ing considered of the said articles, are graciously pleased hereby to declare, that we do, for us, our heirs, and successors, as far as in us lies, ratify and confirm the same, and every clause, matter, and thing therein contained. And as to such parts thereof, for which an act of parliament shall be found to be necessary, we shall recommend the same to be made good, by Parliament, and shall give our royal assent to any bill or bills that shall be passed by our two Houses of Parliament to that purpose. And whereas it appears unto us, that it was agreed between the parties to the said articles, that after the words, Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Mayo, or any of them in the second of the said articles, the words following, viz." And all such as are under their protection in the said counties," should be inserted, and be part of the said articles. Which words having been casually omitted by the writer, the omission was not discovered till after the said articles were signed, but was taken notice of before the second town was surrendered: and that our said Justices and General, or one of them, did promise, that the said clause should be made good, it being within the intention of the capitulation, and inserted in the foul draft thereof. Our further will and pleasure is, and we do hereby ratify and confirm the said omitted words, viz." And all such as are under their protection

in the said counties," hereby for us, our heirs, and successors, ordaining and declaring, that all and every person and persons therein concerned, shall and may have, receive, and enjoy the benefit thereof, in such and the same manner, as.if the said words had been inserted in their proper place, in the said second article, any omission, defect, or mistake in the said second article in any wise notwithstanding. Provided always, and our will and pleasure is, that these our letters patent shall be enrolled in our Court of Chancery, in our said kingdom of Ireland, within the space of one year next ensuing. In witness, &c. witness ourself at Westminster, the twenty-fourth day of February, anno regni regis & reginæ Gulielmi et Mariæ quarto per breve de privato sigillo. Nos autem tenorem premissor. predict. Ad requisitione mattornat. general domini regis, et domina reginæ proregno Hiberniæ. Duximus exemplificand. per præsentes. In cujus nei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri ficimus patentes. Testibus nobis ipsis apud Westmon. Quinto die Aprilis, annoq. regni eorum quarto.

N. B. The military articles were not inserted, as they related to matters immediately to be

done, and have no relation to the present day. It has been said, that the first article, giving liberty to all persons, who might chose to do so, to go abroad; but there is reason to think this is much exaggerated, and that the Irish troops, who were not conveyed abroad, stayed at home, through choice, on account some jealousy their officers entertained, in consequence of hearing they should not retain their rank in the French service. This is similar to other numerous misrepresentations on the subject. Vide Ralph's History of England, Vol. II. p. 307, 308.

Burnet and other historians say, these articles were strictly complied with, though all the Protestants of Ireland cried out against them as too favourable.

An Act for the Confirmation of Articles made at the Surrender of the CITY of LIMERICK.

WHEREAS divers doubts have arisen on the articles made at the treaty, made for the late surand render of the city of Limerick, the third day of October, one thousand six hundred and ninetyone, and concerning the true intent and meaning of several parts thereof: And whereas your Majesty hath been graciously pleased to recommend

to your Parliament, that the said articles, or so much of them as may consist with the safety and welfare of your Majesty's subjects of this kingdom, may be confirmed by authority of this present Parliament, we the Lords spiritual and temporal, and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, having due regard to your Majesty's honour for declaring the true sense and meaning of the said articles, and taking away all occasion of doubt for the time to come, do most humbly beseech your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted, by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by authority of the same, that the second article, in the aforesaid articles mentioned, be and is hereby confirmed and ratified in the sense and intendment following, and no otherwise, (that is to say) that all the inhabitants or residents of Limerick, or any other garrison in the possession of the Irish, at the time of making the said articles, and all officers and soldiers then in arms, under any commission of the late King James, or those authorised by him to grant the same, in the several counties of Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Cork, and Mayo, and all the commissioned officers in the quarters of his Majesty, that belonged to the Irish regiments then in being, that

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were treated with, and who were not prisoners of war, nor had at any time, before that time, enjoyed the benefit of protections, for the safety of themselves, or their goods, and families; which 'said officers, have in pursuance of the said articles, returned to their obedience, and submitted to his Majesty, and to her late Majesty Queen Mary, such inhabitants or residents of Limerick, or any other garrison aforesaid; such officers and soldiers respectively as aforesaid, and their and every of their heirs, shall hold, possess, and enjoy, all and every their estates of freehold and inheritance, and all the rights, titles, and interests, privileges and immunities, of the said estates of freehold and inheritance belonging, which they, and every or any of them held, enjoyed, or were rightfully and lawfully entitled to, in the reign of King Charles the Second, or at any time since by the laws and statutes that were in force in the said reign of King Charles the Second; and such possession as was given to the said inhabitants, officers and soldiers, in whose behalf the said articles were as aforesaid made, of lands then in his Majesty's hands, or in the hands of his tenants, by order of the then government under his Majesty, is, as to the possession only, and no more, confirmed and ratified by the authority of this present act, against his Majesty, his heirs, and successors; and all such