Articles of Peace,

Made, concluded, accorded and agreed upon, by and between His Excellency JAMES Lord Marquefs of ORMOND, Lord Lieutenant General, and General of His Majefties Kingdom of Ireland, for, and on the behalf of His Moft Excellent Majefty, by Virtue of the Authority wherewith the faid Lord Lieutenant is intrusted, on the one Part: And the General Affembly of the Roman Catholics of the faid Kingdom, for, and on the behalf of His Majefties Roman Catholic Subjects of the fame, on the other Part.

IS Majefties Roman Catholic Subjects, as thereunto bound by Allegiance, Duty, and Nature, do most humbly and freely acknowledg and Recognize their Soveraign Lord King Charles to be lawful and undoubted King of this Kingdom of Ireland, and other His Highness's Realms and Dominions: And His Majefties Said Roman Catholic Subjects, apprehending with a deep fenfe the fad Condition whereunto His Majefty is reduced, as a further Testimony of their Loyalty, do declare, that they and their Pofterity for ever, to the utmost of their Power, even to the Expence of their Blood and Fortunes, will maintain and uphold His Majesty, His Heirs and lawful Succeffors, their Rights, Prerogatives, Government and Authority, and thereunto freely and heartily will render all due Obedience.

Of which faithful and Loyal Recognition and Declaration fo feasonably made by the faid Roman Catholics,

His Majefty is graciously pleas'd to accept, and accordingly to own them His loyal and dutiful Subjects: And is further graciously pleas'd to extend unto them the following Graces and Securities.

I.

MPRIMIS, It is concluded, accorded and agreed upon, by and between the said Lord Lieutenant, for, and on the behalf of His

Moft Excellent Majesty, and the said General Affembly, for, and on the behalf of the faid Roman Catholic Subjects; and His Majefty is graciously pleas'd, That it shall be enacted by ACT to be paffed in the next Parliament to be held in this Kingdom, that all and every the Profeffors of the Roman Catholic Religion within the faid Kingdom, shall be free and exempt from all Mulcts, Penalties, Restraints and Inhibitions, that are or may be impos'd upon them by any Law, Statute, Ufage or Cuftom whatsoever, for, or concerning, the free exercise of the Roman Catholic Religion: And that it fhall be likewife Enacted, that the faid Roman Catholics or any of them, shall not be question'd or molested in their Perfons, Goods or Eftates, for any Matter or Cause whatsoever, for, concerning, or by reason of the free Exercise of their Religion, by Virtue of any Power, Authority, Statute, Law or Ufage whatsoever: And that it fhall be further Enacted, that no Roman Catholic in this Kingdom fhall be compelled to exercise any Religion, Form of Devotion, or Divine Service, other then fuch as fhall be agreeable to their Confcience; and that they shall not be prejudiced or molested in their Perfons, Goods or Eftates for not obferving, ufing or hearing the Book of CommonPrayer, or any other Form of Devotion or Divine Service by Virtue of any Colour or Statute made in the fecond year of Queen Elizabeth, or by Virtue or

Colour of any other Law, Declaration of Law, Statute, Custom, or Usage whatsoever, made or declared, or to be made or declared: And that it shall be further Enacted, that the Profeffors of the Roman Catholic Religion, or any of them, be not bound or obliged to take the Oath commonly call'd the Oath of Supremacy expreffed in the Statute of 2 Elizabeth, c. 1. or in any other Statute or Statutes: And that the faid Oath fhall not be tendered unto them, and that the Refufal of the faid Oath fhall not redound to the Prejudice of them, or any of them, they taking the Oath of Allegiance in hæc verba, viz. I Ă. B. Do hereby acknowledg, profefs, teftify and declare in my ConScience, before God and the World, that our Soveraign Lord King CHARLES is Lawful and Rightful King of this Realm, and of other his Majefties Dominions and Countries; and I will bear Faith and true Allegiance to His Majefty, and His Heirs and Succeffors, and Him and them will defend to the uttermost of my power against all Confpiracies and Attempts whatsoever which shall be made against His or their Crown and Dignity; and do my best endeavour to disclose and make known to His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, or to the Lord Deputy, or other His Majefties Chief Governour or Governours for the time being, all Treafon or traiterous ConSpiracies which I shall know or hear to be intended against His Majefty, or any of them: and I do make this Recognition and Acknowledgment, heartily, willingly and truly, upon the true Faith of a Chriftian; fo help me God, &c. Nevertheless, the said Lord Lieutenant doth not hereby intend that any thing in these Conceffions contain'd fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend to the granting of Churches, Church-Livings, or the exercife of Jurifdiction, the Authority of the faid Lord Lieutenant not extending fo far; yet the faid Lord Lieutenant is authoriz'd to give the faid Roman Catholics full Affurance, as hereby the said Lord Lieu

