TAking notice of those mean and low Artifices which some Pensioners of France , among the Irish , make use of , both to Enslave their own Countrymen , and seduce the Soldiers of Their Majesties Army from their Obedience : And to the end that at once I may give an answer to their Scandalous Billets , which they daily scatter in our Quarters , and the false Reports they so Industriously spread in their own to delude their Followers , and make them obstinate to their Ruine : I have thought fit to declare , that an Irish Roman Catholick Gentleman , that came out of the Enemies Quarters , upon humble Application to their Majesties , has had the Honour to be fully informed of the Mercy and Indulgence designed to such of the Irish Army , and Inhabitants of all Conditions as shall like Dutifull Subjects , submit to Their Government : which Condescentions would no doubt , prove satisfactory , if once communicated to those , whose Interest and Duty it is to lay hold of them . But this has hitherto been obstructed by some , who fight for the Money of France , not the Interest of Ireland , and the Gentleman denied a Passport , which he has often sollicited in order to make his Message known . Out of Compassion therefore to these People , who by such ill Arts are kept in Ignorance of the Grace that is intended them , and for whom it will be too late to sue for Mercy , unless they speedily embrace it , I have taken this way of making it Publique , That I have Authority , and am ready to grant reasonable Terms to those who are willing to return to their Duty , Their Majesties hereby giving Demonstration to the World , that it is not Their Desire to oppress the Inhabitants of this Nation , either by Persecuting them for their Religion , Ruining them in their Estates and Fortunes , or Enslaving them in their Liberty , since after all the Provocations They have received , They have a greater Regard to the Preservation of the Irish , than giving way to that just Resentment , which their Behaviour has deserv'd .