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             A true representation to the King and people of England how matters were carried on all along in Ireland by the late King James in favor of the Irish papists there from his accession to the crown, to the tenth of April, 1689 / by an impartial eye-witness.
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           A
           True
           Representation
           TO
           THE
           KING
           and
           PEOPLE
           of
           ENGLAND
           ;
           How
           Matters
           were
           carried
           on
           all
           along
           in
           IRELAND
           BY
           THE
           
             Late
             King
             James
          
           ,
           In
           Favour
           of
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           there
           :
           From
           His
           Accession
           to
           the
           CROWN
           ,
           To
           the
           Tenth
           of
           April
           ,
           1689.
           
        
         
           
             By
             an
             Impartial
             Eye-Witness
          
           .
        
         
           LICENS'D
           ,
           Aug.
           16.
           1689.
           
        
         
           
             J.
             Fraser
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           MDCLXXXIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           True
           Representation
           to
           the
           King
           and
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           how
           Matters
           were
           carried
           on
           all
           along
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           by
           the
           Late
           King
           James
           ,
           in
           Favour
           of
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           there
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           TO
           satisfie
           those
           that
           make
           it
           their
           business
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           Protestants
           who
           left
           Ireland
           in
           the
           late
           Calamities
           ;
           the
           following
           Reasons
           are
           briefly
           offered
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           It
           is
           clearly
           evident
           ,
           That
           Ireland
           is
           a
           Kingdom
           depending
           on
           England
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Acts
           passed
           in
           it
           are
           to
           be
           altered
           ,
           amended
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           by
           the
           King
           and
           Council
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           by
           
           Poyning's
           Act
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           may
           more
           fully
           appear
           .
           That
           England
           receiv'd
           K.
           J.
           as
           their
           lawful
           King
           ,
           is
           likewise
           granted
           ;
           and
           that
           Ireland
           intirely
           submitted
           ,
           is
           evident
           :
           And
           here
           I
           will
           not
           enter
           into
           a
           tedious
           discourse
           of
           all
           the
           measures
           taken
           since
           1660
           ,
           to
           subvert
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           Established
           ,
           (
           
             which
             will
             be
             shortly
             at
             large
             set
             forth
             ,
          
           by
           another
           Hand
           ,
           
             to
             the
             full
             satisfaction
             of
             every
             Impartial
             and
             Vnprejudiced
             person
          
           )
           but
           briefly
           and
           truly
           give
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           in
           Ireland
           since
           his
           Accession
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
           It
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           his
           whole
           endeavours
           were
           bent
           to
           introduce
           Popery
           ,
           and
           establish
           it
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           could
           not
           more
           readily
           effect
           it
           ,
           and
           try
           the
           Genius
           of
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           of
           Ireland
           (
           who
           were
           taught
           to
           yield
           him
           Passive
           Obedience
           ,
           by
           the
           easie
           compliance
           of
           some
           of
           their
           Party
           then
           in
           power
           ,
           to
           his
           fierce
           Incroachments
           )
           than
           by
           a
           new
           modelling
           of
           the
           Army
           there
           ;
           which
           in
           a
           very
           little
           time
           was
           so
           purged
           ,
           that
           scarce
           a
           true
           Protestant
           ,
           or
           honest
           Gentleman
           was
           left
           in
           it
           :
           And
           tho'
           it
           began
           by
           degrees
           whilst
           his
           Excellency
           the
           Lord
           Clarendon
           had
           the
           Sword
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           fully
           executed
           (
           to
           the
           almost
           ruine
           of
           many
           a
           worthy
           Gentleman
           ,
           whose
           fortune
           depended
           on
           it
           )
           a
           little
           
           after
           the
           Lord
           Tyrconnel
           had
           the
           honour
           of
           being
           his
           Deputy
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           .
           This
           being
           the
           first
           step
           ,
           the
           Irish
           were
           made
           Officers
           ,
           and
           Troops
           and
           Companies
           filled
           every
           where
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           were
           trained
           and
           exercised
           by
           an
           extraordinary
           diligence
           of
           some
           good
           old
           Officers
           ,
           kept
           in
           I
           suppose
           of
           purpose
           for
           it
           ,
           who
           soon
           became
           ,
           not
           only
           contemners
           of
           their
           Protestant
           Commanders
           ,
           but
           were
           preferred
           to
           their
           places
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Sword
           (
           and
           consequently
           the
           Military
           command
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           )
           was
           wholly
           in
           their
           power
           .
           The
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           looked
           into
           was
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           he
           who
           was
           known
           to
           be
           a
           true
           Protestant
           ,
           was
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           new
           Judges
           of
           the
           right
           stamp
           were
           first
           Coyned
           ,
           who
           had
           command
           in
           their
           respective
           Circuits
           to
           inform
           the
           Government
           of
           all
           
             Protestant
             Justices
          
           (
           or
           
           Cromwell's
           favorers
           as
           they
           called
           them
           )
           who
           were
           likewise
           presently
           eased
           of
           their
           Commissions
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Impoloyments
           .
           Then
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Revenue
           were
           also
           purged
           ;
           and
           several
           of
           the
           Irish
           who
           had
           got
           in
           among
           them
           (
           in
           inferiour
           Stations
           )
           yet
           in
           regard
           they
           were
           not
           so
           well
           qualified
           as
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           by
           a
           knowledge
           in
           those
           affairs
           ,
           some
           were
           removed
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           useful
           of
           the
           Protestants
           restored
           for
           a
           while
           ;
           yet
           as
           the
           Irish
           grew
           skilful
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           still
           were
           outed
           again
           :
           Matters
           being
           thus
           acted
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Nobility
          
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Gentry
           knowing
           of
           no
           better
           Expedient
           than
           to
           come
           into
           England
           (
           since
           they
           could
           not
           struggle
           against
           the
           King's
           will
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Law
           in
           Ireland
           )
           therefore
           they
           removed
           hither
           to
           make
           a
           Remonstrance
           of
           the
           Grievances
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           late
           King
           :
           and
           tho'
           they
           flock'd
           over
           out
           of
           all
           parts
           ,
           yet
           they
           prevailed
           so
           little
           to
           gain
           any
           redress
           ,
           that
           they
           saw
           plainly
           they
           could
           not
           return
           into
           Ireland
           without
           apparent
           hazard
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           was
           it
           judged
           by
           the
           Ld.
           Deputy
           the
           fittest
           time
           for
           him
           to
           put
           his
           long
           contrived
           designs
           
             of
             Subverting
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             introducing
          
           Popery
           ,
           
             into
             full
             Execution
          
           ;
           upon
           which
           in
           November
           last
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           motion
           made
           in
           Council
           for
           disarming
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Protestants
           of
           that
           
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           being
           known
           ,
           and
           most
           concluding
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           their
           Arms
           were
           taken
           (
           there
           being
           then
           a
           hot
           Discourse
           of
           a
           general
           Massacre
           intended
           )
           't
           was
           only
           to
           leave
           them
           more
           naked
           and
           exposed
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           might
           have
           its
           full
           effect
           more
           easily
           ,
           and
           with
           less
           opposition
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           alarm'd
           the
           Protestants
           so
           ,
           that
           many
           thousands
           came
           flocking
           over
           to
           avoid
           that
           fatal
           stroke
           .
           Now
           were
           the
           few
           Protestants
           who
           lived
           disperst
           left
           to
           shift
           for
           themselves
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Lord
           Tyrconnel
           (
           who
           still
           had
           the
           Sword
           undemanded
           and
           undisposed
           of
           to
           any
           other
           )
           issues
           new
           Commissions
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           
             Ro.
             Ca.
          
