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enemy_n	army_n	raise_v	siege_n	1,147	5	9.1227	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93564	A brief history of the pious and glorious life and actions of the most illustrious princess, Mary Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, &c. Containing the most memorable things, and matters, relating to her royal self, &c. from her birth till the most deplorable time of her ever to be lamented death, on the 28th. of December, 1694. Faithfully done by J.S.	J. S.; Drapentier, Jan, fl. 1674-1713, engraver.	1695 (1695)	Wing S46; ESTC R230766	40,022	154

Pray'd might be redress'd upon the Reading of which His Majesty was pleased to return this Gracious and Satisfactory Answer Viz. WHEN I Engaged in this Vndertaking I had particular Regard and Consideration for the Kingdom of Scotland and therefore I did Emit a Declaration in Relation to that as well as this Kingdom which I intend to make Good and Effectual to them I take it very Kindly that Scotland hath Expressed so much Confidence in Affection to me They shall find the willing to Assist them in every thing that concerns the Weal and Interest of that Kingdom for making what Laws shall be Necessary for the Security of their Religion Property and Liberty and to ease them of what may be justly grievous to them The Coronation Oath was hereupon Tendred to Their Majesties the Earl of Argyle as chief Commissioner Reading it by periods and the King and Queen holding up their Hands as is the manner of Scotland in this matter of taking Oaths repeated it till they came to the Clause where the Rooting out of Hereticks is mentioned in that Oath at which his Majesty declared That He did not mean by those words that he was under any Obligation to become a Persecutor To which the Commissioners answered That neither the meaning of the Oath neither did the Laws of Scotland Import it and that the States of Scotland had Authorized them to represent to Their Majesties that that Clause did not Import the Destroying of Hereticks for by the Laws of Scotland no man was to be persecuted for his private Opinion and tht Obstinate and Convicted Heriticks only were to be Denounced Rebels and Outlaw'd whereby their Moveable Estates were to be Confiscated Whereupon on the King Ordering the Commissioners to witness he took the Oath in that sense The Words of the whole Tenour of it being repeated Their Majesties Sign'd it and so the Commissioners departed with Joy and Thankfulness And on the 6th of June ensuing the States met and being Assembled it was signify'd to them by His Grace the Duke of Hamilton that the King had sent him a Commission to Represent his Person in the ensuing Parliament and that he had received instructions to turn the Convention into a Free Parliament whereupon they proceeded to pass an Act for that purpose and made it High Treason to Question or Disown the Authority of its being such Upon which the Duke of Gowrdon who had a long time held the Castle of Edinborough upon the account of the Interest of King James Articling for the safety of those that were with him threw himself wholly upon Their Majesties Mercy and Clemency saying That he had so much Respect for all the Princes of the Line of King James the 6th that he would make no Conditions with them as to his own particular Interest but Render himself entirely to their own Discretion And thereupon delivered up that Strong Place to Sir John Lanier Deputed to receive it at his hands and although the Viscount Dundee made Head for a time yet upon the Entry of the English Forces under the Command of Major General Mackay he was Killed in a Battel near the Blare of Athol and soon after the whole Kingdom of Scotland was Reduced to Their Majesties Obedience THUS Heaven as it prosper'd their other affairs so in this gave Success to their Arms and brought fear where Love and Obedience was deny'd under whose Auspicious Fortune the Protestants of Ireland having shaken off their first fears took Courage Fortifying London-Derry and other places and making a very considerable head not without great success in the Field till such Reliefs and Succours were brought them as Reduced that Kingdom to its Obedience and settle them in their former Tranquility of which more hereafter THE Worthy Sir Thomas Pilkington being Sworn Lord-Mayor of London before the Barrons at Westminster on the 29th of October 1689. Their Majesties did the City the Honour to Dine with him at their Guild-Hall where the sight as well as the Entertainment at a Dinner was very Magnificent to the high Satisfaction of all Partys and as a farther Mark of His Royal Favour the King was pleased at the Humble Request of the Grocers Company to permit himself