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<P> THE TRVE COPPIES OF TWO LETTERS SENT FROM IRELAND: Shewing the &s;everall Battailes and Victories obtained on the Rebels there.</P>
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<P>LONDON, Printed for <HI>J. B.</HI> and <HI>R. Smith.</HI> 1643.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>From Dublin</HI> <DATE>the 15. <HI>of March,</HI> 1642.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>Loving Brother,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_I Have received yours of the 14. 21. and 28. of <HI>February,</HI> and an&s;wered them by Mr. <HI>Abraham Goultier,</HI> Mr. <HI>Lucyes</HI> man of <HI>London:</HI> on Saterday la&s;t, came newes from our Army, by the Earle of <HI>Ro&s;comon,</HI> who left them at <HI>Bellenparke,</HI> in the County of <HI>Wexford,</HI> on Wedne&s;day the eight Cur|rent; all in a pro&s;perous e&s;tate, thankes be to God; I &s;hall write you particularly of their journey thither, as I have it from the be&s;t relati|tors, but as concerning their further de&s;igne, I cannot write you for certaine, but out of my owne conjecture, I &s;hall trouble you with my owne opinion therein; they were then in the place betweene <HI>Wex|ford, Waterford</HI> and <HI>Ro&s;&s;e,</HI> my opinion is, they will for <HI>Wexford,</HI> fir&s;t, becau&s;e (although it be &s;trong) it is farthe&s;t from the enemies Army, which are gathering at <HI>Kilkeney,</HI> and I beleeve they have drawne men thence to <HI>Kilkeney,</HI> expecting the comming of our Army thither: &s;econdly, it is the Port into the which all their Ammunition and a&s;&s;i&s;tance from Foraine parts comes, and there doubtle&s;&s;e is much at this time; and from thence doe they tran&s;port all the Native Com|modities, which being of little value among&s;t them, yeelds them great benefit being tran&s;ported, and much more it concernes us the taking of it. Time will not permit me to write, but one thing, having it, we can carry all our Ammunition thence to <HI>Waterford</HI> and <HI>Ro&s;&s;e,</HI> by water, having already the Fort of <HI>Dunkonnon,</HI> which may be the ea|&s;ier gaining of both tho&s;e places, but what of all the&s;e opportunities &s;o much concerning our Chri&s;tian Warfare, if we have not a &s;upply of men out of <HI>England,</HI> that &s;o much tender our good, as to come o|ver to Garri&s;on, and hold tho&s;e places, but come and take the ble&s;|&s;ings that God hath be&s;towed; but I perceive (notwith&s;tanding what you have written) there is no Ce&s;&s;ation of Armes in <HI>England,</HI> but kil|ling one another with &s;uch Zeale, as if they were not of one and the &s;ame Religion: where is their compa&s;&s;ion of our mi&s;ery? where is their
<PB N="2" REF="3"> affection to the cau&s;e in hand here? but that it might be &s;aid, the Lod will &s;ave us without you; our mi&s;ery is much, and much more increa&s;ing here; But I will let to &s;pend my time to write what God hath done with our Army.</P>
<P>I wrote you of their going forth the fir&s;t currant, and their &s;trength (or rather their weakne&s;&s;e, comparing with the enemies forces) I have written you before. On Fryday the third Currant, they came to <HI>Ca|&s;tlemartin,</HI> and drawing toward the Ca&s;tle, there came out one Bag|got, (who had &s;ome command there) and de&s;ired Quarter, which was granted, and, without re&s;i&s;tance, they yeelded the Ca&s;tle, from whence went about 300. men women, and children, but very few men, and not above &s;ixteene fit to beare Armes. Our Army had a good Quarter of it there that night, but &s;ome of our men quartered further, there was much Corne and provi&s;ion there; it is thought that there and at <HI>Tymalin</HI> (which was taken after) was at lea&s;t 3000. Bu&s;hels of Corne, be&s;ides great &s;tore of good pillage, they left a Garri&s;on there. And on Saterday the fourth, they marcht towards <HI>Moone,</HI> which is halfe a mile from <HI>Tymalin,</HI> intending to pa&s;&s;e by <HI>Tymalin</HI> (becau&s;e it was mightily fortified) and to quarter at <HI>Moone,</HI> where was a garri|&s;on of Rogues, but yeelded upon quarter, but pa&s;&s;ing by <HI>Tymalin,</HI> mo&s;t of the Army and the Ordnance having gone beyond it, for our Ar|my was not appointed to meddle with it, nor any other place of &s;trength, whereby to &s;pend any time by the way, but my Lord of <HI>Ormond,</HI> would omit no opportunity of comming unto the place in|tended to be at, but onely to take up &s;uch places for quartering of the Souldiers, as might be ea&s;ily obtained without lo&s;&s;e of