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.

Articles agreed upon the twenty seventh day of Octo∣ber, One thousand six hundred fifty one, by and be∣tween Henry Ireton Esquire, Deputy General of Ireland on the one part, and Bartholomew Stack∣poll Recorder of the City of Limerick, or Dominick White Alderman of the same, Nicholas Haley Es∣quire, Lieutenant Colonel Piers Lacy, Lieutenant Colonel Donogh O-Brien, and John Baggot Es∣quire, Commissioners appointed by and on the be∣half of the Governor and Major of the said City, to Treat and Conclude for the surrender thereof on the other part.

1. THat the City of Limerick, with the Castle, and all places of strength in the City be surrendred into the hands of the said Deputy General of Ireland, for the use of the Parliament and Common-wealth of England, upon, or before the twenty ninth day of October instant at noon, together with all the Ord∣nance, Arms, Ammunition, and other furniture of War therein, and all the Goods of any kinde not allowed by the ensuing Articles to be carried away or kept by the owners, and this without waste, spoil, or embezlement. And the full possession of Johns Gate and Priors Mill shall be delivered unto the said Deputy General or such Guards as they shall appoint (not exceeding an hundred men for Johns Gate) this day by Sun-set; and for performance hereof, the above named Lieutenant Colonel Piers Lacy, Lieu∣tenant Colonel Donogh O-Brien, Alderman Dominick White, and Nicholas Haley Esquire, shall remain as

Hostages with the said Deputy-General, until the Surrender of the said City.

2. That in consideration thereof, all persons now in the City (except such as are hereafter excepted) shall have Quarter for their Lives, liberty of their persons, their Cloathes, Money, and other Goods, so as to be free from Pillage, Plunder, or other hostile violence in their Persons or Goods during their con∣tinuance under the said Deputies safe Conduct or Protection, by vertue of the ensuing Articles re∣spectively: But whereas through the practices of some persons more eminent and active then the rest, both amongst the Clergy, Military-Officers, the Citizens, and other sorts of men within the large Conditions formerly tendred for Surrender, have been rejected. The subsequent occasions or opportunies for timely making of Conditions neglected and avoided, the dis∣positions and desires of many persons within to that purpose, is opposed, resisted and restrained, and the generality of the people partly deluded and deceived (to the keeping of them in vain expectations of relief from one time to another) and partly over-awed, or enforced by their power to concur and contribute this long to the obstinate holding out of the place; there∣fore the persons hereafter named, viz. Major Gene∣ral Hay Oniel the Governor, Major General Purcel, Sir Jeffry Galway, Lieutenant Colonel Lacy, Captain George Wolf, Captain Lieutenant Sexton, the Bishop of Limerick, the Bishop of Emley, John Quillin a Dominican Friar, David Roch a Dominican Friar, Captain Laurence Welsh a Priest, Francis Wolf a Fran∣ciscan Friar, Philip O Diepe Priest, Alderman Domi∣nick

Fanning, Alderman Thomas Stretch, Alderman Jordan Roch, Edmund Roch Burgess, David Roche∣ford Burgess, Sir Richard Everard, Docter Higgin Maurice Baggot of Baggotstown, and Jeffry Barron (being as aforesaid the Principals appearing in such Practices in this Siege, and the holding out so long; as also Evan the Welch Soldier who ran into Lime∣rick; and all other persons that have been imployed, and come into the City as Spies since the Fourth day of June last, shall be excepted and excluded from any benefit of this Article, or any other Articles en∣suing, and such of them as can be found within the Garrison, shall be rendred up at Mercy upon the Sur∣render of the City: And any such persons as shall be found to hide or conceal any of the said expected persons, or be privy to their Concealment or attempt of Escape, and not discover, and do their best endea∣vor to prevent the same, shall thereby be understood to have forfeited the benefit of these Articles to themselves; but otherwise, none shall lose that bene∣fit for other mens default in their Concealment or escape, or for the not rendring of them up as aforesaid.

