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<P>Joyfull and Happy News FROM IREDAND Being an exact relation of a great Victory obtained again&s;t the grand Army of the Rebels, on Tue&s;day Feb. 7. 1642. at a Towne called by the name of <HI>Ro&s;colleth,</HI> neere <HI>Longford.</HI></P>
<P><HI>In which battaile there were &s;lain above</HI> 2500. <HI>of the Rebels, and but</HI> 3. <HI>of the Engli&s;h, onely many wounded.</HI></P>
<P>The names of the Engli&s;h Commanders were the&s;e: <HI>Sir Rich. Greenvill, Cor. Emely. Lieuten. Cor. Sherlock, Lieuten. Cor. Gibs, Ser. Maj. Shirman, Ser. Maj. A&s;hkey, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>The names of the Iri&s;h Commanders. <HI>Ser. Maj. Pre&s;ton, Cor. Fits Gerrat, Cor. More, Cor. Tirrell, Cor. Philip Onelly, and Lord Trimnel&s;towne.</HI></P>
<P>The names of the Iri&s;h Commanders that were &s;lain in the battail. <HI>Coronel Plunket, Captaine Brian, Sir Tho. Nugent, Captain John Nugen, Cap. Adascalle, a Parliament man. Cap. Roger Davies, with eleven Colours, and many Pri&s;oners.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON, Printed for</HI> Edw. Blackmore. 1643.</P>
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<HEAD>A Relation of a great Victory obtaind by Sir <HI>RICHARD GREENVIL.</HI> Again&s;t the Iri&s;h Rebels, on Tue&s;day the &s;eventh of February.</HEAD>
<P>BY command of the Lord Marques of <HI>Ormond,</HI> certaine forces of both hor&s;e were foot unto were &s;ent unto <HI>Trimme</HI> for the reliefe of <HI>Athlone,</HI> with a direction unto Sir <HI>Richard Greenvile</HI> to have the cheife command thereof, which forces arived at <HI>Trim</HI> on <HI>Thur&s;day the</HI> 26. <HI>of Ian.</HI> on <HI>Friday</HI> morning then following Sir <HI>Richard</HI> marched thence towards <HI>Athloane,</HI> about 900. foot, which Sir <HI>Iohn Shirlog</HI> Commanded, &amp; al&s;o 200. hor&s;e which Captain <HI>Vaughan</HI> (&s;ince Knighted) Commanded, and that night all lodged at <HI>Athbay. Saturday</HI> the 28. being come nigh <HI>Ballinacurre</HI> a very &s;trong pa&s;&s;e, we found the enemy po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing it with 300. hundred men, haveing there cut off the bridge, whereat Sir <HI>Richard</HI> commanded certaine dragoners to force that, and al&s;o &s;ent a party of hor&s;e to &s;econd them, which the enemy oppo&s;ed, untill &s;ome of the hor&s;e found a place there by, where they leapt over a deepe ditch of water which put them all to flight over a bog, in which e&s;cape divers of the Rebells were &s;lain, and as it was &s;aid al&s;o one of their Commanders.</P>
<P><HI>Sunday</HI> the 29. marching forwards four of our hor&s;e &s;couts e&s;pied four of the Rebells &s;couts on the top or a hill before them, who &s;eeing; our &s;couts ha&s;ting towards them with&s;tood them (being Country Gentle|men) of good quality, and being but four to four they encountred each other fairely with their &s;words, untill one of the Rebels had both given &amp; received a wound, &amp; was &s;eized on by one of our &s;couts, whereat the re&s;t being very well mounted e&s;caped away, leaving their con&s;ort to be &s;lain in the place, and being come nigh <HI>Tubbertorne</HI> where we lodged that night, &s;ome of our hor&s;e tooke a Gentlewoman of good quality who &s;tood on <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> hill thereby guarded with &s;ome Mu&s;ketiers. Munday the 30. Being come nigh and within five miles of <HI>Athloane,</HI> wee tooke one Mr. <HI>Richard Dillon</HI> pri&s;oner, who informed Sir <HI>Richard,</HI> that Collonell <HI>Pre&s;ton</HI> was &s;ending all the Forces he could make to hinder our coming at <HI>Athlone,</HI> therefore wi&s;hed us to make all the ha&s;te thither we could pre&s;ently thereon a hor&s;eman of our forlorn-hope came back and in|formed Sir <HI>Richard</HI> that 7. Colours of the Enemies were marching to|ward us, Sr. <HI>Richard</HI> then pre&s;ently commanded forth &s;ome of his Hor&s;e
