BY Your Majesties gracious Letters of the thirteenth of this Moneth, and a Copie of Your Majesties Message sent lately to Your Par­liament in Your Kingdom of England, (both which came to the hands of us Your Justices, on the eighteenth of this Moneth) we observe that Your Majestie (out of a just sense of the great miseries and afflictions of Your distressed Subjects in this Your Kingdom of Ire­land, occasioned by the inhumane cruelties of the Rebells here; And out of Your tender and graci­ous care of Your good Subjects on this side, hath firmely resolved (by the assistance of Almighty [Page 2] God) with all possible speed to make a Journey hither, in Your own Royall person, for the full and finall suppressing of this Rebellion.

Those Letters and Message we Your Maje­sties Justices then immediately communicated with the Councell, as we alwayes do all matters of Importance concerning Your Majesties Ser­vices; And caused the Copy sent us of Your Mes­sage to Your Parliament in England to be Prin­ted here; so to make known here Your Majesties gracious purpose, as You commanded us.

And we all joyntly do humbly beseech your Majestie to give us leave to cast ourselves at your Majesties feet, and (with the Duty and Loyalty of faithfull Subjects) most humbly and thankfully to acknowledge to Your Sacred Majestie, as well Your continued Grace and Goodnesse, upon all occasions expressed to this Your Kingdom, and all Your Subjects therein; and amongst them, even those wretched Rebels themselves hereto­fore, when they stood in the condition of good Subjects, though they want the gratitude to be sensible of it; as particularly, this high addition of Your Majesties gracious favour to us, in not sparing the pains, or hazard even of Your own [Page 3] Royall Person, for the suppressing of this hide­ous Rebellion, and punishment of these ungrate­full and treacherous Rebels, who are thus un­naturally risen in Arms against Your Majestie, Expressed such unparalleled hatred and dete­station against Your Government and Nation, Spilt (unprovoked) the blood of so many thou­sands of Your faithfull and innocent Subjects, Destroyed the Estates of all the British and Pro­testants in the Kingdom, And (which is above all) as appears by severall examinations, and ma­ny other concurring Circumstances here, not­withstanding all their false and feigned Preten­ces to disguise their wicked and traiterous pur­poses, aimed finally at no lesse (which we trem­ble to write, and cannot think without horrour and astonishment at their Impiety) then even to deprive You of Your Royall Crown and Dig­nity, and to place over them some of themselves, or some Forreign Prince, and so altogether to shake off the English Government.

Wherefore we cannot but rejoyce (even in the middest of our present Calamities) to hear Your Majesties Princely purpose to take just vengeance on them, for vindicating your Ho­nour, [Page 4] revenging the blood and destruction of so many of Your faithfull Subjects, and securing the fu [...]ure Safetie of Your Crowns and King­doms.

And as we do thus joyfully apprehend the happinesse we are to enjoy by those your Maje­sties Royall purposes, so we hold it agreeable with the duty of us Your loyall Subjects and faithfull Servants, whom You have advanced to the Honour to serve You as Councellours to You in this Your Kingdom, humbly to represent to Your Majestie upon this occasion the present estate of Your affairs here, and the condition wherein this Kingdom stands, which we have done by our Letters now sent to Master Secreta­rie Nicholas, to be made known to your Majesty, that so your Majestie understanding them, may on that side provide for supplying our defects here, and rendering safety to Your own Royall Person against these bloody Rebels, as your Ma­jestie in Your Excellent judgement shall think fit; whereby You may (to the comfort of Your good Subjects, and terrour of Your Enemies) appear in this Kingdom, in that Majestie which is sutable to the Greatnesse and Wisdom of so [Page 5] Mightie a King as God hath appointed You, whom we pray God to Blesse and Prosper with length of dayes, and a happie and blessed Go­vernment over this and all other Your King­doms and Dominions, to the Glory of God, the Honour of your Maiestie, and the Joy and Comfort of all Your Subjects, and amongst them of us,