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Show 6 .A Letter, of A dl'ice, to the Earl of_~~,_&_c. _ very well come>, of an Apprehenfion, in c~fe he .iliould receive hardmeafure; And not out of Treachery. So as, lfthegreat Per[ on, you write of, ~e faithfull; And that you have no: hear?, [on'le prefent lntelllgence, of prefent Suc~our~, fr01n Spam; ( for the Expe&ation whereof, Tyrone would w1n n~e; ) I ~ee no d~ep Caufe, ofDifirufting, this Courfe of Treaty, 1f the mam Condz.ttons n1ay be good. For her. MajeR-y fce1neth to me, to be a Wmner thereby, 3· wayes; Fu~, her Purfe fhall have {orne R~fi: Next, it will divert, the Fo~e1n Dejign_es, upon the Place : Thlr~ly, though her Majefty, be hke, for a t1111e, to govern bu.t precarz.o, · in the North ; And be not, (as to a true Command,) 111 better frate there, than before ; yet, befides the two refpecl:s, of ~afe of Charge, and Advantage of Opini<?n_, abroa~, bef?re 1n~n~1oned, fue{hallhavea time, to ufehcrPnncely pollcy, 1112. pomts to weaken theln. The one, by Divifion, and Difunion, of the · Heads; The other, by Reco_vering,and ~inni~g che People, from them, by Juftice; wbic?, of all ~ther Cour~es, 1s the beH:. . Now for the e.Atheman ~eflton; you d1fcourfe well~ Q.utd igitur agendum eft ~ I will {hoot my F?ols Bolt, fince you w1ll have it fo. The Earl of Ormond, to be 1~1couraged, a1~d comforted. Above all Things, the G;zrri[ons t? be mfi:antly provided for. For opportunity maketh a Theef: And 1fhe {hould. tnean never fo ~~11 now ; yet fuch an Advantage, as the Breakmg, of her MaJe~tes Garrifons, might tempt a true Man. . .. And becaufe, he 1nay as welL waver,_uponhts o~n Incon!l:anc~, as upon Occafion ; ( And w~nton Vanableneffe, 1s never re~ra1- ned but by Fear · ) I hold lt neceffi1ry, he be menaced, wtth a ftro;g warr: Not by words, but by Muffers, and preparations of Forces here in cafe the Accord proceed not : But none to be fent ove:, left it difiurb the Treaty, and 1nakc him look to be over-run, as foon as he hath laid away Anns. And but. that yo~r Lordfhip, is too eafie, t? paff(! in fuc~ Cafes, from D1ffir!mlau?n, t_o Verity; I think, 1f your Lordfhtf"lent your Reputation, m tlus 1 C afe; That is, To pretc:nd,tha t IfPea~e go not on, and the Queen r mean w 1nake, not J. Defenji1ie warr, as 111 umes pafr, but a fuU Reconque( t of thofe parts, of the Countr~y, you ~vou~d acc_ept the Charge; I think, it would help, to fettle Tyrone_,m h1s feekmg Ac-cord, and win you, a great deal of lfonour,f_r~tu. . . ... And that, which n1ofl: properly concerns, this Achon, 1t 1t prove a Peace ; I think, her MaJefiy fhall doe w~l~, to cure the Root of the D if cafe · And ro Profdlc, by a Commijfzon., of Peaceable Men, of Ref peel, and Countenance, a Reformation of Abufes, Extortions, and Injuftices there; And to plant, a fironger, .and furer Government, than heretofore, for the Eafe, and Prote6ho~1, of the Subjefl. For the Removint of the Swor~, or_ Government. m Arms,from the Earl of Ormond; Or the fendmg of a Deputy, ( wluch will ecclipfc it,) if Peace follow, I think it unfeafonable. . LafHy, ~----~----------·----------------------------------- A Letter of Advice, to my Lo,rd ofElfex, . \ _ 7_ Lafily, I hold ftill my Opinion, (both for your better Info rmation, and the fuller Declarari0n, G>f your Care, in Medling, in this ur~ent, and D?eriting Service,) That ~our Lordfhip, have a fet Conjerenc e) wuh the perfons, I named, m my former Letter. --------------------------------·------- .d Letter of ~dvice, to my Lord oE Etfex, immediately, before his going into Ireland. My ftgular good L01 d, · · · your late Note of my Silence, in your Occafions, hath nJadc n1c fet down, thefe few wandring Lines, as one that would fay fomewhat ~ and can fay nothing, touching· your Lora'fhips intc~ nde~ cha!!/ for Jreland.; Which my Endeavour, I know, your Lord[btp w1ll accept graClO?~Y; whether· your Lordfhip take it,by the Handle of Occafion.? mm1i1red from your Self· or of the At:. fe&ion, from which it proceeds. ' ~our Lordfhip, is de fig ned to a Str'Vice~ of g.reat Merit, anJ. great Pert! ·: And as the Greatncfs of the Ptrtl> muft needs include a like proportion of Merit: So the Greatneffe of the Merit1 may include, no fmall C_onfequence of Peril, if it be not temperately governed. For all Immoderate Sucuff-e, extinguifheth Alerit and ftirreth up, Dift~(t, and Envy; The affured Forerunners, of ~hole C~a!ges o~ Pertl. But I am .at the lafi point firft; Some good Sptnts ~ea~1~g my Penn, to pr~fage, to your Lordfhip, fucceife·: Where1n, lt 1s true,~ ~m not Without tny Or acid, and Divinations; ~on~ of them Superftttto~, and yet.not all Natural. For firft, look~ ng Into the C~urfe ofGods Prov~den'Ce, in Things now dependmg; And calh~1g to confiderauon, how oreat things aod hath do?e, by her M~ltffy,_ and for her : I colleCl:; ~e hath difpofed, of th1s great Defe8s~n, 1n Ireland, thereby, to give an urgent occafion, to the B.eduFlto'!, ?f that whole Kingdom ; As upon the .RebeDion of Defmond, there miued, the ReduFlion of that whole Province Ne~t, y0ur Lordfhip. gocth againfi, three of the unluckiefr vices, of all oth~rs ; Dtjtoyalty, IngraJitude, and Infolency : Which three Offences, 1n all Examplts, have feldom their Doom, adjourn'd co the world to come. La~ly? he that fhall have had the Honour, to know your Lordfhtp, mwardly, as I ha.v~ ha~, fhall find Bona Exta, whereby he Ina y beet~~ · ground, a D 1v mauon of Good,than upon th.e Dij]'e8ion, of a Sacrifice. But that part I leave : For it is fit for others, to be t?n~dent upon the caufe; The Goodneffe, and Jufiice, whereof, 1s fu~~' as can hardly be tnatched, in any Example ; It being no AmbtttOU-4 H'arr, againfi Forretners, but a Recovery of SubjeEls • And that , after Lenity of Comlitionr, often tryed ; And a Re~ cooery of them, not one!y to Obedience , but to Humanity , and I B b b Polic01 '.) |