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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63745	A true representation to the King and people of England how matters were carried on all along in Ireland by the late King James in favor of the Irish papists there from his accession to the crown, to the tenth of April, 1689 / by an impartial eye-witness.	Impartial eye-witness.	1689 (1689)	Wing T3098; ESTC R24644	12,268	21

their own and Protestant Religions defence according to their Declaration of the Fourth of January without any violation of it and kept constant Watch and Ward with the usual Exercise against occasion offered only on account of several Protestants who were stopt at Boile and their Goods seiz'd by Colonel Mac Donel who possest himself of my Lord Kingston's House there and likewise on all the Corn and Hay of his Tenants near it The said Lord Kingston writ to the Colonel desiring him to let the Protestants with their Goods come down for he did not hinder any Papist to remove to him which not being done my Lord resolved to deliver those from their Restraints and accordingly with a considerable Party of Horse and Foot marched to Boile but the Colonel hearing of my Lord 's coming drew in all his Men and Horses into my Lord's House and Court and Capitulated and let his Prisoners go and engaged on Honour not to hinder any from joyning at Sligo but no sooner was my Lord and his Party gone than the next day those that heard of that Engagement and were desirous to go thither were all seized and kept close Prisoners till the Assizes About this time which was the 12th of March the unlucky Declaration pardon the Expression of the Second of February last as being sent before any Army was Landed to back it and was there receiv'd which gave time to all Papists to lay down their Arms and repair to their respective Dwellings by the 10th of April last c. which did so tye up all the Protestants from offering Violence even to those who some time before stole their Cattel that the least Violence was not offered them in an absolute and intire Obedience to that Declaration by which means they were encouraged to have pardon for their Villanies and Robberies and told by the Priests Fryars and Officers that no Army would be sent to suppress them and therefore till the time limited they should let none know their Resolutions whether to lay down or stand to their Arms. Also the French Marquess Dupont landing in Kinsale and going to Dublin about this time was splendidly entertain'd there by the Lord Deputy who assured him it would not be long till an Army Landed in Ireland out of France as also of King James's going thither very speedily and a full account of what since hapned which would not at all be credited by any Protestants but that an Army would land out of England before any could come from France but it was hoped the Marquess would not return back to France nor scape our Men at Sea Intelligence being now receiv'd and Account of the Army and how Affairs stood being sent back by Monsieur it was judged expedient to march an Army with all speed to the North and suppress the Protestants there Accordingly an Army came to Lisnegarvy which after a little Dispute a great number of their Men falling on a small Party of ours made them quit their Ground The noise of this Victory soon took wing and gave them encouragement to Besiege Colerain and not being able to do any Execution on that side drew off their Men to march them back to get over the Bridge above it and so fall on that Town from the other side of the River on which Colerain wanting trusty and good Officers in it to Command the Rabble with the Inhabitants deserted and left the Town excepting only those that resolved to submit to the Enemy by which means and the great disorder they were in to get to Derry many a good Horse and Arms as well as the Riches of that Town fell into the Enemies hands Notice of these Disasters being immediately sent from Derry by Colonel Lundee to the Gentlemen who kept Garrisons in their Houses in the Counties of Monaghan Cavan c. who were earnestly desired to draw down immediately with their Men and joyn Derry Men and understanding the Condition Derry was in marcht forthwith And lest the Enemy should possess themselves of their strong Houses Goods and Provisions set fire to all and marcht away by the light of it consuming their own Goods and Houses to joyn with Derry Men and oppose the Enemies marching thither to besiege it And though it might be judged the Loyalty and Zeal of these Gentlemen need not be question'd yet hitherto there is but small Provisions made for them And if it be asked what made them come over 't is easily answered the Divisions in Derry amongst several there who hitherto have scaped being called to account for it may be fear'd were private Instruments and who took on them the Command and ordered Matters as they themselves pleased taking no advice but that of their own Pleasures gave such plain occasion of distrust that it was judged better by those and other honest Gentlemen there to come over and give an Account how matters were than to stay in disorder and Confusion when especially they were not able to stem the Current that so violently run against them and whose business it was to joyn and assist with the Governour rather than to give him publick opposition when private Advice proved vain so that as well to avoid mutinying with him as to bring a Calumny on themselves to be so much as suspected for betraying that Interest and Religion they were not able to defend or preserve the Rabble being in Confusion who sometime would have one another day another Officer and sometime would joyn themselves and do as they pleased The one part of Protestants deserting the other and these not able to withstand the Enemy without mutual assistance and if they could not daring to trust their Governour who was there as well as he had been at Colerain when they were about seizing him and shut the Gates on him that he should not get away till by his Oaths of Fidelity to them which he freely gave and a little Policy he got off and being under vehement Suspicions of a private Correspondence with King James who about this time was in Dublin had created such great Jealousies Feuds and Heart burnings in the Soldiers he refusing to give the Command to him chosen by the People which was of no small Advantage to the Enemy and daily weakned the Town by the Desertion of those who durst neither trust him nor themselves under his Command During these disorders Letters came to Sligo by Expresses one after another from the Colonel desiring my Lord Kingston to send a Party to join them at Derry But answer being immediately return'd him that there were not men enow at Sligo to keep that Post so far from all relief and in the Face of the Enemy and of the want there was of Arms and Ammunition which were then at Derry to be had for Money Every Officer for himself and Men sent for so many as they wanted according to their Proportions and made a Purse and thought it convenient to send Captain Coote forthwith to acquaint

