¶
A
Declaration
of
the
General
Convention
of
IRELAND
,
Expressing
their
Detestation
of
the
unjust
Proceedings
against
the
late
KING
,
in
a
pretended
HIGH
COURT
OF
IUSTICE
in
ENGLAND
.
WHereas
by
the
contrivances
of
some
self
designing
persons
,
a
sinful
and
unexemplary
force
was
put
upon
the
Parliament
of
England
in
the
year
1648.
Those
persons
having
cause
to
despair
of
the
Parliaments
compliance
with
their
horrid
and
destructive
Principles
,
though
never
so
artificially
and
plausibly
heldforth
:
VVhich
single
act
in
it self
though
it
was
a
transcendent
violation
of
that
Kingdomes
Birth
right
,
yet
it
seemed
too
cheap
&
vile
a
Sacrifice
to
their
ambition
,
except
they
mingled
with
it
the
Blood
of
their
and
our
Lawful
Soveraign
;
In
Order
whereunto
,
They
presumed
to
Erect
A
COURT
called
by
themselves
A
HIGH
COURT
OF
JUSTICE
,
where
,
by
an
Ugly
and
Execrable
Sentence
they
Condemned
him
to
death
,
which
was
Executed
under
all
the
circumstantial
aggravations
of
Barbarisme
.
Since
which
time
,
the
People
of
this
Kingdome
having
not
had
opportunity
of
assembling
themselves
in
Ireland
untill
the
meeting
of
this
General
Convention
;
And
being
by
the
blessing
of
God
now
met
,
VVe
judge
it
our
duty
to
Declare
,
and
do
hereby
Declare
to
the
whole
VVorld
Our
unsained
and
hearty
detestation
of
,
and
Our
Protestation
against
those
most
Inhumane
,
Unparalelld
and
Barbarous
Proceedings
against
the
late
KING
:
which
by
true
Protestants
can
be
termed
no
other
,
Then
the
foulest
Murther
,
and
Highest
Assassination
that
Sacred
or
Profane
Story
hath
Recorded
:
being
perpretated
by
the
said
persons
in
a
Kingdome
where
the
true
Reformed
Religion
eminently
flourisht
,
and
being
contrary
to
that
Solemn
League
and
Covenant
which
they
themselves
had
taken
,
and
all
this
countenanct
under
a
pretext
of
publick
Iustice
.
And
VVe
heartily
beg
of
God
,
that
he
would
silence
the
Cry
of
that
innocent
Blood
,
and
not
further
punish
these
Nations
for
the
same
,
by
continnueing
them
in
Confusions
and
Unsettlements
,
but
in
the
Riches
of
his
Mercy
Restore
them
to
Peace
upon
the
sure
Foundations
of
Truth
and
Righteousness
.
1.
of
May
1660