<PB REF="3">to &s;econd the foure Troops which that interim charged the Enemy, who retreated to a Bog, where mo&s;t of them might have been cut off, had not the care of the &s;afe conduct of the provi&s;ions appointed for the reliefe of <HI>Athlone</HI> care forbidden it, that night wee came all &s;afe to <HI>Ath|lone,</HI> where wee all &s;taid the next day following.</P>
<P>Wedne&s;day 31. Sir <HI>Richard</HI> &s;ent all our Hor&s;e and Foot to quarter at <HI>Kilkennie,</HI> we&s;t 4. miles thence, untill &s;uch time as 300. of the Lord <HI>Kanelaghs,</HI> and 300. of Sir <HI>Michael Ernelies</HI> Regiment might he drawn thither from their out Garri&s;ons to march backe with us, and when our Hor&s;e approached nigh to <HI>Kilkennie,</HI> they di&s;covered that it was &s;trongly manned by Sir <HI>Iames Dillons</HI> Forces, Captain Mr. <HI>Thomas</HI> his Troops, and Collonell <HI>Farrals</HI> Regiment of the County of <HI>Long|ford,</HI> whereat Captain <HI>Vaughan</HI> with &s;ome of the Hor&s;e fell into their quarters, and kild a Captain and &s;ome other of their Officers, and al&s;o a|bout 50. of their &s;ouldiers, and tooke many of their Officers, and al&s;o a|bout quarters untill Satturday, at which, on the 4. of <HI>Feb.</HI> we all quar|tered at and about a place called the <HI>Mote,</HI> at which time the 600. expect|ed, were lodged with us, where Captain <HI>Vaughan</HI> found in his quarters, an Engli&s;hmans wife, and under&s;tood the generall report of the Coun|try was, that the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> had gathered all the Forces they could get toge|ther, and were confident to compa&s;&s;e us in on every &s;ide, and to cut us off, re&s;olving, and vowing not to leave a man of us alive, &s;aying al&s;o that if we &s;hould get that victory the heart of their warres would be broken, for that it was an antient Prophecie much talked of among the Iri&s;h, that that &s;ide that &s;hould winne the Battell at <HI>Rathconnell,</HI> &s;hould be conquerors of the Kingdome, it being a tradition &s;uper&s;titiou&s;ly held by the native Iri&s;h; On Munday the 5. we marched towards <HI>Trim,</HI> mee|ting no opp&s;ition but foule weather, and wayes, which greatly di&s;heart|ned the &s;ouldiers, and killed divers of them, in which time wee tooke &s;everall of the Country People, who all confirmed the former reports of the Enemies Forces and intentions, Sir <HI>Richard</HI> notwith&s;tanding &s;aid he was re&s;olved not to &s;hunne a foot of his way were the Enemy never &s;o &s;trong; Tue&s;day the 7. proceeding on the march, wee under&s;tood of divers Troops of Hor&s;e and foot that dayly had followed our Reare, which then was guarded by a Troope of Hor&s;e commanded by Lievete|nant <HI>Hatcher,</HI> who charged certain Forces of the Enemy which were advanced &s;omewhat nigh him, and then cut off about 20. of them, after|wards about 11. of the Clocke the &s;ame day, being come nigh <HI>Mollis|lingar,</HI>
