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A45771	Ireland's lamentation being a short, but perfect, full and true account of the scituation [sic], nature, constitution and product of Ireland : with an impartial historical relation of the most material transactions, revolutions, and miserable sufferings of the Protestants there, from the death of King Charles the second, to the latter end of April, 1689 : the time and manner of the late King's landing there : what men, monies, shipping, arms and ammunition he brought with him : the manner of his going up and into Dublin : his kneeling to the host : displacing all Protestants : the strength and defeat of his Army, and what else is of note : to which is added, a letter from a lieutenant in the Irish army, dated at Dublin, May 7. with an account of affairs to that time / written by an English Protestant that lately narrowly escaped with his life from thence.	English Protestant that lately narrowly escaped with his life from thence.; Fz. Ws., B.	1689 (1689)	Wing I1025; ESTC R10004	25,579	39

Warrant break open his Doors search his House rifle and take away what is liked and if any honest Protestant yet remained in Commission every shabby beggarly Rascal spared not the impudence to revile them to their Faces I have heard a meer Teague that could scarce pronounce a word of true English or sense beard the Lord Mayor of Dublin Sir John Knox when brought before him for Felony who though a Man of Courage did not dare to commit the Criminal Thus the poor Protestants of Ireland continued in this though miserable yet happy Condition in consideration to what they afterwards fell to till the Earl of Clarendon was sent thither Lord-Lieutenant upon whose arrival they began again to flatter themselves with hopes of more Comfort through the Interest and Favour of him that was so near related to the King and an assured Protestant but they to their Sorrow soon found his Wings clipt and Tyrconnel quickly sent after him with the Honour and Title of Earl the Office of Lieutenant-General and Check-master of the Army and Authority and Power to place and displace whom he pleased who accordingly forthwith put his Power in execution and issued out his Orders for modelling the Army which were no sooner given but obeyed and in all places the Army drawn into the Field and about ten or twelve of the oldest Men pick'd out and their Cloaths stript off and their Arms given to Irish papists before their Faces and when those parcels were disciplin'd others were still pick'd out and so from time to time till the whole Army was weeded of its Protestants and replenish'd with Irish Papists When all they could call old were culled then the Excuse was Shortness till the Popish Party was the stronger then they used no further excuse but being Protestants till the whole Protestant standing Army which was raised and at vast Expence both of Men and Mony to England there maintained for many Years to secure the Protestant Religion and English Interest in Ireland was by Popish Craft and Favour and Means of the great God Tyrconnel peaceably in one Year wholly destroyed and inverted into as Popish Power the whole Treasure of the Kingdom Cities and Garisons which were first constituted to keep them out wholly possest and disposed of by the Native Irish and those who of all Men were the greatest haters of the English and their Religion made the only Protectors of both and certainly must needs be in a blessed State when the Fox is set to watch the Geese and the Wolves the Lambs Now all things became bare-fuced and he that had but half an Eye might easily discern what was like to follow and such as had Stooks of Mony began by degrees to transmit it to England and dispose of their Effects and afterwards to steal away themselves while others whose Riches consisted mostly in Stocks which was in others Hands or had not wherewith to transport themselves and for a Livelihood were forced to abide the approaching Storm some to the loss others their Estates and most inevitable Ruin. While these things were doing Darrington a reputed Jesuit was sent over and made first Major and after Lieutenant-Colonel to the Royal Regiment in Dublin to fulfil that part of Dr. Oates's information in his discovery of the Popish Plot and one Barker formerly Page to the late Duke of Monmouth and one of King James's Converts Major and so proceeded to disband all Protestant Officers in the Army and first began with Sir William King then Governour of the Castle and City of Limrick Sir George St. George his Brother and such others as they had noted to be the most sober and zealous Protestants and placed Irish Papists in their places till all the Irish Army both Officers and Souldiers were Papists excepting only some few in the Regiments of the Lords Ment joy and Forbes and Col. Russel who were themselves Protestants and in a manner all the Protestant Officers left that first Year in the whole Army and who were kept in only to blind the People till their other work was finished and so have the