the Ford and Broken-Bridge defend Sir Arthur Roydons Horse and Foot went there Of all the Army the best Troops they were To Castlefin they sent three thousand Men To stop that pass and guard that Ford of Fin. Ballylessons and Skivingtons Men they be Who guard that Town and Ford from th' Enemy Sect. 19. The Engagement at Lifford THe Morn from South the Fin from West commence At Lifford they conjoin their confluence From thence to Dery in full streams they flow And guard the South of Dery from the Foe Therefore King James must pass the swoln Fin If he the City do's expect to win This to effect he sent some of his Horse To pass the Ford at Lifford with great Forcâ— The sound of Drums and Trumpets rent the air And th' Irish Forces to the Ford repair And boldly enter in when lo our Men Pour showers of Bullets from a Ravelin The Irish drop and with the purple gore Of dying Soldiers stain the waters o're From t'other side the En'my fiercely fire And reinforce their Troops as need require Till they got footing on the other shoar And with unequal Force our Men o're-power Then Death appear'd in many a dismal hue Our Men retreat the Enemy pursue Sect. 20. The Engagement at Cladyford SOme of our Forces unto Clady hye T' assist our Party ' gainst the Enemy ' Mongst whom great Murray with some friends ascends To Cladyford and stoutely it defends On t'other side King James's forces stood Upon a Hill which cover'd all the flood From whence they fired smartly on our Men Drawn up on t'other side upon a Plain This gall'd our Troops the Foot began to fly And quit the Pass clear to the Enemy Maimont to pass the Ford a Squadron sends Of his best Horse Murray the Pass defends Maior Nangle who led the Irish Force Dropt in the River headlong from his Horse And many a valiant Trouper floating lay Which the slow River scarce could bear away Thus he oppos'd the Foes till all his own Forsook the Ford and left him there alone Our Troops expected succour from the Camp But none being sent this did their courage damâ— To valiant Hero's flights a dismal sting Great Murray hopes to rectify the thing Paulus ashamed dy'd upon the spot Great Varro fled ' cause he despaired not To conquer Hannibal Our Forces fly And quit the passage to the Enemy Horror and Death our flying Troops pursue The Irish Horse our scatt'red Forces slew They intercept our Troops from Castlefin With Death and slaughter and that Country win Brave Wigton of Rapho at Long-Casey Oppos'd their Horse till the Foot got away The Irish Foot the broken Bridge repair And in few hours at Ballandret they were Sect. 21. Londee 's Treachery OUr beaten Troops the doleful Tidings bring Of both defeats which through our Camp did ring The dire Alarm Our rouzed Chiefs to Arms And nobly vow'd soon to revenge their harms Nature it self our Camp thus fortifies For on its Front a rapid River flies Each wing a Wood the Rear a bog do's stay Through which a narrow pass the long-Casey But false Londee had other Fish to Fry Thus in the Camp he uttered his mind Dear Friends you Row against the Tyde Wind Let 's fly to walls where we may safely fight Against our Foes and there support our right His words like Light'ning through the Camp did fly And daunted all their hearts immediately Some call him Coward some Traytor most do judge It most expedient and to Dery trudge At last the venom poyson'd each Mans breast Then all to Dery fly in greatest haste Londee himself rid Post to tell the News Of our defeat ne're spar'd his Horses Shoes Sect. 22. The March of the Irish Army to London-Dery OUr broken Forces into Dery fly And shut the Gates thereof immediately Some to England others to Scotland go And leave the Countrey naked to the Foe The Irish Troops ravage the Countrey round And carry away whatso'ere they found They march to Dery in a full career And in few days before the Walls appear King James took up his Quarters at St. Johnston And there dispatched what was fit to be done Londeriados LIB II. Containeth a description of London-Dery its Situation and Fortifications The Charter of London-Dery broken by Tyrconnel The Protestant Corporation turn'd out and a Papist Corporation chosen An Irish Convent built and a Papist Regiment put into the Garrison which being sent for to some Rendevouze the Protestants rise in Arms and expell all the Papists out of the Town They refuse to receive the Earl of Antrims Regiment The Lord Montjoys Mediation who obtains Londee to be their Governor and intreats the City to receive six Companies of his Regiment after the Papist Soldiers were disbanded out of it William III. Proclaimed King The Contributers towards the holding out of the City Their Application to England and Scotland for Aid K. James's offers to the City Londee the Governor's Capitulation Colonel Adam Murray moves the City to hold out and discharges Londee The General Council chuse Lieutenant Colonel Baker and Dr. Walker a Clergyman to be Governors The reformee of the broken Regiments Eight Regiments formed in the City The Irish Encampments before the Walls The Earl of Abercors Message to the City Sect. 1. ASsist