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A87081	The clergies lamentation: deploring the sad condition of the kingdome of Ireland, by reason of the unparallel'd cruelties and murders exercised by the inhumane popish rebells upon many thousand Protestants in the Province of Ulster, and especially the ministers there, since the beginning of this bloudy rebellion. In which is also particularly expressed the names, and manner of the murthering, imprisoning and famishing of such ministers and others, by those barbarous and blood-thirsty rebells. Published as an incouragement to all true-borne Englishmen, to rise up as one man to resist those rebells, who are (by command from His Majesty) shortly to be brought over into England. By Daniel Harcourt, one of the commissioners for the examination of the Protestants grievances in that province. Published by order.	Harcourt, Daniel.	1644 (1644)	Wing H690; Thomason E49_8; ESTC R2085	24,763	32

Rebells tyranny or my intelligence many more must needs suffer that never came my care for the Inland Countries of whose passages I am not informed so credibly I dare report it must needs afford great slaughters being remote from those garison Townes upon the coast where many God be praised spared their lives Besides these that were thus massacred there dyed of the pestilent feaver who chiefly miscaried through poverty famine and succors in their sicknesse The reverend learned and famous Martyr Bedle Bishop of Kilmore who supported many distrested English and was kept in restraint at Clowater and died at Mr. Scrednies house after some five monthes imprisonment where like paul he spent his time in converting his jailors making his prison his pulpit wicked tyrants may barre Gods people from the congregation of the righteous but not God from the habitations of his people M. Peirce Minister of the Lurgan at Carickfargus Mr. Simon Chichester Minister of Belfast Mr. Ducket Curate of Lisnigarvy Mr. Redshaw Minister of Colerane Mr. Collins Minister of Kilrac And three Ministers more whose names I cannot learne but was informed of their deaths by Anne Jackson Francis Barnaby and Wentworth Moulsworth that came from thence and are now all in this City All these dyed in Colerane Mr. Tailor of Carlingford Mr. Chesman of Moninmoore Minister Mr. Winter of Astra Minister Mr. Luke Astrie Minister of Ballekelly Mr. Farwood Deane of Drummoore Mr. Edward Stanhop Archdeacon Mr. Backster of Kildallon dyed in Castle Crag Mr. Edward Livesly Mr. Erskin of Fermanah who tooke his sicknesse in Derry but dyed in Scotland at Antrim Captaine John Kilner of Jaughen-vale having a Commission from His Majesties Commissioners for a foot Company issued out in Decem. 1641. as also a Commission from the Lords Justices to be Provost Marshall of the City and County of London-Derry in both which his sonne being a Minister became his Lieutenant and Deputy being a preaching Souldier and a military Minister who preacht to his Souldiers when they were not in fight and fought when he could not preach shewing at once his love to Christ and hate to Anti-Christ who having done exceeding good service he being a forward and well qualified Gentleman but striving above nature to shew his zeale in that holy war by many heats colds and other sufferings contracted that sicknesse wich ended his daies having time to apply that Swan-like song of Paul the second of Timothy the 4 5 6 7 8. verses Which a legacie to his brethren and cordiall to himselfe was his last antheme But watch thou in all things suffer advers●●y 〈◊〉 the worke of an Evangelist make thy Ministery fully knowne For now I am ready to be offered and the time of my departing is at hand I have fought a good sight I have finished my course I have kept the faith For henceforth is laid up for me the Crown of righteousnesse which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day and not to me only but to all them that love his appearing I have seen a large certificate of his fathers unparalled services in which he ought to be a partner as being an assistant all wich is subscribed under the hands of Sir Jahn Vanghan Knight governour of the City of London-Derry and one of the Privy Councell of that Kingdome Robert Thornton Major of that City Henry Vaughan Simon Pits Henry Finch Henry Osborne Aldermen Mr. Newcomen Minister of Fawne at Fawne Mr. Richard Walker Minister of Lifford at Lifford Now you have seen Steven ston'd you shall see Peter and John Paul and Silas in interiorem carcerem you shall see Jeremiah in the stocks Jer. 20.2 You shall behold Pashur putting him downe into the dungeon with cords where the poore Prophet is not only fast in prison but in mire Jer. 38.6 for as they held the Ministers the basest of men so they provided for them the basest of prisons should we returne their cruelties we should put their Priests