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 of which Towns hut up its Gates the ninth of December, declaring for the Prince of Orange, and addreed for immediate Relief, yet could neither get Arms or Ammunition till the 20th of March; and the Forces that were ent with Cunningham and Richards arrived not there till the 15th of April, and immediately after deerted the Service, and came back again, bringing Lundy the Governor before appointed by his Majety with them, and alledged for their Excue, that it was impoible to defend the Town. But notwithtanding this Treachery, uch was the reolution of the beieged, that they continued to defend themelves with the utmot Bravery, and ent again for Relief, which under Kirk came not to them till the 7th of June, nor were thee poor Creatures actually relieved till the 30th of July, though there appears no reaon why he might not have done it when he firt came into the Harbour, which was more than even Weeks before. Thus we fee the Reolution of thee poor Men wearied out all their Diappointments.

When the Convention met, they reolved upon twenty eight Articles, as the Preliminaries upon which they would dipoe the Crown; but this Deign dwindled into a Declaration of our Rights, which was in thirteen Articles, and the mot coniderable, viz, That the raiing and keeping up a Standing Army in times of Peace is contrary to Law, had tagg'd to it thee Words, without Authority of Parliament, as if the conent of the Parliament would not have made it legal without thoe words, or that their Conent would make it les dangerous. This made the Jacobites ay in thoe early Days, that ome evil Counellors deigned to play the ame game again of a Standing Army, and attributed unjutly the neglect of Ireland to the ame Caue, becaue by that omiion it was made neceary to raie a greater Army to reduce it, with which the King acquainted the Parliament the 8th of March, when peaking of the deplorable Condition of Ireland, he declared he thought it not advieable to attempt the reducing it with les than 20000 Hore and Foot. This was a bitter Pill to the Parliament, who thought they might have managed their Share of the War with France at Sea; but there was no Remedy, a greater Army mut be raied, or Ireland lot; and to gild