all the subjects of the realm of Ireland shall be acquitted, pardoned and released, of all manner of treasons, felonies, &c. paynes of death, paynes corporal and pecuniarie, &c. and generally of all other things in this present act not excepted, &c. unto the first day of this session of parliament." It then proceeds to except "all manner of high treasons, misprisions of treason, counterfeiting the privy seal, murder, piracies, house-burnings, witchcrafts, depriving the king of any goods, &c. of any traytor, &c., forfeitures, authors or printers or consenters to the making or publishing of any false seditious or slaunderous booke or libell in any wise against the king's majesty or the present government of this realme in cases either ecclesiastical or temporal, or against any person whatsoever, intrusions upon or wastes of the king's lands, alienations of lands without licence, fines to the king from such alienations, concealed wards and their lands, sithence the beginning of his majestie's raigne: all burglaries, robberies, rapes, committed within one year before the beginning of the session of that parliament: all persons imprisoned by the lord deputy or privy council: all persons which at at any time sithence the beginning of his majesties raigne have fled or remained out of Ireland without licence;" and a long et cetera of exceptions in this free and general pardon.' An act of recognition of his majesty's title, which states, that "the records of former parliaments contain grievous complaints of the miseries and calamities of this land and people, but we have more just cause to record our joy and comfort than our predecessors ever had to express their grievances: for as by the singular providence of God even at this very time when the crown of this realm descended unto your majesty, the most dangerous and universal rebellion that ever was raised in this kingdom was quenched and appeased, in the suppressing whereof the unreformed parts of this land, which being ruled only by Irish lords and customs, had never before received the laws and civil government, were so broken and reduced to obedience, as that all the inhabitants thereof did gladly submit themselves to your highness ordinary laws and magistrates, which gave unto your majesty a more entire, absolute and actual possession of this whole realm than ever any of your noble progenitors had before you." Thus does this act stigmatize the legitimate war of O'Nial, against the tyrant Elizabeth, rebellion; although it immediately after allows the independency of that prince. It proceeds extolling the measures and "princely wisdom of his majesty; who, by an act of oblivion, charters of pardon, remitting many arrears of rents and forfeitures, strengthening many defective titles, accepting surrenders, and regranting estates unto many of the meer Irish and others, who could derive no other title to their lands than a long continuance of possessions, (can a better be shewn, than possession time immemorial?) hath secured the lands, lives and goods of the greatest part of your subjects, to their unspeakable joy and comfort, whereupon hath ensued that universal peace and obedience as the like thereof hath not been seen in Ireland." It proceeds to state that the crown and kingdom of Ireland did by inherent birth-right and lawful and undoubted succession descend to him, “and thereunto we most humbly and faithfully do submit, and oblige us our heirs and posterities for ever, untill the last drop of our blood be spent." The act of attainder and outlawry, against the noblemen and gentlemen of six entire counties of Ulster, was introduced by Sir John Everard, leader of the catholics in this parliament. In its progress, a committee of the commons was appointed to wait on the lord deputy," to acquaint him with a scruple that was moved, whether that attainder did look back to treasons committed before the king's time, or only since."* To this no answer appears from the deputy, only the passing of the following bill. "In most humble manner beseechen your most excellent majestie your most loyal, faithfull and truc hearted subjects the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, that whereas Hugh late earle of Tyrone, Hugh Oneyle late baron of Dungannon and eldest sonne of the said earle of Tyrone, Henry Oneyle, second sonne of the said earle of Tyrone, * Comm. Jour. Vol. I. p. 45, 47. Sir Cahir Odogherty late of Birtecastle in the county of Dunegall knight, Coconnaught Magyre late of Inniskillen in the county of Farmanagh esquire, Ogby Oge Ohanlon eldest sonne of Sir Ogby Ohanlon knight late of Tovergy in the county of Armagh esquire, Caffer Odonell brother to the late earle of Tirconnel late of Caffersconse in the said county of Dunegal esquire, Caffer Oge Odonel late of Starfollis in the said county of Dunegal esquire, Donel Oge Odonel late of Dunegal in the said county of Dunegal esquire, Brean Oge Mac Mahowne, alias Brian ne Sawagh Mac Mahowne late of Clonleege in the upper trought in the countie Monoghan gentle man. Art Oge Mac Cormocke Oneyle late of Clogher in the countie of Tirone esquire, Henry Hovenden late of Dungannon in the countie of Tirone gent. Mortogh Oquyn late of the same, gent. Richard Weston late of Dondalke in the countie of Lowth merchant, John Bath late of Donalonge in the countie of Tyrone merchant, Christopher Plunket late of Dungannon in the said countie of Tyrone gent. John Opanty Ohagan late of the same, gent. John Rath late of Drogheda merchant, Hugh Mac Donell Ogallachor late of Dunegal in the said countie of Dunegal gent, VOL. II. 2 L Terrelagh Carragh Ogallochor late of the same gent. Phelim Reagh Mac David late of Eloagh in the said countie of Dunegal gent. John Crone Mac David late of the same gent. Edmond Grome Mac David late of the same, gent. Matthew Oge Omultully late of Dunegal in the said countie of Dunegal gent. Donogh Mac Mahowne Obrian late of Rathumlin in the said countie of Dunegal gent. Teige Okenan late of the same, gent. Henry Ohagan late of Dunganan in the said countie of Tyrone, gent. Teige Ohanan late of the same, gent. and Teige Modder Oquine late of the same, gent. Most falsely and trayterously as well by open rebellion in divers parts of this your majesties realm of Ireland, as by sundry treacherous confederacies and abominable treasons against your majestie, tending to the utter subversion and ruine of the state and commonwealth of this kingdom, of which treasons, the said Hugh late earle of Tyrone, &c. have been indicted, and by process of outlawrie attainted according to the course of the common lawes of this realm, the said Sir Cahir Odogherty and Brian ne Sawagh Mac Mahowne have been slaine, being in actual rebellion against your majesty, and whereas Sir Hugh Maguire late of Iniskillin in the county of Farmanagh knight, Sir John Oreilly late of the Cavan in the county of Cavan knight, Philippe Oreilly late of the same esquire, and Ed |