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A40770	A faithful history of the northern affairs of Ireland from the late K. James accession to the crown, to the siege of Londonderry : giving a true account of the occasions of the miscarriages there, and of the reasons why the gentry abandon'd those parts / by a person who bore a great share in those transactions.	Person who bore a great share in those transactions.	1690 (1690)	Wing F271; ESTC R16682	25,694	41

A FAITHFUL HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN AFFAIRS OF IRELAND FROM The Late K. JAMES Accession to the Crown TO THE Siege of LONDONDERRY Giving a True Account of the Occasions of the Miscarriages there And of the Reasons why the Gentry abandon'd those Parts By a Person who bore a great Share in those Transactions LICENS'D Decemb. 10. 1689. LONDON Printed and are to be Sold by Randall Taylor near Stationers Hall M DC XC A FAITHFUL HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN Affairs of Ireland c. NO sooner was the late King Jumes advanced to the Throne but he fixed his whole study upon the Establishment of his darling Twins Popery and Slavery and having by several Instances formerly experienced the English Aversion to the Principles of that Religion he therefore first set himself to consider such Methods as might best serve for the Introduction of it without giving them too near a Prospect of the Revolution intended It was sor this reason thought fit that Ireland should be the first unhappy Scene of the ensuing Tragedy where such a Change seemed very practicable for the far greater number of Inhabitants being naturally Slaves to the Yoke of Rome could not but welcome the Chains of a Popish Tyrant yet was not this to be effected on a sudden for fear of alarming England which was not at that time brought under the Awe of a Standing Army besides the most considerable part of the Forces then in Ireland consisting of such as were Protestants obliged the King to a more wary Prosecution of his Designs It was therefore concluded to move by slower steps and to continue the Administration of Affairs in such hands as should seem to be Protestants that his Popish Councils might carry the better Gloss and his English Subjects be less sensible of his varnisht Designs Thus Ireland languish'd under the unhappy Circumstances of being ruined by its pretended Friends when in England the unwary Compliance of such as would hazard all to be thought Loyal gave the King an opportunity of appearing more publick in that which he before durst only dissemble for upon the Compliments that were daily paid him in England he presumed to divide the Military from the Civil Power in Ireland and setled the Regulation of the Standing Army in the hands of a Papist who was obliged to frame it to such a model as might best square with the Turn intended For this Service Talbot was created Earl of Tyrconnel and sent over armed with an absolute Power of disbanding such as he should judg disaffected to their Designs At his first landing he was highly courted by the Two Lords Justices both of them paying him that Respect tho as is suppos'd by the King's directions which they ought to have received from him and as he has been often heard to say doing his Business faster than he could have done it himself Nor could the Earl of Clarendon who succeeded them in the Government stop Tyrconnel's career and tho he often interposed his Civil Authority yet could he not prevent the whole Military Strength from devolving into the hands of the Papists for in his time were most of the Protestant Officers and Soldiers cashier'd the Militia of the Countrey disarmed the Forts and Strong-holds put into the Possession of the Papists and every thing else done which might prepare an easie Access sor a Popish Governour Thus far were their Designs advanced in Ireland under the Umbrage of a Protestant Power when Monmouth's Rebellion and the great Loyalty that suppressed it raised the Popish Party so far above their former hopes that they now thought it high time to lay aside the Mask and to this end it was resolved That the Civil and Military Power should re-unite in a Papist who might act both as Deputy and General in that Kingdom This double Trust was conferred on the Earl of Tyrconnel whose past Services and avowed Prejudices to the Protestant Interest recommended him as the fittest Person to Act that Part of the Tragedy He was a man of a comely Presence but Haughty Proud and Insolent and therefore was not at first reputed Master of so much Policy and Discretion as he afterwards appeared to be his open Practices against such as Professed the Reformed Religion and his severe usage of them whil'st he was but a Private Collonel made them fear a sudden Stroke from his greater Authority upon which many of the Richest and most Powerful of the Countrey removed themselves with their Effects for England and his Aversion to the Brittish Settlement was so generally known that very few durst stand the Test of it This great Change in the Civil Government much Impoverished and Deprived Ireland not only of its Wealth but of a far greater Treasure its Wisest Men those that were left behind being only such as altho they had known how to have helped themselves yet wanted both Power and Means to Effect it Tho' the Protestant Interest was chiefly struck at in this great turn yet the Trading part of the Papists were also sensible of the consequences of it for the whole Kingdom in a short time languished under a general Consumption of Trade and the Exchequer Receipts were so reduced that it was feared they would not Answer the publick Payments This put Tyrconnel upon a pretended Moderation who for some time concealed his Temper under a mask of gentleness hoping thereby to have deluded back such as had been the staple Traders of this Kingdom but they being convinced that the same designs were still on foot tho' carried on by slower steps would not be persuaded to re-embark their Fortunes under the Convoy of a Popish Pilot Tyrconnel seeing himself thus disappointed in his Art of Dissimulation reassumed his own Nature and laying aside his Hypocrisie openly acted as the professed Enemy to the Brittish Interest and having already Invested the Native Irish with a full Power over the Lives of their Conquerors by Arming them with the Swords of Revenge he afterwards packed such Judges on the several Benches as were every way engaged to subvert the Legal Settlement of the whole Kingdom These were the unfortunate Circumstances the poor Distressed Protestants of Ireland laboured under when nothing but the happy News of our present King 's Charitable Designs could have raised them to the Hopes of a better Fortune and His Majesties good Endeavours being Crowned in England with a suitable Success put them upon projecting such Methods as might best serve to compleat their Deliverance The only parts of Ireland where the Number of Protestants exceded the Papists were the Northern Counties whose nearest seituation to England and Scotland had invited several Families to Transport themselves thither by which means they grew so Populous that they became a Terror to their Irish Neighbours and were for that reason believed to have been thrice as many as they afterwards appeared to be several Protestants flattered themselves with the same thoughts which proved the greatest Spur to their present Confusion for the

