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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

above 1000000 Head of Cattel besides Corn and Houses and thereby utterly spoiled the most plentiful Country in these parts of Europe so that 20 Years of perfect Peace cannot be thought to restore it to the State in which it was at the Death of King Charles the Second The Protestants of Ireland alarm'd at these Devastations began to Arm and provide themselves against them and first the Citizens of London-derry understanding that two Companies of the new-rais'd Forces were marching to quarter in that City shut their Gates and resolved to stand upon their own Defence and when they came refused them entrance Whereupon the Lord Deputy Tyrconnel and the Privy Council thought it most expedient to send the Lord Mon●joy a Man of great esteem among the Protestants of that County with six Companies of his Regiment which he took from Dublins to reduce them who coming before the place demanded but was refused Entrance for two days In the interim it was concluded to receive him into the Town singly alone and being admitted it was concluded that provided he procured their Pardon within 14 days they would receive two Companies of his Men to he made up all Protestants to Garison in the Town and at the beginning of March as many Papists or as many more of any other Regiment which being perform'd on both hands the Lord Montjoy returned for Dublin and with the Lord Chief Baron Rice was sent for France to know the King's Pleasure but privately an Account was sent with him by Rice that he held correspondence with the Prince of Orange for which he was committed and still remains close Prisoner in the Bastile of Paris This Lord was no sooner gone for France but his two Companies left in London-derry with the City again revolted and John Hawkins Esq a young brisk zealous Protestant Gentleman of good Fortune and Interest in that Province accompanied with about 100 others well Armed and Mounted pursued the Example of the Lord Delamere in England and march'd from place to place to stir up the Protestants to Arm and Assemble together for their own Defence against the common Enemy and Abuses and in a short time was so succesful as to induce the whole Province of Vlster so to do except the Towns of Carigfergus and Ardmagh and among them the Lord Mount-Alexander Lord Blaney Sir Arthur Roden and several other Persons of Note and Quality And by their Example the Town and County of Sleigo in the Province of Connaught was moved to rise in like manner by the Lord Kingston and Chidly Coote Esq And soon after the Town of Ardmagh seized and disarmed a Troop of Dragoons that was quartered there and sent them away naked and several other Towns did the like And so and with Supplies they procured from Scotland armed themselves indifferently and formed themselves into Troops and Companies under the Command of the Persons of Quality afore-mentioned and began to take Reprizals for their Losses but Garrigfergus held out for the Irish all along In the mean time the Irish made it their Business to stop all Passages thither however many got to them some one way and some another and a little after Christmas about fifty Protestants that belonged to several Companies in Dublin about five at Night met and with their Arms marched toward the North all Night long and the next day till they had got about 40 Miles but being discovered Forces were sent to pursue them so that being over-powered they were taken and carryed Prisoners bound into Dublin Castle and thence commited to Goals where some of them still remain without tryal others were enlarged upon giving security for their good Behaviour and never to take up Arms against King James The next Day after they were brought in all the Protestants among the Horse were disbanded and their Horses Arms and Cloaths taken from them for which some of them had afterwards 5l for what cost them 20l. but many nothing to this day And Tyrconnel had all the Foot drawn out and at the head of them told them that such as pleased might lay down their Arms and Commissions upon which all the Protestant Officers and Souldiers that appear'd the next day did which much surprized his greatness but the Drums and Trumpets he would not permit not having any that were Papists to supply their places so that much against their wills they are forced yet to stay under them The Protestants in other parts being more intermingled with Irish than those of the North could not put themselves into so sudden a defensive