THe Lords and Commons in Parliament having taken in­to their serious Consideration the sad condition of the Realm of Ireland, and of what ill consequence the losse of that Kingdome would be to this, both in respect of Religion and otherwise; have lately by their Declaration of the sixtéene of Iune one thousand six hun­dred forty thrée, in particulars set forth and declared unto the world the extreame wants and necessities thereof; And finding many wel-affected persons both Adventu­rers for Lands in Ireland, and others, very ready and willing to apply themselves by all good meanes for to bring that great good worke unto perfection. And forasmuch as the subscriptions upon the severall acts of Parliament heretofore made this Session doe not in­gage a third part of the Land designed to be applied to that worke by those Acts, and the times in them limi­ted for under-writing being elapsed, and to make up what was wanting in the former subscriptions, as for to raise considerable summes of money for main­tenance of the Armies there on foote, and reliefe of [Page 2] the poore distressed Protestants there, the reducing of those Rebels to their obedience and setling of the state of that Government in peace againe, Have now Or­dained and declared, That whatsoever person and persons, Corporations, and Bodyes Politique, which at any time or times heretofore have subscribed, and p [...]yd in any summe or summes of mony, for an Adven­ture of Lands of the said rebels Lands in Ireland for­feited and to be forfeited, and confiscate, according to all and every, or any the Act and Acts of Parliament as aforesaid, therefore made and enacted upon the late Or­dinance of Parliament of the thirtieth of Ianuary, one thousand six hundred forty two, made for new loanes and contributions, for the reliefe of Ireland, And that shall now againe subscribe and pay in to Mr. Iames Bunce, Mr. Thomas Foote, Mr. Iohn Kendricke, of London Aldermen, and to Samuel Avery Esquire, Trea­surers appointed for that service, or their Assignes, so much money as shall amount unto a full fourth part of such summe and summes of money, as they or any of them have formerly subscribed and paid in upon any the said former Acts and Ordinance, in manner and forme following, viz. One third part thereof within ten daies next after they shall so subscribe, the said fourth part one other third part within one moneth then next ensu­ing, and the other third part thereof within two moneths then next and immediately following, so as the whole adventure is to be payd in within thrée moneths; And the said summe or summes of money now to be thus un­derwritten and paid in to the Treasurers aforesaid, as aforesaid, being added to and reckoned up together with the said summe and summes of money which they have so formerly underwritten and paid in upon the said Acts [Page 3] and Ordinance or upon both or either of them shall have a double proportion of Lands for the whole, twice so much Land as he or they were formerly to have had, by and according to the said Acts or Ordinance, and Irish measure, viz. every Acre thereof to consist of eight score Pearches or Poles, and every Pearch or Pole to consist of one and twenty foote; And under the same rents and services, conditions, limitations and provisions, and in as large and b [...]n [...]ficiall manner and forme, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as in and by the said Acts of Parliament and Ordinance aforesaid is limitted and expressed; And the Acquittance and Acquittances under the hands of the said treasurers, or any two of them, shall be sufficient and effectuall to enable the said sub­scribers, and every of them, their heires or assignes, to demand, have, and enjoy, the full fruit and benefit of their said subscriptions, and shall be a good and sufficient discharge for the receipt of all and every such other payments, summe and summes of money, as shall be made and brought in by and upon any other Propositi­ons, wayes, or meanes, for the reliefe or maintenance of the said Army.

And if any such person or persons, Corporations, or bodies politique, who have thus formerly adventured, for Lands in Ireland, and shall underwrite, and pay in any more or other summe or summes of money then the fourth part of his former adventure shall amount unto; or if any other person or persons as well of the Eng­lish, Scottish, or Dutch Nation, under the government of the Lords and States of the united Provinces, that shall now de novo subscribe and pay in any summe or summes of money, for Lands, of the Rebels Lands, for­feited and to be forfeited as aforesaid, shall have a like [Page 4] double proportion of Lands for the same, to be assigned and set out unto him and them in manner and forme in all things, as the Adventurers aforesaid, in the immediate foregoing Proposition are to have theirs.

