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An historical and critical review of the civil wars in Ireland (v. 2)
An historical and critical review of the civil wars in Ireland - v. 2 Author:John Curry Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: fires, fays Mr. Carte, of fpending their lives and fortunes, in maintaining his rights and interefts, they refolved unanimoufly, to accept of the Marquis of Ormo... more »nd's anfwer to their propositions for religion. " That defperately wicked remonftnnce," fays the marquis himfelf,6 " whatever mifchief it may do, hath yet done this good, that it put us quite from all difputes upon the neceffiry of conditions, and was no fmall caufe of the fpeedy, and I hope, happy conclu- fion of the peace." " CHAP. III. The peace of 1648 concluded and proclaimed. N the 17th of January, 1648,' the general aflembly repaired to the prefence of the lord lieutenant in his caftle at Kilkenny,2 and there, with all folemnity imaginable, prefented to him, fitting on a throne of ftate, the articles of the peace, by the hands of Sir Richard Blake, their chairman, which he received; and having confirmed them, on his majefty's behalf, caufed them to be publicly proclaimed. Nine Roman catholic bifhops, prefent in the aflembly, joined, the next day, 6 Cart. Orm. vol. iii. f. 602. Id. Ib. vol. ii. f. 50. b " This agreement," fays Borlafe, " pafled witb that miraculous confent and unity, that in the whole aflembly, in which there were (nine) catholic bifhops, there was not one diflenting voice." Irifh Rebel, f. 260. While the Marquis of Ormond was treating, at Kilkenny, with the confederates on the peace of 1648, the Englifh parliament having had notice of it from Colonel Jones, ordered their commiffioners treating with Charles in the Ifle of Wight, to prevail upon him to difavow it. " Whereupon his majefly fignified, that in cafe other things were compofed by the treaty (with the parliament) the concerns of Ireland fhould be left wholly to the houfes." And in the interim wrote to Ormond, " to require...« less