Reverend Sirs,  
THeir Majesty's having been pleased a second time to hear the Cry, and to pity the deplorable Case of the poor Protestants of Ireland, by granting another Collection for their Relief. We whose Names are subscribed being Commissioners, among others, appointed to see the Distribution thereof, think it a Duty incumbent upon us, in the first place, to return our hearty Thanks on their behalf, to yourselves and your Congregations, for the liberal Contributions which have been received, by which many Thousands (as the Brief informs you) have been hitherto kept from perishing.  
And lest a new Collection coming so soon after the former, should discourage any who are of Charitable Dispositions, we are desirous to give you some account of these our Brethren and Fellow-Protestants, by which all that are well-disposed, may be provoked to so good a Work.  
There are many of them that were of the best Rank and Quality, that lived in great Plenty, and enjoyed all the Conveniencies of Life, to whom it must be very hard to want Things absolutely necessary for their Support; which yet must inevitably be their Case, without further Help and Assistance, till it shall please God to restore them to their Ruined Habitations, and greatly Impaired Estates.  
And as they were Persons of great Quality, so many of them were Persons of great Liberality to the Necessitous, as appears by the generous Collection they made for the French Protestants when they fled to them for Succour; of which some of us have had a large account; which doth exceedingly strengthen our Argument for their Relief. And even since their Exile, many of those who were able to bring over Supplies with them, have not only refused to partake of the former Charity, but out of their Little have given to their Brethren, resolving (to use their own Expression) to beg together, rather than their Fellow-Sufferers should want whilst they themselves had any thing left.  
We cannot likewise forbear commending their grateful acceptance of such small Allowance as we should have blushed to offer, if their great Numbers had not obliged us to it; An ordinary relief, by which they and their Families might be kept from Want, is all that they desired, being contented with meaner Far now, than their Servants were wont to leave, and give away at their Doors.  
Most of those on whose behalf we entreat you to solicit, are Women and Children of all Ranks; some of them being made Widows, and their Children Fatherless, by the cruel usage of the Irish Papists: Others are every Day and Hour perplexed with Fears, that they shall hear of the Death of their dear Relations, who are left behind in Prisons, or exposed to great Dangers among their Bloody Enemies: And if amidst these Sorrows we should suffer them to want necessary Supports in our Land, where (God be praised) there is Bread enough, and to spare, we should be more cruel to them, than those that would have prevented a linger Death.  
You know the Calamities that have befallen them, were intended for us; the Cloud gathered Blackness over our Heads, but it was the pleasure of God to permit that it should break with a mighty Tempest upon them, which doubtless was for the trial of our Charity, as well as of their Faith and Patience. We cannot forget what a Consternation seized upon many, when the rumour of a small Army of their, and our insulting Enemies, were come among us, we thought ourselves then in some danger of losing all our Possessions; and shall not we give some part of our Substance to them who have suffered the Calamity we feared?  
We know very well, that there are many Complaints at this Time, by which Charity is obstructed; but if those Persons were sensible of the Condition of these our Brethren, and beheld the Tears and dejected Countenances with which some of us are too well acquainted, they would not only commiserate their present Condition, but contrive how they might become most liberal to such Sufferers. We hope therefore you will be very urgent with your People, by such Arguments, and in such way, as to your Wisdom shall seem best; forasmuch as your Charity on this Occasion is but a just Debt of Thankfulness to that God who hath preserved them, and all of us; and that if we give not to these our distressed Brethren, we have little reason to hope that our Tranquillity should be lengthened.  
We likewise entreat you to hasten the Collections, the former Charity being already exhausted; and we are forced to borrow considerable Sums of Money, that these poor Christians might not perish before a new Relief can come to them by the Brief.  
You may be well assured, that your former Charity was impartially distributed, and that the like care will be taken for the future, and a just Account kept of all Receipts and Disbursments, for the view of such as shall desire to inspect the same.  
That the God of Heaven may so direct you in your Application to your People, that you may effectually persuade them to be ready to give, and not weary of well-doing, is the hearty Prayer of,  
SIRS, Your Friends, 

Thomas Pilkington, Mayor.  
Robert Clayton.  
Patiented Ward.  
William Ashurst.  
Thomas Lane.  
William Turner.  
Thomas Firmin.