And the said Lords and Commons, for the further content and satisfaction of the said Adventurers, have also ordained and declared, and doe hereby ordaine and declate, That an Act and Acts of Parliament shall here­after passe both in England and Ireland, to make all the Lands and Tenements of the said Rebels forfeited and to be forfeited, as aforesaid, or wherein they or their Ancestors, by themselves, their Tenants, and Assignes, have been in the actuall seisin and possession, as the very Freeholders and Inheritors, or reputed Freeholders and Inheritors thereof, for the space of sixty yeers before this Rebellion brake out there, being upon the three and twentieth of October, one thousand six hundred fourty one, alike liable to the Subscriptions and Plantations of the said Adventurers in every of the four Provinces, of Leinster, Munster, Ulster, and Connaught respective­ly without exception, and to bar His Majestie, His Heirs and Successors, from all Right, Title, Claim, and Demand whatsoever, of and into the same, any Pardon or Pardons granted or to be granted to the said Rebels; or any of them, either before or after Con­viction or Attainder in any manner or sort whatsoever to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

And to give incouragement unto those who are Mer­chants and live on Trades, for to adventure consider­able sums of Money for Houses and Lands of the Re­bels forfeited and to be forfeited there; and for to in­troduce a better Trade and Manufacture of the native Commodities of that Kingdome, when, by the blessing of [Page 5] God, that War shall come to be ended, and for the better propagation of Religion, and abolishing of Po­pery and Superstition out of that Land, and civilizing of that Kingdom, the said Lords and Commons have set out the City and Corporation of Lim [...]rick, with the Island of Enishcattery, and the Fishings of the River there, and twelve thousand Acres of confiscated and pro­fitable lands, medow and pasture, lying next contigu­ous and adjacent to the said City round about, lying and being in the Province of Munster, with Woods, Bogs and barren mountains cast in to bee hereafter granted and conveyed to such Person and Persons as aforesaid, their Heirs and Assignes, as shall now ad­venture and disburse money for the same at the rate and valuation hereafter mentioned, viz. That shall disburse the sum of thirty thousand pounds currant money of England for the same, and paying the sum of six hun­dred and twenty five pounds yeerly rent to the Crown: And have ordained and set out the City and Corpora­tion of Waterford, l [...]ing and being in the said Pro­vince of Munster, with fifteene thousand Actes of like forfeited and profitable lands, medow and pasture, Bogs, Woods, and barren mountains to be likewise cast in, and lying contiguous and adjacent to the said City, to be hereafter granted and conveyed to such per­son and p [...]rsons as aforesaid, their Heirs and Assigns, as shall now adventure and disburse the sum of thirty thousand pounds, and pay the like yeerely rent of sixe hundred and twenty five pounds unto the Crown for the same. And have ordained and set out the Towne and Corporation of Galloway, lying and being in the Province of Connaught, with ten thousand Actes of [Page 6] like forfeited profitable land, medow and pasture, with woods, Bogs, and barren mountains, to be cast in and to lie contiguous and adjacent to the said Towne and Corporation, to be in like manner granted and convey­ed to such person and persons as aforesaid, their Heires and Assigns, as shall now adventure & disburse the sum of twenty five thousand pounds for the same, & pay the yeerely rent of five hundred and twenty pounds to the Crown for the same. And have ordained and set out the Town and Corporation of Wexford, lying and being in the Province of Leinster, with six thousand Actes of like escheated profitable lands, medow and pasture, with woods, bogs, and barren mountains, to be cast in and to lie adjacent and contiguous to the said Towne and Corporation, and to be likewise granted to such person and persons as aforesaid, their Heirs and Assignes, as shall now adventure and disburse the summe of seven thousand five hundred pounds for the same, and pay the yeerly rent and fee-farme of one hundred fifty sixe pounds foure shillings and foure pence to the Crowne for the same, and all and every the same respectively to be holden of his Majestie in free and common Soc­cage, as of his Castle of Dublyn in the said Realm, and and every of them to be incorporated again de novo, and to have such Liberties, Freedomes, and Immunities granted unto them, and every of them respectively, as are now granted to the City of Bristol in this Realm by any Charter and Charters whatsoever, and such other Priviledges and Immunities as be contained and in­tended to the said Adventurers for Lands in Ireland, in the Acts of Parliament aforesaid, for subscriptions for Lands in that Realm.

And it is further Ordained and Declared by Authority aforesaid, That in case the respective sums whereat the said Cities, Townes, Lands, and premises last mentioned aforesaid, are respectively valued and apprized, shall not be wholly under-written for, yet then and in such case all and every such under-writer and under-writers, as shall subscribe any sum or sums of money, for to have any part or parcell thereof, shall have granted and conveied unto him, his heires, and Assignes, such and so much in pro­portion thereof, as his and their Adventure and Adven­tures shall severally and respectively amount unto, accor­ding to the said respective valuations to be set out unto him and them, by indifferent Commissioners by the Lords and Commons, to be therefore, hereafter named & appoynted.

