A declaration of the Irish armie in Ulster sent to the Parlament in a letter from William Basill, Esquire, Atturney [sic] General of Ireland, which letter and declaration are ordered by the Parlament to bee [sic] printed, and were referred to the Council of State to see it don[e] accordingly : to which is added som[e] Remarques thereupon, by a private pen.
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             A declaration of the Irish armie in Ulster sent to the Parlament in a letter from William Basill, Esquire, Atturney [sic] General of Ireland, which letter and declaration are ordered by the Parlament to bee [sic] printed, and were referred to the Council of State to see it don[e] accordingly : to which is added som[e] Remarques thereupon, by a private pen.
             Basill, William.
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             Ireland. Army.
          
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               A
               DECLARATION
               OF
               THE
               Irish
               Armie
               IN
               ULSTER
               :
               Sent
               to
               the
               Parlament
               in
               a
               Letter
               from
               WIILLIAM
               BASILL
               Esquire
               ,
               Atturney
               General
               of
               IRELAND
               :
               
                 Which
                 Letter
                 and
                 Declaration
                 are
                 ordered
                 by
                 the
              
               Parlament
               
                 to
                 bee
                 Printed
              
               :
               And
               were
               referred
               to
               the
               Council
               of
               STATE
               to
               see
               it
               don
               accordingly
               .
            
             
               To
               which
               is
               added
               som
               Remarques
               thereupon
               ,
               by
               a
               private
               Pen.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 William
                 Du-gard
              
               ,
               by
               the
               Appointment
               of
               the
               Council
               of
               State
               ,
               1650.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 
                   Die
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 
                   Junii
                   28
                   ,
                   1650.
                   
                
              
            
             
               A
               Letter
               from
               Dublin
               of
               the
               20
               of
               June
               ,
               1650.
               from
               M
               r
               
                 William
                 Basill
              
               ,
               with
               a
               Declaration
               of
               the
               Nobilitie
               ,
               Gentrie
               ,
               and
               Commanders
               of
               his
               Majesties
               forces
               ,
               of
               the
               Province
               of
               Ulster
               ,
               dated
               20
               of
               Maie
               ,
               1650
               were
               this
               daie
               read
               .
            
             
               Ordered
               ,
            
             
               
                 That
                 the
                 said
                 Letter
                 and
                 Declaration
                 bee
                 forthwith
                 Printed
                 .
              
            
             
               Ordered
               ,
            
             
               
                 That
                 it
                 bee
                 referred
                 to
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 care
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 same
                 printed
                 accordingly
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 take
                 such
                 cours
                 touching
                 the
                 Printing
                 thereof
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 shall
                 think
                 fit
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 HEN.
                 SCOBELL
                 Cleric
                 .
                 Parlament
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   
                     Right
                     Honorable
                     !
                  
                
                 
                   I
                   
                     Have
                     sent
                     your
                     Honor
                     here
                     inclosed
                     a
                     Copie
                     of
                     a
                     Declaration
                     lately
                     put
                     out
                     by
                     the
                     Northern
                  
                   Irish-Armie
                   ,
                   
                     who
                     are
                     fallen
                     down
                     toward
                     the
                     Legan
                     ,
                     and
                     have
                     don
                     much
                     mischief
                     in
                     our
                     Quarters
                     there
                     ,
                  
                   Colonel
                   Venables
                   
                     write's
                     that
                     the
                  
                   Scots
                   
                     there
                     com
                     under
                     the
                     Enemie
                     ,
                     and
                     contribute
                     to
                     their
                     relief
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     hee
                     himself
                     durst
                     not
                     leav
                     those
                     parts
                     where
                     hee
                     is
                     ,
                     lest
                     they
                     should
                     rise
                     in
                     Arms.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Those
                     in
                  
                   Tecrohan
                   
                     sent
                     out
                     on
                     Saturday
                     last
                     to
                     surrender
                     upon
                     terms
                     to
                     march
                     away
                     with
                     bag
                     and
                     baggage
                     ,
                     and
                     three
                     Pieces
                     of
                  
                   Ordnance
                   ;
                   
                     but
                     their
                     Conditions
                     were
                     rejected
                     by
                     Ours
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     My
                     Lord
                     Deputie
                     continue's
                     yet
                     about
                  
                   Catherlogh
                   .
                   