posture however were not idle but as opportunity gave leave so that they might not be suspected provided such Arms and Ammunition as they could most conveniently procure till they were reasonably well Arm'd throughout the Kingdom and at the beginning of February at a place called Summerhill within 20 miles of Dublin there was got together about 300 Protestants and near the King's County under Sir Laurance Parsons such another Number At Charlevile the Seat of the Earl of Orrery within 12 miles of Limrick under Sir Thomas Southwell and Sir William King before mentioned 250 Horse and 160 Foot. At Mallow within 12 miles of Cork 300 Horse and 200 Foot under Esq Jephson and Captain C●llenger at Castlelions within 10 miles of Cork Under the Earl of Barrymore 200 Horse and 240 Foot. At Castle-Marter under Esq Boyle 60 or 80. And in most other Towns and Castles thereabouts the like numbers In Bandon 7 or 8000 Horse and foot all forming themselves into Troops and Companies and Exercising intending to put themselves under the Command of the Lord Inchiqueen and the aforesaid Boyle and had resolved and agreed that if any place were attacqued notice should be forthwith dispatch'd to all the rest and all were to join and march to its relief within 24 hours which Tyrconnel having notice of sent Express forthwith to Major General Mac-Carty then in Cork to draw out with three Pieces of Cannon against Castle-martyr who no sooner came before it but they received an express from those who intended to head them that it was thought fit and adviseable for them to surrender which they did upon Discretion and Boyle was taken and carried Prisoner to Cork and upon the surrender the like advice was given it is not convenient to tell here by who to all the rest thereabouts to depart to their respective Homes but Sir Thomas Southwell with 245 Horse marched directly towards the North but the Journey being-near 200 miles compleat and all through an Enemies Country and Expresses sent before to raise the whole Country and Forces every-where as they went which the poor Gentlemen pushed through till both they and their Horses being thoroughly spent for want of Meat and no longer able to hold were forced to submit and surrender up their Horses and Arms upon condition to have leave for themselves to return to their several Habitations But as there is no Faith to be kept with

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

England with the News of the Prince of Orange's intending for England which no sooner arrived but Tyrconnel prepared to send several Detachments of the then standing Forces for England and accordingly sent away about 3000 of the fairest and likeliest of the Foot who were to be followed by more till they began to fear if they did that the Protestants who they knew they had deserved no better from might rise against them and therefore forbore that part of the Design for the present and forthwith speeded the raising of more Forces and by Christmass had their Army which before consisted of about 5000 Horse and Foot after the others came for England compleat 30000 Men and before the beginning of March without so much as beat of Drum or a Penny Charge to the King Tyrconnel had compleated the following Regiments of Horse Foot and Dragoons as they stood March 15. 1688 9. The Old standing Forces 1. Lord Deputy Horse 2. Lord Galmoy Horse 3. Col. Russel Horse 4. Lord Clancarthy 5. Lord Montjoy 6. Lt. Gen. Mac-Carthy 7. Sir Thomas Nucome 8. Royal Regiment New-raised Forces Leinster 9. Lord Deputy's Dragoons 10. Lord Deputy's Foot. 11. Ld Dungan's Dragoons 12. Lord Slane's Foot. 13. Lord Duleeke 14. Lord Clanmalier 15. Col. Moore 16. Col. Kevenah 17. Col. Vxbridge 18. Col. Butler of Ballyraget 19. Col. Butler Lord Galmoy's Brother 20. Col. Nugent 21. Col. Dillion 22. Lord Gormonstown 23. Sir Maurice Eustace Munster 24. Earl of Tyrone 25. Viscount Clare 26. Sir Vallentine Brown. 