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<P>A mo&s;t exact RELATION Of a great VICTORY, Obtained by the poor Prote&s;tants IN IRELAND, Under the Command of the Lords <HI>Inche|queen,</HI> and <HI>Kinealmekie,</HI> and Sir <HI>Charles Vava&s;our,</HI> again&s;t the Rebells.</P>
<P>Al&s;o &s;everall DEPOSITIONS Taken before the Maior of
<HI>Kin&s;ale,</HI> con|cerning Ships, Men, and Ammunition, &s;ent to the Rebels from <HI>France</HI> and <HI>Spain.</HI> Sent from the Maior of
<HI>Kin&s;ale,</HI> to a brother of his a <HI>Merchant</HI> in
<HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>Pre&s;ented to the high Court of Parliament, and command|ed to be forthwith Printed.</P>
<P><HI>Octob.</HI> 3. <HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Jo&s;eph Hun&s;cott.</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>Kin&s;ale the <HI>16/29</HI> of Septemb.
<HI>1642.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE><HI>Brother</HI> BENJAMIN WHE<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="4 letters">E,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_MY la&s;t w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="3 letters">
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> and 26 pa&s;t, which we<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters">
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters">ry &s;ad, and ther|fore make no repeatail, only a touch of the nece&s;&s;ity of the Fort of
<HI>Doncannon,</HI> if it be not &s;peedily releived, The Rebels are in great numbers continu|ally round about it, &amp; que&s;tionles do thir&s;t much after it, <HI>Waxford</HI> have &s;et forth 5 or 6 men of War, one of them carrieth
18 Pieces of Ordnance, and it is reported they have lately taken 5 or 6 Engli&s;h Barques, &s;o that all tho&s;e parts, <HI>Duncannon</HI> excepted, is as &s;ecure unto them, as the River and County of <HI>Limbrick;</HI> It were good &s;ervice for &s;ome of our Ships to de&s;troy the Herring fi&s;hing of
<HI>Waxford</HI> and <HI>Rilbeggs.</HI> I will now with much joy and thankfullne&s;&s;e of heart relate, to Gods glory, the great and wonderful work he hath late|ly done among us. The la&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> came the
<PB N="4" REF="3">Lord <HI>Inchequeens</HI> command to our Governour, requiring him to &s;end away all the Force he could po&s;&s;ibly make, foot and hor&s;e, and that he &s;hould ri&s;e and march away pre&s;ently; the like was done in <HI>Youghall</HI> and <HI>Bandonbirdge,</HI> the fir&s;t pre&s;ent they marched from hence, the &s;econd they all met at their Randevouz neer about <HI>Don|nerayle</HI> and the third day for ever to be remember|ed, very timely they marched to <HI>Li&s;carrell</HI> Ca&s;tle, which <HI>Mu&s;cry</HI> the day before had taken, and was then there with h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters"> f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">rces encamped about 8000 fighting men
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> and &s;even hundred hor&s;e, the be&s;t of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Province, our forces not pa&s;&s;ing &s;eventeen hundred hor&s;e and foot: the Enemy were full fed, ours had &s;carce bread in their Knap&s;acks; theirs healthy &s;trong and lu&s;ty, ours for the mo&s;t part weak and &s;ick, not able to endure the weight of a Mu&s;quet, and for certain, many upon the march had peri&s;hed in the ditches, had not &s;ome of our hor&s;emen taken them up be|hind them and carried them to the place where they mu&s;t make a &s;tand; The Enemy had the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Li&s;carrell</HI> to friend, three pieces of Ord|nance, whereof one of them weighed neer 8000. weight, mounted in a convenient Battery, half Moons and Brea&s;t-works drawn with much ingenuity; on the other &s;ide a very great Bogg to &s;ecure them, <HI>in &s;ine,</HI> they had &s;o far what they de|&s;ired and to naturall rea&s;on what nature could af|ford, ours for the mo&s;t part a naked People. The On&s;et was given by a few hor&s;e of this Town and <HI>Bandon,</HI> and a little too timely, they had not
