A LETTER SENT To His Majesty, From the Lords Justices, and Council in IRELAND, April 23. 1642. Concerning His Majesty's Resolution to go into Ireland. LONDON: Printed by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty: And by the Assigns of JOHN BILL. MDCXLII. 23. April. 1642. ❧ The Copy of a Letter sent to His Majesty, by the Lords Justices, and Council in Ireland. May it please Your most Excellent Majesty, BY Your Majesty's gracious Letters of the thirteenth of this Month, and a Copy of Your Majesty's Message sent lately to Your Parliament in Your Kingdom of England, (both which came to the hands of us Your Justices, on the eighteenth of this Month) we observe that Your Majesty (out of a just sense of the great miseries and afflictions of Your distressed Subjects in this Your Kingdom of Ireland, occasioned by the inhuman cruelties of the Rebels here; And out of Your tender and gracious care of Your good Subjects on this side, hath firmly resolved (by the assistance of Almighty God) with all possible speed to make a Journey hither, in Your own Royal person, for the full and final suppressing of this Rebellion. Those Letters and Message we Your Majesty's Justices then immediately communicated with the Council, as we always do all matters of Importance concerning Your Majesty's Services; And caused the Copy sent us of Your Message to Your Parliament in England to be Printed here; so to make known here Your Majesty's gracious purpose, as You commanded us. And we all jointly do humbly beseech your Majesty to give us leave to cast ourselves at your Majesty's feet, and (with the Duty and Loyalty of faithful Subjects) most humbly and thankfully to acknowledge to Your Sacred Majesty, as well Your continued Grace and Goodness, upon all occasions expressed to this Your Kingdom, and all Your Subjects therein; and amongst them, even those wretched Rebels themselves heretofore, when they stood in the condition of good Subjects, though they want the gratitude to be sensible of it; as particularly, this high addition of Your Majesty's gracious favour to us, in not sparing the pains, or hazard even of Your own Royal Person, for the suppressing of this hideous Rebellion, and punishment of these ungrateful and treacherous Rebels, who are thus unnaturally risen in Arms against Your Majesty, Expressed such unparallelled hatred and detestation against Your Government and Nation, Spilt (unprovoked) the blood of so many thousands of Your faithful and innocent Subjects, Destroyed the Estates of all the British and Protestants in the Kingdom, And (which is above all) as appears by several examinations, and many other concurring Circumstances here, notwithstanding all their false and feigned Pretences to disguise their wicked and traitorous purposes, aimed finally at no less (which we tremble to write, and cannot think without horror and astonishment at their Impiety) then even to deprive You of Your Royal Crown and Dignity, and to place over them some of themselves, or some Foreign Prince, and so altogether to shake off the English Government. Wherefore we cannot but rejoice (even in the midst of our present Calamities) to hear Your Majesty's Princely purpose to take just vengeance on them, for vindicating your Honour, revenging the blood and destruction of so many of Your faithful Subjects, and securing the fu●ure Safety of Your Crowns and Kingdoms. And as we do thus joyfully apprehend the happiness we are to enjoy by those your Majesty's Royal purposes, so we hold it agreeable with the duty of us Your loyal Subjects and faithful Servants, whom You have advanced to the Honour to serve You as Counsellors to You in this Your Kingdom, humbly to represent to Your Majesty upon this occasion the present estate of Your affairs here, and the condition wherein this Kingdom stands, which we have done by our Letters now sent to Master Secretary Nicholas, to be made known to your Majesty, that so your Majesty understanding them, may on that side provide for supplying our defects here, and rendering safety to Your own Royal Person against these bloody Rebels, as your Majesty in Your Excellent judgement shall think fit; whereby You may (to the comfort of Your good Subjects, and terror of Your Enemies) appear in this Kingdom, in that Majesty which is suitable to the Greatness and Wisdom of so Mighty a King as God hath appointed You, whom we pray God to Bless and Prosper with length of days, and a happy and blessed Government over this and all other Your Kingdoms and Dominions, to the Glory of God, the Honour of your Majesty, and the Joy and Comfort of all Your Subjects, and amongst them of us, From Your Majesty's Castle of Dublin, 23. April 1642. Your Majesty's most loyal and most faithful Subjects and Servants. Subscribed by Sir William Parson's Sir Jo. Borlase Justices. E. of Ormond Ossory. Lord Ro. Digby. Sir Th' Rotherham. Sir Jo. Temple. Sir Fra. Willoughby. E. of Roscomon. Lord Cham Lambert. Sir Ad. Loftus. Sir Ja. Ware. Sir G. Wentworth. Sir Rob. Meredith. FINIS.