me Muses with your Sacred flame That I may celebrate the mighty name Of this fam'd Town nor Troy nor Carthage are To be compar'd with thee in art of War For Troy was rais'd and Carthage burnt Thy name Out-lives the fury of more Stratagem 'Bove Rome it self thy praises I 'le extoll The Gaules burnt Rome all but the Capitol The Greeks sackt Troy the Romans Carthage strong The Gauls burnt Rome but thee they could not wrong Sect. 2. A Description of London-Dery DEry whose proud and stately Walls disdain By any Foreign En'my to be t'ane Betwixt surrounding Hills which it command On an ascending brow dos snugly stand Against those Hills the Walls rise equally And on strong Bastions planted Cannon lye The curtains likewise have an equal power T'annoy the Foes and the Town to secure A River deep and swift with flowing Tide Surrounds the East and South and guards that side A higher Wall and Bastions do defend The West and North from the Foes cruel end There 's a great Church from whose high Steeple goes Thunder and Lightning to annoy the Foes Near it 's a Sally-Port from whence they may Safely spring out to hurt the Enemy From whose high Bulwark sev'ral Cannon play The Town 's near Oval with four stately Gates The wholesome Air an Appetite creates The Shipkey-Gate receives the Merchants store There ride such Ships as Sail up from Kilmore To whose proud Flag all Ships must strike their Sails If not the Fort to sink them never fails From that to Dery it s a League and more The swifest River and the finest shoar For near this place the noble Salmon play Till the wise Fisher
Londerias OR A NARRATIVE Of the SIEGE of London-Dery Which was Formed by the Late King James the 18th of April and Raised the 1st of August Anno Dom. 1689 Written in Verse by Ioseph Atckin DVBLIN Printed by J. B. and S. P. at the back of Duâ—â—â— Coffee-House in Skinner-Row for the Autâ—â—â— and Sold by him at his â—â—ool near◠〈…〉 And by the Bookseller◠〈◊〉 Dublin 〈◊〉 1699. To the Worshipful the MAYOR To the Honourable ROBERT ROCHFORT Esq Attorney-General and Speaker of the Honourable House of COMMONS the Recorder And to the Aldermen Burgesses and Free-men of the City of LONDON-DERY Honoured Sirs I Thought it my Duty to Dedic 〈…〉 this Poem to Your Honours 〈◊〉 have had such a hand in the Subjectâ— it Your Loyalty and Sufferings for the Protestant Interest have exceeded that of any other Society of Men For when all the World judged the Protestant Cause in IRELAND lost Your Courage and Zeal Retriev'd it Had the Late King JAMES Subdued Your City the next Attack had been Fatal to all Protestant Countries But Your Courage and Conduct oppos'd the Torrent that was like to sweep the Protestant Religion away with it Your Sufferings likewise have sufficiently demonstrated Your Zeal for the Crown of ENGLAND But to attempt Your due Eulogy were to undertake an Herculean Labour let the following Poem speak the rest which deserved the Pen of a Homer or Virgil rather The Actions and Occurrences of this Famous Siege are so Heroick of themselves that they needed no strokes of Poetry to set them off He that considers the uncoath Names made use of 〈◊〉 this Poem and how unfit they are for Metre will easily pardon the unlâ—ftiness of the Stilâ— I have seen several Narratives of the Siege but all far short of the thing And I may boldly aver That no Material Passage is wanting in this having baâ—â— my Informations from good Hands besides the Advantage of the Printed Narratives I have Stiled Colonel Adam Murray Here and General which I am sure no Man that knew his particular Merits in the Siege will think unjust or unsuitable especially such as have Read the Printed Narratives But to Anticipate all Detraction I will Insert the Paragraph upon London-Dery out of the great Historical and Poetical Dictionary Published by Authority London-Dery was defended by Eight Sakers and Twelve Demiculverins the People at first were thereunto encouraged to hold out by Colonel Adam Murray who gave frequent proofs of an unheard of Valour in his Sallies upon the Enemies and killed the French General Maimont with his own hands before the Walls As Your Honours particular concern in the Subject of this Poem moved me to Dedicate it to You so also the Opportunity of knowing the Truth of the Actions encourages me to expect Your Protection For You are the best Judges of the Matter of Fact That Your City may be for ever Perserved from all such Popish Innovations and from all Insults of Foreign and Domestick Enemies shall be the daily Prayer of Your Honours Most Obedient Servant and Orator J. A. Londeriados Lib. I. Containeth the Occasion of the War viz. The great growth of Popery in England Scotland and Ireland in the late King James's Reign his attempting to repeal the Penal Laws and the committing the Bishops to the Tower for opposing it The Prince of Orange being invited enters England with an Army and rescues it from Popery and Slavery K. James flies to France and begs Aid to reinforce his Army in Ireland under Talbot He obtains Six Thousand French Lands in Ireland and calls a Parliament and breaks