<PB N="5" REF="3">any of them &s;o much as a head-piece, onely my Lord of <HI>Kinealmakie</HI> that was cloathed with Ar|mour of proof, were enforced to retreat, in which my Lord onely was &s;hot, and not a man of the re&s;t touched; It was Gods great mercy that this &s;o timely On&s;et had not wrought untimely ef|fects, by encouraging the Enemy and di&s;heart|ning of us: But our mayne Body coming up, and &s;o well ordered, the hor&s;e led by my Lord of <HI>Inchequeen,</HI> and the foot by Sir <HI>Charls Vava&s;our,</HI> who went in the head of them, and with good language and rea&s;ons did &s;o encourage them, as every man cryed Victory before they had given fire; Captain <HI>Chidley</HI> behaved him&s;elt with &s;ingular valour and di&s;cretion: Sergeant Major <HI>Story</HI> is much honoured for his valiant Actions. The Lord <HI>Inchequeen</HI> was once far engaged and in &s;ome danger, but relieved by Captain <HI>Gib&s;on,</HI> and at that time &s;lew one of their great Champi|ons called <HI>Oliver Steevens</HI> with his owne hand, The On&s;et being given by our Hor&s;e, and the Bat|tell began by the Muskettiers, being in number about 400, continued for a time &s;omthing doubt|full, the Iri&s;h making hideous noy&s;es, and &s;tood to it very valiantly; their Ordnance at fir&s;t &s;troke a terrour, but God &s;o directed the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, that they went over and did us no harm; our &s;ick were recovered, felt no more weakne&s;&s;e nor infirmity, but &s;tood to it like brave men, God gave them hearts according to the goodne&s;&s;e of their cau&s;e; and after an hour and a half, or thereabouts, the Friers and the Prie&s;ts faith failed them, that they <PB N="6" REF="4">ran away, Generall <HI>Barry</HI> was ea&s;ily per&s;waded to go with them; the Lord of <HI>Mu&s;cry</HI> took his leave with a plain Complement, That he had done what he could, and did hope another time to have better &s;ucce&s;&s;e; it is imagined he had recei|ved a &s;hot, abundance of the prime Gentlemen were &s;lain upon the place, the re&s;t fled, and accor|ding to their wonted cu&s;tome, betook them&s;elves to Woods and Bogs; our Hor&s;e pur&s;ued them as far as it was convenient: Two hundred that were in the Ca&s;tle, and might have kept out 5000, ran with the re&s;t, the like did tho&s;e that were with the Ordnance in the Battery, Colonell <HI>But|ler,</HI> and divers other Commanders taken pri&s;o|ners: Of the Rebells were &s;lain at lea&s;t 700, and above a thou&s;and more dangerou&s;ly wounded: Our people brought away five or &s;ix hundred Muskets, three Pieces of Bra&s;&s;e Ord|nance, which were taken out of the Ca&s;tle of. <HI>Lymbricke,</HI> five Barrells of Powder: it is thought the Friers carryed the re&s;t of the Powder with them; the Fields were covered with Pikes, which our people regarded not: Captain <HI>Cooper,</HI> with a Company of men, was appointed to keep the Ca&s;tle, and the three Pieces of Ordnance brought to <HI>Mallow,</HI> &s;uppo&s;ed they &s;hall be brought to
<HI>Cork.</HI></P>
<P>This was the great work of the Almighty, for of our &s;ide were not pa&s;&s;ing four or five men &s;lain, and five or &s;ix wounded, which in &s;hort time may <PB N="7" REF="4">recover: Colonell <HI>Butler</HI> that was taken pri&s;oner, confe&s;&s;eth that they knew of our coming to them at lea&s;t 24 hours before, which was almo&s;t as &s;oon as the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e was conceived, And that they made nothing of us; his compari&s;on was no more, then if ten men armed compleatly, &s;hould encounter with two naked hor&s;e-boyes, And that their intent was from this Ca&s;tle, to have gone to <HI>Donnerayle</HI> and <HI>Mallowe,</HI> which in their conceits would &s;carce have hindred them an hours march; From thence to