to be Chose Soveraign Master of it and was Presented with an Instrument of his Election and a Copy of his Freedom in a Box of Gold for which he was pleased to return them his thanks and Confer'd the Honour of Knighthood on Ralph Box their Upper-Warden and in the Evening upon Their Majesties Return the Windows were every where as they passed filled with Illuminations and the Shouts of the people Proclaimed their Resentments of the Royal Favour done them WHILST these things passed in England the Joyful News came that the Enemy had been Beaten off or obliged to Raise the Siege of London-Derry after it had been hard pressed a long time by a Numerous Army in which the Late King was to encourage them with his presence but it availed not for though the Besieged endured the greatest extremitys of Famine yet by their own Valour and the Indefatigable Industry of Mr. Walker whom they had Chosen their Governour they secured that Important place for the Interest of the Crown of England when the Papists had possessed themselves of almost all the other places in the Kingdom and with French Irish and others had composed a very Numerous Army in the Field but god who always takes Care for the Protection of Good Princes and their Interests gave this as a happy presage what wonders His Providence was about to bring to pass THE Pious Queen was not a little concerned at the Miseries of the Poor Distressed Protestants who fled as they could find Opportunity into England from the Outrages of the Papists in Ireland as fearing a Cloud of Blood hung over them ready to break on them in another Massacre and by Her Bountiful Example and Encouragement they were very much Relieved and Succoured for indeed many of the better as well as the lower condition of People being Strip'd and Plunder'd of all they had were become fit Objects to move compassion and charity towards them nor failed they of Publick as well as Private Collections to support their Necessitys till they could be restored to what they were Divested of in their own Countrey for Adhering to their Religion and Their Majesties Interests which upon the going over of the Duke of Schomberg with an Army soon Encreased and those that had beeen good at Plundring proved but very indifferent at Fighting so that a great many Towns were quickly recovered and upon the Winter Encampment of Their Majesties Forces on the Plains of Dundalk c. The Enemys Fury Abated and their proceedings were altogether at a stand and so at this Time stood Affairs AND now for the Blessings that had been showered on these Kingdoms in a plentiful manner and for the further Imploring the Almightys Assistance to prosper the finishing of a Work so

well begun Their Majesties Proclamation was Issued forth for the Religious Observing of a Fast on the 12th of March and every third Wednesday in the Month till his Majesty who now purposed to go for Ireland Return'd And the first Parliament being Desolved another met on the 20th of March 1690. And the King signifying to them that intending to pass the Seas where his Prescence was necessary for the Reducing of Ireland he thought it Necessary to leave the Government during his absence in the Queens Hands Then an Act was passed to Impower Her to Mannage the Affairs of Government till his Return And on the 14th of June 1690. the King Landed with a Royal Army at Carickfergus in Ireland which brought such a terror upon the Enemy that they began to Retire in all parts of the Frontiers but were closely followed and pressed to an Engagement which they declined as much as possible THE Queen Mannaging Affairs at home with all that Conduct which became a Wise and Virtuous Princess The Navy Royal being at Sea under the Command of the Earl of Torringion Admiral the French King hoping some great Advantage from the Kings Absence or to Encourage the Irish Army whose little Courage began to droop set forth a very considerable Fleet the greatest we may say that has been seen of that Nation on the Seas But the English Sea-men disdaining to Fear being on the contrary full of Courage On the 30th of June the two Navys drew up in Lines off of Beachy and about Nine in the Morning the Dutch having the Van-Guard gained the Weather-Gage of the Enemy and falling on Fought very bravely for three Hours which made those they Engaged with hear away with all the Tack they could make But about One a Clam happening prevented the Dutch from pursuing the Advantage they had gained and the French hindred by that Calm were constrained to begin the Fight again which with Extraordinary Fury continued till Five in the Afternoon But for what Reason the English Admiral not coming up to Second them as they expected we determin not for but a few English Ships who were