I Am sorry to find Dr. Walker's Reputation sunk so low, that his Friend who under­takes his Defence, dare not publish his Name. For since he dare not, and yet makes so bold with other Mens Reputa­tions, he looks much more like a Libeller than one who by owning what he writes, renders himself accountable to the Publick for the Truth of it. And if I may make any conje­cture about my Accuser, either from this dis­ingenuous Practice, or from his admirable Style and Humour (which are all of a piece with it,) 'tis the same Gentleman that wrote Remarks on Mr. Osborn's Vindication: But I fear he will have as little success in disproving what he calls a Libel against Dr. Walker, as he had in justify­ing, or rather palliating the Doctors real Libel against Mr. Osborn: And as Mr. B. was better employed than to throw away his time in re­futing such a heap of falshoods as his former Scribble contain'd, dress'd up in a medley of Grub-street and Billings-gate, so shou'd I have serv'd this, if he had not endeavour'd to amuse the World with some shew of Proof for the few things he has to say against my Narrative.

'Tis no inconsiderable Argument of the Truth of that Relation, that one whose Inclination and Interest led him to take so much pains to blast the Credit of it, has produc'd no greater Objections against it. There being not above two or three passages, and only one of any mo­ment in the Narrative it self that he ventures to nibble at: For the greatest part of his Pow­der and Shot is spent against a passage or two in the Preface, where he tells us the Venom lies. But how little execution he has done ei­ther on the Preface, or on the Narrative, will appear by a particular examination of all that's material in his Certificates about 'em: For the scurrilous Humour which he will needs with­out any occasion given him vent against Religi­on, I think it unworthy of my notice.

I have said in the Preface to my Narrative, That that part of it which gives an Account of the Siege of Derry it self, was offer'd by me to be review'd by such of the Officers of Derry as are now in Town, several of whom, as Collo­nel Crofton, Collonel Murray, Lieutenant Collo­nel Blair, Capt. Alexander Sanderson, &c. ha­ving heard it read in the presence of Sir Arthur Rawdon, Sir Arthur Langford, Collonel Upton, and several other Gentlemen, and being desir'd upon every material Paragraph to object against any thing either misrepresented or omitted in that Relation, freely profess'd their assent to it.

Here are two things asserted, That that part of the Narrative was offer'd to be review'd by such of the Officers of Derry as were then in Town: And that several of 'em, particularly those named, had heard it read, and freely pro­fess'd their Assent to it.

Against which, after abundance of such lan­guage as is suitable to his Breeding, he produ­ces three Certificates; and I doubt not but he may obtain many more of the same kind from the like Persons.

Against the former Assertion he brings a Certificate of 17. called Derry Officers, then in Town, who declare, They never saw my Narra­tive before it was printed, and do not now approve of it, p. 3. 4.

Now if he please to put on his Spectacles, and compare the words of the Preface with those of this Certificate a little better, He may perhaps be able to discern, that the contradicti­on [Page 4]betwixt 'em lay only in his Imagination, That it might be offer'd to be review'd by those who had not leisure or inclination to be present at the reading of it. And that it was [...]tually offer'd to be review'd by the Chief Officers of the Regiments he mentions; and that they were desir'd to bring any others with 'em that they thought capable of giving me any Information, appears by the following Certificate.

And now let the Reader judge, whether the everlasting Shame with which he wou'd charita­bly brand me on this occasion, be not much more due to his Ignorance or Malice, or both. I wou'd here only add, That whether these 17 Persons mention'd in this Certificate approve the Narrative or no, I think my self little con­cern'd, unless they had shew'd me any mistakes in it. Some of 'em it may be did very good Service; but for others of em perhaps they may dislike it, because it makes no more mention of themselves: But that was not any defect of mine, but their misfortune, in having done no­thing more memorable; besides, some of them are not in the list of Officers, which I had from the only Store-keeper: But it is fit to return them as such, that they may do some service.

Against the latter Assertion he produces two Certificates, one of Collonel Crofton's, that I did not read all that part that related to Derry, (he shou'd have said the Siege of Derry,) and that he objected several things against it, and does not assent to, or approve of it. Another of Captain Sanderson's, that he did not assent to two particulars viz. The Articles against Dr. Walker, and the discouraging Sermon, not knowing any thing of 'em.

