AND indeed is it come out at last? Have the zealous Ham­mer-men at length beaten it into some shape? Is this the ac­curate Journal of the Siege, which by the unanimous Verdict of the Club, was Voted to be Published in the Mock-Apology, for the Failures in Mr. Walkers Narrative? Or, is it a Comment on Mr. Boys's Vindication of Mr. Osborn? In which he pretending Mo­deration, and a Calmness of Spirit, with sly Insinuations, detracts from the Credit of Dr. Walker, and lessens his Reputation, while he commends his Care and Fidelity, in over-seeing the Stores, and distributing the Provisions of Derry, and being a notable Marks Man, at one shot, he knocks down the ambitious Governour, and the credulous Gentleman, who writ the Observations on the Narrative.

Just so, when Dr. King, and Peter Mamby were picqueering, he took up a Flaile, and thresht them both; and while the Dr. was engaged in a Duel, with a pernicious Apostate from the Protestant Religion, he came behind his back, and stab'd him, only because he incidentally reflected on that Perswasion, of which Mr. Boys is ambitious to be thought the celebrated Champion; with the same dexterity he manageth the Vin­dication of Mr. Osborn, that by the Priviledge of that Opportunity, he may with ingenious Sarcasms, disparage Dr. Walker, and vilify his Friend; but if he has no better luck at his Lectures, than he has at writing of Pre­faces, (for I am perswaded there was no other part assign'd to him in Mr. Mackenzyes Farce, but to speak the Prologue) he will have just Rea­son to wish he had been better inform'd, and not suffered his Zeal to transport him beyond the Limits of Truth.

As for the malicious and satyrical Pamphlet, which passeth under the [Page 2] Name of Mr. John Mackenzy, (but at best, can be but a Translation, since he is not capable of writing so many Leaves in true and proper English) though it pretend to be a true and exact Diary of the Siege; it is really intended for an Invective against Dr. Walker. It would fain be ac­counted an impartial Narrative of the particular Actions of those Gal­lant Men, who defended the Place, but it insensibly degenerates into a palpable partiality, and an ungenerous design, to magnify a Party, and exclude the rest; it is a long-winded Paraphrase upon a short Text, and the whole Substance of the Book may be resolved into two Lines, viz. All the brave and glorions Actions in that Siege, were performed by the Dis­senters, and Collonel Murray at the Head of them; all inglorions Actions and treacherous Attempts, are to be imputed to the other part of the Garrison, and principally to Dr. Walker.

I do not intend to set out an Anti-Narrative, or to trouble my self with a Confutation of many passages in that scurrilous Account, wherein the Chaplain takes upon him, the place of a Field Officer, and recites the par­ticular Proceedings of particular Men in the Management of their Sallies, directly contrary to what has been related by those very persons who were ingaged in them. I shall only apply my self to demonstrate to the World, what a dangerous Spirit of Lying is in the Mouth of this small Prophet, and how this Chaplain in Quirpo, does piously obtrude upon us such things, as are evidently and inexcusably false, in point of Fact.

I shall, according to due Method, begin with the Preface, and take the Liberty, under the Protection of Innocence and Truth, positively to con­tradict the most material Points in it, howsoever it be ushered in, under a bold Asseveration, with a brassy Impudence: The Penner of the Pre­face, personating Mr. Mackenzy, will have the poor Man to say, I have offered this Part of the Narrative to be reviewed by such of the Officers of Derry, as are now in Town, several of whom, as, Collonel Crofton, Collonel Murray, Lieutenant Collonel Blair, Captain Alexander Sanderson, &c. having heard it read, &c. freely professed their Assent to it: I admire that men who pretend to Integrity and strictness of Life, can presume thus grosly to prevaricate.

