5. In cafe they fhall want their fubfiftence, they are then required every week to give their respective landlords a note under their hands, which fhall be received by the receiver general, as fo much money out of any branch of his majesty's revenue.

6. His majefty forbids all ftraggling of private foldiers from their garrifons without their officers pafs; and requires all officers, either military or civil, to apprehend fuch foldiers having no pafs, and to fend them to their colours, to receive punishment according to their demerits.

7. His majefty by the fame proclamation, forbids all plundering on any pretence whatsoever, under pain of death without

mercy.

8. He requires both officers and foldiers under the pain of his high difpleasure to demean and behave themselves civilly and respectfully in their respective quarters; and to affift and not obftruct the civil magistrates in the execution of their refpective trufts, especially the officers concerned in and about his majesty's revenue.

9. He forbids all officers and foldiers to quarter themfelves on any of his majesty's fubjects, without having a billet or ticket under the hand of the constable or other civil officer of the place.

10. He ftrictly forbids preffing any countrey-man's horse on any pretence whatsoever, without having his majesty, his captain general, his lord lieutenant, or deputy lieutenant's license for his fo doing; and then allows them to prefs the faid horse but one day's journey, and to see that the horse be returned as well as when received; and particularly forbids the pressing any horse belonging to any plough.

11. His majesty in the fame proclamation, enjoyns fevere penalties on all foreftallers or obftructers of provifion going to either camp or market.

Laitly, The respective penalties enjoyned in the said proclamation, are feverely and impartially executed on the respective offenders. My family tells me, that the week before they left Dublin, there were two private foldiers executed before a protestant baker's door, for ftealing two loaves not worth a fhilling. And a fortnight before, a lieutenant and enfign were publickly executed at a place where, on pretence of the king's fervice, they preffed a horse going with provifions to Dublin market; two others were condemned and expected daily to be executed for the like offence: these severe examples confirming the penalties of these publick declarations, contribute fo much to the quiet of the countrey, that were it not for the countrey raparees and tories, theirs, 'tis thought, would be much quieter than ours. Some of our foreigners are very uneafie to us; had not the prudence of a difcreet major prevented it, last Sunday was seven night had been a bloody day between some of the Danish foot and Colonel Langfton's regiment of horse. The truth is,

too

too many of the English, as well as Danes and French are highly oppreffive to the poor countrey; whereas our enemy have reduced themselves to that order, that they exercise violence on none, but the proprieties of such as they know to be abfent, or, as they phrase it, in rebellion against them, whose stock, goods, and estates are seized, and fet by the civil government, and the proceed applied for and towards the charge of the war. And for their better direction in their feizures, it's reported and believed, that they have copies of the particulars of the proteftants loffes, given in to the committee of the late house of commons at Westminster.

NUM B. XV.

A Proteftation of Allegiance, by thirteen Miffioners, to Queen Elizabeth, January 31ft, 1602. Taken from Henry Moore's History of the English Jesuits.

WHEREAS it hath pleafed our dread fovereign lady, to

take some notice of the faith and loyalty of us, her natural born fubjects, fecular priests, (as it appeareth in her late proclamation) and, of her princely clemency, to give a fufficient earnest of fome merciful favour towards us (being all fubject, by the laws of the realm, unto death, by our return into the country, after our taking the order of priesthood, fince the first year of her majesty's reign) and only to demand of us a true profession of our allegiance, thereby to be affured of our fidelity to her majesty's person, and crown, eftate and dignity: we, whofe names are underwritten, in most humble wife proftrate at her majesty's feet, do acknowledge ourselves infinitely bound unto her majesty therefore; and are most willing to give such affurance and fatisfaction in this point, as any catholic priefts can, or ought to give unto their fovereign.

Firft, Therefore, we acknowledge and confefs the queen's majesty to have as full authority, power, and fovereignty over us, and over all the subjects of the realm, as any her highness's predeceffors ever had. And farther, we proteft, that we are moft willing and ready to obey her in, all cafes and respects, as far forth as ever christian priests within this realm, or in any other christian country, were bound by the law of God, and christian religion, to obey their temporal prince; as to pay tribute and all other regal duties unto her highnefs; and to obey her laws, and magistrates, in all civil caufes; to pray to God for her prosperous and peaceful reign in this life, according to his bleffed will; and that the may hereafter attain everlasting bliss in the life to come. And this our acknowledgement we think to be fo grounded upon

the

No. XV. the word of God, that no authority, no caufe, or pretence can, or ought, upon any occafion, to be a fufficient warrant, more unto us, than to any proteftant, to disobey her majesty in any civil, or temporal matter.