For Captain Sanderson's Certificate, 'Tis no way contradictory to the true intent of the Prë­face, which in asserting their Assent to the Nar­rative, cannot be reasonably thought to imply, they personally knew the Truth of every par­ticular related in it. 'Tis sufficient that there was no passage they cou'd object against the Truth of: But how little regard is due to either of these Certificates, so far as they contradict what is said in the Preface to the Narrative, will appear by the Testimony of the following Gentlemen then present, whose Credit must be allow'd by all that know 'em sufficient to over­poize theirs in this matter.

I must add, That this Certificate from Coll. Crofton is the more strange, because he not only confirm'd what is said of Coll. Lundy, Dr. W. [Page 5]and Major. General Kirk, which he has also since own'd before Serjeant Osborn, and other Gentlemen, but acquainted us with some passa­ges that on his Information were inserted: Nor do any then present remember any material Objections he made, except one, which was a­gainst the Meeting, (which at Coll. Lundy's per­swasions sign'd a Paper of Surrender) being call'd a Council; but he cou'd not deny what is said of 'em to be true; and whatever Names he wou'd now assign 'em, they then call'd them­selves a Council. And now for the civil Lan­guage, of a Spirit of Lying, brassy Impudence, bold Asseverations, gross Prevarication, studied and deliberate Lye, &c. which this Pamphleteer uses on this occasion; the Reader will better understand where to apply it.

For the Articles against Dr. W. I need no o­ther Instance of this Gentleman's extraordinary Confidence, than his saying they were never ex­hibited but in my Narrative. 'Tis a sign he is an entire Stranger to Derry, that has the face to deny what was so publickly known there, and there are yet so many living Witnesses of. But as this Advocate of Dr. W—'s, has said nothing to disprove the Articles themselves, so his big words about 'em do not much affright me. Dr. W. will I suppose be wiser than to offer him­self to a fair Trial upon 'em; And whether in such a Trial he be cleared or cast, concerns not the truth of my Narrative, which only affirms such Articles were drawn up, and a considera­ble number of Officers engaged to prosecute him upon 'em, till Governour Baker diverted 'em, by offering to put the Government into the hands of the Council of 14. whereof he was made President: And 'tis not probable, they would undertake to bring such a charge against him without strong presumptions of the Truth of it.

The next thing which this Pamphleteer falls upon, is to prove Dr. W. Governour of the Gar­rison as well as the Stores: That he was Gover­nour of the Stores, and therein Assistant to Go­vernour Baker, is asserted in the Narrative, and no way denyed in the Preface: But that the care of the Military Affairs of the Garrison was committed to him, or that he shewed himself a Hero in the management of 'em, is not assert­ed in the Narrative, because it is not true, and therefore the Preface does but justly expose his pretenosins to it.

Now to prove Dr. W. Governour of the Gar­rison, as to the Military Affairs of it as well as Governour of the Stores: Here are 3 Certifi­cates produc'd, one sign'd by 17, call'd Derry-Officers, another by Captain Bennet, and a 3d by Mr. Squire (whom he calls the present Mayor.)

On which I need only make the following Reflections, to shew the insufficiency of 'em, to the end for which they are brought.

1. He has not (tho great pains were taken to that purpose) produc'd the Testemony of one Officer for what he asserts concerning Dr. W's. being chosen Governour, that was present to vote at the Election of Governour Baker on the 19th of April. For Collonel Crofton, I can shew him a Paper under his own hand, wherein he affirms that Collonel Baker was sole Governour of the Garrison. What Lieutenant Coll. Blair has said of that matter, will appear in its due place: And for Collonel Murray, he did to the Doctors Face deny him to have been Governour of the Garrison, before the Committe of his Majesties Privy Council, Coll. Hamil, and Lieut. Coll. Blair, being then present, and not offering to contradict what he said, tho the Dr. made his appeal to 'em. And sure these Gen­tlemen that sign this Certificate, cannot pretend to know that matter better than those who were present when it was transacted. And even some of these very Persons have frequently declared the quite contrary to what they here certifie, as Capt. Macullogh, Capt. Watson, &c. so little regard is due to their Assertions, who are so little constant to themselves.

2. 'Tis strange that neither these 17 Persons nor the Pamphleteer for 'em, should offer the least syllable to invalidate the Truth of those matters of fact which plainly overthrow what they here certifie.