The Word Such is commonly used by way of Exception, but in this place it must be meant by way of Comprehension, Such of the Officers as are now in Town, i. e. the Officers now in Town. I have spoke with them all but five at most, and am fully satisfied, that that part of the Preface is a studyed and deliberate Lye; for as to the four Persons who are particu­larly named, two of them did solemnly aver in my hearing, and in the hearing of many Credible Persons, that they did not hear that part of the Narrative wholly read, and what was read, they did not approve of; and a third hath ingenuously certified under his hand, as follows, and one of the three has descended to Particulars.

And if by his, &c. he means such of the Officers of Derry as are now in Town, I shall for the satisfaction of the Reader, and the ever­lasting shame of the Preface Monger, present first a List of the London-Derry Officers now in London, who are in Number Twenty Four, and then a Certificate under the Hands of Seventeen of them, in perfect contradiction to that Paragraph in the Preface.

But good Mr. Mackenzy, or whosoever else was so courteous to Write that elaborate Preface, did you really find it necessary to expose Dr. Walker at such a rate, by taking notice of the Articles against him? Did you find it requisite so bluntly to scorn and ridicule him to represent him as a Jack-a-lent, a Sancho Pancha, or a fabulous Hero? This is rude­ness in the abstract, this is a Language that deserves a more severe repre­hension, than the lash of a Pen.

As for this latter Part, wherein you so Magisterially degrade him from his Station of Governour, and so spitefully detract from his Fame and Repu­tation, I shall presently confront you with the concurrent Testimonies of many of the Officers of the Garrison, acknowledging and owning him to be Governour from the very beginning of the Siege, as well as attesting his singular Prudence and Circumspection in the management of the Provisions and Stores.

For the other part of the Libel which impeacheth him of Treachery, and asperseth him with a Train of Articles, which never were exhibited but in Mr. Mackenzy's defamatory Narrative, it is a matter of too great Impor­tance to be answered, only with a bare denyal, it toucheth to the quick, and it will concern Dr. Walker to labour in the Justification of himself, and I am fully perswaded that Mr. Mackenzy and his Accomplices will find to their cost, that tho' Dr. Walker do not arrogate to himself the Title of a Hero, yet he will not be found so tame and insensible an Ani­mal, to suffer himself to lie under such intollerable Calumnies, but will use all legal means to obtain a Reparation, and a competent Recompence for the exorbitant damages he sustains by a scandal so highly injurious.

I say, that tho' Dr. Walker do not arrogate to himself the Title of an Hero, yet I can tell who they are that would have made him one, when they advised him to enter the City of London publickly, that so he might be Huzza'd into Town like a Champion indeed; which he mo­destly declined, ordering the Coach-man to drive him to his Lodgings by all the private ways he could, which accordingly he did, by going out of the usual Road, and so disappointed the expectation of many; for the Truth of which, I appeal to that worthy Gentleman, Sir Robert Cotton Knight, of the Shire of Chester, in whose Coach he was conveyed into Town.

[Page 5] I can tell further who that Noble Lord was (for I was present) who next Morning after the Dr's coming to London, would have made him a Hero indeed, and of his own party, by advising him to wait on His MAJESTY in a Souldiers Habit, and as became the Governour of London-derry; but the Dr. begg'd his Pardon, and quickly crept into the Black-Coat, which disappointment has occasioned all this cry; and ever since, that party have proclaimed open Hostility against him, and are not to be reconciled upon any other Terms, than a compliance with their extravagant Humours, and verifying what they writ from Scotland to their Brethren in England, upon the Dr's first Arrival there from Derry, that Governour Walker had laid aside both his Gown, and his Principles of the Church of England; this was inserted as well in publick as private Letters.

I must retreat again to the Preface, for there the Venom lies. In the body of the Narrative; I find no positive assertion, that Dr. Walker was not Go­vernour of London-derry, he seems to be past over in silence, and we are to believe him not to have been so from the negative Authority of the Narrator; for so page 30 th. speaking of the Council met for Electing of a Governor, he tells us what Persons were Nominated, and Major Baker had the Majority of Votes, and was chosen their Governour, and this, according to his Journal, was on the 19 th. of April, besides a brief insinuation, page 62. that he was not Governour, tho' he was wont to crowd in his Name.

