Twentieth July, 1615, whereby our late dear Father, or any His Predecessors actually received any Profit,by Wardship, Liveries, PrimerSeisins, Mesne Rates, Ouster le Mains, or Fines of Alienations without Licence, be again reserved unto Us, our Heirs and Successors; And all the rest of the Premises to be holden of our Castle of Athloane, by Knights Service, according to our said late Father's Letters, notwithstanding any Tenures in Capite found for Us by Office since the One and Twentieth of July, 1615, and not appearing in any such Letters Patents, or Offices, within which rule it is His Majesties pleasure, and it is so concluded and agreed, that the said Lands in the Counties of Limerick and Tipperary be included, but to be held by such Rents and Tenures only as they were in the Fourth Year of His Majesties Reign: Provided always, and it is the intention of the said Parties to these Presents, that the said Lords, Knights, Gentlemen and Freeholders, or reputed Freeholders of the said Province of Connaught, County of Clare, and Country of Thomond, and Counties of Tipperary and Limerick, shall have and enjoy the full benefit of such Composition and Agreement, which shall be made with His Most Excellent Majesty for the Court of Wards, Tenures, Respites, and Issues of Homage, any Clause in this Article contained to the contrary notwithstanding. And as for the Lands within the Counties of Kilkenny and Wickloe, unto which His Majesty was intituled by Offices taken or found in the time of the Earl of Strafford's Government in this Kingdom; His Majesty is graciously pleased, that the state thereof shall be considered in the next intended Parliament, wherein His Majesty will assent unto that which shall be just and honourable. And it is further concluded and agreed, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously pleased, that the like Act of Limitation of His Majesties Titles for the security of the Estates of His Subjects of this Kingdom, be passed in the said Parliament, as was Enacted in the One and Twentieth Year of His late Majesty King James His Reign ju England.

VII.-It is further concluded accorded and agreed upon, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously pleased, that all incapacities imposed upon the Natives of this Kingdom, or any of them as Natives, by any Act of Parliament, Provisoes in Patents, or otherwise, be taken away by Act to be passed in the said Parliament; and that they may be enabled to erect one or more Inns of Court, in or near the City of Dubliu, and that such Students, Natives of this Kingdom, as shall be therein, may take and receive the usual Degrees accustomed in any Inns of Court, they taking the Oath already mentioned: And that they may erect one or more Universities to be governed by such Rules and Orders as His Majesty shall appoint. And it is further concluded and agreed, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is graciously pleased, that the said Roman Catholick Subjects may erect and keep Free Schools, for Education of Youth in this Kingdom, any Law or

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Statute to the contrary notwithstanding; all the Matters of this Article to be passed as Acts of Parliament in the said next Parliament.

“VIII.—It is further concluded, accorded and agreed upon, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is graciously pleased That Places of Command, Honour, Profit and Trust in His Majesties Armies in this Kingdom shall be upon perfection of these Articles actually, and by particular instances conferred upon His Roman Catholick Subjects of this Kingdom; and that upon the distribution, conferring and disposal of the Places of Command, Honour, Profit and Trust in His Majesties Armies in this Kingdom, for the future no difference shall be made between the said Roman Catholicks and other His Majesties Subjects; but that such distribution shall be made with equal indifferency, according to their respective Merits and Abilities: And that all His Majesties Subjects of this Kingdom, as well Roman Catholics as others, shall for His Majes-ties Service, and their own security, arm themselves the best they may, wherein they shall have all fitting encouragement. And that Places of Command Honour, Profit and Trust in Civil Government in this Kingdom, shall be upon passing of the Bills, in these Articles mentioned, in the next Parliament actually and by particular instances conferred upon His Majesties Roman Cathclick Subjects of this Kingdom; and that in the distribution, conferring, and disposal of the Places of Command, Honour, Profit and Trust, in the Civil Government, for the future no difference shall be made between the said Roman Catholicks and others His Majesties subjects, but that such distribution shall be made with equal indifferency, according to their respective Merits and Abilities, and that in the distribution of Ministerial Offices, or Places which now are, or hereafter shall be void in this Kingdom, equality shall be used to the Roman Catholick Natives of this Kingdom, as to other His Majesties Subjects. That the Command of Forts, Castles, Garrisons, Towns, and other Places of Importance in this Kingdom, shall be conferred upon His Majesties Roman Catholick Subjects of this Kingdom upon perfection of these Articles, actually and by particular instances; and that in the distribution, conferring and disposal of the Forts, Castles, Garrisons, Towns, and other Places of Importance in this Kingdom. no difference shall be made between His Majesties Roman Catholick Subjects of this Kingdom, and other His Majesties Subjects, but that such distribution shall be made with equal indifferency, according to their respective Merits and Abilities.