favour to be devoured last Things being brought to this pass the whole Army Papists and none to oppose them they thought they safely might and accordingly fell to regulate the Civil Part and at one blast removed sive or six of the nine Protestant Judges and left but one upon each Bench for Ciphers to colour the Matter and drag up the rest to their own Justice and likewise the Protestant Chancellor Sir Charles Porter and most of the Protestant Privy Councellors and fill'd up their places with others of their own Party with such prodigious Broagues upon their Tongues that they could scarce pronounce one word of English truly and after these the Protestants which were the Attourneys Solicitors c. to the King were pack'd after the Judges In the mean time they set another Project on foot viz. To disband all the smallest of their own Souldiers as soon as they were well disciplin'd but not before and still took in larger till they had the Flower of the Country in the Army and still sent the Old to exercise the rest of their Breed in the Country So that when they had occasion to raise their fresh Forces they were mostly in a manner disciplin'd to their hand not in expectation of using them to their present purpose but in case King James had continued in the Throne and not answered their desire of restoring them to their Estates that they might be able to restore themselves by destroying all the English there and Darrington made two certain Sizes one for Musqueteers and another for Pikemen and those that were too short or long for his Standard when disciplin'd must trip off All things being now fitted to the purpose Tyrconnel and the new Attorney General Sir Richard Neagle dispatch'd to Whitehall with the Account and to advise about future Matters the Project of compleating their so successfully begun Work and after a short stay returned with Power to displace the Earl of Clarendon from the Government who indeed all discerning Protestants there easily perceived was kept in so long only to deceive the People till the Work could be brought to that secure perfection who eight days after his arrival at Dublin took his place as Lord Deputy-General and General-Governour of Ireland for Lord-Lieutenant he could not be because born in Ireland But the good Earl of Clarendon having an account of his approach and suspecting what might and indeed did follow resolved before his departure to consecrate the Chappel in the New Hospital near Dublin built for the use of old and decrepit Souldiers and is the finest in Europe of its kind and accordingly did before well finished hoping thereby to prevent its falling into the Papists Hands because the King had declared he would maintain the Church of England in all her Rights and Properties as established by Law. But Tyrconnel who though not so near related

Hereticks so these poor Creatures had no sooner parted with their Arms but they were all bound and drove like Dogs to the Goal of Galloway and the last Assizes there condemn'd to be Drawn Hang'd and Quartered but upon the second of April got a Reprieve for a month One Brown a Man of considerable Fortune was going with them but fearing to get thorough returned back went to a neighbouring Justice and told him where he had been but disliking the Enterprize was returned in obedience to the Lord Deputy's Proclamation of Pardon to give Security for his future good Behaviour however was forthwith by a strong Guard sent prisoner to Cork and was there afterwards tryed and executed for High-Treason while King James was there And in Phillips-town in the Kings County there are Sir Laurence Parsons and about 50 more under the same condemnation and in Marisborough in the Queen's County 13 or 14 and in several other parts the like numbers whose particulars are not yet come to the Authors hands which were taken much after the same manner Other parts being thus reduced Mac-Carty Forthwith drew all the Forces in Munster against Bandon a Town which till these Times never permitted a Papist to dwell within its Wallt and likewise forced them to Surrender and give five of their Town Hostages for the payment of 1000l for the trouble they had given his Army 500l of which they paid down and the other five was remitted upon a Petition to King James upon his landing at Kingsale During these Hurries in other parts there was not any rising in the County or City of Dublin however all were not idle but several Active Spirits a knot of six or seven in particular whose Names are not convenient to be mentioned here being most still under the Papists Lash promoted as 't was thought principally by one who upon the landing of the now King William in England for his Religion was singled out to taste of Popish Mercy with an Intent to seize the Castle and Guards of Dublin and send Tyrconnel for England And for the better effecting thereof had by Stratagems caused most of the Protestants there to Arm themselves though at the same time they knew not what for further than in case any Attempt were made by the Papists upon their