ALthough the Imperiall Diademe hath crowned each of us by the omnipotent providence of the Almighty, and thoſe once diſ-united, might exaſperate Our princely minde againſt the Brittiſh Nation, yet the Noble lenity of your Clement Nature, and the propitious conſideration of thoſe impendent and intricate perils, wherein your Kingdomes are dangerouſly involved, have reſpectively induced me to declare our good exortations and wel-wiſhes to you. And whereas wee maid rely underſtood and with credible information received intelligence of the rebellious inſurrection of Ireland, We did reſpectively ſympathize with your ſollicitous deploration of their diſaſtrous proceedings, and will (as ſhall be perſpicuouſly declared hereafter) vindicate their furious rebellion; But your Majeſty (as hath been prou • d 〈◊〉 by report) hath been miſ-informed of divers particulars, which not onely caſts an indigne aſperſion on our royall Name, and Monarchicall Throne, but highly derogates from Our Imperiall Prerogative and innocuous intention. It hath beene publikely divulged, That we alwayes made a ludi •• ious diriſion at the perillous diſtractions of your Kingdomes, and did not onely reioyce at the d • ſloyalty of Ireland, but alſo inſtigated thoſe rebels with a calumnious ſuggeſtion to proceed in their bloudy Tyrannie, as if they ſhould depend in expecta • ion of our anxiliary aſſiſtance. But we doe utterly defie and deteſt this ſc •••• lous and trecherous imputation reflected on Us. and doe withall deſire that the Authors of this ••• entitious Fable fathered on us, may ſuffer exemplary puniſhment: For We royally proteſt and • nfirme with our cordall all 〈◊〉 on that wheras the dolefull intelligence of the Brittiſh diſtractions came to Our firſt audience; We were ſo farre from entertaining any de • iſive al • •• ly, that We ſeriouſly rather deplored the prepoſterous condition of the ſame; And as for the reb • llion in Ireland, it did ſo ſtimulate Our Juſt indignation, that We alwayes diſ-affected the ſame, and did not onely 〈◊〉 Our Subiects from preſuming to conioyne with them, but alſo did publiſh a Proclamation to the Epidemicall Aſpect of all in diſſwaſion, from that 〈…〉 Wherefore in this 〈◊〉 We are infinitely ••• ſed, and our royall Clemencie blaſted with the infamous tongue of audacity, for rather a reciprocall ſympathy of thoſe grievances, did concurre in our Princely lenity, then a contradictory antipathy of vindicative reſolution found any entertainment of Tyrannicall habitation in Our commoted Ire. Although many fugitive Delinquents (as Finch and others) eſcaping from Impartiall Juſtice ſuppoſed to find their Aſylum in our realme, yet impute not ſo vicious a connivance in our unſpotted Innocencie, for we will never protect them from impunity. Firſt then the fraternall concatenation of Brotherhood (which by the legitimate bond of Nature We are enjoyned unto) doth foment a ſollicitous Indulgency in Our Princely, minde to concord and co-union, and not to inmate the precipitious demolition or at the leaſt extenuation of each others Crown. Secondly, the ſingular love of our Siſter (which likewiſe by the reſpective injunction of Nature we are induced unto it doth by a ſweet and delicious compulſion injoyne Ile to corroborate, and not to precipitate each others Throne. Laſtly, the Firm League made between us (which by the national Law of Kingdomes we are bound to obſerve) doth propitiouſly inſtigate us to preſerve each others Imperiall Diadems. All theſe unitely concurring together to the plauſible compoſition of mutuall tranquility did reſpectively injoyne us in a reciprocall coaction to declare Our Royall Intents, and indulgent deſires for the flouriſhing proſperity of England. We applaud you for the royall entertainement of our Mother (although We have little cauſe, in regard of her inteſtine Stratagem againſt Us) yet Wee conceive had ſhe continued longer in England, ſhe would have ſuddenly brought the State to a deſtructive ruine: notwithſtanding all the ſiniſter deprecations which we wiſh her, are, that in what Climate ſoever ſhe reſides in, at length ſhe may peaceably conſummate her daies in an happy period. We now involve our intentions to the dangerous affaires of Icland, whoſe barbarous inſolencie We will ſedulouſly endeavour to cohibit in the limited termination of Loyalty and Obedience to you their dread Soveraigne. What I now implore, and deſire more is contained in theſe conciſe ſubſequent Declarations: Firſt, that your Maieſty would be graciouſly pleaſed to expedite and animate your Parliament to deliberate things in a concluſive confirmation, that as they have begun Nobly, they may conclude with more fortunate ſucceſſe to the future ſecurity of the Realme: for procraſtination in State matters doth either diſcourage ſome in the ſame Nation, whoſe imminent grievances, are not eaſied, or at leaſt doth animate forraigne Enemies to perfect any conſpiracie againſt a Kingdome; but a ſudden concluſion doth both create alacrity in the Joyfull mindes of Subiects, and alſo prevent what ſtratageme may be in agitation. Secondly, We deſire that your Parliament would correſpondently accord with your Maieſty without any oppoſition on either ſides, that thus unitely concurring together the waighty affaires of the Kingdome may bee determinated with more facility. Laſtly, what we deſire more, is, that you would expedite your conſultations for the more propirious reliefe of Ireland: And for our ſelfe we royally proteſt, that we will confirme our former reſolution to curbe the Tyrannicall inſolencie of thoſe Rebels, which shall be a ſufficient teſtimony of our indulgent affection to your Maieſties proſperous 〈◊〉 , and the undoubted ſecurity of your 〈…〉 .

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