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A56231	The vvhole triall of Connor Lord Macguire with the perfect copies of the indictment, and all the evidences against him : also the copie of Sir Philome Oneales commission, the Popes bull to the confederate Catholikes in Ireland, with many remarkable passages of the grand rebellion there, from the first rise thereof to this present : his plea of peerage, and severall answers : with the severall replies made to him / by the King's Sergeant at Law and Sergeant Roll. William Prynne, Esquire, and M. Nudigate ; and the copies of the severall testimonies brought in against him at his triall at the Kings Bench Barre ...	Enniskillen, Connor Maguire, Baron of, 1616-1645, defendant.; Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Nudigate, M.; O'Neill, Phelim, Sir, 1604?-1653.; Catholic Church. Pope (1623-1644 : Urban VIII); England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1645 (1645)	Wing P4130; ESTC R212207	30,382	52

forcibly wreste●… from him y the Purit●…nes in the Houses of Parliament in England and to maintaine the same against them and all others tha●… sh●…ll directly or indirectly indeavour t●… suppress●… or doe any ast contrary to regall government as also to maintan Episcopall Iurisdiction and the lawfullnesse thereof in the Church powers and Priviledges of Prelates and the Lawfull Rights and Priviledges o●… the Subject And I will d●…e no act or thing directly or indirectly to hinder the free and publike excercize of the Ro●…ish Catholik Religion in any His Majesties Dominions and that I will joyn with and be assistant to the members of this Common wealth for redresse to be had of the grievances and pressures thereof in ●…ch manner and forme as shall be thought fit by a lawfull Parliament and to my power as far as I may I will oppose and bring to condigne punishment even to losse of life liberty and estate of all such as either by force or practice co●…ncells plots conspira ies or otherwise doe or attempt any thing to the contrary of any Article Cl●…use or any thing in this present Oath Vow or Protestation contained a d neither for reward feare or punishment or any respect whatsoever shall relinquish this Oath and Protestation So help me God This Declaration and Oath was entred inthe Counsell Book of K●…lkeney and this is a true copie thereof Witnesse the hand of Jerem●… Green Clerk of the supreme Councell of Kilkeney God save the King By the Confederate Catholikes of the Supreme Counsell VVHereas the Scottish Armie in the Province of Ulster and other their adherents in the said Province and other parts of the Kingdome have of late as often before taken a Traiterous Oath of Coven●…nt against His Sacred Maiestie his Crowne and Dignity and made an unchristian and prophane Vow for the utter extirpation of the Irish Nation and totall suppression of the Catholike Romane Religion Subversion of Monarchicall government and introduction of confused Annarchy within this Realme and not contented with the inhumane and unparalleld Massacres by them committed on poore laborers wom●…n children and many thousands of other Innocents of our Nation without distinction of age sex or condition before the conclusion of the Cessasion at Siggins Towne on the 15th of September last notwithstanding continuall depredations robberies thefts burnings and destruction of all the Corne and Inhabitants in many Counties and Territories within the said Realme and elsewhere by them acted before the said Cessation the said traiterous Covenanters receiving their maintenance support and orders from the Rebells now in armes against His Majestie in England have augmented and do rather multiply and increase then diminish their exhorbitant courses and whereas the said rebells have joyned in a strict union confederation to destroy the Irish Nation root and branch as they terme it and their Ministers and adherents by their directions at Sea as well 〈◊〉 Land do exercise no lesse cruelty For as oft as Shipping do meet any weaker Vessels at Sea transporting men from this Kingdome for His Majesties seruice in England if Irish men Though Protestants and Valiant and usefull servitors against the Confederate Catholikes in this Warre the Irish are thrown over board as doth appear by the late throwing into the Sea drownig of an Irish Company of Foot of Colonell Willowbies Regiment all Protestants and servitours