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A direction for the plantation in Vlster Contayning in it, sixe principall thinges, viz. 1. The securing of that wilde contrye to the crowne of England. 2. The withdrawing of all the charge of the garrison and men of warre. 3. The rewarding of the old seruitors to their good content. 4. The means how to increase the reuenue to the Crowne, with a yearely very great summe. 5. How to establish the puritie of religion there. 6. And how the vndertakers may with securitie be inriched.
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Blenerhasset, Thomas.
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both for that your good proceedings will second and as it were fortifie their already beginnings and they be indeede Gentlemen of such sort and quality as they speake alwaies what they thinke and performe what they speake They doe not after the fashion of this age carry bread in the one hand and a stone in the other but they haue a sword alwaies ready to mainetaine truth and equity besides a very excellent course of proceeding by law And to knit thy affection more firmely to the hope of thy well doing there I doe insure thee there be excellent warriors and they such worthy men as wil willingly backe thy busines in time of need violently abate the violence of any that shal intēd thy trouble so Mars himselfe shall protect thee perhaps Mercury too if thou beest honestly content with that which is thine thou mayest there liue and neuer trouble the Lawyer and thou shalt finde it to be a great blessing All which I haue written to encourage thy fainting spirit which rather then faile wil obiect the charges thither and the danger which is nothing so much as amongst good fellowes it is to be beastly drunke at home To conclude what art thou one whome kindenes casualty or want of wit hath decayed make speede get thee to Vlster serue God be sober if thou canst not gouerne be gouerned thou shalt recouer thy selfe and thy happines there will make thee reioyce at thy former fortunes Art thou rich possessed with much reuenue make speed without racking of rents or other offenciue meanes thou shalt doe God and thy Prince excellent seruice Thou hast the three brayded bande which will binde Beares vse there thy talent it will be quickely a million Art thou a poore indigent fellow and hast neither faculty nor mony goe not thither for though there be plenty of all thinges thou shalt starue there Loyterers and lewd persons in this our new worlde they will not be indured Art thou a Tradesman a Smith a Weauer a Mason or a Carpenter goe thither thou shalt be in estimation and quickely inriched by thy indeauours Art thou an husband man whose worth is not past tenne or twenty pounds goe thither those new Manor-makers will make thee a Coppy holder thou shalt whistle sweetely and feede thy whole family if they be six for six pence the day Art thou a Gentleman that takest pleasure in hunt the Fox the Woolfe and the Wood-kerne doe expect thy comming and the comely well cabbazed Stagge will furnish thy feast with a full dish There thou shalt haue elbowe roome the Eagle and the Earne and all sorts of high flying fowles do attend thee Art thou a Minister of Gods word make speed the haruest is great but the laborers be fewe thou shalt there see the poore ignorant vntaught people worship stones and sticks thou by carrying millions to heauen maiest be made an Archangell and haue whiles thou doost liue for worldly respects what not So Vlster which hath bene hitherto the receptacle and very denne of Rebels and deuowring creatures shall farre excell Munster and the ciuellest part of all that country and peraduenture in ciuility and sincere Religion equal euen faire England herselfe with a christian and comfortable society of neighbourhood so they at the least three hundred thousand soules besides Children which are no lesse in number may come vnto the true knowledge of God and by faith in Iesus Christ may be freede from euerlasting damnation So the Kings maiestie shall be disburthened of a very great charge out of the Exchequer the Country safely secured vnto the Crowne and we his Maiesties subiects inriched by our endeauours which God of his vnspeakeable mercy graunt for his deere sonne Iesus Christ his sake Amen The Conclusion contayning an exhortation to England FAyre England thy flourishing Sister braue Hibernia with most respectiue termes cōmendeth vnto thy due consideration her yongest daughter depopulated Vlster not doubting for it cannot but come vnto thy vnderstanding how the long continuance of lamentable warres haue raced vtterly defaced whatsoeuer was beautifull in her to behold and hath so bereaued all her royalties goodly ornaments well beseeming tyers as there remaineth but onely the Maiesty of her naked personage which euen in that plite is such as whosoeuer shall seeke and search all Europes best Bowers shal not finde many that may make with her comparison Behold the admirable worth of her worthines euen now shee giues the world to vnderstand by testimoniall knowne sufficiently to all that knowe her