ij7orÿofthe Puritans, examin'd. 3 ©5 have implied our Connivance at, or want of Zeal againft the Rebellion of Ireland; (fo odious to all good Men) they have found a new way of Ex- probration ; that the Proclamation againft thefe bloody Tray tors came not out till the beginning of7anuary, though that Rebellion broke out in Oftober ; and then by fpecial Command from us, but forty Copies were appointed to be printed. ' 'Tis well known where we were at that time, when the Rebellion brake forth, in Scotland : that we immediately from thence recommended the Careof the Bufinefs to the Houfes of Parlia- ment here, after we had provided for all fitting Supplies for our Kingdom of Scotland: thatafter ' our return thither, we obferv'd all thole Forms for that Service, which we were advis'd to by our Council of Ireland, or both Houfes of Par- ' !lament here : And if no Proclamation iffu'd out fooner, (of which for the prefent we are not cer- tain, but think that others before that time were if ued out- by our Tire&ions) it was becaufe the Lords Juftices of the Kingdom defir'd them no fooner; and when they did, the Number they ' defied was but twenty, which they advis'd might ' be fign'd by us ; which we for Expedition -of the Service commanded to be printed, (a Circum- ' {lance not requir'd by them) thereuponwe fign'd moreof them than our Juftices defir'd. All which was very well known to forne Members of one, or both Houfes of Parliament, who have the more to anfwer, if they forbore to exprefs it at the pairing of this Declaration ; and if they did ' exprefs it, we have the greater Reafon to coin- ' plain, that fo envious-anAfperfion Ihould be cart on us to our People, when they knew well, how to anfwer their own Objedion.' [See Rufhworth, V,ol. IV. p. 7o8.] X Neal,
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