as aforesaid and many women in their passage from Dublin to Bristoll by one of the pretended Parliament ships and sundry other examples of that kinde against the Law of Warre and Nations And whereas the said Scottish Army all composed of Rebels and Assassinates are now in their march in great numbers towards the three Provinces of this Kingdome to accomplishe the plots and machinations aforesaid And whereas the said Rebells in England have provided a great Navy a considerable part whereof doth surround the the Seacoast in this Kingdome and are resol●…ed the next Summer if it rest in their power which God defend to land great Forces in the Province of Munster and Le●…nster and the said Rebels of Scotland have the like designe of landing of Forces in the parts of Ulster next unto the Province of Conaght And whereas the Auxiliarie Forces of the three Provinces d●…signed and raised for the necessary defence of our Religion King and Nation are now marched to the Province of Ulster under the Command of our very good Lord the Earle of C●…stle haven Generall appointed by the last Generall Assembly for the expedition of Ulster to repell the said fury and insolencie of the said Rebels Wherefore we hold it of absolute necessity for the safety of the Kingdome and His Majesties interest therein that all the said other three Provinces be forthwith in Armes as well to preserve themselves at home from the said intended invasions as also to be ready to assist the said Army abroad marcht into Ulster if need require We doe therefore by this publike Act and Proclamation order command and require all the Lords Knights and Gentlemen Freeholders and all other persons from the age of 18. yeares to the age of 60. forthwith to put themselves in armes and posture of defence and such as want armes and ammunition and are able are hereby required to provide the same forthwith for themselves their servants and retinue And for the better effecting this high and important service we do hereby require order command all and every the Governours Deputy Governours Majors Sheriffes and all other Head-Officers of the respective Counties Cities and incorporate Townes of this Kingdome within our quarters viz. the Governours Deputie-Governours in the Counties where they are Governours to call to assistance the High Sheriffe and two or more of th●… Commissioners of the Array and in the Countie swhere there is no Governour the High Sheriffe calling to his assistance three or more of the Comissioners of the Array and in the Cities and Cor●…orate Townes the Major and other Head-officers taking to assistance the recommended Sheriffes and Bailiffe thereof or any one or more of them fo●…th with to summon-all the Lords Knights Gentlemen and Free holders and others able and fit to beare armes betwe●…ne the ages asoresaid to appeare well armed upon a certain day and in a certain place within the said respective Counties and Townes respectively and upon such appearance to inlist the names sirnames age Armes and Ammunition of every person who will so appeare in a book fairely written and the said Governour Deputy-Governours Majors High Sheirieffs and other Head-Officers taking to their assistance as aforesaid are hereby required and authorized to impose Fines to the double value of the Armes and Ammunition upon any person or persons so summoned that will make default who ought to have according to the meaning of this our Proclamation and of other our former Proclamations to this effect and to impose the single value of the Armes he should have upon such as will appear

and not bee Armed as becommeth And wee require the said governours and other Officers aforesaid at their perills to make due returne unto the generall Assemblie now neer at hand or unto us in a faire booke fairely written of the number names ●…r-names Armes Amunition defaults and fines aforesaid at the furthest by the sixth day of the moneth of August Given at Kilkeney the 6. of July 1644. Mount-Garret Fz. Tho. Dublin Autrim Nettevill Arthur Iveagh John Cloynfect Tho. Preston Edmond Fitz. Morris Rich Bealing Tirlogh O Neile Patrick Darcy George Comins Printed at Waterford by THO. BOVRKE Printer to the Confedrate Catholikes of Ireland I Caused this Declaration and Proclamation to bee printed here in England and will justifie it to be their act upon oath Lazarus Haward My lodging at Master Sretchers in the Tower