tenant doth give unto the faid Roman Catholics full Affurance, that they or any of them shall not be molested in the Poffeffion which they have at present of the Churches and Church-Livings, or of the Exercife of their respective Jurifdictions, as they now exercise the fame, until fuch time as His Majesty upon a full Confideration of the Defires of the faid Roman Catholics in a free Parliament to be held in this Kingdom shall declare His further Pleasure.

II. Item, It is concluded, accorded and agreed upon by and between the faid Parties, and His Majesty is further graciously pleas'd that a free Parliament shall be held in this Kingdom within fix Months after the Date of these Articles of PEACE, or as foon after as Thomas Lord Viscount Dillon of Coftologh Lord Prefident of Connaght, Donnogh Lord Viscount Muskerry, Francis Lord Baron of Athunry, Alexander Mac Donnel Esquire, Sir Lucas Dillon Knight, Sir Nicholas Plunket Knight, Sir Richard Barnwall Baronet, Jeffery Brown, Donnogh O Callaghan, Tyrlah O Neile, Miles Reily and Gerrald Fennell, Efquires, or the major part of them will defire the fame, fo that by poffibility it may be held; and that in the mean time, and until the Articles of these Presents, agreed to be pafs'd in Parlament be accordingly pass'd, the same shall be inviolably obferv'd as to the Matters therein contain❜d, as if they were enacted in Parliament: And that in cafe a Parliament be not call'd and held in this Kingdom within two years next after the Date of these Articles of Peace, then His Majefties Lord Lieutenant, or other His Majefties chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdom for the time being, will at the request of the faid Thomas Lord Viscount Dillon of Coftologh Lord Prefident of Connaght, Donnogh Lord Viscount Muskerry, Francis Lord Baron of Athunry, Alexander Mac Donnel Efquire, Sir Lucas Dillon Knight, Sir Nicholas Plunket Knight, Sir Ri

chard Barnwall, Baronet, Jeffery Brown, Dennogh O Callaghan, Tyrlah O Neile, Miles Reily and Gerrald Fennell, Efquires, or the major part of them, call a General Affembly of the Lords and Commons of this Kingdom, to attend upon the faid Lord Lieutenant or other His Majefties chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdom for the time being, in some convenient Place, for the better fettling of the Affairs of the Kingdom. And it is further concluded, accorded, and agreed by and between the said Parties, that all Matters that by these Articles are agreed upon to be pafs'd in Parliament, fhall be tranfmitted into ENGLAND, according to the ufual Form, to be pafs'd in the faid Parliament, and that the said A&ts fo agreed upon, and fo to be pafs'd, fhall receive no Disjunction or Alteration here or in England; provided that nothing fhall be concluded by both or either of the faid Houfes of Parliament, which may bring prejudice to any of His Majefties Proteftant Party, or their Adherents, or to his Majefties Roman Catholic Subjects, or their Adherents, other then fuch things as upon this Treaty are concluded to be done, or fuch things as may be proper for the Committee of Privileges of either or both Houses, to take Cognizance of, as in fuch Cafes heretofore hath been accustom'd, and other then fuch Matters as His Majesty will be graciously pleas'd to declare His further pleasure in, to be pafs'd in Parliament for the Satiffaction of his Subjects, and other then such things as shall be propounded to either or both Houses by his Majefties Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdom for the time being, during the faid Parliament, for the Advancement of his Majesties Service, and the Peace of the Kingdom; which Claufe is to admit no Conftruction which may trench upon the Articles of Peace or any of them; and that both Houses of Parliament may confider