WaryofthePuritans, exalnin'd. 297 Speeches utter'd in Ireland ; shall beget any Jea- ' loufy or Mifapprehenfion in our Subjects, of our Juftice, Piety and Affee`tion : It being evident to all Underftandings, that thole mifchievous and wicked Rebels are not fo capable of great Advan- tage, as by having their falle Difcourfes fo far believ'd, as to raife Fears and Jealoufies, to the diftrac`tion of the Kingdom, the only way to their Security. And we cannot exprefs a deeper Senfe of the fuffering of our poor Proteftant Subje&s in that Kingdom, than we have done in our often Meffages to both Houfes; by which we have of- ' fer'd, and are Rill ready to venture our Royal Perfon for their Redemption; well-knowing, that as we are (in our own Intereft) moreconcern'd in them, fo we are to make a ftriéé Account to Al- mighty God, for any Neglect of our Duty for their Prefervation.' The Commons in their Inftruetions, fent to the Commiffioners of both Houfes in Scotland, Nov. io. (in which they defir'd the Lords to concur with them) give the following Inftruftion * : ' You (hall further make known to his Majefty, that in ' the great and almoft univerfal Revolt of the Na- tives of Ireland, cherifh'd and fomented (as we ' have caufe to doubt) by the fecret Pracices and Encouragement offome Foreign State, ill-affe&ed ' to the Crown ; and that the Northern Parts of that Kingdom, may with much more Eafe and Speed be fupplied from Scotland, than fromEng ' land ; we defire his Majefty to make ufe of the Affiftance of his Parliament and SubjeEls of Scot- ' land, for the prefent Reliefof thofe Parts of Ire- land, which lie neareft to them, according to the Treaty agreed upon, and confirm'd in both Parliaments.' Nadfan, Vol. Ir. p. 616. Neal,
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