           who
           had
           some
           Estates
           ;
           but
           to
           all
           ,
           who
           were
           willing
           to
           stand
           up
           for
           the
           Cause
           ,
           that
           were
           men
           of
           broken
           Fortunes
           and
           worse
           Fame
           ,
           but
           could
           influence
           the
           Rabble
           and
           raise
           Companies
           ,
           only
           with
           this
           Salvo
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           maintain
           them
           for
           3
           months
           on
           their
           own
           cost
           and
           charge
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           should
           have
           their
           Commissions
           given
           them
           :
           by
           which
           it
           was
           adjudged
           ,
           that
           in
           regard
           there
           was
           but
           little
           Money
           in
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           fitted
           for
           service
           against
           the
           time
           K.
           J.
           should
           come
           ,
           or
           send
           them
           Money
           ;
           or
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Deputy
           found
           an
           Army
           ready
           to
           Land
           out
           of
           England
           ,
           what
           Money
           was
           there
           would
           be
           little
           enough
           to
           bear
           his
           Charges
           ,
           and
           furnish
           him
           with
           Necessaries
           on
           his
           flight
           .
           But
           these
           Commissions
           (
           or
           rather
           Incouragements
           )
           being
           very
           many
           ,
           for
           every
           one
           who
           could
           get
           about
           60
           Kearnes
           ,
           or
           Country
           Fellows
           to
           joyn
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           own
           him
           as
           their
           Captain
           ,
           immediately
           strutted
           and
           looked
           very
           big
           ,
           and
           was
           honoured
           ,
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Captain
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           was
           nothing
           strange
           to
           have
           20
           or
           30
           Companies
           in
           a
           County
           ,
           and
           these
           the
           noted
           Idlers
           and
           Cow-stealers
           .
           So
           that
           presently
           the
           Captains
           (
           many
           of
           which
           had
           not
           3
           Cows
           of
           their
           own
           )
           had
           several
           scores
           of
           Cattle
           driven
           into
           Nooks
           and
           By-Paths
           ;
           and
           all
           that
           were
           branded
           ,
           were
           sure
           to
           go
           to
           Pot
           ,
           in
           regard
           the
           Horne
           (
           as
           they
           called
           it
           )
           spoke
           English
           ;
           the
           rest
           were
           sent
           into
           other
           remote
           Counties
           to
           the
           Officers
           there
           ,
           and
           those
           again
           sent
           their
           stolen
           Cattle
           in
           exchange
           
           for
           the
           other
           (
           which
           was
           done
           to
           elude
           a
           Proclamation
           from
           the
           Lord
           Deputy
           on
           the
           many
           and
           daily
           Complaints
           and
           Petitions
           he
           receiv'd
           on
           account
           of
           the
           stolen
           Cattle
           )
           requiring
           all
           Officers
           and
           Soldiers
           as
           well
           as
           others
           to
           be
           aiding
           and
           assisting
           to
           recover
           the
           stolen
           Cattle
           ,
           and
           to
           punish
           the
           Offenders
           ;
           which
           pass'd
           for
           currant
           .
           For
           it
           was
           well
           if
           a
           Protestant
           could
           go
           safe
           to
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           next
           Garrison
           ,
           who
           sometimes
           would
           be
           so
           civil
           (
           especially
           if
           a
           Sum
           of
           money
           were
           given
           his
           men
           to
           assist
           in
           the
           search
           )
           as
           to
           send
           8
           or
           10
           miles
           ,
           but
           be
           sure
           the
           Cattle
           must
           be
           far
           enough
           from
           the
           place
           searched
           ;
           and
           sometime
           when
           30
           or
           40
           good
           fat
           Bullocks
           came
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Prey
           ,
           that
           about
           a
           3d
           or
           4th
           part
           must
           be
           laid
           aside
           for
           the
           Pot
           ;
           the
           rest
           for
           a
           Bribe
           of
           5
           or
           6
           
             l.
          
           would
           be
           got
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           who
           would
           swear
           lustily
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           promise
           so
           much
           to
           their
           Spy
           :
           Yet
           no
           sooner
           (
           on
           the
           delivery
           of
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           Cattle
           ,
           and
           the
           money
           receiv'd
           )
           but
           be
           sure
           in
           a
           night
           or
           two
           the
           Cattle
           were
           again
           stolen
           .
           Thus
           the
           merry
           Drovers
           (
           as
           they
           called
           themselves
           )
           valued
           not
           to
           joyn
           about
           60
           ,
           or
           80
           ,
           or
           100
           in
           one
           Party
           ,
           and
           force
           away
           what
           Cattle
           they
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           :
           so
           that
           sometimes
           100
           Sheep
           would
           scarce
           feed
           the
           Drivers
           with
           their
           Families
           and
           Friends
           ;
           and
           a
           purchace
           of
           about
           100
           ,
           was
           only
           fit
           to
           be
           divided
           among
           them
           and
           their
           Crew
           into
           Lots
           and
           Parts
           ,
           (
           but
           they
           called
           them
           Steages
           .
           )
           And
           now
           these
           new
           rais'd
           Forces
           were
           most
           of
           them
           half
           armed
           out
           of
           the
           Stores
           ,
           the
           rest
           were
           pretty
           well
           fitted
           for
           Pikes
           made
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           Priests
           and
           Fryars
           commanded
           (
           on
           obedience
           to
           the
           Holy
           See
           )
           that
           no
           person
           whatsoever
           should
           appear
           at
           Mass
           without
           his
           long
           Skeane
           and
           Half-pike
           ,
           which
           accordingly
           was
           performed
           ,
           and
           one
           person
           who
           had
           not
           one
           foot
           of
           Land
           but
           what
           he
           Farmed
           from
           an
           English
           Gentleman
           ,
           had
           12
           dozen
           of
           each
           made
           for
           himself
           and
           Tenants
           ,
           an
           account
           whereof
           was
           sent
           the
           Government
           ,
           but
           no
           notice
           taken
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           was
           it
           judged
           fit
           that
           
             those
             new
             rais'd
             forces
          
           should
           
           betake
           themselves
           to
           Garrisons
           ,
           which
           was
           suddainly
           done
           —
           And
           not
           only
           were
           the
           Kings
           Garrisons
           ,
           Forts
           ,
           and
           Castles
           ,
           well
           stored
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           many
           Gentlemens
           houses
           that
           were
           strengthy
           ,
           (
           or
           whose
           ownes
           were
           judged
           disaffected
           to
           them
           )
           were
           likewise
           filled
           with
           their
           Numbers
           ,
           and
           the
           Proprietors
           ,
           or
           Possessors
           turned
           out
           ,
           and
           the
           provision
           seized
           ,
           (
           and
           it
           was
           an
           extraordinary
           favour
           to
           get
           off
           any
           Goods
           that
           were
           of
           any
           value
           )
           on
           pretence
           that
           it
           was
           for
           the
           Kings
           use
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           make
           satisfaction
           as
           he
           thought
           fit
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           done
           by
           his
           Command
           .
        
