Friday August 24.
One Somner having much abused the Lord Gen by counter feiting
his hand and Seal to severall Papers; his Excellence hath
therefore ordered, That wheras the Seal formerly used to seal Passes
Protections was his Crest with the Motto of his Name onely, that
and now the Passes, Protections &c. shall be sealed with his Coat of
Armes at large, And whosoever shall apprehend the said Somner,
and deliver him to the Marshall Generall of the Army shall have
ten pounds for his paines; And whereas the many Country-men
complain of the taking of free Quarter since the date of the Act
prohibiting the same, it there be any person that by sufficient Certificate
shall make the same knowne to the Judge Advocate of the
Army at the Head-quarters, there shall forthwith a Court-Martial
be had, and the party agrieved receive reparations.
A Letter was this day read from Sir Charles Coote acquainting
the House, that his Brother Collonel Coote had concluded a peace
with Owen Oneale for the preservation of the Garrison of London
Derry and the Parliaments Interests in those parts; The Commons
approved of the fidelity; care and vigilance of Sir Charles
coote in preserving the English Interests & that good store of provision
and Ammunition should be sent unto him. They also voted,
That a Copy of their Declaration upon Collonel Monks joyning
with Owen Roe Oneale should be sent unto him, And that the
Councell of State should take care for the safe and speedy sending of
these Votes unto him. It was ordered that Mr King who brought
the Letter should have one hundred pounds bestowed upon him for
his good services; And whereas something was mentioned in the
Letter of Sir Charles Coote in relation to Captain Kesar, It was
ordered that the Councell of state should examine the businesse and
send for & secure the person of captain Kesar if they shall find cause.
It was this day resolved on, and the House of Commons assembled in Parliament
do declare, That all such English and Scots, and all others that have ingaged
for the Parliament of England, in the Nation of Ireland, and have revolted
from that service; And likewise all such as shall adhere unto charles stuart, eldest
Son to the late King in that Nation are Traytors, and shall have their Estates
confiscated, and their persons proceeded against by Martiall law. It was
ordered that this Declaration should be printed, and a Copy thereof sent to the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
It was this day-ordered, That there he no further proceedings at Goldsmiths
Hall Concerning the Composition of the Earl of Derby, because the said Earl of
Derby doth keep the Isle of Man in opposition to the Parliament of England.