Embark for England, to carry an Addrefs of Thanks, A. C. from the Garrifon and Inhabitants to their Majefties. 1689. Mr. Walker being arriv'd at Court, receiv'd that u Royal Welcome and Bountiful Reward which his great Services had merited.

Nor did Inniskillin, another Town in the North Account of of Ireland, contribute lefs than London-Derry to the the Innif afferting the Proteftant Caufe; for upon notice that killin Men. the latter had deny'd Entrance to the Lord Antrim's Regiment, they refolv'd not to admit any I i Garrifon, and having rais'd a Regiment of Twelve Companies gave the Command of it to Gustavus Hamilton Efq Perfon of Conduct and Refolution, whom they likewife chofe their Governor. The Towns-men being thus in fome posture of Defence proclaim'd King William and Queen Mary on the the 11th of March; but the Lord Gilmoy declaring for King James, fome time after his Majesty's arrival at Dublin, fummon'd the Governor of Inniskillin to furrender that place to him, with a promife, as from King James, to grant them better Terms than they might ever expect from him afterwards. A Council being call'd upon this Summons it was Unanimously agreed to ftand firm to their former Refolutions of defending the Proteftant Religion, and maintaining King William's Title: Whereupon the Lord Gilmoy landed all his Forces towards Crom, a Castle 16 Miles diftant from Inniskillin, and poffefs'd by the Proteftants, which was Befieg'd fome time by part of his Troops; but the Inniskilliners having thrown a Relief of 200 Men into the Caftle, forc'd him to raife the Siege, and to retreat to Belturbat. On the 24th of April a Detachment of the Garrison of Inniskillin, headed by Lieutenant Collonel Lloyd, made an Excurfien into the Encmics Country, took and demolish'd the Caftle at Angher, and return'd home with a confiderable Booty. Several other Skirmishes and Rencounters pafs'd between the two Parties, wherein the Inniskilliners fignaliz'd their Valour, and always came off with Advantage; but none of thofe Actions was fo remarkable as that which happen'd, as it were by a particular Appointment of Providence,

A. C. on the fame Day London-Derry was reliev'd, where1689. in 2000 Inniskilliners fought and routed 6000 Irish, at a place call'd Newton Butler, and took their Commander Mackerty, with the lofs only of 20 Men kill'd, and so wounded.

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Pursuant to King James's Proclamation the Irish Parliament met at Dublin on the 7th of May, and the fame Day his Majefty made a Speech wherein he told them; "That the Exemplary Loyalty which K. James's" that Nation exprefs'd to him, at a time when oSpeech to "thers of his Subjects fo undutifully misbehaved the Irish "themselves to him, or fo bafely betray'd him, and "their feconding his Deputy as they did in this bold "and refolute afferting his Right, in preferving "that Kingdom for him, and putting it in a pofture "of Defence, made him refolute to come to them, "and to venture his Life with them in defence of "their Liberties and his own Right; That to his t great Satisfaction he had not only found them "ready to ferve him, but that their Courage had "equall'd their Zeal. That he had always been "for Liberty of Confcience, and against invading "any Man's Right or Liberty; having ftill in mind "that faying of Holy Writ; Do as you would be done 66 to, for this is the Law and the Prophets. That it "was this Liberty of Confcience he gave, which his "Enemies, both at home and abroad, dreaded to "have Establish'd by Law in all his Dominions; "and made them fet themselves up against him, "though for different Reafons; feing that if he had "once fettled it, his People (in the Opinion of the "one) would have been too happy; and (in the sc Opinion of the other) too great. That this Argument was made ufe of to perfwade their own "People to join with them, and fo many of his Sub"jects to ufe him as they had done: But nothing "fhould ever perfwade him to change his Mind as "to that, and wherefoever he was Mafter, he de-. "fign'd, God willing, to Establish it by Law, and

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"fhould most readily confent to the making fuch A. G. "good wholefom Laws as might be for the Good 1689. "of the Nation, the Improvement of Trade, and

relieving fuch as had been injur'd by the late Act "of Settlement, as far forth as might be confiftent "with Reafon, Juftice, and the publick Good of "his People. That as he fhould do his part to "make them Happy and Rich, he made no doubt "of their Afliftance, by enabling him to oppose "the unjust Designs of his Enemies, and to make "that Nation flourish. That to encourage them "the more to it, they knew with how great Generofity and Kindnefs the most Christian King gave "fure Retreat to the Queen, his Son, and himfelf, "when they were forc'd out of England, and came "to feek for Protection and Safety in his King"doms; how he embrac'd his Intereft, and gave "him fuch Supplies of all forts, as enabled him to come to them, which without his obliging Affi"ftance he could not have done; and that this he "did at a time when he had fo many confidera"ble Enemies to deal with, and ftill continued fo

to do. His Majefty concluded as he had begun, "and affur'd them he was as fenfible as they could "defire of the fignal Loyalty they had exprefs'd to "him; and that he fhould make it his chief Study, as it had always been, to make them and all his "Subjects Happy.