Now I shall produce a Certificate under the Hands of Seventeen Officers actually in service in London-derry, during the whole Siege, and now in Lon­don, who in all reason may be presumed to know who was the Governour of that Garrison, wherein they so Frankly Adventured their Lives, as well as he who fosters the Narrative, or as he who penn'd the Preface; and it is thus;

[Page 6] In the next place I will shew you a Certificate from Captain Joseph Bennet, who commands a Company in his Majesties Army, whose Declaration ought to be regarded as much at least as Mr. Mackenzy's.

But to drive the Nail home, take the Testimonial of Gervase Squire, Esq; present Mayor of London-derry, and who Acted and Suffered in it during the whole Siege, a Person of that Integrity and Candor, that his bare asse­veration would influence and sway a Jury in his own Country.

I do not think it either necessary or requisite to multiply any more in­stances in this Case to confirm what I have undertaken, and to disprove the unjust Scandals suggested in Mr. Mackenzy's Libel, nevertheless I shall ex abundanti, subjoyn two or three Passages in Letters formerly written, which are now in my Hands, the first is from Alex. Saunderson, one of the Captains in London-derry.

The next is from Thomas Blayre, a Lieutenant Collonel in London-derry.

The other is from the Officers in Collonel Lance's Regiment.

[Page 9]These things I have the rather mentioned, because Lieutenant Collo­nel Blayr, and Captain Alexander Sanderson are two of the four persons, who are so confidently mentioned in that Religious Preface, to have free­ly profest their assent to the Narrative; and being well known to be Men of approved Honesty and Integrity, it can be look't upon as no o­ther than a malicious Libel against their Credit, of which I presume, they will be so tender, as to consult a proper Vindication of it.

Nay, what is very fit to be taken notice of, I can shew a Certificate in favour of Coll. Hamil, subscribed by 16. Officers in London-Derry, whereof 5. are Collonels, August the 4 th. 1689. wherein they testifie, that the said Hamil was made a Collonel of Foot, by Collonel Henery Baker, and Collonel George Walker then Governours of that City, and among them, not only Collonel Crofton, and Lieutenant Collonel Blair, and Captain Saunderson, but even Collonel Adam Murray himself hath Subscribed his Name.

There is no need to say any more on this occasion, but because in that Libellous Narrative, pag. 37. one of the Articles against Doctor Walker, is for selling or embezling the Stores, and that this supposed Article, occa­sioned an Order of Council, that Mr. Walkers note, should not be accept­ed by the Keepers, till Signed by the Governor, or Major Adams, I shall produce a Certificate under the very Hand of the Keeper of the Stores, who in a very indifferent Mans Judgment, will be allowed to know, and presumed to speak the truth.

And now do not your ears tingle? are not your faces covered with a blush, who have Plotted, Caballed, and contrived such a Scandalous Libel, and a more calumniating Preface? and now to hear that some of you have been tampering to pervert truth, and to add Subornation to bearing false Witness?

To use the words of the Narrative for once, I shou'd not take notice of so trivial a thing as Mr. Walkers Signing first; but that it is improved into an Argument of his forward Temper, to croud in his Name: And this is instanced in the Case of Robert Lowther, pag. 62. I cannot tell whether he crowded in his Name above Mitchelbourn, or whether Mitchelbourn in Modesty left room for him to write over his Name: But this I know, that Robert Louther is one of those who have attested Dr. Walkers being Gover­nour, and since Collonel Baker dyed, in June, I cannot in my small reason apprehend, what should move Dr. Walker to expunge the mention of Baker being Governour in November following.