                     The
                     sickness
                     exceedingly
                     increaseth
                     in
                     the
                     Place
                     ;
                     Not
                     having
                     els
                     to
                     trouble
                     your
                     Honor
                     at
                     present
                     ,
                     I
                     humbly
                     crav
                     leave
                     to
                     bee
                  
                
                 
                   
                     (
                     Right
                     Honorable
                     !
                     )
                  
                   
                     Your
                     Honors
                     most
                     humble
                     Servant
                     William
                     Basill
                     .
                  
                   
                     For
                     the
                     right
                     Honorable
                     ,
                     
                       William
                       Lenthal
                    
                     Speaker
                     of
                     the
                     Parlament
                     of
                     England
                     .
                  
                   
                     Dublin
                     
                       20
                       Junii
                       1650
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   THE
                   DECLARATION
                   OF
                   THE
                   Nobility
                   ,
                   Gentry
                   ,
                   and
                   Commanders
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Forces
                   of
                   the
                   Province
                   of
                   ULSTER
                   .
                
                 
                   WHereas
                   wee
                   are
                   given
                   to
                   understand
                   ,
                   That
                   som
                   ill-affected
                   Members
                   ,
                   for
                   private
                   respects
                   of
                   their
                   own
                   ,
                   and
                   malice
                   to
                   our
                   Partie
                   ,
                   have
                   endeavored
                   to
                   sow
                   sedition
                   ,
                   and
                   discord
                   betwixt
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   are
                   well-affected
                   to
                   his
                   Majestie
                   ,
                   both
                   of
                   the
                   Scottish
                   Nation
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   alluring
                   many
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   from
                   time
                   to
                   time
                   ,
                   to
                   harbor
                   very
                   prejudicial
                   and
                   jealous
                   thoughts
                   of
                   our
                   proceedings
                   ,
                   by
                   casting
                   the
                   calumnie
                   ,
                   and
                   asspersion
                   on
                   us
                   ,
                   That
                   our
                   intention
                   and
                   actions
                   tend
                   rather
                   to
                   our
                   own
                   particular
                   Ends
                   and
                   private
                   Aim
                   ,
                   then
                   to
                   the
                   advancement
                   and
                   preservation
                   of
                   his
                   sacred
                   Majestie
                   's
                   Interest
                   ,
                   Crown
                   ,
                   and
                   Dignitie
                   in
                   this
                   Land
                   ;
                   which
                   evill
                   practice
                   can
                   produce
                   nothing
                   ,
                   but
                   sad
                   ,
                   destructive
                   ,
                   and
                   lamentable
                   effects
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   too
                   too
                   well
                   known
                   already
                   by
                   wofull
                   experience
                   :
                   For
                   it
                   is
                   most
                   palpably
                   evident
                   that
                   the
                   like
                   unhappie
                   misconstruction
                   enforced
                   the
                   Scots
                   at
                   first
                   to
                   rise
                   in
                   Arms
                   ,
                   and
                   invade
                   England
                   against
                   his
                   Majestie
                   ,
                   their
                   own
                   flesh
                   and
                   blood
                   ;
                   that
                   occasioned
                   the
                   falling
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Irish
                   ,
                   and
                   Scots
                   in
                   the
                   beginning
                   of
                   these
                   Wars
                   of
                   Ireland
                   .
                   That
                   was
                   onelie
                   and
                   solie
                   the
                   caus
                   