Lives by way of Massacre as they certainly intended till happily discovered by an unknown Hand of their own Party to a Protestant Lord on the 5th of December which so allarm'd all Protestants that it was in vain to attempt it after and especially while the Protestants were any where in Arms for that would have made all desperate and not so easily to be reduced as they were but before the Protestants of Dublin could bring their business to bear and get Ammunition enough to resist such Force as might be brought against them before they could expect Supplies from England Tyrconnel began to suspect them and forthwith call'd such Supplies and Numbers of Horse and Foot thither that with what was there before made up 14 or 15000 Men whose Number and Presence spoil'd that great Project which otherwise was so well laid that it had certainly taken effect if put in execution and brought Tyrconnel for England and so saved the extream Ruin and Devastation the Protestants have since suffered through his Villany For any time before that great Force came to Dublin which was at the beginning of February 5000 Men well Arm'd in that City and commanded had been sufficient with what was ready and might have bin raised there to reduce not only Dublin but all Ireland But the noise of the forementioned designed Massacre and the Sufferings of others put People to the flight for England so fast and made those that stayed so dubious that it was hard to know who to trust there under the Nose of the Government and there was not one Person of Quality then there that would undertake to Head them tho often importuned and assured of 4000 Men well Arm'd at two hours warning and many of them well exercised and so many resolute good Souldiers as would have attempted to seize the Guards About this time a French Man landed at Cork and rid post to Dublin with assurance from King James to Tyrconnel of his speedy coming to his relief and on Friday the 22d of Feb. two of his Officers that had escaped from the Isle of Wight came privately to the Castle of Dublin and continued there in cognito till Sunday following about 10 at night then on a suddain the noyse was spread all over the Kingdom that the King was landed with 5000 Men and that the two forementioned Officers came with the Express to the Lord Deputy which on a sudden put all into hurries and where Bonfires were not immediately made the Souldiers broke the Windows Signs and Doors and rifled the Houses and the next Morning by six of the Clock strong Guards were placed at the end of every Street and every Gate about the City and Suburbs of Dublin and all others of any Note and Strength So that it was generally concluded by the Protestants there were Forces landed from England but they were soon undeceived being all disarm'd and eis'd of their Horses which for the present was judged by every place to be only in it self but was soon known to be general to all parts where their Power could then reach In Dublin they seized all the Churches to put the Arms in which not being brought according to their expectation Tyrconnel issued out a Declaration that all such as had yet detain'd their Arms should forthwith deliver them up upon peril of being left to the mercy of his Souldiers and that Gentlemen might keep their wearing Swords however some broke them to pieces others flung them into Ditches and Rivers where many were afterwards found and some kept them still The two next days they sent Forces to suppress those of Summerhil before-mentioned and one Price who had been Treasurer formerly was with a Party of 4 or 500 Horse and Foot in a Castle in the County of Wicklow 20 miles on the other side of Dublin who took Price and several others and committed them Prisoners to Newgate in Dublin and the rest to Wicklow whither Price and the rest were after four days carried and Indicted for High-Treason but all the Irish being gone for Souldiers and the English fled out of the Country there could not be a Jury got but against whom they made Exceptions for want of Freehold so that their Trial was remitted to the Term now at the writing of this sitting in Dublin in the mean time all but seven were bailed and after with their Bail fled for England where most of them now are to confirm the Tragical Story Tyrconnel having thus easily succeeded so far the same week sent 24000 Men towards the North under the command of Lieutenant General Hamilton who was once a Prisoner here with several Field-pieces and Mortars who upon the first of

