A letter from the Lord Deputy-General of Ireland, unto the Honorable William Lenthal Esq; Speaker of the Parliament of England;: concerning the rendition of the city of Limerick: together with the articles formerly offered, and the articles upon which the same was surrendred: as also a particular of the persons excepted, the ammunition and ordnance in the town delivered upon the surrender of the said city. Friday the 28th of November, 1651. Ordered by the Parliament, that the letter from the Deputy-General of Ireland, and articles, together with the particulars inclosed, be forthwith printed and published; and read by the ministers on the day appointed for thanks to be given in the several congregations. Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.

A Copy of Conditions tendred to the Garison and City of Limerick June 30. 1651. upon surrender thereof.

1. AN Article for the surrender, &c.

2. That in consideration of the surrender, &c. all persons whatsoever within the City and Garison of Limerick shall have quarter for their lives, and li∣berty of their persons, without pillage, plunder, or other Militery violence to their persons or goods during their continuance under safe Conduct or Pro∣tection, by vertue of the ensuing Articles respectively.

3. That all Officers and Soldiers of the Forces in pay, and not belonging to the Militia of the City of Limerick, shall have liberty to march away to any Garison or Quarter of the Irish party with their Horses, Arms, and other equipage suitable to the se∣veral qualities they serve in respectively, Bag and Bag∣gage, Drums beating, Colours flying, their Fire-arms loaden and primed, Bandeliers and Flasques full of Powder, Matches lighted at both ends; and to have such Carriage for their Goods as the County will af∣ford provided for them (they paying reasonable rates for the same) And shall be allowed _____ _____ Moneths time for the removall of any goods to them duly be∣longing which they leave behinde them, except Arms, Ammunition, or other furniture of War.

4. That all other persons of what quality soever now in the said City, that desire to march with them, shall have liberty so to do, with the same freedom, priviledge, time and benefit, for the carrying away of their Bag and Baggage, and removing of their goods (except Ammunition, and all Arms or other fur∣niture of War, save travelling Arms, with which they shall be allowed to march) as is granted to the Soldiery in the last preceding Article.

5. That any of the Officers, Soldiers, or others now in the City (except Clergy-men, and such as were in Arms or otherwise in Hostility, which, or for those that committed the murthers and outrages in the first Insurrection before the first general Assembly, or that sat in the said first Assembly) if within _____ _____ days they shall desire to lay down Arms, and to submit to the authority of the Parliament of England, shall be admitted so to do, and to live at their homes or with their friends, and shall have Protection in their per∣sons and estates on the same Terms as the rest of the inhabitants of the Countrey of the same Conditious or Qualifications with themselves.

6. That all the Citizens or Inhabitants in the said City that are Free-men or members of the Cor∣poration, and were so before the first of October, One thousand six hundred and fifty, and all the Widows and Children of them that were such (with their fa∣milies and servants) who shall be willing to live under the Government of the Common-wealth of Eng∣land, and submit to Contribution proportionably with their neighbors (except such as come within the ex∣ception made in the last foregoing Article) shall freely

enjoy all their personal estates where ever the same be (except Arms, Ammunition and other furniture of War) to themselves and their assigns (paying to the State of England one third part of the value of their personal Estates visible within this Dominion, from such onely as have personal Estates visible with∣in this Dominion, from such onely as have personal Estates to the value of one hundred pounds and up∣wards, but the rest to enjoy the whole freely; and shall likewise enjoy two third parts of their Estates real (lying without the City of Limerick and Liber∣ties thereof) or the full value of the same to them∣selves, their Heirs or Assigns; and shall also enjoy their respective Interests in their Houses in the City, except such of them as shall be thought fit to be re∣moved out of the Garison, in order to the securing thereof, who shall have liberty to set or sell their said Houses to the best advantage of themselves, their Heirs or Assigns, paying (in case of sale) a third part of the price they make, to the use of the State of Eng∣land, and shall have moneths time (after warn∣ing given them to depart) for removal and disposing of themselves, their families and goods as they please, and Protection to live in any part of this Dominion within the Power of the Parliament of England (not being a Garison, or a Countrey planted intirely with English, or set apart to be so) or shall have Passes to remove to any Foreign parts if they so desire. And those of the said Citizens (not within the aforesaid Exception) who shall submit upon these Terms, and perform the same on their parts, shall have Indempni∣ty for any things done in prosecution of the War.