         
           Now
           was
           it
           plain
           ,
           that
           this
           Army
           was
           not
           designed
           to
           fight
           with
           Butterflies
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Lives
           of
           all
           the
           Protestants
           that
           stayed
           ,
           were
           in
           apparent
           danger
           :
           On
           which
           an
           humble
           request
           was
           made
           to
           one
           or
           two
           persons
           of
           greatest
           Quality
           and
           Station
           ,
           to
           stand
           up
           for
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           .
           —
           But
           either
           through
           too
           much
           Loyalty
           ,
           or
           judging
           the
           scattered
           and
           dispersed
           Protestants
           ,
           too
           weak
           to
           withstand
           their
           shock
           ,
           (
           much
           less
           to
           disarm
           the
           Party
           designed
           )
           was
           therefore
           declined
           and
           judged
           unfit
           to
           attempt
           as
           they
           proposed
           ,
           seizing
           the
           Sword
           ,
           Lord
           Deputy
           ,
           and
           Dublin
           .
        
         
           Matters
           being
           thus
           transacted
           ,
           it
           was
           judged
           by
           the
           
             Protestant
             Gentry
          
           of
           the
           West
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           that
           in
           regard
           Sligoe
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           a
           Sea-port
           Town
           ,
           and
           the
           chief
           in
           the
           County
           )
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Posts
           and
           strongest
           ,
           being
           also
           well
           situated
           to
           pass
           from
           the
           North
           to
           Connaght
           ;
           (
           the
           Irish
           Company
           a
           little
           before
           being
           drawn
           out
           of
           it
           to
           a
           General
           Rendezvouz
           )
           and
           many
           of
           their
           new
           raised
           Forces
           possessing
           them selves
           daily
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           strengths
           in
           the
           County
           ,
           as
           
             Belahy
             ,
             Moygara
          
           ,
           which
           belongs
           to
           the
           L.
           Kingston
           and
           his
           Tenants
           ,
           Ousted
           ,
           and
           Ballymoate
           ;
           therefore
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           likewise
           possess
           themselves
           of
           Sligo
           as
           they
           intended
           ,
           it
           was
           resolved
           by
           the
           Protestants
           there
           to
           enter
           it
           ,
           and
           possess
           themselves
           of
           it
           for
           their
           defence
           and
           safety
           :
           and
           so
           they
           did
           unanimously
           issue
           their
           Declaration
           on
           the
           4th
           day
           of
           Jan●ar
           .
           last
           ,
           that
           they
           associated
           themselves
           in
           the
           necessary
           defence
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
             as
             by
             Law
             
             established
             ,
          
           which
           to
           their
           utmost
           powers
           they
           would
           maintain
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           prejudice
           even
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           whilst
           they
           demeaned
           themselves
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           —
           The
           Protestants
           then
           chose
           the
           Right
           Honorable
           Robert
           L.
           Baron
           of
           Kingstone
           ,
           and
           the
           Honor.
           
             Chidley
             Coote
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           their
           Commanders
           in
           chief
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           promised
           intire
           obedience
           .
           —
           And
           accordingly
           all
           were
           formed
           into
           Troops
           and
           Companies
           ,
           and
           all
           furnished
           themselves
           with
           the
           Men
           under
           their
           respective
           Commands
           ,
           with
           Horses
           ,
           Arms
           ,
           Ammunition
           ,
           Provisions
           ,
           &c.
           imploying
           all
           the
           Smiths
           in
           fixing
           Arms
           ,
           making
           Pikes
           ,
           Stars
           ,
           and
           other
           Inventions
           against
           Horse
           ,
           and
           to
           defend
           Forts
           ,
           buying
           all
           the
           Scythes
           ,
           and
           fixing
           them
           on
           Poles
           ,
           building
           up
           the
           old
           and
           decayed
           Forts
           ,
           making
           Draw
           bridges
           ,
           ordering
           frontier
           Garrisons
           ,
           keeping
           strong
           Watch
           and
           Ward
           on
           all
           Quarters
           ,
           at
           Grange
           near
           Mid-way
           to
           Balishannon
           ,
           to
           hold
           their
           Correspondence
           with
           Derry
           ,
           at
           
             New-town
             ,
             Dromahere
          
           ,
           and
           Mannerhamelton
           ,
           to
           have
           intelligence
           with
           Enniskilling
           ,
           at
           Dr.
           Leslies
           ,
           at
           Coolooni
           ,
           and
           Marcray
           ,
           to
           prevent
           an
           infal
           from
           the
           Boyle
           ,
           or
           Ballymoate
           ;
           at
           
             Ardinglass
             ,
             Lackan
          
           ,
           and
           Cottlestown
           ,
           to
           awe
           the
           new
           rais'd
           Army
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Mayo
           ,
           part
           of
           which
           had
           seized
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
           Killalla's
           House
           :
           And
           when
           one
           Mr.
           Tremble
           (
           a
           Servant
           of
           Sir
           Arthur
           Gore
           's
           )
           ask'd
           one
           Captain
           
             Walter
             Bourke
          
           why
           he
           would
           seize
           the
           Bishop's
           House
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           a
           Garrison
           ,
           the
           Gate
           was
           shut
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           set
           upon
           and
           barbarously
           murthered
           .
           Likewise
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           were
           at
           Foxford
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           places
           ,
           who
           were
           drawing
           to
           Sligo
           on
           the
           Orders
           that
           issued
           for
           disarming
           all
           Protestants
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           as
           also
           to
           take
           all
           their
           Service-Horses
           ,
           which
           was
           obeyed
           with
           that
           Secrecy
           ,
           Diligence
           ,
           and
           Care
           ,
           that
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Plow-Horse
           was
           left
           ;
           so
           that
           many
           a
           Family
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           a
           Horse
           to
           carry
           their
           Luggage
           ,
           was
           forced
           to
           stay
           and
           submit
           to
           their
           merciless
           Cruelty
           ;
           but
           this
           Garrison
           relieved
           and
           conveyed
           many
           a
           distressed
           and
           robbed
           Protestant
           to
           Sligo
           ,
           who
           soon
           was
           recruited
           
