160 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1646-7. 



but likewise against all others, who shall oppose the 

 Pope s treaty and your measures for the good of the 

 Catholic Religion, and the service of the King my mas 

 ter, to supply your Lordship with 

 200,000 crowns, 

 10,000 arms for foot, 

 2,000 cases of pistols, 



800 barrels of powder, 

 and 30 or 40 ships well provided, over 

 which your Lordship shall name an Admiral. For I 

 esteem your cause to be the cause of God, and of the 

 King my master, in whose name I make all the conces 

 sions agreed upon between your Lordship and me ; 

 and am therefore ready, if your Lordship pleases, to 

 confirm this my resolution before the most holy sacra 

 ment. In the mean time I subscribe my name, and 

 affix my seal, this 19th day of February, 1646. 



u GLAMORGAN.&quot; 



The Earl, in conformity with the power granted him 

 on the 1st of April, by the King, agreed with the 

 Nuncio to create, at his recommendation, one Earl, two 

 Viscounts, and three Barons, hoping thereby to gratify 

 the Irish. 



But previously, on his arrival in Waterfbrd, he wrote 

 to the King: 87 13 - 



&quot; MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY, 



u I am now at Waterford, providing shipping 

 immediately to transport 6000 foot ; and 4000 more 

 are by May to follow them. I hope these will yet 

 come opportunely to the relief of Chester. What hath 

 been the occasion of so long delays, and yet suffers 



87 Rushworth, Part IV. vol. I. p. 249. 13 Birch, Inq p. 184. 



