arles_ the
Second, in 1660, being common to all good Subjects, were the more
tolerable, _ferre quam sortem patiuntur omnes, nemo recusat_: But now or
never, surely, might his ever loyal, ever faithful _Irish_ Subjects have,
with the most reasonable Assurance, hoped, if not for publick and lasting
Rewards, the common Wages of uncommon Fidelity; at least, for a
Restitution of what had been their own, through Ages immemorial.

Will late Posterity _believe_, that, in Favour of mercenary Adventurers,
who advanced Money to provide for a desperate regicide Army; in Favour of
the Officers of this same Army, whom their Ringleader _Cromwell_, seared
as his Conscience was, indulged with no more than _temporary_ Grants of
the Estates belonging to the King's most faithful Subjects: Will
Posterity, I say, believe, that, in special Favour of such Men, those
_identical Subjects_, the bravest Advocates, as well as the most
affectionate undeviating Friends of the Monarchy and Constitution, were
_for ever_ deprived of their Properties! To remunerate the _others_, the
most _inveterate_ and _implacable_ Enemies of EITHER! _Doing Good for
Evil_ is a Divine Precept, and certainly includes a most sublime Moral;
but _rendering Evil for Good_, is such a Principle as must carry Horror
with it, among savage Nations!

The King of _France_'s immediate Letter, on this Subject, to King
_Charles_ the Second, as it reflects Honour on the Memory of those
illustrious Sufferers, I therefore take Leave to transcribe in this Place.

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_His Most Christian Majesty's Letter to the King of __Great Britain__, in
Favour of the __Roman Catholicks__ of __Ireland__._

"Most High, Most Excellent, and Most Potent Prince, our dear and
well-beloved Brother and Cousin! At the same Time that we have
been told of your Majesty's great Goodness towards your Subjects,
and the Precedent you have given of an extraordinary Clemency, in
granting them your general Amnesty (some few only excepted, of
those whom the Blood of their King, and that of his People, cry
aloud to Heaven for Revenge against). We could not but let your
Majesty know, that we were extremely surprized to hear, that the
_Catholicks_ of _Ireland_ were _excluded_ from that Act of
Oblivion, and, by that Means, put into the Number of the _most
criminal_! This News has so much the more excited our Compassion
towards them, t