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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

Shirts or lodg otherwise than upon Straw or Rushes on the Ground with their Cows Calves Swine or Sheep made fast at the Beds feet or at the best only a little Partition of Wattles between them use no Sheets tumble all together only the Husband between other Men and their Wives and the Wife between other Women and their Husband The Common Women are generally Whorish before Marriage and count it no Disgrace to have a Bastard or two but after Marriage are most constant to their Husbands they say He that did before must not do after They are very lazy and inclin'd to Lice Some of their Gentry are indeed very accomplished and well-bred They are in general the most zealous Roman Catholicks in the World and were always very obedient and respectful to the English and under their Government till King James the Second came to the Throne but after that they began to grow very Insolent infringe the English Prerogative and at length to insult over and destroy their English Masters Naturally in their own Country the greatest Cowards in the World Spaniel-like the more they are beaten the better it used to be common for one English Man to beat nine or ten of them but most Imperious Masters Naturally inclin'd to Theft and Laziness so that though employed by those of their own Country and Religion they will idle away Time and steal what they can so that if a Man employs but one or two of them he must have another to attend and watch them They are from the highest to the lowest a People of the least fore-sight in the World never looking forward or taking care for to Morrow believe it Damnation to disobey the Priests and as all other Papists do meritorious to destroy all Protestants by every sort of Artifice and though they do not live so well under their own Nation yet they have a natural aversion to the English that to destroy them they care not what Miseries they expose themselves to or who comes to govern over them yet have and dread an old Prophesy among them which says The Irish shall weep over the English-mens Graves as they always do over each others many Years after burial And though they have spared no Ruin they durst bring upon the English yet now they dread coming under the Yoke of France who they have often and indeed even now invited to receive that Kingdom At the Death of King Charles the Second his Grace James late Duke of Ormond was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland when on Saturday February the 14th 1684 5. the News was delivered him there of his Master's Death and Orders from the Privy Council at Whitehal to proclaim his Brother James the Second King of England Scotland France and Ireland Whereupon he forthwith called a Council and provided all things ready against the Munday following then being the 16th of the same accompanied with the Protestant Primate Bishops the Nine Judges a great number of Nobility and Gentry King and Herald at Arms Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin Masters Wardens and Freemen of the several Corporations or Companies and multitudes of others Set out from the Castle of Dublin where he kept his Court and with Tears in his Eyes marched through all the chief Streets of the City through a Guard of Souldiers placed on both sides the Way and the Sword carried before him by his Grandson the now Duke of Ormond Performed that Solemnity with as pleasant a Countenance and as much chearfulness as the loss of his old Master and fears of approaching Misery would permit And the better to repel the thenlike fearful Apprehensions of the discerning Protestants there caused several Hogsheads of Wine to be placed at the Castle-gate Thoulsel and Corn-market for any that pleased to drink the Bells to be rung and Bonfires to be made at Night and all other Testimonies of Joy imaginable to be forthwith made And suddenly after issued Declarations and other Assurances of his Majesty's gracious Intentions and Resolutions for maintaining the Protestant Religion and Interest of Ireland Which coming from him in whom next under God they reposed their greatest Confidence at all Times to be their then Protector against the Abuses they after sustained by the Irish by interceding for them upon all Occasions to the King did in some measure abate those gloomy Fogs for the present and give hopes the King would in some measure make good his Promises to them But the Papists who always during the two late Kings Reigns at least had their Friends at Whitehal and from them by their Infallible Guides the Priests a certain pre-knowledg of future Designs and the best Intelligence well knew the contrary and forthwith began to prick up their Ears repair their Old and erect several new Mass-houses and every Rascal that could but speak a little English or write and read nothing but Nonsense and had but four or five Sheep or three or four Cows or Horses and never before the Honour to wear any thing but Rags or what was little better forthwith sold what they had to buy new Cloaths and carry them for Dublin with each a Sword at his Brich though scarce knew how to draw or sheath it there set up for Gentlemen and soon worm'd the Protestants out and got themselves into all the beneficial Imployments in the Kingdom the Army and whatever was of any Value or Trust And then without respect to Master or Mistress or such others as had before better fed than taught them and perhaps kept them from starving though the best Church-Protestant in the Kingdom if any Affront hapned to be given these new Gentlemen the first and most friendly Salute was God damn you for a Figish Son of a Bish c. and the second out with the Prick-Frog or Bayonet and if Courage gave Resolution to resist their Violences as often it happened and if alone to disarm and beat them too then the Resister was sure upon the Assaulter's escaping his Hands forthwith to have as many Hands upon one Head and Body as it had Arms and Fingers to resist him or Legs Feet and Toes to flee from them and if happily he escaped that Bout they would certainly break his Windows at Night and as a Cat watches a Mouse watch for another Opportunity and if that fail'd they never did go to a Justice but perhaps to some pretended Protestant creeping Rascal who for lucre of a few Pence and to keep his Employ valued not how many good Protestant Christians he rid and gall'd even to Death to serve the devilish End and Cause for which he had the favour to stay to be the Fop last devoured who must be sure to tie him up to all imaginable hard Meat and perhaps more severely than a Papist would do for being kickt out of Commission and then it was well done by forsooth a Protestant and not by the merciful Roman Catholicks If the poor Creature kept out of reach then out with a