<PB REF="3">we took a pri&s;oner, who told us the Iri&s;h Forces po&s;&s;e&s;t our Pa&s;&s;e at Rathconnell, being very &s;trong in numbers of men, &amp; the prime offi|cers and gentry of the Countrey, whereupon Sir <HI>Rich.</HI> ha&s;tened the ad|vance of his Forces, and being come nigh in view of the Pa&s;&s;e, perceived it to be very narrow, and that it was cut off by a broad and deep trench, being compa&s;&s;ed in on each &s;ide with great bogs, and having adjoyning unto it on a very &s;teep hill a very &s;trong ca&s;tle, and divers other works well manned, by which there appearee no pa&s;&s;age either for hor&s;e or foot, then did Sir <HI>Rich.</HI> draw all his forces into battel order before, which con&s;i&s;ted of a forlorne hope of 50. Mu&s;quetiers, commanded by Lievten. <HI>Dikes,</HI> and 2. wings of 60. &s;hot more, commanded by two En&s;igns (one of them a coward) the forlorne hope being &s;econded with a divi&s;ion of 200. Musquetiers, which was commanded by Sir <HI>Iohn Sheirlege,</HI> which the vanguard of our little Armie, whereof the fir&s;t divi&s;ion was led by Cap. <HI>Varney,</HI> and Lieuten. <HI>Oliver,</HI> and the &s;econd divi&s;ion of it by Lieuten. <HI>Williams,</HI> and al&s;o the third divi&s;ion by Sergeant Major <HI>Morris,</HI> the re&s;t of the Forces con&s;i&s;ted of 3. divi&s;ions of Pikes, flankt with &s;hot, which &s;erved for the battle of the Anmie, each containing about 300. men, whereof the fir&s;t was led by Cap. <HI>Honiwood,</HI> the &s;econd by Major <HI>Ship|man,</HI> the third by Sir <HI>Mich. Ernely,</HI> after which followed another divi&s;i|on of 200, Mu&s;quetiers, commanded by Major <HI>Forte&s;cue,</HI> which was for the reare-guard, which reare was guarded by a forlorne hope of 50, Mu&s;|quetiers: likewi&s;e tho&s;e foot were flankt with three divi&s;ions of Hor&s;e, whereof Capt. <HI>Vanghan</HI> commanded the Van-guard, Lieuten. <HI>Rogers</HI> the battel, and Lieuten. <HI>Hatcher</HI> the reard-guard. Likewi&s;e before the Van-guard of the Foot marched the Lo: <HI>Ranelagh,</HI> leading a troop of Volun|tiers, likewi&s;e for the forlorne hope of the Reare, Cap. <HI>Pate</HI> commanded 40. Dragooners, which were al&s;o a&s;&s;i&s;ted with 20. firelocks. Which done, and not onely having a &s;trong enemie before us of above 2000. foot and 6. hor&s;e-troops, and others at lea&s;t 600. on our right hand, and 600. more at a di&s;tance on our left, (upon the bogs of Langford men, not far off from which were ha&s;ting up to &s;econd them 800. of the Rei|lies) then unknown to us there was waiting upon our reare 500. more, which then newly po&s;&s;e&s;t-Mellingar, half a mile behind us, to hinder our retreat, then for to begin the play, the forlorne hope 50 &s;hot, advanced on right towards the pa&s;&s;e, did the left wing of &s;hot to flanke that, the right wing &s;taying behind contrary to command, who&s;e ground notwith|&s;tanding was made good by others, tho&s;e together being advanced as far
<PB REF="4">as they could, were &s;econded by &s;everall divi&s;ions drawn out of the van|guard, which al&s;o di&s;puting it with the enemie, without any apparent good &s;ucce&s;&s;e, Sir <HI>Rich.