I might upon a little more leisure have pro­duc'd the Testimonies of more of those present at Governour Bakers Election, for the Truth of what is there related; but I need 'em not while the matters of Fact there mentioned stand uncontradicted. 'Tis strange that Dr. W. shou'd be chosen Governour of the Garrison, and the Military Affairs of it, when he did not so much as stand a Candidate with Coll. Baker, and the other two Competitors; nay when he was not so much as present till after Coll. Baker was elected Governour, and the Regiments were concluded on: And as it is in it self a most im­probable thing, that they should in their cir­cumstances, while their Safety entirely depend­ed on their Union, set up two Governours en­trusted with equal Power, and much more that they shou'd commit the Military Affairs to one who they knew cou'd not pretend to the least Skill or Conduct in 'em; so the falshood of it [Page 6]is evident from the very reason alledged by Coll. Baker for desiring an Assistant, and from what he spoke on that occasion, and from the No­mination of his Assistant being left to himself. Besides the frequent Attempts of Dr. W. to as­sume more to himself, and the vehement oppo­sition he still met with in all of 'em, * See Narrat. P. 37, 38. 44. plainly shew the Vanity of his preten­sions: For if he was Gover­nour of the Garrison, he was such a one whose Authority was so very insignificant and contemptible in it, that were it not for the liberal Reward that Name has so luckily produc'd him, he had bet­ter never laid any claim to it: But with the good leave of the Writer of the Epistle, annex­ed to the end of that Pamphlet, these passages do not meerly prove that his Government was opposed, as he wou'd now gladly colour the matter, but that his pretensions to the Milita­ry part of it were rejected with disdain by the major part of the Garrison, who were forc'd by such rude treatment to check his busie con­fident Humour, in incermedling with more than belong'd to his Province.

3. 'Tis yet more strange, That these 17 Per­sons shou'd never acquaint us with the manner of his being chosen Governour as to the Milita­ry Affairs, nor give us the least Instance of one thing done by him in pursuance of his Trust as such a Governour.

These 17 Persons speak not one syllable of the manner of his being chosen Governour: But perhaps that defect may be thought abun­dantly supplied in the Certificate of Gervase Squire, Esq which I shall set down at length, that what I shall offer to invalidate it may ap­pear the more plain and unexceptionable.

I shall not now insist on it, That as Mr. Squire was not then Mayor of that City; so his Reputation is not of so great weight as this Pamphleteer wou'd in kindness to Dr. Walker make it: But I shall by clearing those matters of Fact which this Certificate gives a very con­fused Account of, shew its weakness and falshood.

To this purpose the Reader must know, That neither Coll. Baker, nor Dr. W. were sworn at all at the time of their Election, viz. the 19th day of April, (nor indeed any of those that were then made Collonels.) The occasion of their being sworn was this: The greatest part of the Officers in the Garrison were in May extreamly jealous of the Treacherous Designs of Dr. W. and to a high degree disgusted with Governour Baker himself for giving so much ear to the ad­vice of one, of whose Integrity they had so deep a suspition. Governour Baker to remove all occasion of their sears, and give them full satis­faction in that matter, agreed to the Motion of putting the Government into the hands of a Council of 14. of which they were contented Governour Baker shou'd be the President, (eve­ry Regiment deputing one to sit in it, and both City and Countrey having some to represent 'em.) And if Mr. Squire had pleased to ac­quaint us what the Oath was which he admi­nistred, it wou'd have clear'd the whole Affair. For it was no more than this, That they shou'd be true to the Garrison, and have no Treaty with the Enemy, without the Knowledge and Order of that Council. Nor was there any difference in the Oath as taken by Governour Baker, by Dr. W. or any other Member of that Council. Now when this Council of 14. had the Government put into their hands, when Coll. Baker was the only President of it, when Dr. W. had no more power than any other Member in it (his Concern in the Stores except­ed) [Page 7]when the Oath Administred to all of 'em was the same, with what face can this Gentle­man pretend to have Administred this Oath to Governour Baker and Dr. Walker as Governours of the said City: Nay, to have allow'd D. Walker the Precedency, who was not President of the Council? For if he were sworn first in these Cir­cumstances, it could be no other than a meer complement paid to his gown; for the preceden­cy was evidently due to Coll. Baker, and Mr. Squire cou'd not (whatever he might intend) by Administring that Oath to Mr. Walker make him any more a Governour of the Garrison, than each Member of that Council might as justly pretend to be. Note here, that Mr. Squire in this Certificate mentions not one word of Dr. Walkers being chosen Governour.

