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A61688	A continuation of the impartial history of the wars of Ireland from the time that Duke Schonberg landed with an army in that Kingdom, to the 23d of March, 1691/2, when Their Majesties proclamation was published, declaring the war to be ended : illustrated with copper sculptures describing the most important places of action : together with some remarks upon the present state of that kingdom / by George Story ...	Story, George Warter, d. 1721.	1693 (1693)	Wing S5748; ESTC R17507	203,647	351

contrived towards the King's Island 206 A Breach made in the Wall 210 Guns planted near St. Thomas's Island 213 Collonel Earl sent into England 214 My Lord Lisburn killed 215 A Party pass the River upon a Bridge of Boats 216 The Irish in a great Consternation 217 Debates whether the Siege should be continued or turned into a Blockade 220 Orders in case of an Alarm 222 Our Forces pass the River a second time 223 The Attack at Thoumond Bridge where six hundred of the Enemy were killed 224 A Remarkable Paper found in the Pocket of a Collonel in the Irish Army 225 The Enemy beat a Parley 228 A Cessation agreed to Hostages exchanged 229 230 The Irish Proposals rejected by the Generals ibid. Articles agreed to 231 The General 's Letter to Sir Ralph Delaval giving him an Account of the Cessation 232 A brief Account of what happened in other parts of the Kingdom during this Month 268 c. CHAP. IX THE Lords Justices come to the Camp 238 The Articles signed ibid. The Articles at large both Civil and Military with Their Majesties Confirmation of them 239 c. Our men take possession of the Irish Town 256 A Lieutenant-Collonel imprisoned for denying to go into France 257 A Declaration from the General 258 My Lord Lucan's Arguments to the Irish to persuade them to go into France 260 Their Foot drawn out and put to the trial ibid. The Lords Justices return towards Dublin ibid. Our Army decamps and goes to Quarters 263 Some of the Irish go towards Cork 264 CHAP. X. THE Campaign ended and Irish Prisoners of War released 268 Some Rapparees deliver up their Arms 269 A Proclamation of pardon to the rest ibid. The Ulster Irish return home with their Cattle 270 The French Fleet comes into the Shannon 271 Some Objections against the Articles of Limerick answered 275 The last of the Irish march from Limerick 281 The General goes to Dublin and thence for England 288 Major-General Mackay and Major-General Talmash go for England 284 The Danes ordered to be shipt off ibid. Fortifications of Ballymore and Mullingar demolished 285 Our Transport Ships that carry the Irish return from France 288 The Late King's Letter to the Irish at their Landing 289 Their Reception in France ibid. My Lord Lucan's Release to the General 292 The Irish that stay'd with us very unruly in their Quarters Orders and Instructions for breaking them all except two Battalions 294 295 The Oaths taken according to the New Act of Parliament 296 An Order to turn out all Papists from our Regiments 297 A Proclamation declaring the War of Ireland ended 302 CHAP. XI A Brief Account of the former and present Circumstances of Ireland 304 Its Division into Provinces and Counties Bishopricks and Parishes Cities and Corporations It s Soil c. 305 306 Sir John Davis's Reasons why Ireland has been so long in being intirely subjected to the Crown of England 307 What Tavistry is 309 This a Reason why the Irish did not improve their Country 310 Of Fosterings and Cosherings ibid. Ireland ought to be put into a Condition to bear its own Burden 314 What Methods the Irish first took to make the old English joyn with them 315 A brief Account of the Expences of the former War ibid. An Essay towards the Charge of this 316 A modest conjecture at the Numbers lost on both sides and in the Country during the VVar 317 The Interest of England to advance the power of the English in Ireland 318 Our Ancestors sensible of this 320 The former Evils still remain ibid. The Interest of the Irish-Papists themselves to advance the Power of England 321 Two Objections answered 322 Religion in the first place to be taken care of 323 An Invasion from France at this Juncture upon any of these three Kingdoms not practicable 326 A Remark upon the last that endeavoured it 328 A Continuation of the Impartial History OF THE WARS of IRELAND CHAP. I. A brief Account by way of Introduction of the Cause of the War The state of the Protestants in that Kingdom The Late King 's landing there The Sessions of Parliament in Ireland Protestants Routed at Drummore and other Places Derry Besieged and Relieved The Irish beat at Croom Castle Duke Sconberg lands in August 1690. Carigfergus Surrendred Newry Burnt The Army march'd to Dundalk And Encamp there nigh ten Weeks Sligo taken by the Irish A Party of theirs Repulsed at Newry The Battel of Cavan The Danes land in Ireland 5000 French Foot land at Kinsale Charlemont Surrendred THE Actions of Great Men have generally been esteemed so powerful for the instructing of those that come after that most Civil States have made it their Business to Transcribe and preserve them to posterity for their Example and Imitation Even the Irish themselves when they were far from being one of the most Reformed Nations in the World had their Bards and Ballad-makers who have taken no small pains in their way to render the Chieftains of their own Country as famous as others Nay the Greatest Generals and Emperors have in the midst of their Conquests imployed some of their time to leave the immortal Memory of their own and other Great Mens Actions in writing the omission of which has been a great defect in the middle Age of the World since those are commonly the most Competent Judges of the management of Affairs and ablest to give a true Account But because in this Fighting Age wherein we now live their time is other ways imployed and Great Men have scarce leisure to read much less to write great Books we must be contented to take the best Accounts we can get of their Actions from meaner Hands such as have been Eye-witnesses of them or at least have good grounds for what they tell us And forasmuch as the Disturbances in Ireland have made so great a noise in the Ears of all Europe whilst they lasted and my self as a constant Attendant on their Majesties Army having been an Eye-witness to the most Remarkable Occurrences I shall not scruple to tell the World all I know which as it is for the most part little else but the bare matter of Fact I hope it may not be despised though it come from so mean a Hand and in so homely a Dress I need not trouble the Reader with a long Discourse about the Occasion of the War The general Aversion of the People of England to Popery and their being ill treated by a Prince of that Persuasion made such a sudden Change in that Kingdom as the like never happened before in any Age or Countrey But Ireland was under different Circumstances the Roman-Catholick Party being there by much the stronger at least more numerous of whom my Lord Tyrconnell had during the late King's Reign been modelling an Army that might be ready on all Occasions to maintain the Popish Interest by which the Protestants in that Kingdom were brought upon the very brink of Ruine and then