Bulwarke But to come to the particulars of the tryall of the Lord Maguire which was thus The coppy of the Indictment ●… Conner Maguire alias Cornelius Maguire 〈◊〉 Rex Cont. BY the indictment the defendent Cornelius Maguire Esquire that is n●…w prisoner at the Barre is charged 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 together with Sir Phil. O Neale Philip O Relly Roger Moore A●…m Roger Maguire Esquire Toole O Conley Clarke being a Romane Priest Hugh Mackmahune and divers other persons false trayt●…rs unknowne as a falsetraytor against the Kings Majestie His Supreame leige Lord Not having the feare of God in his heart nor considering his duty or allegiance but being seduced by the instigation of the Devill Intending altogether to with draw blot out and extinguish the Cordiall love and due obedience which faithfull Subjects owe to their Soveraigne 20. Oct. 17. Car. At Dublin in Ireland in the parts beyond the seas and at divers other times both before and after as well at Dublin as elsewhere falsely maliciously traiterously did conspire imagine compasse utterly to deprive and disinherit the Kings Majesty of His Royall Estate Kingdome of Ireland To bring His Majesties Person to death and destruction To raise sedition breed and cause miserable slaughter and destruction amongst the Kings Subjects throughout all the whole Kingdom To make an insurrection and Rebellion against the King His Soveraigne To levy publique open bloody and fierce War against the King in that Kingdome To change and alter according to their own wills the government of the Kingdome and the Religion there established and totally to subvert the well ordered State of that Common wealth To procure and bring in dive●…s strangers and forreiners not being the Kings Sub●…ects in a Warlike manner to invade that Kingdom of Ireland and to le●…y Warre there And in execution of these their wicked treasons and tr●●terous conspiracies 20. Octob. 17. Car. the defendan●…Conner Maguire at Dublin and divers other times and places By one Toole O Conley and divers other messengers by him sent to Owen O Neale being then in Flanders did move and incite Phil. O Neale to levy and raise an Army in Flanders and thence to bring that Army over into Ireland in an Hostile mann●…r to invade that Kingdome And further to put in execution their traiterous purposes the defendant together which Hugh Mac Mahun Philim O Neale Philip O Rely Roger More Roger Maguire and Toole O Conley the Priest 20. Oct. 17. Car. at Dublin and divers other times and places in Ireland before and after did traiterously conspire to enter into seise get into their owne power and to surprize the Kings Castle at Dublin and all other the Kings Castles and Forts in that Kingdom the Magazine therein And at the same time unlawfully and traiterously did indeavour and actually attempt to gaine into their possession and power and to surprize the said Castle of Dublin and the Munition therein That the defendant with the other persons named Philip O Neale and others further to bring to passe their most horrid wicked treasons and conspir cies 22. Octo. 17. Car. At Charlemont and other places before and after being armed and arayed with a great multitude in a Warlike manner with Bann●…rs di●…played Drummes Swordes Staves Gunnes and other invasive and defensive weapons did falsly and Traterously p●…epare and levy open fierce and bloody War against the Kings Majesty And the same 22. Octo. seised and surprised the Kings Fort at Charlemont And then and there 〈◊〉 and Trayterously did kill and murder Toby Lord Caufeild Francis Davies and others of the Kings Subjects that were Protestants That the defendents 4. Junij 18. Car. at the Castles of Keilagh and Cragan and other times and places before and after levyed War seised and surprized those Castles and did kill and murder Owen Powell and William Cosens and many other of the Kings Protestant Subjects in t●…at Kingdome Which severall offences are laid against his duty and allegiance against the Peace of the King His Crowne and dignity in manifest breach and contempt of the Lawes and Statutes of this Kingdome The defendant pleaded not guilty And being demanded how he would be tryed The Copy of the plea HE pleaded the Statute of Magna Charta 10. Febr 9. Hen 3. that none should be condemned but by tryall of his P●…ers and pleaded the Statute of 10. Hen 7. that all the Statutes made in