charged with, and equally liable to the payment of fo much of the fame debts, as the faid lord Lucan, upon ftating accounts with the faid John Brown, fhall certify under his hand, that the effects taken from the faid Brown amount unto; which accompt is to be ftated, and the balance certified by the faid lord Lucan in one and twenty days after the date hereof: FOR the true performance hereof, we have hereunto fet our hands, Prefent, SCRAVENMORE. T. TALMASH. CHAR. PORTER. THO. CONINGSBY. BAR. DE GINCKLE. AND whereas the faid city of Limerick hath been fince, in pursuance of the said articles, furrendered unto us. Now know ye, that we having confidered of the faid articles, are graciously pleased hereby to declare, that we do for us, our heirs, and fucceffors, as far as in us lies, ratify and confirm the fame, and every clause, matter, and thing therein contained. And as to fuch parts thereof, for which an act of parliament fhall be found to be neceffary; we fhall recommend the fame to be made good by parliament, and fhall give our royal affent to any bill or bills that fhall be paffed by our two houses of parliament to that purpose. And whereas it appears unto us, that it was agreed between the parties to the faid articles, that after the words, Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Mayo, or any of them, in the fecond of the faid articles, the words following, viz. “And all fuch as are under their "protection in the faid counties," fhould be inferted, and be part. of the faid articles. Which words having been cafually cafually omitted by the writer, the omiffion was not discovered till after the faid articles were figned, but was taken notice of before the fecond town was furrendered: and that our faid juftices, and general, or one of them, did promise that the faid claufe thould be made good, it being within the intention of the capitulation, and inferted in the foul draught thereof. Our further will and pleasure is, and we do hereby ratify and confirm the faid omitted words, viz." And all fuch as are " under their protection in the faid counties," hereby for us, our heirs and fucceffors, ordaining and declaring, that all and every perfon and perfons therein concerned, fhall and may have, receive, and enjoy the benefit thereof, in fuch and the fame manner, as if the faid words had been inserted in their proper place, in the said fecond article; any omiffion, defect, or mistake in the faid fecond article, in any wife notwithstanding. Provided always, and our will and pleasure is, that thefe our letters patents 1hall be enrolled in our court of Chancery in our faid kingdom of Ireland, within the fpace of one year next enfuing. In witnefs, &c. witnefs our felf at Westminster, the twenty-fourth day of February, anno regni regis & reginæ quarto. Nos autem tenorem premiffor. predict. Ad requifitionem attornat. general. domini regis & dominæ reginæ pro regno Hiberniæ. Duximus exemplificand. per prefentes. In cujus rei teftimonium has literas noftras fieri fecimus patentes. Teftibus nobis ipfis apud Weftmon. quinto die Aprilis annoq. regni eorum quarto. Examinat. ( S. KECK. per nos BRIDGE S. ? In Cancel. LACON WM. CHILDE. J Magiftros. No. X. OF THE IRISH BRIGADES. WISD WISDOM and courage are congenial to the Irish nation, and we rejoice that the time is come when Irishmen are permitted to ferve in the army of their own king. Our statesmen and warriors will no longer be obliged to fly their native land, and all their dearest connexions, to affift the councils, and fight the battles of other countries. "Long were the glories of Ierne loft, "Her deeds of Greatness, and of ancient Boast ! With Greece and Rome her learned name enroll'd! By rigid edicts hoftile camps to grace; "Compell'd unwilling Victories to gain, "Or doom'd to perish in a foreign plain ! But now does juftice every right reftore, "And ftrengthen claims great Nature form'd before: Freedom and Loyalty,--by Wisdom join'd, LORD M Y. THE garrifon of Limerick made a glorious struggle in defence of their religion and liberty, even the women gave proofs of valour, which cannot be equaled in hiftory. After the capitulation in 1691, nineteen thousand and fifty nine of the Irish troops, officers included, embarked for France. These troops were regimented in Ireland, and afterwards reformed in France, fo that Colonels became Captains, &c. The regiments of O'Neal, O'Donnell, Mac S s Donnell, 2 Donnell, Maguire, Mac Mahon, Magennis, were incorporated, fo was that of O'Reily; and in 1695 all the Irish troops, were reduced to twelve regiments, as follows: I. HORSE, II. Ditto. The King's Regiment, Six Captains, fix Lieutenants and The Queen's regiment, Rene Kearney, Lieut. Colonél. III. The King's Regiment, DRAGOONS, Sarsfield, Lord Kilmallock, Col. Terence O'Carrol, (Godson to IV. Ditto. the Marthal) Lieut. Colonel. Five Captains, fourteen Lieute- The Queen's Regiment, Lord Clare, Colonel, Alexander Barnwell, Lieut. Col. Five Captains, fourteen Lieute- V. The King's Regiment of Guards, INFANTRY, Wm. Dorrington, Colonel, Oliver O'Gara, Lieut. Colonel, John VI. John Ruth, Major, Twelve Captains, twenty eight The Queen's Regiment, INFANTRY. Simon Lutterel, Colonel, VII. Ditto. Francis Wachamp, Lieut. Col. Twelve Captains, twenty-eight The Regiment of Marine, VIII. Ditto. Regiment of Limerick, IX. Ditto. Sir John Fitz Gerald, Colonel, Twelve Captains, twenty-eight Regiment of Charlemont, Gordon Hugh Mac Mahon, Lieut. Col. |