1, TO the first wee say that this hath beene the pretence of almost all those who have entred into Rebellion in the Kingdome of Ireland at any time since the Reformation of Religion there which was setled by act of Parliament above eighty yeares since, and hath wrought good effect ever since, for the peace and welfare both of the Church and Kingdome there, and of the Church and Kingdome of England and Protestant partie throughout all Christendome, and so hath beene found wholesome and ne­cessarie by long experience, and the repealing of those Lawes will set Popery againe both in jurisdiction, profession, and practice, as it was before the said Reformation, and introduce amongst other inconveniences, the Supremacie of Rome, and take away, or much endanger your Majesties Supreme and just authoritie in causes Ecclesiasticall, a diminution of honour and power not to be endured. The said acts extending as­well to seditious sectaries, as to popish Recusants. So as by the repeale thereof, every man may seeme to be left to choose his owne Religion in that Kingdome which must needs be­get great confusion, and the abounding of the Roman Cler­gy there, hath beene one of the greatest occasions of this late Rebellion, Besides it is humbly desired that your Maiestie will be pleased to take into your gracious Consideration a [Page 18] clause in the act of Parliament past by your Majesties Royall assent in England in the seventeenth yeare of your raigne tou­ching punishment to be inflicted upon those that shall intro­duce the authoritie of the See of Rome in any case whatso­ever.

2. Whereas they desire to have a free Parliament called, reflecteth by secret and cunning implication upon your Ma­jesties present Parliament in Ireland as if it were not a free Parliament. Wee humbly beseech your Majestie to resent how dangerous it is to make such insinuation or intimation to your people of that kingdome touching that Parliament, wherein severall acts of Parliament have already passed, the validitie where of may be endangered if the Parliament should not be approved as a free Parliament, and it is a point of so high nature as we humbly conceive is not properly to be dis­cussed but in Parliament. And your Majesties said Parliament now sitting is a free Parliament in Law, holden before a person of honour and fortune in that Kingdome composed of good loyall, and well affected subjects to your Majestie, who doubtlesse will be ready to comply in all things that shall ap­peare to be pious and just for the good of the true Protestant Religion, and for your Majesties service, and the good of the Church, and State, That if this present Parliament should be dissolved, it would be a great terrour, and discontent to all your Majesties protestant subjects of that kingdome, and may be also a meanes to force many of your Majesties subjects to quite that Kingdome, or peradventure to adhere to some other partie there in opposition of the Romish Irish confede­rates, rather then be lyable to their power, which effects may prove of most dangerous consequence, and we humbly offer to your Majesties consideration your owne gracious expressi­ons mentioned in the grounds and motives inducing your Majestie to agree to a Cessation of Armes for one whole yeare with the Roman Catholickes of Ireland Printed at Oxford the ninth of October 1642. viz. And let all our good subjects be assured that as we have for these reasons, and with this cau­tion, and deliberation consented to this preparative to peace. [Page 19] And to that purpose doe continue our Parliament there, so we shall proceed in the accomplishment thereof with that care, and circumspection, that we shall not admit even peace it selfe other wise then as it may bee agreeable to conscience, honour and justice. We also humbly desire that such Lawes as your Majestie shall thinke fit to passe may bee transmitted according to Poynings Law, and other lawes of explanation thereof, or of addition therevnto now in force with great con­tentment and securitie to your Majesties protestant subjects. But if the present Parliament be dissolved we humbly repre­sent unto your Majestie that so many of your ablest, and best protestant subjects have beene murdered, or banished by this Rebellion, that few or no protestant Freeholders will be found in the Counties, Cities, and Burroughs to elect, and choose Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, which will be most dangerous to your Majesties rights and prerogatives and good subjects, and may beget great disputes in after times for the repealing of Poynings Act, notwithstanding their faigned ex­pressions of their loyaltie. Yet it plainely appeares they doe not repose sucht rust inyour Majesties Iustice as it becommeth lo yall subjects to doe, and such they pretend themselves to be, for that they seeke thereby to prevent your Majestie and your Councell of England, & Ireland of so full a view, & time of mature consideration to be had of acts of Parliament of Ire­land before they passe as in prudence is requisit, and hath been found necessarie by the experience of well neere two hun­dred yeares, And if their intentions were so cleare as they pro­fesse wee know not why they should avoyde the strictest view, and tryall of your Majesties, and your Councels of both Kingdomes. This they desire intending to introduce a great diminution of your Royall and necessarie power for the con­servation of your Regall State, and protection of your good protestant subjects there and elsewhere. And what speciall use they ayme at in seeking such repeale your protestant sub­jects as they know not the particular so can they conjecture of none unlesse the said Confederates have some designe by way of surprize to obtrude upon your Majestie in their new [Page 20] desired Parliament some acts in Iustification of their ill done actions, and for condemning such of your protestant subjects as have in their severall degrees most faithfully served your Majestie there, which we the rather beleeve seeing they have proved by their oath of Association, and the Bull lately pu­blished in Ireland since the Cessation, the destruction of the Protestants there, when they have their swords in their hands to put the same in execution.