England should from thenceforth be in force in Ireland And pleaded that before the time of the severall Treasons charged in the Indictme●…t Bryan Mag●…ire his father by letters Pattents was created Baron of Enis kellyn in Ireland to him and the Heires males of his body by force whereof his father was seised of the Barony in Fee tayle and 1. Febr. 12 Car. dyed so seised after whose death the Barony discended to the Defendants by vertue whereof he was a Baron of Ireland and that at a Parliament held at Dublyn 16. March 16. Car. which was there continued till 7. Aug. after and then adjourned to the 9. of Nov. following and then prorogued to 24. of Febr. thence n●…xt following and from thence continued till 24 Iun. 18. Car. That he was as one of the Noble men and Peres of that Parliament and that 23. Oct. 17. Car. he was arrested and impris●…ned upon pretence of the severall Treasons in the Indictment mentioned and th●…re continued till 12. Iun. 18. Car. when he was brought against his will to Westminster and thence committed to the Tower of London in strict custody And averred hir Plea and prayed that he might be tryed and Judged by his Peeres in Ireland Whereunto the Kings Councell demurred in Law And the Defendants joyned in the Demurrer Vpon this plea of the L. Maguire the beginning of Hillary Terme Judge Bacon delivered his judge●…ent that a Barron of Ireland was tryable by a Jury in this Kingdome after which the House of Commons declared their Assent unto his opinion in this following Vote Die Sabbathi 8. Febr. 1644. Resolved upon the question THat the House doth approve of the Iudgement given by Master Iustice Bacon in over-ruling the Plea of

THE VVHOLE TRIALL OF Connor Lord Macguire WITH The perfect Copies of the Indictment and all the Evidences against him ALSO The Copie of Sir Philome Oneales Commission the Popes Bull to the confederate Catholikes in Ireland with many remarkable Passages of the grand Rebellion there from the first Rise thereof to this present His Plea of Peerage and severall Answers With the severall Replies made to him BY The Kings Sergeant at Law and Sergeant ROLL WILLIAM PRYNNE Esquire and M. NUDIGATE AND The Copies of the severall Testimonies brought in against him at his Triall at the Kings Bench Barre in Hilarie Terme l●…st By The Lord Blaney Lady Calfield Sir Arthur Loftus Sir Iohn Temple Sir William Stewart Sir Fran. Hamilton Sir Edw. Borlacey Sir VVilliam Cole Sir Charles Coot Mrs. VVordrofe Iohn Carmicke VValter Gubson M. Bunbury Cap. Mich. Balfoure Captain Berisford LONDON Printed for Robert Austin in the Old-Baily 1645. THere will be no need of making any long preamble to this businesse of the Lord Macguire there is none of us but have cause to be very sensible of i●… in some of our blood some deer friend or at least some acquaintance in the present unhappy war ensuing this most damnable treason plotted by him and his confede●…ates the particulars whereof you will finde in order which are in themselves so copious and satisfactorie that it will not need any other pointing out then the order it lies in Here followeth a Proclamation Published upon the first discovery of the Plot A Proclamation By the Lords Justices and Councell W. PARSONS IO. BORLASE THese are to make known and publish to all his Majesties good Subiects in this Kingdome of Ireland that there is a discoverie made to us the Lords Justices and Counsell of a most disloyall and detestable conspirace intended by some evill affected Irish papists against the lives of Vs the Lords Iustices and Counsell and many others of his Maiesties faithfull Subiects universally throughout this Kingdome and for the seizing not onely of his Maiesties Castle of Dublin His Maiesties principall Fort here but also of the other Fortifications in this Kingdome And seeing by the great goodnesse and abundant mercy of Almighty God to His Maiestie and this State and Kingdome those wicked conspiracies are brought to light and some of the conspirators committed to the castle of Dublin by Us by his Maiesties Authority so as those wicked and damnable plots are now disappointed in the chief parts thereof We there●…ore have thought fit hereby not onely to make it publikely known for the comfort of his Maiesties good and loyall Subiectes in all parts of the Kingdome but also hereby to require them that they doe with all confidence and cheerefulnesse betake themselves to