27. Sir John Fitz-Gerald 28. Sir James Cotter 's Dragoons 29. Col. Mac-Carthymoore 30. Col. Mac-Carthy Reagh 31. Col. John Barret 32. Col. O-Donovane 33. Col. Butler of Killiash 34. Lieut. Col. Fitz-Gerald alias Mac-Thomas 35. Col. Nic. Brown. Ulsser 36. Earl of Antrim 37. Viscount Jveagh 38. Lord Louth 39. Col. Cormick O-Neal 40. Col. Bryan Mac-Mahone 41. Col. Gorden O-Neal Connaught 42. Lord Clanrickard 43. Lord Galmoy 44. Col. John Bourke 45. Col. Iriell Farrell 46. Col. Henry Mac-Toole 47. Col. O-Neale 48. Sir Mich. Creagh Some consisting of 20 22 or 24 Hundred So that the whole amounted to about 80000 compleatly Accoutred and Disciplin'd all rais'd cloath'd and kept till that time at the proper Charge of their several Officers many of which were before but Taylors Coblers and such others as perhaps were scarce able to procure before Bread for their Families but now for managing this Blessed Cause sell all that ever they have and their Friends too to carry on the Holy Design In the mean time while the Men were raising Tyrconnel ordered all the Gun-smiths Carpenters and Joyners to be forthwith imployed for cleansing stocking and locking all the old Fire-Arms and the Cutlers for cleansing and sheathing the Swords which since the last Wars had lain rusting in the Stores and such as refused were sent to Prison till they comply'd who besides the old Locks were promis'd for each Musquet 10s and every Pistol 6s but when they will get it I know not some they were paid all along to keep Life and Soul together So that with the Arms he had the Summer before received from England Tyrconnel had not only Arms for his whole Army but many more and by the Priests had made all the other Papists in the Kingdom the Men to Arm themselves with Half-pikes and Skeins or Bayonets and the Women with Skeins or Bayonets and in case after a certain day any in the Country went to Mass without those Arms they were by the Priests obliged to pay a Shilling and curst by Bell Book and Candle So that in less than five months ** time the whole Body of the Irish Papists were every where Armed to the great terror of the Protestants and as they were naturally inclin'd to Theft so now they were by Authority put into an excellent condition to perform it which with the inability of the new Officers to maintain them upon destroying the Protestants which at first they began moderately by way of stealth in the Night but when the Owners began to grumble and complain to no purpose with much more violence and boldness and by degrees increased their Spoils till at length in open Day they spared not before the Owners Faces to drive away together often from one Man 100 sometimes 1000 Sheep 20 30 40 50 or 60 Cows Oxen and the like and such as would not drive and were not for their purpose they kill'd and carried away the Skin Hide and Tallow and left the dead Carkasses as dirty and useless as they could fit for nothing but Vermin and such as was not for their own purpose they drove or kill'd and carried to Fairs and Markets and sold to others of their own Breed who had not so much Courage and a little more Honesty than to steal a fat Weather which six or seven Months before was worth 9 or 10s for 1s and a fat Ox worth 3 or 4 〈◊〉 for 12 or 〈◊〉 a Cow of 50 s. for 5 or 6. s. But at length they proceeded further even to take away the Corn and Houshold-goods so that he that over-night was worth 9 or 4000l the next day or week had not a Morsel to put in his Head or Rag to hang on his Back but what Charity he received from other Protestants not yet so absolutely ruined At length they were so glutted with these Spoils that they began to be more absolute and fent or went to the Houses of such as their Mercy had not yet destroyed and supposed to have any Mony threatning that if they did not forthwith or within a certain time by them limited deliver to them such Sums as their Moderation thought fit to demand they would and did burn their Houses and Corn kill and leave their Cattel dead upon the Ground Among the rest one Franeis Baker a Merchant in Youghill in particular having in the County of Tipperary a stock of fat Cattel went about the latter end of January last to fetch them home hoping they might be more secure in Barrels and a Town of reasonable strength than in the open Fields but as he was marching a Crew of the new-raised Irish Forces met and demanded of him whither he was driving those Cattel and told him they had more right to them than he and unless he satisfied them must be content to leave them behind him whereupon he was forthwith forced to pay for those his own Cattel 15 or 16l Sterling which was as much as they would have yielded in their Mountain Markets And to be short the Spoil was so general and great that in December and part of January last they had destroyed in the Counties of Cork and Kerry above 4000 Head of black Cattel as Cows and Oxen and there and in the County of Tipperary 2 or 300000 Sheep And so in all other parts especially the Provinces of Minister and Leinster proportionably so that before the beginning of February it was thought they had destroyed in all parts of Kingdom

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