"A DECLARATION of the Names of Persons who were appointed Collectors and Receivers...

As I am required to declare the names of such persons as were appointed cessors, collectors, receivers, and persuaders by the fathers of the Romish Church in the county of Kerry, for levying monies for the maintenance of Recusants in England, -- First, Sir Rickarde O'Connell, vicar general, of the co. Kerry, by the advice and direction of David Kearney, titular Archbishop of Cashell, by the provision of the Pope, the persuasion of the Jesuits, and Thomas McDonogh Craghe, titular Bishop of Ardert, appointed Sir Edmond Brenaghe, parish priest, by the provision of the Pope, in the Barony of Evraght, collector, to take the money levied upon every "suwake" of a yeoman or under that degree the sum of two shillings ster., and 5s. of every gentleman, and we are sure that this money is so taken in the said barony; for the persuading of which tax there was a sermon made by Sir Riccarde O'Connell in Moyvane within the said barony about Whitsuntide last.

2. The said Sir Rickarde O'Connell has appointed Sir Owen O'Duhiggee, papist priest, collector in one half of the Barony of Clanmorishe, to levy the tax of 2s. ster. and 5s. ster. as aforesaid, and the same tax he has received of all the inhabitants according as it was allotted unto every of them by the said reverend father Sir Rickarde O'Connell.

3. The said Sir Rickarde O'Connell has appointed Sir Morris O'Coutey, papist priest, receiver in the other half of Clanmorishe, to take the same tax above specified, and the said Morris O'Coutey has two plowlands in mortgage for forty pounds from Tho. Lo. Baron of Lixsnawe, and two hundred pounds of the said Morris's money, which he sent to be kept unto one of his neighbours houses, by name Edmond Starke otherwise Edmond Meagh, whose house was burned, and the money in two several bags was saved, and all the vestments were burnt that the said Morris had for mass.

4. By persuasion of the said titular Archbishop used in a sermon of his in the friary of Urildighe in Desmond, about Whitsuntide last, the knights of the shire were chosen throughout all Mounster, and specially by his direction and by the Jesuits it was ordained that no Protestant should be elected or chosen knights of the shire or burgesses. The said David Kearny in his sermon did nominate Donell O'Swillevane and Stephen Rice to be knights of the shire for Kerry, and they were chosen accordingly, and so in other places.

5. The said Sir Rickarde O'Connell came in company of five priests unto every barony within the said county of Kerry, to exhort and preach publicly that every Papist was bound upon pain of excommunication major to pay the said tax, and not to choose any Protestant knight of the shire or burgess, and wrote a letter in especial unto every of the lords, esquires, and gentlemen of the said county unto whom he had no access, that they should upon pain of the above sentence condescend unto the said precept, or never seek any favour from the Church of Rome, besides what private charge the said titular Archbishop and his consort Tho. McDonogh gave them when they were taking the tax money. And further they have left to each and every person that would pay the said tax a certain indulgence and remission of so many sins.

My Lo. Barry brought with him in his company a chaplain of his being a Dominican Friar, named John McDavid Cormocke, to Dublin in the time of the Parliament, to be ruled and advised by him what to say and how to answer, and so have all the Lords done who went to the Parliament. Every of them brought his priest with him.

My Lo. Barry and my Lo. Roche are the chief seminarists to relieve, maintain, and countenance priests, seminaries, and Jesuits now in Mounster.

Jesuits and priests are now as bold as ever they were within the liberty of the Earl of Ormonde, and preach publicly, and for the most part the titular Archbishop of Cashell makes his residence at Carrigge, and they go very boldly without any fear in every place.

My Lady Onora FitzGerald is never without some of the fathers of Rome and priests, and she gives the Romish Church a yearly stipend for the livings she holds and enjoys, by the said fathers permission and consent.

The White Knight's late wife likewise receives the Jesuits and seminaries, and is very seldom without them.

Indulgences and graces granted by our Lord and Holy Father Paul the Fifth of that name, to crosses, medals, and images hallowed by him at the request of the most excellent Lord Duke de Feria, Ambassador for his Catholic Majesty at Rome, the 29th of May 1613.

