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<P>A true DIVRNALL: OR A continued Relation of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Occurrences, from the 12. of <HI>Febr.</HI> to the 8. of <HI>March.</HI></P>
<P>Printed after a Coppy that was &s;ent from Mr. <HI>William Bladen</HI> of <HI>Dublin,</HI> to his Sonne re&s;ident here in <HI>LONDON:</HI></P>
<P>Shewing what overthrowes was given to the Rebells, and what good &s;ucce&s;&s;e the Prote&s;tant party had; with a Relation of the late reliefe of Trohedagh.</P>
<P><HI>Printed</HI> at <HI>London</HI> for <HI>William Bladen,</HI> and are to be &s;old by <HI>Francis Couls</HI> in the Old Baily, 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>A True Diurnall, or a continued Relation of <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Occurrences, from the twelfth of Febr. to the eighth of March.</HEAD>
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<HEAD><HI>February the</HI> 12. 1641.</HEAD>
<P>_THis day the Lord <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">bert</HI> marched out to the Deanes Grange five miles from Dublin (with &s;ome hor&s;e and foote) where were a great multitude of the Re|bels, who had great advantage of our men both of the ground and great Dit|ches, which at the fir&s;t on&s;et &s;hewed &s;ome courage to fight, but after twice di&s;charge the Rebells betooke them&s;elves to their heeles, where our men &s;lew many of them; and in one Company we &s;lew one Captaine, one Lieutenant, and one Corporall, tooke 12. or 14. Pri&s;o|ners, one of which was a Commander, they had &s;ixe Collours but all fled.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>February</HI> 14.</HEAD>
<P>This day here were hanged &s;even Rebells, and the eighth had the Rope about his neck upon the ladder; he made a Speech, that his life or death was worth no|thing, but if his life might be &s;pared, he would doe that &s;ervice which &s;hould be worth a hundred of his life, or el&s;e let him &s;uffer, upon which he was for this time pre|&s;erved, to make tryall of his good &s;ervice, which if hee did not performe, hee mu&s;t goe to the Gibbet from whence he came.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>February</HI> 15.</HEAD>
<P>This day a Rebell one of their Commanders was brought in, who on the Sabboth before drinking with the re&s;t of his wicked Companions, made a vow that the fir&s;t <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> he met with what&s;oever, he would kill and wa&s;h his hands in their bloud, which he did the next day meeting with a woman, but being neare Dublin, &s;ome of our Scots accidentally met with him &amp; brought him to our City, and upon examination he confe&s;&s;ed his cruell Murder, and this day he was hanged for the &s;ame, as hee ju&s;tly de&s;erved.</P>
<P>This day more pr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">&s;ion and men are &s;ent to &s;uccour Tredaugh, the Lord in mercy &s;end them &s;afe to them. We heard that Sir <HI>Henry Tichborne</HI> &s;allyed out of Tre|dagh, and tooke a good booty of Cowes, Corne, and Hay, which we hope is true, but it came to us by the Po|pi&s;h Rebells, otherwi&s;e we cannot heare from Tredagh by land.</P>
<P>We heare that the Lord Pre&s;ident of Mun&s;ter hath re|covered Clomell out of the Rebells hands, and hath hanged the Major, and two or three Aldermen of that Towne, for their Rebellion which is here credibly reported to bee true.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>February</HI> 22.</HEAD>
<P>This day we heare that the Lord of Mu&s;gra, and the
<PB REF="3">Lord <HI>Rouch</HI> are revolted from us and joyned with the Rebells in the County of Corke; and that our Lord pre&s;ident of Mun&s;ter is forced to goe into Corke for his &s;afety, but if there bee a &s;upply of men and munition from Bri&s;toll, as wee heare and hope there is, I doe not doubt (by the Lords a&s;&s;i&s;tance) but that they will bee &s;uppre&s;t in a &s;hort time: Mu&s;gra and Rouch have two fine Countries, and good Land, which I tru&s;t in God will be hereafter planted with true hearted <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> it is a Country of a large extent, land enough for many thou&s;ands.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>February</HI> 22.</HEAD>
<P>We heare that the Rebells have be&s;ieged the City of Cork, King&s;ale, and Bandonbridge, and it is to be feared is too true: but our confidence is in our good God the Lord of Ho&s;ts. This day here is landed a &s;econd &s;upply of &s;trength both hor&s;e and foot: and we heare and hope of more comming, which by the gracious a&s;&s;i&s;tance of our good God, wee hope Ireland will be new moulded both in Church and Common-wealth.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>February</HI> 23.</HEAD>
