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<P>COUNT HANLAN'S DOWNFALL, OR A True and Exact Account of the KILLING that Arch Traytor and Tory REDMON &ocirc; HANLAN: BY ART &ocirc; HANLAN, One of his own Party, on the 25. day of <HI>April,</HI> 1681. near the <HI>Eight Mile Bridge,</HI> in the County of <HI>Down.</HI></P>
<P>Being the Copy of a LETTER writ by a Country Gentleman (now in <HI>Dublin</HI>) to a Per|&s;on of Quality (his Friend) in the Country.</P>
<P><HI>D&V;BLIN,</HI> Printed for <HI>William Winter,</HI> Book&s;eller at the <HI>Wandring Jew</HI> in <HI>Ca&s;tle-&s;treet.</HI> 1681.</P>
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<HEAD>Count <HI>Hanlan</HI>'s Downfall: Or, a True and Exact Account of the Killing that Arch Traytor and Tory, <HI>Redman O Hanlan,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THough You know I am not inclin'd to Scribling, and therefore can expect no Packet from me, yet being &s;en&s;ible of your want of fre&s;h Intelligence of News from <HI>Dublin;</HI> and I being oblig'd to &s;hew my gratitude for the la&s;t Favours you did me, do readily lay hold on this opportu|nity of telling you &s;omewhat Remarkable has happen'd within the compa&s;s of the&s;e five days I have been in <HI>Dublin.</HI></P>
<P>On <HI>Saturday</HI> la&s;t, when the Lord Lieutenant, Nobility, and Gentry were return'd from <HI>Chri&s;t-Church,</HI> where they had been Celebrating the King's Coronation: according to the cu&s;tome upon State Fea&s;tivals, the Great Guns on the <HI>Cu&s;tome-Hou&s;e Key</HI> were di&s;charg'd; the fir&s;t of which (being either over charg'd, or through age, or ill u&s;age, become faulty) bur&s;t into &s;everal pieces, which flew divers ways, and fell at con&s;iderable di&s;tances; particularly one piece of neer an hundred weight, flew into the Hou&s;e of Captain <HI>Lovet,</HI> on the <HI>Blind Key,</HI> and did much mi&s;chief; &s;everal per&s;ons were hurt (as 'tis &s;aid) by other pieces: but one piece hit a Gentleman on the &s;ide of his head, who was leaning on a po&s;t hard by, with intention to have fired one of the Guns him&s;lf; which Gentleman (Clerk he was to the Right Honourable the Lord <HI>Ble&s;&s;inton</HI>'s Troop)
<PB N="4" REF="3" MS="y">was taken up, carried home, dre&s;&s;ed by Chirurgeons, died ye&s;terday, and was buried this afternoon.</P>
<P>This Account is purely Tragical: But another that I am to give you, may be &s;aid to be Tragi-Comical; for it has Blood|&s;hed and Battery to the highe&s;t degree, in it, yet is the Tidings of it very welcome, I ob&s;erve, to all here, and will be no le&s;s to you, though at &s;o con&s;iderable di&s;tance. 'Tis the Relation was this day brought, of the Surprize, and Killing of the Fa|mous Northern Tory, Count <HI>Hanlan:</HI> The circum&s;tances whereof, as I received them from the mouth of one of his Con|&s;ederates, and Executioner, and Mr. <HI>William Lucas,</HI> who was Commi&s;&s;ioned in that affair. That His Grace, the Lord Lieu|tenant finding all ways and endeavours hitherto u&s;ed, as well by Him&s;elf, as other Chief Governours, for repre&s;&s;ing and bringing to condign puni&s;hment, outragious Rebels and To|ries, infe&s;ting this Kingdom; re&s;olved to act by his own &s;enti|ments and way: which was to this effect. His Grace &s;ent for a Per&s;on of Honour of this City, (acquainted in tho&s;e Coun|ties the&s;e Tories chiefly re&s;orted to,) and commanded him to find &s;ome per&s;on of choice, who might be capable of His Ma|je&s;ties Service in that Affair. On which Command of His Grace, Mr. <HI>Williaw Lucas</HI> of <HI>Drumintyan</HI> in the County of <HI>Down</HI> was &s;ent for; who received the following Commi&s;&s;ion, writ every word with His Grace's own hand, for privacy. None knowing of the de&s;ign but this Per&s;on of Honour, and Mr. <HI>Lucas,</HI> whom His Grace acquainted with it. Be&s;ides other pri|vate directions given Mr. <HI>Lucas</HI> by His Grace, which I could not obtain. But the Commi&s;&s;ion is as follows.</P>
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<HEAD>The Lord Lieutenant's Order, or Commi&s;&s;ion to Mr. <HI>William Lucas.</HI></HEAD>
<P>WHereas <HI>William Lucas</HI> Gent. hath given me good rea&s;on to believe that he is able to do His Maje&s;ty good &s;ervice in the Apprehending, Killing, and De&s;troying of proclaimed Rebels and Tories; if he may, upon occa&s;ion, have the help and a&s;&s;i&s;tance of &s;uch of His Maje&s;ties Army, as he &s;hall de&s;ire. The&s;e are therefore to Will and Require all His Maje&s;ties Of|ficers, Civil and Military, to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to the &s;aid <HI>William Lucas</HI> in the &s;aid &s;ervice. And I particularly require all Officers of Hor&s;e and Foot, to &s;end as many of the Souldiers, under their re&s;pective Commands, as he &s;hall de&s;ire with him; and to direct &s;uch Souldiers to obey his Orders. And I further Authorize thes &s;aid <HI>William Lucas,</HI> in my Name, to give, a&s;&s;u|rance to any of the Tories, that in ca&s;e they &s;hall a&s;&s;i&s;t him in the performance of the &s;aid &s;ervice, that they &s;hall have his Maje&s;ties Gracious Pardon for any Crimes formerly committed by them, Murther only excepted. And that over and above, they &s;hall be well rewarded.