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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88779	A letter or declaration, sent from the King of Scots, to the Marquess of Ormond: concerning his agreement with the Scots; and his speciall command to the said Marquess for publishing the same to the Irish: with his protestation touching his former grants. Sent by an express to the city of Paris, to be forthwith printed. Whereunto is annexed; a narrative from Portugal, touching Prince Rupert's designe, to have fired the Parliaments shipping; the manner thereof, the discovery, and a fight that happened on shore, between Prince Rupert and Gen: Blague's men.	Lathbury, Thomas, fl. 1650.; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.; Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688.	1650 (1650)	Wing L571; Thomason E602_25; ESTC R202779	2,992	8

A LETTER OR DECLARATION SENT From the KING of SCOTS TO The Marquess of Ormond Concerning his Agreement with the Scots And his speciall command to the said Marquess for publishing the same to the Irish With his protestation touching his former Grants Sent by an Express to the City of Paris to be forthwith printed Whereunto is annexed A Narrative from Portugal touching Prince Rupert's designe to have fired the Parliaments shipping the manner thereof the discovery and a fight that happened on shore between Prince Rupert and Gen Blague's men London Printed for G. Orton and are to be sold at the Royall-Exchange 1650. June 6 A Letter or Declaration sent from the declared King of Scotland to the Marquess of Ormond touching his Agreement with the Scots SIR WHere liberty is if great men be Magistrates they are hatefull to the people being not sensible that they are banks reared which though they hinder the sight yet withstand inundations therefore to ruine a Kingdom by force is a dangerous undertaking Good resolutions are seldome taken altogether in all things dangers do appear and to secure our selves from evill good is done by halfs and the half of that good is not good which consisting in the whole admits of no division To reverse things now irrepairable and which cannot be diverted is a labour without profit but there ought a remedy to be had for the appearing danger Injuries received tend to the ruin of men who with the zeal of honour do not accompany wisdome they run upon revenge for past-wrongs and throw themselves head-long upon new miseries they would amend one errour and produce a thousand Too much haste is as much before time as too much delay is out of time Errours of impatience are worse then errours of delay for it is better to shun precipices then to run upon them if they be not hindred they are retarded Justice is not believed to be there where violence is observed to be nor can it be accounted wisdom where there is no augmentation Augmentation is not had in an instant time is not measured by instants Wisdom is the daughter of cold violence of heat things which have not been done in times past may well be effected in times to come but things already done cannot be undone again occasions are never wanting to men but men are wanting to occasions And he who sighs egged on by fury begins his war for having lost he satisfies his affection not his duty and is sooner beaten by his own weakness then anothers valour Our forbearance is to be served not despised the world is his who hath patience when it proceeds from sagacity not timidity Generous spirits addresse themselves to endure present injuries out of hope of future revenge they reprove their anger to vindicate offences not to evaporate passion Dissimulation is not to be blamed when by the injury of time it is not transformed into oblivion dissimulation is never worse then when it becoms forgetfulness never better then when it resembles it All industry ought to be used to have peace with a people who can never have a worser war then peace fair pretences are not wanting to cloak our received injuries and many great Statists have self-interest for the sphere of their actions It was the saying of a great Roman that a Princes death though violent if his whole race cease in him is no impediment to the good government of him that succeeds if he be not a cause thereof himself through his bad government where there is none of the blood there is no head where there is no head people do but murmur they take no resolution the greatest provocations to revenge are either necessity or profit And it was likewise the saying of one of the Patriarks that he who hath won a kingdome by the sword if he lay not down the sword the sword will lay down him and that that Magistrate is not wise that maketh use of the same means to govern a State which he did to possesse himself thereof and that power is not worthy to be obeyed who useth not the means to be beloved But it is not now with England as it hath been formerly with other Nations who after an intestine War and differences composed enjoyed future peace by disbanding their Armies and sheathing the sword having no enemies abroad to disturb or molest them But so numerous are the Enemies of the English Communalty who act and conspire in several parts now to make an inroad for the involving of her in new troubles and taking revenge for by-past actions that there is great reason a defensive power should be kept on foot for the safety and preservation of its peace and liberty from forreigners threats and fury But Sir fearing I have been too tedious in the fore-going circumstances I shall now proceed to the subject of my intelligence representing such occurrences as have reference to my Native Country England The Treaty here being ended the declared King of Scots dispatched a letter to the Marquess of Ormond wherein he declared That what he had done as to his Agreement with the Scots he had done it out of meer necessity for preserving to his obedience the kingdom of Scotland and that it had no ways diminished his good affection to the Irish Catholiques and the rest of his party and that as he had absolutely refused to give way to any thing that should tend to their prejudice so he would still adhere to them as relying altogether upon their true and faithfull affection under the juditious conduct of him incomparably more then upon any either English or Scottish And to the end that the true sense of his condescensions might be imparted unto them he conjur'd him to declare this his will and pleasure to all his Roman Catholiques in that Kingdom viz. That he will never diminish or recall any of his Grants formerly made unto them but augment them in all things that may redound to their liberty and safety c. The particulars of this Declaration I received from a very good hand who justified that he was an eye-witness of the signing the said Letter and withall that express command was given that a Copy of the said Letter should be forthwith sent to Doctour Tyrrell the Irish Agent at Paris authorizing him to print a hundred Copies to disperse amongst those of his loyall subjects whom he could confide in and that had an interest for the carrying on of the work in Ireland These passages are very ill resented and in all probability as many conjecture the Scots will finde the sad event thereof when once he gets into the Saddle which causeth this expression from many that they never desire to see him set footing within those territories And indeed it is the desire of many others on the contrary part likewise Thus runs the current of severall sorts of people but for my part I desire nothing more then to see the Land of my Nativity flourish in peace and tranquility Which is the humble supplication of him who remains Breda May 29. 1650. Your unfeigned friend Tho Lathbury Postscript SIR AT the closure of my precedent lines here arrived an express from Portugal intimating That Prince Rupert had lately studied a notable stratagem for the firing of the English shipping the manner thus Two Portugall Negroës and three English Artificers undertook the work who in the night time had prepared a Long-boat with Granado shels fild with wilde-fire and other materials to fire the Vice-Admirall and Bone-adventure and towards break of day coming near to the stern of the said ships to execute the same miraculously they were discovered and being seized on confessed that their aim and intent was to fire the said ships and that they were hired by Prince Rupert for the performance thereof But no sooner was the Plot discovered but immediately Prince Rupert being almost mad with rage that his plot had miscarried fell upon some of the Parliaments men that were then ashore providing fresh water killed three and took four prisoners But it 's believed that these scores will be suddainly made even for we hear that General Popham is joyned with General Blague with ten of the Parliament of Englands ships and that the said General Blague hath weighed anchor and sailed from the Bay of Weres to Cassia's road to try whether the King of Portugal will order Prince Rupert to put to sea Which by my next I doubt not but to give you a more particular account of in the interim nothing more but the affectionate subscription of him who remains Breda May 29. 1650. Yours T. L. FINIS