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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35641	The case of several of His Majesties subjects in Ireland, commonly called protectees most humbly offer'd to the consideration of both Houses of Parliament.	Case, Thomas, 1598-1682.	1698 (1698)	Wing C985; ESTC R23911	8,901	26

THE CASE Of Several of His Majesties Subjects in Ireland Commonly called Protectees Most humbly Offer'd to the Consideration of BOTH Houses of Parliament I Have for several Sessions late past observ'd That when the Parliament had taken into Consideration the Affairs of Ireland there have been great Numbers of Petitions given in by the Roman Catholicks of that Kingdom setting forth their respective Cases in Reference to the Matter then under Debate And I have as often wonder'd to find no Application made on the behalf of those of that Kingdom commonly called Protectees I have had the Opportunity to hear much of the Various Complaints of their several Classes there and upon the whole it appear'd to me that those called Protectees as well in Relation to their Behaviour during the War as to the Extent and Method of their Suffering since then have had much the severest Treatment of any concern'd in that Kingdom Having this Notion of the Measure these poor People have met with and being of Judgment that it is the Duty of the meanest Member of a Society as far as he may with due Deference towards the publick and a convenient Regard to Himself to remove in Ease of his Neighbour the Oppressors Hand I had long since adventur'd thus to have laid their Case before this most Honourable Assembly but that I was still in hopes some One more fully possess'd of the Matter and more qualify'd for the Undertaking would before now have taken this Office upon Him These Considerations had still witheld me but that now that the Parliament Commissioners are upon the Point of making a general Report of all the Irish Forfeitures it seems more than probable that this may lead to an immediate and final Settlement of that Kingdom and that once done a Reprieve after Execution is over may be as useful as any Remonstrance on the Behalf of these People Having thus set forth the Reason or rather the Necessity that has induced me so far to forget my own Insufficiency as to become an Advocate before so Great an Assembly I crave leave as an Apology for Addressing this Case to both Houses of Parliament to observe That the Justice of a Nation is often Arraign'd as well for Wrongs done thro' want of Information as for those done or suffered thro' Passion Interest or Prejudice and that therefore as Amicus Curiae as a true Honourer of this Supream Court and as One who wishes as is ever Intended all its Determinations founded in the strickest Justice I thought it my Duty at this Juncture to lay this Case before both Houses I shall now proceed to a General and plain Account of the Condition and Behaviour of these Persons during the War and of the Prosecutions and Seizures since then against them They consist partly of such as were meet Country Gentlemen some living upon their own Estates some upon their Farms or other Ways of Industry some of them being Professors of the Law were during the Reign of King James in England advanc'd to the Bench and the rest of that Profession practic'd in the Courts there and continued in their said Stations and Practice during King James his Abode in Ireland Some likewise whilst King James was in England were made Deputy-Lieutenants Justices of the Peace Collectors and other Officers of Revenue and continued in the said Posts and Stations or other the like Civil Imployments whilst King James was in Ireland some of them being chosen by their Country did in hopes of being able in some Measure to quell or mitigate the Heats and Violences of others as evidently appear'd by their Behaviour when there serve in the Parliament held there and all and every of them excepting about four or five are such as were in no Millitary Station or Service or ever struck stroke in the Cause These persons thus Qualify'd as to their Behaviour and taking Encouragment from his Majesties several Gracious Declarations and Proclamations graciously tendering his Royal Clemency and Protection to such as should be the more early in their Obedience Resolv'd not to embark themselves in the Cause and as a clear Evidence of these their Intentions thy continu'd in their Respective Places of Residence or as near it as they could contrive to be in any security with their Families till such time as his Majesty's Troops approach'd so near as to be in a condition to preserve them And so in the course of his Majesty's March they sued for his Royal Protection and having obtain'd the same continued during the two Sieges of Lymerick and ever since in the most dutiful Behaviour and Obedience towards his Majesty's Government and such of them as liv'd within the Reach and Power of such Carrisons as held out and consequently could not be so early in their Obedience did in like manner upon the first approach of his Majesty's Troops into that Country sue for Protection and ever since liv'd Peaceably and Dutyfully under his Majesty's Government This upon the best Information I could have and as I am perswaded will upon a fair Enquiry appear is a true general Account of the Behaviour of those called Protectees in that Kingdom Their Condition standing thus they found themselves secure and happy under his Majesty's Royal Protection whilst he continu'd in Person there but upon his Majesty's Return into England the Scene was soon shifted and their Days of Tryal came on a pace for as soon as the Forms of Judicature were restor'd a manner of proceeding altogether New Quick and Comprehensive was set on foot Lists were brought in from every Parish of all the Catholicks without any Distinction who had resided there during K. James his stay in that Country Indictments of High Treason of course and by the lump exhibited against them and of course as in many Cases may appear found too This furious Inquisition having thus far gone on without Rub or Obstacle the like Spirit of Diligence and Dispatch appear'd in what was to follow Writs were issu'd out to the Sheriffs and care taken that one and the same Return should be made thro'out the Kingdom for altho' all these Persons who had thus taken Sanctuary under the Wings of the Government were then notoriously known to be and daily seen at their respective usual places of Residence except a few who to prevent any further Jealousy of their Behaviour had obtain'd the Lords Justice's Passes to come for England having first given two or three thousand Pounds sufficient Bail to be forth coming when requir'd yet Non est inventus in Balliva c. was the certain Return upon every Writ And this even in Cases where the persons under Prosecution were then actually upon some Civil Process or other Cause in custody of the Sheriff who made the Return This was an expedient Thought necessary to dispatch the Process and the sooner to bring these Persons to the Condition of being altogether at mercy and consequently it came soon to this Issue For in