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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<HEAD>THE NEW PROCEEDINGS OF THE Engli&s;h Affairs IN IRELAND, AS THEY Come in an Account from <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> in a <HI>Letter</HI> dated the 23^t^h of this In&s;tant <HI>April</HI> 1690. relating what pa&s;t with the Fleet under that valiant Commander Sir <HI>Cloud&s;ley Shovell</HI> before <HI>Dublin,</HI> and the great Conduct of it again&s;t the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> there.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> <DATE> <HI>April the</HI> 23^t^h^. 1690.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>SIR <HI>Cloud&s;ley Shovell,</HI> with &s;even Men of War, two Yatchs, two Sloops and a Ketch, came to <HI>Dublin</HI> la&s;t <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> Evening, he &s;ent mo&s;t part of them to the Southward to Crui&s;e on the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Coa&s;t, and entred the Bay with four Men of War, and the <HI>Monmouth</HI> Yatch of eleven Guns, in which Sir <HI>Cloud&s;ley</HI> him&s;elf Fought, his own Ships being &s;o big, could not come up. All the &s;mall <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Ships &s;tranded them&s;elves under the Shelter of &s;ome Cannon at <HI>Rings-end.</HI> Captain <HI>Bennet</HI>'s Frigat of eighteen Guns, One hundred and fifty Tun, cut her Cables, and was &s;tranded in <HI>Salmon Pool,</HI> where he maintained a Fight an hour and an half with the <HI>Monmouth</HI> Yatch, till <HI>Bonnet</HI> had lo&s;t &s;eventeen of his Men, and three &s;o wounded that they after died; and then he went off in a Boat with what Men he had left, and carried two Bags of Mony with him. There
<PB REF="2"> was found in the Ship an <HI>Engli&s;h-man,</HI> a <HI>Spaniard,</HI> and a late Convert who was mortally wounded. He was asked, <HI>What Religion he died of</HI> and he an&s;wered, <HI>That he co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">d not tell.</HI> It &s;eems the Gunner of <HI>Bennet</HI>'s Ship wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> an <HI>E<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">g|li&s;h-man,</HI> and refu&s;ed to fight again&s;t the <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> for which he was &s;hot through the Body. The Ship was laden with Hides, Tallow, and Wooll, and was de&s;igned for <HI>France</HI> within two days. During the Fight King <HI>James,</HI> and many People came upon the <HI>Strand,</HI> among whom, after the Ship was taken, Sir <HI>Cloud&s;ly</HI> be&s;towed &s;ome Shot, which &s;uddenly di&s;per&s;t them. After this Sir <HI>Cloud&s;ley</HI> went in his Long-boat expecting to take in &s;ome <HI>Prote&s;tants,</HI> but only two Boys, a|bout &s;eventeen years of Age, pretending to gather Cockles, took that opportunity of making their E&s;cape, who were taken on Board, and brought off. There came al&s;o two Troopers towards the Boat, who were taken to be Friends, but one of them fired his Pi&s;tol to the Boat without harm, (the other ran away) upon which Sir <HI>Cloud&s;ley</HI> him&s;elf &s;hot his Hor&s;e dead, and wounded him; the Troopes e&s;caped, leaving his Boots, Saddle, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> behind him, which our Sea|men went a&s;hore for, and got. We had only one Man wounded in this Action. The Frigat is at <HI>Belfast</HI> with Sir <HI>Cloud&s;ley;</HI> but the <HI>Monmouth</HI> Yatch came la&s;t <HI>Monday</HI> Night to <HI>High-Lake</HI> with this Account. One of the Men that was taken in the Ship, &s;ays, The Duke of <HI>Berwick</HI> &s;wears he will never head the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> more, they being &s;uch Cowards And the <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> to be even with him, tell him, Though he lo&s;t the Bat|tle at <HI>Cavan,</HI> yet he won the Race, coming fir&s;t to <HI>Dublin</HI> without his Wigg. La&s;t Night twelve Companies of <HI>Na&s;&s;au</HI>'s Regiment came here; and the Night before came in above forty Wagons de&s;igned for <HI>Ireland.</HI> We have Advice from <HI>Belfast</HI> that forty great Ships from <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> with four Regi|ments, and great &s;tore of Provi&s;ions, arrived there on <HI>Good Friday.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Dorman Newman</HI> at the <HI>Kings Arms</HI> in the <HI>Poultrey.</HI> 1690.</P>
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