</HI> was enforced before the front of the re&s;t of the Forces to &s;ay, there was no other remedy now, but that we mu&s;t re&s;olve to carry it or dye, becau&s;e he &s;aw great numbers or men approaching to|wards our right hand, and al&s;o our left, which if they &s;hould come to joyn with tho&s;e before us, would be too &s;trong for us. Therefore now of nece&s;&s;ity all mu&s;t u&s;e their be&s;t endeavour through the Pa&s;&s;e upon the enemie, and by doing of it re&s;olutely, there was no doubt of good &s;uc|ce&s;&s;e. Whereunto all men &s;eemed very willing, and &s;o accordingly the 3. divi&s;ions of the battel advanced cheerfully with their colours, flying to force the way, Sir Rich. keepi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">k upon re&s;erve 250. Musketiers, which 3. la&s;t divi&s;ions being come at pu&s;h of pike, with the Rebels that defend|ed the Pa&s;&s;e, and Sir Mich. Erneley e&s;pying the advance of the Longford men on our left hand, marched towards them, and they pre&s;ently recei|ved a charge by the hor&s;e that Bryan commanded, which by our &s;hot was repul&s;t, and Bryan him&s;elfe &s;hot dead, and that gave a &s;top to the Longford men, in the interim of the conflict many of the Forces from off the Ca&s;tle were running &s;peedily to charge our right wing of &s;hot, which Sir Rich. repul&s;t by &s;ending again&s;t them more &s;hot, from out of his la&s;t re&s;erve, which &s;udden fury being &s;topt, and the &s;ervice continu|ing violent on all &s;ides for two houres together, with doubtful &s;ucce&s;&s;e, Sir <HI>Rich.</HI> &s;ent forth all the remainder of the foot to a&s;&s;i&s;t tho&s;e at the Pa&s;&s;e, during which skirmi&s;h Lieu. <HI>Rogers</HI> did at &s;everall times very ear|ne&s;tly de&s;ire Sir <HI>Rich.</HI> to give him leave to attempt to force a way through that Pa&s;&s;e with the Hor&s;e that he commanded, whereto at la&s;t Sir <HI>Rich.</HI> gave him leave, who ha&s;tened to find a way, and being come at the bank and ditch of the Pa&s;&s;e, found no po&s;&s;ible means there of getting through, at which time Major <HI>Morris</HI> called unto him, &s;aying, he had found a place for his hor&s;e to pa&s;&s;e through, then that troop ha&s;tened on to it, <HI>Edward Ro&s;carroh</HI> of the &s;aid troop fir&s;t rid through, the Lieuten. and the re&s;t of the troop clo&s;ely following them, and being got over, the forlorne troop led by <HI>Bru Dick&s;ey</HI> followed them, and then pre&s;ently did tho&s;e of our hor&s;e charge the enemies hor&s;e that were before them, who being unwilling to &s;tand the &s;hock, began all to run away, in the pur&s;uit whereof Lieuten. <HI>Rogers</HI> with the troop he commanded chanced to follow a troop, in who&s;e reare was taken pri&s;oner Coronel <HI>Anthonie Pre&s;ton,</HI> elde&s;t &s;on of their Generall <HI>Pre&s;ton,</HI> and al&s;o there was &s;laine
<PB REF="4">many of the &s;aid troop, and the &s;ame time Corporall <HI>Picksey</HI> command|ing the forlorne hopes, pur&s;ued another hor&s;e troop, killed many of them, and found the dead body of Cap. <HI>Brian,</HI> who was lately run from Sir <HI>Tho. Lucas</HI> troop, who&s;e head was brought away, our foot having been at lea&s;t two houres before at handiblows, and throwing &s;tones, our men with one accord cheerfully came on upon tho&s;e that manned the trenthes, and made them run away.</P>
<P>Which &s;uddain change drew after them all the re&s;t of their Forces, and being po&s;&s;e&s;t of their workes and hill, Sir <HI>Richard</HI> gave charge to Sr. <HI>Iohn Sherlocke</HI> that he with all convenient &s;peed &s;hould draw his men together in good order upon that ground, and furni&s;h all his men with Ammunition, while he him&s;elfe with the Hor&s;e pur&s;ued the <HI>Longford</HI> men, in which pur&s;uite it happened that Captaine <HI>Vaughan</HI> with a part of tho&s;e Hor&s;e takeing another way, was guided by noble Sr. <HI>Charles Coote</HI> that