Having said so much to Mr. Squire's, I need say the less to Capt. Bennet's Certificate. For not to mention the Obscurity of his Expressions concerning Dr. Walker's Governourship, 'tis strange that he shou'd not only insinuate that Collonel Baker and Dr. Walker were Sworn at the time of their Election; but that this was during his stay there, both which are notori­ously false. The Election was on the 19th. of April: The Oath was Administred about the latter end of May; And both by Dr. Walker's Account, and the Relation that's said to be publish't by himself, Captain Bennet left Derry about 23d. or 24th. of April. And so insignifi­cant is his Certificate, as well as false, that were all true that he saith concerning Dr. Wal­kers signing any Writings with Collonel Baker to Lieutenant General Hamilton, or giving him a little Money to bear his Charges, or being call'd a Governour in the Irish Army: 'Tis all consistent enough with his being Governour of the Stores only, if we consider his forward­ness, and Collonel Baker's Complaisance. And Captain Bennet might by these weak Arguments, be as easily led to fancy that Dr. Walker was chosen Governour of the Garrison, as he was that Collonel Murray was chosen the General of their Forces, because he usually led 'em out in their Sallyes, as is asserted in the printed Re­lation which is known to be Mr. Bennet's. But that the Reader may the better conjecture what it was indeed that moved Captain Bennet to Sign such a paper for Dr. Walker, do but ob­serve the following Certificate from two of Derry Officers.

And as none of the Certificates alledge any thing done by Dr. Walker as Governour in re­spect of the Military Affairs, so I wou'd desire his Advocate to give us some Instances of that kind, which methinks 'twere an easie matter to have done, if his pretensions were true. For I hope they will not allow him to have been a meer Cypher in that Station; And a few such Instances would have signified more than all these Certificates. And one would think, as my Narrative mentions, so many things done by Collonel Baker as plainly shew, that he had the Conduct of their Military Affairs: So Dr. Wal­kers account shou'd furnish us with the like Evidence of his sharing with him in that part of the Government. I have to that purpose review'd his Narrative, and shall (to superero­gate for once) take the pains to examine all the passages that give the least ground to imagine that the Military Affairs of the Garrison were under his Conduct.

In p. 21. of Dr. Walker's Account, 'tis said, the Governours divide the Outline into 8 parts, and each Regiment had it's own ground, and each Company knew their own Bastion — The Drummers were enjoyn'd to quarter in one House.

Now the Division of the Outline was made by the Officers themselves; and the quarter­ing the Drummers in one House, was the con­trivance of Governour Mitchelburn, and that not till the last Month of the Siege. And the enjoyning all parties to forget their Distincti­ons, &c. and to betake themselves to their several Devotions, mentioned in the same page, was an Order I never heard of in Derry: But those who have so liberally given Dr. Walker the Conduct of our Military Affairs, might very well (to carry on the Humour) give him the Conduct of our Ecclesiastical too, and make him Bishop, as well as Governour of the City.

In p. 24. Mr. Walker is said to have found it [Page 8]necessary to Mount one of the Horses, to make our flying Horse rally, and to relieve Collo­nel Murray.

Now tho' this grand Feat it self be no very-convincing Argument of his Governourship; because it might be done by him as Collonel of a Regiment, (it being more proper for a Collo­nel, than a Governour to expose himself to so Eminent hazards) yet the Credit of it is much more spoyl'd by the unhappy Disputes that have arisen about the matter of Fact. For some have started such cross questions about the Ar­mour of the Rider, as well as the Colour of the Horse, as I fear will go near to dismount the Doctor in the next Edition of that Account, and leave Collonel Murray to get off as well as he can without him.

In p. 26. Mr. Walker is said to draw a De­tachment of 10 Men out of each Company, and (after putting 'em into the best order their impatience could allow) to Sally out at the Head of them, with all imaginable silence at Ferry-key-gate.

Now I have heard indeed, that Governour Baker and other Officers were about to Detach such a number of every Company; But the Souldiers were too eager to wait any of those Formalities, and ran out in what order best pleas'd themselves. But I never was inform'd before, that Mr. Walker was so foolishly prodi­gal of his Life, as to Sally out at the Head of 'em: For if he did so, it was not only with all imaginable silence, but with so wonderful Se­crecy too, as to be neither seen nor heard by any of those that are said to follow him. No he understood his Post in the Stores too well to expose his person in any of the Sallyes. And therefore the Gentleman that wrote the Vin­dication of his Account might have spar'd that long and Learned Apology he has made for the Doctor, as if in the Siege he had been fore't to do so many things inconsistent with the Cha­racter of a Clergyman. For as to the Enemy, he was a Man of Peace all the time, and was guilty of Shedding no other Blood to Stain his Coat with, but that of the grape.