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at His maje&s;ties Ca&s;tle of <HI>Dublin</HI> <DATE>this <HI>4th</HI> of <HI>March,</HI> 1680/1</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>ORMOND</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Pur&s;uant to which Commi&s;&s;ion, Mr. <HI>William Lucas</HI> thus acted. Knowing of a Fo&s;terer of his out in Rebellion with <HI>Red|mond O Hanlan,</HI> by one of his Relations &s;ent for him; and this Fo&s;terer, one <HI>Art O Hanlan</HI> came to Mr. <HI>Lucas,</HI> who gave him this following Protection.</P>
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<HEAD>Mr. <HI>William Lucas</HI> his Protection and A&s;&s;urance to <HI>Art &ocirc; Hanlan.</HI></HEAD>
<P>BY Vertue of a Power to me, from His Grace the Lord Lieutenant of <HI>Ireland;</HI> For the Apprehend|ing, Killing and De&s;troying of proclaimed Rebels and Tories, bearing date the <HI>4.</HI> of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t; as al&s;o for the giving A&s;&s;urance and Protection to &s;uch Tories as shall a&s;&s;i&s;t me in His Maje&s;ties Service, and have not had hand in Murder; I do therefore in His Graces name give my Protection and A&s;&s;urance to <HI>Art &ocirc; Hanlan,</HI> and do de&s;ire all His Maje&s;ties Officers, both Civil an Mili|tary to take notice thereof; and that they do not offer to kill, apprehend, mole&s;t or di&s;turb the &s;aid <HI>Art,</HI> during the &s;pace of one Month, from the Date hereof. And I al&s;o de&s;ire all His Maje&s;ties Officers, and good Subjects, to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to him the &s;aid <HI>Art &ocirc; Hanlan,</HI> in the furtherance of His Maje&s;ties Service. Given un|der my Hand this <HI>3.</HI> of <HI>April, 1681.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>To all His Maje&s;ties Officers, both Civil and Military and all other His Maje&s;ties good Subjects, whom it may con|cern.</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>WILL. LUCAS.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Art O Hanlan</HI> being thus furni&s;h'd and encouraged, and pro|vided with Arms, by the &s;aid Mr. <HI>William Lucas,</HI> for &s;o good an Undertaking, waited for a convenient Opportunity of Exe|cuting his De&s;ign, which did thus offer it&s;elf.</P>
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<P>On <HI>Munday</HI> the <HI>25th.</HI> In&s;tant, the &s;aid <HI>Art O Hanlan</HI> and <HI>William O Sheel,</HI> in company with <HI>Redmond O Hanlan,</HI> were near the <HI>Eight Mile Bridge,</HI> in the County of <HI>Down,</HI> waiting for prize, on the &s;core of a Fair that was held there, at which place, while they were watching for their Prey, <HI>Redmond</HI> took &s;ome occa&s;ion to quarrel with <HI>Art,</HI> as they ere &s;moaking their Pipes, and in the clo&s;e bid him provide for him&s;elf, for he &s;hould not be any longer a Tory in any of the three Coun|ties, (<HI>viz. Monaghan, Down,</HI> or <HI>Ardmagh</HI>) whereupon <HI>Art</HI> ro&s;e up and &s;aid, I am very glad of it, and will go ju&s;t now; and then taking up his Arms (having his Authority and Protecti|on about him) imediately he &s;hot <HI>Redmond</HI> in the left Brea&s;t, with his Carbine, and forthwith ran to the <HI>Eight Mile Bridge</HI> for a Guard, but <HI>Art</HI> returned with a Guard, and Mr. <HI>Lucas,</HI> who &s;oon had notice at the <HI>Newry</HI> where he was waiting <HI>Redmonds</HI> motions, for the &s;ame Ends, found <HI>Redmonds</HI> Body, but the Head was taken off by <HI>O Sheel,</HI> who fled with it, the Body they removed to the <HI>Newry,</HI> where it lies under a Guard till Orders be &s;ent how it &s;hould be di&s;po&s;ed of; and &s;ince that Mr. <HI>Lucas</HI> has &s;ent out a Protection and A&s;&s;urance to <HI>O Sheel,</HI> to bring in the Head of that Arch Traytor and Tory <HI>Redmond O Hanlan.</HI></P>
<P>This Evening <HI>Art O Hanlan</HI> gave in a Relation of this Adventure, to the Lord Lieutenant and Council, who ordered him to have a Sum of Mony paid forthwith, for the good Ser|vice he has done. And to Mr. <HI>Lucas</HI> His Grace has promi&s;ed the Honour of a Command in the Army. The&s;e I mention to &s;hew the extraordinary Care, Vigilance and Honour of our Government. If this Relation of mine may prove any way diverting to you, 'twill be a &s;ufficient Reward for this trouble of Letter writing, which is in it &s;elf irk&s;om to</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Obliged Humble Servant.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE><HI>Dublin</HI> <DATE><HI>April</HI> 27. 1681.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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