conducted into the Chappel there made by Tyrconnel of Hen. Cromwel's Riding-house where Te Deum was sung for his happy Arrival thence he retired into an Appartment prepared in a new House built before in the Castle by Tyrconnel and there din'd and refresh'd himself The next Morning he call'd a Council and having turn'd out the Earl of Granard Chairman Judg Keating c. and taken in their rooms M. D' Avaux the Bp of Chister and Lieut. Col. Darrington he ordered five several Proclamations to be published one for raising such Monies as passed there viz. a Guiny to 24s an English Shilling to 13d a Duccatoon which was 6s to 6s 3d. a Cob of 4s 9d to 5s a Cob of 4s 6d to 4s 9d a French Lewis of Gold to 19s and all others proportionably Another for a Parliament to meet at Dublin the 7th of May for regulating Matters Ecclesiastical A third to require all his Subjects of that Kingdom that had lately left the same upon any Pretence whatever to return Home with assurance of his Protection but no Penalty or Forfeiture for not returning or Pardon for any Offender that did and requiring all his Subjects of what Degree or Perswasion soever to join with him against the Prince of Orange A fourth commending all his Roman-Catholick Subjects for their Vigilancy and Care in arming themselves yet whereas it had incouraged some certain Robberies required all but such as were actually under Command and Pay in the Army to lay up their Arms in their several Abodes The fifth to invite the Country to carry Provision to his Army in the North requiring all Officers and Souldiers not to take any from them but what they made good pay for From thence went into the Field to see the Forces drawn out and there made Darrington Colonel of the Royal Regiment in the room of the Duke of Ormond and returning to the Castle created Tyrconnel Duke of Tyrconnel The next day he received an Express that his Forces in the North having sate down before Colerain were destroyed for want of Meat and Forrage and by a great Snow that then fell among them were beaten off with the loss of 5 or 600 Men one Morter and 3 Field-peices whereupon he call'd another Council and ordered 14000 Men more forthwith to be sent to reinforce the remainder of the 24000 that went before and on the first of April sent after them the Duke of Berwick and the two French Liutenant-Generals Roos and Mamoon and the Munday following about 8 in the Morning set out from Dublin towards the North himself but those of Coleraine knowing their infussiciency to resist so powerful a Force quitted the Town and got some for London-Derry some for Scotland and others for England so that all being clear there was nothing to hinder their Progress to London-Derry where being arrived the late King sent in a Letter to the Governor Col. Lundee who before they left Dublin they reported to be their own Creature to require him peaceably to surrender and that all with him should have free Pardon and Protection and not be molested or spoyl'd of any thing they had which being shown to the Mayor Aldermen and other Officers some inclin'd to surrender others not so that time was desired and granted to consider of it in the interim Col. Richards and Col. Cunningham with their Regiments arrived before the place and being inform'd that it was upon surrendering to King James returned back with 14 or 1500 persons that fled from the Town to them intending for Leverpool for which both the Colonels were turn'd out of Commission yet their Regiments with three others were forthwith ordered back and it s hoped have since entred the place which is in a good Condition for Defence and therein 20000 Men but not above 9000 Arm'd with Provision for three months resolved to defend it to the last having before their arrival committed the Governor and several others to Prison on pretence for endeavouring to betray it to their Enemies and made Mr. Walker a Minister their Governour The late King perceiving his Presence could not procure this Important Place at the easy rate he expected was forced to wave his speedy Design for Scotland and leaving his Army to prosecute the most convenient measures for its Recovery returned back towards Dublin to meet his Parliament where he was expected the last of April and where upon his first arrival he gave orders to disband Col. Russell Sir Thomas Newcome and such others Protestants as till then continued in that Army except Drums and Trumpets who are still continued per force There came with the late King to Kingsale 22 Ships great and small all with Guns of which 12 were Capital Ships and with them 4 Fireships and in them not above 50 persons of all sorts of which were the Kings two Sons the Bishop of Chester Lord Powis Lord Melfort Col. Darrington Sarsfeild 9 or 10 French-men 1 Footman and other Scoundrels that followed him from France That day week after his Arrival and before he left Cork the late King gave orders for the Fleet to return to Brest to joyn a Fleet of 13 Sail more which they left fitting out there and expected to bring them 5 or 6000 English Scots and Irish raised in France for that purpose but not yet come He brought with him a considerable quantity of Powder Ball and Lead and Arms for 15000 Men and 120000l Sterling and nothing more all which is said to be disposed of by one sent with him by the French King and who hath promised four Times as much more if that be well imployed The giving Ireland to the French is not certain but most sure that it is the Interest of France to give King James all the Assistance he can both by Sea and Land to keep England out of his own Bowels which without that Diversion he expects forthwith to make a violent Eruption therein and as certain that if any reasonable Force be in reasonable Time sent for Ireland its conquest will be both speedy and easy for tho the Irish Forces are with much pains and beating reasonably disciplin'd and numerous yet all that know the nature of them know they will not sight but upon great Advantage and if once broken all the Art of Man will never bring them together again And those of their present Army both Officers and Souldiers are mostly the very scum of the Country Cow-boys and such trash as tremble at the fireing a Musquet much more will at many and what one English Man used formerly to make nothing to beat 9 or 10 of and now are only like so many tied Dogs let loose which with a little Correction will soon be reduced to Obedience There are Protestants enow yet in Ireland to do the Work alone if they could but get together have Arms and good Officers to head them and will as fast as even they can join with the Army that comes to their relief

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