In p. 26. Tis said the Enemy hung out a white Flag, to invite us to a Treaty, and Mr. Walker ventur'd out to come within hearing of the Lord of Louth and Collonel Oneal, and in his passage, had 100 shot fir'd at him, but he got the shelter of a House, and upbraided 'em with this perfidious dealing, and bid 'em order their Men to be quiet, or he would command all the Guns on the Walls to be fir'd at 'em.

Now besides that Dr. Walker might be sent on a Treaty without being Governour of the Garrison, (as several others were;) I have heard some incredulous people say, that the smoak of the 100 shot was as invisible as the flying of the Bullets; and they could not ima­gine whereabouts the House stood (all with­out the Gates, next the Irish Camp, being pul­led down) that so happily yielded the Doctor a safe shelter, till he cou'd call to the Men on the Walls to fire the Guns at these Treacherous Villains.

In p. 32. 'Tis but barely asserted (and without the least ground) that Collonel Mitchelburn was appointed during Governour Baker's Sickness to Assist Governour Walker, that while the one commanded in the Sallyes, the other might take care of the Town.

On the contrary, Collonel Mitchelburn was Deputed by Governour Baker to his own Post, and consequently Mr. Walker was only his As­sistant, and as I presume that Dr. Walker will no more pretend to have Commanded in the Sallyes, so the Garrison by this time under­stood him too well to lay any great stress on his care of the Town.

In p. 33. 'Tis said by the Contrivance of our Governour and Collonel Mitchelburn, &c. we Countermine the Enemy before Butcher's- Gate.

'Tis a sign how he minded those Affairs, that talks of our Counter-mining the Enemy: For neither they nor we ever drew a Mine. We did indeed Counter-line 'em, but this was pure­ly Governour Mitchelburn's Contrivance, and 'twas a double injury in Dr. Walker, at once to rob him of the sole Honour of that Action, and the Title of Governour too.

In p. 37, 38. There is a pleasant story about the Suspitions of the Garrison concerning Dr. Walker, occasioned by some Discourse of one Mr. Cole, whom Dr. Walker is said to have confin'd on the account of it, &c.

Now the story is strangely misplac't at the end of the Siege; whereas Captain Cole came into Town about the 9th. or 12th. of May: And he was confin'd by Governour Baker, not Mr. Walker; and that not for any Discourses against Mr. Walker; but on Suspition of his being an Agent for the Enemy, among whom he had been detained for some time. And so far were the Garrison from being brought to a better Opinion of Mr. Walker by any thing Mr. Cole discovered (as is here idlely suggested) that soon after in the same Month, the Articles against him were drawn up.

And yet these are the only passages in that Account, that carry any colour of an Argument [Page 9]for Dr. Walker's being Governour as to the Mi­litary Affairs. And sure if he was such a Go­vernour, he was not so extremely modest, but he might have given us some true Instances of his Military Conduct, especially when he had the confidence to impose upon the World so ma­ny mistaken ones. Likewise the Doctor will have Captain Darcy to be prisoner in Derry, and one of the Signers of the Letter, with the Lord Nettervile, &c. to Lieut. General Hamilton, the beginning of July, when it is certain, the said Darcy left Derry before May, 3 or 4 days, Mr. Walker being privy to it.

And as these three Considerations are suffici­ent to blast the Credit of these three Certifi­cates, so far as they contradict either the Nar­rative or the Preface, so for the three Letters annext, viz. of Captain Alexander Sandersons, Lieutenant Collonel Blair's, and from the Offi­cers of Collonel Lance's Regiment, I shall only say, that as they were written to Dr. Walker, to beg his Recommendation of 'em, so they on­ly give him the Name of Governour, (which the Narrative owns was often given him, as Collonel Baker's Assistant in reference to the Stores.) And these Letters are not the only Evidence, how fulsom Complements, necessity and hope of Preferment (especially hearing that nothing was to be done at Court for them, but by Dr. Walker's Interest) has drawn from too many of 'em, to one of whom they ex­prest other thoughts before. For Captain Alex­ander Sanderson, how particularly he approv'd what the Narrative relates concerning the change of the Government, was before obser­ved from the Testimony of such as were pre­sent. For Lieutenant Collonel Blair, that the Title of Governour wherewith he Comple­mented Dr. Walker, was never intended by him any otherwise than I have explain'd, appears not only by the foresaid Testimonial, but by the following Certificate also.

