300 Mr. NEAL's IId Vol. of the " mony of the Marquifs of Antrim's Innocence, " which he had given in the Letter of fuly 6. i 663. and which at the end of that Letter, the " Duke of Ormond and Council are requir'd to " tranfmit to the Commifioners for executing the " Aft of Settlement, for them to regulate their " Proceedings by, was only to declare that the " Marquifs ofAntrim was employ'd in Ireland, to " t procure what Forces he could from thence, to be " tranfported into Scotland, for his late Majefty's " Service, under the late Marquifs of Montrof ; " to the end that the Converfation of the faid Mar- " quifs of Antrim in the Rebels Quarters, which 'c was neceffary for the Service, might not, accord- " ing to the Letter of the former Ail, render him " Criminal." ' Thefe are the Words of that A& ' of Parliament ; and is it poflible for any thing ' more clearly to thew, what the King's Inftruc- tions, and what the Marquifs of Antrim's Corre- fpondence and wring pttrfuant thereto, were ? Do ' they not appear to be perfeftly innocent.' P. 36. ' That the Lord Mazarine fhould peti- tion againft the Marquifs is no wonder, he had part of his Eftate, and was defirous to keep ir. ' And tho' he and Sir fohn Clotworthy (whole ' Daughter and Heirels he had married) had been engag'd with the Facuion in thofe Times, and ' he then aftually enjoy'd the Plunder of one of the King's Palaces ; yet confidering the ufual Modefty of the Party, which was fo egregious, as hardly ever to fuffer them to beg pardon of the King for their Rebellion, or thew a Senfe of Shame for what they afted againft him ; we have no reafon to be furpriz'dat that Lord's pe- titioning, that hemight be í1:i1] allow'd to retain ' what of the Marquifsof Antrim's Eftate, he was poffefled of.' The
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