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A26575	Londerias, or, A narrative of the siege of London-Dery which was formed by the late King James the 18th of April, and raised the 1st of August, Anno Dom. 1689 : written in verse / by Joseph Aickin.	Aickin, Joseph.	1699 (1699)	Wing A800; ESTC R10249	29,097	86

The truth whereof is to the City known The Pris'ners taken aboard we detain And forc'd them daily to interr their slain On Windmill-Hill for their fat Bodies sent A Noisome smell to our great Detriment Sect 5. Glencarty's Bravado Glencarty with two thousand men of might Came up to storm the Butchers Gate at night Come out ye Dogs quoth he why do you sleep But from the Walls they made his Forces weep More than the half were slain the rest retreat For six brave Captains came from Bishops-Gate Kennedy Dumbar Baird Noble and Grahm With young Murray who did their courage tame Their great design was to place Ingeniers To undermine the Walls as then appears Some we surpriz'd at work and others slew Thus we the Lord Glencarty's brags o'rethrew Sect. 6. The Scarcity of Food and Pestilential Feaver ABout this time the raging Feaver reign'd Which multitudes of the Towns people drain'd It was occasion'd by the want of Food And uncouth Dyet which enflam'd the blood For some eat Starch others on Tallow live At length for Victuals the Ox-hide they give And some eat Dogs others on Horses fed The sprightly Geldings to the slaughter led A Cats a Ladies feast thô ne're so thin Though you might count all the Ribs in her skin A Swallow's sold for eighteen pence and more Then you may judge what became of the Poor Some Horses Blood did eat who now disdain To eat good Mutton if not lately slain Such Food to the veins corrupt blood commends Which in a Pestilential Feaver ends Sect. 7. Governour Baker Sickens THis dismal Feaver seiz'd our Governour Whom the Physitians in few days gave o're Thus the Great Baker fails we then propose A successor but none the Council chose They it referr to the dying Governour He Mitchelburn nam'd for his successour ' Gainst which the Council never spoke a word For they were press'd by Famine and the Sword Then in all haste to Mitchelburn is sent An Order to release his confinement To justifie his Zeal when he ascends The Chair he for three thousand Men demands To sally forth and to oppose the Foes With them into the Bishops Parks he goes In the mean time the Enemy appear In a Body and some Horse in their rear The wise Commander thought it best to shun Unequal Combat to retire begun Yet this retreat such Consternation bred That some with Arms and some without 'em fled Sect. 8. The Bombarding of the City THe Council and the Governours decree That all the Off'cers should together be Captains in one place Lieut'nants in another The Ensigns in a third and so in order That they might be in readiness at call To sally forth or to defend the Wall This was hard service ev'ry one may judge Yet no man did at this hard service grudge The Irish likewise prest them with their Booms Which forc'd all People to forsake their Rooms The dreadful Booms the sickly people's toyl Both night and day our stately Buildings spoil The Towns one heap of Rubbish many dye By this dire art witness the Charging Boy Whilst he lay sleeping on his fatal Bed A dreadful Boom through his great body fled Thus Alderman Thompson dy'd and many more Hot Balls they likewise threw from t'other shoar This is the hardship of a Town besieg'd Who dyes in Battle to the Fo's oblig'd Yet we do own the providence of God Who exercis'd us with this heavy rod Though all the Houses of the Town were slapt By dreadful Booms Columba's Church escap't Wherein great store of Ammunition lay And where the Church and Kirk did jointly pray In all Columba's Church no dammage's found Yet the Booms tore the dead out of the ground For at this sacred place they daily aim'd Where we protection from God hourly claim'd Yet all these hardships did not move the Town To quit the Int'rest of the English Crown But all these are not for to be compar'd To want of food when a poor Mouse is shar'd Betwixt the tender Parent and the Child All kinds of death to that of hunger's mild These they endured to a miracle And ought to be set down in Chronicle Sect. 9. The driving of the Protestants to the Walls to move the City to yield THe Irish still of Stratagems have more To move the City their defence give o're They gath'red all the Protestants that were In three Counties and forc'd them to repair Unto our Walls both Man and Mothers Son And hemm'd them in with a Battalion This mov'd the Town to see their friends so dear Before their face in this sad case appear Not having wherewith to supply their want That they were 14 Thousand all men grant Yet these poor people begg'd it as a Boon That we would not deliver up the Town They 'd rather suffer many a dismal blow Then we should yield the City to the Foe We beat a Parlee Gen'ral Rose did show His Orders from the King and Council's so To whom the Town replies send these folks home Or we 'll hang up our pris'ners ev'ry one Upon the Royal Bastion we erect A stately Gallows in the Foes prospect This mov'd the Irish to compassion Then the next day they sent the People home A thousand of our sick went out with those We in their stead as many fresh men chose Great Mitchelburn and Murray had decreed If th' enemy had not the people freed To arm the Men and with the Garrison To give Battle to Gen'ral Hamilton This was a modern Stratagem of War In History no such examples are Sect. 10. Governor Baker's Death and Character ABout this time the Noble Baker dyes His Loyal Soul to his Creator flies He 's much lamented and admir'd by all Who knew his Merits for they were not small The Town he Govern'd with assiduous care Was sound in Council and expert in War Loyal and faithful to our Sov'reign King True to the Prot'stant Cause in ev'ry thing Great was his strength of Body but his Soul Did greater Actions which none dare controul True to his Friend and faithful to his trust Upright in dealing and to all men just In solemn manner we his Corps interr As it became a Valiant Man of War A Funeral Sermons preacht the Bells did ring And treble Volleys did his praises sing Lieutenant Dalton was his faithful friend And Counsellour what e're he did intend Sect. 10. A Treaty of Surrendring propos'd by the Enemy THen Hamilton Bombards us in our lines To beat us out of which he then designs But seeing us ready to receive their Fire With his advanced Troops he doth retire Then great distress upon the City falls For on the North the Foe lay near the Walls Our want of food did the Towns council force To slay 'bove fifty of our fattest Horse And in few days we must yield up the Town When lo the Enemy a Parly sound To treat of Peace Commissioners were sent We to surrender on these Terms consent If they would grant