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or any of them, or any others, that the Roman Catholic 

 Clergy of the said kingdom should and might from 

 thenceforth for ever hold and enjoy all, and every such 

 lands, tenements, tithes, hereditaments whatsoever by 

 them respectively enjoyed within this kingdom, or by 

 them possessed at any time since the 23rd of October, 

 1641, and all other such lands, tenements, tithes, and 

 hereditaments belonging to the Clergy within this king 

 dom, other than such as are now actually enjoyed by all 

 his Majesty s Protestant Clergy ; or did your Lordship 

 make any grant, conclusion, or agreement to the like 

 effect.&quot; 



Answer. &quot; He refers as before, but conceives the 

 Articles are not obligatory to his Majesty (to which he 

 afterwards desired might be added these w r ords, and 

 yet without any just blemish of my honour, my honesty, or 

 my conscience.&quot;} 



5. &quot; Did the said Richard Lord Viscount Mountgarret 

 and the rest of the persons above named, or any of them, 

 or any others agree with your Lordship on the behalf 

 of the Confederate Roman Catholics of Ireland, that two 

 parts in three parts to be divided of all the said lands, 

 tithes, and hereditaments whatsoever mentioned in the 

 precedent question, shall for three years next ensuing 

 the feast of Easter, which shall be A. D. 1646, be disposed 

 of and converted for and to the use of his Majesty s 

 forces, employed or to be employed in his service ; and 

 the other third part to the use of the said Clergy re 

 spectively ; and so the like disposition to be renewed 

 from three years to three years by the said Clergy during 

 the wars ? Or, did your Lordship make any agreement 

 to that or the like effect ?&quot; 



Answer. &quot; Refers to the Counterpart.&quot; 



6. u Did your Lordship agree for and in the behalf 

 of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, that the Lord 



