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<P>A Continuation of the la&s;t Occurrences from IRLAND, <HI>OR,</HI> The Copie of a Letter &s;ent from Lievtenant <HI>Haward,</HI> to Mr. <HI>Walter Fitz-Williams</HI> E&s;quire, ly|ing neere the Privie Garden in <HI>White-Hall.</HI></P>
<P>Dated at <HI>Duncannon</HI> Fort in <HI>JRELAND, March.</HI> 29. 1642.</P>
<P>Both Good and True.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Thomas,</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>Good Newes from <HI>Jreland.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Deare Friends,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_YOur courte&s;ies hath &s;o tyed me that I cannot chu&s;e but intimate to you, of &s;uch Occurrences as hath hath happened to us &s;ince our departure from <HI>Bri&s;toll,</HI> from whence we departed with 200. men well appointed, and with Colours fly|ing, arrived at the Fort of <HI>Duncannon,</HI> in the mouth of the River of <HI>Waterford,</HI> the 24. of the &s;ame, where we found the good Lord <HI>E&s;mond</HI> in &s;afe po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Forte, who had endured many a &s;hroud Bickering all the Winter with a Hundred men; but many of them Sicke when we Arrived there, what Ioy was in the good old Lord, you may con|ceive, having had 1000. Men of the Ene|mies lying again&s;t daily for many Monethes before, when we Arrived, The Lord <HI>E&s;mond</HI>
<PB REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 18 -->granted a ce&s;&s;ation of Armes for 5. dayes, at the reue&s;t of the Rebels, for he alwayes kept them play, And after that they &s;ent for a Truce for 14. dayes more, but my Lord refu&s;ed, then they de&s;ired a Parley with 4. of our be&s;t men, with 4. of theirs, which wee accepted of, and as we were marching to|wards them, came a Me&s;&s;enger de&s;iring (from Colonell <HI>Pierce Butler</HI>) that hee might meet with my Lord, and conferre with him, but we &s;ent him word, that they had no man of quality, good enough for him to to conferre with, yet if he would come to the Fort, he &s;hould &s;peake with him, but we heard no more of them.</P>
<P>The next day being the 22. of March, our Souldiers being in much want of bedding or Bed-cloathes, and the Rebels Quarters being little more then Musket &s;hot from us, we &s;al|lied forth, my &s;elfe and two Lievtenants more, with onely 20. Mvsketiers a peece ear|ly in the morning, in hope to have driven them from their quarters, and burnt it, but their numbers were to great for us, yet wee
<PB REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 18 -->fought with them about an houre, what hurt we did them we know not as yet, we had one|ly one man of my Squadron &s;hot into the &s;houlder, they having 9. Colours flying be|fore vs, but very &s;lenderly armed, with &s;ome Fowling-peeces, Pikes made of Dale boards, and &s;ome Darts, and of a certaine they count their owne ca&s;es de&s;perate, not knowing whether to leape into the Fire, or the Water, the relieving of this Fort hath much appaled them, their Gennerall is the Lord <HI>Mon-Gar|ret.</HI></P>
<P>The 26. of this Month, we had another Skirmi&s;h, where without doubt we did them much harme, and received onely the hurt of one man, being &s;hot in the Face, the &s;ame day at night the <HI>Fellow&s;hip</HI> of <HI>Bri&s;toll</HI> arrived, being a Man of Warre, with a Pinnace, &s;hee having 24. Pieces of Ordnance, and the Pin|nace 6. with 16. Oares, being appoynted for this &s;ervece.</P>
<P>And on Munday after we appoynted to Batter downe the Towne of <HI>Ballihacke,</HI> and pa&s;&s;age of both Townes upon the River of <HI>Waterfoard,</HI> and full of good Pillage that they
<PB REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 19 -->have robed the Engli&s;h of, <HI>Waterford</HI> is revol|ted, and the River of <HI>Waterford</HI> is of that large extent, that it runnes through 9. &s;eve|rall Counties in 3. &s;everall Armes, and all tho&s;e 9. Counties are in Rebellion.</P>
<P>Therefore I pray God put into the hearts of the King and Parliament, to furni&s;h vs al|wayes with a Ship of good force with a &s;mall Pinnace, and to furni&s;h the Noble old Lord <HI>E&s;mond,</HI> with a Regiment, who is the la&s;t of tho&s;e Valiant old Souldiers that reduced this Kingdome to Obedience, in Queene <HI>Eliza|beths</HI> dayes; And is much awed by all this whole Countrey, none except the Lord Pre|&s;ident of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> is able to doe his Maje&s;ty like Service; We heare for certaine by the Countrey People that the Lord Pre&s;ident of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> hath burned <HI>Dungarvin</HI> to the ground, a Sea-port Towne within 12. Leagues of vs, And &s;laine 300. of one Captaine <HI>Wi&s;es</HI> Regi|ment, And driven Sir <HI>Nicholas Welch</HI> to <HI>Wa|terford</HI> the 28. of <HI>March,</HI> we removed the Re|bels further from us, fired their Quarters, and burnt &s;ome certaine hou&s;ess, and brought a|way
<PB REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 19 -->their Corne, we being not above 250 men have driven from the&s;e Quarters 9 Com|panies with their Colours flying, ble&s;&s;ed be God that fighteth our Battels, we are very pro&s;perous at this pre&s;ent.</P>
<P>The 29. of March we &s;ent the great Ship and Pinnace to the pa&s;&s;age, and <HI>Balihacke</HI> to batter it downe the great Ship hath be&s;tow|ed great &s;tore of great &s;hot upon them, what further they have done we cannot know till to morrow, this is all I can acquaiut you with till my next Letter.</P>
<P>My Captaine is come for England to move about a Regiment for my Lord <HI>E&s;mond,</HI> he being in hope to obtaine a Livetenant Colo|nels place, he hath promi&s;ed me to move for a company for me, he can now report &s;uffici|ently of my ability, I &s;hall intreate you to a|&s;i&s;t him for me, J doubt not but in due &s;ea|&s;on I &s;hall be able to give you a te&s;timony of thankefulne&s;&s;e, thus having writ unto you by another Gentleman belonging to the Earle of <HI>Ormond,</HI> and fearing it might faile, I have written againe with an addition of what hath happened &s;ince I writ that Letter, J
<PB REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 20 -->will not faile you every oppertunity of wri|ting, I reque&s;t I may be remembred to your little Gentleman Mr. <HI>Morgan,</HI> and that I may heare from you touching the affayres of of our Church and Common wealth, who to|gether with his Maje&s;tie God pro&s;per, which God alwaies ble&s;&s;e and pro&s;per you.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your true and faithfull Friend Lazarus Hayward.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Duncannon Fort, <DATE>March, 29. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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