"IX. It is further concluded, accorded and agreed upon, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously pleased, that His Majesty will accept of the Yearly Rent or Annual Sum of Twelve Thousand Pounds Sterling, to be applotted with indifferency and equality, and consented to be paid to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors in Par

liament, for and in lieu of the Court of Wards in this Kingdom, Tenures in Capite, common Knights Service, and all other Tenures within the Cognizance of that Court; and for and in lieu of all Wardships, primer Seisins, Fines, Ousterlemains, Liveries, Intrusions, Alienations, Mesne Rates, Reliefs and all other Profits, within the Cognizance of the said Court, or Incident to the said Tenures or any of them, or Fines to accrew to His Majesty, by reason of the said Tenures or any of them, and for, and in lieu of Respites and Issues of Homage, and Fines of the same; And the said Yearly Rent being so aplotted and consented unto in Parliament, as aforesaid; then a Bill is to be agreed on in the said Parliament, to be passed as an Act, for the securing of the said Yearly Rent, or Annual Sum of Twelve Thousand Pounds, to be applotted as aforefaid, and for the extinction snd taking away the said Court, and other matters aforesaid in this Article contained: And it is further agreed, that reasonable compositions shall be accepted for Wardships fallen since the 23d of October, 1641, and already granted: And that no Wardship fallen, or not granted, or that shall fall, shall be past, until the success of this Article shall appear: And if his Majesty be secured as aforesaid, then all Wardships fallen since the said 23d of October, are to be included in the Agreement aforesaid, upon composition to be made with such as have grants as aforesaid, which composition to be made with the Grantees since the time aforesaid, is to be left to indifferent persons, and the umpirage to the said Lord Lieutenant, His Majesties Commissioner.

"X. It is further concluded, accorded and agreed, by and. between the said Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously pleased, that no Nobleman or Peer of this Realm, in Parliament, shall be hereafter capable of more proxies than two, and that blank proxies shall be hereafter totally disallowed, and that if such Noblemen or Peers of this Realm as have no estates in this Kingdom do not within five years, to begin from the conclusion of these Articles, purchase in this Kingdom as followeth, viz. a Lord Baron, two hundred Pounds per annum -a Lord Viscount, four hundred pounds per annum, and an Earl, six hundred pounds sterling per annum, shall lose their votes in Parliament, until such time as they shall afterwards acquire such estates respectively. And it is further agreed, that none be admitted into the House of Commons but such as shall be estated, and resident within this Kingdom.

"XI. It is further concluded, accorded and agreed, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously pleased, that as for and concerning the independency of the Parliament of Ireland on the Parliament of England, His Majesty will leave both Houses of Parliament in this Kingdom to make such Declarations therein as shall be agreeable to the Laws of the Kingdom of Ireland.

"XII. It is further concluded, accorded and agreed, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously

pleased, that the Council Table shall contain itself within its proper bounds in handling matters of State and Weight fit for that place, amongst which the Patents of Plantation, and the Offices whereupon those Grants are founded, are to be handled as matters of State, and be heard and determined by the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors for the time being, and the Council, publickly at the Council Board, and not otherwise; but titles between party and party, grown after these Patents granted, are to be left to the ordinary course of law; and that the Council Table do not hereafter intermeddle with common business that is within the cognizance of the ordinary Courts, nor with the altering of possessions of lands, nor make, nor use private orders, hearings, or references, concerning any such matter, nor grant any injunction or order for stay of any suits in any civil cause, and that parties grieved, for or by reason of any proceedings formerly had there may commence their suits and prosecute the same, in any of His Majesties Courts of Justice or Equity, for remedy of their pretended rights, without any restraint or interruption from His Majesty, or otherwise by the Chief Governor or Governors and Council of this Kingdom.