their owne defence and stand upon their guard so to render the more safety to themselves and all the Kindome besides and that they advertise Us with all possible speed of all Occurents which may cencerne the Peace and safety of the Kingdome now to shew fully that faith and Loyaltie which they have alwaies shown for the publike services of the Crowne and Kingdome which We will value to His Maiestie accordingly and a speciall memorie thereof will bee retained for their advantage in due time And We require that great care be taken that no levies of men be made for forraine service nor any men suffered to march upon any such pretence Given at His Majesties Castle at Dublin 23 Octob. 1641. R. Dillon Ro. Digby Ad. Loftus I. Temple Tho. Rotheram Fr. Willowby J. Ware Rob Meredith God save the King Imprinted at Dublin by the Society of Sationers 1641. The Rebellion notwithstanding this Proclamation went on still for though it took not at Dublin where this L. Macguire Macmahan and some other conspirators were discovered and appredended and many of the Rebels were dispersed by reason thereof Yet they called them in again from time to time by Warrants of which sort here is the coppy of one under Plunkets owne hand and have ever since continued this Rebellion By the right Honourable the Generall Assembly of the confederate Catholiques of Ireland THese are to will and command you forthwith to make diligent search and inquiries within your severall Townes Villages Quarters and Corporations for all such Souldiers as are come from the Fort of Duncannon sithence the late c●…ssation which were under the command of Captaine Ralph Capron and Captaine Edward Ashton and wheresoever they or any of them shall be found their bodies t●… restrain and deliver unto the said Captains upon demand by the said Captaines or either of them the said C●…ptains faithfully promising not to inflict any further pun●…shment upon the said souldiers or any of them for this their f●…rst fault whereof you may not faile as you and every of you will answere the contrary And for so doeing shall be a sufficient warrant Given at Waterford the 15th of November 1643. N. Plunket To all his Majestie Sheriffs Soveraignes Portriffs Bayliffs Collonels Captaines Commanders and other Officers whom it may concerne within the County of Wexsord or elsewhere And in this bloody Warre plotted and begun in Ireland by this Lord Macguire and his Confederates and seconded in Eagland How many thousand of men women and children have lost their lives and for this the Rebels plead great Authority as appeares by this Declaration following A Declaration of the Lords Gentry and others of Leinster and Munster of their incentions towards the English and Scotish Protestants Inhabitants within this Kingdome WHereas we are informed that it is generally conceived and believed by the English and Scotish protnstants inhabitants of this Kingdom th●…t we the Lords Gentry and others of the said Kingdom have taken Arms and taken Forces for the extirpation and banishing of them out of this Kingnome thereby to acquire to our selves their goods and estates we therefore desire to be rightly understood for wee hereby declare that we never consented nor intended nor neither will intend nor condescend to any such act but do utterly disciaime them but that each man known to be a modera●…e conformable Protestant may as well as the Romish Catholicks respectively live and en oy the freedome of their own Religion and peaceably and quietly possesse their own estates so far forth as they or any of them shall joyne with us in this Oath following IA B. Doe in the presence of Almighty God and all the Angels and Saints and by the Contents of the Bible promise vo●… sweare and protest to beare true faith and Allegiauce to our Soveraigne Lord King Charles and the heires and successors of his body begotten and will defend him and them as ●…r as I may with my life power and estate against all persons that attempt any thing against his or their Persons Honours Estates and Dignities and that I will with the exposing of my life power and estate ●…oyn with the said Irish or any other to recover his estate roya●…l ●… erogatives

