703-againft paffing the bill intitled, an act to

prevent the further growth of popery.

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XVII. The coronation oath of James II.

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The Marquis of Ormond returns to Ireland.

HIS excellency having arrived at Cork, on the 29th

of September, 1648, was there received with general acclamations of joy; and on the next day, the general affembly fitting at Kilkenny, gave a very fignal proof of their real defire to be again received under his government,' by fixing a public brand on the two principal oppofers of the late peace, the Nuncio Renuccini, and General Owen O'Nial. For they proclaimed the VOL. II. B latter

• Cart. Orm. vol. ii. fol. 42.

a Dr. Leland, from Mr. Carte, gives us the following character of this general: "Owen O'Nial had ferved in the Imperial and Spanish armies with reputation. He was governor of Arras, when the French befieged this town in 1640; and,

though