3. Wee humbly desire that they may particularize those orders or ordinances which may prejudice your Majesties ser­vice. For we are well assured that the Parliament now sit­ting in Ireland on signification of your Majesties pleasure ther­in, eyther will give your Majestie full satisfaction, or re­peale any unjust orders, or ordinances whatsoever, which may be prejudiciall to your Majestie. And there may be some or­ders, or ordinances which may concerne particular persons in their lives, liberties, or fortunes, that may suffer unheard by the admitting of so generall a proposition, which is meere­ly proposed, as wee humbly conceive to put a scorne on your Majesties parliament now sitting there, and to discourage your protestant subiects who have faithfully served your Maiesty in that parliament.

4. This wee conceive to be a very bold proposition not warranted as we also conceive by any example, & tending to introduce an ill president in after times, for it was never seene that Records were taken of the file but where there was some corruption, or fraud, or some illegall, or uniust carriage used in, and concerning the procuring, or making up of such Records, and the same first well proved upon due examina­tion, And it may not onely conceale, but in some fort seeme to iustifie their abominable Treasons, Murders, Cruelties, Massacres, and plunders acted against your Maiesties person Crowne and dignitie, upon the persons of your Maiesties most loyall protestant subiects in that Kingdome, and encou­rage the Papists there to doe the like againe, besides the dis­couragement it may beget in your Maiesties officers, and sub­iects to their duties in the like insurrections which may hap­pen [Page 21] hereafter, which also may prove very preiudiciall to your Maiesties rights and revenues, if the Records to support the forfeytures wherein many of them are or may be grounded, should be taken of the file, and Cancelled.

5. We humbly conceive that in times of peace, and most setled government. When the Court of Law and Iustice is most open, & best observed, that the debts due to the Crowne and actually levied and payed in to your Maiesties use, ought not to bee restored though the Records of the forfeytures should legally be reversed, which is farre from the present case, And this proposition tendeth to crosse the just right of your Majestie, and to make the disposition by the Confede­rate popish Rebels of debts due to protestants, and by the said rebels by fraud and force levyed, and disposed in maintenance of their rebellion, which commonly they call by the name of publicke uses, to be in equall degree with the debts owing by the rebels and by them all forfeyted, and many of them by law duely levyed, which is a most unequall and unjust thing. And the said propositions cannot, nor doth make offer to have the popish Confederats cut off from the debts due to them which they have justly forfeyted, but only for a colour of con­sideration, to have the protestants loose such debts justly due to them, as have beene unjustly taken from them, who have done no act at all to forfeyte them.

6. We know not of any offices found on fayned Titles, nor what the Confederats may demand in respect of any gra­ces promised by your Majesty, which we intend not, nor have any occasion to dispute, but do humbly conceive that all those who have committed treason in the late rebellion subsequent to your Majesties promise of those graces, have thereby forfey­ted the benefit thereof together with the Lands which the said graces, might else have related, and so their whole estates are now justly fallen to your Majesty by their rebellion, which we conceive is of great importance for your Majesties service to be taken into consideration, as first with regarde of the statutes made in the present Parliament of England. Se­condly the necessarie encrease of your revenue decayed by [Page 22] the present rebellion. Thirdly the abolishing of the evill cu­stome of the Irish, and preservation of Religion, Lawes and government there. Fourthly the satisfaction of your prote­stants subjects losses in some measure. Fiftly the arrears of your Majesties Army, and other debts contracted for that war, & for preservation of that Kingdome to your Majestie. Sixtly the bringing in of more Brittish on the plantations. Seventh­ly the building of some walled Townes in remote, and de­solate places for the securitie of that kingdome, and your good subjects there. Eightly the taking of the Natives from their former dependencie on their chiefetaynes who usurped an ab­solute power on them to the diminution of your Regall po­wer, and to the oppression of the inferiour.

