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shall_v do_v in_o as_o ample_a manner_n as_o if_o we_o be_v personal_o present_a give_v under_o our_o hand_n at_o iniskillin_n this_o 6_o day_n of_o august_n 1689._o gustavus_n hamilton_n governor_n with_o a_o great_a many_o other_o officer_n the_o certificate_n of_o the_o governor_n and_o officer_n of_o iniskillin_n in_o behalf_n of_o mr._n andrew_n hamilton_n when_o they_o send_v he_o their_o agent_n to_o their_o majesty_n king_n william_n and_o queen_n mary_n to_o all_o person_n to_o who_o these_o present_n shall_v come_v we_o the_o governor_n colonel_n and_o other_o officer_n belong_v to_o the_o garrison_n of_o iniskillin_n and_o county_n of_o farmanagh_n do_v hereby_o certify_v and_o declare_v that_o the_o bearer_n hereof_o andrew_n hamilton_n clerk_n rector_n of_o kilskiny_n and_o one_o of_o the_o prebend_n of_o the_o diocese_n of_o clogh_a have_v true_o and_o faithful_o adhere_v and_o join_v with_o we_o since_o the_o nine_o day_n of_o december_n last_o pass_v at_o which_o time_n we_o do_v associate_v together_o in_o defence_n of_o ourselves_o and_o the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o the_o say_v andrew_n at_o his_o own_o proper_a cost_v and_o charge_n do_v raise_v a_o troop_n of_o horse_n and_o a_o foot-company_n and_o join_v they_o with_o we_o in_o the_o same_o cause_n for_o which_o his_o enemy_n do_v he_o and_o his_o tenant_n all_o the_o mischief_n they_o can_v and_o upon_o the_o four_o of_o the_o last_o month_n send_v under_o the_o command_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o berwick_n a_o army_n of_o four_o or_o five_o thousand_o man_n and_o do_v burn_v the_o dwellinghouse_n and_o all_o other_o the_o house_n belong_v to_o the_o say_v andrew_n in_o ten_o several_a village_n and_o drive_v away_o from_o the_o say_v andrew_n and_o his_o tenant_n above_o a_o thousand_o cow_n two_o hundred_o horse_n and_o mare_n and_o about_o two_o thousand_o sheep_n with_o all_o their_o household-good_n and_o the_o say_v andrew_n between_o his_o temporal_a estate_n and_o church-living_a be_v worth_a above_o four_o hundred_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la the_o prifit_n whereof_o he_o have_v lose_v much_o of_o it_o lie_v in_o the_o enemy_n country_n and_o we_o far_o certify_v and_o declare_v that_o the_o say_v andrew_n hamilton_n have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o prebend_n of_o clogh_a these_o fifteen_o year_n past_a and_o have_v all-along_a during_o the_o say_a time_n continue_v a_o painful_a and_o constant_a preacher_n and_o of_o a_o good_a fame_n among_o we_o all_o which_o we_o certify_v under_o our_o hand_n at_o iniskillin_n this_o six_o day_n of_o august_n 1689._o gustavus_n hamilton_n governor_n thomas_n lloyd_n abraham_n creichton_n william_n smith_n alexander_n acheson_n morgan_n hart_n thomas_n hart_n daniel_n hodson_n john_n fulton_n alexander_n fulton_n william_n browning_n robert_n vaughan_n robert_n clark_n oll._n jackson_n william_n parson_n hugh_n montgomery_n postscript_n since_o this_o be_v put_v into_o the_o press_n i_o have_v hear_v of_o a_o pamphlet_n which_o do_v abuse_v both_o the_o man_n of_o derry_n and_o iniskillin_n and_o be_o inform_v that_o not_o only_a papist_n but_o other_o who_o pretend_v to_o be_v protestant_n have_v or_o late_o false_o malicious_o and_o industrious_o make_v it_o their_o business_n to_o lessen_v the_o action_n of_o both_o these_o place_n and_o have_v insinuate_v that_o the_o people_n now_o in_o arm_n in_o ireland_n who_o be_v call_v the_o iniskillin_a man_n be_v man_n of_o no_o fortune_n or_o reputation_n and_o that_o the_o action_n do_v by_o they_o be_v not_o so_o considerable_a as_o fame_n make_v they_o as_o for_o derry_n no_o true_a protestant_n will_v deny_v but_o the_o hold_v out_o of_o that_o place_n against_o the_o irish_a army_n be_v of_o so_o great_a importance_n that_o the_o safety_n of_o these_o three_o kingdom_n do_v depend_v very_o much_o upon_o it_o and_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o during_o the_o whole_a time_n of_o that_o long_a siege_n the_o man_n of_o iniskillin_n keep_v at_o least_o the_o one_o half_a of_o the_o irish_a army_n from_o come_v before_o derry_n and_o keep_v they_o in_o so_o great_a fear_n of_o their_o come_n to_o relieve_v the_o town_n that_o they_o dare_v never_o make_v a_o regular_a attack_z upon_o the_o place_n but_o be_v force_v to_o divide_v their_o man_n keep_v strong_a guard_n at_o strabane_n lifford_n castlefim_n clawdybridge_n newtown_n stewart_n castle_n derrig_n and_o omagh_n lest_o iniskillin_a man_n shall_v come_v upon_o they_o by_o so_o do_v they_o make_v the_o siege_n a_o great_a deal_n easy_o to_o the_o besiege_a and_o therefore_o as_o those_o who_o be_v best_a acquaint_v with_o the_o affair_n of_o derry_n during_o the_o siege_n do_v confess_v iniskillin_n do_v deserve_v no_o small_a part_n of_o the_o honour_n of_o that_o place_n preservation_n and_o now_o in_o regard_n of_o these_o scandalous_a report_n which_o the_o papist_n and_o perhaps_o some_o rot_a heart_v protestant_n have_v raise_v upon_o these_o man_n i_o think_v fit_a here_o 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