Temporall, and that no Forreine Prince, Parson, Prelate, State or Potentate, hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction, Power, Superioritie, Preheminence, or Authoritie, Ecclesiasticall or Spirituall within this Realme, and therefore I doe utterly renounce and forsake all Forreine Jurisdictions, Powers, Superioritics and Authorities, and doe promise that from thenceforth I shall beare faith and true Allegiance to the Queen's Highnesse, Her Heirs and Successours, and to my power shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions, Priviledges, Preheminences, and Authorities granted or belonging to the Queen's Highnesse, Her Heirs and Successours, or united and annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of this Realme, so helpe mee God, and by the contents of this Booke."

"And that it may be also enacted, that if any such Archbishop, Bishop, or any other Ecclesiasticall Officer or Minister, or any of the said Temporall Judges, Justicer, or any other Laye Officer or Minister, shall peremptorily or obstinately refuse to take or receive the said Oath, that then he so refusing shall forfeit and lose onely during his life, all and every Ecclesiasticall and Spirituall promotion, benefice and office, and every temporall and laye promotion and office which he hath solye at the time of such refusall made, and that the whole title, interest and incumbencie in everie such promotion, benefice, and other office, as against such person onely so refusing during his life, shall cleerely cease and bee voide, as though the partie so refusing were dead, and that also all and everie such person and persons so refusing to take the said. Óath, shall immediately after such refusall bee from thenceforth, during his life, disabled to retaine or exercise any office or other promotion, which hee at the time of such refusall had joyntly or in common with anie other person or persons, and that all and everie person and persons that at any time hereafter shall bee preferred, promoted or collated to any Archbishopricke, or Bishopricke, or to any other spirituall or ecclesiasticall benefice, promotion, dignitie, office or ministerie, or that shall be by your Highnesse, your Heires or Successours, preferred or promoted to any temporall or laye office, ministerie or service within this Realme, before hee or they shall take upon him or them to receive, use, exercise, supply or occuppie any such Archbishopricke, Bishopricke, promotion, dignitie, ministerie, office or service, shall likewise make, take and receive the said corporall Oath beforementioned upon the Evangelist, before such persons as have or shall have authoritie to admitt any such persons to any such office, ministerie or service, or else before such person or persons as by your Highnesse, your Heyres or Successours, by Commission under the Greate Seale of England, or of this Realme, or by the Lord Deputie, or other Governour or Governours of this Realme for the time being, by Letters Patents to bee made by his or their Warrant, under the Great Seale of this Realme, shall be named, assigned, or appointed to minister the said Oath. And that it may likewise

be further enacted, by authoritie aforesaid, that if any such person or persons as at any time hereafter shall be promoted, preferred, or collated to any such promotion, spirituall or ecclesiasticall benefice, office or ministery, or that by your Highnesse, your Heires or Successours, shall bee promoted or preferred to any temporall or laye office, ministerie or service, shall and doe peremptorily and obstinately refuse to take the same Oath so to him to be offered, that then he or they so refusing, shall presently be judged disabled in the law to receive, take and have the same promotion, spirituall or ecclesiasticall, the same temporall office, ministerie or service, within this Realme, to all intents, constructions and purposes. And that it may bee further enacted, by the authoritie aforesaid, that all and every person and persons temporall, suing liverie or ousterlemaine out of the handes of your Highnesse, your Heires or Successours, before his or their livery or ousterle, maine sued forth and allowed, and every temporall person or persons doing any homage to your Highnesse, your Heires or Successours, or that shall bee received into service with your Highneese, your Heires or Successors shall make, take and receive the said corporall Oath before-mentioned, before the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, or Keeper of the Great Seale for the time being, or before such person or persons as by your Highnesse, your Heires or Successors, or by the Lord Deputie, or other Governour or Governours of this Realme for the time being, by Letters Patents to be made by his or their Warrants, under the Great Seale of this Realme, shall be named and appointed to accept and receive the same, and that also all and every person and persons taking orders, and all and every other person and persons which shall be promoted or preferred to any degree of learning, in any Universitie that hereafter shall bee within this our Realme, before he shall receive or take any such orders, or be preferred to any such degree of learning, shall make, take and receive the said Oathe by this Act set forth and declared as is aforesaid, before his or their Ordinary, Commissary, Chancellor, or Vice Chancellor, or their sufficient Deputies in the said Universitie."

No. 2.

(From Rushworth's Historical Collections, Vol. 1.)

BY the Lord Deputy and Council-Henry Falkland.Whereas We have Instructions from His Majestie concerning the admittance of Natives, being Lawyers, to plead in His Majesty's Courts, taking only the Oath, in the Instruccons mencioned, together with several other Instruccons for the Judges in their Circuits to be observed-an extract whereof for your better information we herewith send you: These are therefore to pray and require you to see them put according to

the tenor of the same. Whereupon you for so doing this shall be your Warrant. jesties Castle, at Dublin, 26 June, 1628.

"EXTRACT:

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"And the Natives of this Kingdom, being Lawyers, and who were heretofore practised there, shall be admitted to prac tise again, and all other Natives of that Nacon that have been or shall be Students at the Inns of Court in England, for the space of 5 years, and shall bring any attestation sufficient to prove the same, are also to be freely admitted by the Judges to practice the Laws, taking only the Oath following:

"I, A. B. do verily and truly acknowledge professe, testify and declare in my conscience, before God and the World, that our Sovereign Lord King Charles, is lawfullie and rightfullie King of this Realme, and of other His Majesty's Dominions and Countries, and I will bear true Faith and Allegiance to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and him and them will defend to the utmost of my power against all Conspiracies and attempts whatsoever, which shall be made against his or their Crown and Dignities, and do my best endevor to disclose and make known unto his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, or to the Lord Deputy or other Governor, for the tyme being, all Treasons and Traiterous Conspiracies, which I shall know or heare to be intended against his Majesty, or any of them, and I doe make this recognicon and acknowledgment hartily, willingly and truly, upon the true Faith of a Christian. So help me God."