to be revenged upon the devouring Irish who having now all will be rich plunder for an Army and cannot hold out against 30000 Men besides what is already there till Michalmass next though now possest of the whole except London-Derry and Inneskillen in Dublin there is not now above 16 or 17 hundred Souldiers and yet at least 20000 Protestants fighting Men but all disarm'd or as good as disarm'd brave brisk curious Lads mad to be at work So that 4 or 5000 Men might take and secure that City and Province and be in one Month 20000 Men if Arms and Ammunition were sent with them in spight of any resistance the Irish could make Among the Irish the most mischievous Person is the Lord Galmoy who upon the late King 's coming to the Throne presum'd to enter in time of Divine Service St. Warborous Church in Dublin and debauchedly offered Abuses to some modest Women for which he was brought upon his Knees But in Revenge upon the first motion to the North he haug'd one Dix and another who belonged to the Colledg upon a Sign-post pretending he found them in Arms. Of Turn-coats there were many pittiful mean-spirited Fellows to keep and creep into Business none worth noting but one Marby Dean of London derry a Papist born but brought up in the Colledg of Dublin and one Turner who in his Time had turn'd through almost all Sects and Opinions and for his last turning got to be Recorder of Limerick However the Popish Clergy have not been wanting by all manner of ways to pervert whoever they could nor the Protestant Ministers to preach against their Heresy and Idolatry among the rest one Wilkinson Minister of Palmers Town near Dublin in Christ-Church briskly decrying their Idolatry was by the Bishop of Dublin silenc'd in the midst of his Sermon Many Persons endeavouring to bring Mony for England had it seiz'd by the Irish and among others one Lindon who all along sate with two Papists second Judg of the King's Bench to try several Protestants and punish them too for no other Crime out being Enemies to Popery and particularly one Whalley there famous for Astrology for publishing and spreading an Account of the Prince of Orange's Landing in England his Declaration and Success was by their worshipful Lordships singled out and made the first publick Sacrifice by their Popish Mercy for his Zeal to the Protestant Religion to the extream hazard of his Life and loss of all he had tho often craved denying him the common Rules of Court a Copy of the Indictment and what else might enable him to make his proper Defence Another proved to be Distracted fined 14l Sterling and others for like Crimes like Cases But whether for these or other good Service to be done here for his Friends there the good Judg got his Monies again while others came off with loss of theirs But what says Pluck About three or four days after King James Arrived at Dublin the few Fellows and others left in the Colledg waited upon him being introduced by the Bp of Chester since dead said to be poison'd by some of the Popish Clergy and received many Assurances of their Safety and Protection A LETTER from a Lieutenant in the late King James's Army in Ireland to the Author of Ireland's Lamentation Dated at Dublin May the 7th 1689. SIR HAving this Opportunity of a Friend of both yours and mine coming to Chester I thought fit not to omit giving you this brief Account of what has happened here since your departure Which is that before the Duke of Berwick got to Colerain it was quietly quitted by the Protestants who no sooner found themselves attaqued on all sides but most of the Men stole away by Night some one way and some another and left their Wives Children and Effects to the discretion of our Army who by the care of their Officers proved more kind and civil to them than their own People who running away pull'd down the Bridg to hinder their being pursued However that Defect was soon repair'd and our Forces having nothing more to hinder them marched directly for London-derry and upon the King 's coming up sate down before it on the 19th of the last Month and thereupon the King sent John Burton a Protestant one of the Trumpeters attending the State here to Summon the Town to Surrender with assurance of Pardon from the King and to let them know he was there in Person to sign and perform whatever was promised them Whereupon the Town returned Answer That they had sworn Allegiance to and kept the Town for King William and Queen Mary and neither owned knew or would obey any other and that if any more such Messengers came thither to frighten and terrify their People from their Allegiance they would hang or shoot them However the King had such Interest within the place as to keep out two Regiments sent thither from England But seeing they refused to submit ordered Batteries to be raised and his Canon and Bombs to be plaid at the Town and though much Mischief is done by the Bombs yet the new preaching Governor viz. the Minister Mr. Walker continues obstinate and in two or three brisk Sallies killed about 4 or 5000 of our Common Souldiers the French General Mamou one Major five Captains and several other Inferior Officers and wounded the Duke of Berwick in the Thigh Colonel Sheldon and some others are said to be mortally wounded but not without considerable loss on their side also In the mean time another Party of our Men commanded by Lieut. Gen. Hamilton took the Castle of Kilmore which will so cut off all hopes of Succour that it 's hoped Derry will also Surrender and receive Mercy for otherwise it 's resolved to put all to the Sword. The King finding them obstinate return'd to