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This Speech being ended, and the King withdrawn, Sir Richard Neagle, Attorney General, who was chofen Speaker of the Commons, extoll'd to that Houfe their great Obligations to the King of France, and the Duke of Tyrconnel for that glorious Meeting, and how meet it was for both Houfes to return his Majefty Thanks for his Gracious Speech, and to defire Count d' Avaux to do the fame to his moft Chriftian Majefty, on their behalf, for his Generous Affifting King James. Thefe Addreffes were drawn up and prefented accordingly, and then a Bill was brought in, containing a Recognition of the King's Title, and an Abhorrence of the Prince of Orange's Ufurpation, and Defection of the Engfb: The next Day his Majefty publifh'd the fol lowing

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JAMES Rex,

K. James's "Although the many Calumnies and difmal Sto"ries, by which our Enemies have endeavoured to render us and our Government odious English "to the World, do now appear to have been adSubje "vanced by them, not only without any Ground, "but against their own certain Knowledge, as is "evident, by their not daring to attempt to prove "thefe Charges to the World, which we cannot but "hope hath opened the Eyes of our good Subjects to fee how they have been impofed upon by de"figning Men, who to promote their own ambiti66 ous Ends care not what Slaughter they reduce our "Kingdoms to; yet we cannot but rejoyce that we "have had an opportunity to demonftrate the Falf"nefs and Malice of their Pretences, fince this our "arrival in this our Kingdom of Ireland, by making "it our chief Concern to fatisfie the Minds of our

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Proteftant Subjects, the defence of their Religi "on, Privileges and Properties is equally our Care "with the Recovery of our Rights. To this end we have preferred fuch of them of whofe Loyalty and Affection we are fatisfied, to places both of the highest Honour and Truft about our Perfon, as well as in our Army. We have by granting "our Royal Protection to fuch whofe Minds were "fhaken by the Arts of our Rebellious Subjects, "difpell'd their Apprehenfions, and effectually fe"cur'd them against the Attempts even of their private Enemies. Our Ear hath always been open to their juft Complaints, and fo far hath our "Royal Mercy been extended to those who were in Arms against us, that we have actually pardon'd "feveral Hundreds of them, and moft Notorious "Criminals are kept in an eafie Confinement, (as "they themselves acknowledge) We have taken "care that our Subjects of the Church of England "be not difturbed in the Exercife of their Religi86 on, and all Proteftant Diffenters enjoy Liberty of * their Confciences without any Moleftation, and

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to fettle fuch a Security and Liberty both in Spiritual and Temporal Matters, as may put an end "to thefe Divifions which have been the Source of "all our Miferies; being refolved, as much as in us "lies, to entail Liberty and Happiness upon our People, fo far as to put it out of the power of our Succeffors to invade the one, or infringe the "other; and this we take God to witness was always our defign, of which we fee our good Subjects "here, are more and more convinc'd by the great "numbers of thofe who having been feduced or frightned by the reftlefs Importunities of our E

nemies are return'd to their Country and Habitati"ons, and who affure us daily more would follow "if the Ports were open; but the Usurpers know "too well the Sincerity of our Intentions to permit "the Repaffage of our faid Subjects, fearing no"thing more than that their Experience should un"deceive the reft, who are reftrain'd more through "Ignorance than any ill Intention, and therefore

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deny them that Liberty, which we afford to all, "whofe Defigns we are fatisfied tend not to the di"fturbance of the Peace. By this our Gracious and

Royal Care of our Proteftant Subjects, where the "greateft part of our Nation is Catholick, and have,as "well as We, received the highest Provocation from "their Fellow Subjects of contrary Perfwafions, fo "that nothing but our Inclination to Justice, and "defire to see our People flourish could move us to "fuch a Proceeding; We hope our Subjects in Eng"land will make a Judgment of what they may "expect from us, and we do hereby promife and "declare, that nothing fhall ever alter our Refolu "tions to purfue fuch, and no other Methods, as "by our faid Subjects in Parliament fhall be found "proper for our Common Security, Peace and Happiness; and that none may be debarr'd of "affifting us in recovering our Rights, and redeem"ing of our People from their prefent Slavery, out " of any apprehenfion from past Miscarriages, we do 66 hereby