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The vnkinde desertor of loyall men and true frinds [sic]
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French, Nicholas, 1604-1678.
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been still faithfull and loyall to the King and crowne this my lord neglected to have don but rather by his repentinous conjunction of friendship with those well approved and trustie ministers of Cromwel gave occasion to several wise men to suspect and thinke that Ormond did not much in heart averse Cromwel nor dislike of his proceedings and that which we doe wonder at is that all this while we could not see nor heare by mouth or pen any apologie from this good duke that may give the world satisfaction for his soe doeing In my opinion his Grace had good reason to be silent in this matter and to conceale from the eyes and eares of men the cunning motifs slights and arcana's that pusshed him on for to manifest his reasons were manifestare errores inexcusabiles suos Seeing then that heerin my lord duke is pleased to be silent J hope his Grace will give the looser leave to speake and discover to the world the reasons deduced his Grace from the right roade of vertue justice pietie and honnour deserting his trustie old friends to kint vnexpected new sudden friendship with his old enemies it is to well Knowne to our woe-full experience he made the worst use a christian noble man could have don of the power he had from his majestie in order to the catholick interest of Irland striving constantly and musing how to subvert and suppress equitie and justice to our destruction which have been the cheefest ground induced him to this association with the Cromwelians that at once and along with them he may plunder our houses fortunes and estates and soe really it fell out for of all men he had the fattest fayrest and greatest share The greatness of his person cannot terrifie me from apearing for my countrie and countrie-men nor from speaking clearly freely and plainy the truth if in case I shall speake or write any thinge ungroundedly I shall desire some of his learned sticklers take the paynes to answer for him and confute me if he can we know his lordship hath more Hierelings parasits and flaterers then true friends and I beleeve his Grace will find my saying to be true affore he dyes for it will be but the just judgment of god that he who deserted his honest and true friends should be deserted by all I could hartily wish in the meane time he had in him these true vertues that would both merit and deserve truefriends For compassing what I haue taken in hand the right doore and ingresse to my discourse must be a true and naked relation of Ormonds dealings and transactions with the Catholicks of Irland since the first vnfortunat day they Knew him this will make the reader Know what manner of man he was and is whether of vertue or vice love or hatred to the Catholicks of Irland all wch I wil endevour Succinctly with candid veritie soe save me God to performe crauing from my benevolous reader the patience off perusing all with attention and to Suspend his Iudgment till Fully instructed of all that past It is not my present intent to stand vpon iustifyng the reuolution and warr of that Kingdom begun the yeare 1641. to which they were forcibly compelled I haue understood that matter is performed ala reâ—dy and soundlie purpose by a skilfuller quil then myne my present scope is and will be to have the reader Know what Ormond did in that warr and afther the warr and soe I dout not but the reader will be able to passe a free and impartiall Iudgment vpon his Grace and me and next whether his desertinge of the catholicks and combining with the new men is or can be Iustifiable and excusable To this therefore effect the reader may understand that the now duke then Earle of Ormond at the beginning of this warr was leutenant General of the Kings forces under the lords justices Sr. william parsons and Sr. Iohn Burlace I passe by how he demeaned him selfe in that high post either shewing enimitie to the Catholicks or desiring the revolution should be suppressed some say he was for the suppressing off it let us suppose he did what became a man placed in that office he had and leave that soe CHAPTER III. Heere is shewen how Ormond was chosen lord lieutenant and his several cessations made with the confederat catholicks and vast summes of monys receaved to transport over souldiers for his majesties service This Sr. VVilliam parsons a could rigid and wise-man but an inveterat enemie to the catholicke religion and Catholicks at once with Sr. Adam Loftus Sr. Robert Merideth Sr. Iohn Temple and others of the councel became much addicted to the House of commons in England which house began at that time to contest and be at variance with the King and in good faith made noe other use of his Majesties power and Sword of Iustice in that Kingdom then to increase and kendle rather then quench the flame of that revolution which they caled a rebellion heere you are to observe that the said lords Iustices and aboue specified councellours though they were disloyal and perfidious to the King yet the false and pernicious relations thes knaves gave and divulged by proclamations of the Irish that the vniversalitie of the Catholicks of Irland got up into a new rebellioÌ„ whereas for one Catholick that was engaged in that revolution there were thousands in the natioÌ„ knew nothing off it even the nobilitie citties and gentrie of the nation were soe they were easily beleeved in that theyr false and Malicious aspersion soe that his Majestie did noe lesse call and esteeme us rebelles then the House of commons in England did these men's disaffection to the King and theyr Treacherie beyng at lenght discovered his Majestie recalled theyr commissions and appointed Ormond lord lieutenant of the Kingdom after his Excellencie was invested with this new commission and power the parlament of England more and more growing stroung in hostilitie against the King and declaring open warr to his Majestie which was plain rebellion not like the painted rebellion of Irland his Excellency who had at that timo trustie friends in the Councel of the confederat Catholicks treated with the assembly of said Catholicks and in their absence with the foresaid Councel for a Cessation of armes between his Partie and theirs to which the Catholicks did Freely and willingly consent and to that effect graunted and paied over to my lord Lieutenant thirty thousand and eight hundred pounds sterling for to transport over into England some of the Kings Forces to Supresse the rebellion in that Kingdom this free speedy and loyall contribution of soe vast a summe of monies in soe seasonable a time to furnish and pay the Kings souldier against the rebells of England was noe signe of rebellious hearts in the Catholicks As for what these forces ferried over did there whether they beat the rebells or were beaten is not my subject in hand I come to my lord of Ormond who for