                   of
                   the
                   beheading
                   of
                   his
                   late
                   Majestie
                   of
                   happie
                   memorie
                   ,
                   all
                   these
                   mischiefs
                   beeing
                   perpetrated
                   by
                   the
                   practice
                   ,
                   and
                   policie
                   of
                   the
                   Up-starts
                   of
                   England
                   that
                   this
                   day
                   trample
                   under
                   foot
                   in
                   miserie
                   ,
                   thraldom
                   ,
                   and
                   slaverie
                   ,
                   the
                   Nobilitie
                   ,
                   and
                   Gentrie
                   of
                   England
                   by
                   raising
                   and
                   exalting
                   the
                   basest
                   abortive
                   Scums
                   of
                   that
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   greatest
                   hight
                   of
                   Honor
                   ,
                   Power
                   ,
                   and
                   Command
                   ;
                   that
                   allured
                   the
                   Scots
                   hitherto
                   to
                   endanger
                   their
                   lives
                   ,
                   endeavors
                   ,
                   and
                   fortunes
                   ,
                   first
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   as
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   and
                   secondly
                   in
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   against
                   our
                   Nation
                   when
                   wee
                   little
                   exspected
                   ever
                   anie
                   such
                   sedition
                   ,
                   or
                   quarrel
                   could
                   bee
                   fomented
                   betwixt
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   they
                   having
                   once
                   in
                   their
                   hands
                   all
                   the
                   Forts
                   ,
                   and
                   Garisons
                   in
                   this
                   Province
                   (
                   excepting
                   a
                   few
                   )
                   should
                   bee
                   so
                   far
                   deceived
                   by
                   the
                   sinister
                   practice
                   of
                   the
                   Parlament
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   as
                   that
                   they
                   have
                   not
                   at
                   present
                   the
                   Command
                   of
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   in
                   all
                   Ulster
                   ;
                   so
                   as
                   consequently
                   it
                   is
                   to
                   bee
                   feared
                   ,
                   ere
                   long
                   none
                   of
                   the
                   Scottish
                   will
                   bee
                   suffered
                   ,
                   either
                   Gentrie
                   ,
                   or
                   Commonalty
                   to
                   inhabit
                   in
                   any
                   part
                   of
                   this
                   Province
                   ,
                   bordering
                   on
                   their
                   native
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   Scotland
                   :
                   All
                   which
                   wee
                   cannot
                   choos
                   but
                   sadly
                   take
                   to
                   heart
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   rather
                   ,
                   becaus
                   wee
                   see
                   our
                   fellow-subjects
                   so
                   misled
                   ,
                   and
                   with-drawn
                   from
                   their
                   obedience
                   to
                   his
                   Majestie
                   in
                   not
                   siding
                   with
                   us
                   in
                   the
                   present
                   service
                   ,
                   mis-constructing
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   evil
                   suggestion
                   of
                   others
                   ,
                   our
                   endeavors
                   and
                   intentions
                   ,
                   which
                   might
                   sufficientlie
                   give
                   us
                   an
                   occasion
                   of
                   discouragement
                   ;
                   whereas
                   our
                   Partie
                   ,
                   and
                   Nation
                   for
                   the
                   clearing
                   and
                   removal
                   of
                   all
                   past
                   mischievous
                   practices
                   of
                   that
                   kinde
                   on
                   our
                   parts
                   ,
                   and
                   prevention
                   of
                   anie
                   the
                   like
                   jealousie
                   ,
                   and
                   discord
                   hereafter
                   ,
                   Wee
                   thought
                   it
                   necessarie
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   accordingly
                   declare
                   and
                   avow
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   sight
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   God
                   of
                   Heaven
                   and
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   That
                   our
                   Intentions
                   and
                   Resolutions
                   are
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   last
                   man
                   ,
                   to
                   endeavor
                   ,
                   
                   with
                   the
                   loss
                   of
                   our
                   lives
                   ,
                   estates
                   ,
                   and
                   fortunes
                   ,
                   the
                   advancement
                   and
                   preservation
                   of
                   his
                   Majesties
                   service
                   and
                   interest
                   in
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   all
                   those
                   whatsoëver
                   that
                   prosecute
                   his
                   quarrel
                   so
                   far
                   forth
                   ,
                   as
                   wee
                   bee
                   not
                   troubled
                   in
                   the
                   free
                   exercise
                   of
                   our
                   Religion
                   ,
                   as
                   wee
                   will
                   no
                   way
                   hinder
                   or
                   trouble
                   anie
                   person
                   or
                   persons
                   of
                   what
                   Nation
                   ,
                   or
                   qualitie
                   soëver
                   adhering
                   to
                   his
                   Majestie
                   ,
                   to
                   exercise
                   ,
                   and
                   embrace
                   his
                   or
                   their
                   own
                   profession
                   ,
                   or
                   Religion
                   :
                   All
                   which
                   ,
                   with
                   Gods
                   assistance
                   ,
                   our
                   actions
                   shall
                   ere
                   long
                   more
                   expresly
                   manifest
                   in
                   the
                   view
                   of
                   the
                   world
                   .
                