And the said Lords and Commons doe further Ordaine & Declare, for a more cleere and full Plantation of the said Cities, Townes, and Corporations, That all Chantry Lands, & Lands, and Tenements, given unto superstitious uses, for maintenance of Popish Priests, and Idolatrous Masses, Drentalls, Diriges, and the like; And all Lands and Tenements given for maintenance of Lazors, and Lazarous people, and concealed in possession and Occu­pation of such who are now or hereafter shall be Rebels, & have beene by their Ancestors enjoyed by many descents, and which shall not become forfeited by this Rebellion, shall be cast into the Purchase and Purchases of the said Cities and Townes respectively as parcell thereof, & shall by Act & Acts of Parliament hereafter to passe in England & Ireland, be made as subject & lyable to the said Planta­tion; And for satisfying of the said Adventurers, their sub­scriptions as any other the said Rebells Lands forfeited and to be forfeited and Confiscate therein whatsoever, And al the Adventurers Estates in whatsoever their Ad­ventures [Page 8] for Lands & Tenements herein formerly ment­ioned, shalbe in like manner hereafter secured unto them & confirmed by Act and Acts of Parliament, to passe both in England and Ireland, for the same end and purpose as a­foresaid.

And it is further Ordained and Declared, by authority aforesaid, That all and every such person & persons as a­foresaid, who have or shall under-write any sum or sums of money upon the said Propositions for any the Cities, Townes and Corporations aforesaid and have formerly adventured & subscribed, or shall underwrite and subscribe for Lands in the Kingdome at large, shalbe accommoda­ted to have all his said Lands, set out unto him as neere unto those Cities, Townes and Corporations aforesaid, for which he shall so subscribe, as may be provided alwayes, that no person or persons shalbe admitted to subscribe up­on, or for any of the said Cities, Townes and Corpo­rations, for a smaller sum then Twenty Pounds.

And it is further Ordained and Declared by Authority aforesaid, that all and every Officers and Commanders, in all or any the Brittish Armies in Ireland, that shall and doe continue in the said Service, and within six moneths next after the day of the date of this Ordinance, shall sub­scribe al or any part of such sum and sums of mony, as now is, or shall grow due and owing unto him and them, or any of them, for his and their pay and entertainment, the same subscriptions to be either taken and received, here in such way as is formerly directed for other Adventurers, or by and before the severall Committee and Committees to be hereafter chosen & imployed by the House of Commons, and this Committee into the severall Provinces of that Kingdome, for the better managing of that War, the same subscriptions to be taken & Recorded, by them the said [Page 9] Committees respectively in their respective Provinces into which they shall be sent and imployed, to be afterwards returned by both Houses of Parliament, shall have and injoy such proportion & proportions of Lands or of Cities, Townes & Corporations, for the sum and sums of money to be subscribed, and in manner and forme in all things as other the Adventurers herein aforesaid, are for to have theirs granted and set out unto them by and according to the limitation of this present Ordinance.

And the said Lords and Commons doe further Ordaine and Declare, that it shall and may be lawfull, to, and for the said Adventurers, and every of t [...]em, now at the time of their subscri [...]ing for Lands againe as afore­said, or within one moneth afterwards, to make his and their respective choice and Election, in which of the foure Provinces aforesaid, he or they desire to have, his and their Adventure and Adventures of Lands to lye, And the said Treasurers receiving the same, declared under his & their hand & hands in writing in a Book as a Record thereof for that purpose to be kept, shall have the same set out unto him and them, his and their heires and Assignes, in such Pro­vince accordingly if it may be: Provided that such choice and setting forth as aforesaid do not prejudice the first Ad­ventures, whose lots shall fall in any of those Provinces.

And it is further Ordained and Declared by Authority aforesaid, that all and every such Monies, Wares, Goods, Commodities, Armes, or Ammunition, which either now are, or which at any time hereafter shall be, either lent or given by the English or Dutch Protestant Churches, and Classes in Holland, Zealand, and other parts and places beyond the Seas, to whom this businesse and affaire for the Reliefe of Ireland hath beene already or shall hereafter be recommended, shall be brought into the Treasury afore­said, [Page 10] or otherwise be ordered and disposed of by the said Committee for the service aforesaid, in manner and sort as other the monie by them to be received, is herein declared and appoynted to be imployed.

And it is further Ordained and Declared by Authoritie aforesaid that the Committee of the House of Commons and Adventurers in London aforesaid, or any eight or more of them, shall and may by such Agents and Ministers as they shall therefore intrust and imploy, to Communicate this Affaire into whatsoever other parts & places of this Kingdome, as they shall think fit for taking subscriptions & receiving of money according to the severall propositions aforesaid & according to all and every such other propositi­ons as for the service aforesaid, shal hereafter by both Hou­ses of Parliament, be made and Ordained; and that the said Committee, or any eight or more of them shal & may re­ward with fit rewards & salaries, all such as they shal & do thus imploy, for the better proceeding in & carrying on the said worke, & to make, doe & perform, whatsoever other matters & things shall conduce and be necessary for the bet­ter proceeding of the businesse as they the said Committee or any eight or more of them shall from tune to time order & appoynt being always ready to give an accompt of their proceedings to both Houses of Parliament, when they shall be thereunto required.