And as this Discourse of the Lieut. Collonel's unriddles the whole Mystery of these seeming contradictions, in what these Gent. write and speak concerning Dr. W. so it gives a shrewd specimen of the Artifices (of Threats as well as Flattery) us'd to suppress the plain Truth in these matters: For that such methods have not been try'd with him alone, appears by so many of 'em having chang'd their Note soon after they came to this Town.

For the Arguments to prove Dr. W's Gover­nourship from its being own'd by the King, the Parliament, the Privy-Council, London, Edin­burgh, Glasgow, Cambridge and Oxford, I shall only add, that as I know not that they have own'd him Governour in any such sense as I have here oppos'd, ( viz. with reference to the Military Affairs of the Garrison) so if they have done it, 'tis a much stronger Proof of that Gentleman's extraordinary Confidence in im­posing such a Mistake on 'em, than of their Weakness in believing it at first, 'till better in­form'd; but I suppose if he'll enquire better, he'll find several of 'em are undeceiv'd, and of another Opinion. And if on the score of this small Trick, and the admirable success of it, he will needs compare Dr. W. with the English Rogue, Spanish Gusman, and Crafty Clansy, he may (as being related to him) use the greater freedom with him; but most People will beg his Pardon for thinking it so great a piece of Wit to lead those who had only his own Ac­count of that Matter, and the Account of such as designedly abetted him, into that Mistake concerning him.

And so much for Dr. W's Governourship.

The only material Passage that relates to the Narrative of the Siege against which the Pam­phleteer has any thing to except, is the Article against Dr. W. for Embezelling the Stores, and the Order occasion'd, thereby that his Note shou'd not be accepted by the Store-keepers, unless sign'd by Gov. Baker or Major Adams. Against this he produces a long Certificate of Mr. Curling's, wherein he affirms that Dr. W. neither cou'd nor did embezzle the Stores, and he never knew the Dr's Orders disputed. Now Mr. Curling does not understand the meaning of that Article; for the Dr. was suspected to have [Page 10]embezzled the Stores by disposing of 'em when taken out of private Houses to his own advan­tage, without ever suffering 'em to come into the Store-keepers hands. And as my Narra­tive only affirms this to have been one of the Articles, so the Officers concern'd in drawing 'em up, thought themselves capable of proving it, and the Order mention'd was really made on that occasion; and if Mr. Curling himself ne­ver saw the Dr's Orders disputed, others as well as my self have several times seen his Note rejected by Mr. Harvey on this very Account, that neither Gov. Baker's nor Major Adams his Hand were annext to it, and after their De­cease Governour Mitchelburn's.

But there is one dangerous Paragraph in that Certificate of Mr. Curling's, which I must take notice of, 'tis the last, in these words: And lastly, I do declare that some Persons ( concern'd in putting out this Pamphlet, [ viz. The Narrative.] as I presume) since I came to London, did come to me, and wou'd have drawn me by great Promi­ses to have bespattered and abused the Reputation of the said Dr. W.

Upon which Clause the Pamphleteer thus in­sults; ‘And do not your Ears tingle? are not your Faces cover'd with a Blush, who have plotted, caball'd and contriv'd such a scan­dalous Libel, and 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.’

Here is a desperate Charge, but if he that brings it do not blush when I have clear'd this matter, it will be only because he has steel'd his Fore-head.

I hope none can be presum'd a better Inter­preter of Mr. Curling's words than Mr. Curling himself, and what he meant by the Passage last quoted, will best appear by this Certifieate of his own.

Here the Reader may see by his own Expli­cation, the [some Persons] mention'd in the for­mer Certificate, amount only to [ one Mr. H. G.] And by the way, Mr. G. was no more concern'd in the Publishing that Narrative than the Ar. Bp. of Tuam, George Philips Esq or Mr. Wil­kinson himself: Their drawing him by Promi­ses to bespatter and abuse the Reputation of Dr. W. amounts to no more than Mr. G's encoura­ging him to expect so much Money for deli­vering up that Letter (which by the way is a very improbable Story, and expresly deny'd by Mr. G. himself.)

And now let the Pamphleteer and the other Gentlemen concern'd in procuring this Certifi­cate clear themselves as well as they can of the guilt of Suborning Mr. Curling to express so innocent a practice of Mr. G's, as desiring to obtain a real Letter of so considerable import­ance, by so suspicious words as these; That some Persons concern'd, as he presumes, in publishing that Narrative, wou'd have drawn him by great Promises to have bespattered and abus'd the Reputa­tion of the said Dr. W. I am sure this looks in good earnest like shrewd tampering to pervert Truth.