                 
                   Finally
                   ,
                   It
                   is
                   our
                   intention
                   that
                   wee
                   shall
                   make
                   no
                   distinction
                   or
                   difference
                   between
                   our
                   selvs
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   Scottish
                   ,
                   or
                   other
                   Nation
                   whatsoëver
                   ,
                   that
                   now
                   shall
                   (
                   as
                   wee
                   invite
                   them
                   with
                   Heart
                   and
                   Hand
                   )
                   joyn
                   in
                   his
                   Majesties
                   service
                   ,
                   or
                   anie
                   waie
                   freelie
                   contribute
                   to
                   ,
                   or
                   countenance
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   but
                   as
                   becommeth
                   Brethren
                   ,
                   and
                   fellow-subjects
                   ingaged
                   in
                   one
                   quarrel
                   for
                   their
                   true
                   and
                   lawfull
                   King.
                   Dated
                   at
                   Charlemount
                   the
                   20
                   of
                   Maie
                   ,
                   1650.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Emerus
                       Cloughensis
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Rich.
                       Farrall
                       ,
                    
                     
                       J.
                       Lough
                       ,
                    
                     
                       In.
                       Skillen
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Ter.
                       O
                       Neale
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Alexander
                       mac
                       Donnell
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Shane
                       O
                       Cahant
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Hugh
                       mac
                       Quire
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Turt
                       .
                       Boyle
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Br.
                       O
                       Neale
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Miles
                       Swine
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Hugh
                       mac
                       Mahoon
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Owen
                       O
                       Dougherdy
                    
                     
                       Turl
                       .
                       O
                       Quin
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Br.
                       O
                       Neale
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Ph.
                       O
                       Neale
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Fer.
                       O
                       Boyle
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Br.
                       mac
                       Mahoon
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Cormock
                       Mahellen
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Cull
                       .
                       O
                       Donnell
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Jo.
                       Mr.
                       Donnell
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Jo.
                       Mr.
                       Donnell
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Remarques
               ,
               or
               Observations
               upon
               the
               fore-going
               DECLARATION
               .
            
             
               THat
               Truth
               is
               the
               Daughter
               of
               time
               hath
               been
               said
               of
               old
               ,
               and
               is
               made
               manifest
               by
               everie
               daies
               experience
               .
               What
               hath
               been
               contrived
               and
               transacted
               heretofore
               in
               Closets
               ,
               come's
               now
               to
               bee
               published
               by
               the
               Actors
               themselvs
               to
               the
               view
               of
               the
               world
               .
               It
               hath
               been
               long
               believed
               by
               those
               who
               took
               the
               boldness
               to
               examine
               those
               Acts
               of
               darkness
               (
               and
               by
               those
               things
               that
               did
               appear
               ,
               and
               were
               in
               motion
               ,
               to
               judg
               the
               things
               unseen
               ,
               and
               the
               Principles
               of
               those
               proceedings
               )
               that
               there
               was
               a
               verie
               good
               understanding
               between
               the
               late
               King
               and
               the
               
                 Irish
                 Assassines
              
               .
               And
               though
               at
               first
               they
               were
               to
               bear
               the
               Odium
               of
               their
               horrid
               and
               ever
               to
               bee
               detested
               Murthers
               ,
               and
               endeavor
               of
               the
               exstirpation
               of
               the
               English
               Name
               and
               Interest
               there
               :
               And
               for
               that
               purpose
               were
               direfully
               devoted
               to
               destruction
               ,
               and
               marked
               out
               and
               distinguished
               for
               it
               by
               Proclamation
               ;
               of
               which
               yet
               a
               special
               care
               was
               taken
               ,
               by
               the
               late
               Tyrants
               express
               Order
               ,
               that
               onely
               fourtie
               Copies
               ,
               and
               no
               more
               ,
               should
               bee
               printed
               ,
               and
               none
               of
               them
               delivered
               out
               ,
               without
               his
               like
               special
               Order
               ,
               lest
               too
               manie
               should
               know
               hee
               had
               called
               them
               Enemies
               ,
               whom
               hee
               intended
               to
               make
               use
               of
               ,
               as
               of
               his
               good
               Catholick
               Subjects
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               for
               special
               service
               ;
               when
               the
               work
               ,
               agreed
               on
               between
               them
               ,
               had
               once
               been
               finished
               there
               .
               And
               accordingly
               soon
               after
               they
               had
               acted
               their
               Butcherie
               ,
               and
               made
               that
               miserable
               destruction
               of
               the
               poor
               unarmed
               English
               ,
               whom
               the
               rare
               government
               and
               policie
               of
               that
               place
               ,
               managed
               by
               the
               Basha's
               of
               his
               Tyrannie
               ,
               had
               kept
               unarmed
               ;
               (
               for
               their
               better
               securitie
               no
               doubt
               among
               inveterate
               Enemies
               )
               And
               that
               sufficient
               forces
               were
               sent
               hence
               by
               the
               Parlament
               of
               England
               to
               