           and
           put
           into
           Troop
           or
           Company
           at
           the
           Officers
           cost
           .
           During
           this
           time
           there
           was
           a
           secret
           Intreague
           with
           Secretary
           Ellis
           and
           Mr.
           Temple
           :
           As
           also
           a
           sham
           Letter
           from
           the
           Lord
           Tyrconel
           into
           England
           about
           delivering
           the
           Sword
           ;
           and
           had
           there
           one
           been
           sent
           to
           demand
           the
           Sword
           with
           about
           a
           Thousand
           Soldiers
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           doubted
           but
           it
           would
           be
           delivered
           ,
           though
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Lord
           Montjoy
           (
           least
           he
           should
           stand
           up
           for
           the
           Protestants
           )
           is
           Complemented
           with
           an
           Embassy
           into
           France
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           the
           Irish
           getting
           all
           this
           time
           to
           strengthen
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           Arms
           and
           Horses
           taken
           from
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           encrease
           to
           an
           Army
           of
           90000.
           strong
           :
           And
           all
           this
           while
           there
           was
           neither
           Commission
           ,
           Arms
           ,
           Ammunition
           ,
           or
           Money
           sent
           to
           the
           Protestants
           at
           Sligo
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           as
           they
           were
           Informed
           ,
           it
           was
           earnestly
           sollicited
           by
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           knew
           the
           goodness
           and
           strength
           of
           that
           Post
           they
           were
           in
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           daily
           expected
           some
           Succours
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Protestants
           there
           began
           to
           be
           in
           very
           great
           want
           of
           Ammunition
           ;
           and
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           endeavours
           ,
           wanted
           many
           Arms
           ,
           tho'
           all
           the
           fowling
           Pieces
           were
           cut
           into
           Carbines
           ,
           and
           Smiths
           continually
           at
           work
           .
           And
           the
           Sword
           (
           to
           which
           the
           Supreme
           Acknowledgment
           is
           paid
           )
           was
           still
           undemanded
           in
           the
           Lord
           
           Tyrconnel's
           hand
           ,
           and
           sure
           without
           Command
           he
           would
           not
           lay
           it
           down
           ;
           yet
           the
           Protestants
           at
           Sligo
           continued
           in
           their
           own
           and
           Protestant
           Religions
           defence
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Fourth
           of
           January
           ,
           without
           any
           violation
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           kept
           constant
           Watch
           and
           Ward
           with
           the
           usual
           Exercise
           against
           occasion
           offered
           ,
           only
           on
           account
           of
           several
           Protestants
           who
           were
           stopt
           at
           Boile
           ,
           and
           their
           Goods
           seiz'd
           by
           Colonel
           
             Mac
             Donel
          
           ,
           who
           possest
           himself
           of
           my
           Lord
           
           Kingston's
           House
           there
           ,
           and
           likewise
           on
           all
           the
           Corn
           and
           Hay
           of
           his
           Tenants
           near
           it
           .
           The
           
           said
           Lord
           Kingston
           writ
           to
           the
           Colonel
           ,
           desiring
           him
           to
           let
           the
           Protestants
           with
           their
           Goods
           come
           down
           ,
           for
           he
           did
           not
           hinder
           any
           Papist
           to
           remove
           to
           him
           ;
           which
           not
           being
           done
           ,
           my
           Lord
           resolved
           to
           deliver
           those
           from
           their
           Restraints
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           with
           a
           considerable
           Party
           of
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           marched
           to
           Boile
           ;
           but
           the
           Colonel
           hearing
           of
           my
           Lord
           's
           coming
           ,
           drew
           in
           all
           his
           Men
           and
           Horses
           into
           my
           Lord's
           House
           and
           Court
           ,
           and
           Capitulated
           ,
           and
           let
           his
           Prisoners
           go
           ;
           and
           engaged
           on
           Honour
           not
           to
           hinder
           any
           from
           joyning
           at
           Sligo
           ;
           but
           no
           sooner
           was
           my
           Lord
           and
           his
           Party
           gone
           ,
           than
           the
           next
           day
           those
           that
           heard
           of
           that
           Engagement
           ,
           and
           were
           desirous
           to
           go
           thither
           ,
           were
           all
           seized
           and
           kept
           close
           Prisoners
           till
           the
           Assizes
           —
           About
           this
           time
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           12th
           of
           March
           ,
           the
           unlucky
           Declaration
           (
           pardon
           the
           Expression
           )
           of
           the
           Second
           of
           February
           last
           ,
           as
           being
           sent
           before
           any
           Army
           was
           Landed
           to
           back
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           there
           receiv'd
           ,
           which
           gave
           time
           to
           all
           Papists
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           and
           repair
           to
           their
           respective
           Dwellings
           by
           the
           10th
           of
           April
           last
           ,
           &c.
           which
           did
           so
           tye
           up
           all
           the
           Protestants
           from
           offering
           Violence
           ,
           even
           to
           those
           who
           some
           time
           before
           stole
           their
           Cattel
           ,
           that
           the
           least
           Violence
           was
           not
           offered
           them
           ,
           in
           an
           absolute
           and
           intire
           Obedience
           to
           that
           Declaration
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           they
           were
           encouraged
           to
           have
           pardon
           for
           their
           Villanies
           and
           Robberies
           ,
           and
           told
           by
           the
           Priests
           ,
           Fryars
           and
           Officers
           ,
           that
           no
           Army
           would
           be
           sent
           to
           suppress
           them
           :
           and
           therefore
           till
           the
           time
           limited
           ,
           they
           should
           let
           none
           know
           their
           Resolutions
           ,
           whether
           to
           lay
           down
           ,
           or
           stand
           to
           their
           Arms.
           —
           Also
           the
           French
           Marquess
           Dupont
           landing
           in
           Kinsale
           ,
           and
           going
           to
           Dublin
           about
           this
           time
           ,
           was
           splendidly
           entertain'd
           there
           by
           the
           Lord
           Deputy
           ,
           who
           assured
           him
           it
           would
           not
           be
           long
           till
           an
           Army
           Landed
           in
           Ireland
           out
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           King
           
           James's
           going
           thither
           very
           
           speedily
           ,
           and
           a
           full
           account
           of
           what
           since
           hapned
           ,
           which
           would
           not
           at
           all
           be
           credited
           by
           any
           Protestants
           ,
           but
           that
           an
           Army
           would
           land
           out
           of
           England
           before
           any
           could
           come
           from
           France
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           hoped
           the
           Marquess
           would
           not
           return
           back
           to
           France
           nor
           scape
           our
           Men
           at
           Sea
           —
           Intelligence
           being
           now
           receiv'd
           ,
           and
           Account
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           how
           Affairs
           stood
           ,
           being
           sent
           back
           by
           Monsieur
           ,
           it
           was
           judged
           expedient
           to
           march
           an
           Army
           with
           all
           speed
           to
           the
           North
           ,
           and
           suppress
           the
           Protestants
           there
           .
           Accordingly
           an
           Army
           came
           to
           Lisnegarvy
           which
           (
           after
           a
           little
           Dispute
           ,
           a
           great
           number
           of
           their
           Men
           falling
           on
           a
           small
           Party
           of
           ours
           )
           made
           them
           quit
           their
           Ground
           .
           —
           The
           noise
           of
           this
           Victory
           soon
           took
           wing
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           encouragement
           to
           Besiege
           Colerain
           ;
           and
           not
           being
           able
           to
           do
           any
           Execution
           on
           that
           side
           ,
           drew
           off
           their
           Men
           to
           march
           them
           back
           to
           get
           over
           the
           Bridge
           above
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           fall
           on
           that
           Town
           from
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           on
           which
           Colerain
           wanting
           trusty
           and
           good
           Officers
           in
           it
           to
           Command
           ,
           the
           Rabble
           with
           the
           Inhabitants
           deserted
           and
           left
           the
           Town
           ,
           (
           excepting
           only
           those
           that
           resolved
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           Enemy
           )
           by
           which
           means
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           disorder
           they
           were
           in
           to
           get
           to
           Derry
           ,
           many
           a
           good
           Horse
           and
           Arms
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Riches
           of
           that
           Town
           ,
           fell
           into
           the
           Enemies
           hands
           .
           —
           Notice
           of
           these
           Disasters
           being
           immediately
           sent
           from
           Derry
           by
           Colonel
           Lundee
           to
           the
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           kept
           Garrisons
           in
           their
           Houses
           in
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             Monaghan
             ,
             Cavan
          
