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A48054	A letter from Duke Schomberge's camp, giving an account of the condition of the English and Irish army, and a true account of all the papists in Ireland their number and estates, with reasons for declaring them forfeited, and the several parties amongst them with all the material circumstances that relate to that kingdom : from the camp at Dundalke, November 4, 1689.		1689 (1689)	Wing L1461; ESTC R9296	6,671	11

A LETTER FROM Duke Schomberge's CAMP Giving an Account of the Condition Of the English and Irish ARMY AND A True Account of all the Papists in Ireland their Number and Estates with Reasons for declaring them forfeited and the several Parties amongst them With all the Material Circumstances that relate to that Kingdom From the Camp at Dundalke November 4. 1689. Licensed according to Order LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst And Published by Randal Taylor over against Stationers-Hall 1689. A Letter from Duke Schombergs Camp giving an Account of the Condition of the English and Irish Army SIR IN compliance with your commands and discharge of my promise I will acquaint you with the State of our Affairs on this side to which will be added a distinct character and discrimination of the several Parties amongst the Papists in this Kingdom their several Interests and the Numbers of them by which you will be the better enabled to judge how matters are likely to go here As to the first part King James having had particular Information from the French Traiterous Fugitives of which you have heard of the condition of our Camp the strength and weakest parts of our Trenches where he might most easily surprize Us and being assured by them that they would seize one or two of our Posts to facilitate his Entrance into our Camp he adventured to command his Army on the 14th of September to advance within one or two Miles of Us that he might the better execute his Design his Army consisted of about Forty thousand Men whereof thirty thousand were Armed the rest had such Arms as the Countrey afforded Sheans and half Pikes they intrenched themselves and waited for the opportunity wherein to surprize Us but providentially the Traitors were discovered seized and six of the principal of them Executed about Two hundred more are sent into England where I hope they will be dealt with according to their deserts The Irish being informed that their Plot was discovered their hopes being frustrated they did on the sixth of October set fire on their Camp and retreated four Miles with more speed than they came forward and posted themselves near the Bogg of Ardee being always willing to have so convenient a Retreat as a Bogg at hand They had not the courage in all that time to make any Attempt on Us. Indeed seldom hath it been known that two such Armies have been so long posted so near each other and no Action happen between them The intemperateness of the Weather the great Rains the Flux and Distempers in King James's Camp hath taken off so many of his Army that he was compelled to send his Men into Winter Quarters a good part of them are at Drogheda and a considerable number is sent to Athlone which is the Center of Ireland some are sent to Dublin and about Five thousand continue Encamped at Ardee I suppose you have heard of the death of some of our Soldiers for 't is impossible for an Army at this season to keep the Field in any part of the world and that some should not drop off but the Companies are in some measure recruited with Northern Protestants who are seasoned to and acquainted with the Country Since I wrote the former we have a strong report that King James his Forces that Marched towards Athlone continued their March to James Town and Sligoe and have cut off some of our men in each of those places whose loss we sensibly lament the rest retreated some to Ballyshanon some to Eniskillin Our General intended as soon as our Forces should joyn us that were detatched towards Charlemont to have marched forward towards Dublin But the wetness and immoderateness of the season will necessitate our drawing into Winter Quarters it being almost impossible for our men to contend any longer with the Extremity of the Weather As to what concerns the several Parties in King James his Army the whole body of the Papists in this Kingdom their Number Estates and what may be fit to do with them and how they may be made to pay the Charge of their Reduction c. you will find in the Answer to the following Query An Answer to that Seasonable and Important Question Which Party of the Irish Rebels may be invited to Submission by a second Declaration or Offer of Pardon with most Advantage to His Majesty to England in respect of Charge and to the Protestant Interest in Ireland ALL the Papists in that Kingdom as well those of English Extraction as the Natives are joyned in this Rebellion this being noted it is expedient for resolving the Question to consider the several Parties amongst them and the distinct Interest of each of these Parties which will open the matter so as it will be easie to observe which of them are likeliest to be charm'd to any Advantage The Popish Clergy and Lawyers have a right to the Van for they are the Contrivers and Incendiaries to Rebellion sworn Vassals to Rome and France restless in their Endeavours for Extirpating the Protestant Religion and regaining the Church Lands Should His Majesty offer them any of those Lands to buy them off it would be resented worse than the taking away of Magdalen Colledge for our Clergy think them little enough for themselves and will not consent that a third or half should be given their Brethren of the Church of Rome yet less than the whole nor that will not satisfie for these pant after the Lives as well as the Livings of the Hereticks And that this work may be done effectually both these sorts of men are now commissioned and actually in Arms The Bishops Priests c. according to their degrees are Colonels Captains Lieutenants and Ring-leaders of the People to the greatest Mischiefs of their Secular and Regular Clergy there are four Titulur Arch-Bishops 23 Bishops 2● 28 Parish Priests Next comes the most numerous part of the Gentry and Nobility who by their Rebellion in 1641. forfeited their Estates of which the Protestants are seized these having gain'd some Military Experience in foreign parts are the flower of the Rebels Arm●d their condition cannot be made worse by any improsperous event of War dig they cannot and they will not easily be perswaded to return to beggary nothing less than a good part or the whole of the Estates they forfeited will be a bait for them As to the common Soldiers part of them have been dragooning the Protestants in France the residue have from their Cradles lived by Theft and Robbery are incapable of labour of industry did these and the former submit being disbanded protected and disperst they would be more dangerous than now together in Arms for they would fill that Kingdom with particular Murders Rapes and Robberies render the Planting of it dangerous of impracticable These cannot be saved to any good use nor transported but they run to France to strengthen that Enemy of Mankind As to the Nobility and Gentry that were restored to