7. This we conceive concerneth some of the late plan­tations and no other part of that Kingdome, and that the resti­tution herein mentioned is found to bee of great use especial­ly for the indifferencie of tryalls strength of the government, and for trade and trafficke, and we humbly conceive that if other plantations shall not proceede for the setling, and secu­ring of that Kingdome, & that no restraint be made of papists purchasing, or buying of the protestants out of their former platations where they were prudently planted, though now cast out of their estates by the late rebellion, & unable to plant the same againe for want of meanes, and therefore probably upon easy tearmes will part with their estates to the Confede­rates. That those plantations will be destroyed to the great prejudice of your Maiesties service, and endangering of the safety of that Kingdome. Touching bearing of offices we humbly conceive that their non-conformitie to the lawes and statutes of that Realme is the onely marke of incapacity im­posed upon them. And wee humbly conceive that they ought not to expect to be more capable there then the English Natives are here in England in like case. For Schooles in Ire­land there are divers setled in all parts of that Kingdome al­ready by the Lawes and statutes of that Realme. And if any person well affected shall erect, and endow any more schools there, at their owne charges, So that the Schoole-masters and [Page 23] schollers may be governed according to the lawes, custome, and orders of England, and the best of free scholes here. Wee cannot apprehend any iust exceptions thereunto, but touching Vniversities, and Innes-of-Court. We humbly conceive that this part of the proposition savoureth of some desire to become independent upon England, or to make a separation in the Re­ligion and lawes of the kingdome, which can never be truly happy but in the good unitie of both in the true protestant re­ligion, and in the lawes of England. For as for matter of charge such of the Natives as are desirous to breede their sonnes for learning in divinitie can be well content to send them to the Vniversities of Lovain, Doway, and other places in forayne Kingdomes, and for Civill law or Physicke to Padua, & other places which drawes a great treasure yearely out of your Ma­jesties Dominions, but will send few, or none of them to Ox­ford or Cambridge, where they might as cheaply be brought up and become as learned, Which course we conceive is hol­den out of their pride and disaffection towards this King­dome, and the true Religion here professed. And for the lawes of the land which are for the Common-lawes agree­able to England, so for the greatest part of the statutes, the Innes of Courts in England are sufficient and the protestants come thither without grudging, And it is a meanes to civilize them after the English customes to make them familiar, and in love with the language, and Nation to preserve law in the puritie when the professors of it shall draw of one originall foun­taine, and see the manner of the practise of it in the same great Channell where his Majesties Courts of Iustice of England doe flow cleerely. Whereas by separations of the Kingdomes in the place of their principall instruction where their founda­tions in being are to be layd, a degenerate corruption, in Re­ligion and Iustice may happily be introduced, and spred with much more difficultie to be corrected and restrayned after­wards by any discipline to be used in Ireland, or punishments there to be inflicted for departing from the true grounds of things that are best preserved in unitie when they grow out of the same roote, then if such Vniversities and Innes of Court [Page 24] as are proposed should be granted. All which wee humbly submit to your Majesties most pious and prudent Considera­tion and Iudgement.

8. We humbly conceive that the Roman Catholicks Na­tives in Ireland may have the like offices, and places as the Roman Catholickes Natives of England here have, and not otherwise. Howbeit we conceive that in the generallity they have not deserved somuch by their late rebellion. Therefore we see not why they should be endowed with any new or further capacity or priviledges then they have by the Lawes, and statutes now in force in that Kingdome.

9. Wee know no oppression by reason of the Court of Wards, and wee humbly conceive that the Court of wards is of great use for the raysing of your Majesties revenues, the preservation of your Maiesties Tennures, and chiefly the edu­cation of the Gentry in the protestant Religion, and civilitie of learning, and good manners who otherwise would bee brought up in ignorance, & barbarisme, their estats be ruyned by their kindred, and friends, and continue their dependance on the chiefe Lords to the great preiudice of your Maiesties service and protestant subiects, and there being no colour of exception to your Maiesties iust Title to wardships, we know not why the taking away of Court concerning the same should be so pressed, unlesse it be to prevent the education of the Lords and Gentry that fall-wards in the protestant reli­gion, For that part of this proposition which concernes respit of homage, we humbly conceive it reasonable that some way may be setled for this, if it stands with your Maiesties good pleasure, without preiudice to your Maiesty, or your prote­stant subiects.