Dublin the 29th of April and this day met the Parliament where he made a short but pithy Speech setting forth how much they were obliged first to God and next to the King of France for contributing to that their happy Meeting and hoped they would not be wanting on their parts forthwith to consider of all convenient Measures to unite the Hearts of all his good Subjects of this Kingdom resist the intended Invasion from England and recover his Dominions for the Glory of God and Ease of his Subjects both in Church and State. Sir Richard Neagle the Attorney General is chosen Speaker of the House of Commons who made a Speech to the House telling them how much they were obliged to the French King and the Duke of Tyrconnel for that glorious Meeting and how meet it was to return both their Thanks The Speeches will be printed with a List of the Parliament till then I cannot be certain of the Particulars of either but believe there are not many Protestants among them It 's hoped that the King will consent to take off Poynings Acts dissolve the Act of Settlement and restore the ancient Proprietors

to their Estates But others are of Opinion an Irish Parliament cannot do it without the Advice of England and that the Sessions will be soon Prorogued to prevent such Disputes till the King hath got into England which we here seem to promise our selves about the beginning of June but cannot attempt it before for want of Forrage and Shipping which are coming from France to waft them over in the mean time there is 5000 foot ordered forthwith for Scotland to keep the Highlanders and others the King's Friends there from fainting till more can be sent them We conclude we can spare a formidable Army of Horse and Foot for England and the like for Scotland who with greater Supplies we expect at the same time to land in England from France and the King's Friends yet in England who want only our presence to join with us will with the loss of as little Blood as he lost them recover those his Kingdoms again We have as we hear sent you home Herbert by weeping Cross to resit his Shipping We received into this Kingdom since you left it 5 or 6 Regiments of English Scots and Irish Souldiers from France 250000l Sterling Arms for 20000 Men 300 Barrels of Powder several Mortars and a great quantity of Ball and Lead 36 Sail of Men of War 8 Fire-Ships several Tenders and daily expect as many more in all a Fleet of near 50 Sail and doubt not but before Herbert return to have sufficient to send him and the Dutch as fast back as they come to us There has none of the Persons that were Condemned when you went hence yet suffered but the King declares if he have not speedy Exchanges for them he will not spare one of them or any other that shall be found guilty of the like Crimes and if so most of the Protestants in the Kingdom will go to pot for there are but few if duly examined but will be by our Judges brought under the same Preliminaries There are some to be tried now at the King's Bench this Term and it 's thought Mr. Price the late Treasurer and his six Companions will be of the Number unless some Exchanges come suddenly for them There are Indictments already drawn up for them or rather to be preferr'd against them Some few People have had their Houses rifled and among the rest yours but not by Authority tho the King have declared That all such as are not returned shall forthwith have all their Effects seiz'd and converted toward maintaining his Army and such as fled hither from England However great care is taken for civilizing our Army but cannot make them quite forsake their old Trade some Injuries are here and there still continued but not so frequently as formerly the King having declared his Resolution severely to punish all Offenders of that kind and on Saturday last several that belonged to the Army were Indicted for Robberies committed upon Protestants but a good Jury will easily acquit them I have great hopes to retrieve some of your Losses again and not only so but in case you will return absolute Assurance of a Pardon and a Captain 's Commission and this from no less than the Ld Melfort and Bp of Clagher Secretaries of State and therefore considering how Things seem now to us if worthy would advise you not to neglect the Opportunity thus offered you for in our sense here we seem to promise our selves all we can desire and if it please God we succeed it will be too late for either you or others to comply otherwise than to your Ruin. All Friends here are well and many presents their Cordial Respects as doth he that was and ever is Sir your assured Friend and Servant B. Fz. Ws. The Publisher to the Reader REader be pleased to take notice that the Writer of the above Letter tho a Papist is of that sort a very honest ingenuous English-man and I am confident writes nothing but the naked Truth of their sense of Things there to the utmost of his Knowledg and therefore the foregoing Treatise hath been delayed to add this to it FINIS Errata Page 4. line 7. read than barely Plowing and Sowing will c.