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<P>A TRVE COPY OF A LETTER Sent from DOE Ca&s;tle in <HI>Ireland,</HI> from an Iri&s;h Rebell, to <HI>DVNKERKE.</HI></P>
<P>And from thence &s;ent to <HI>London,</HI> by a well-wi&s;her to the advancement of the Prote&s;tant Religion.</P>
<P>As al&s;o a Copy of the League which the Captaines of <HI>London-Derry</HI> have entred into, for the keeping thereof, and the County adjoyning.</P>
<P><ADD>Jan: 12</ADD> <HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>William Hope.</HI> 1643. <ADD>1642</ADD></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>To my loving Co&s;in Cap|taine <HI>Donothy Ocane,</HI> in <HI>D&V;NKERKE.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Loving Co&s;in,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_MY former Letter about foure moneths &s;ince unto you informed you of the pa&s;&s;ages in the&s;e parts, but doubting it came not to your hand in re|&s;pect of the times, I have here writ you the briefe of the &s;ame: the Captaines of <HI>London-derry</HI> are entred in a League for defence of the City and Country adjoyning, it is the truth as neare as I could attaine by my be&s;t intelligence from thence, and I feare will prove the mo&s;t materiall peece again&s;t our de&s;igne and cau&s;e in the&s;e parts, their Companies being as valiant as any I can heare of in the Kingdome, and is &s;till upon &s;ervice with the Regiments, and oftentimes a|broad by them&s;elves in the County of <HI>London-derry,</HI> and hath annoyed my Co&s;in Collonell <HI>Shane Ocane</HI> very much, and doth keepe in <HI>Mi&s;howne</HI> that they cannot do as they would, Captaine <HI>Law&s;on</HI> and his Company hath beene &s;everall times in our Country, and hath done us much harme: he hath our Co&s;in Captaine <HI>Ro. Rout Ocane</HI> pri&s;oner in <HI>Derry,</HI> he entred the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Strabane,</HI> and killed our good friend Captaine <HI>Shane, Mac Chinee,</HI> the next morning after our Co|&s;in
<PB N="2" REF="3">Sir <HI>Philemy O Neale,</HI> left it unto Captaine <HI>Shane</HI> to ke<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">e, and one hundred of our men in it, and mo&s;t of them all <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 letters">d by the Regiments that &s;ame day, and the <HI>Derry</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> at wh<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">h time our Co&s;in tooke the Lady of <HI>Strabane</HI> with him: I wrote to you before that we might have &s;topped Captaine <HI>Law&s;on</HI> his journey when he came fir&s;t from <HI>Li&s;nagarry,</HI> about the la&s;t of November through our Country, and &s;poke then with our Co&s;in Collonell <HI>Shane Ocane,</HI> and was but three hor&s;e and him&s;elfe at <HI>Muffe</HI> upon the way, and now &s;ince, we heare he left behind him a Foote company, and a troope of Hor&s;e, and was the fir&s;t in tho&s;e parts that oppo&s;ed our Co&s;in Sir <HI>Con Mac Ginis</HI> of entering <HI>Li&s;nagarry,</HI> when the Lord <HI>Cono|way</HI> his Troope of Hor&s;e, and al the townes people left it, and the Country about, and but for him we had had <HI>Balfa&s;t,</HI> and mo&s;t of tho&s;e parts in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion; we did little dreame any &s;uch action had beene in him, if we had, we would have cut him &s;hort of his journey, but now no remedy: We have burnt mo&s;t of the Country about, onely <HI>Tirconell</HI> doth us much mi&s;chiefe, our Co&s;in <HI>Owen Mac Cart</HI> is landed here at <HI>Doe,</HI> and hath taken a Puritan Barke with Armes, we are glad of his Arrivall.</P>
<P>As al&s;o of the troubles in <HI>England,</HI> I hope we &s;hall &s;ee our de&s;ires upon our Enemies if <HI>Englands</HI> troubles continue, and be po&s;&s;e&s;t of all our owne Lands, we expect your a&s;&s;i&s;tance of Armes and Ammunition; and that all our Countrymen will come and a&s;&s;i&s;t us. I pray you write me all the newes from thence, by <HI>Watterford,</HI> or any way you can, it will come to my hand, in re&s;pect we are Ma&s;ters of the Fields. Commend me to all our Friends. I re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your loving Co&s;in, <HI>DONELL OCANE.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>From <HI>Doe</HI> Ca&s;tle <DATE>this fir&s;t of Augu&s;t, 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>THE League of the Captaines of <HI>London-Derry,</HI> for the keeping thereof, and Country adjoyning.</HEAD>