injury but by my own defects which by this means I have exposed to the publick Censure of all People I have seen a great part of the most notable Adventures however from the beginning to the end and want only skill to give a good Account of them By-standers commonly see more than those actually ingaged in Battel here every man is tied to his Post and minds the Business only that is before him when those that are Lookers on have nothing else to do but to observe So that wherein I have been defective in this Point is more for want of Judgment than Opportunity and those that are Judges in the Military Art I hope will pardon me where I have made use of Terms that are not proper to that Profession But besides what Observations I have been able to make my self I have had the benefit of several Diaries and some of those writ with good skill I have look'd over all our Publick Accounts too and been freely allowed the advantage of several Publick Papers and Letters at the Secretary of War's Office and other places so that you have all that I know of the matter and I hope it 's no crime in me to know no more than I do tho I will not warrant what I have said from being guilty of several Mistakes for men relate things generally as they conceive 'em and of many that have seen the same thing few there are that relate it alike every one speaking of it according to his own Notions or as his mind is turned by clear or confused Conceptions which alone may be sufficient Encouragement to any judicious Undertaker to be at the pains to compleat the Work especially when they see a thing of that Importance so slovenly managed Tho I am the first that has chalked out the way and have some Reasons to believe that whoever writes afterwards upon this Subject will take more upon Trust than I have done There is already published An Account of the State of the Protestants in Ireland under the late King's Reign most of whom found it true by experience what is there at large related which is the reason that at this day in Ireland you 'l find no Jacobites but Papists Some of whom I hear have made it their boast That they have answered that Book but I 'm sufficiently assured That the Reverend Author who writ it is able to make it good And what credit one of the Romish Faith and an Irish Evidence too will gain by contradicting pure Matter of Fact any sober man may easily foresee Sir Richard Cox has also been pleased to say That he will oblige the world with a Third Volume of his History upon which Considerations I have said little of things before our own Landing and afterwards have for the most part confined my self to matters relating to the Army even in which if we take things as they rise there have been several Actions on our side that have made but an indifferent Figure to us who possibly did not stand in a good light and so could not discern the true Reasons of things only we ought to be satisfied that Publick Authority is not to be subject to the private Passions and Opinions of the people nor the Laws of Government either in Armies or elsewhere to the Fancies of every pretender Some perhaps may ask what part of our Army had the greatest Interest in the Glory of those Victories which we have gained in that Kingdom we being composed of so many different Nations which must needs create Emulation if not Envy it self It has been an Observation before my time That all people generally have a good opinion of themselves and magnifie their own Countrey-men either as to Courage or Customs though it be often without the least shew of Reason The Turks you see contemn us and we them as much The Grecians in former times called all the world but themselves Barbarians and now they are as much despised by most people The Italians deride the French and they again scoff at the Italians The Spaniards laugh at all and every Countrey again at them We call the Irish Wild and Rude and they think to be even with us in calling us English Churles and other Names of Reproach and notwithstanding they were worsted yet their Officers would confidently affirm That their men had as much Courage as those that beat them The Danes too magnified their own Actions and the Dutch and French did as much for themselves yet if you 'l grant me but for this once to be impartial I can affirm by often-repeated experience That I never saw any thing contemn Death to that degree and that too in all shapes as the English Officers and Soldiers did upon all occasions And if any endeavour to take the greatest part of the Glory of that War from them they do them not that Justice which the Merit of their Cause deserves Not that other people did not behave themselves very well but the Numbers of no other Nation were equal to ours or if they had can I by any means allow they could have out-done us I have done our Enemies all the Justice in every point that the Merit of their Cause would bear and that too from several of their own mouths upon whose Credit I have related many Circumstances And as to our own side I am very far from having the least prejudice to the Person of any man nor if I had could I ever persuade my self to take so poor a Revenge if any as to asperse him unjustly this would be my own loss and not his So that if any man happen to be injured by what I have said though there 's a great difference between being wronged and offended I declare it no wilful Mistake and shall be very ready to ask his Pardon which I will not do to any man for saying what I know to be true But what I am most sorry for is That I question not but a great many Gentlemen have deserved very well in this War tho it has been my Misfortune not to know their Names and yet I hope that Time and a more diligent Enquiry will do them Justice What I have writ towards the end of the Book concerning the past and present States of that Countrey was done with the rest in April last when the noise of the French Descent filled every ones ears and the same discourse being now revived I shall let it stand as it is with this Remark That though I am no Prophet yet if they do make an Attempt I hope they 'l have the same Fate that others have had before them Whatever my Account of these matters may be yet the Maps that I have inserted which illustrate the principal Battels and Sieges are very good and cost no small Pains and Charges to bring them to that perfection But when I read over these Papers my self I find the Stile of the whole harsh and unpleasant which must needs be