<HI>Cork</HI> and <HI>Bandon;</HI> and from this place to have diiven us all into the Sea: And in|deed, as the ca&s;e &s;tood wi h us, what they intend|ed might have been ea&s;ily brought to pa&s;&s;e, what by the de&s;ea&s;e among&s;t our &s;ouldiers, want of pay and cloaths, the difference that was grown in <HI>Bandon</HI> between the Lord of <HI>Kinelmeakie</HI> and the Inhabitants, and to naturall rea&s;on our going thither with &s;uch a handfull of weake men to give them Battle, &s;o many in number, &s;o well Armed, and &s;o &s;trongly &s;cituated, had been to abandon our Garri&s;ons and to ha&s;ten our own de&s;truction; But as I have &s;aid it was the finger of God onely that did direct us, that his power &amp; providence in his own cau&s;e might be the more clearly di&s;cerned by us: They had all taken the Sacrament to fight it out to the la&s;t man, and it is credibly reported that the Fryars had given many of them Charms to keep them &s;hot-free.</P>
<P>One pa&s;&s;age more I may not omitt, how it
<PB N="8" REF="5">plea&s;ed God to confound them in their own pol|licy, they did po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e the Common People that all the Common Souldiers and Engli&s;h of the&s;e parts were all &s;ick and dead, and that there were not pa&s;&s;ing three or four hundred living, and that it was but &s;taying eight or ten dayes till they &s;hould have the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of all the Towns with|out &s;triking a blow; but when they &s;aw our peo|ple approaching neer, and not able to di&s;cerne what number we might be, which &s;eemed very great unto them, and &s;eeing us marching &s;till to|wards them, that the former Informations &s;troke &s;uch a terror in them, that they all cryed out, Are the&s;e the three or four hundred men living? and thereupon flung down their Arms and ran away, &s;o in every thing it is plain the Lord was our de|liverer, we &s;hall now I hope in few dayes be able to gather &s;ome relief for our Towns.</P>
<P>A Gentleman, one Ma&s;ter <HI>Ha&s;&s;et,</HI> that was a pri|&s;oner with them, under&s;tanding very well the Iri&s;h Tongue, &s;aith he heard them talk a day or two before this Battell, that the Lord <HI>Harbes</HI> and his Fleet were at <HI>Galway,</HI> and with the help of the Fort, had taken in that Town; which I believe to be true.</P>
<P>We are now at the 19 <HI>Ditto.</HI> The above is Co|py of a former, which I coufirm in each particu|lar, &s;ince our Army hath not &s;tirred in any bu&s;i|ne&s;&s;e of con&s;equence, neither have we heard of any thing done by the Rebels hereabouts; neither <PB N="9" REF="5">can we learn of any new head made by them to attempt any thing &s;uddenly,</P>
<P>Sir <HI>Charles Vava&s;our</HI> is cone to garri&s;on with two or three companies in <HI>Bandon bridge,</HI> Captaine <HI>Chidley</HI> is with him, they were with me about three dayes pa&s;t, and by Gods ble&s;&s;ing they will be now a meanes to repaire the breaches of di&s;|order which were in that Towne, and bee a great &s;ecuring to us in all the&s;e parts, we labour now to &s;ome purpo&s;e to bring in what harve&s;t wee can; it is much better with us then wee expected, it is Gods great mercy and favour towards us.</P>
<P>Inclo&s;ed I &s;end you an examination taken of a Merchant and Ma&s;ter from <HI>Bilvoa,</HI> the contents a|gree with a copie of a Letter &s;ent me by Ma&s;ter <HI>Authory Stowell,</HI> which hee &s;aith was pre&s;ented to the Committee, and by them to be &s;ent to the &s;e|verall ports in the&s;e parts now in obedience, which I have done, the Letter was written by
<HI>George Pa&s;more</HI> in St. <HI>Saba&s;tians</HI> to <HI>Humphry Tocker</HI> in <HI>Exon.</HI> and it agreeth in the &s;ub&s;tance with the ex|amination.</P>
<P>Ye&s;terday came into this Port one <HI>Captaine Erowne</HI> of
<HI>Plimouth</HI> from the we&s;terne parts, repor|teth my Lord <HI>Forkes</HI> was at <HI>Galloway,</HI> and ordered all things well in that Towne, (as he thought) and from thence came to the river of <HI>Lymbrick,</HI> and that before hee could doe any thing there, Newes was brought him that