carryed on by the Courage of their Captains Engaging the Main Body of the French falling into the Rear of the Dutch they were so Batter'd that they sound themselves constrained to make their way thorough the French Fleet and stand for the Coast of England between Beversire and Farly loosing divers Officers of Note and several of their Ships Burnt by the Enemy and altho ' the French Fleet consisted of 82 Men of War besides Fireships and Tenders and ours was Inferiour to them in Number has we had a Drake to our Admiral they had no doubt run the same Risque as the Spanish Armado did in 1588 but what was done could not then be recalled yet was soon after repayed with such a stroak as made all France tremble at the unwelcome Bonfires that were made on their Coasts by the Renowned Admiral Russel as will appear in the Sequel For this Defect Admiral Torrington was sent to the Tower and afterward Tryed on Board the Kent in the River Medway but had the Fortune to be Acquitted and the French upon the retiring of our Fleet having Burnt a few Fishers Cottages at Tinmouth and there hearing the Militia of the counties of England were for the most part in Arms they durst Adventure no further but returned to their Ships and after a little Hovering about the Coast and Stealing a few Sheep out of the Marshes went home making a mighty boast of a Victory that they had not Gained THIS however little availed their Confederates in Ireland for the King though as he was viewing the Enemies Camp having received a Wound on the Shoulder with a great Shot passing the River Boyne fell upon their Army with such Bravery that Notwithstanding they far out numbred him he put them to the Rout in all parts in less than three Hours whole Regiments running away without being charged as appeared by their Arms found on the Ground in Regimental Order whereupon the Late King James within a Day or two took Shipping and Sailed for France upon this Dublin Opened her Gates and most of the considerable Towns in those parts soon after Surrendred and the Countys that had been long Hazarded were setled and found Ease and Peace THIS News caused rejoycings in England whilst the Queen with great Conduct and Prudence managed in the Kings Absence the weighty affairs of the Kingdom carrying her self with such a Courage and Constancy as Daunted the boldest repiner at her Virtues The Militia was raised the Coast Guarded and a strict Eye had over those suspected to be dissaffected to the Government and care every where taken by Her Majestys Order for the Security of the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom so that the people were not only free from all consternations and apprehensions of Danger but on the contrary full of Courage and Smiled with Disdain on the weak attempts and bravado's of our Enemys The Trained Bands of London with much Gallantry Chearfulness and Resolution March'd into Hide Par and Drew up in a Splendid Appearance to the number of 10000 Effectual Men compleatly Armed and Appointed and there Her Majesty was pleased to be present taking a view of them whilst they exercised approving of their readyness and Loyalty at such a juncture and by her presence gave them the highest satisfaction Imaginable which they expressed in their Resolves To Live and Dye in her Defence against all Invaders or Clandestine Enemies but there being to further occasion at that time they returned home in the same Excellent Order they had Marched thither and all things remained still and quiet and both ours and the Dutch Fleet were Recruited Gallantly in a little time SOON after this Her Majesty received News that the English had Beaten the French in America Landed on St. Christophers and Siezed the greatest part of the Booty in the Island and Divers French Merchant Ships of considerable Burthen and Richly Laden were taken by our Privateers and Men of War for the Fleet was again at Sea and soon after to repair what had before happened set Sail for Ireland and was mainly assisting in the taking of Cork and Kingsail and the Kings Returning after His Glorious Success created great Joy and thanks for the wonderful Mercy and Providence in preserving his Pretious Life from the Dangers that Threatned it and restoring to us him in health and safety Upon His Majestys Happy Arival after his Glorious Enterprise having by his wonted Courage and Conduct in a great Measure Secured a Kingdom that was at the Point of being over-run by an Enemy who made their chief boast in resolves to Root out the Protestant Religion so long setled and Flourishing there The Joy was not only great in the Queen and Court but all over England as appeared by the many Addresses to Congratulate his Safety and Happy Return Encomiums made on the Welcome