them with the state of the Garrison and know theirs and bring Arms and Ammunition which were very much wanting whilst another Letter came posting to desire a speedy joining them at Derry But a Council being call'd it was resolved to stay till Captain Coote returned and brought the certainty how Matters were and not to quit that advantageous Post lightly which cost so much Money and Work to strengthen it and had so many Men Women and Children that had from almost all parts of Connaght flockt to it and could not get room nor be provided for at Derry and above all was so considerable to awe all Connaght Forces that in case of Hardships Succours could come by Sea which were now daily expected by every blast of an Easterly Wind which was heartily wish'd and greedily long'd for But streight a third Express was suddenly hastened shewing the great Danger the North was in and if that were lost as it was feared without Sligo-Forces joining them it would that Sligo could not hold out long after and earnestly desired to desert it and that he had provided Quarters and Forrage ready for them there and come immediately to their relief On which Express another Council was held and knowing the great want there was of Ammunition not much above one Barrel of Powder being in the Garrison at Sligo and the Danger that threatned them at Derry it was resolv'd to join them forthwith and quit Sliego and to put all to the short Issue of one Field-Fight Accordingly all now resolved to march with Bag and Baggage The next day was spent in providing Horses and Necessaries in getting Boats breaking the big Guns and sending of the small to Derry by Water burning and destroying all the Corn Hay and Haggards about the Country calling in all the Frontier Garrisons and every one using his utmost endeavours some by Water to the Island of Enishmorrey that was judged capable of defence till the Goods and Men could get off by Water to Derry the rest with what Horses they could get so that the day following all marched and a Vessel lying then at Sligo as many as could get off with some Goods the Wind being fair sailed away But after two daies March in the saddest Weather that could blow coming to Belashannon 20 miles from Sligo a fourth Letter comes to my Lord to stay him there till Quarters were provided for him and Forrage got for Horses which was no small surprize after drawing him from his Post on Assurance of providing those necessaries and of the distress that threatned Derry A Boat also with Passengers and Goods from Sligo was cast away near Donigale and another sent with the Field-pieces by reason of the Storm put into an Island and the next day seiz'd and taken back as were all the Goods Provisions Men and Women that went into the Island which was no small Booty But now was my Lord Kingston forced for want of Forrage to disperse his Men some to Beleeke some to Donigale some to Killabegs to keep Boylagh men in Awe who were extreamly increased and began to rob publickly on Barnesmore some at Belashannon and some about the County and so continued for seventeen days in a very ill condition for want of Forrage many of the Horses being turned to Grass for want of it and the Weather continuing extreamly bad which so abused them that many were made unserviceable At length a Letter comes from the Colonel to my Lord to Belashannon about ten at night to secure the Pass at Ballymofey 30 Miles thence by ten next day which was altogether impossible to be done neither could it be under half that time that the men could have notice of it sent them as they lay scattered in their several Quarters which formerly I mentioned and many were likewise to provide Horses their own being dead or so weak and out of Condition for want of Forrage that they were of little use for Service However two Companies that were at and near Donnigale march'd in the Morning betime to join the Northern Men and to secure that Pass which was 20. Miles from them and many hundreds of Men Women and Children march'd with them with Bag and Baggage in hopes to get to Derry before the Enemy intercepted them but this day being dismally wet and extream windy and marching over that horrible Mountain of Barnesmore which is 15 miles long tho' they marched at an extraordinary rate yet it was seven at night before they could reach it and my Lord expecting to meet Colonel Lundy there rid with a dozen Horse to discourse him and to know why he was drawn from his Post on pretence of so great danger why he kept there in that bad condition so long after he had receiv'd his Letter that Quarters and Forrage was provided for him and his Party why he had not notice sooner sent him of the Enemies approaching so near and how was it possible for him to march his Men who lay scattered at such a distance under at least three daies notice but coming thither there was soon an account given by those who that day were broke and fled from Cladyford Fight that the Colonel with the Horse whom he commanded to go with him to secure a Pass on the River above Cladyford was gone to Derry and it was not much questioned but the Enemy who soon fell into Rapho killing Men in the very Streets there would be as soon at the Gate and enter as the Colonel And it is not much to be doubted that had the Irish Army Liberty of getting over that Ford which they could not possibly do without great danger of their Lives the Water being so very high with that days rain and the Bridge being broken down that if they could have marched over and pursued their Victory they would have got in without great if any opposition for Colonel Cunningham with the Succours sent by him for the relief and defence of the Town had set sail and reurned and it was not doubted but Derry as well as Colerain would be left to them by the Colonel in regard that neither Men nor Arms were landed And now this Party thus disappointed at Ballemofey and the Enemy in Rapho between them and Derry after this days sad March were now forced to return that night over that wild Mountain and Horses being weak and weary with the long March and bad weather could not get back that night but were left with Loads and all So that by much difficulty and by the great care the two Companies of Foot who brought up the Rear took to bring off the Women and Children who were sadly toiled and tired many of them would have been left and lost as almost all their Goods and Baggage were And next Morning got back to Donigale with much difficulty and distress by reason of the badness of the Weather as well as that of the way and the Darkness Windiness and Rain contributing not a little to