But perhaps the Reader may be curious to know what this Letter of Dr. W's was which Mr. G. was so solicitous to procure, and what is become of it; to gratifie him therein, I shall give the best account I can of it, from the Re­lation of Mr. Curling, mention'd in the follow­ing Certificate, and the rather because it con­firms what is said concerning Dr. W. in the Nar­rative, and shews how little regard is due to all the good words Mr. Curling has bestow'd on him in his first Certificate.

And now unless the Letter it self cou'd be produc't, we cannot expect any clearer Evi­dence what the Contents of it were, than these two last Certificates compar'd together. And as I hope Dr. Walker's Advocate will no more upbraid me with Mr. Curling's Certificate, so he must thank his own folly (to say no worse) that his senseless Triumphs upon it have made it necessary to lay open this whole matter, which indeed dos sufficiently bespatter, but (if Mr. Curling his own Witness may be be­liev'd) dos no way abuse, i. e. injure or wrong the Reputation of Dr. W.

For the Appendix relating to Captain James Hamilton, and the passage concerning him in Sir Arthur Rawdon's Memoirs; I need only quote Sir Arthur Rawdon's own ingenuous Reply in a Let­ter to a person of Quality, a Friend of his in Town.

I shall only add here, that as all that Sir Ar­thur Rawdon's Memoir saith about the Swearing of Lundy, is, that if he were Sworn, it was ve­ry privately, so this may very well consist with the Truth of what Captain Mervin and Captain Corry Certifie: And yet his refusing to Swear publickly in those Circumstances, was a very suspicious sign of his ill intentions, and there­fore justly taken notice of.

For the grave Letter at the end, I see nothing in it of Argument against any thing in the Nar­rative. [Page 12]For sure 'tis but a sorry proof of Dr. Walker's being Governour of the Garrison, that some who were at first so Charitable as to be­lieve what he pretended to, altered their Sen­timents when better informed; but that this was owing to any mistake about his perswasion, is only an idle fancy of the Writers. But sure those have little reason to complain of Dr. Walker's Account being Attributed to the A. B. of T. who with far greater Confidence, father the Preface to my Narrative on Mr. B. and thence take occasion to say whatever their Wit and Malice cou'd suggest against him. But how little either of 'em cou'd furnish 'em with to his prejudice, appears by what this Pamphleteer has said. For he is forc't here to renew the same Accusation he had brought in the Remarks on Mr. Osborn's Vindication, viz. That when Dr. King and Dean Manby were picqueering he took up a Flail, and thresh'd them both, and while the Dr. was engag'd 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, whereof Mr. B. is ambitious to be the Celebrated Champion. And in his Remarks on Mr. Osborn's Vindication, he saith, he could tell Mr. B. what harm his Book did the Prote­stants, and what use the Papists made of it against the Church at that time.

Now if this Pamphleteer's passion had not blinded his Wit, he wou'd in prudence have conceal'd what casts so unhappy a Reflection on some of his own Coat, but can never lessen the Reputation of Mr. Boyse in the Judgment of any but such ignorant Bigotts as himself. For since he will bring that matter on the Stage, the plain Truth was this.

Dean Manby printed his Considerations, that mov'd him to change his Religion, which were nothing else but the old Banter about the Mis­sion of Protestant Bishops and Priests reviv'd. Dr. K. in his Answer, chose to insist on such principles as were only calculated to defend the Mission of the English Bishops and their Cler­gy, but left the Ministers of other Protestant Churches (that had not Bishops for their Refor­mers) in the lurch: Nay, he laid down such Notions as made Church-Rebels of them, as well as the Dissenting Ministers, (whom with their Flocks he expresly excluded from the Ca­tholick Church.) Mr. B. wrote Reflections on both these Papers, wherein he laid down the true and common Notions of Protestant Wri­ters about Mission, and on those endeavour'd to justifie the Reformed Ministry abroad, and particularly those at home: And now can this Scribbler have the Impudence to pretend that that Book shou'd injure the Protestants and give the Papists advantage, which vindicates the Missi­on of all the Ministers of Protestant Churches (those of the Ch. of England included as much as any) from the Schismatical Principles of the Papists on the one hand, that deny the validity of all Protestant Orders, and those of Mr. Dod-well and his Followers on the other, that deny the validity of any Orders but what are derived from Diocesan Bishops. If Mr. B—'s Flail did on this occasion thresh 'em both, it was because both deserv'd it: Nor did he stab Dr. K. but rather warded off the stab which his unhappy Notions wou'd have given, not only to his Bre­thren in Ireland, but those in France, Piedmont, &c. too, and all out of a narrow Zeal for the Church of England. I shall only add that Mr. B. was so far from opposing any just endea­vours then used to stemm the Tide of Popery, that he preach'd as many Sermons against it in the late King James's Reign as perhaps any one Clergyman in that Kingdom.