the English Establishment which forced the Protestants in the North of Ireland to rise in Arms to defend themselves Vpon which he calls a Council of War and sends an Army to reduce them The Number and Quality of K. James's Army their March to the North. The Number and Quality of the Protestant Forces Their General Londee's Treachery their defeat at Cladyford and Retreat to London-dery and the approach of the Irish and French Forces to London-dery Sect. 1. I Sing the Men who Dery did restore To the condition as it was before They taught the French that Cities might withstand Their Storms and Bombs under a good command Why should Heroick Deeds in silence be Since Poets are of the Fraternity Assist me Muse whilst I the Siege do sing Into my mem'ry all the matter bring Inspire my tongue when I the causes tell How the dire War how this fam'd Siege befell How the Townstands how the proud foe advance How they 're repuls'd and who great fame enhanse Sect. 2. The Occasion of the War THe Popish bigots did so far prevail As to attempt the Penal Laws repeal Which being oppos'd by the seven mitred lights King James commits them to the Tower to rights This daring Action open'd Englands Eye To see their loss of Truth and Liberty The Prince of Orange they did then Invite To enter England and support their Right The gen'rous Prince but now our lawful King Did only thirteen thousand with him bring Who rescu'd England soon from Popery And sent King James abroad immediately A second time to crave for Foreign Aid Who humbly thus to 's Gallick Brother pray'd Sect. 3. K. James's Application to the K. of France for Aid DRead Sir your poor distressed Brother James Succours according to the League he claims England again has forced me to fly For life and safety to your Majesty I trusted too much to their Non-resistance Which makes me now this treachery to instance The Prince of Orange has usurp't my Throne And now there 's nothing I can call my own Ireland excepted where Tyrconnel stands Loyal and Faithful to my just demands He forty thousand Native Irish hath Who in my Cause will spend their dearest breath There 's Maxwell Mackarty and Hamilton Brave Sarsfield Shelden and Teague-O Regan Fit to Conduct our Forces in that Land Who will be Faithful to Our just Command But in the North a stubborn City lies On which I 've cause to look with jealous eyes It's Dery call'd and fully cramb'd by those That Roman Doctrine and its Friends oppose Besides the Lord Montjoy I fear him more Than all the Subjects on the Irish shore Him the Scots-Party have chose for their Guide And vow'd to fight in no Command beside I Against those some veteran Troops demand To reinforce our Army in that Land Sect. 4. The King of France's Answer TO him great Lewis gave attentive ear And thus reply'd Dear Brother never fear With that he drew his Sword and nobly swore I 'le never sheath thee till I you restore I 'le transport over to the Irish Coast Six Thousand Horse and Foot out of my Host These will suffice to open the Campeign I 'le add some more to forward your design Maimont Lozin and Rose shall Gen'rals be Marquis Anlieur Boiston and brave Pontee And least the Prince should any Troops send o're I 'le cause my
us twenty days respit And their Hostages to our Ships commit Then safely to conduct us to the Fleet With all the honour for brave Soldiers meet These they reject our Delegates return And they the Treaty to next day adjourn To quit the Town and Arms they offer all That the best Subjects of the Kingdom shall Enjoy our Church Estates and reparation That ev'ry man repair to his own Station By Collonel Hammil Lance and Campbel we A flat refusal of these signify And to convince them of our true intent Murray with some gallant Battalions went T' attack them in their Lines towards Rapho Waughop Oneal and Galmoy felt the blow The Name of Murray grew so terrible That he alone was thought invincible Where e're he came the Irish fled away And left the Field unto the English sway The Valiant Noble to their Trenches flew And with smart firing several Persons slew Sect. 11. The Walls at Butchers-Gate Stormed and Colonel Murray Wounded IN a few days their Foot and Granadeer To storm our Walls at Butchers-Gate appear The Storm was fierce then Murray sallies out At Bishops-Gate and put them to the rout Brave Bellifatt'n fell briskly on their flank And with his men o'rethrew both File and Rank We them pursu'd into their Trenches strong And ne're bethought us till we were among Their strongest body valiant Murray fought And hew'd down hundreds which his ruine sought Till a fierce Bullet through his Body past Then we retreated to the Town at last Our wounded Gen'ral on his feet came back And ne're complained that he Blood did lack Brave James Murray a volunteer is slain Who in all actions did applauses gain In a few hours Coghran revenge demands And in their Lines with a Battalion stands Captain Wilson and Mackollogh gave their aid Who in their lines a horrid slaughter made And to their Gen'ral this great service paid His Wound was great but by the mighty Skill Of Dr. Aickin