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A59323	The life and death of Major Clancie, the grandest cheat of this age wherein is set forth many of his villanous projects (real matter of fact) both in England, Ireland, France, Spain and Italy, at last was executed at Tyburn : the reading of which will give the reader great satisfaction.	Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.	1680 (1680)	Wing S2696A; ESTC R37370	66,928	162

all undone § This last Act of the Major's to the great disappointment of the reverend Father and the rest of his Friers and Fellow-Sufferers soon spread up and down the Town that it came to the Hearing of the Commissioners who next day came to see his Reverence and condole his great Loss Mr. Flanning begins to enquire for Brother Clancie that Example of Humility that Pattern of Penitence inlarging so upon that Subject till Father Delahyde much out of countenance beg'd him not to torment Him with those reproachful Sentences and Repetitions of his irrecoverable Loss and believe this was sent for their Punishment and Trial of Patience who have no remedy but Leave it to God Father Spencer standing by and hearing him say he would leave it to God being troubled replies there should be no search for Clancie leave it to God and if this wicked Fellow comes with one tear of Repentance God will forgive him But what shall we do in the mean time for Meat at this the People fell all a Laughing till the Company parted each one to his Home entertaining their Selves and Friends with those Passages formerly repeated CHAP. IV. MR. Clancie concievs it not safe for him to make any stay in them Parts where he had so lately play'd so many Pranks and had incensed so many Persons of Quality who would undoubtedly have apprehended him were it but only in revenge of poor Father Delahyde injured so believing Limerick too hot a place for him to take his Journy toward the County of Keary a place he never had been in before there makes his inquiry as well of Names of Places as the Inhabitants and having thoroughly informed Himself in every particular he likewise inquires who those People were that liv'd in the Wood and upon the Mountains and what shift they could make for their Lively-hood and Subsistance § Answer was made him that most of them were Gentlemen of good Rank Men of great Courage and Resolution put now to so much Hardship that unavoidably they must be very Burthensome to the Country troublesome enough to the Neighbouring Garrisons having no Pay or other ways to live but what they must take by force from their Enemies their Friends not daring to relieve them He farther enquires which was the next Garrison and who commanded there it was told him that Cork was the next the Governours own Name he knew not Pray do you know any of the Gentlemens Names that live near Cork can I have admittance into the City yes Sir I know Mr. Ocallechan and several others that pay Contribution After this Information the Major goes toward Cork to a Gentlemans House with whom he had some small acquaintance who bids him very welcome and gave him good entertainment which the Major makes this Use of and tells him that the occasion of his coming thither was to make Use of his kindness in a Business he was very confident would be very acceptable to all Men and injurious to none whereupon the Gentleman of the House promises to do him all Service Why then Sir my request is That you will do me the favour as go to the Governour of Cork and tell him that I am a Person that have a small Command amongst those Gentlemen that cannot but be troublesome to him and his Quarters and if he will give me good conditions in order to my Transport and those under my Command I will wait upon him provided he first send me a safe Conduct by you The Gentleman of the house was very glad of the occasion believing it a very welcome Message goes next morning to the Governour who kindly thanked him and immediatly gives him a safe Conduct for Captain Clancie and desires him to bring the Captain to his House and to assure him he should have good conditions and shall be very punctually performed The Gentleman returns to the Captain with this account who without delay comes to the Governours House in Cork where he is most nobly feasted his company very pleasing to all no sooner Dinner was done but Captain Clancie desired a private conference with the Governour where he reasoned the matter so signifying how resolute all his party were and absolutely resolv'd to revenge their selves in case of no relief such of them as had not the intention with Captain Clancie who likewise tould him how necessary he would be in this case whereupon the Governour desired him to know what conditions would satisfy him Sir I would not willingly be counted unreasonable to a Person so obligingly civil as your self I would have a safe and free Quarter for my Men and Horses during our stay here a good Ship well Mann'd and Victualled to transport us to our Harbour beyond Sea with some mony in our Purses to serve us upon our