           ,
           &c.
           who
           were
           earnestly
           desired
           to
           draw
           down
           immediately
           with
           their
           Men
           ,
           and
           joyn
           Derry
           Men
           ;
           and
           understanding
           the
           Condition
           Derry
           was
           in
           ,
           marcht
           forthwith
           :
           And
           lest
           the
           Enemy
           should
           possess
           themselves
           of
           their
           strong
           Houses
           ,
           Goods
           ,
           and
           Provisions
           ,
           set
           fire
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           marcht
           away
           by
           the
           light
           of
           it
           ;
           consuming
           their
           own
           Goods
           and
           Houses
           ,
           to
           joyn
           with
           Derry
           Men
           ,
           and
           oppose
           
           the
           Enemies
           marching
           thither
           to
           besiege
           it
           .
           And
           though
           it
           might
           be
           judged
           ,
           the
           Loyalty
           and
           Zeal
           of
           these
           Gentlemen
           need
           not
           be
           question'd
           ;
           yet
           hitherto
           there
           is
           but
           small
           Provisions
           made
           for
           them
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           asked
           what
           made
           them
           come
           over
           ,
           't
           is
           easily
           answered
           ,
           the
           Divisions
           in
           Derry
           amongst
           several
           there
           ,
           (
           who
           hitherto
           have
           scaped
           being
           called
           to
           account
           for
           it
           ,
           may
           be
           fear'd
           ,
           were
           private
           Instruments
           )
           and
           who
           took
           on
           them
           the
           Command
           ,
           and
           ordered
           Matters
           as
           they
           themselves
           pleased
           ,
           taking
           no
           advice
           but
           that
           of
           their
           own
           Pleasures
           ,
           gave
           such
           plain
           occasion
           of
           distrust
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           judged
           better
           by
           those
           and
           other
           honest
           Gentlemen
           there
           ,
           to
           come
           over
           and
           give
           an
           Account
           how
           matters
           were
           ,
           than
           to
           stay
           in
           disorder
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           when
           especially
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           stem
           the
           Current
           that
           so
           violently
           run
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           whose
           business
           it
           was
           to
           joyn
           and
           assist
           with
           the
           Governour
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           give
           him
           publick
           opposition
           ,
           when
           private
           Advice
           proved
           vain
           ;
           so
           that
           as
           well
           to
           avoid
           mutinying
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           bring
           a
           Calumny
           on
           themselves
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           much
           as
           suspected
           for
           betraying
           that
           Interest
           and
           Religion
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           defend
           or
           preserve
           ,
           the
           Rabble
           being
           in
           Confusion
           ,
           who
           sometime
           would
           have
           one
           ,
           another
           day
           another
           Officer
           ;
           and
           sometime
           would
           joyn
           themselves
           ,
           and
           do
           as
           they
           pleased
           .
           The
           one
           part
           of
           Protestants
           deserting
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           these
           not
           able
           to
           withstand
           the
           Enemy
           without
           mutual
           assistance
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           could
           ,
           not
           daring
           to
           trust
           their
           Governour
           ,
           who
           was
           there
           (
           as
           well
           as
           he
           had
           been
           at
           Colerain
           )
           when
           they
           were
           about
           seizing
           him
           ,
           and
           shut
           the
           Gates
           on
           him
           that
           he
           should
           not
           get
           away
           ,
           till
           by
           his
           Oaths
           of
           Fidelity
           to
           them
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           freely
           gave
           )
           and
           a
           little
           Policy
           ,
           he
           got
           off
           ;
           and
           being
           under
           vehement
           Suspicions
           of
           a
           private
           Correspondence
           with
           King
           James
           ,
           who
           about
           this
           time
           was
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           had
           
           created
           such
           great
           Jealousies
           ,
           Feuds
           and
           Heart
           burnings
           in
           the
           Soldiers
           ,
           he
           refusing
           to
           give
           the
           Command
           to
           him
           chosen
           by
           the
           People
           :
           which
           was
           of
           no
           small
           Advantage
           to
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           daily
           weakned
           the
           Town
           ,
           by
           the
           Desertion
           of
           those
           who
           durst
           neither
           trust
           him
           ,
           nor
           themselves
           under
           his
           Command
           .
        
         
           During
           these
           disorders
           ,
           Letters
           came
           to
           Sligo
           by
           Expresses
           one
           after
           another
           from
           the
           Colonel
           ,
           desiring
           my
           Lord
           Kingston
           to
           send
           a
           Party
           to
           join
           them
           at
           Derry
           .
           But
           answer
           being
           immediately
           return'd
           him
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           not
           men
           enow
           at
           Sligo
           to
           keep
           that
           Post
           (
           so
           far
           from
           all
           relief
           and
           )
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           want
           there
           was
           of
           Arms
           and
           Ammunition
           (
           which
           were
           then
           at
           Derry
           to
           be
           had
           for
           Money
           .
           )
           Every
           Officer
           for
           himself
           and
           Men
           ,
           sent
           for
           so
           many
           as
           they
           wanted
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Proportions
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           Purse
           ,
           and
           thought
           it
           convenient
           to
           send
           Captain
           Coote
           forthwith
           to
           acquaint
           them
           with
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Garrison
           and
           know
           theirs
           ;
           —
           and
           bring
           Arms
           and
           Ammunition
           ,
           which
           were
           very
           much
           wanting
           ;
           —
           whilst
           another
           Letter
           came
           posting
           ,
           to
           desire
           a
           speedy
           joining
           them
           at
           Derry
           .
           But
           a
           Council
           being
           call'd
           ,
           it
           was
           resolved
           to
           stay
           till
           Captain
           Coote
           returned
           and
           brought
           the
           certainty
           how
           Matters
           were
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           quit
           that
           advantageous
           Post
           lightly
           ,
           which
           cost
           so
           much
           Money
           and
           Work
           to
           strengthen
           it
           ,
           and
           had
           so
           many
           Men
           ,
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           that
           had
           from
           almost
           all
           parts
           of
           Connaght
           flockt
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           get
           room
           ,
           nor
           be
           provided
           for
           at
           Derry
           ;
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           was
           so
           considerable
           to
           awe
           all
           Connaght
           Forces
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           of
           Hardships
           ,
           Succours
           could
           come
           by
           Sea
           ,
           which
           were
           now
           daily
           expected
           by
           every
           blast
           of
           an
           Easterly
           Wind
           ,
           which
           was
           heartily
           wish'd
           and
           greedily
           long'd
           for
           .
           But
           streight
           a
           third
           Express
           was
           suddenly
           hastened
           ,
           shewing
           the
           great
           Danger
           the
           North
           was
           in
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           were
           lost
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           was
           feared
           ,
           without
           