Secondly, Whereas for thefe many years paft diverse confpiracys against her majesty's person and estate, and fundry forcible attempts of invading and conquering her dominions, have been made, under we know not what pretences and indentments of restoring the catholic religion by the fword (a course most ftrange in the world, undertaken peculiarly and folely against her majefty and her kingdoms, and unknown among other princes departed from the religion and obedience of the See Apoftolic no lefs than fhe) by reafon of which violent enterprizes, her majefty, otherwise of fingular clemency towards her subjects, hath been greatly moved to ordain and execute feverer laws against catholics (which, by reafon of their union with the See Apoftolic, in faith and religion, were easily supposed to favour these confpiracys and invasions) than perhaps, had ever been enact ed, or thought upon, if fuch hoftilities and wars had never been undertaken: we, to affure her majesty of our faithful loyalty alfo in this particular caufe, do fincerely proteft, and, by this our public act, make known to all the chriftian world, that in these cafes of confpiracys, and practifing her majesty's death; of invafions, or whatfoever forcible attempts, which may hereafter be made by any foreign prelate, prince, or potentate whatsoever, either jointly, or feverally, for the disturbance, or fubverfion, of her majesty's perfon, eftate, realm, or dominions, under colour, fhew, or pretence, or indentment, of reftoring the catholic religion in England, or Ireland; we will defend her majesty's perfon, eftate, realms, and dominions, from all fuch forcible and violent affaults and injuries. And moreover, we will not only ourselves detect, and reveal any confpiracys, or plots, which we fhall understand to be undertaken by any prelate, prince or potentate, against her majesty's person or dominions, for any cause whatsoever (as is before expreffed) and likewise, to the best of our power, refift them; but also will earnestly perfuade, as much as in us lieth, all catholics to do the fame.

Thirdly, If upon any excommunications denounced against her majefty, upon any fuch confpiracys, invafions, or forcible attempts, to be made, as are before expreffed, the pope fhould alfo excommunicate every one born within her majesty's dominions, that would not forfake the aforefaid defence of her majesty and her realms, and take part with fuch confpirators or invaders in these, and all other fuch like cafes, we do think ourselves, and all the lay-catholics born within her majesty's dominions, bound in confcience not to obey this, or any fuch like

*The Spanish Armada in 1588.

cenfure;

cenfure; but will defend our prince and country, accounting it our duty fo to do, and, notwithstanding any authority, or any excommunication whatsoever, either denounced, or to be denounced, (as is before said) to yield unto her majesty all obedience in temporal causes.

And because nothing is more certain, than that, whilft we endeavour to affure her majefty of our dutiful affection and allegiance, by this our christian and fincere proteftation, there will not want fuch as will condemn and misconstrue our lawful act; yea, and by many finister fuggeftions and calumnies, difcredit our doings with the chriftian world; but chiefly with the pope's holynefs; to the greatest prejudice and harm of our good names and perfons, that may be; unless maturely we prevent their endeavours therein: we most humbly befeech her majefty, that, in this our recognizing and yielding Cæfar's due unto her, we may alfo, by her gracious leave, be permitted, for avoiding obloquies and calumnies, to make known, by like public act, that, by yielding her right unto her, we depart from no bond of that chriftian duty, which we owe unto our supreme fpiritual paftor: and, therefore, we acknowledge and confefs the Bishops of Rome to be the fucceffors of St. Peter, in that See; and to have as ample, and no more authority or jurisdiction over us, and other chriftians, than had that apostle, by the gift and commiffion of Chrift our Saviour; and that we will obey him fo far forth, as we are bound by the laws of God to do; which we doubt not but will stand well with the performance of our duty to our temporal prince, in fuch fort as we have before profeffed. For as we are most ready to spend our blood in the defence of her majesty, and our country, fo we will rather lofe our lives, than infringe the lawful authority of Chrift's catholic church.

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N. B. Dr. William Bishop, who was principally concerned in drawing up this proteftation, was afterwards appointed by the See of Rome, Bishop of Chalcedon.

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Dod's Eccl. Hift.

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NUM B. XVI.

[Account of the Debates on the Popery Laws, 2 Ann.] The feveral Arguments of Sir Theobald Butler, Counsellor Malone, and Sir Stephen Rice, at the Bar of the House of Commons of Ireland, February 22d; and at the Bar of the House of Lords, February 28th, 1703, against paffing the Bill intitled, An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery.

[See Review, vol. ii. p. 237.]

THE papifts of Ireland obferving, that the house of com

mons were preparing the heads of a bill to be transmitted to England, to be drawn up into an act, to prevent the further growth of popery, and having in vain endeavoured to put a ftop to it there; at its remittance back again to Ireland, prefented to the house of commons a petition in the names of Nicholas Lord Viscount Kingfland, Colonel J. Brown, Colonel Burk, Colonel Robert Nugent, Major Pat. Allen, Captain Arthur French, and other Roman' catholics of Ireland, praying to be heard by their counsel against the paffing the faid bill, then under confideration of the faid house; and to have a copy of the bill, and a reasonable time to speak to it before it paffed. Which petition being referred to the committee of the whole houfe, to whom the confideration of the faid bill was referred, it was ordered, that the petitioners fhould have a copy of the faid bill, and be heard by their counsel, before the faid committee.

And in pursuance of that order, Sir Theobald Butler, Counfellor Malone, and Sir Stephen Rice, (the two first in their gowns as counsel for the petitioners in general, and the last without a gown, only as a petitioner in his private capacity) together with many others, upon Tuesday the 22d of February, 1703, appeared at the bar of the faid house of commons, where Sir Theobald Butler first moved and acquainted the house, that, " by the permiffion of that houfe, he was come thither in behalf of himself, and the rest of the Roman catholics of Ireland comprifed in the Articles of Limerick and Galway, to offer some reasons, which he and the rest of the petitioners, judged very material against passing the bill, intituled, An act to prevent the further growth of popery; that by leave of the house, he had taken a copy of the faid bill (which he had there in his hand), and with fubmiffion, looked upon it to tend to the deftroying of the faid articles, granted upon the moft valuable confiderations of furrendering the faid garrifons,

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