10. Wee humbly conceive that in the yeare 1641. by the graces which your Majestie then granted to your subjects of Ireland, the matter of this proposition was in a faire way regulated by your utter abolishing of blancke proxies, & limit­ting Lords present, and attending in the Parliament of Ireland that no one of them should be capable of more proxies then two, and prescribing the Peeres of that Kingdome not there [Page 25] resident to purchase fitting proportions of land in Ireland within five yeares from the last of Iuly 1641. or else to loose votes till they should make such purchase: which purchase by reason of the troubles happening in that Kingdome, & which have continued for two yeares, and a halfe, have not perad­venture yet beene made. And therefore your Majestie may now bee pleased, and may take just occasion to inlarge the time, when that Kingdome may againe be setled in a happy and firme peace: And as to members of the house of Com­mons the same is most fit as wee humbly conceive to be regu­lated by the Lawes, and statutes of that Kingdome.

11. This proposition concernes your Majesties high Court of Parliament both of England and Ireland, and is beyond our abilities who are not acquainted with the Records, and presidents of this nature to give an answer unto, and there­fore Wee humbly desire your Majesties pardon for not answe­ring unto the same.

12. The Councell-Table hath alwayes exercised Iuris­diction in some cases ever since the English government was setled in that Kingdome, and is of so long continuance in cases of some natures, as the beginning thereof appeareth not, which seemeth to bee by prescription and hath alwayes beene armed with power to examen upon oath as a Court of Iustice, or in nature of a Court of Iustice in cases of some natures, and may bee very necessary still in many Cases, especially for the present, till your Majesties Lawes may more generally be re­ceived in that Kingdome: And wee conceive that Board is so well limitted by printed Instructions in your Maiesties Royall fathers, and by your Majesties Grace in the seven­teenth yeare of your Raigne, that it needeth for the present little, or no further regulating at all: Howbeit they hum­bly referre unto your Majesties great wisdome, and good­nesse to doe therein, as to Law and Iustice shall apper­taine.

13. The matter of this proposition is setled in a fitting and good way by your Majestie already, as wee conceive a­mongst the Graces granted by your Majestie to your people [Page 26] of Ireland in the seventeenth yeare of your Raigne, to which we humbly referre our selves.

14. Wee humbly conceive that this proposition tendeth to lay a false and scandalous aspersion upon your Majesties gracious government over Ireland: And that it trencheth ve­ry high upon your Wisdome, Iustice and Power, & under col­lour of supposed corruptions pretended to bee in the greatest Officer that commandeth under your Majestie there, if hee continue so long in his governement as may well enable him to find out and discover the true state of that Kingdome, and the dangerous dispositions and designes of the Popish partie there, to prevent him therein; and to turne him out from do­ing service before, or as soone, as hee is throughly informed, and experienced how to doe the same, and then to hold him excluded so long that in all likelyhood hee shall not live to come to that place the second time, which wee humbly con­ceive will bee a great discouragement to any person of ho­nour and fortune to serve your Majestie in that high trust: And for the purchasing lands in that Kingdome, your Majestie may bee pleased to leave them to the Lawes, and punish them severely if they commit any offence, or exercise any oppositi­ons under collour of purchasing of any lands or estates what­soever.

15. The having of trained bands in Ireland for the pre­sent cannot under favour be for your Majesties service or the safetie of that Kingdome: For that the Protestants by the sad effects of the late Rebellion are so much destroyed that the said bands must consist in effect altogether of the Confederate Catholicks, and to continue them in armes stored with am­munition, and made ready for service by mustering, and often training, will prove under collour of advancing your Majesties service against forraigne invasion, a meere guard and power over popish forces always in readinesse to protect the Popish Confederates, and by force, and Armes according to their late oath and protestations to execute all their cruell designes for extirpation of the Protestant Religion and English Governe­ment both which they mortally hate; Howsoever in cun­ning [Page 27] they dissemble it, and to prevent the setling an armie of good Protestants, without which your Maiesties good subiects cannot live securely there.

