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Show Con6derations, touching the QEeens Serl1ice, in Ireland. Ab(urdity. But if it feem any Error in n1e, thus,~o in~romit my felf· I pray your Honour, belceve, I ever loved he~ Ma1effy, and the 'State, and now love your sdf ; ~n....i there iS neve.r any vehement Love, without fome Abfurduy; As the Spamard well r. D .r. · l" Cale"'tttra So ddinncrb your Honours pardon, 1a yes ; eJ ~arto con .. '" • I evet·contmue. Conftderations, touching the Qyeens Ser1Jice1 - in I R E L AN o. co ' T:We Redu&ion,QfthatCountry, as w~ll to ~ivility,and J~fiice, as to Obedience, and Peace, ( whKh t~mgs, a.s Affaus now . fi:and, I hold to be Jnfeparable, ) ~onfifleth in 4· Pomts. 1 1. TheExtinguifhing, of the Reltcks, of the warr. 2 .. The Reco1/ery, of the Jlearu, of the People. 3. The Remo"L·ing, of t~e .Root,., and Occajions, of new Troubles. ·4. Plantations, and Butldmgs. . . For the firfi : Concerning the Places~ and Ti~nes, and Pa~t~cu- , larities, offurrher Pro[ecution, i~1 ~a6l:, I ~eaveu,.to.the~p1111011, of MenofVVarr; 09ely the Dliliculty lS, t<? dlfhnguifh, and difcern, the Propojitions, which (hall be, accordmg to the Ends, ?f the state here; ( That is, final, \and fum~ary, towards the Extzr-ation, of the Troubles; ) Fr01n thofe, whKh though d:ey pretend ~ublick Ends, yet may referr, ind~ed, to the more Pnyate, and ·Compendious Ends, of the Council there~ o~ the partiCular Governers, or Captains. But {!ill, (as! ~ouched1~~y Le~ter,) I doe 'think, much Letting Bloud, In Declinattone Morht, 1s aga1nft Method .of Cure; And that it will, but enduce Neceffity, and exafper~te · D~fpair. And, perca[e, difcovcr the Hollowneffe of that~ wh1ch is done already, which now blazeth to th~ be~ fhow. l ·or Iag· lia' s, and Profcriptions, of 2. or 3 .of the pnnClpal Rebel~, they are, no doubt, Jure Gentium, lawfull; In It~~' ufually prachced, upon the Banditi · Befi: in feafon, where a Side goeth down: And may do ood, in' two Kinds; Theone, if they take Effect ; The other, in t~e Diftruft, which may follow,among.a the Rebells themfelves. But of all other points, to my Underfi:anctmg, the mo~ Effedual is, the well Expreffing, or Impre~ng, the De/igno~t~us State, up ·on that 1nif<;rable, and-defolate, Krngdom ; Contammg the fame, between thefc two Lifts, or Boundanes : The ope, that the Quem, fe'eketh not, an Extirpation of that People, but a Redu8ion; And that now, {be hath chafi:ifed them, by her Royal Power, ~ndArms, according to theN eceffity of the Oc~afion.; Her Ma1~#y, taketh no plea[ure, in EJJ'ujion of Bloud,or.Dt[pl~ntmg of .Au_ncten~ Ge(Jera· .tions. The other, that her Ma1e#zes Pnn~ely Care, 1s, pnnClpally and intentionally, bent, upon the .A Elton of Ireland: And that ' ilie Confiderations,touching the Q1teens ~erllice, ;, Ireland. ihe fecketh not, fo much, the Eafe of Charge, as the Roya/ performance, of the Office of ProteCtion, and Reclaim, of thofe her SubjeCts:. And, in a word, that the.Cafe is altered fofar, as may fiand, wtth the Honour, of the Tune pall:. And again, I doe repeat, that ifher Majefties Dejign be, ex Prof1Jo, to Reduce Rebells to Obedicnce,it makes weakndfe turn chriflianity; and Conditions Graces: And fo hath a Finendfe, in Turning Utility, upon ·Point of Honour; which is agreeable, to th~ Humor, of thefe Times. And befides, if her Ma;effy, fhall fuddainly abate, the Lifts of their Forces, and iliall doc nothing to countervail it, in point of Reputation, of a Politick Proceeding, I doubt_, Thing~ may, too foon fall back, into the fiate they were in. Next to this. Adding Reputation to the Caufe~ by rmprinting an Opinion, of her Mt.j'effies Care, an:iimention, upon this At! ion, is the Taking away, ofReputation, fi·om the Contrary fide, by Cutting off, the 0 pinion, and Reputation, ofForein Succours; To wh1ch purpofe, this Enterprife of Algiers, (if it hold according ro the Advertifement~.~nd if it be not wrapped up, in the Period of ~his Su.QJmer,) feemeth; to b~ an Opportunity, 'cttlit'Us dimij]a. And to the fame purpofe, nothmg can be more fit, than a Treaty, or a Shadow, of a Treaty, of a Pea-ce, witb Spain; which,mcrhinks, ihould be in our Power to fallen, at leafi: Rumore tenus, to the 'Deluding; of as wife People, as the Irifh. Laftly,for this point; That wh1ch the Auncients called, Poteff~ fatla, redeundi ad Sanitatem ; And, whkh is but a Mockery , when the Enemy is ftrong, or proud, but Effe6l:ual in his Declination; That is; A liberal Proclamation, of Grace, and Pardon, to fuch as {hall fub~it,and come in within a time prefixed; And of fonie other Reward , to fuch, as iliall bring others in; That one's Sword, may be iliatpned by anothers; Is a Matter of good Experiencej and noyv , I think, will come in time. And percafe, though I wifh the Exclufions, of fuch a pardon, exceeding few; yet it will not be fafe, to continue fomeof them,in their Strength; But to tranfiate them, and their Generations, into England : And give t11em Recom. pence, and SatisfaCtion here, fot their Poffeffions there; As the King of Spain did, by divers Families, of Portuial. To the EffeCting, of all the points, afore[ aid ; And likewi e, thofe which fall, wuhin the Divifions following, nothing can be in priority, ( eitherofTime, or Matter,) better, than tpe fending of f01ne Com .. mi.fion, of Countenance, Ad Res infpiciendaJ, & tomponendtU: For it will be a very fignifica~t' Demoni1ration, of her Maie~ies Care, of that Kingdom ; A Credence,to any, that fhall come in, and fubmit; A Bndle: to any, that {hall hav~ their Fortunes there, ~d fhall apply, their P ropofitions, to pnvate Ends ; And an E Vidence, that her Ma;ejiy, after Arms laid down, fpeedily purfueth, a Politick Courfe, with0ut Neglect, or Refpiration: And it hath .been the Wifdom of the beft Examples of Government. C c c z Towards |