THE
Humble
Representation
OF
THE
Protestant
Purchasers
of
Forfeited
LANDS
in
IRELAND
.
THE
Protestant
Purchasers
of
Forfeited
Lands
in
Ireland
,
in
a
due
Sense
of
their
Gratitude
,
do
acknowledge
the
Clemency
of
the
Commons
of
England
,
in
the
Allowance
intended
to
be
made
them
of
21000
l.
part
of
their
Purchase-Money
;
and
it
is
with
all
imaginable
Respect
and
Duty
they
take
Leave
to
represent
,
That
it
appears
by
the
Report
of
the
Commissioners
,
(
Paragr
.
83.
)
That
the
Purchase-Money
laid
out
in
the
said
Kingdom
,
doth
not
exceed
63000
l.
Money
of
Ireland
;
although
the
future
Misery
or
Happiness
of
very
many
of
the
English
Families
of
that
Country
depends
thereupon
.
That
as
the
Bill
is
now
altered
,
it
will
the
extreamly
difficult
,
if
not
impossible
for
them
to
recover
what
more
shall
appear
,
upon
fair
Account
,
to
be
justly
due
to
them
from
the
Grantees
,
by
reason
some
of
them
reside
in
foreign
Parts
,
and
have
no
Effects
in
these
Dominions
:
Others
may
not
have
the
Money
to
repay
;
or
if
they
have
,
may
,
or
already
have
alienated
their
Estates
;
or
they
may
insist
on
their
Peerage
,
Privilege
of
Parliament
,
&c.
The
said
Purchasers
do
not
in
the
least
repine
at
any
Mercy
intended
by
the
said
Honourable
House
to
others
of
the
said
Kingdom
,
who
are
either
restored
by
His
Majesty's
Favour
only
,
or
who
are
by
this
Bill
confirmed
in
the
Benefit
of
any
Articles
:
But
they
most
humbly
hope
,
That
the
said
Honourable
House
will
also
further
consider
the
Services
and
Sufferings
of
the
Protestant
Purchasers
,
who
beg
Leave
to
say
,
That
they
have
been
Useful
to
England
in
the
late
Revolutions
,
and
have
been
always
in
their
Inclinations
(
no
less
than
in
their
Interests
)
very
far
from
doing
any
thing
Intentionally
(
when
they
made
their
said
Purchases
)
that
might
seem
in
Contempt
of
the
Votes
or
Proceedings
of
that
Honourable
House
,
to
which
they
owe
so
very
much
,
and
for
whom
they
would
again
freely
hazard
all
that
is
dear
or
near
to
them
.
They
hope
,
amongst
other
their
Unhappinesses
,
they
are
not
so
Unfortunate
as
to
have
it
thought
that
they
desire
more
than
their
Principal-Money
and
Interest
;
But
what
they
humbly
endeavour
to
encline
the
said
Honourable
House
to
,
is
That
they
may
,
in
Charity
to
the
many
English
Protestant
Families
therein
concerned
,
think
fit
to
let
them
be
considered
as
Mortgagees
for
the
Money
by
them
bona
fide
paid
;
and
as
such
,
to
be
accountable
from
the
times
their
respective
Purchases
were
made
;
in
which
case
the
Purchasers
will
be
allow'd
from
be
beginning
but
bare
Interest
for
their
Money
.
And
although
the
Purchasers
will
in
such
case
be
considerably
Losers
,
yet
their
entire
Ruin
will
be
thereby
prevented
,
and
the
Publick
will
reap
from
them
the
Benefit
,
of
,
1.
What
the
Purchasers
in
divers
Cases
expended
in
making
out
the
Title
of
the
Crown
,
and
evicting
pretended
Titles
.
2.
The
Benefit
or
Advantage
of
all
Bargains
,
where
the
Purchasers
have
bought
off
prior
Incumbrances
at
easie
Rates
.
3.
The
Advantage
of
having
so
great
a
Part
of
the
Country
Improved
and
Inhabited
,
which
was
Wasted
and
Depopulated
by
the
late
long
and
destructive
War
,
which
renders
the
said
Lands
of
near
double
the
Value
they
were
formerly
of
.