I. THERE was , in the First place , in that City , a huge multitude of all sorts , Men , Women , and Children , many of them driven or fled in thither , from all parts , for fear of the Enemy , who having Lost or Abandon'd , or been Robb'd of all they had , though they formerly lived well , had nothing left to Subsist on , nor any where to Lodge , but were forc'd to seek to others ( in Distress also themselves ) and to depend on their Benevolence and Charity .

II . WHEN the Irish Army drew near to Invest the City , all the chief Officers , and Men of Experience in Martial Affairs , went away , and forsook them , and many more with them for England , or else-where ; and all the Forces sent over at that time with Collonel Cunningham and Richards for their Relief , return'd suddenly from thence without Landing , back again to England , all looking on the Case of that poor City , and the People therein , as altogether Desperate and Hopeless .

III . WHEN so many Thousands of People , who lived before in great Plenty , ( being there crowded and pent up together within those Walls ) were in a little time Reduc'd to that Miserable Want as to Eat the Vilest of Food , Dogs , Cats , Rats , Horses , Tallow , Tann'd Hides , Starch , and the like , and many Perished for lack even of that Miserable Sustenance , that could no wise obtain it .

IV . WHEN at the same time they were Torne asunder , and Destroyed in every part of the City by the Enemies Bombs and Cannon , Death met them at every Corner , and in their Closets and Bed-Chambers , they could be no where Secure : Even Water it self could not be had to many without Hazard of Life .

V. WHEN at the same time they were swept away daily , in great Numbers , by a malignant Feaver , that then Raged among them , occasion'd from the Base Food , and Ill Lodging , want of Rest , the Noisome Stench and Dismal Sights , Noise of Cannon and Cries of the Sick and Wounded , continual fear of Death or of Famine , or falling into their Enemies hands , the daily Loss of their nearest Relations and Friends before their eyes , whom they were not able to help , nor women to support their poor infants ; and other Miseries they were under that cannot be express'd , that they Died so fast , at length , as there could scarce be found room to Interr them , even the Back-sides and Gardens were fill'd up with Graves , and some thrown in Cellars ; some whole Families were intirely Extinct , and others from many , brought to a very few , and those in a very Miserable Condition .

VI . WHEN at the same time , to the great Grief and Astonishment of those poor People , they beheld the Supplies and Forces sent over from England under , the Command of Major-General Kirke , for their Relief , lye looking on in their Ships for about Six Weeks together , without ever attempting in the least to Relieve them , though they made all the Signals they could of their being Reduc'd to the very last Extremity , as they truly were at that time , which was greatly Discouraging , and try'd their Patience extreamly .

VII . WHEN at the same time they were daily offered , by the late King or his Chief Officers there , such Terms and Conditions to Surrender the City , as it could not be thought they would ever have Refus'd ; which , notwithstanding all the Miseries they endur'd , and great Danger they were in , and no appearance of Aid , they Rejected to the last ; the Cause they Suffer'd for , and great Encouragements they receiv'd from the Proceedings of the Parliament in England , and the Fatal Consequences like to ensue to these Kingdoms , if they gave up the Place , prevailing with them above all Temptations whatever . When after near Four Months Sufferings in that Miserable Condition , it pleased GOD at length to Deliver them , when the Enemy broke up their Siege . But the Besieged had then nothing left to Return to , or Subsist on . And have , many of them , had but a Sorrowful Time ever since , and if not now Reliev'd , must Despair thereof till they Die .