16. Wee humbly pray, that the Lawes of force bee taken into consideration, And doe humbly conceive that your Ma­jestie in honour and Iustice may forbeare to discharge, or re­lease any actions, suites, debts, or interests whereby your Ma­iesties protestant subiects who have committed no offence against your Maiestie or your Lawes should be barred or de­prived of any of their legall remedies or iust demands which by any of your Maiesties Lawes and statutes they may have against the popish Confederates (who are the onely delin­quents) or any of their party for or in respect of any wrongs done unto them, or any their ancestors, or predecessors, in or concerning their Lands, goods, or estates since the contryving or breaking forth of the rebellion, The said Confederates ha­ving without provocation shed so much innocent bloud, and acted so many cruelties as cannot be parralleled in any storie, And we conceive it to be high presumption in them upon so weake grounds to propound an act of oblivion in such gene­rall termes, some of the Confederates having beene contry­vers or actors of such cruell murders and other acts of in hu­manitie as cry to God, and your Sacred Maiestie for Iustice, And they having of your Maiesties Revenues, customes, sub­sides and other rights of your Crowne in their hands or de­stroyed by them to the value of twenty hundred thousand pounds and more.

17. We conceive this proposition is made but for a florish, & if the Confederates be so desirous to try their innocencie as they pretend they need not stay for another Parliament in Ire­land, but submit to that which is now in being, which is an equall and iust Parliament, as in some of your reasons touch­ing that point is expressed, and they offering to draw it to a new Parliament, is in effect to desire that they may be their owne Iudges, for as that Kingdome is now imbroyled and wasted, the chiefe delinquents, or Confederates will be so prevalent a faction in the next Parliament, that they will [Page 28] be able, and doubtlesse will cleere all the popish party how guilty soever, and condemne all the protestants how innocent soever.

These answers to the high, and unexpected demands of the Confederates, we have framed in humble obedience, to your Maiesties directions, but being very sensible as of the weight and great importance of the businesse so also of our owne weakenesse and want of time, and well knowing that some of your Privy Counsellors, Iudges, and Officers of that Kingdome are now in Towne sent for over, and here atten­ding by your Maiesties command, who by their long obser­vation and experience of the affaires and state of Ireland, are better able to give your Maiestie more full and satisfacto­ry answers touching the premisses then we can, And concei­ving that the Collections in Answer to the said Confede­rates Remonstrance, which wee humbly presented to your Maiesty the 27. of the last moneth of April, may in many things give your Maiesty more light then these our answers doe or can. Wee humbly beseech your Maiesty that the said privy Counsellors, ludges, and Officers as occasion shall re­quire may bee called upon and heard to give your Maiesty the better satisfaction in these particulars, and that to the same purpose the Booke of the said Collections may be perused, and considered of, as your Maiestie shall finde most requisit.

COncerning any thing in Religion, his Ma­jesties answer is, That as the Lawes against those of the Romish Religion, within that his Kingdome of Ireland have never been execu­ted with any rigour or severity: So if such his subjects shall by returning to their duty and loyalty, merit his Majesties favour and prote­ction, they shall not for the future have cause to complaine, that lesle moderation is used to­wards them, then hath been in the most favo­rable of Queene Elizabeth and King Iames his times: Provided that under pretence of Con­science, they doe not stirre up sedition but live quietly and peaceably according to their Alle­giance.

2. Touching the calling a free Parliament (by which his Majestie supposes the proposers intend a new Parliament) his Majestie sayes he [Page 34] could wish, that all the particulars might bee fully agreed on, and ratified this Parliament; his Majestie well understanding that his Prote­stant subjects may bee in farre greater danger in a new Parliament then the proposers and their Party can bee in this, his Majestie being willing to give them any security that can bee desired against their apprehensions; however since some objections and doubts are raised of the legall continuance of this Parliament since the death of the Lord Deputy VVansford, and by the late arrivall of his Majesties Com­mission, after the day of meeting upon the prorogation (though those doubts may bee easily solved) his Majestie is content to call a new Parliament, upon condition, that all particulars bee first agreed on, and the Acts to be passed bee first transmitted, according to custome (for his Majestie will by no meanes consent the suspension of Poynings Act) and the proposers giving his Majestie security, that there shall be no attempt in that Parliament to passe any other Act, then what is agreed on, & first transmitted; or to bring any other preju­dice to any of his Majesties Protestant subjects there.