arrival which I will leave to your discretion § Truly Captain I can but commend your care of your men nor do I find so much of unreasonableness in your Demand and to dispute any farther but grant all you desire all which was presently reduced into Writing signed by the Governour and delivered the Major who no sooner finished his complement to the Ladies but he takes his leave of the Governour and those Officers with him goes along with his Friend in whose House he had lain some nights before and from thence to the Mountains where he was very well known to a great many there begins to wonder at their manner of living without Meat without Drink without Lodging Some answered though their Fare was bad yet their Cause was good and others answer would God for all the goodness of our Cause we knew where to eat and drink one hearty good Meal to which Clancie makes answer thus Gentlemen I must confess I pity you Pity us a plague take your pity could you help us to some Meat I do assure you Gentlemen if you would be but ruled by me I would soon help you to Meat and Drink enough They all that were there present resolved and vowed to observe him and his orders in what ever he would command them provided they law a provision made for them with any manner of safety ho tould them that if they would but own him for their Captain he would warrant with his life to provide for them as he promised to which another makes Answer He liked the motion well enough if he knew how to believe Clancie with whom he had been well acquainted before whereupon Clancie to remove that Doubt produces the Articles he had made with the Governour of Cork Upon sight of which to the number of threescore and ten of them call him Captain and march along with him through the Country very safely being every where much made of a far pleasanter and sweeter way of living than on the Mountains Thus they march to the gates of Cork where they are received and provided for by the Governour who presently upon their Arrival appoints each one his Quarter where they are to

him with a curse a plague take all such Kindred in brief the Major is carried to Prison wihout making restitution of any money having little or no●e about him Where he had not been above ten days but he makes love to the Marshalls only Daughter with some success so much as gave him admittance and oppertunity to make his pitied Passion known he had a familiar acquaintance with the Daughter of the Great Earl of Twomond To whom he takes the liberty to signify by Letter the State of his condition as a Prisoner without hopes of redemption desiring her Ladiship with much earnestness to continue still his Friend to whom he had a very humble request Which was that She would command her Chaplen to come to the Prison and hear his Confession this request He hoped She would not deny him it being the great concern of his Soul The Lady did so The Chaplen puts on his Disguise and came to the Prison where he was carried to a private Room The doo● being shut close he begins to tell the Major by whose command he came and desir'd him to consider how he and all those of his Function were persecuted and that he could not stay long and doubted not but he was prepared § Sir says the Major I know it very well and shall not keep you long my Confession is but short I know what you have said to be very true that you are a Priest my Confession is that I want money which you can and must supply before you leave this pIace or I will Inform against you The Chaplen was so startled at this Confession knew not what defence ●o make finding all his arguments fruitless at last was forced to give the Major all the money he had being twenty Broad Pieces and his Bond for thirty more to be paid at the day agreed upon The Chaplen goes home to his Lady like a distracted man to whom he tells what befel him Imputeing the blame of his misfortune to her Ladiship at whose Intreaty and Command he undertook that unfortunate Journey § The Lady very much troubled conceiving her Self the absolute occasion of this Disaster knew no way to repair this injury but by paying the Twenty Pounds and ingageing for the Thirty which She immediately did During the time of the Majors Imprisonment there chanced to come into England one Sutton commonly called Duke of Northumberland the pretended Heir of the Lord Dudley of Dudley-Castle who then had a Relation in Town who he often visited at his house where he was sometimes entertained with Stories of Major Clancie with which the Duke was so taken that he acquainted the French Ambassador with whereupon this Gentleman and Friend to the Duke was invited by the Ambassador to Dinner where he was desired to satisfie that Company with some account of Major Clancies Life of whom the Ambassador had heard so much which the Gentleman did with so much satisfaction seemingly to all the Company more especially the Ambassador's Secretary who longed for nothing so much as the sight of this Major that was the Author of all this Discourse so that when Dinner was done the Secretary