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<P>THE NEVVEST INTELLIGENCE FROM THE ARMY IN <HI>IRELAND.</HI></P>
<P>IN TVVO LETTERS: The one from the Apothecary (former|ly to the late Earl of <HI>Strafford</HI>) now to the &s;aid ARMIE.</P>
<P>And the other from a good Hand.</P>
<P>Both dated in Dublin, <HI>Febr.</HI> 1. 1642.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed <HI>February</HI> 17. 1642.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<OPENER><DATELINE>Dublin <DATE>February 1. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WE have had hopes every wind would have brought us the glad tydings of a Peace be twixt King and Parliament, now we are left to our &s;elves to &s;tand or fall, our Army is and hath been much di&s;contented for want of pay, and Officers going over continually from us, yet amid&s;t all the&s;e feares, wants, and trou|bles, the Lord hath not for&s;aken us, he &s;till goes out with our Armies, and fights our Bat|tailes, and ble&s;&s;eth us beyond expectation: the Lord ble&s;&s;e our Army that went eight dayes &s;ince to relieve <HI>Athlone</HI> in <HI>Connaught,</HI> &s;ome fiftie miles from us, lately Generall <HI>Pre&s;ton,</HI> who com|mands the Rebells forces, hath taken a Towne called the <HI>Burre</HI> or <HI>Par&s;ons Towne,</HI> being remote from us, and never relieved but once &s;ince the Rebellion, where were eight hundred per&s;ons, men, women, and children, who fought eight
<PB N="2" REF="3">dayes with the Rebells, and then approaches came neere to the walls, being no remedie, they had good Quarter; halfe their goods, money, plate, &amp;c. and &s;o are come to us: but it is re|ported, that Generall <HI>Pre&s;ton</HI> intends to fight with our men (who are neere a thou&s;and hor&s;e and foot) the Lord ble&s;&s;e them. Lately we re|ceived ill Newes for us from the King, <HI>viz.</HI> a Commi&s;&s;ion from the King to Treat with the Rebells, to heare the grievances: which cau|&s;eth great di&s;content among&s;t us, and will, we feare, be the utter undoing of us: We are in great want, provi&s;ion very &s;cant: Our Armie of &s;ea|ven hundred hor&s;e and foot, going a Cow-catch|ing into <HI>Wicklow</HI> among&s;t the mountaines and bogges, brought us home three thou&s;and &s;heep, and &s;ix hundred head of Cattle, to the great joy of us all; Fre&s;h-meate being wondrous &s;cant; a quarter of &s;mall Mutton at ten &s;hillings, egges two pence a piece, and &s;o all other things rata|bly.</P>
<P>Now the Lord <HI>Lyle,</HI> and Coronell <HI>Muncke,</HI> have undertaken to maintaine two thou&s;and men abroad in the Rebells Countrey, and put the State to no charges, but the &s;etting of them
<PB N="3" REF="3">forth, and &s;o to remaine out all this Summer, which they may doe: they are providing for it, and hand-Mills are making to grinde Corne for their men, and other things nece&s;&s;ary for them: This de&s;igne many are again&s;t, and would hin|der it, if they could: We are afraid this Treatie of peace will hinder it, No peace, no peace, to the&s;e rebellious Mi&s;creants: This is our e&s;tate for the pre&s;ent: The Lord &s;end you an end, which we feare are but begun.</P>
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<HEAD>Another from Dublin, <DATE>Feb. 1. 1642.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>I Cannot but let you know our pre&s;ent mi&s;ery, our Magazine for the Armie is almo&s;t &s;pent, our money quite gone; no pay for Souldiers, but what we (more then halfe pillaged people) doe weekly pay; and the Merchants that have corne and herrings, deliver in; our plate (what is not &s;old) halfe is to be given in, and the re&s;t, I &s;up|po&s;e, will &s;hortly be cald for; and the next will be wor&s;e. The Enemy hath gotten the <HI>Burre</HI> from our men, but have given them a faire quar|ter; &s;ome report that they are come away with
<PB N="4" REF="4">half their money; it is thought there was not &s;o little as 20000 li. in money there, all was lo&s;t for want of reliefe. I wrote you in my la&s;t, about 14. dayes &s;ince, that Colonell <HI>Gib&s;on,</HI> and Colonell <HI>Crafford,</HI> were abroad with 500. men, or therea|bouts, each, and their Armies went two wayes; Colonell <HI>Gib&s;on</HI> about the Countrey of <HI>Kildare,</HI> and that way; and returned home the 18. <HI>Jannar.</HI> without doing any thing; and Colonell <HI>Crafford</HI> came home the 20. out of the County of <HI>Wicklow,</HI> bringing with him 5. or 600 Cowes, and 2000. &s;heepe, he got that journey which he &s;pent, and brought home at twice (it is thought) neer 5000 &s;heepe from the Rebells: Never had battell with the Rebells, although their Army being about 700. Musketiers, 300. pike, and 300. hor&s;e, as it is reported, being often in &s;ight of our Army, but as I am informed, they appointed a day to fall on our army &s;uddenly, which was under command of Collonell <HI>Crafford,</HI> (for Colonell <HI>Gib&s;on</HI> was far from him) but the night before (unawares to our Army) they were drawne very neer, and lay all within a &s;mall compa&s;&s;e together, and Cap|tain <HI>Devalier</HI> with &s;ome 18. hor&s;e went forth and came in the morning on a Towne where were