and Herman he grew well In seven weeks time this was our last sally For Couns'lor Cairnes arriv'd immediately And brought an Express from his Majesty Commanding Kirk for to relieve the Town To guard some Transports from the Fort Boom Sect. 12. Captain Browning and Captain Dowglas relieve the Town with two Merchant Ships and the Dartmouth Frigat THen in all haste two Merchant Ships are sent With all provisions for the same intent The Dartmouth Frigat with the said effects The Merchant Ships against the Fort protects The valiant Browning Native of the Town With flowing tyde attack the horrid Boom And a full Gale the Ship is josled back But with her side she made a fresh attack The wind and tyde with a most violent course The Beams and Cable into pieces force The Ship sail'd on but Browning lost his life A dismal story to his tender Wife Then Dowglass in the Phoenix safely sails Though from both shoars a shower of Bullets haiâ— The Fort and Boom are past yet thousands more Of deaths fly swiftly from the Neigh'bring shoâ—r Each side the River planted cannon play With which a power of the Ships crew they slay When they had past the Boom the Wind it fail'd Then with their Boats Oars the Ships they hal'd Mean time the En'my ply them with small shot The bold Tarpallian dyes upon the spot At ev'ry bounce the En'mies Cannon gave The hungry people ' gainst the En'my rave Yet fav'ring Heaven the Merchant Ships defends And our provisions to the Harbour sends The' unlade in haste the English Beef and Cheese Bacon and Butter Brandy Pork and Pease By Dowglass Scotland plenty of Oatmeal sends Which to their Suff'ring Brethren them commends The Governours divide the joyful Store And equal portions give to Rich and Poor The Towns o'rejoy'd the thundring Cannons roar The Bells do ring and Bonefires the Town o're Sect. 13. The Service of our Cannon from the Church-steeple and Bulwarks IN all attacks our Gunners play'd their parts For from the Walls they tam'd the En'mies hearts Eight Sakers and twelve Demiculverin Discharg'd their fury daily from within Against the En'mies Camps on ev'ry side Which furiously amongst their forces glide Brave Watson fir'd upon their strongest Ranks And swept off Files from the En'mies Flanks Lieutenant Crookshanks dismounts from our walls The En'mies Cannon which upon us falls At Pennyburn-Mill And Captain Gregory From the Church Steeple slays the Enemy At both Attacks of Windmill-Hill and from The Royal and the Double Bastion James Murray from the Northern Bastions Near Elah hurt the Foes Battallions Robert Stev'â—son ne're mist the Enemy But furiously amongst their Troops le ts fly Lieutenant Dyell and some brave Seamen Did from the walls slay many on the plain Lieutenant Evins praise shall now be told Who in all actions was both brave and bold Thô sev'nty years of age he stoutly fought At sev'ral Battles and young Souldiers taught Until a Bullet pierc't his hardy Breast Yet he returned bravely with the rest To save his Life his tender Daughter found The safest Course to suck his bloody Wound He laid in Stores and willingly attends And lost 'bove twenty of his dearest Friends Of all the Powder which from England came Five hundred Barrels eighty scarce remain And Scotland likewise fifty barrels sent All which against the Enemy we spent Sect. 15. The Enemy withdraw their Siege and Major General Kirk marches the English Forces to Dery THese joyful Stores the Irish army awe Then in the Night they silently withdraw In greatest haste to Dublin they return And all along our strongest Buildings burn They gather'd all the Papists from our coast And made them march along with th' Irish Host Then Kirk with th' English Troops his march commenc'd From Inch and to our ruin'd town advanc'd Sir Matthew Bridges House and Gardens all Were quite destroy'd by the En'my at Brookhall The large and spacious suburbs were burnt down Which was a great Detriment to the Town Their Houses and their Goods destroy'd were Both by the Booms and Cannon in the War Their fruitful Parks and Suburb-Gardens fell Them to the Ground the Enemy Levell Their Debitors were slain and Debts were lost A hundred thousand pounds scarce quit the cost The rich Inhabitants were turn'd to poor Which liv'd like Princes on their wealth before In this Condition Kirk did see the Tâ—â—â— The truth whereof is to the world known Mitchelburn Governour he did Decree And sent great Walker to His Majesty Whose benign Stars did influence our heart And waâ—mth and vigour to our Souls impart His infant reign produc'd this noble act And yearly greater Trophies did contract Witness the Boyne Athlone and dire Aghrim Lim'rick and all the Kingdom gain'd by him May fav'ring Heaven preserve his precious breath And lasting Lawrels round his Temples wreath THe Work is done Apollo does presage The Success of it in the future Age. Zoilus himself dare not the Actions blame The Author values not a Poets Fame He wrote it for the sober Men of Sense Not for the Beau's or Wits Intelligence If Jove and they approve the former Words His Hero's will defend it with their Swords FINIS