[Page 35] 3. His Majestie neither can nor will de­clare Acts in themselves lawfull to bee voyd, but is content that neither the Proposers, nor their party shall suffer any pejudice by any Acts or Ordinances passed, since the time in that proposition mentioned, by reason of this commotion: And for that end shall give his full concurrence.

4. The matters of the foure, five and six­teenth Propositions are to bee digested into an Act of Oblivion, in which his Majestie will ad­mit any Clauses to enlarge his mercy: but will not by declaring Indictments legally taken & regularly prosecuted to be voyd, give any coun­tenance to, or make any excuse for the present Rebellion: which would be a great prejudice to truth, and to the future security of that King­dome. And therefore His Majestie is content to grant a full and generall Pardon to all persons whatsoever within that his Kingdome (except for all Treasons, Rebellion, or other crimes whatsoever, growing or arising from or by reason of the said Rebellion) & will likewise give his consent to such an Act of Obli­vion as shall be prepared & transmitted to him [Page 36] by the advise of his Lord Lieutenant & Coun­cell of Ireland, who are fittest to consider in what state debts are to bee left: and particular actions and remedies to bee waved: in which His Majestie for the peace of the Kingdome will bee content to release what concernes him­selfe.

6. When all particulars shall bee agreed on, and faithfully executed on the parts of the Proposers, his Majestie (expecting a just ac­knowledgement of his bountie, as well know­ing that he parts with very much, to which hee hath a legall and undoubted title) is content to release and quit his right to all such lands in the Counties mentioned (except within the Coun­tyes of Kilkenny and Wickloe) upon the tearmes formerly assented by his Majestie in his Answer to the grievanees in the seventeenth yeare of his Raigne, and will consent to such an Act of limitations as is desired.

7. When all other things shall bee con­cluded, his Majestie will consent to an Act for the taking away any incapacity, as Na­tives, either to lands or offices, if any such there bee: And will willingly consent to the [Page 37] erecting an Innes of Court, Vniversity, or free-schooles, provided that they bee gover­ned by such Statutes, and Orders, as His Majestie shall approve, and agreable to the Custome of this Kingdome.

8. Such of His Majesties subjects of the Romish Religion within that Kingdome, as shall manifest their dutie and Affection to His Majestie, shall receive such marks of His Majesties favour in offices and places of trust, as shall manifest His Majesties good accep­tance and regard of them.

9. His Majestie will take care, that his good subjects of that Kingdome shall not be oppressed by his Court of Wards, and if op­pressions of that kind have been, upon good and due information, His Majestie will cause Iustice to be done for the time past; and for the future will prevent the like by Instructi­ons. But for the taking away of that Court, His Majestie can make no answer, till the particulars for his satisfaction bee set downe, and presented to him.

10. His Majestie consented as farre as is fit for him in this Point, in his answer to [Page 38] the five and twentieth grievance, in the se­venteenth yeare of his Raigne; the which he is still willing shall bee enacted, looking for­ward still to five yeares, to begin after the peace concluded.

11. His Majestie conceives the substance of this Proposition (which concernes the fun­damentall Rights of both Kingdomes) fit to bee referred to the free debate and expostu­lation of the two parliaments, when it shall please God that they may freely and safely sit, His Majestie being so equally concerned in the priviledges of either, that hee will take care to the utmost of his power, that they shall both conteine themselves within their proper limitts: his Majestie being the Head, and equally interessed in the Rights of both par­liaments.

12. This is sufficiently provided for in his Majesties Answer to the tenth grievance, which hee is content shall passe.

13. Since it appeares by long experience that these Lawes have not produced that good effect for which they were made, his Ma­jestie was graciously pleased by his late Graces, [Page 39] that those Statutes should bee repealed, save onely for woolls and woollfells: and will ob­serve the same resolution: And a Booke of ra­tes shall bee setled by an indifferent Commit­tee.