way ward that the Enemy e&s;caped, and at la&s;t overtooke the greate&s;t part of them, and there &s;lew as is by all believed at lea&s;t 200. of them, &s;o that we verily believe there was &s;lain in all about a 2500. during which pur&s;uite our Foot remained about the adjoyning Ga&s;tle, &s;earch|ing as they u&s;ually doe all holes, found in the Ca&s;tle 8. En&s;ignes of the Rebels, al&s;o Captaine <HI>Betagh,</HI> Captain <HI>Bardall,</HI> Lievetenant <HI>Elmore,</HI> and about 6. &s;ouldiers, and 3. other of their En&s;ignes were found a|broad among dead bodies, in conflict of our men was &s;lain but onely 3. &s;ouldiers and about 20. Officers and &s;ouldiers hurt, whereof Sergeant Major <HI>Shipman,</HI> who &s;hewed him&s;elfe a very valliant &s;ouldier, was one of the chiefe that was hurt.</P>
<P>The Battaile being ended, our Forces marched thence to Ma&s;i&s;town, and in the field before the Forces were drawn into their quarters, Sir <HI>Richard</HI> cau&s;ed a Mini&s;ter in the head of all the Army publiquely to give God thanks every man kne<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ling for the victory, publiquely &s;aying that it was the work of God and not of man, which every man &s;eemed thankfully to acknowledge, and this night we under&s;tood that there was &s;lame in the fight, Coronell <HI>Patrick Plinket,</HI> Cap: <HI>Bryan,</HI> Sir <HI>Tho: Nugents</HI> only &s;on and heire, Cap: <HI>Iohn Nugent</HI> of Balin&s;carrie, Captain <HI>Adan Cu&s;ake</HI> a Parl. Man, Cap <HI>Marcus Geohagan,</HI> Cap: <HI>Roger Darcyes.</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o the names of the enemies Commanders that were pre&s;ent at the Battell are the&s;e, Ser. Major. Gen. <HI>Iohn Pre&s;ton</HI> Col: <HI>Anthony Pre&s;ton,</HI> Coronel M. <HI>Tho: fits Gerrat, Cor. Piers fits Gerrats,</HI> Sir <HI>Luke fits Gerrat,</HI> Cor: <HI>Roger O Moore,</HI> Cor: <HI>Tirrell,</HI> Cor: <HI>Walter Nugent,</HI> Cor: <HI>Phill. O Rey|ley,</HI>
<PB REF="5">Cor: <HI>Francis Farrall,</HI> Cor: <HI>Brian Farrall,</HI> Sir <HI>Tho: Nagent,</HI> Tho: <HI>Trimnel&s;towne,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
<P>That night Sir <HI>Richard Greenvile</HI> in giving out his orders for the watch, gave for the watch word Revenge, and al&s;o for the feild word Iu&s;tice, which was corre&s;pondent to Gods ble&s;&s;ing in the victory. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">n <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> the 8. we lodged at Martin&s;towne. <HI>Thur&s;</HI> the 9. all our forces quartered in and about Trim, from whenc they marched the next day unto their former garri&s;ons.</P>
<P>The names of the &s;uperior officers we had pre&s;ent in the&s;e conflicts are Sir <HI>Richard Greenvile,</HI> Coronell Sir <HI>Mich: Ernely,</HI> Leivt: Cor: Sir <HI>Iohn Shirlocke;</HI> Lieut. Cor: <HI>Gibbs,</HI> Ser: Major, Sir <HI>Abraham Shipman,</HI> Ser: Major <HI>A&s;hkey,</HI> Ser: Major <HI>Morris,</HI> Ser: Major <HI>Forte&s;ene,</HI> Cap: <HI>Hunnywood,</HI> Cap: <HI>Lucas,</HI> Cap: <HI>Varney,</HI> Cap: <HI>Sands,</HI> Cap: <HI>Loftus,</HI> Cap: <HI>Nichols,</HI> Cap: <HI>Palmer,</HI> Sir <HI>William Brouchro&s;t,</HI> Cap: <HI>Vaughan,</HI> Leiutenant <HI>Rogers,</HI> Leuit: <HI>Hatcher,</HI> and for Dragoners Cap: <HI>Pate,</HI> all which officers did excellently performe their duties, as did al&s;o all the inferiour Officers, excepting on|ly Ancient <HI>Lake. Gloria Deo.</HI></P>
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