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<HEAD>A Particular JOURNAL OF Major-Gen. Kirk's Voyage From <HI>LEVERPOOLE,</HI> To his &s;afe Arrival at London-Derry.</HEAD>
<P>NOtwith&s;tanding the many fal&s;e Rumours and In&s;inuations which have of late been &s;pread abroad by the <HI>Popi&s;h Party,</HI> to the di&s;advantage of the Prote&s;tant Intere&s;t in general, but more e&s;pecially of that &s;mall Remainder thereof in <HI>London-Derry</HI> and <HI>Enniskilling;</HI> we have now at la&s;t &s;uch undeniable Cir|cum&s;tances and Proofs of Colonel <HI>Kirk</HI>'s being arrived, as will convince the harde&s;t Believers. And becau&s;e the Curious have much enquir'd into the rea&s;on of Colonel <HI>Kirk</HI>'s being &s;o long retain'd on his Voyage, it may not be un&s;atisfactory to give a particular Account thereof from the begin|ning, which take as follows:</P>
<P>Colonel <HI>Kirk</HI> having for &s;ome time had all things in a readine&s;s to &s;ail the fir&s;t fair Wind; at la&s;t the Wind came up at <HI>N. N. E.</HI> a fair Gail on the 31&s;t of <HI>May,</HI> and he &s;et &s;ail with the three Regiments under his Com|mand, from <HI>Leverpool,</HI> with three Men of War and twenty four Sail of Merchant-Men, on which the Forces and all the Provi&s;ions and Ammuni|tion were embarqued. But the next Morning, being <HI>Saturday</HI> the 1&s;t of <HI>June,</HI> the Wind changing, he was forc'd to put into <HI>Ram&s;ey-Bay,</HI> in the <HI>I&s;le of Man,</HI> where by contrary Winds he was detained till the 5th; in that time &s;everal of the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Gentlemen who had fled hither, offering them&s;elves as Volunteers, were accordingly &s;hip'd aboard.</P>
<P>On the 5th, being <HI>Wedne&s;day,</HI> the Wind coming up fair, they &s;et &s;ail, and the Wind holding good but twenty four Hours, they were re&s;olved to beat it out at Sea as well as they could: &s;o that on the <HI>Saturday,</HI> being the 8th, they got into <HI>Red-Bay</HI> in the I&s;land of <HI>Rathlin,</HI> a &s;mall I&s;land a|bout two leagues from the Continent, and &s;ix Leagues from the Mouth of <HI>Lough Toyle:</HI> from thence Colonel <HI>Kirk</HI> &s;ent in a &s;mall Yatcht to get Advice, who coming up to <HI>Culmore</HI> Fort, &s;aw the <HI>Greyhound</HI> Frigat, who for want of a good Pilot, was left on the Sand by the Tide, &s;o that &s;he
<PB N="2" REF="2"><!-- PDF PAGE 40 -->lay expo&s;ed to the Cannon of the Ca&s;tle, which plaid upon her, though &s;he were not idle on her part to return their Salutes. But they having lodged them&s;elves there till the next. Tide, told the Yatcht what great Dofficulties there were in the Pa&s;&s;age, as Bombs and &s;unk Boats: Where|as we are certainly informed, that the River is as broad a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> that place as our River of <HI>Thames</HI> between <HI>Lambeth</HI> and <HI>We&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">min&s;ter,</HI> be&s;ides forty two <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">oot Water when the Tide was in; &s;o that 'twas impo&s;&s;ible to choak up the River; and this Story was rather to excu&s;e their own Neglect, than otherwi&s;e.</P>
<P>However, the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">ch<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> returned to Col. <HI>Kirk</HI> with this News, where upon, on the 12th, he wrote a Letter to D&mdash; <HI>S</HI>&mdash;, giving an Account where he was, and how he would break through all the Difficulties, if it were po&s;&s;ible. So on the 13th at night he &s;et &s;ail from that Bay, and on the Morrow, being <HI>Friday</HI> the 14th, he &s;ailed into <HI>Lough Toyle,</HI> and &s;o away towards the Fort. For farther confirmation of this, there is one now come to Town, who left <HI>Dublin</HI> on <HI>Sunday</HI> the 16th of this in&s;tand, who a&s;&s;irms. That the morning he came away, an Expre&s;s was brought, that they &s;aw on the 14th, a Fleet &s;ail into the <HI>Lough.</HI> Like|wi&s;e we have Advice from <HI>Gla&s;gow,</HI> in <HI>Scotland,</HI> of the 16th, from Sir <HI>William Gore,</HI> a Man of great Reputation, who &s;ays, That the Day be|fore, being the 15th, there came a Yatcht from Colonel <HI>Kirk,</HI> who left him the 14th in the Lough, going up the River, for this Yatcht cal|led at a place called <HI>Green-Ca&s;tle</HI> in the &s;aid Lough, and came to <HI>Greenthe</HI> twenty Miles from <HI>Gla&s;gow.</HI> He al&s;o adds, That two Men came thither that Morning, leaving <HI>London-Derry</HI> the 14th, and do depo&s;e, That that Day the Town's People, having Advice of a de&s;ign the Enemy had to Attacque them in three places, did prevent them by a furious Sally on them; where, after a bloudy Engagement, there were about three or four Thou&s;and of the Enemy left on the &s;pot; and among&s;t them Lieu|tenant-Colonel <HI>Barker,</HI> who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Regi|ment of Foot. The People being encouraged thereto by the approach|ing Succors which they &s;pied from their Towers.</P>
<P>On the 15th al&s;o, there was &s;ent from <HI>Gla&s;gow,</HI> two Ship laden with Provi&s;ions, for <HI>London-Derry,</HI> having on board three Thou&s;and Barrels of Oat-Meal and other Provi&s;ion, under the Convoy of the <HI>Ger&s;ey</HI> Fri|gat: on which embarked a Hundred Gentlemen of <HI>Ireland</HI> as Volun|teers, encouraged by the joyful News they had received from thence of Major-General <HI>Kirk</HI>'s being there &s;afely arrived at <HI>London-Derry,</HI> and all things in &s;o happy a State.</P>
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<P><HI>London:</HI> Printed for <HI>George Meade.</HI> 1689.</P>
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