14. His Majestie doth not admit that the long continuance of the Chiefe Governor of that Kingdome in that place, hath been an occasion of much tyranny and oppression, or that any tyranny, or oppression hath been exercised upon his subjects in that King­dome: However his Maiestie will take care, that such Governors, shall not continue longer in chose places, then hee shall find for the good of his people there: and is con­tent that they shall bee inhibited to make a­ny purchase (other then by lease, for the pro­vision of their Houses) during the space of their Goverment, in such manner as is de­sired.

15. This proposition is to be explayned, and some particular wayes to bee propo­sed to his Maiestie for the doing thereof: And then his Maiestie upon due considerati­on of the safety and security of his Prote­stant [Page 40] Subiects, will returne his Answer.

16. Answered in the fourth and fifth.

17. Such persons who shall be excepted out of the Act of Oblivion, shall bee tryed by the knowne Lawes of the Land.

VVHen all the particular demands made on the behalfe of his Maje­stie, the Church, and his Majesties Protestant subjects, and their party shall be concluded, his Maiestie will bee graciously pleased on his part, to agree to the particulars hereafter expressed viz.

1. To the first proposition, his Majestie will bee graciously pleased, if his said Roman Catholicke subjects shall by their obedience, and loyaltie merit his Majesties favour and pro­tection, that they shall not for the future have cause to complaine, that lesse moderation is used towards them then hath been in the most favourable of Queene Elizabeth, & King Iames his times; But his Maiestie for divers waighty [Page 42] considerations will further advise, before hee consent to the repeale of any the Acts, inten­ded by the said Proposition.

2. To the second, his Majestie will bee graciously pleased to call a new Parliament up­on condition, that all particulars therein to bee passed by act of Parliament, be first agreed on, betweene us his Majesties Commissioner, and Donogh Lord Viscount Muskery, Alexandermac Donell, and Nicholas Plunket Esquiers, Sir Robert Talbot Baronet, Dermot O Brien, Patricke Darcy, Geffrey Browne, and Iohn Dillon Esquiers, or a­ny five or more of them, who are deputed by his said Roman Catholicke subjects, to treate with Vs about the same: And the said Acts so agreed upon bee transmitted according to seve­rall acts of parliament in that behalfe provi­ded, And that there shall be no attempt by his Majesties Roman Catholicke subjects in that parliament to passe any other act, then what is agreed upon as aforesaid and first transmitted, or to bring any other prejudice to any of his Maiesties protestant subiects in this kingdome: And if any thing shall be attempted in the said parliament to the contrarie, that then his Ma­iesties Lieutenant, or other Chiefe Governor, or Governors, before whom the said parlia­ment [Page 43] shall be holden, shall forthwith after such attempt, dissolve the said Parliament without expecting any further direction from his Ma­jestie for the same; But his Majestie for divers waightie considerations, will bee further advi­sed, before that he doe consent to the suspension of Poynings Act.

3. To the third, his Majestie will be gra­ciously pleased that none of his said Roman Ca­tholicke subjects, shall suffer any prejudice by any Acts or Ordinances passed in this present Parliament since the time in the Proposition mentioned, by reason of the present commo­tion, but his Majestie cannot legally declare Acts or Ordinances made in Parliament which are in themselves lawfull; to be voyde, nor give warrant to take them off the file.

4. To the fourth his Majestie cannot in course of Iustice, by his Proclamation declare indictments, attaintures, out-lawries, Letters-patents, Grants, Leases, Bonds, Recognizances, or any other legall record to be voyde, or taken off the file, But his Majestie will be graciously pleased to grant a full and Generall pardon, to all persons whatsoever, excepting such as hereafter upon this treaty, shalbe thought fit to be left thereout, for all Treasons, rebellions and [Page 44] other crimes whatsoever, growing and arising for or by reason of the same, And will likewise give his consent, that an act bee passed to that purpose, in which his Majestie will admit any clauses to enlarge his mercy, And his Majestie will be further graciously pleased to determine all custodiums which have beene granted since the 22. of October 1641.

5. To the fift proposition his Majesty can­not in Iustice consent to the taking away of any debts due to his subjects, who have committed no offence which might occasion the forfey­ture thereof, But for such debts as have accrued unto his Majestie by the attaynture or fugacie of any of his Majesties Roman Catholicke sub­jects since the 23. of October 1641. His Maje­stie will be graciously pleased to remit so many of them, as have not beeen payed into his Maje­sties Exchequer or received otherwise to his Maiesties use, or by his appointment.