<P>FIRST, _IT is concluded by us who&s;e names are &s;ub|&s;cribed, that we will from this time for|ward &s;tand together for the &s;afe keeping of this City, of <HI>Londonderry,</HI> and Country adjoyning, and be helpfull in all things con|cerning the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Secondly, It is agreed that on the mor|row morning we will all joyne together with a competent number of our men, to expell all &s;uch <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> out of the City, as wee &s;hall conceive to be needfull, for the &s;afety of this City.</P>
<P>Thirdly, That after this is done, that a Proclamation be made that no man or woman, &s;o expelled the City, &s;hall upon paine of death returne unto this City, or make their abode within two miles of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Fourthly, That the morrow morning, we take the advi&s;e of Sir <HI>John &V;aughan,</HI> and Captaine <HI>Henry &V;aughan,</HI> we &s;urvey the Suburbs of this City, and conclude what hou&s;es are to be pulled downe and what Gardens and Orchards to be cut for annoying the enemies approach, and that the &s;ame be &s;pee|dily put in execution.</P>
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Fifthly, That forty men be &s;pared every watch night to guard the Ordnance, and the gates the next day, that is, twen|ty men of the maine guard, and twenty men of the by guard, out of the two hundred watches every night.</P>
<P>Sixthly, It is thought fit all our Companies be drawne forth into the fields, and that the Captaines and Officers &s;hall take a Voluntary oath to be true to the King and State, and to keep the City to the expence of his life, and to leave it to the re&s;t of the companies to doe the like if they plea&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>The divi&s;ion of the Walls for Each Captaines quarter to make good.</HEAD>
<P>Seventhly, Captaine <HI>Pitts</HI> to make good the Kings Bul|warke to the Ferrigate.</P>
<P>Eighthly, Captaine <HI>Thornton</HI> from the Ferrigate to Ma&s;ter <HI>Wabions</HI> Bulwarke, and they two to make good the Ferrigate.</P>
<P>Ninthly, Captaine <HI>Kilner</HI> from Ma&s;ter <HI>Wabions</HI> Bulwarke to <HI>Chiche&s;ters</HI> Bulwarke, and make good the Shipkeygate.</P>
<P>Tenthly, Captaine <HI>Finch,</HI> from the end of <HI>Chiche&s;ter</HI> Bul|warke to the Butcher&s;gate.</P>
<P>Eleventhly, Captaine <HI>Osbourne</HI> from the end of <HI>Chiche&s;ter</HI> Bulwarke to the Butcher&s;gate.</P>
<P>Twelfthly, Captaine <HI>Law&s;on</HI> to make good the Princes Bulwarke, and the Bi&s;hops gate, to the Kings Bulwarke.</P>
<P N="13">13. Who ever hath the Towne guard Captaine <HI>Law&s;on</HI> is to make good his quarter, and the Captaine of the Townes guard, to make good Captaine <HI>Law&s;ons</HI> quarter.</P>
<P N="14">14. Sir <HI>John &V;aughan,</HI> and Sir <HI>Robert Stewart,</HI> to make good the maine guard, and all inhabitants, or re&s;idents within the &s;aid City, not under the Captaines, Commands to repair to the maine guard, for the better &s;trengthening thereof and i&s;&s;u|ing
<PB N="5" REF="4">of &s;upplies as occa&s;ion &s;hall require.</P>
<P N="15">15. All women and Children, to keep within doores, and hang out lights in their &s;everall hou&s;es.</P>
<P N="16">16. Every Captaine to allow &s;o many men to the Cano|neeres as &s;hall be requi&s;ite, and to give them their names the morrow morning.</P>
<P N="17">17. Every Captaine to take the overfight of his owne quar|ter, for the repairing of the defects of their &s;everall quarters, or other fortifications, with the Gabions for the Cannoneers, which is to be done at the generall charge.</P>
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<HEAD>The Names of the Captaines.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Robert Thornton,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Simon Pits,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Henry Finch.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Henry Osburne,</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Kilmer,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Robert Law&s;on,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Hu. Finch.</ITEM>
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<P>Since the Honourable Citie of <HI>London</HI> hath &s;ent us fifteene peeces of Ordnance, and foure we had before, in all nineteene peeces, for which among&s;t other their goodne&s;&s;e towards us, wee pray the Lord reward them, and pre&s;erve them, and con|tinue his mercie with them, and divert his judgements in the&s;e evill times from them, that it may &s;till continue a City flowing with plenty for ever.</P>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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