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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

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.