and Jesuits into our common shoares Dignum pattella operculum those not marked with the letter T for destruction or on the lintells of whose doors the Angel had sprinkled the marks of deliverance found the protraction of life a death the taskmasters of Ireland being more cruell then those of Egypt and enjoyning more cruell conditions for what can be more horrid then for an Apostle to be urged to be an Apostate to be constrained to leave the way the truth and the life to walke in the labyrinths of falshood and death I shall shew you some of the Lords captives in that Province Mr. Archdeacon Price of Drumlane Mr. Adam Watson of Kilshanar both of the County of Cavan besieged in Castle Crag eight months getting off by quarter Mr. Creighton of Virginia kept in misery eleven months Mr. Fitzgarret Minister in hard and cruell restraint till the fixt of May 1642. who though a native and next to the Primate of Armagh a man of the greatest splendor for Urim and Thummim of that Nation Mr. Boyle of Carickmaharosse Minister in bondage five months Mr. Gil Minister of Killally of the County of Monahan imprisoned five months Mr. Edward How Curate of Dartrie in bonds six weeks Mr. Ferchar Parson of Cl●unish County Fermanah two months Mr. Francis Sympson of Kilmore County Monahan imprisoned eight months Mr. James Fathie Minister kept in restraint eight months having been preserved from famine by M. Fitzgarrets goodnesse who for his County take found a little more cruell favour then other of his brethren Mr. Bradly Minister of Artra imprisoned eight months being often brought out to be hanged but next unto God preserved by the unmatchable goodnesse of Mrs. Chappel now in the City finding save from one friend raised up for her by Almighty God a small returne of that talent of charity which she in those dayes of bloud and famine extended to many especially the Ministery which sometimes brought her owne life in hazard Mr. Archdeacon Maxfield of Glaslough or if you will Buchamon junior for his elegant and smooth expressions in divine posies kept in restraint by the Ovendens halfe bothers to Nero junior Sir Philomy ô Neal nine months A Scotch Minister that after long imprisonment made a miraculous escape with Lievtenant Smith Lievtenant to Captaine George Blunt of Montjoy and some others in a small boat and oares hackled out with their knives over Lough Neaugh to Antrym it being above twenty miles by water in the Winter season a dangerous passage whose name I have forgotten yet I heard him preach in Belfast upon this portion of Scripture Jer. 4.4 Thus we see as Antichrist strives to drownd kill and famish the elect even so Christ by a Divine providence sowes up the mouths of these ravening elements and preserves his owne paul in spite of the whistling Euroclydon and angry Adriaticke hee shall have his Angell aboord to bring him blest tidings of his life and his companions Act. 27.23 That passage of Esay 43.2

CHARLES By the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. THE Clergies Lamentation DEPLORING The sad Condition of the Kingdome of Jreland by reason of the unparallel'd cruelties and murders exercised by the inhumane Popish Rebells upon many thousand Protestants in the Province of Ulster and especially the Ministers there since the beginning of this bloudy Rebellion In which is also particularly expressed the names and manner of the murthering imprisoning and famishing of such Ministers and others by those barbarous and blood-thirsty Rebells Published as an incouragement to all true-borne Englishmen to rise up as one man to resist those Rebells who are by Command from His Majesty shortly to be brought over into England BY DANIEL HARCOURT One of the Commissioners for the Examination of the Protestants Grievances in that Province Published by Order Printed for Henry Shepheard and are be sold at his Shop over against the Royall Exchange 1644. To the Clergie of England THe Lord not only gave his People the Land of promise but cities of refuge to which those fled pursued not so fast by an ill conscience as the avenger of bloud though a corrupt conscience be the only vulturean a venger The Ministers of the Gospell were not tipified as I conceive in the silver trumpets only but in those burning tapers whose lights ought to bee seen as well as their voices heard therefore Christ gives a charage they should not only preach but shine Surely they were meant also in those sheltring Cities whether the Soules of men should not barely repaired for spirituall succour being chased by that roring Lion but also for other kind of releife who ought not onely to be spirituall but temporall granaries in whome should be found both corporall and mentall comforts The first bread I find David eraveng is at the hands of Ahimlech 1 Sam the 21. and 3. our messias made it his first querie to his Desipels after