A
true
Copy
of
the
Petition
of
the
Rebells
IN
IRELAND
,
Subscribed
by
eleven
Lords
,
and
others
of
qualitie
among
them
;
Attested
to
be
an
Exact
Copy
,
being
examined
with
the
Originall
by
a
Person
of
Honour
there
,
when
it
was
intercepted
;
and
sent
over
unto
two
Members
of
the
House
in
Letters
,
dated
the
17th
of
August
:
1642.
To
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majestie
,
The
humble
PETITION
OF
THE
CATHOLIQVES
OF
IRELAND
.
Most
Sacred
and
Dread
Soveraigne
,
WEe
your
most
Loyall
and
Obedient
Subjects
,
whom
it
neerest
concerns
to
preserve
the
Rights
and
Prerogatives
of
Your
Crown
firm
and
entire
,
as
yeelding
us
a
just
and
mercifull
protection
against
the
security
of
our
penall
Laws
.
In
maintenance
of
that
power
the
birth-right
of
Kings
,
kept
unblemisht
for
You
by
Your
famous
Ancestors
,
we
have
had
recourse
to
Arms
,
to
that
end
onely
,
that
You
Our
Gratious
Soveraigne
,
with
all
the
preeminences
due
and
derived
unto
You
,
by
a
long
succession
of
Monarchs
,
might
alone
Reigne
over
us
;
And
we
in
the
just
freedom
of
Subjects
(
Independent
of
any
Jurisdiction
not
derived
from
Your
Majestie
)
live
happily
under
the
Crown
of
England
.
Yet
lest
these
our
intendments
by
the
practise
of
our
Adversaries
might
be
misrepresented
unto
You
,
and
we
enforced
undeservedly
to
suffer
in
Your
Majesties
opinion
(
which
would
be
a
burthen
more
heavy
unto
us
,
then
the
sword
of
our
Adversaries
,
although
dayly
imbru'd
in
the
blood
of
our
wives
and
children
)
we
have
often
indeavoured
to
have
accesse
to
that
Royall
Throane
,
which
with
the
hazard
of
our
Lives
and
Fortunes
,
we
labour
to
maintain
glorious
and
unspotted
.
Yet
such
is
the
unwearied
watchfulnesse
of
our
Adversaries
,
that
all
our
attempts
are
made
frustrate
;
And
now
of
late
when
by
Lieutenant
Colonell
Read
,
whom
therefore
we
imployed
,
because
a
stranger
to
our
cause
and
Country
,
and
so
likeliest
to
passe
undiscovered
,
we
sent
our
Petition
.
He
poor
Gentleman
was
intercepted
,
and
put
to
the
torture
of
the
wrack
,
so
as
now
it
is
beyond
our
reach
,
and
onely
in
Your
Power
to
provide
that
we
may
be
heard
by
Your
Majestie
,
since
we
are
so
unhappy
as
that
Your
Majesties
resolution
of
coming
into
this
Your
Kingdom
,
met
with
greater
diversions
then
the
threats
and
menaces
of
the
Puritane
party
of
the
Parliament
of
England
,
who
seeke
all
things
to
limitt
You
our
King
,
and
to
governe
us
Your
Subjects
.
That
it
would
therefore
please
Your
Majestie
,
to
appoint
some
such
way
by
which
with
safety
we
may
approach
Your
Royall
presence
,
that
so
You
may
be
informed
truely
of
the
whole
scope
of
our
Resolutions
,
and
we
receive
faithfully
Your
Commands
.
And
we
,
as
our
duty
bindes
us
,
will
ever
pray
for
Your
Majesties
happy
raign
over
us
.