1. First, his Holiness granted to all such that should carry any of the aforesaid holy things, or saying his prayers before any of these holy images, saying the Office of our Lady, or of The Dead, or the seven Penitent Psalms, or the third part of the Rosary Psalter, shall obtain all the indulgences and graces, as if he had visited all the churches within and without Rome.

2. So many times as he confesses and receives the holy Sacrament, praying God for his Holiness, for the exaltation of our Mother the Holy Catholic Church, and for the extermination of our heresies, he shall gain plenary indulgence.

3. Also, he shall participate all church sacrifices, prayers, fastings, and all other spiritual works of all religious men as if he had been a member of them, praying God for the conservation of all religious orders.

4. So many times as he has examined his conscience with grief for his sins, and with a purpose to confess them, he shall gain the third part of his sins.

5. So often as he passes by any image, either of our Saviour or of our Lady, or any other Saint, making reverence, commending him to God, he shall gain 200 days of remission of his sins.

6. As often as he hears mass, or preaching, or fasts, or makes any other work of mercy, he shall gain 200 days indulgence, and that offering for every soul in purgatory shall double it.

7. As often as he shall say one Pater Noster and Ave Maria, or the psalms, Dum Omnes Gentes, or De Profundis, or Magnificat after his prayers, he shall gain all the defects or wants committed in hearing mass or saying his prayers, either bound upon him by devotion or obligation.

8. By saying in the article of death (Jesus) either by word of mouth or the heart, he shall gain plenary indulgence in form of jubilee.

9. As often as he visits every church or any particular oratory saying there Pater Noster and Aves in the honour of the most Holy Trinity, praying God for the extirpation of heresies, for the exaltation of our Mother the Holy Catholic Church, and for increasing peace betwixt all Catholic princes, and for his Holiness he shall gain all the indulgences of the stations at Rome that day, and by saying one De Profundis may apply the aforesaid to any soul in purgatory.

10. Whosoever by carrying any of the aforesaid holy things, giving good example, admonition, or in any way being causer that you shouldst omit to commit one sin or continue in any other wicked resolution, he shall obtain the third part of his sins.

11. As often after confessing and receiving the holy sacrament of the altar, saying seven times the Salve Regina with the verses and orations, or not knowing the orations, one Ave Maria for the exaltation of our Mother the Holy Catholic Church, he shall gain plenary indulgence.

12. Finally, as often as after receiving or saying mass, he says one Pater Noster and Ave Maria, he shall deliver one soul out of purgatory.

His Holiness granted that all the aforesaid graces might be applied to the dead in purgatory; and to obtain this it is sufficient that one shall have some of the aforesaid holy things, and if it happen that any of them should break or be lost it is lawful to take the like in its stead for one time only and no more.

Papal Indulgences.

Indulgences granted by the Holy Father Paul the Fifth to crosses, medals, &c., at the instance and request of the Rt. Reverend Father in God, Lord Paul Raggett, Doctor of Divinity, and Abbot of St. Mary's of Dublin, Dwyskt, Dronbrody, and Gerpont, Vicar-General of the Sacred Order of Cisteveians, in the Kingdoms of Ireland, England, and Scotland.

His Holiness has granted to any that carries any of the said holy things, or shall pray before any of them, the indulgences and graces following:

First, as often as he shall say five Pater Nosters and as many Aves in reverence of the five wounds of our Saviour, and pray for the exaltation of the Church, extirpation of heresy, and for his Holiness, being confessed and communicated, he shall gain plenary indulgence, and so forward to the same or like effect as in the former Bull.

There was a dispensation brought over from the Pope by the Friar Tho. FitzGeralde unto all Ireland, that they may lawfully forswear themselves, in all matters moved unto them by the Protestants equivocal; viz., so that interna mente secus opinentur; and this dispensation was brought over by the said Friar twelve months ago under the Pope's broad seal which John Drea saw and read.

These Bulls were brought over in English and printed in Rome of purpose for this kingdom.

Signed: John O'Dea, Donough O'Dea.

This is copied as it was indited by the parties themselves, and I will amend neither the letter nor the phrase thereof, lest the truth of this matter might be suspected.--Lau. Parsons.

A true copy, Lau. Parsons.