his resurrection Luk the 24.41 Have yee any moat it was not without on occult reason that God appointed them little under the law but what was edible which was not so fitt for any thing as imparting for in those hot Counteries a salt hoord was but a thirsty provision though I imagin their charitie had no policicall ground but rather had a relation to the paschall solemnity in which remaines was prohibited indeed that which is holyest ought to be most communicable that miracle of feeding many with little was documentall instructing us that even out of our slender provision there should be aparticipation to you then of the holy calling doe I commend the brittish protestants of Ireland and cheifly the despencers with you of the same Gospel as to their cities of refuge trumpets and lamps They may like Elisha travail farre to find a Shunamite a a Sarepthan an O badioh To you repair these feeble ones for repair in these their sufferings and their approaching dayes of calamity which God of his mercie prevent but I will content my self to lie at the foot of Iacobs ladder and behold your charity and pray like those angells ascending and descending not daring to adventvre to climbe to instruct or informe contenting me with fight till I obtain fruition This bleeding Pamphlet expresseth the miseries of some part of my brethren though I am assured I have omitted the fifth man some of which will be constrained to desire your brotherly assistance who come not without letters of commendation your Master sends them as Paul his Onesimus to Philemon not as delinquents but sufferers which Epistle if you peruse you find his affectionate mandate and find there Paul desiring to become his creditour in the behal of him as Christ for us thus commending them to your compassion as his bowells and you to the bowells of his compassion I am yours and the Benjamin of your Tribe in whose sack will be found neither Plate nor Corn Daniell Harcourt To the honorable the Committee for Contribution of monies to the distressed Paotestants of Ireland RIght Honorable Necessity hath as many tongues and pennes as Briarius hands Argus eyes or sin advocates and those dictators of our miseries never had a juster cause than now to supplicate for their own silence and by a divine proportion Charity hath not only large bowels but many and open eares so that the speakers and auditors have an equality in number No Nation hath had larger tastes of the first than the English in Ireland nor any Nation ever produced a larger crop of the last to furnish the first than England The traine oyle of our calamities hath made the lamps of their Charities to shine the world over whilst the oyle from their cruses and meale from their barrels hath not failed to furnish us as they are to be honored for this crop we are also to honor you for the carefull storing and distributing thereof Me thinks I find no yeare of Jehoash so famous as that in the 2 of Kings 4 5. and 15. v. in which was the care to repair that holy fabrick dedicated to God and in that work nothing more glorious than the performance of that trust by them that were to effect this repaire for it seems the generall contribution was not so rich or great as the honesty of those entrusted The calamitous Protestants are the temples of the holy Ghost which like that ruined structure want repair that a supply of the former cares and zeale were requisite as thousands cannot but praise God for the indefatigable pains and labours in your pious distributions yet divers that have staid longest and ventured suffered and effected most have not had so much as a tast of this hony with Jonathan on the tip of their rod to cheere their feeble and fainting soules spent in the pursuit and slaughter of those Irish Philistims who thirst after some of the hony combe of Charity pine for It and most famish without it I repine at no mans successe but it appeares to mee that those wyich brought their cloaths and meanes away before the rebellion had warm'd a house should find Cloaths meanes and warm'th here when as such as staied to spend and venture their lives and blou should find neither so that I must conclude our desires to do service there detain'd us so that now our desires cannot be serv'd I am not ignorant what just cause of suspence may be given your honours from those that usurped the name of ruined Protestants and of some which I could produce that have gone by their own virgin Sirnames their first husbands and their husbands by two names which cheating of the publick charity might justly incense your honours to explode the truly deplorable Petitioners which are as worthy of relief as the others of punishment were it the only laboure of some knowne man to examine the petitions and subscriptions certificates and persons this abuse might be reformed if not cured but I hope some particulars