           Sligo-Forces
           joining
           them
           ,
           it
           would
           )
           
           that
           Sligo
           could
           not
           hold
           out
           long
           after
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           desired
           to
           desert
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           provided
           Quarters
           and
           Forrage
           ready
           for
           them
           there
           ,
           and
           come
           immediately
           to
           their
           relief
           .
           On
           which
           Express
           another
           Council
           was
           held
           ,
           and
           knowing
           the
           great
           want
           there
           was
           of
           Ammunition
           (
           not
           much
           above
           one
           Barrel
           of
           Powder
           being
           in
           the
           Garrison
           at
           Sligo
           ,
           )
           and
           the
           Danger
           that
           threatned
           them
           at
           Derry
           ,
           it
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           join
           them
           forthwith
           ,
           and
           quit
           Sliego
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           all
           to
           the
           short
           Issue
           of
           one
           Field-Fight
           .
           Accordingly
           all
           now
           resolved
           to
           march
           with
           Bag
           and
           Baggage
           .
           The
           next
           day
           was
           spent
           in
           providing
           Horses
           and
           Necessaries
           ,
           in
           getting
           Boats
           ,
           breaking
           the
           big
           Guns
           ,
           and
           sending
           of
           the
           small
           to
           Derry
           by
           Water
           ;
           burning
           and
           destroying
           all
           the
           Corn
           ,
           Hay
           ,
           and
           Haggards
           about
           the
           Country
           ;
           calling
           in
           all
           the
           Frontier
           Garrisons
           ;
           —
           and
           every
           one
           using
           his
           utmost
           endeavours
           (
           some
           by
           Water
           to
           the
           Island
           of
           Enishmorrey
           ,
           that
           was
           judged
           capable
           of
           defence
           till
           the
           Goods
           and
           Men
           could
           get
           off
           by
           Water
           to
           Derry
           ,
           )
           the
           rest
           with
           what
           Horses
           they
           could
           get
           :
           so
           that
           the
           day
           following
           all
           marched
           ;
           and
           a
           Vessel
           lying
           then
           at
           Sligo
           ,
           as
           many
           as
           could
           get
           off
           ,
           with
           some
           Goods
           ,
           the
           Wind
           being
           fair
           ,
           sailed
           away
           .
           But
           after
           two
           daies
           March
           (
           in
           the
           saddest
           Weather
           that
           could
           blow
           ,
           )
           coming
           to
           Belashannon
           ,
           20
           miles
           from
           Sligo
           ,
           a
           fourth
           Letter
           comes
           to
           my
           Lord
           ,
           to
           stay
           him
           there
           till
           Quarters
           were
           provided
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           Forrage
           got
           for
           Horses
           ;
           which
           was
           no
           small
           surprize
           ,
           after
           drawing
           him
           from
           his
           Post
           ,
           on
           Assurance
           of
           providing
           those
           necessaries
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           distress
           that
           threatned
           Derry
           .
        
         
           A
           Boat
           also
           with
           Passengers
           and
           Goods
           from
           Sligo
           was
           cast
           away
           near
           Donigale
           ,
           and
           another
           sent
           with
           the
           Field-pieces
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Storm
           put
           into
           an
           Island
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           day
           seiz'd
           and
           taken
           back
           ,
           as
           were
           all
           the
           Goods
           ,
           Provisions
           ,
           Men
           ,
           and
           Women
           that
           went
           into
           the
           Island
           ,
           which
           was
           no
           small
           Booty
           .
           —
           But
           now
           was
           my
           Lord
           
           Kingston
           forced
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Forrage
           ,
           to
           disperse
           his
           Men
           ,
           some
           to
           Beleeke
           ,
           some
           to
           Donigale
           ,
           some
           to
           Killabegs
           (
           to
           keep
           Boylagh
           men
           in
           Awe
           ,
           who
           were
           extreamly
           increased
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           rob
           publickly
           on
           Barnesmore
           ,
           )
           some
           at
           Belashannon
           ,
           and
           some
           about
           the
           County
           ;
           and
           so
           continued
           for
           seventeen
           days
           in
           a
           very
           ill
           condition
           for
           want
           of
           Forrage
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           Horses
           being
           turned
           to
           Grass
           for
           want
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Weather
           continuing
           extreamly
           bad
           ;
           which
           so
           abused
           them
           ,
           that
           many
           were
           made
           unserviceable
           .
           —
           At
           length
           a
           Letter
           comes
           from
           the
           Colonel
           to
           my
           Lord
           to
           Belashannon
           about
           ten
           at
           night
           ,
           to
           secure
           the
           Pass
           at
           Ballymofey
           (
           30
           Miles
           thence
           )
           by
           ten
           next
           day
           ,
           which
           was
           altogether
           impossible
           to
           be
           done
           ;
           —
           neither
           could
           it
           be
           (
           under
           half
           that
           time
           )
           that
           the
           men
           could
           have
           notice
           of
           it
           sent
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           lay
           scattered
           in
           their
           several
           Quarters
           ,
           which
           formerly
           I
           mentioned
           ;
           and
           many
           were
           likewise
           to
           provide
           Horses
           ,
           their
           own
           being
           dead
           ,
           or
           so
           weak
           and
           out
           of
           Condition
           for
           want
           of
           Forrage
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           of
           little
           use
           for
           Service
           :
           However
           two
           Companies
           that
           were
           at
           and
           near
           Donnigale
           ,
           march'd
           in
           the
           Morning
           betime
           to
           join
           the
           Northern
           Men
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           that
           Pass
           ,
           which
           was
           20.
           
           Miles
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           many
           hundreds
           of
           Men
           ,
           Women
           and
           Children
           march'd
           with
           them
           ,
           with
           Bag
           and
           Baggage
           in
           hopes
           to
           get
           to
           Derry
           before
           the
           Enemy
           intercepted
           them
           ;
           but
           this
           day
           being
           dismally
           wet
           ,
           and
           extream
           windy
           ,
           and
           marching
           over
           that
           horrible
           Mountain
           of
           Barnesmore
           ,
           which
           is
           15
           miles
           long
           ,
           tho'
           they
           marched
           at
           an
           extraordinary
           rate
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           seven
           at
           night
           before
           they
           could
           reach
           it
           ;
           and
           my
           Lord
           (
           expecting
           to
           meet
           Colonel
           Lundy
           there
           )
           rid
           with
           a
           dozen
           Horse
           ,
           to
           discourse
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           know
           why
           he
           was
           drawn
           from
           his
           Post
           on
           pretence
           of
           so
           great
           danger
           ?
           why
           he
           kept
           there
           in
           that
           bad
           condition
           so
           long
           after
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           his
           Letter
           ,
           that
           Quarters
           and
           Forrage
           was
           provided
           for
           him
           