that if thou wilt now but assist her with meanes to erect her ruynes she will nourish thee with much dainty prouision and so furnish thee as thou shalt not neede to send to thy neighbour-kingdomes for corne nor to the Netherlands for fine Holland shee will in requitall of thy kindenesse prouide those thinges with some other such as thy heart most desireth Art thou ouerchargde with much people Vlster her excellency will imbrace that thy ouerplus in her amourous sweete armes she will place them as it were by Euphrates and feed them with better Ambrosia then euer Iupiter himselfe knew Then proclaime let all the inhabitants of spatious Brittane know that in respect euen of their own good it is conuenient and most necessary that euery one of thē should in some proportiō put to his assistance didst thou and were thy people indeede willing with Horse with men with munition and money oftentimes and euer anon to abate their insolency whose pride sought to bereaue from thee and them your right and interrest in her fields and forrests true it is and some thousands no doubt thou didst imploy to keepe her from the captiuity of traytors do then and let thy people willingly finish the worke which you so valiantly haue although not performed yet brought to such passe as now there remayneth nothing but how to couer her nakednes to furnish her coastes with corporations and other such meanes as heereafter there shall be no doubt of change or chance but that she may repose her selfe in such sweete security as her beautifull bosome shall by peace plenty abound with so many dainty goodly thinges as it will be a wonder to behold Some of thy most louing and welbeloued children to their great glory and euerlasting renowne with feruent mindes they haue taken this taske in hand thinking it no small honor for thē to aduenture their liues their liuings and all their indeauours therein The County of Farmannagh sometime Mack Gueres country reioyce many vndertakers al incorporated in minde as one they there with their followers seeke are desirous to settle themselues Woe to the Wolfe and the Wood-kerne the Ilands in Loughearne shall haue habitations a fortified corporation market townes and many new erected Manors shall now so beautifie her desolation that her inaccessible Woods with spaces made tractable shall no longer nourish deuowrers but by the sweete society of a louing neighbourhood shall entertaine humanity euen in the best fashion Goe on worthy Gentlemen feare not the God of heauen will assist protect you the rather for that simply of your selues you do desire to performe so honourable an action And they the successors of high renowned Lud will there reedifie a new Troy Their spatious coffers haue the receipts of Englands treasure and the continuall resplendancy of his Maiesties presence doth so illustrate with the neuer-discending-beames of his euer-respecting fauour their super-exceeding good that all whatsoeuer by imagination may be thought of or by pollicy of man be deuised so much absolutely haue they from thence therefore they wil not capitulate the fresh and flourishing County of Colraine with the exceeding bounty ol the Band that may suffice They haue Ocanes Country and whatsoeuer Irelands Eden can affoord and therefore euen in respect of their owne reputation they of them selues wil performe this the most honourable action that euer they attempted Therefore let Colraine reioyce for the heart of England London herselfe will no doubt make her more beautifull then many and furnish Loughfoyle with a goodly fleete O powerfull Englād no doubt if thou wilt extend the bounty of thy liberall hand to other lesse able to performe such designes then they also will vndertake the other Counties so as within three yeares their endeauours shall bring thee and thine altogether out of doubt euer heereafter to be charged with any taxation for her defence for certainly so she shall shortly be able rather to lend then to borrow aide Let not then these kinde vndertakers want any kinde of kindenesse Little doe many of thy inhabitants care to spend a pound or two to passe away one houre as it were at a merry meeting and presently it is forgotten Let euery one of worth giue but his crowne to this honourable intention and merry meeting it shall remaine as a crowne of glory to euerlasting posterity and free euery one of them peraduenture from the expence of many pounds And this Trophy of al thy triumphs the most renowned obtained with the liues of many thousands of thine as the euery where dispersed sculles of slaine men doe there at this present manifestly declare if it be now neglected they thy next neighbours those the Princes and people far remote wil suppose thee very poore both in power and pollicy And thus faire England hauing laid before thy amiable eyes how naked Vlster may be relieued deckt and richly adorned and thy selfe certainely disburdned of much charge I referre the effecting thereof to the Kings most excellent Maiestie who hath power to commaund and will no doubt prouide for Vlsters prosperity FINIS Hassets Hunt * In all Ireland The Riuer of the Band.