               chastize
               with
               a
               just
               retribution
               those
               bloodie
               Murtherers
               ,
               whereby
               they
               were
               like
               to
               receiv
               another
               reward
               for
               their
               good
               service
               to
               his
               sacred
               Majestie
               ,
               then
               they
               had
               agreed
               for
               ,
               and
               bee
               like
               enough
               to
               give
               eye
               for
               eye
               ,
               tooth
               for
               tooth
               ,
               and
               life
               for
               life
               ,
               They
               were
               then
               presently
               taken
               into
               his
               Protection
               ,
               and
               a
               Cessation
               made
               with
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               bee
               reserved
               for
               the
               future
               sevice
               they
               were
               designed
               unto
               ,
               namely
               the
               Conquest
               of
               Scotland
               :
               To
               which
               service
               som
               of
               them
               were
               dispatched
               ,
               so
               soon
               as
               by
               the
               drawing
               over
               of
               those
               apostatizing
               English
               who
               beeing
               sent
               thither
               by
               the
               Parlament
               ,
               to
               whom
               by
               special
               Act
               the
               managing
               of
               that
               War
               was
               committed
               ,
               for
               reducing
               that
               Kingdom
               to
               the
               obedience
               of
               this
               ,
               the
               rest
               of
               these
               good
               Irish
               could
               be
               left
               in
               a
               condition
               of
               securitie
               against
               those
               few
               English
               that
               remained
               faithful
               to
               their
               Trust
               and
               Interest
               .
               And
               how
               fairly
               they
               attempted
               ,
               and
               how
               neerly
               effected
               that
               conquest
               under
               the
               leading
               of
               Montross
               joined
               with
               his
               Northern
               and
               Western
               Mountaineers
               ,
               is
               very
               well
               known
               :
               when
               ,
               after
               several
               bloodie
               skirmishes
               beyond
               the
               Forth
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               by
               the
               total
               rout
               of
               all
               their
               forces
               at
               Kilsyth
               ,
               there
               was
               no
               place
               of
               safetie
               left
               for
               any
               persons
               of
               qualitie
               that
               were
               Covenanteers
               ,
               but
               they
               were
               forced
               to
               seek
               it
               in
               England
               .
               But
               all
               this
               is
               now
               dissembled
               and
               must
               bee
               forgotten
               ;
               And
               their
               good
               souls
               beeing
               now
               as
               full
               of
               Love
               and
               Candor
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               once
               of
               Blood
               and
               Murther
               ,
               are
               extremely
               afflicted
               with
               a
               pang
               of
               Ingenuitie
               ,
               to
               think
               there
               should
               bee
               some
               
                 ill-affected
                 Members
              
               ,
               (
               they
               say
               not
               of
               what
               bodie
               )
               
                 that
                 should
                 goe
                 about
                 to
                 sow
                 sedition
                 and
                 discord
                 ,
              
               they
               mean
               sure
               (
               for
               their
               Declaration
               is
               not
               guiltie
               of
               proper
               expression
               everie
               where
               )
               to
               beget
               some
               mis-understanding
               between
               them
               who
               have
               but
               one
               End
               ,
               Namely
               ,
               the
               Scots-Kings
               sacred
               Majesties
               Interest
               ;
               And
               they
               think
               it
               a
               
                 foul
                 Calumnie
              
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               bee
               said
               to
               have
               any
               
                 particular
                 ends
              
               or
               
                 private
                 aim
              
               ,
               but
               onely
               are
               carried
               with
               a
               single
               intention
               to
               the
               preservation
               of
               the
               said
               Interest
               .
               Wee
               should
               not
               much
               dispute
               what
               they
               affirm
               ,
               if
               they
               would
               tell
               us
               what
               this
               Interest
               is
               ,
               whether
               the
               true
               Interest
               of
               the
               late
               King
               ,
               or
               an
               assumed
               one
               ;
               for
               of
               the
               present
               Interests
               ,
               Wee
               shall
               say
               nothing
               .
               The
               true
               one
               all
               rationall
               men
               ,
               that
               are
               acquainted
               with
               affairs
               of
               State
               ,
               can
               judg
               as
               well
               as
               hee
               could
               ,
               or
               as
               they
               can
               ;
               and
               do
               believe
               that
               it
               was
               not
               for
               that
               Interest
               
               that
               so
               many
               people
               of
               the
               English
               Nation
               were
               Murthered
               and
               destroied
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Popish
               Religion
               should
               bee
               onely
               permitted
               there
               .
               But
               't
               is
               very
               probable
               the
               Interest
               that
               Tyrant
               propounded
               was
               a
               perfectly
               -
               Arbitrarie
               and
               Despotical
               rule
               ,
               which
               hee
               could
               finde
               none
               ,
               but
               they
               ,
               so
               base
               as
               to
               bee
               subservient
               to
               settle
               .
               The
               reward
               of
               their
               service
               should
               therefore
               bee
               to
               settle
               the
               Popish
               Religion
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               and
               to
               tolerate
               the
               practice
               of
               that
               worship
               in
               England
               .
               And
               to
               com
               certainly
               to
               the
               End
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Tyrannie
              