"Noe Judges or Commissioners shall bind over any Jurors to any Court whatsoever, unless it be for very apparent suspicion of corruption or partiality."

No. 3.

Extract from "Instructions sent by King Charles I. to the Lord Deputy and Council of Ireland respecting the GRACES, brought over by the Agents in the year 1628."-From Strafford's State Letters, vol. 1, p. 317, folio, Dublin, 1740.

GRACE 15.

The Subjects of that our Realm," (Ireland,)" are to be admitted to sue their Liveries, Ouster-le-maines, and other Grants depending on our Court of Wards, taking only the Oath here. under expressed, and any other Oath to be forborne in that case; and the natives of that kingdom being Lawyers, and who were heretofore practised there, shall be admitted to practise again, and all other natives of that nation, that have been or shall

be Students of the Inns of Court in England for the space of hve years, and shall bring any attestation sufficient to prove the same, are also to be freely admitted to the Judges to practise the Laws, taking the said Oath, viz.

"I, A. B. do truly acknowledge, profess, testify, and des clare in my conscience, before God and the World, that our Sovereign Lord King Charles, is rightful King of this Realm, and of other his Majesty's Dominions and Countries. And I will bear faithful and true Allegiance to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and him and them will defend to the uttermost of my power, against all Conspiracies and attempts whatsoever, which shall be made against his or their Crown and Dignity, and do my best endeavour to disclose and make known unto his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, or to the Lord Deputy or other Governors, for the time being, all Treasons and Traiterous Conspiracies, which I shall know or hear to be intended against his Majesty, or any of them. And I do make this recognition and acknowledgement heartily, willingly and truly, upon the true Faith of a Christian. So help me God."

No. 4.

"The Articles made by the Earl of Glamorgan."

(From Coxe's History of Ireland, Appendix XXVII. Page 111.) "WHEREAS much time hath been spent in meetings and debates betwixt his Excellency James Marquis of Ormond, Lord Lieutenant and General Governor of His Majesty's Kingdom of Ireland, Commissioner to His Most Excellent Majesty, Charles, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. for the treating and concluding of a Peace in the said kingdom with his Majesty's humble and loyal subjects, the Confederate and Roman Catholicks of the said kingdom of Ireland of the one part, and the Right Honourable Donnogh Lord Viscount Muskerry, and other Commissioners deputed and authorized by the said Roman Catholick Confederate Subjects of the other part-and thereupon many difficulties did arise, by occasion whereof sundry matters of great weight and consequence necessarily requisite to be condescended unto by his Majesty's said Commissioners, for the safety of the said Confederate Roman Catholicks, were not hitherto agreed upon, which retarded and doth as yet retard the conclusion of a firm Peace and Settlement in the said Kingdom. And whereas the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Glamorgan is intrusted and authorized by his Most Excellent Majesty, to grant and assure to the said Confederate Catholick Subjects further Grace and Favours, which the said Lord Lieutenant did not as yet in that latitude as they expected grant

unto them; and the said Earl having seriously considered of all matters and due circumstances of the great affairs now in agitation, which is the peace and quiet of the said Kingdom, and the importance thereof, in order to his Majesty's service} and in relation to a Peace and Settlement in his other Kingdoms; and here upon the place having seen the ardent desire of the said Catholicks to assist his Majesty against all that do or shall oppress his Royal Right or Monarchical Government; and having discerned the alacrity and cheerfulness of the said Catholieks to embrace honourable Conditions of Peace, which' may preserve their Religion, and other just Interests. In pursuance therefore of his Majesties authority under his Highness Signature Royal and Signet, bearing date at Oxon the 12th day of March, in the twentieth year of his Reign, granted unto the said Earl of Glamorgan, the tenure whereof is as follows, viz.-Charles Rex. Charles, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To our trusty and right well-beloved Cousin, Edward Earl of Glamorgan, Greeting.

"We reposing great and especial trust and confidence in your approved wisdom and fidelity, do by these (as firmly as under our Great Seal to all intents and purposes,) authorize and give you power to treat and conclude with the Confederate Roman Catholicks in our Kingdom of Ireland, if upon necessity any thing be to be condescended unto, wherein our Lieutenant cannot so well be seen in, as not fit for us at the present publickly to own therefore we charge you to proceed accordingly to this our Warrant with all possible secrecy, and for whatsoever you shall engage yourself upon such valuable considerations, as you in your judgement shall deem fit; We promise on the word of a King and a Christian, to ratify and perform the same that shall be granted by you, and under your hand and seal; the said Confederate Catholicks having by their supplies testified their zeal to our service; and this shall be in each particular to you a sufficient Warrant. Given at our Court, at Oxford, under our Signet and Royal Signature the 12th day of March, in the twentieth year of our Reign, 1644. To our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin, Edward Earl of Glamorgan, It is therefore granted, accorded and agreed, by and between the said Earl of Glamorgan, for and on the behalf of his Most Excellent Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, on the one part, and the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Mountgarret, Lord President of the Supreme Council of the said Confederate Catholicks, the said Donogh Lord Viscount Muskerry, Alexander Mac Donnel and Nicholas Plunket, Esquires, Sir Robert Talbot, Baronet, Dermot O'Brien, John Dillon, Patrick Darcy, and Geffery Browne, Esquires, Commissioners in that behalf appointed by the said Confederate Roman Catholick Subjects of Ireland, for and in the behalf of said Confederate Roman Catholick Subjects of the other part, in manner and form following, (that is to say,):