the Lord M●…guire and of the manner of the tryall upon the Indictment o●… High Treason in the Kings Bench and the Iudge is he ●…by required to proceed speedily thereupon according to Law and Iustice The Lords concurrence to be desired herein Master Recorder is appointed to carry it up Vnto this Vote of the Honourable House of Commons the House of Peeres afterwards declared their co●…currence and thereupon this ensuing Order was passed by both Houses of Parliament Di●… Lunae 10. Feb. 1644. ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled that the said Houses d●…e approve of the Iudgement given by Master Iustice Bacon in over ruling the Plea of the Lord Maguire and of the ma●…er of the tryall upon the Indictment of High Treason in the Kings-Bench and the lu●…ge is hereby required to proceed speedily thereupon aco●…rdingly to Law and Iustice Iohn Browne Cler. Parl. Hen. Elsing Cler. Parl. D. C. The Triall of Connor Macguire Baron of E●…kellin in Ireland a grand Irish Rebell●… at the Kings Bench Barre On M●…nday Febr. 10. and Tu●…ay Febr. 11. 1644 ON Munday February 10 the Lord 〈◊〉 one of the chiefe Actors in that unparallel'd and unheard of Rebellion in Ireland was brought from the Tower of London by the Guard belonging thereunto unto the Kings-Bench Barre where he was arraigned by the name of Connor Macguire aliàs Cornelius Macguire Esquire for his plea of Peerage was found invalid and so declared by the Court and that opinion of the Judge was since assented unto and confirmed by both Houses of Parliament at his coming to the Ba●…re the Prisoner spake as followeth Macguire I do humbly move that I may have time allowed me by this Court to send for my Witnesses Iudge You have had a long time you were indicted about the beginning of the last Terme you might have prepared Witnesses the last Terme Mac. I did not expect a Triall Iudge You should expect it at your pe●…ill Mac. I was told when I came into the Kingdome that I might have Witnesses Iudge The proofe lies upon the Kings part Mac. Though the proofe be of the Kings part yet I must have time to cleere my selfe Iudge But if every man should ask so much time as you require he should never come to his Triall Sergeant Wh●…field Mr. Justice Bacon we know that my L. Ma●…guire was indicted here the last Terme he was arraigned at this Barre he pleaded Not guilty he could not but expect that he had then been tried if it had not been for the plea of Peerage that he then put in upon which he knows there was a deliberate dispute and he could not tell but that there would be an end before this time and if he had had any Witnesses he might have sent for them the last Terme but it is a very unusuall course especially in that he could not but expect that he should be tried before this time but then the Court did conceive this was a legall information No place is mentioned by the Prisoner where the Witnesses should be nor are they named who they are nor any particular thing that they should testifie but the proof lies cleere on our part there 's no justification in Treason if we prove that this Lord hath committed Treason there 's no justification of that by any Witnesses he can produce Iudge The Lord Grey that was L. Deputy of Ireland committed his Treasons in Ireland for which hee was brought over hither and tried here yet the Court did not stay for his sending over into Ireland for Witnesses Mac. I desire Witnesses Iudge What can your Witnesses say for you Can they say thus much That you did not conspire as this Indictment charges you that there was no taking of these Castles Can they sweare in the Negative the proofe 〈◊〉 in the Affirmative on the Kings Part Mac. They may be m●…-informed Judge Who may be ●…s-informed Mac. The Court I have been kept close prisoner a long time and could not provide my Witnesses Ser. Whitfield If we were not tied to that to nothing but his own Confession ther●…'s enough to condemne him for that he saies he was kept close prisoner he might have desired that the last Terme Sergeant Roll. If we go upon your own Examination th●… witn●…sses conc●…rring with that what can you have Judge If you had witnesses here we would hear them but to stay upon a meere verball supposall for those witnesses in Ireland they may be in that rebellion too and they will never come hither and so the matter must never come to a Tri●…ll Mac. I desire that it may be the next Terme Judge We cannot protract time they are the Kings Witnesses there are I suppose divers here many Witnesses of the Kings come out of Ireland if you will aske them any Questions for your defence you shall There are many Witnesses