❧
A
Copie
of
a
Letter
sent
from
the
Lords
Justices
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Privie
Councell
in
Ireland
,
concerning
His
Majesties
Resolution
to
go
into
that
His
Kingdom
.
May
it
please
your
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
BY
your
Majesties
gracious
Letters
of
the
thirteenth
of
this
moneth
,
and
a
Copy
of
your
Majesties
Message
sent
lately
to
your
Parliament
in
your
Kingdom
of
England
(
both
which
came
to
the
hands
of
us
,
your
Justices
,
on
the
eighteenth
of
this
moneth
)
we
observe
,
That
your
Majestie
(
out
of
a
just
sense
of
the
great
miseries
and
afflictions
of
your
distressed
Subjects
in
this
your
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
occasioned
by
the
inhumane
cruelties
of
the
Rebels
here
,
and
out
of
your
tender
and
gracious
care
of
your
good
Subjects
on
this
side
)
hath
firmly
resolved
(
by
the
assistance
of
Almighty
God
)
with
all
possible
speed
to
make
a
journey
hither
in
your
own
Royall
Person
,
for
the
full
and
finall
suppressing
of
this
Rebellion
.
Those
Letters
and
Messages
we
,
your
Majesties
Justices
,
then
immediately
communicated
with
the
Councell
,
as
we
alwayes
do
all
matters
of
importance
concerning
your
Majesties
Services
,
and
caused
the
Copy
sent
us
of
your
Message
to
your
Parliament
in
England
to
be
printed
here
,
so
to
make
known
here
your
Majesties
gracious
purpose
,
as
you
commanded
us
.
And
we
all
joyntly
do
humbly
beseech
your
Majesty
to
give
us
leave
to
cast
our selves
at
your
Majesties
feet
,
and
(
with
the
duty
and
loyalty
of
faithfull
Subjects
)
most
humbly
and
thankfully
to
acknowledge
to
your
Sacred
Majestie
,
as
well
your
continued
Grace
and
Goodnesse
upon
all
occasions
expressed
to
this
your
Kingdom
,
and
all
your
Subiects
therein
,
and
amongst
them
,
even
those
wretched
Rebels
themselves
,
heretofore
when
they
stood
in
the
condition
of
good
Subjects
,
though
they
want
the
gratitude
to
be
sensible
of
it
;
as
particularly
this
high
addition
of
your
Majesties
gracious
favour
to
us
,
in
not
sparing
the
pains
or
hazard
,
even
of
your
own
Royall
Person
,
for
the
suppressing
of
this
hiddeous
Rebellion
,
and
punishment
of
these
ungratefull
and
treacherous
Rebels
,
who
are
thus
unnaturally
risen
in
Arms
against
your
Maiestie
,
expressed
such
unparalleled
hatred
and
detestation
against
your
Government
and
Nation
,
spilt
,
unprovoked
,
the
blood
of
so
many
thousands
of
your
faithfull
and
innocent
Subiects
,
destroyed
the
estates
of
all
the
Brittish
and
Protestants
in
the
Kingdom
,
and
(
which
is
above
all
)
as
appears
by
severall
Examinations
,
and
many
other
concurring
circumstances
here
,
notwithstanding
all
their
false
and
feigned
pretences
,
to
disguise
their
wicked
and
traiterous
Purposes
,
aimed
finally
at
no
lesse
(
which
we
tremble
to
write
,
and
cannot
think
,
without
horrour
and
astonishment
at
their
impiety
)
then
even
to
deprive
you
of
your
Royall
Crown
and
Dignity
,
and
to
place
over
them
some
of
themselves
,
or
some
foreign
Prince
,
and
so
altogether
to
shake
off
the
English
Government
.
Wherefore
,
we
cannot
but
rejoyce
(
even
in
the
midst
of
our
present
Calamities
)
to
hear
your
Maiesties
Princely
Purpose
,
to
take
iust
Vengeance
on
them
,
for
vindicating
your
Honour
,
revenging
the
blood
and
destruction
of
so
many
of
your
faithfull
Subjects
,
and
securing
the
future
safety
of
your
Crowns
and
Kingdoms
.
And
as
we
do
thus
joyfully
apprehend
the
happinesse
we
are
to
enioy
by
those
your
Maiesties
Royall
Purposes
,
so
we
hold
it
agreeable
with
the
Duty
of
us
,
your
loyall
Subiects
and
faithfull
Servants
,
whom
you
have
advanced
to
the
honour
to
serve
you
as
Councellors
to
You
in
this
your
Kingdom
,
humbly
to
represent
to
your
Maiestie
,
upon
this
occasion
,
the
present
state
of
your
Affairs
here
,
and
the
Condition
wherein
this
Kingdom
stands
,
which
we
have
done
by
our
Letters
now
sent
to
Master
Secretary
Nicholas
,
to
be
made
known
to
your
Maiestie
,
that
so
your
Maiestie
understanding
them
,
may
on
that
side
provide
for
supplying
our
Defects
here
,
and
rendring
Safety
to
your
own
Royall
Person
,
against
these
bloody
Rebels
,
as
your
Maiestie
,
in
your
excellent
Judgement
,
shall
think
fit
,
whereby
You
may
(
to
the
comfort
of
your
good
Subiects
,
and
terrour
of
your
Enemies
)
appear
in
this
Kingdom
in
that
Maiestie
which
is
sutable
to
the
Greatnesse
and
Wisdom
of
so
mighty
a
King
as
God
hath
appointed
You
,
whom
we
pray
God
to
blesse
and
prosper
with
length
of
dayes
,
and
a
happy
and
blessed
Government
over
this
,
and
all
other
your
Kingdoms
and
Dominions
,
to
the
Glory
of
God
,
the
Honour
of
your
Maiestie
,
and
the
Joy
and
Comfort
of
all
your
Subiects
,
And
amongst
them
of
us
From
Your
Maiesties
Castle
of
Dublin
,
23.
April
.
1642.
Your
Maiesties
most
loyall
and
most
faithfull
Subiects
and
Servants
,
Subscribed
by
Sir
William
Parsons
,
Sir
Iohn
Borlase
,
Lords
Justices
of
Ireland
.
Earle
of
Ormond
and
Ossory
,
Earle
of
Rostomon
,
Lord
Lambarte
,
Lord
Ro
.
Digby
,
Sir
Adam
Loftus
,
Sir
Thomas
Rotherham
,
Sir
Ia
.
Ware
,
Sir
I.
Temple
,
Sir
Francis
Willoughby
,
Sir
Robert
Meredeth
,
Sir
G.
Wentworth
.