takes one of his Matters Coaches and some Footmen along and having found after some inquiry where the Majors Habitation was makes him a Visit to the Marshals House where he was Prisoner The Major receives him with all the kindnesses that could be and entertained him so plentifully that the Secretary could not chuse but wonder to see with what Decent order he was served upon the suddain as if he had expected him and a preparation made purposely for his Reception Yet there could nothing be so satisfactory as the freedom of Discourse with which the Secretary was so taken that he resolved to come often to see him with intentention to do him Service Thus they entertained each other for that Afternoon and at parting used so much Courtship and Ceremonies as made the Marshal believe there must be a great deal of Intimacy and Friendship between them § The Secretary is no sooner gone but the Major who seldome or never wanted wherewithal to put a good Gloss upon an ill Cause and resolving to make some Use of this Visit puts himself into the Posture of the most unfortunate Creature in the World and Acted that part so well that all the People there present were very much concerned though they knew nothing of the Cause chiefly the Master of the House who with a great deal of Earnestness prest to know the occasion of this so great and suddain a Change To which the Major makes Answer thus I know you cannot but wonder at me that am indeed the wonder of the World for misfortune so misfortunate that if you knew my Condition I doubt you would not Relieve me though your Charity might point you to things of greater difficulty Yet for your satisfaction I will not conceal from your Knowledg the true State of my Case When I was in France last I did Article with the King that I would bring hIm out of Ireland a Regiment consisting of two thousand Men. On this depended my Fortune now crost by this cursed Imprisonment The French Ambassador not knowing any thing of my Restraint and much wondering why I did not go with my Capitulation sends his chief Secretary to know the Reason why I came not at him that he might move all Objections either with the Protector or else-where that gave intterruption to this Design Now you know the cause of my Distraction and Trouble then judg if I have not reason to be so to see the neck of my hopes broke by this restraint where I cannot promise my self so much Liberty as would give me time to finish my Business with the French Ambassador § All that heard him could not choose but be concerned for him especially his Mistress the Jailors only Daughter who now made Use of her Interest with her Father alledging such Reasons and Arguments of pitty in behalf of the Major whole future Happiness depended wholly upon this so considerable Imployment as the Command of so many Men by which it was not unlikely but he might in little time be enabled to procure his Liberty and make large Returns for the Favour should be conferr'd upon him and what pitty it was that a Person of that Honour and Quality should be thus restrained now in his Distress The Father considering with great Attention the words of his dear Child with how much reason spoke and she was concerned tells her how sorry he was that it lay not in his power to redeem and free him from all his trouble being a person for whom he ever had a very great Respect and whose generous and free good Nature was well known to him seeing the Ambassadors Secretary come to him in such an Equipage made him believe all to be very true whereupon he calls the Major to him to acquaint him with what the Daughter had said and how heartily

pay him but before I go let me see him you send that there may be no mistake The Marchant shewed him a young Youth this is he shall wait upon your Worship the Major goes along the Boy follows the Coach he knew not whether the Major instead of going to his lodgings goes to a Barbours-house into one of his upper Rooms to be trim'd and having done rewards the Barbour plentifully and tell him withal do not you think that I give you so much money for your pains you take in trimming me No for I have a greater charge to give you in which I must intreat your care and diligence for which you shall be well rewarded that is as soon as I am gone you must call up hither a young youth that follows me he is a little bashful and you 'l hardly perswade him to confess his infirmity till you force him therefore lock him in with as much privacy as you can and search him and if you find things be amiss which I suspect you will pray apply such things for his recovery as you think most expedient and I will reward you well I know the Boy will be very shie and seem not to understand your meaning But let not that suffice till you have a full view of all and thereby satisfy your self and be careful The Barbour promises to be mindful of it and so soon as the Major went into the Coach bid the Boy go along with the Barbour and he would do his business the Boy makes a leg and goes along § The Barbour leads him into a private Room