of the Kings that know how things were in Ireland the Court shall put them to speake Mac. I humbly desire to have a formall Triall Judge In what respect do you meane I think it is 〈◊〉 now Now you are come to be arraigned and the evidenc●… is to come in against you I conceive it is a formall one Then the Prisoner was required to hold up his hand at the Barre and it was demanded if he would challenge any of the Jur●… that were to passe upon him in matter of life an●… death Then the Jury being called he lookt upon them and challenged those which did appeare being 23. there being onely one absent being demanded whether his challenge was peremptory or no He answered it was for causes best knowne to himselfe Jury challenged Sir W●…m Brownclow Knight and Bar●… et Sir He●…ry Ro●… Sir Matthew Howl●… ●…homas Mar●… Esquire T●…omas Wilcox Esquire W●…am Lane Esquire Edward Rogers Esquire Edward Claxton Es●…uire Ric●…ard ●…achary Esquire Hump●…ey Westwood Esquire Iohn Iackson Esquire Io●… P●…wlet Gentleman Thomas Po●…ock Gent. Henry Smith Gent. Francis Child Gent. Edward Wilford Gent. William Vincent Gent. Iohn Barnes Iohn Arnold Iohn Hucksley Esquire Sir Iames Harrington Knight Thomas Moore Esquire Henry Arund●…ll Gent. Ser. Whit. The Prisoner hath challenged all the Jury that does appeare 23. appeares and he hath challenged them and his challenge is for causes best known to himself which is a peremptory challenge Truely it is that which the Law doth allow and we do not oppose it but we doe desire that wee may have another Writ returnable to morrow Judge You must have a Venire facias Ser. Whit. This cause is a cause of very great weight there are many Witnesses that have long attended in Court we are informed that some of them are gone away into I●…eland that there is the Sheriffe of Dublin and some others that are now present in Court that cannot be here if wee should deferre this Triall as the Prisoner doth desire and we do desire that it may be referred till to morrow we shall be ready to give in

be his own destruction as he thought it would be to all those that did not appeare Presently after upon the 29. of October one Captain Rori Ma●…guire took upon him the mannaging of all businesses in his absence he fortifies first the Castle-Hasen the house wherein he dwelt himselfe he took in the castle of one Edward Aldrith Esquire he put out all the English there he went to the town burnt that but kild none of the men went thence to another place and hanged one ●…leazar M. one that was Clarke of the Peace of the County and from thence he went to Newton foure Miles off from it tooke in the towne stript and disarmed all the Protestants that were in the Church the next day after marcht away and kil'd and destroyed most of the English in those parts murdered Arthur Champion Esquire and many more 22. castles were seized upon and the Church of Monah with 18. Protestants burnt in it 764. Protestants were destroyed in that County and I did heare there was about 152000. that they had destroyed in that Province of Vlster in the first foure moneths of the Rebellion John Carmi●… Then Sir William Cole being present in Court g●…ve in his evidence much to the same eff●…ct as in Carmi●… testimony S W. We desire to shorten we have a great many Witnesses we shall goe upon these particulars 1. Captaine Oneales landing in Ireland and what he brought with him 2. Guilo and Croc●… Lastly how long besieged and how many murthered Then Sir William Steward gave in testimony to this effect That Con Owen Oncale landed in July the same yeare the Rebellion began brought many Commanders much Armes and Ammunition many of his Commanders nine of the chiefe of them were taken prisoners at one battell S. W. It is his own conf●…ssion that he sent a Priest over to s●…ch Armes to come into Ireland Then the Lady Cal●…ld was desired to declare her knowledge c●…ncerning the taking of 〈◊〉 castle Lady Calfield The 23. of Octob. 