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Show ~deratio1u, touching the Plantations, in Ireland. and the lik~ ~ So as:> there can be found, no FoundatiQn, ma·d" . upon Matter ofPleafore~ otherwi~e, _then that the very Drfre of Novelt)·,~nd Experiment,t_n [orne Jitrrmg Nature!, mJy work 1cmewhat; And therefore, It IS the other two Pomte, of Honoltr, and rrofit whereupon we are wholly to refi. Fo~ Honour, or Co11ntenance, if I fball mention to your ~JajPjly> whether, in ~if dome, you {hall think convenient, the better ro exprdie your Affection to the Enterprife, and for a Pledge there of. to ad de the Ear/dome of Vl.fter~ te the Princes Title1; I fhal1, b~t learn it, out of the practice, of Ki1tg Edward the Firfi; Who firft ufed the like courfe, as a mean, the better to refirain, the · countrey of Wales: And, I take it, the Prince of spain, hath the Addition of a Province, in the Kingdome of N.tples; And other rrejiduzts: I think, there are, and it is like3to put more life, and Encouragement, into the Vnderta/zers. . . Alfo confidering the large Territories,wht.ch are to be Plan,ted, it is ndt unlike, your Majefty wi11 think, of railing fome Nobility there; which,if it be done meerly=>upon new T_itl~s, of Dignity, having no manner of Reference to the Old;· And If It be done al( 0 without putting, to many Portions, into one Hand; And Iatlly~ if it be done, witbout any great Frtmchifu,or commandr; [do not fee 3ny Perill, can enfue thereof: As,on the other fide:>it may draw f~me Perfons, of great Eflate, andMeftn.r.) into the A. ction, to the great Furtherance, and Supply, of the charges thereof. And laft1y, tor Knighthood, to fuch Perfons, as have .~ot attained it; Or otherwife, Knighthood) with fome new Difference, and Precedence; It may, no doubt, work with Many • .And if any Man think, , that thefe Things, which I propound, are .Aliqteid nimi.r) for the Proportion, of this Allion; I confeffe, plamly that if your JVJajefty, will have it,really,a~d effeCtually, perfo'rmed s My Opinion-is, you can~ot befiow too much S1mjhine upon it. For Lun£ Radiis non maturefcit Eotru.r. Thus much for Honour. For Profit, it will confifi in Three parts: · Firfi~ the Eajie Rates) that your Majefty, fhall _be pleafcd, to give, the Vndertfl/zers of the L,and, they fhall receive. Secondly, the Libcrtie.r, which you may be pleafed, to confer upon them. When I fpeak of Liberties, I m~an not, ~ibe~ties of. Jurifdit1ion; As Co~tnties palatine, or the hke; (which Jt · feemeth, hath been the Errour, of the ancient D6nations, and Plantations, in that Country;) But I mean, only Libertiu, tending to Commodity: As Liberty, to tranfport, any of the Commodities, grow·ngupon the Co11ntry, new Planted; Liberty to Import, from hence, all Things, appertaining to their neceffary ufe, C1ifion:e free; Liberty, to take Timber, or other Md.teriall.r, in yonr ll-fa)e- . ierPVoods, th~re, and the like. · . The Third is , Eafe of charge ; That the whole Majfe' of Charge, ------~~------------------~~-------------------------~-------- Co,fiderationJ, touching the Plantation, in Ireland. ch.zrge, doth not refr, upo.q. the Private Purfe, of the U~er-takers. · For the Two Former of thefe, I will p:tfs them over; becau fe in that Project, which with gc>ad diligence, and providence: hath been prefented_ ro your "'!aJ.efty, by your diiniflers uf that Kingdome, they are, In my Opmton, well handled. For the Third, I will never defpaire, but that the Parliament ofEn_gland, if it may p~rce~ve, ~hat ~his AfJion, is not a I'!:ifh, bu; a Solid, and Setled purjutt, Will gt ve a1d, to a ff7orf<t, fo Relig1our fo :olitique, :1nd fo rrojitable. And t~e Difrribution of Charge,' (if tt be obfcrved,) faJleth, naturally, I~ to Three Kindes of chrlrge; And every, of thofe ~hrlrge!, refpechvely, ought to have, his proper_ Fo~ntain, and Tj]uc. For as~ there proceedeth, £om your Majeflus Royall Bounty, and Munificence, the Gift of the Land, And the other. Materiall.r; Together with the Endowment of Libertie.r; And as the Ckarge, which is P.riva:e; As B1~ilding of HOJ(es,Stcc~fng of GrouNds, Vtt11ta!l, and the ltke, IS to reft upon the rarticular Vn· derta/zen; So whatfoever is rublick_e; As Building of ch~t-rches~ Wa.ll~ng ofTownes) Town-Houfes, Bridges, Calvfies, or High-waye.r,and the hke; Ought not, fo .properly, to lye ~ron particuhr f'erfofls, but to come, from the Publicize Ejiate,of £hzs,Kingdom; To which this Work, is like to return, fo great an Addition, of Glory: Strength, and Commodity. For the ProjefJ it felf1 I fball need to fpeak the lelfe, in re&ard it is fo COJ?fiderately digefied alrettdy, !or the County of Tyrone; f'.nd Th~ref?re, my Labour fhall b~, ~ut m thofe Things, whereIn, I !hall etther Adde to, or D1fient from, that which is fet dow~; Which ~i!l include_, Five Points, or A~tic!e:r. Firfi,they mention a ComnJij}ton, forthts Plantation; Which, of all Thrngs is mofi necefHuy,both to Direll,and Appeaje, Contr6verjie: and th~ like. · ' To _this I adde Two Propojitio~:ts.. The one, that which,per. haps, IS meant, ~ho~gh not expre!Ied; That dl.e Commijfioners, fhould, for certain ttmer, reGde, and abide, in fome Habitable Town, of Ireland, near in D ifiance, to the Country where the Plantation iball be; To the end; Both that they ~ay be more at Hand, for the Execution of lhe Parts, of their Comntijfion; And wi'thall, it is like, by_ dra_wing of Concourfe of People, and Trades Men, to fuch Towne~, 1t Will be fome HQ1p, and Commodity, to the Vnderta}zers, for Things, they (hall fbnd in need of. And likewife, it will be a more fafe place of R.eceit, and Score wherein to Unlade,and Depofite, fuch l?rovifions, as are after t~ be em played. · The· Second is, that your MajeflyJ would make a CorrefPon .. dency, between the Commijfion there, and a CounceU of Plantation here. Wherein I warrant, my felf, by the Prejident, of the lik~ c_oTmcel!, o~Plantatiop,_ for Virginia; An enterprife, in my OpiniOn, dtffer.mg as mpch frow, this, as Amadis de Gaule,differs from· · <:£jars |