locks the door begins to preach to the Boy tells him what a fine Youth he is to fall to his Roguery so timely the Boy thought the Fellow mad and blushed to hear him come come says the Barbour your modesty must not serve your turn your Master told me all this I must see how you are the Boy thought the Devil had possess'd the Fellow asked him what the matter was or what he would be at that he came for his Masters money the Price of his Cloath the Barbour replies your Masters order I must Follow I am to search you for you have the Pox and I am hired I will do my duty The Boy vowed and swore he had no Pox that his Master lived in Cheapside and sent him with that Gentleman for his money All this would not serve the Barbours turn but he must be true to his trust and will search so that the dispute ended in Cuffs but in the end the Barbour being too hard for the Boy forced down his Breeches and searcht the Boy who he found as clear and sound as any Creature could be The Barbour satisfied himself that he had done his part The poor Boy much troubled for his abuse without remedy goes home to his Master with this sad account Tells him the whole story how that instead of money he had a beating and a long Encounter with the Barbour and was searched for the Pox the Master not knowing how to help himself could not choose but smile at the passage who must sit down with the loss CHAP. XI THe Major having played so many mischievous Pranks by Cheating and Abusing so many Persons of all sorts without distinction thinks it high time for to leave England and proposes to himself something of more safety in Ireland where he had not been in a long time though not been Idle when he was there Thither he goes where by some he is made welcome more for the description he sometimes gave of the passages of his Life wherein People found some pastime then any way coveting his so well known Company At the time of his being in Ireland there was erected a Court for Trial of all Mens Qualifications called the Court of Clames which he very often frequented and observed the manner of proceedings there and how Justice was destributed to all Men according to Evidence he being given to understand that in that Court was a day perfixed according to Rule for the Trial of one in Makoones Qualification where he must either prove his Innocency or be declar'd Nocent and consequently loose his Estate He that was chiefly concerned in this Cause and who must have found Witnesses for to Criminate Maccmahon was Sir Henry Inglesby a Person of much Worth and Honour to whom Major Clancie offers his Service as being the fittest Man in the World for Sir Henry to imploy as he pretended and gave these reasons that Maccmahon was well known to him so were most of his Actions of his Life Especially from the first of all the Rebellion wherein he presumed Sir Henry was only concerned here he tells him that there was such a Cause such a day to be heard and that he doubted not of Proof sufficient to Criminate Maccmahon nor would he be ungrateful to such as would appear there for him Sir says the Major the Service I can do is this I can prove by several Witnesses that Mac●mahon in the first of the Rebellion was in Actual Service with the Rebels that he had command of a Troop of Horse and that there were comming from their own dwellings to be sheltered from the Rebels in Cork twelve poor English-men that were killed by this Maccmahon in such a place this alone I can assure says Clancie is sufficient to do your work and shall be proved before the Judges of the Court by such Witnesses as I shall not fail to bring on which you with confidence rely Sir Henry was undoubtedly pleased to have the offer of such a Service so seasonable gave the Major many thanks with the assurance of such a return as became him for so great a kindness § The day appointed for this cause being come Major Clancie having prepared his Witnesses waits upon Sir Henry to the Court where Sir Henry was called and asked if he was ready and where were his Witnesses He produced seven brought him by Major Clancie whose Testimony agreed so well in every Circumstance that the Court was satisfyed and resolved to declare Maccmahon Nocent till Sir Henry offers to the Court that in case they are not yet sufficiently satisfied with what they have heard of his proof he had one more sufficient good Witness to confirm what had been proved before to which the Court answered they would discountenance none but hear as many as he pleased whereupon Major Clancie was called having given him his Oath the Court asked him if he knew Maccmahon and how long he answered he knew Maccmahon from his infancy 'T was asked him again how he found Maccmahon inclined as to the Rebellion and lastly what he knew as to the cause depending To all which he makes answer thus may it please his Honour and Court to take notice that I am upon my Oath and shall speak nothing but the truth that I know Maccmahon the Son and Heir of Sir Tirlah Maccmahon and from his Infancy had an intimate acquaintance with him