1641. Sir Philom Oneale and others came into the castle they seized upon all murthered his servants and those that were alive they bound them and put them in prison and at that time Sir Pbilom Oneale himselfe and other of his companions told her That Dublin castle and city and most other Forts of Ireland were surprized by their confederates the Papists 〈◊〉 that he was sorrie for his cosin the Lord Macguire and that he was afraid he was taken S. W. What was done with my Lord Calfield La. Calfield He was murthered he beg'd for his life and they durst not but doe it S. W. When Sir Philom Oneale had taken my Lord Calfield then they got this Lady to write to the Lords Justices that my L. Macguire might be exchanged for her sonne but that would not be and thereupon they murdered my Lord Calfield Francis Davis and others Mrs. Mary Wordrofes Testimony That he came on Friday night about 10. or 11. a clock to breake into the castle I hearing the noise asked what was the matter I went to call up some of our Gentlemen when I came in againe they had taken some of our Gentlemen and bound them She also testified the murdering of the Lord Calfield Francis Davis and others and the former words concerning the Lord Macguire S. W. These two Witnesses prove ●…at of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Rebells owned the L. Macguire as to endeavour his 〈◊〉 We shall now come to the other Castles how long they 〈◊〉 them and who was murther●… Walter Gu●… Testimony They besieged it a qua●… of a year b●…ore th●… 〈◊〉 the chief conspirat●…rs and Powell and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 force in an hostile manner Sir Francis Hamiltons Testimonie Philip O R●…ly came to the Castle to Guilo and Crogan C●…s and they lay before it a q●…arter of a y●…er with 2000. or 3000 〈◊〉 somtimes 1500. but rever●… Sir Charles Cootes Testimony concerning the gen●…rality of 〈◊〉 Rebellion Sir Philom O Neale and R●…ger Moore were the actors in the ma●…sacres and by publike directions of some in place and of the Titulary Bishops for the sending of an exict account of what 〈◊〉 were murthered throughout all Vlster a fou●…th part of the Kin●…dom of Ireland to the Parish Priests in every Parish and they sent in a particular account of it and the account was an hundred four●… thousand seven hundred in one Province in the first three moneths of the Rebellion S. W. What say you concerning the generall Counseil and the Popes Bull S. C. Coote The supreame Counsell they tooke up a new form●… of government upon them of their owne and by this authority i●… was granted to the Lady 〈◊〉 that she should have the Rent of such Lands in recompence of the losse that he was at in their causes They have made severall Judges of their own Courts They print they coyn they do all in their own names The Copie of the Popes Bull Ad futuram Rei Memoriam Urbanus Octavus c. HAving taken in●…o Our serious consideration the great zeale of the 〈◊〉 towards the propagating of the Catholike faith and the pieti●… of the Catholike warriors in the severall armies of that Kingdome which was for that singular fervency in the true worship of God and notable care had formerly in the like case by the inhabit●●ts thereof for the maintenance and pr●…servation of the same Orthodox ●●ath called of old the land of Saints and having got certain notice how in imitation of their godly and worthy Ancestors they endeavour by force of armes to deliver their thralled Nation from the oppressions and grievous injuries of the Heretickes wherewith this long time it hath been afflicted and heavily burthened and gallantly do in them what lyeth to extirpate and totally root out those workers of iniquity who in the Kingdome of Ireland had infected and alwaies striving to infect the masse of Catholike puritie with the pesteriferous leaven of their hereticall contagion We therefore being willing to cherish them with the gifts of those spiri●…uall graces whereof by God we are ordained the only dispos●…rs on earth by the mercy of the same Almighty God trusting in the authority of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul and by vertue of that power of binding and loosing of souls which God was pleased without our deserving to conferre upon us To all and every one of the faithfull Christians in the foresaid Kingdom of Ireland now and for the time militating against the Hereticks and other enemies of the Cat●…olike Faith they being truly and sincerely penitent after confession and the spirituall refreshing of themselves with the sacred communion of the Body and Blood of Christ doe grant a full and plen●…ry Indulgence and absolute remission for all their sinnes and such as in the holy time of J●…bilee is usuall to be granted to those that devoutly visit a certain number of priviledged Churches within and without the walls of our City of Rome by the tenor of which