<P>This day more men landed here, with whom one Colonell <HI>Brimigham,</HI> a popi&s;h Colonell came and lan|ded, but he was di&s;covered, taken and committed to the Ca&s;tle. This night &s;ome of our forces purpo&s;eth &s;ome exployts, the Lord in mercy pro&s;per their enter|pri&s;es, and &s;end them &s;afe returne with victory and honour.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>February</HI> 24.</HEAD>
<P>This day wee heare our men, &s;ome foot and hor&s;e went the la&s;t night to Kile&s;tone; and by the way found two of our Towne that went to give the enemy notice of their comming to them, which were both hanged, as they ju&s;tly de&s;erved.</P>
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<P>This night our men returned back to Dublin (ble&s;|&s;ed be God) and have done good &s;ervice; wee forced the enemy out of their Trenches, out of the wood ad|joyning to the Ca&s;tle; in which wood they had intren|ched them&s;elves, al&s;o took from them two Barrells of powder, and one Barrell of &s;hot, with 500. weight of match, killed many of them that were without the Ca&s;tle, but could not get the Ca&s;tle, becau&s;e wee had no battering Peeces there, but all that could not get into the Ca&s;tle betook them&s;elves to their heeles and ran a|way; onely &s;uch as were laid fa&s;t by death, and could not run away. And we hope to vi&s;ite them ere long in another manner.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>February</HI> 28.</HEAD>
<P>This day our men are returned from victualling of <HI>Tredagh</HI> (ble&s;&s;ed be God, and have had a good &s;ucce&s;&s;e; the enemy had made a mighty Chaine of Iron with Boats, which they had &s;unke in the River: but &s;uch was the gracious providence of our ble&s;&s;ed God, that the night before our previ&s;ion was to goe up, to &s;end &s;uch a mighty Tide, which broke the Chain, &s;o that it was no hindrance to our pa&s;&s;age: they had placeda th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> peeces of Ordnance upon the pa&s;&s;age, but upon the di&s;|charge of our Pinnices the Rebels ran away from their peeces, and our men have taken the three peeces; and part of the Chaine. I &s;aw the Chaine in the Ca&s;tle of Dublin, which wanted no &s;trength, but it was the pow|erfull worke of our good God, to whom let us a&s;cribe al prai&s;e and glory to hi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> ble&s;&s;ed Maje&s;ty for ever. I could write of many other pa&s;&s;ages, but becau&s;e of the uncer|tainty of them I omit, for my de&s;ire is to write nothing upon uncertainty: for I am a&s;hamed to &s;ee &s;ome things in print, as that of birds and apparitions in the ayre to be &s;een here at Dublin is mo&s;t fal&s;e.</P>
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<P>The newes we heard of Sir <HI>Henry Tychborne</HI> i&s;&s;uing out of the Town of Tredagh, is mo&s;t certain, he brought in above eighty Cowes, one hundred Sheep, Corne and Hay, but with much difficulty: For the enemy be&s;et them Front and Reare; yet ble&s;&s;ed be God our men got &s;afe into the Towne with their pilladge.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>March the</HI> 3.</HEAD>
<P>This night our men purpo&s;e to march out upon the enemy, the Lord in mercy pro&s;per their intentions, and &s;end them good &s;ucce&s;&s;e, and a victorious returne. They carry with them ten peeces, five &s;mall and five great, but our tru&s;t is in the Lord of Ho&s;ts the giver of all victory, to whom we pray for his ble&s;&s;ed a&s;&s;i&s;tance, and gracious protection. But of this event I will, God inabling me, write in my next: for the packet is to goe in the mor|ning from hence.</P>
<P>This day we heare that our men at <HI>Bandonbridge</HI> did fally out of the Town upon the enemy, and &s;lew 105. of them, and the re&s;t ran away. We lo&s;t not one man, and onely one man &s;hot in the leg, in which, as all other, we may behold the gracious goodnes of our good God towards us. We heare that Sir <HI>H. Tychborn</HI> the la&s;t week marched out of <HI>Tredagh,</HI> and &s;lew many of the Rebells, the re&s;t ran away, &s;o that the Rebells have no hope to get that Towne. Sir <HI>Henry</HI> &s;ent to the rebellious Lords of the <HI>Pale,</HI> that they &s;hould &s;end in the Countrey to the Market with provi&s;ion, otherwi&s;e hee would &s;end for what he wanted, and take the re&s;t from them. I heard it from a good hand, and I doubt not of the truth of it, for which the Lord make us thankfull, as for al o|ther his wonderfull mercies towards us.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your loving Father, <HI>William Bladen.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Dublin: <DATE><HI>March.</HI> 8. 1641.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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