           and
           his
           Party
           ?
           why
           he
           had
           not
           notice
           sooner
           sent
           him
           of
           the
           Enemies
           approaching
           so
           near
           ?
           and
           how
           was
           it
           possible
           for
           him
           to
           march
           his
           Men
           ,
           who
           lay
           scattered
           at
           such
           a
           distance
           ,
           under
           at
           least
           three
           daies
           notice
           ?
           but
           coming
           thither
           ,
           there
           was
           soon
           an
           account
           given
           by
           those
           ,
           who
           that
           day
           were
           broke
           and
           fled
           from
           Cladyford
           Fight
           ,
           that
           the
           Colonel
           ,
           with
           the
           Horse
           whom
           he
           commanded
           to
           go
           with
           him
           to
           secure
           a
           Pass
           on
           the
           River
           above
           Cladyford
           ,
           was
           gone
           to
           Derry
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           not
           much
           questioned
           but
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           who
           soon
           fell
           into
           Rapho
           ,
           killing
           Men
           in
           the
           very
           Streets
           there
           ,
           would
           be
           as
           soon
           at
           the
           Gate
           ,
           and
           enter
           ,
           as
           the
           Colonel
           .
           —
           And
           it
           is
           not
           much
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           Irish
           Army
           Liberty
           of
           getting
           over
           that
           Ford
           ,
           which
           they
           could
           not
           possibly
           do
           ,
           without
           great
           danger
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           the
           Water
           being
           so
           very
           high
           with
           that
           days
           rain
           ,
           and
           the
           Bridge
           being
           broken
           down
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           could
           have
           marched
           over
           and
           pursued
           their
           Victory
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           got
           in
           without
           great
           (
           if
           any
           )
           opposition
           ;
           for
           Colonel
           Cunningham
           ,
           with
           the
           Succours
           sent
           by
           him
           for
           the
           relief
           and
           defence
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           had
           set
           sail
           ,
           and
           reurned
           :
           and
           it
           was
           not
           doubted
           but
           Derry
           as
           well
           as
           Colerain
           ,
           would
           be
           left
           to
           them
           by
           the
           Colonel
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           neither
           Men
           nor
           Arms
           were
           landed
           :
           —
           And
           now
           this
           Party
           thus
           disappointed
           at
           Ballemofey
           ,
           and
           the
           Enemy
           in
           Rapho
           between
           them
           and
           Derry
           ,
           after
           this
           days
           sad
           March
           ,
           were
           now
           forced
           to
           return
           that
           night
           ,
           over
           that
           wild
           Mountain
           ;
           and
           Horses
           being
           weak
           and
           weary
           with
           the
           long
           March
           and
           bad
           weather
           ,
           could
           not
           get
           back
           that
           night
           ,
           but
           were
           left
           with
           Loads
           and
           all
           :
           So
           that
           by
           much
           difficulty
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           great
           care
           the
           two
           Companies
           of
           Foot
           (
           who
           brought
           up
           the
           Rear
           )
           took
           to
           bring
           off
           the
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           who
           were
           sadly
           toiled
           and
           tired
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           would
           have
           been
           left
           and
           lost
           ,
           as
           almost
           all
           their
           Goods
           
           and
           Baggage
           were
           .
           —
           And
           next
           Morning
           got
           back
           to
           Donigale
           ,
           with
           much
           difficulty
           and
           distress
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           badness
           of
           the
           Weather
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           Darkness
           ,
           Windiness
           ,
           and
           Rain
           ,
           contributing
           not
           a
           little
           to
           the
           Hazards
           and
           Losses
           they
           sustained
           .
           —
           And
           now
           consulting
           what
           was
           to
           be
           done
           in
           these
           Disorders
           ,
           or
           rather
           treacherous
           Practices
           ,
           it
           was
           concluded
           that
           my
           Lord
           Kingston
           (
           with
           the
           Officers
           of
           his
           appointment
           that
           were
           there
           with
           him
           )
           should
           come
           off
           in
           three
           or
           four
           Vessels
           that
           lay
           at
           Killabeggs
           ,
           and
           hasten
           over
           and
           give
           an
           account
           how
           matters
           were
           ,
           and
           get
           Commissions
           and
           return
           with
           all
           speed
           to
           their
           Friends
           ,
           Relations
           and
           Tenants
           ,
           whom
           they
           mounted
           and
           armed
           and
           sent
           straight
           to
           joyn
           Eniskillin
           Men
           ;
           which
           was
           no
           small
           trouble
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           after
           about
           four
           months
           cost
           ,
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           acquaintance
           ,
           they
           must
           now
           part
           ,
           having
           neither
           Arms
           ,
           Ammunition
           ,
           nor
           Supplies
           sent
           them
           :
           but
           it
           was
           now
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Colonel
           (
           who
           knew
           very
           well
           that
           King
           James
           was
           near
           his
           Army
           )
           which
           gave
           clear
           occasions
           of
           distrust
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           private
           under-hand
           intelligence
           he
           held
           would
           be
           to
           the
           ruin
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           the
           day
           after
           the
           Lord
           Kingston
           ,
           the
           wind
           being
           fair
           ,
           set
           sail
           .
           But
           to
           relate
           the
           miseries
           and
           hardships
           they
           endured
           at
           sea
           ,
           lying
           a
           Ship-board
           like
           packt
           Herrings
           in
           their
           Boots
           and
           wet
           Cloaths
           for
           six
           or
           seven
           days
           ,
           and
           twice
           like
           to
           be
           cast
           away
           on
           the
           Scotch
           Shoar
           ;
           and
           thence
           getting
           to
           Glasgow
           in
           small
           Boats
           ,
           some
           again
           riding
           post
           to
           London
           with
           my
           Lord
           ,
           others
           going
           to
           Edinburgh
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           Sea
           ,
           some
           afoot
           to
           Leverpool
           above
           200
           miles
           ,
           others
           again
           venturing
           ,
           thither
           by
           Sea
           ,
           who
           ever
           since
           have
           been
           waiting
           ,
           petitioning
           ,
           and
           expecting
           to
           return
           with
           Commissions
           for
           themselves
           as
           well
           as
           for
           some
           of
           their
           Friends
           ,
           who
           have
           given
           the
           World
           satisfaction
           of
           their
           Courage
           and
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           whose
           Names
           ought
           to
           be
           honoured
           with
           a
           perpetual
           