that the Gentlemen who were designed for Council assembled on the 13th at which time the methods were concluded on and Sir Rob. summoned the next day to assent if he pleased to what he could not alter This Convention which only consisted of Sixteen Gentlemen being sat at Comber the first things discoursed of were the Disorders Delays Openness and other Inconveniences that attended their former Meeting to which the failure of their Designs was chiefly attributed and to obviate those Mischiefs it was agreed That a Junto of Five should be chosen for the County any Three whereof should be empowered to act as the Representatives of the rest whose Decrees and Orders should be as binding as if they had been concluded by the general Voice of the Countrey And it was likewise agreed That an Association should be proposed by the Gentlemen of that County to the other Counties of Vlster for the joint Preservation of the Publick Interest and Protection of the Protestant Religion Matters being thus far adjusted by the consent of the whole Convention the next thing to be considered was the Election of Five such Persons as were best qualified to represent the County and for that service the E. of M Sir A R Mr. H of B Mr. H and H of T were proposed at the instance and by the directions of the latter who having packed the greatest part of the Assembly could not want a Majority of Votes to declare in favour of such as he thought fit to recommend These Gentlemen being complimented with a tender of the Care and Trust of the County at first as modestly refused as the New Pope does the Papacy which they afterwards as willingly embraced and tho some of the Convention thought others far better qualified both in Interest and Parts for a Charge of that Consequence particularly Sir Rob. Colvill whom they would have at least complimented with the choice of being one considering his Fortune was almost equal to the Joint-Estates of the other Five and that his Age and Experience had rendred him much fitter for an Employment of that nature but H ton of T being well assured that Sir Robert would not be prevailed with to serve any private Designs passionately opposed all Motions in his favour and for want of a better Argument threatned to desert the Assembly if they should admit a Proposal so averse to his Interest Till this Meeting at Comber many thought H ton's earnest Sollicitations had proceeded from a real Concern for the Protestant Interest but it was now plainly discovered that the whole scope of his Designs tended only to settle him in such a Post as might render him more remarkable to the English Government The Convention having invested the Junto with the whole Power of the County were of course dissolved and the Junto immediately withdrew from the rest of the Company in order to act separately in pursuance of their new Commission It was first determined That a fit Person should be sent with an Address to our present King congratulating His Happy Access to the Throne and imploring the Assistance of England for their speedy Relief and several Gentlemen were propos'd for this Expedition but none so generally approved of as Mr. Hamilton of Comber who besides his other Qualifications had a just pretence to the Employment having been formerly chosen for this Service by the Vote of the whole County but H ton of T fearing perhaps that he might by this opportunity forestall his Designs set up Capt. Leighton in opposition to his Kinsman and by his Interest so far prevailed that the Captain was preferred to this Honourable Errand Mr. Hamilton seeing himself thus postponed by the Contrivance of his own Relation and the Honour conferred on his Competitor without the least Apology for rejecting him was so highly sensible of the Abuse that he soon afterwards quitted the Countrey Whilst these things were debated in Council several Expresses arrived from Dublin which by Publick Orders were immediately carried to the Junto and some Gentlemen then in Town who had been always privy to the former Correspendence being denied a sight of these last Accounts very much reflected upon the measures newly taken expecting but slender returns from a Council who in its very Infancy presumed to act so arrogantly disobligingly partially and imprudently The Junto fearing the consequence of these Publick Censures very much laboured to quiet the minds of the Male-contents who began to unravel the very Methods by which they were convened and to protest against the evil Arts that established them The next day according to the return of his Summons Sir Rob. Colvill came to Town on whose Appearance it was judged convenient to admit him of the Council hoping thereby to reconcile themselves to the Gentlemen of the Countrey and to make way for him my L d Mount-Alexander was appointed General of the Forces of the two Counties of Down and Antrim Sir Robert being admitted the Junto proceeded to nominate Five Persons out of every Barony to represent the Condition of it proposing by this method a clearer view of the Strength and Force of each County and it was likewise moved and agreed that every County for its better intelligence should substitute one Person to be always resident at Hilsburg by which means the several Circumstances of the North might be the better understood and the execution of their Designs be for the future grounded on more united Resolves To this purpose it was judged necessary that a general Association should be subscribed by the Gentlemen of that Province and that the Methods devised by this Junto should be proposed as an Example to the neighbouring Counties Sir W F who with Mr. H ton of T. had formerly contrived the Association went to my L d Massareen's where he had appointed the Gentlemen of the County of Antrim to meet who on the next day appeared to the Number of Five and Thirty and Sir William having addressed himself to them proposed the several Decrees of the County of Down as a President fit for them to follow urging the Conveniency of a separate Council as also several Arguments to induce them to a General Association but my L d Massareen and several of the Gentlemen earnestly opposed it alledging the want of Arms and Experience both which were judged to be antecedently necessary to so publick a Declaration which would otherwise rather prove a means to hasten their ruin than to promote their Deliverance and for that reason they inclin'd to wave the thoughts of an Association and only join in a private Address but Sir W F pressing it upon them by many specious Arguments urging That it would convince the King of their Readiness to serve his Interest and that the People of England would be thereby obliged to send them a more early Supply prevailed with the greatest part of them to Associate and appoint a certain Number of Gentlemen for their Representatives tho they would not agree to the