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Tl-IE IRISH REBELLION.
A General Remonstrance of the distressed Pno'rns'rAN'rs, in the
Province of Jllunster.
SETTING-forth, from the gasping condition of their most sad and distressed
Souls, That, whereas the Province of lllzmster, through the vast expence of Eng-
lish treasure and blood, was improved, from a state of Barbarism, to such a
degree of Civility, that the Power and Dignity of the English Crown was much
advanced, and extended, by the surest and noblest bonds of a Hourishing People ;
those of Religion, Civility, and Profit :-Of Religion, witnessed by the enlarged
Congregations both in Cathedral and Parochial-Churches; of Civility, by the many
costly Plantations, fair and strong Buildings, plentiful Markets, and bountiful
Hospitality ;---And, of Prolit, by the free trade and commerce throughout Chris-
tendom : Lands fully improved, abounding with herds and flocks of all sorts of
the best English Cattle; which enabled us to advance great sums to his
M’ajesty's Customs, to contribute large Subsidies, and ‘to supply the West of .
England with such a considerable proportion of wool and cattle, that a great
part of the trade of those parts subsisted thereby. And this begun at the great
charge of the English undertakers, in the time of Queen Elz'zaL'eth of famous
memory; since which time few parts of Christendom, from their beginning, in so
short a space, have had such a rise and growth : which was not alone beneficial
to ourselves, but the very natives must confess, that their estates were hugely‘
augmented by our improvements. And therefore let it not be wondered-at, that,
when we consider from what we are fallen to what we arefallen, the pain of loss
should strive to equal that of sense : and, if the depth ofour miseries have not sunk
our souls to stupidity, we may compare our woes to the saddest parallel of any
Story. Our Temples demolished, or (what is worse,) profaned by Sacrifices to
Idols; our Houses and Castles become ruinous heaps ; our Nation extirpated,
destroyed : No quality, age, or sex, privileged from massacres and from lingering
deaths, (by being robbed and stripped naked,) through cold or famine; passages of a
notable piece of clemency and mercy. The famished infants of murdered parents
swarm in our streets, and, for want of bread, perish before our faces ; and many
of our yet miserable remnant, who lived plentifully and relieved others, are forced
to ask relief for themselves ; and those they ask it of, are constrained by want to
refuse them : So as, undoubtedly, our present miseries are not far distant those of
Srzmaria’s siege; and all those miseries are cast upon us by this unparalleled
Rebellion, at a time, when we were most confident and secure '; more and greater
immunities and bounties having been granted to us by his Majesty that now is,
than ever were granted by any of his Royal Progenitors. For what cause,
P offence,
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