           Remembrance
           of
           their
           Actions
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Tuam
           or
           Bishop
           of
           Killalla
           ,
           who
           very
           well
           knows
           my
           Lord
           ,
           with
           the
           Gentlemen
           that
           came
           over
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           did
           and
           suffered
           whilst
           they
           were
           at
           Sligo
           ,
           be
           enquired
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           that
           certainly
           persons
           who
           are
           provided
           for
           ,
           and
           who
           never
           shewed
           that
           Zeal
           would
           not
           be
           preferred
           ,
           and
           these
           (
           not
           only
           neglected
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           they
           suffer
           many
           hardships
           ,
           but
           )
           even
           discountenanced
           ,
           by
           being
           called
           Deserters
           of
           their
           Country
           ;
           and
           whether
           this
           usage
           be
           not
           a
           Trial
           of
           their
           Zeal
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           any
           one
           to
           judge
           :
           also
           on
           due
           enquiry
           ,
           or
           after
           what
           is
           said
           ,
           if
           they
           for
           coming
           over
           ,
           or
           the
           Person
           who
           drew
           them
           from
           their
           Post
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           Majesties
           Commission
           ,
           was
           Governour
           of
           Derry
           ,
           and
           who
           hazarded
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           to
           join
           with
           him
           ,
           without
           Commissions
           to
           oppose
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           served
           ,
           or
           he
           be
           most
           to
           blame
           ?
           —
           Or
           whether
           they
           who
           know
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           Creeks
           and
           Passes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           notorious
           bloody
           Rebels
           and
           Cow-stealers
           ,
           who
           have
           most
           of
           their
           nearest
           Relations
           ,
           either
           hazarding
           their
           Lives
           against
           them
           ,
           or
           under
           their
           Power
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           restraint
           ,
           with
           cruel
           usage
           and
           hardships
           enough
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           yet
           escaped
           with
           their
           Lives
           :
           whether
           also
           that
           these
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           have
           left
           their
           Goods
           ,
           and
           come
           over
           ,
           some
           with
           a
           very
           little
           Money
           ,
           Plate
           ,
           or
           other
           Moveables
           of
           value
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           all
           spent
           ;
           and
           some
           who
           have
           a
           great
           Charge
           of
           eight
           or
           ten
           in
           Family
           ,
           who
           in
           probability
           might
           have
           starved
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           had
           not
           that
           charitable
           Course
           been
           taken
           for
           their
           support
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           who
           cannot
           raise
           Money
           here
           for
           want
           of
           City-security
           ;
           neither
           their
           own
           (
           tho
           they
           have
           good
           Estates
           in
           Ireland
           )
           nor
           the
           Gentlemen
           thence
           to
           be
           taken
           bound
           for
           them
           ;
           whether
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           these
           be
           able
           to
           return
           for
           want
           of
           Horses
           ,
           Arms
           ,
           or
           Necessaries
           to
           carry
           them
           over
           ,
           having
           spent
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           a
           Musket
           ,
           and
           leave
           their
           Families
           in
           want
           ,
           and
           wholly
           unsettled
           and
           wanting
           Bread
           ,
           would
           
           not
           only
           be
           bad
           encouragement
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           Pay
           would
           neither
           maintain
           them
           ,
           nor
           scarce
           any
           one
           of
           their
           Familie
           ;
           and
           whether
           a
           due
           consideration
           and
           regard
           be
           not
           to
           be
           had
           of
           those
           so
           quallified
           for
           Employments
           ,
           and
           Persons
           of
           known
           Courage
           and
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           of
           whom
           there
           are
           many
           unprovided
           for
           of
           any
           Employment
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           a
           great
           ease
           to
           England
           in
           the
           several
           Sums
           paid
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           those
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           here
           in
           no
           capacity
           nor
           ability
           for
           providing
           for
           themselves
           ,
           tho
           they
           are
           sufficiently
           zealous
           for
           their
           Majesties
           Service
           .
        
         
           And
           whether
           a
           farther
           delay
           may
           not
           be
           prejudicial
           as
           Matters
           stand
           ,
           considering
           that
           for
           want
           of
           a
           speedy
           relieving
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           not
           sending
           over
           but
           about
           100.
           
           Officers
           ,
           and
           one
           to
           Command
           in
           Chief
           with
           Arm
           ,
           Ammunition
           ,
           Commissions
           ,
           and
           Money
           in
           
             January
             ,
             February
             ,
             March
          
           ,
           or
           April
           last
           ,
           that
           Kingdom
           had
           not
           been
           wholly
           in
           the
           Protestants
           hands
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           French
           Army
           since
           Landed
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           raised
           by
           Tyrconnel
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           had
           not
           prevented
           the
           ruin
           ,
           Destruction
           ,
           Desolation
           ,
           and
           Cruelties
           ,
           which
           the
           Protestants
           there
           have
           since
           suffered
           ?
        
         
           And
           now
           't
           is
           hoped
           it
           may
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           inspect
           and
           enquire
           who
           the
           Retarders
           are
           ;
           and
           to
           do
           it
           so
           effectually
           ,
           that
           they
           at
           length
           be
           frustrated
           of
           carrying
           on
           any
           farther
           Designs
           ,
           to
           the
           Apparent
           ruin
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           Condign
           Punishments
           for
           the
           Blood
           and
           Miseries
           many
           Thousands
           have
           suffered
           by
           the
           Irish
           and
           French
           Cruelties
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           Instruments
           who
           occasion'd
           it
           .
           And
           whether
           they
           did
           not
           endeavour
           by
           such
           Practices
           to
           Establish
           Popery
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           May
           they
           therefore
           be
           found
           out
           and
           made
           Examples
           for
           their
           Perfidy
           .
           May
           their
           Sacred
           Majesties
           ever
           be
           happy
           and
           defend
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           from
           Popery
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           
           Hearts
           of
           all
           their
           Subjects
           intirely
           united
           to
           them
           ,
           whilst
           all
           Ackitophels
           justly
           suffer
           .
           May
           England
           with
           all
           their
           Majesties
           Kingdoms
           and
           Dominions
           flourish
           under
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           ,
           whilst
           we
           Bless
           God
           for
           his
           great
           Deliverances
           he
           wrought
           for
           us
           ,
           in
           Placing
           their
           Majesties
           on
           the
           Royal
           Throne
           .
           May
           the
           Poor
           Protestants
           of
           Ireland
           Bless
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           who
           they
           hope
           hath
           raised
           a
           Deliverer
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           return
           in
           Peace
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Possessions
           ;
           that
           they
           may
           make
           the
           right
           and
           Sanctified
           use
           of
           their
           Afflictions
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           and
           their
           Children
           may
           never
           forget
           the
           great
           Deliverances
           wrought
           for
           them
           :
           Whilst
           the
           Irish
           and
           French
           be
           turned
           out
           of
           that
           Land
           ,
           and
           receive
           their
           just
           demerits
           ,
           and
           that
           Religion
           and
           true
           Piety
           ,
           may
           ever
           flourish
           and
           be
           establish'd
           among
           us
           for
           all
           Generations
           .
           And
           may
           Duke
           Schomberg
           have
           this
           also
           added
           to
           his
           former
           Renowned
           Acts
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           Deliverer
           ,
           first
           of
           the
           Irish
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           then
           of
           the
           French
           in
           France
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Books
           lately
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
          
           .
        
         
           THe
           Answer
           of
           a
           Protestant
           Gentleman
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           a
           late
           Letter
           from
           
             N.
             N.
          
           upon
           a
           Discourse
           betwixt
           them
           concerning
           the
           present
           Posture
           of
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           the
           Part
           fit
           for
           those
           concerned
           there
           to
           Act
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           An
           Aplogy
           for
           the
           Protestants
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           in
           a
           Brief
           Narrative
           of
           the
           late
           Revolutions
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Present
           State
           thereof
           .
        
         
           The
           Interest
           of
           England
           in
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           Humbly
           presented
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           by
           
             G.
             P.
          
           
             Esq
          
        
      
       
         
           There
           is
           in
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           shortly
           Published
        
         
           A
           Full
           and
           Impartial
           Account
           of
           all
           the
           Secret
           Consults
           ,
           Negotiations
           ,
           Stratagems
           ,
           and
           Intrigues
           of
           the
           Romish
           Party
           ●n
           Ireland
           ,
           from
           1660
           to
           this
           present
           year
           1689.
           for
           the
           Settlement
           of
           Popery
           in
           tha
           Kingdom
           .