I have said enough to satisfie all manner of persons, but such as are re­solved never to be satisfyed, that Dr. Walker was from first to last one of the Governours of London-Derry, and principal Overseer of the Stores and Magazines: by the before mentioned Certificate and Letters, it evidently appears, that he was not a Nominal or Titular Governour, but an Active and Successful manager of his Trust; and therefore it can never be e­nough wondred at, that Men who profess the Protestant Religion, who pretend Meekness and Moderation, who pass as Teachers of Flocks (as the Writer of the Preface, and the owner of the Narrative) shou'd with so much Bitterness, Malice and Scorn, not only taunt and satyrize at random, and by Conjectures, upon a Protestant, a Clergy-man and a Gen­tleman of a good Family in York-Shire; who cannot be denyed to have been an Actor and Sufferer in that memorable Siege, but by loose and un­certain Suggestions, by false Asseverations, and down-right untruths de­grade him from his Station, eclipse his Reputation, and unchristianly grudge him common Right and Justice.

And now if any Man desire to be farther satisfyed in the Reality and Truth of the Certificates, Testimonials, and Letters before mentioned and Transcribed, he may be pleased to repair to Joseph Wilkinson Clerk, at his Lodging at the Sign of the Harp in St. Pauls-Church-yard, where [Page 11] he may view the respective Originals, which will sufficiently vouch for the truth of what has bin said.

What I have said, was purely designed to undeceive ordinary persons, and credulous people, who are often imposed on, by incoherent Cant, Antick gestures, a whining tone, and Distorted face: As for men of bet­ter Judgments, and of the best Quality in the Kingdom, I am very well assured, they never believed Dr. Walker to be an Impostor.

Can any one of Sense imagine, that the King and Queens Majesties are such easie persons, as to give Dr. Walker thanks for his good Service, and reward him so highly as they have done, if he were a Cheat?

Nay, would the King have again imployed him, as now he has done within these few weeks, in sending him to Ireland, by his positive Orders, to Negotiate publick Affairs? at which happy Juncture, very Couragi­ously appears on the Stage, Mr. John Mackenzy's new Farce, when the Gentleman was not in Town to answer for himself.

No, No, never believe it, the King did not send him, he is run away, and absconds for shame, or for fear of a Halter, or the Pillory; which he, (or some body else) deserves.

But what think you of the Lords of the Privy Council, who gave him Solemn thanks for his excellent Management of Affairs, as Gover­nour of London-Derry? were they likewise imposed on? I never yet heard that they were called or reputed weak Men.

But Oh! This Villain Walker, he trickt the Honourable House of Commons, who in a full Assembly, returned him thanks by their Speak­er as Governour! will not after Ages say, There was not one Wise Man a­mong them to detect the Fraud?

But how came the City of London to be caught in the Noose, how came they to be thus bubled? Lord-Mayor, Sheriffs, Society of the Plantation in the County of London-Derry, all Congratulate his Arrival, and Treat him afterwards as Governour of Derry.

The English Rogue, Spanish Gusman, and crafty Clansy, are all Fools to this Walker, Sileat miracula Memphis.

Scotland had once the Name of a Sagacious People, but now to their everlasting Infamy, they must be reputed no better then Ideots, for Wal­ker has cajol'd them, at Edinburgh he was received as Governour of Lon­don-Derry, Created and made free of that City, as you may perceive by what follows, and which is more, some part of that Instrument writ­ten in Letters of Gold.

Nay and Glasgow is in no better Circumstances.

But pray how came the Universities of England to be so gull'd? 'tis unaccountable that they should unanimously conferr on him the ho­nourable Degree of Doctor in Divinity. Cambridge begins, and pre­sents him with his Degree, though absent; it was done when the King was there last Summer at the Commencement. Oxford makes him a a solemn Invitation to give them a Visit, and on the 26 th. of Febru­ary, 1689. he is created Doctor in Divinity, and since his going to [Page 13] Ireland, the University has sent him a Diploma, wherein are these Words,

What a grand Cheat is this Walker, and what a great number of in­considerable Things are here, King and Queen, Privy Council and House of Commons, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Cambridge and Oxford so easily imposed on! I could dwell much longer on this Subject, but to those who have a Will to understand the truth, this is sufficient, to those who have not, 'tis too much.