<PB N="5" REF="4">300. foot, be&s;ides hor&s;e, of the Rebels that lodg'd there, and coming unawares (for they had no Sentinels abroad becau&s;e they knew their plot was not known to our men) fell upon the town, and as many as could got away, &s;up|po&s;ing all our &s;ouldiers were come upon them: but find|ing the contrary, returned; notwith&s;tanding Captaine <HI>Devalier</HI> got 5. or 6. good hor&s;es &s;adled with their hol|&s;ters but not their pi&s;tols, and kild &s;ome men, and took a pri&s;oner or 2. which told him all their plot; after that they were di&s;couraged from giving battell to our men, had not God wrought his work, our army had been in|dangered, and the la&s;t prey of cattell been lo&s;t. Collon. <HI>Crafford</HI> &s;ent mo&s;t of his men home, before he came him|&s;elf, and the report was that he was coming him&s;elf: but in the night he and &s;ome 150. hor&s;e and foot, got to Sir <HI>John Hoys</HI> hou&s;e, which the Rebels e&s;pied, but a&s;&s;oone as he and the foot were gotten in, he cau&s;ed all the Mu&s;|ketiers to cut off a part of their lighted matches, &amp; gave to the Troopers, and they marcht away with them bur|ning in their hands, whereby the Rebels thought they were all gone, whereupon divers came to that hou&s;e, and &s;till as they came in they were cut off by our Soul|diers there, &s;o they were not di&s;covered; &s;o that all the cattell which they had &s;ent over the River of <HI>Arklowe</HI> into the County of <HI>Welford</HI> for &s;afety, they brought back again to feed in the County of <HI>Wicklowe,</HI> but the next night after came back again Captain <HI>Marrow</HI> with his troop toward the River of <HI>Arklow,</HI> and Col. <HI>Crafford</HI> from Sir <HI>John Hoyes</HI> hou&s;e made forward the &s;ame way; coming very early in the morning towards <HI>Arklowe</HI> ri|ver they found the cattell that la&s;t c<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">me home, which was a great releef for the pre&s;ent, but that plentie is al|mo&s;t
<PB N="6" REF="5">forgotten, being &s;o many mouthes that gapt for it; God knows what we &s;hall do hereafter; I doubt not but others have written of our pre&s;ent e&s;tate, but the future is like to be wor&s;e God knows. The 25. went forth a Convoy to releeve my Lord Pre&s;ident of <HI>Connoght,</HI> and to bring home what men are left alive, onely they will leave a &s;mall Garri&s;on in the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Athlowe,</HI> with my Lord, as many as may onely keep the Ca&s;tle.</P>
<P>Our Armie went forth hence not above 500. foot, and 150. hor&s;e, but &s;ome &s;ay that they were to have more men by the way from our garri&s;on at <HI>Trym,</HI> they have a great charge with them of Ammunition, I pray God &s;end them his &s;peciall help from the Enemie, they are much to be fear'd, Generall <HI>Pre&s;ton</HI> being &s;o &s;trong at the <HI>Burr;</HI> I &s;hould think our mi&s;erie &s;hould move <HI>England</HI> to make peace, &s;ure I am that there is (in &s;ome that hinder it) a good affection to the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Rebellion; I pray God their coun&s;ell may not be followed, it is an ea&s;ie matter to deceive an hone&s;t heart, who think others like him&s;elf: we are much annoyed by the Rebels that lie at <HI>Manoth,</HI> in &s;ight of <HI>Kildares</HI> Ca&s;tle, and in the woods about it, we hear that Generall <HI>Pre&s;ton</HI> hath &s;ent up 1000. men to a&s;&s;i&s;t them that had it before, and to have the charge of that place (being but 10. miles from this place) but our Welch that hath kept it before, will not part with it to the Generals men, upon which there is &s;ome di&s;cord between them; In the meane time (had not this ill news come from <HI>England</HI>) our army &s;hould have this day gone thither to take up the matter, for it is good fi&s;hing in troubled waters; we had need make better u&s;e of our time then we have hitherto done.</P>
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