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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 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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 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