And on this occasion I can heartily joyn with the Writer of this Epistle in his Prayers, that God would rebuke that Spirit of bitterness and evil-speaking that exposes us to the scorn of our common Adversary, and contempt of all: And I cou'd wish he had given some good Advice of that kind both to this Pamphleteer, and to the A. B. of T. who in a Sermon preach'd at Wind­sor, 1684. and since printed, vents his Passion in such expressions as these, p. 32. But while I am speaking of these things, methinks I hear a Voice saying to me, as to the Prophet, Son of Man, seest thou what they do, they of the Church of Rome? Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations, A People, &c. And so he goes on to describe the Dissenters. And so p. 35, 36. — In return of all which, I hear her (speaking of the Church of England) crying out in the words, and with the tears and compassion of our Blessed Saviour, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the Prophets, &c. O ye of the Forreign Reformation, how often would I have gathered you under the wings of my Communion, and cover'd or excus'd your defects, but ye wou'd not, but now these things are bid from your eyes, and your house is left to you desolate. And O ye of the Domestick separati­on, how often would I have gathered you, but so of­ten have I stretcht forth my hands to a gainsaying and disobedient People: And the same Person in a Sermon preach'd at Bow-Church, Oct. 23. 1689. speaks to the same purpose.

P. 15. That Church (viz. The Church of Eng­land) [Page 13] would gather all the parts of the Protestant Reli­gion under her wings as a Hen doth her Chickens, but they would not: But as soon as the Sun shines, and the Bird of prey is removed, too many begin again to scatter and divide, and quarrel, as if they would pick out their Mothers Eyes, and then one another, &c. The Reader may observe what a Spirit of meek­ness, healing, and moderation is in the Mouth of this great Prophet, as well as what a Spirit of Truth, Ingenuity and Candor is in the mouth of this ignorant and scurrilous Pamphleteer.

For my part, I am not in the least conscious to my self of having said any thing against any Party of Protestants: And if some have the cunning to interest a Party in their Reputation, as if whatever is said to expose their Treache­ries, were levelled against all others that are of their perswasion, I cannot help their weak­nesses who so grosly misunderstand the Design of my Narrative. But what I have said con­cerning two or three particular Persons, is no more than what was not only true, but necessary to have been said, in giving that plain Account of these Transactions, which the misrepresen­tation of others gave too just occasion for. And if the Pamphleteer will needs draw that per­verse Inference from my Narrative, That all the brave and glorious Actions in the Siege were performed by the Dissenters, and Coll. Murray at the Head of 'em, All inglorious Actions, and treacherous Attempts are to be imputed to the other part of the Garrison, and principally to Dr. W. let him look to his Conclusion, for the premises are true: But I confess I should deny the Inference, because several of the Officers that are much commended, were of the Church of England, thô but very few of the common Souldiers.

To shew further how little Credit is due to Mr. Squire's Certificate, which the Pamphle­teer boasts so much of, I shall produce Mr. Squire to confute himself in the following Certificate, though not in its due place, be­cause it came but late to my hands.

I should not have taken notice of another small Mistake relating to Derry, suggested in Mr. Walker's Narrative, if it had not been al­so inserted in a Letter, subscribed H. R. (probably Hugh Rowley) set down in Mr. Cox's History of Ireland, Part 2d. that Mr. Philips should have sent to the Citizens of Derry on approach of the Irish Forces to shut their Gates, and that they accordingly did so; ascribing that to him which was inconsistent with the Citys Declaration, Letters subscrib'd by himself, in my Narrative mention'd, and the Account given by those who were prin­cipally concern'd in that Affair.

Having said so much to clear my Narra­tive from the Aspersions cast upon it by this idle Pamphlet, I think fit to desire the Au­thor if he scribble again, to be so honest as to set his Name to it, for I shall not think my self concern'd to encounter any longer with Spectres and Hobgoblins.

Any Person that hath a desire to see the Originals of these Certifi­cates, may find them at my Lodging, at the Golden Ball and Tobacco-roll in Clements-lane, near Lumbard-street.