time, or men, or &s;pending Ammunition, and that he might obtaine the place aymed at, before the enemy &s;hould be ready to oppo&s;e him. But from <HI>Tymalin</HI> came forth five Hor&s;emen toward our Army, pa&s;&s;ing by (there being a Brooke betweene them and our Army, and one of them drew his &s;word and flouri&s;ht it, and bid our men come over, whereupon my Lord of <HI>Ormond</HI> commanded backe the Army and the Ordnance (not|with&s;tanding the &s;trength of the place, whereon the enemy &s;o confi|dently relyed, more then on what God could doe again&s;t it. In the meane time, foure or five of our hor&s;emen made over the Brooke, unto the five Rebels; and in pur&s;uit of them they came upon an Ambu&s;h of Muskettiers of the Rogues, notwith&s;tanding they di&s;mounted one of the Rogues and brought away his hor&s;e, the re&s;t of that day and
<PB N="3" REF="3"> Saterday night, our Muskettiers playd on their outworkes. On Sun|day morning they beat them out of the Trenches into the Ca&s;tle, and Church, and &s;teeple upon which our Ordnance played al Sunday and Munday the &s;ixth, till about noone, and obtaining all tho&s;e places with the lo&s;&s;e of Lieutenant <HI>Olliver,</HI> two Sergeants of note, and &s;ome others, about twelve in all, they entred the Ca&s;tle, but in their entrance the women there, which were appointed, by my Lord, to be &s;aved a|live, them and their children, tho&s;e did much hurt to our men, who being &s;o much incen&s;t again&s;t them, they &s;lew all, men, women, and children; about 600. among&s;t which there were very proper men. In which place, I heard that one of our Army got 1500. pounds in money and plate, and many others got good booties; a friend of mine writ to me that he mi&s;t of 600. pounds in money for want of more diligence. On Saterday night and Sunday night, my Lord quar|tered at <HI>Moone,</HI> and on Munday afternoone, they left <HI>Tymalin,</HI> with|out Garri&s;on; they went forward towards <HI>Catterlagh</HI> (commonly called <HI>Carlagh,)</HI> which they could not reach that night, but comming to their Randezvous, at <HI>Bolton</HI> hill, they met with Captaine <HI>Harmon,</HI> and Captaine, or Lieutenant <HI>Grymes,</HI> who came with about 80. hor&s;e, and 120. Foot; from their Garri&s;ons, (in or about <HI>Arthy)</HI> to meete my Lord and our Army, with 12. or 14. pri&s;oners, three Collours, and 100. Armes, that they got in the way to <HI>Bolton</HI> hill, for on Sa|terday the fourth, they met with 400. well Armed Rebels, with 4. or 500. Cowes; marching towards <HI>Kilkemy,</HI> to joyne with <HI>Pre&s;ton,</HI> and making a retreat for gaining of good ground, they obtained their de&s;ire, and falling on the Rogues, &s;lew (&s;ome write 200. &s;ome 160. be&s;ides pri&s;oners,) about 200. in all, and tooke all their Cattle, and brought either 12. or 14. pri&s;oners to my Lord, two En&s;ignes, and one Captaine, a Frenchman named <HI>Lynnod,</HI> they kept &s;ome alive, to be guides for our Army in the way; and Captaine <HI>Lynnod,</HI> becau&s;e he was a &s;tranger, and a good Souldier, the re&s;t they hanged there; that Munday night they could no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">each <HI>Carlagh,</HI> b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> to <HI>Frumples</HI> Towne, or <HI>Crumpols</HI> Towne, to o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>Wals</HI> hou&s;e, (about two or three miles &s;hort of <HI>Carlagh,)</HI> who was a ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> protected by our Garri&s;on of <HI>Carlagh,</HI> and the next morning they came to <HI>Catterlagh,</HI> and pa&s;&s;ing through the Towne, our Souldiers expecting to goe to <HI>Kilkemy,</HI> my Lord cau&s;ed them to wheele about, toward the County of <HI>Wexford,</HI> and our Souldiers fearing a returne to <HI>Dublin,</HI> began to be di&s;mayed; that they &s;hould &s;o &s;oone part with their plenty, to eate &s;hotten He|rings