3. That all Officers, Soldiers and other persons now in the City (not excepted in the last precedent Ar∣ticle) shall also have liberty to march away with their Cloathes, Bag and Baggage, Money, and all other their Goods of what kinde soever, except Arms, Am∣munition, and other Utensils of War (carrying no∣thing but their own) to what place or places they shall choose respectively within the Dominion of Ire∣land, not being a Garison for the Parliament (all the Field-Officers of Horse and Foot, and Captains of

Horse, with their Horses, Pistols and Swords, and other the Commissioned Officers with their Swords onely) And shall have Three Moneths time after the Surrender to remove any Goods of their own, that they shall not think fit sooner to carry with them; and such of them as shall choose to go to any Garisons, or Parties of the Enemy, shall have Convoy or safe con∣duct for that purpose, for such time as shall be requi∣site for their march, at the rate of Ten miles a day, and shall have Cariages and provision allowed from the Countrey at the usual rates.

4. That such of the Citizens and Inhabitants in∣terested in the City, as are not excepted in the second Article, and shall not presently march away as afore∣said, but desire to continue longer in the City, shall (upon application for that purpose to the said Deputy Generall, or the chief Officer commanding in Lime∣rick after the Surrender) have License given them to stay, either for such further time as the said Deputy General, or the said chief Officer present shall finde convenient, or until further warning given them to depart; and in case of such License given till further warning, shall have Four moneths time allowed from and after such warning, for the removal of themselves and their Families, and Six moneths for the removal of their Goods, and during such further time limited, or in case of reference to further warning, during their continuance there to the time of warning given; and for the said Four moneths and Six moneths after re∣spectively, shall be protected in their Families and Goods from all Injury and Violence, and at any time as they shall desire within the said space or spaces

respectively shall have liberty and safe conduct for the removal of themselves, their Families and Goods, to any place or places within this Dominion, not being garisoned for the Parliament as aforesaid; and if they shall not be admitted to reside elswhere in protection within this Dominion, they shall have liberty, for themselves, their Wives, Children and Goods, to pass beyond the Seas; Provided that they pay their due proportion of what Taxes and other Contribution shall be charged upon the City, from the day of the Surrender to the day of the removal, in due propor∣tion with other places in Ireland, and behave them∣selves as becometh: And such of the said Citizens and Inhabitants as having not License to stay until further warning, shall within a moneth after the Sur∣render be ordered to depart, shall have the same bene∣fit of the Third Article, as those that march away im∣mediately upon the Surrender.

5. That all such persons now in the City, as shall desire to live peaceably under protection, and submit to the Parliament of England (except the persons ex∣cepted in the second Article aforegoing, and except all Clergy-men, Priests and Friars of any Order) shall upon their application to that purpose, have License and protection to live quietly at any such place or places within this Dominion as they shall desire, and the said Deputy General finde convenient to admit; but such Protection shall not be under∣stood to extend either to the assuring of them in the enjoyment of their Lands or other Heredita∣ments; or to the granting of other Indempnity or Freedom from any Question or Prosecution to Ju∣stice

in a Judicial way, for any Crimes they may be guilty of, except to such persons as shall be found fit to have that Mercy and Favor expresly granted to them, or to others for a certain time to be limited for that purpose; but to such as shall have protection for a limited time, either Citizens or others, it is intend∣ed they shall be freed from any Suit or Censure in the Civil Judicature for things done in relation to the War during the time limited.

Memorandum, As to the fourth Article aforegoing, it is intended, That the Citizens (not excepted a∣gainst within a Moneth) may tatry (without particu∣lar Application) and have Four Moneths after warn∣ing given to remove themselves and Families, and six Moneths to carry away their Goods.

Memorandum, Also that all Soldiers or other per∣sons, not excepted in the third Article, who through Sickness are disabled to remove themselves at present, shall have liberty to march away when they shall re∣cover, and have equal benefit with others in their Conditions respectively; And that from twelve of the Clock this day, there shall be Cessation of all acts of Hostility on either part, but the persons Be∣sieged not to come without the Walls or Island, saving into Johns Gate, until the time limited for Surrender, without License from the other part re∣spectively.

And lastly it is agreed, That no person shall be un∣derstood to forfeit the benefit of any the Articles for another mans Breach thereof, unless he be found to be consenting thereto, or privy to it, without discovering or endeavoring to prevent it, provided this extend not

to Indempnifie the Hostages in case of failer of Sur∣render. In Testimony whereof, the parties first above mentioned have Interchangeably set to their Hands and Seals the day and year first above written.

• ...Bar: Flacpol,
• ...Hen: O Bryan.
• ...Domi: White.
• ...Pu••s: Lacy.
• ...Nic: Haly.
• ...John Bagot.