but this Province of Connaght and the countie of Clare 2. That the People seeing noe visible armie for their deffence to oppose the enemie are come to despaire of recovering what is lost or deffending what wee â—hould and inâ—lining for the safty of their lives and estates to compound with the Parlament by which agreement the Kings authoritie will be infallibly cast off the Catholick faith soe wee feare with the time exstinguished and the Nation first enslaved will perhaps in the end be pluckt vp root and branchâ— 3. Yee shall protest before God Angels and men in the name and behalfe of the Congregation that the Prelars of this Kingdom have employed their earnest and â—est endeavour for removing the feares and jealousies of the people and that they have noe power to doe it finding the vniversal sense of the people to be that fate doth waite vpon these times 4. Yee shall present to his excellency how wee finding noe othâ—r human expedient remedie for the preservation of this Nation and his Majesties interest therinâ— then the speedy repiare of his Excellency to the Queen and Prince in France for preventing the destruction of all doe humbly pray he leave the Kings authoritie in the hands of trusty persons to his Majestie and faithfull to the nation and to such as the affection and confidence of the people will follow by which the rage and furie of the enemie may with Gods grace receave some interruption wee humbly offer this important matter of safty or destruction of the Nation and the Kings interest to his wisdom and consideration and yee shall asâ—â—â—â— his Excellency wee shall in the meane time doe what lyeth in our power to assist the persons intrusted by his Excellencie Yee are alsoe to pray his Excellencie will be pleased to give yee an answer within few dayes for that wee are not in a condition to continue long togither I aske if there be any thing in this letter message or instructions but what is humain civil and with great respect to his Excellencie In this nature the Bishops soe demeaned themselves even then when the greatest danger of distruction was over them yea when most of them were destroyed alredy and reduced to extreme pouerty through the loss of the kingdom in the short time of his government I further demand is there any thing in this that sauours of treason or disaffection to his Majestie or of opposing or destroying of the peace or of desire to put aside the kings authoritie and gouerment was there any thing in all these proceedings could offend this noble man or could any man draw out of this an occasion of carping or reprehending the Prelats certainly noe man excepting this father or some other Ormenian flatterer was it I pray you soe haighnous a crime to desire the lord Lutenant to take a viadge to the Queen and Prince for to seeke supplies to support the war ' and leaue the kings authoritie behind him in hope wee might doe some thing against the enemie in his absence by these intrusted by him in as much as he himselfe did nothing all that time but lost vs all wee had as likewise what was gained from the enemie in the begining of his owne Goverment great Generals have been displaced for want of success though valorous soever this have been don in the Roman and Atthenian commoÌ„wealths the most florishing in the world An ancient old woman came to Philip king of Macedo in presence of all his Grandes beseeching his Majestie to give eare to her complaints and doe her justice the king replyed he had noe leasure to attend her at which answer the bould poore woman said in presence of them all igitur né sis Rex what are you King for but to doe vs iustice if you will not heare me lay downe your crowne which you got to doe me iustice immediatly this great king stood vp gaue her audience did her iustice would it not I pray well become my lord of Ormond to listen to the iust and reasonable request of soe many Bishops spiritual fathers of the people while they humbly prayed him to take in hand a viadge certainly I am confident that the great Monarchs of Spaine and France would give care to what soe many Bishops would say and take it much to their serious consideration and I doubt not but our owne King would have don it though of a different religion It hath been said by some of his owne frinds that he himselfe desired to take such a viadge in hand but in as much as the Bishops desired him he went backe from his owne resolution what the reason is I know not if not to crose their deâ—ire CHAP VIII The true Iealousies of the Irish Catholicks at London that Ormond was to desert them wellset forth by F Wailsh in a letter to Ormond with certain observations made vpon the same letter NOw we come to the jealousies and feares of the Catholick nobilitie and Gentrie in London yeare â—660 well set forth in a letter from F. VVailsh vnto Ormond who not-withâ—standing all the rest did feare yet the F. did not nor as much as suspect of Ormonds disaffection and realtie to his countrie and catholick frinds wherefore Ormond may say to him what our saviour said to the centurian Math. c. 8. Non inveni tantam fideâ—â— in Israel Heere I give you the fathers letter A letter from Peeter Wailsh to the marquez now duke of Ormond and second time lord leutenant of Irland desiring a Iust and mercifull regard may he had of the Roman Catholicks of Irland written Octob 1660. SInce I had the honour of speaking last to your Excellencie I reflected by reason of several discourses had this week with persons of qualitie on the dayly increase of the feares and jealousies of my countriemen which is the reason that insteed of waiting vpon you this morning about priuat concernments as I intended I chose rather out of my vnalterable affection to your selfe to give first this paper and therin my thoughts and my desires relating to the publick that is to vour selfe to his Maiestie and his Kingdom of Irland My lord I thought fit to tell you that considering the general feare seized alreddy almost on all the Nobilitie and Gentry and others here of that nation and reflecting on the vast difference t' wixt my owne beleefe and thâ—irs it seemes vnto me I behould in vs all particularly who have relied for soe many yeares on your vertue some-what fulfilled not vnlike the misterious extinction of all the lights to one in the ceremonie of Tenebrae in holy weeke for my lord I observe in the generalitie of the Catholicks of Irland here even I say of those who have been sâ—e long your constant beleevers your passionat frinds a dimness and darkness seazing their iudgment even your fastest sticklers heretofore loosing at present their expectation of your future appearance for them and hopes of their delivery by you at