A DIRECTION FOR THE PLANTATION IN VLSTER Contayning in it sixe principall thinges Viz. 1. The securing of that wilde Countrye to the Crowne of England 2. The withdrawing of all the charge of the Garrison and men of warre 3. The rewarding of the olde Seruitors to their good content 4. The meanes how to increase the Reuenue to the Crowne with a yearely very great somme 5. How to establish the Puritie of Religion there 6. And how the vndertakers may with securitie be inriched ¶ Imprinted at London by Ed. Allde for Iohn Budge dwelling at the great South doore of S. Paules Church 1610. TO THE MIGHTYE and High renowned Prince HENRY Prince of great Brittaine all happines MIghtie and High renowned PRINCE the fourth parte of Ireland depopulated VLSTER but now redeemed deliuered and quite acquitted by the Kinges Maiesties your most louing Fathers wonderfull wisdome industrie from the vsurping tyrannie of Traytors from a long a most lamentable captiuitie Dispoyled she presents her-selfe as it were in a ragged sad sabled Robe ragged indeed there remayneth nothing but ruynes desolatiō with a very little showe of any humanitie of her selfe she aboundeth with many the very best blessings of God amongst the other Prouinces belonging to great Brittaines Imperial Crowne not much inferiour to any Thē regard her for vnto your Highnesse it belongeth chiefely to regard her Fayre England she hath more People then she can well sustaine goodly Vlster for want of people vnmanured her pleasant fieldes and rich groundes they remaine if not desolate worsse Would your Excellencie with fauourable respectes but countenance the Action then the neuer-satisfied desires of a fewe should not quite disgrace and vtterly ouerthrowe the good and exceeding good purposes of many but with an excellent Plantation it would be Peopled plentifully yea fortified and replenished with such and so many goodly strong Corporations as it would be a wonder to beholde Without which it is not possible for I say what certainely I knowe so sufficiently to secure that wilde Countrie any long time The desire wherof hath caryed or rather violently drawne me to this presumption I being a playne Country-man and one of the Vndertakers in Farmannagh If my endeauours may in any respect be so auailable that fayre successions long posteritie may at length beholde her with securitie in some proportion beautified then I shall be of many the most happy especiallie if your Highnesse shall giue good acceptance to these my desires The Almightie GOD of Heauen blesse and preserue your Excellencie still and euermore with those his super-exceding graces Your Excellencies most humble suppliant Thomas Blener hasset For the Plantation of VLSTER EXcellent and High Renowned Prince since such time as it hath pleased the Lord Treasurer to referre the Peticion of M. Henry Honnings vnto the Irish Commissioners for the vndertaking of threescore thousand Acres of the Escheated Lands in the North of Ireland to bee planted by certaine English Gentlemen of which my selfe being one considering the greatnes of the Action to satisfie my selfe I passed the Seas and not farre from the Lyfford I found that very worthy Gentleman Sir Arthur Chichester the Kings Lord Deputie with other Commissioners surueying those escheated Lands from the Church Lands and from their Lands who haue hitherto bene loyall I being there conuersant with some of the chiefe Knights and Captaines desired of them to know the cause why they themselues were not forward to vndertake those profitable seates and rich grounds I was answered that to build Castles and Fortes was chargeable neither then if there should be a Mannor erected with twentye or fortye Tennants would they and it secure their goods for although that Castle or Forte would serue for a sufficient refuge to preserue their liues vpon any extremitie yet the cruell wood-kerne the deuowring Woolfe and other suspitious Irish would so attend on their busines as their being there should be little profitable vnto them For an example Sir Tobye Cawlfield he dwelleth in Charlemount a Forte of many other the best and well furnished with men and munition yet now euen in this faire calme of quiet his people are driuen euery night to lay vp all his Cattle as it were in warde and doe hee and his what they can the Woolfe and the Wood-kerne within Calieuer shot of his Forte haue often times a share yet I do verily beleeue no man keepeth better order aswell for the safeguard of himselfe and his neighbors as for the gouernment of al those parts about him The like I haue obserued in many other places and to speake the truth all men there in all places doe the like and that within the English Pale as they a long time haue cald it Sir Iohn King he dwelleth within halfe a mile of Dublin Sir Henry Harringtō within halfe a mile on the other side thereof Fewe men that euer I haue seene better seated for much good Soyle they also doe the like for those sore named enemies doe euery night suruey the Fields to the very wals of Dublin whatsoeuer is left abroad is in danger to be lost so they cannot for the foresaid causes contriue any thing to much profit although it hath bene inhabited a long time The consideration whereof satisfied me with the impossibilitie of planting a Mānor vnder the protection of any strong built Castle but after that I had trauailed amōgst the meere Irish and had sufficiently informed my selfe with their conditions their nature and manner of life I found it most certainely impossible by such kinde of plantation to improue any thing with security to any great profit neither any with whome I conferred would or could set downe how with security any thing might be vndertaken Therefore the principall studd of this frame must be wrought with a tennor more substantiall then hath bene hitherto by any one mencioned I acknowledge and see it sufficiently that many Castles and fortes well fortified doth and wil restraine the violence of such a scattered people as they are being at this present altogether without men of conduct or armour but I thinke those Castles Fortes more necessary in time of warre for then thereby the Cattell of the Rebels are cut off and they are inforced to vnite themselues into many strong troopes otherwise the garisons of those places would bereaue them of all their victuals and hinder their commerce and all their other intentions whatsoeuer for they cannot be strong ynough at one instant in euery place to encoūter the force of those millitary garrisons who are maintained at a great rate as I thinke out of the Exchequer for these vndertakers to plant themselues so in this time of quiet I doe verily beleeue it would be to small auaile and not the best way to secure themselues with their goods and that wilde country to the Crowne of England for although there be no apparant enemy nor any visible maine force yet the wood-kerne and many other