<HI>Golloway</HI> was againe revolted, whereupon he returned againe thither
<PB N="10" REF="6">with all his forces, and that in this progre&s;&s;e &s;ome of his fleet had taken a ve&s;&s;ell that came from the coa&s;t of <HI>By&s;cay,</HI> laden with powder, ordinance, musket-barrels, and other armes, and my hope is it is true.</P>
<P>I hope the Admirall <HI>Kettleby</HI> is by this brought to an&s;were his leaving this coa&s;t when it was in mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ity.</P>
<P>I have furni&s;hed the ca&s;tle of <HI>Ca&s;tle-haven</HI> by the Lord <HI>Inchequeenes</HI> entreaty, with two pieces, ordi|nance, carriages, &s;hot, and all things compleat, and three barrells of powder, which were be|longing to the &s;hip <HI>Charles.</HI></P>
<P>Likewi&s;e by my Lord of <HI>Barrimeres</HI> command, I have delivered foure pieces ordinance, and all ap|purtenances for the fortifying of this ca&s;tle <HI>Lyons,</HI> which hath been long threatned, and often a&s;|&s;aulted by the enemy. I hope in time I &s;hall have &s;atisfaction for all, if all things goe well, if other|wi&s;e, both our &s;elves and our e&s;tates mu&s;t goe to|gether, my confidence is God will bee further glorified by us.</P>
<P>Yours the 24th of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> came lately to hand, and take notice how neere your condition is broughr to ours, it was alwayes my opinion they were twins.</P>
<P>I &s;ent you an account of my disbur&s;ements in his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice to that day, which I am con|fident you have received, but an&s;wer nothing un|to it, at which I marvell, but I &s;hall expect it by
<PB N="11" REF="6">yours next, and hope that honourable a&s;&s;embly will &s;peedily order you &s;atisfaction.</P>
<P>If <HI>William Slaughter</HI> of <HI>Crook-haven</HI> bee with you, put him in minde to petition for his hor&s;es and armes, Captaine
<HI>Kettleby</HI> keeps a hor&s;e of mine with his, very unworthily, and but by &s;ome &s;uch meanes wee &s;hall never have any recompence. forget not the &s;olicitation of <HI>Pelilong</HI> it is all the earthly meanes I depend on in Recompence of my lo&s;&s;es, and for the future maintenance of my poore di&s;tre&s;&s;ed family. This is what for the pre|&s;ent I remember, the Lord of heaven keepe and protect you and us from the evill is dayly threat|ned, if we beg and pray aright we &s;hall prevaile.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your loving Brother, <HI>Tre&s;tram Whetcombe.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD><HI>Depo&s;itions of</HI> William Lake, <HI>Ma&s;ter of the</HI> Hope-well <HI>of</HI> Foye, <HI>burden</HI> 60 <HI>Tuns, taken before</HI> Tri&s;tram Whercombe, <HI>Maior of</HI> Kin|&s;ale, <HI>upon Oath,</HI> Sept. 6. 1642.</HEAD>
<P>THis Examinate being duely &s;worn, upon the holy Evangeli&s;t, &s;aith <HI>inter|alia,</HI> That about eight dayes pa&s;t he came forth from
<HI>Bilvoa</HI> in <HI>Biskey,</HI> in compa|ny of &s;even other Ve&s;&s;els, belonging to &s;eve|rall Ports in <HI>England;</HI> And that in <HI>July</HI> la&s;t, he, this Examinate was at <HI>Nants,</HI> where he &s;aw, and did often conver&s;e with &s;everall <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Merchants belonging to
<HI>Gallaway, Blabes,</HI> and <HI>Brownes,</HI> who &s;eemed to be ve|ry plentifull in Monies, and bought a <HI>French</HI> Ship belonging to
<HI>Oldron,</HI> burden 120 Tuns, or thereabouts, 12 Pieces of Ordnance, and pre&s;ently after began to take aboard Ammu|nition of all &s;orts, the certain quantity he knoweth not; but as far as their e&s;tates
<PB N="13" REF="7">would &s;tretch they employed, and gave forth, That they intended to proceed a man of War to take
<HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> and that of as many as they could take, not a man &s;hould e&s;cape with his life; and that they &s;hould not ex|pect any quarter at all. And further &s;aith, That within few dayes after this Ve&s;&s;el was bought and divulged abroad, there came in|to the Town 3 or 400 <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> from
<HI>Paris</HI> and other places, among&s;t which were divers Prie&s;ts and Friars to this Deponents know|ledge, and &s;o many of them went aboard the &s;aid Ve&s;&s;ell as &s;he could conveniently carry; but, the certain quantitie of Ammunition, number of per&s;ons, or place where they were bound, he knoweth not.</P>
<P>He further, depo&s;eth, That one <HI>Stephen Linch</HI> of
<HI>Galaway</HI> Merchant, but of late yeers hath re&s;ided in <HI>Bilvoa,</HI> having a Ve&s;lell of about 60 Tuns, lying in S. <HI>Saba&s;tians</HI> about two Months pa&s;t, began to load her with Powder and Ammunition; the certain quan|titie of Powder he had provided, was five hundred Barrells, 40 or 50 Pieces of &s;mall Ordnance, Musket-Barrells, and Rapier
<PB N="14" REF="8">Blades: Which intention and practice com|ing to the notice of <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Merchants there re&s;ident, in a generall way they petitioned to the Governour make &s;earch and &s;tay of what &s;hould be found aboard, or in his po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion; whereupon the Governour, in&s;tead of giving a favourable an&s;wer, commanded all the &s;aid <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> to be impri&s;oned, and impo&s;ed heavy Fines upon them; and for &s;a|tisfaction of the &s;aid Pines, cau&s;ed their Cel|lers and Ware-hou&s;es to be broken open, and &s;eized and &s;old the goods therein, untill the uttermo&s;t penny of the &s;aid Fines were &s;a|tisfied; in which &s;ales the &s;aid goods were much under-valued, to the great dammage of the &s;aid Merchants: And pre&s;ently after the &s;aid petition and puni&s;hment, the <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> with the Governours approbation, not one|ly ordered the &s;aid Ve&s;&s;ell, but <HI>Linch</HI> and his adherents bought another Ve&s;&s;ell of 50 Tuns, and &s;ent both to a neer adjoyning Creek cal|led
<HI>Muttrico,</HI> where they both fini&s;hed their ladings.</P>
<P>This Deponent further &s;aith, That he was credibly informed by &s;ome <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Marri|ners <PB N="15" REF="8">that were pre&s;ent, and &s;aw when two Lighter-loads of Che&s;ts packed with Mus|ket Barrells, and Rapier Blades, were put aboard the &s;aid Ve&s;&s;ells; and that they were both full laden, and ready to &s;ail a Month pa&s;t; and as he was informed, they did de|part that Coa&s;t about 18 dayes pa&s;t, bound for
<HI>Galaway:</HI> the &s;aid <HI>Stephen Linch</HI> Imbar|qued him&s;elf, and had in both Ships about 60 Sea-men all <HI>Iri&s;h.</HI></P>
<P>This Deponent likewi&s;e &s;aith, That be|&s;ides the Ammunition (as he was credibly informed) the&s;e Ve&s;&s;ells have aboard at lea&s;t twelve thou&s;and pounds <HI>Starling,</HI> in ready Coyn, which was gathered there in the Countrey: and that every <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> man there re&s;ident, did &s;trive, and was very forward to adventure the uttermo&s;t penny of his E&s;tate in this Catholike Cau&s;e, and did boa&s;t in their common di&s;cour&s;e, what they had and would do. And being de|manded what pa&s;&s;engers came in the &s;aid Ve&s;&s;ells, &s;aith, They had aboard many pa&s;|&s;engers, but one of them of &s;peciall note,
<PB N="16" REF="9">called by the name of
<HI>Oneale,</HI> which had beene bred, and brought up in <HI>Spayne,</HI> and further he rememembreth not. <HI>Richard May</HI> Merchant came in the above &s;ayd ve&s;|&s;&s;ell, from <HI>Bilbvoa,</HI> and confirmed the above things in each particular.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Tri&s;tram Whetcomb Soffraigne.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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