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Show ConjiderationJ, tfJuching the Plantation, in Ireland. \ the continuance: So in Kingdonts, the ~rll: Foundation, or Plantati- ~ on, is of more Noble Dignity, an~ .Ment > th~~-all that followeth. of which Foundations, there betng but two Kmds; The firft that maketh One of More; And. the Second'· that maketh !> . On~ of None; The Latter, tefembhng, the Creatzon of th~ Wor!d, wbtch was De Nihilo ~cl9lf!id; And the former, the Edtficatton f the Ch~rch which wa$ de MHltiplici ad Simplex~ vel ad unum: It hath plea fed ~the Divifte Providence, i~ fin gular Favour to _YOU! J.lajefly , to put, both thefe Kinds ofFoundations,or Regcne~at~ons,~nto your Hand; The one, in the Vnion, of the Ifland,of Erzta1n; 1 he other, in the rlantatien: of Great and Noble Par.ts, of the Ifla'!d, of Ireland: Which Enterprifes, being once happlly accomphfhe~; Th~nth: it which was uttered, by One of the Bell: Orato1tr.r, tn one of the Worft verfes; 0 fortunatam na~am me Cenfi$/e R~m~m: May ~e/ar more truly, and properly, apphed to your MaJefttes Act: !\ata1JJ. te Rege Britanniam; Nat am f.libern~am. Fo~ He fpake, unproper .. ly, of Deliverance, and Prefervauon; But,.tn thefe Atl:s .of yours, it may be verified, more naturally. Fo! tndeed, Vnz~ns> and plantationJ are the very Nativities, or Bzrth· DaJes of Kmgdomes. Wherein, likewife, JOUr Maje.fty hath yet a_Fortune ext!~ord inary, and Diff-"'ring, from former ~xample.s, tn the fame I\ tnd. For moll: Part ofVnion.r~and Plantatzqns,of Ktng_dams,have ~een !oun· ded in the Fjfujon of Blaud; But your Ma;efty fi1all butld, tn sol~ puro" 6"- in .&rea pur a that lhall need no Sacrifices Expiatory, for Blo~a;-And therefo;e.(nodoubt,)undera Higher, and more Affured Blejfing. Wherefore, as I adventured, when I was 1effe kn o~n, and 1 fie particularly bound, to your Maje.fty, then fince, by your undeferved Fa~our, I have.been, to write fomew hat touching the Vnion; whtch your Ma;efty was pleafed to accept; And whichfince, I have., to my po~er, feconded by my Travels; Not onely, in vifcourfe > b~t 1n .Aflton: So I am, the~eby, enc.ou~ raged, to do the lik~,tonchmg thts Matter ofPlantat10n~ I:J opt~g, that your Maje.fty, w11l, throu~h the weaknefs of my Ab1hty, dif· cern the ftrength of my Affecbon; And the Honefr, and fer~ent, Defire I have to fee your Majefties Perf on, Name, and Tunes, Bleffed and Exalted> above thofe,· of your RoyallProgeni ours. 1 And ~as, the rather, invited this to do, by the Rc.mernb~ance, that when the Lord chief)u:flice, deceafed, Popha~, ferved 10th; place> wherein I now ferve; And after~ards, tn t.he Atturney ; Place, he laboured greatly, in the laft Pr?Jefr? touchmg the Pla~· tation of Munfler. Which nevertheleffe, as tt feemeth, hath given more light, by the Errours thereof, what t<1 Avoyd; Then, by the Diretiionofthe fame, what to Follow. Firfrtherefore I will fpeak fotnewhat, of the Excellency of the Work; And then, of the Means to comp~fs, and effect it. For the Excellency of the Worl{> I will divide it, into four Noble, and Worthy, Confequences, that will follow thereupon. The Firft