6. To the sixt proposition his Maiesty will be graciously pleased to release and quite his right to all such lands in the said proposition mentioned, except within the Counties of Kil­kenny and Wickloe, upon the Termes former­ly assented unto by his Maiestie in his answer to the grievances in the 17. yeare of his raigne, and [Page 45] will consent to such an act of limitation, as is desired.

7. To the seventh his Maiesty will be gra­ciously pleased to consent to an act, for the ta­king away any incapacitie as Natives, eyther to lands or offices, if any such there be, and will willingly consent to the erecting of an Innes of Court, Vniversitity or free-schooles, Provided that they be governed by such statutes, rules, and orders, as his Maiesty shall approve, and be agreable to the Customes of England.

8. To the eight his Maiesty will be graci­ously pleased that such of his Maiesties said sub­iects within this kingdome as shall manifest their dutie and affection to his Maiesty shall receive such markes of his Maiesties favour in offices and places of trust, as shall manifest his Maiesties good acceptance, and regarde of them.

9. To the ninth proposition, his Maiestie will take care, that his good subiects of this kingdome shall not be oppressed by his Court of Wards, And if oppressions of that kinde have beene upon good and due information, his Maiesty will cause Iustice to be done for the time past, and for the future will prevent the like by instructions. But for the taking away [Page 46] of that Court, his Majesty can make no answer, till the particulars for his satisfaction bee set downe and presented unto him.

10. To the tenth Proposition, his Majestie consented as farre as is fit for him in this point, in his answer to the 25 grievance, in the seven­teenth yeare of his raigne the which hee is still willing shalbe enacted, looking forwards still to five yeares, to begin after the peace concluded.

11. To the eleventh Proposition his Maje­sty conceives the substance of this Proposition (which concerneth the fundamentall rights of both kingdomes) fit to bee referred to the free debate, and expostulation of the two Parlia­ments, when it shall please God, that they may freely and safely sit his Majesty being so equal­ly concerned in the priviledges of eyther, that he will take care to the uttermost of his power, that they shall both contayne themselves with­in their proper limits, his Majestie being the head and equally concerned in the rights of both.

12. To the twelfth his Majestie hath suffi­ciently provided for this, in his answer to the tenth grievanee, which his Majestie is content shall passe by act of parliament.

13. To the thirteenth proposition his Maje­sty [Page 47] hath beene pleased by his late Graces that those statutes should be repealed, save onely for Wools and wool-fels, And is well pleased, that the same be done by act of parliament, and that a Booke of Rates be setled, by indifferent Com­missioners.

14. To the foureteenth proposition his Ma­jestie doth not admit or beleeve, that the long continuance of the chiefe Covernors of this kingdome in their places of government, hath beene an occasion of any tyrany or oppression, or that any tyrany or oppression hath beene ex­ercised upon his subjects of this his kingdome, howsoever his Majesty will be graciously pleased to take care, that such Governors shall not con­tinue longer in those places, then he shall finde for the good of his people here, And his Maje­stie is content, that they shall bee inhibited to make any purchase, other then by Lease for the provision of their houses during the time of their government.

15. To the fifteenth Proposition, this pro­position is to be explaned, and some particular way to be proposed for the doing thereof, And then consideration being had of the safety and securitie of his Majesties protestant subjects, an answer will be made therevnto.

[Page 48] 16. To the sixteenth proposition, his Maje­stie cannot in Iustice to the foreclosing of the subject of his legall remedy, for the recoverie of any goods, chattels, or rents, unlawfully taken or detayned from him. But for such-meane pro­fits, Customes, prizes, and Rents, which have accrued unto his Majesty since the 23 of Octob. 1641. except the Customes received at VVater­ford and Rosse since the 15. of September 1643. His majestie is content to remit the same, the rest of the proposition is answered in the answer to the fourth proposition.

17. To the seventeenth, his Maiesty will be pleased, that such persons as shall bee excepted out of the generall pardon shalbe tryed by the knowne Lawes of this Land.

The Lord marques of Ormond now declares that albeit these answers are thus given by him in present to the said propositions, yet that hee intends not to be thereby concluded, from al­tering the same, or adding thereunto in any parts there of, In such sort as he shall finde cause upon further debate.