8. That ye deputy gen’ll and comission’rs of parliam’t have power to declare, That such person or persons as they shall judge capeable of ye parliam’ts mercie (not being comprehended in any of ye former qualifications) who have borne armes against the Parliam’t of England or their forces, and have layd downe armes, or within eight & twenty dayes after publicacon hereof by ye deputy gen’ll of Ireland and ye Comissioners for ye parliam’t, shall lay downe armes & submit to ye power & authoritie of ye said parliam’t & com’wealth as ye same is now established, (by promising & ingaging to be true to ye same) shal be pardoned for their liues, but shall forfeit their estates, to the said comonwealth to be disposed of as followeth (viz.) Two third partes thereof (in three equall partes to bee diuided) for the vse benefitt & aduantage of ye said ComOnwealth, and ye other third parte of the said respective states, or other lands to ye proporcon or value thereof) to bee assigned in such places in Ireland as the parliam’t in order to ye more effectual settlement of the peace of the Nation shall thinke fitt to appoint for that purpose (bee enioyed by ye said persons their heires or assigns respectively) provided, That in case the deputy gen’ll Comission’rs or either of them, shall see cause to give any shorter time than twenty-eight dayes, vnto any person or persons in armes, or any Guarrison, Castle, or Forte, in hostilitie against the Parliam’t & shall giue notice to such person or persons in armes or in any Guarrison, Castle or Forte, That all and every such person & persons who shall not wthin such time as shal be sett downe in such notice surrender such Guarrison, Castle, or Forte to ye parliam’t, and lay downe armes, shall haue noe advantage of ye time formerly limited in this Qualificacon.
9. That all and every person & persons who have recided in Ireland at any time from the first day of October 1641, to ye first of March 1650, and haue not beene in actuall service of ye parliam’t at any time from ye first of August 1649, to the said first of March 1650, or have not otherwise manifested their constant good affections to the interest of ye Comonwealth of England (the said Persons not being comprehended in any of the former Qualificacons) shall