<PB N="4" REF="4"> without bread, and cold water in&s;tead of hot water, in <HI>Dublin,</HI> but God hath better provided for them, for the Rebells expecting their comming to <HI>Kilkenay,</HI> cau&s;ed all the Country to be burnt before them that our Army might finde no provi&s;ion, and thither were they gathering great &s;trength, but their Cattle and what there could not be contained within their Walles, they &s;ent into the County of <HI>Wexford,</HI> having there better &s;helter by meanes of the woods, then el&s;ewhere; wherein God was plea&s;ed to defeate their Coun&s;ell, in&s;omuch that our Army met with &s;uch plenty of all &s;orts of daintyes, that Mutton and Beefe began to be gro&s;&s;e meate, and no man pre&s;ent to begrudge it them, there plenty of Cattle you can|not but conceive that they tooke, and yet at my Lord of <HI>Ro&s;comons</HI> returne from <HI>Balleneparke</HI> from the Army the eighth, hee &s;aw in the way which our Army had pa&s;t &s;uch a multitude of Cattell as if that they had brought out of the woods to feede after our Army was pa&s;t as if our Army had not gone that way; from <HI>Catterlagh</HI> they came Tue&s;day night the &s;eventh, they came to Ma&s;ter <HI>Cheevers</HI> hou&s;e at <HI>Grangefort</HI> and quartered there, where was none found but three Maides, pa&s;&s;ing by <HI>Tally</HI> they found the Towne &s;et on fire, by one of my Lords kin&s;men, who refu&s;ed to &s;uffer my Lord to quarter there in his owne hou&s;e, but burnt the Towne and carryed all the goods into the Ca&s;tle, but my Lord would not &s;pend any time to &s;ecure any thing that concerned his particular benefit (as &s;ome Commanders would have done) but more aymed at the Common good; from <HI>Chevers</HI> they went to Ma&s;ter <HI>Beverly Brittaynes</HI> hou&s;e at <HI>Balleneparke</HI> in the County of <HI>Wexford,</HI> one mile from <HI>Clehammons,</HI> and &s;ixe from <HI>Erin&s;corthy,</HI> from thence all were fled, and carryed their goods to <HI>Wexford,</HI> &s;o that the Earle of <HI>Ro&s;comon</HI> left them all &s;afe on Wedne&s;day the eight, and brought us all the newes hither on Saterday. I have heard a Relation, and for certaine it is, that part of our Army going downe <HI>Burat,</HI> both the Towne and Ca&s;tle of <HI>Kildaer,</HI> and having there and at other places, &s;o much pillage, they could not but leave very rich things behinde them, which they burnt: you may then thinke what good things they have with them; and above all they have the &s;peciall a&s;&s;i&s;tance of Al|mighty God. Ye&s;terday the 14. went forth my Lord of <HI>Ro&s;comon,</HI> and Sir <HI>Morice Eu&s;tace</HI> to <HI>Tredagh,</HI> to meet with my Lord <HI>Moore,</HI> who are on Fryday to meete the Earle of <HI>Colnirichard</HI> at <HI>Titchmore,</HI> there to heare
<PB N="5" REF="4"> what the Rebels can &s;ay for their rebellion, I &s;hall not enlarge my &s;elfe further, I re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your a&s;&s;ured loving Brother, Robert Cole.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Dublin</HI> <DATE>the 17. <HI>of March,</HI> 1642.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>Loving Brother,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have written a former at large by this Po&s;t, being a full relation of the proceedings done by our Army, &s;o farre as <HI>Ballenparke,</HI> in the County of <HI>Wexford,</HI> to the eighth Currant; and ye&s;terday came newes, a threefold relation, and the more likely to be true, becau&s;e it comes all by the <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> who love to boa&s;t of victoryes, when they are put to the wor&s;t, and to conceale any good newes from us; all tending to this effect (the time and place not mentioned) that our Army was intended to have beene compa&s;t by the Rogues, <HI>Pre&s;ton</HI> with his for|ces lying on one &s;ide, and the <HI>Barnes, Tooles,</HI> and others of the County of <HI>Wickled</HI> and <HI>Wexford,</HI> an the other &s;ide, and that our Ar|my making out 1000. hor&s;e and foote fell in the night on Colo|nell <HI>Barnes</HI> forces, and with Ordnance loaden with Musket bullets, have left few to carry home the newes to their Friends, but &s;ome left one legge, &s;ome one Arme behinde them, departed in a mi&s;erable ca&s;e; pity them that are no Chri&s;tians, for if it be true, it is farre le&s;&s;e then they intended towards us; the next day morning, <HI>Pre&s;ton</HI> fell on our Army, and held our men three houres fight, but at length was put to flight, and great execution done on his Army, by the &s;pace of five miles in pur&s;uit of them; if this be true, we may truely &s;ay with the Prophet <HI>David,</HI> the Lord of Hoa&s;ts is with us, the God of <HI>Jacob</HI> our refuge: we expect &s;uddenly a convoy fom our Army, then &s;hall I write what is done for the truth, in the meane time it is &s;o good newes, that I cannot but impart with it as I have it by report, it was done in &s;ome part of the County of <HI>Wexford,</HI> as I am informed, I re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your very loving Brother Robert Cole.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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