"XIII. It is further concluded, granted and agreed, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously pleased, that as for and concerning one Statute made in this Kingdom in the eleventh year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled An Act for staying of Wooll, Flocks, Tallow, and other necessaries within this Realm-and one other Statute made in the said Kingdom in the twelfth year of the said Queen, intituled An Act and one other Statute made in the said Kingdom, in the thirteenth year of the Reign of the said late Queen, intituled An explanation of the Act made in a Session of this Parliament for staying of Wooll, Flocks, Tallow, and other Wares and Commodities mentioned in the said Act, and certain Articles added to the same Act, all concerning Staple or Native Commodities of this Kingdom, shall be repealed, excepting for Wooll and Wooll Fells, and that such indifferent persons as shall be agreed on by the said Lord Lieutenant, and the said Lord Viscount Mountgarret, &c. or any five or more of them shall be authorized by Commission under the Great Seal, to moderate and ascertain the rates of Merchandize to be exported or imported out of, or into this Kingdom, as they shall think fit.

"XIV. It is further concluded, accorded and agreed, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously pleased, that care be had that the Chief Governor or Governors of this Kingdom for the time being, shall not continue in those places longer than he shall find for the good of his people here, and that they shall be inhibited to make any purchase other than by lease for provision of their Houses, during the time of their Government.

XV. It is further concluded, accorded and agreed, by and between the said Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously pleased, that an Act of Oblivion shall be passed in the next Parliament to extend unto all His Majesty's Subjects of this Kingdom, and their adherents, of all treasons and offences, capital, criminal and personal, and other offences of what nature, kind or quality soever, in such manner, as if such treasons or offences had never been committed, perpetrated, or done; that the said Act do extend to the Heirs, Children, Kindred, Executors, Administrators, Wives, Widows, Dowagers and Assigns, of such of the said Subjects, and their adherents, who died on or since the 23d of October, 1641. That the said Act do relate to the first day of the next Parliament That the said Act do extend to all Bodies Politick and Corporate, and their respective Successors, and unto all Cities, Burroughs, Counties, Baronies, Hundreds, Towns, Villages, Tythings, and every of them within this Kingdom, for and concerning all and every of the said offences, or any other offence or offences, in them, or any of them committed or done, by his Majesty's said Subjects, or their adherents, or any of them, in or since the 23d of October, 1641. That this Act shall extend to Piracies, and all other offences, committed upon the Sea by his Majesty's said subjects, or their adherents, or any of them: That in this Act of Oblivion, words of release, acquittal, and discharge he inserted: That no person or persons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Baronies, Hundreds, Towns, Villages, Tythings, or any of them within this Kingdom, iucluded within the said Act, be troubled, impeached, sued, inquieted, or molested, for or by reason of any offence, matter or thing whatsoever, comprized within the said Act, and the said Act shall extend to all Rents, Goods and Chattels, taken, detained, or grown due, to the Subjects of the one side to the other, since the 23d of October, 1641, to the date of these Articles; and also to all Customs, Rents. Arrears of Rents, Prizes, Recognizances, Bonds, Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties, and to all other Profits, Perquisites and Dues, which were due, or did, or should accrue to His Majesty, on, before, or since the 23d of October, 1641, until the perfection of these Articles, and likewise to all Mesne Rates, Fines, of what nature soever, Recognizances, Judgments, Executions thereupon, and Penalties whatsoever, and to all other Profits due to his Majesty since the said 23d of October, and before, until this present, fer, by reason, or which lay within the survey or cognizance of the Court of Wards; and also to all Respits, Issues of Homage, and Fines for the same; provided this shall not extend to discharge or remit any of the King's Debts or Subsidies, due before the said 23d of October, 1641, which were then or before levied, or taken by Sheriffs, Commissioners, Receivers, or Collectors, and not then, or before accounted for, or since disposed to publick use of the said Roman Catholick Subjects, but that