A svrvey of the articles of the late reiected peace. The first part conclvded in the Marques of Ormonds cabinet in Dublin, the 29 of Iuly 1646, and there published, as if the same were concluded the 28 of March before, in which survey it is proved by notable observations upon some of the said articles, that the said peace is destructive of the Catholique faith, disadvantagious to His Majesty, pernicious to his Catholique subjects, and favourable onely to rebellious Parliamentary heretiques : vnto the iniquitie of which peace is added the invaliditie and nullitie thereof ... : whence the iustice of the clergies decree ... / by Walt. Enos ...

§. 14. Observations of certaine chiefe points omitted by our Committee in these Articles of Peace.

25. WE demanded in our 15. Proposition, That an act might be passed for the raising and setling of train'd-bands within the severall Counties, &c. Whereunto no answer is made in these Articles. The Protestant Agents in their officious answer 9. May, 1644. to this our fifteenth Proposition would not have any such train'd-bands raised, either for defence of king or Countrey. Their policie is to keepe the doores open for their Parliamentary Brethren. The Philistins will by no meanes permit the Israelits to beare armes. Is not the oppression in∣tollerable, that Catholique Natives in their owne Countrey shall not be permitted to have armes, either offensive or de∣fensive;

to preserve the kingdome, and defend themselves, and their religion; and that intruding forrain Heretiques shall be permitted, yea authorized to furnish themselves with Armour & ammunition, not onely to defend, but also to offend the Ca∣tholique Natives, whensoever the watch-word is given?

26. The like wilfull omissions have been made by our said Committee of Treatie in many other points given to their charge: * 1.1 as first the omission of procuring unto the Catholique Subjects the benefit of Magna Charta, which hath beene since the dayes of Heresie, together with Religion it selfe suppressed: the maintenance whereof the Carholique Confederats have undertaken by the Moddell of Government, and which alone had beene more availeable to the Catholiques, then these 30. confused lawlesse articles of Peace by them concluded. [ 2] 2. The omission of the repeale of the penall lawes, and suspension of Poynings act. [ 3] 3. The omission of taking away incapacities of the Ecclesiasticall government, and (in effect) of Civill and Mar∣tiall Government. [ 4] 4. Nothing obtained to secure the Catho∣liques of their Religion, or of any private or publique free ex∣ercise thereof. [ 5] 5. Nothing done to secure the Prelates, Pastors, and Regulars of the kingdome, or the Churches or Church∣livings belonging to them. [ 6] 6. Nothing to free the Catholiques from the pretended Iurisdiction of the Heretique Ministerie. 7. [ 7] Nothing done, to recompence out of the estates of the Malignants such of our Partie, whose estates are in the hands of the Scots and Par∣liament partie, as we demanded in the 17. additionall propo∣sition. [ 8] 8. No thing done to dissolve such new corporations, as were unjustly erected to gaine voices in the Parliament. [ 9] 9. No∣ble-men not estated in Ireland admitted members of the Par∣liament of Ireland. [ 10] 10. Nothing to any purpose enacted against the continuation of Vice-Roys in Ireland longer than three yeares: which being urged according the Commission given, had ere now procured a new Catholique Vice-Roy. [ 11] 11. No∣thing procured for having a continuall Irish Agent with the king. [ 12] 12. Insteed of indicting or attainting the Scots or Parlia∣mentarie Rebells and confiscating their lands and possessions, as we earnestly demanded in our seventh and eight additionall propositions, our Agents have condescended unto an act of

oblivion, as well for them as for the Catholiques. 13. The tak∣ing away of the Castle-Chamber by the Confederats demanded, but by our Agents omitted. 14. [ 14] Nothing done for recoverie of the Plantation-land taken away since the yeare 1610. 15. [ 15] No redresse against those corrupt Iudges, who in one morning an∣nulled 150. letters Pattents granted by the king. See more in the eight tenth and following articles.

26. Besides these culpable omissions, our Agents have disdainefully rejected many things commanded by His Ma∣jestie to be granted unto us; as first an exemption from the Oath of Supremacie absolutely; and without any such li∣mitation by Proviso, [ 1] as is now added to the first Article of Peace. 2. [ 2] A repeale of the penall lawes granted by His Majestie, but rejected by our Agents. 3. [ 3] The suspen∣sion of Poynings act, likewise rejected. 4. [ 4] The taking a∣way of the High-Commission-Court granted, [ 5] but rejected. 5. [ 6] Places of honour and trust in the Civill government gran∣ted, but in effect rejected. 6. Free exercise of Religion and administration of the Sacraments granted by the Concessions; but in these articles rejected. Reade the abridgement of Con∣cessions sent by the Marques of Ormond to the Assembly in August, 1645. Where the foresaid grants and concessions were publiquely read and promised, and accordingly give censure of the industrie of our Agents. And these points alone might be sufficient to evacuate and annull whatsoever they have acted in this dishonorable peace, whereof as yet more in the end, when wee shall speake of the invaliditie thereof.

Notes

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