of the four is Honour; w hereofl have fpoken enough alrea- ' dy, _ Co11(zderation.t, toutbing the Plantation~ bt Ireland. - - - --- - - '-~-- dy~ ~ere it not, that the Harp of Ireland, puts me in mind of lhat f!lonous .. rmb!eme, or Allegory, wherein the wifdome ~f Antiqull y, dtd .figure, and iliad ow out, works of this Nature. For t~e roet1 fe~gned, that orp~eus by the vertue, and f weetneffe, of hts H.trp, dtd call, and ailemble, the Beafls, and Birds of their Nature,. wild, a.nd fava,~e, to. fiand about lJim, as in~ Theater:, F~rgectmg ~l~e1r. Affetbons, ofF iercecenefs :~ of Lufr , and of P.rey; rand hftenmg to.the ~l!nes, and HJrmonies, of the Harp: _and foon after, c~led ltkewile the Sto~tes) and the Woods toremove~ 1 and ftand 1n order about him : which Fable, was' anci- _ ently mterp-retcd, of the Reducing, and Pltmtation, of Kingdomr w.hen P~ople of B~~·barolts. A-fanners, ~re brought, to give over,and dtfcont1~1ue~ th~u Cujioliu > of R.evengr, and Blood, and of diffolute .Lt fe, a n~ of 1 heft, and of Rapine; And to give Ear, to t~e Wifdome 0 1 La~ves, al'!d Governmeltts, whereupon, imme· d.Iate}y followet~, the Callmg of Stones, fo~ Building-, and Ha~ lta tion; and of Trees, for the feats of Houfes, Orchards, and Enclofu res, und the like. This Work, therefore, of all other mofi Memorable and Ho~our~ble, yottr Mttjrfly hath now in H.1nd ; fpecially if your ~1t~ejfy )Oyn, _t?e Plarp. of D.tvid, in cafl:ing (ltl t , the E~ill Spipt, ?f s~tperjhtwn; \:VIth the Harp of OrpheuJ, in cafring out DefolatTOn, and Earbarifme. The feco~d Confeque~JCe, of this Enterprife, is the Avoiding> of arn· Incon,.J, e1du"e nce, w.h ich commonly attendeth upon H appy . Imes, ar: IS an evtll effect, of a good Cau{e. The Revolu-tiOn of t~ts prefent Age, fecmeth to en cline to Peace, almolt generaJly 1n thefe ~arts; And Y.our Majefli~f, mofi' Chrifiian, and ver! uou~s,3ffecbon s, do promtfe the far~e, m~re fpeciaHy, to thefe your R1ngdom~.r. An effeU:, C?f Peace, In Frunfull Kingdoms, ( W~1ere the Hock of People, r~cetvwg no Crnifitmptio'! > nor Dimim~ t1~n'. by Wdrre, dt'.th continually multipiy, and encreafe;) muft, I ~ th~ end, be a Sur.charf;e, or ove~florv of People, more then t.be Terr1tones can well mntntam; Which, many times, infinua ~ ttng a generall Neceffi ty, a.nd want of Means, into all efiates 3 Doth turn, External! Peace, ln to Internall Troubles and seditions N?"Y what an excellent Diverfion, ot this In~onvenience j; n?mtfl:red, by Gods Prov_idem:e, to your Majefly, in this Pla~ta- · tunz o~ lrel,wd? wherem,. fo many Families, may receive> Suficn~ a tlons, and Fortunes; And the Difcharge of them, a1fo, out of Enc~la~d~ and Scotland, m:1y prevent many Seeds of Future pcrtu:t,,ltwns? So that it is as if a Man were troubled, for the Avot~ance of water, from the place, where he hath built his f-!oufe' And afterwards, lhou1d ad vife with himfelf to cafi thofe ~~l.ters, an~ to turn them, into Fair Pools, or Strea~s, for plea- u;t' provtfton, or .ufe. So fhall your Majefly, in this Work,have 1a ~_uble Commodity; In the Avoidance of People here) and in M4 KJng ufe of them there. L I The |