               ,
               hee
               would
               balk
               no
               way
               ;
               War
               ,
               Murther
               ,
               Poperie
               ,
               all
               acceptable
               ,
               all
               lawfull
               ;
               onely
               the
               nearest
               was
               best
               ,
               and
               ruled
               his
               election
               .
            
             
               But
               that
               they
               should
               bee
               such
               true
               and
               loyal
               Subjects
               ,
               as
               they
               thus
               publickly
               pretend
               ,
               is
               a
               little
               hard
               to
               beleev
               ;
               Wee
               must
               therefore
               examine
               upon
               what
               grounds
               they
               became
               so
               ;
               Old
               quarrels
               and
               inveterate
               feu'ds
               are
               not
               usually
               exstinct
               ,
               but
               upon
               verie
               evident
               advantages
               and
               signal
               obligations
               .
               'T
               is
               well
               known
               ,
               when
               King
               James
               had
               a
               design
               to
               make
               a
               
                 nova
                 Scotia
              
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               hee
               was
               not
               verie
               daintie
               of
               oppressing
               the
               Irish
               ,
               to
               make
               way
               to
               gratifie
               his
               unblushing
               begging
               Nation
               ;
               whose
               deep
               sens
               of
               their
               beggerie
               made
               them
               insensible
               of
               what
               ever
               they
               received
               ;
               and
               the
               obversation
               of
               the
               dreadful
               and
               hated
               Images
               of
               their
               former
               state
               of
               life
               kept
               them
               in
               continual
               fear
               ,
               that
               nothing
               could
               bee
               sufficient
               to
               assure
               them
               they
               should
               not
               again
               bee
               as
               they
               were
               :
               And
               therefore
               with
               a
               wilde
               profusenes
               ,
               which
               onely
               the
               Scots
               call
               liberalitie
               ,
               hee
               introduced
               multitudes
               of
               them
               into
               the
               Province
               of
               Vlster
               ,
               into
               those
               lands
               which
               the
               Irish
               then
               beleeved
               they
               might
               have
               deserved
               as
               well
               ,
               if
               an
               Act
               of
               grace
               had
               restored
               them
               to
               the
               possession
               of
               that
               which
               't
               was
               their
               ill
               hap
               ,
               their
               Ancestor's
               former
               Rebellion
               had
               forfeited
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               his
               known
               weakness
               and
               impotencie
               in
               giving
               ,
               that
               whole
               Province
               was
               alreadie
               possessed
               in
               their
               hopes
               ,
               and
               a
               design
               was
               laid
               in
               time
               to
               
                 have
                 in
                 realitie
              
               ,
               by
               finding
               some
               or
               other
               to
               forfeit
               also
               the
               English
               Plantations
               there
               ;
               and
               accordingly
               they
               began
               with
               that
               belonging
               to
               London
               ,
               that
               the
               strong
               Town
               of
               Derrie
               ,
               and
               also
               that
               of
               Coleraine
               coming
               into
               the
               dispose
               of
               the
               Royal
               bountie
               ,
               bestowed
               for
               the
               rewards
               of
               an
               unknown
               virtue
               ,
               might
               also
               bee
               made
               Scottish
               ,
               for
               the
               better
               securitie
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               :
               during
               all
               the
               time
               the
               Irish
               ,
               
               were
               full
               of
               Complaints
               ,
               and
               there
               was
               no
               such
               affection
               in
               them
               to
               the
               Royal
               Interest
               ,
               which
               was
               then
               to
               enrich
               his
               own
               flesh
               and
               bloud
               with
               the
               donations
               and
               distributions
               of
               the
               large
               Patrimonie
               of
               their
               Predecessors
               .
               And
               after
               the
               late
               Tyrant
               came
               to
               rule
               ,
               while
               his
               covetousness
               was
               yet
               chiefly
               in
               his
               eie
               ,
               the
               whole
               Province
               of
               Connaght
               must
               bee
               planted
               for
               satisfying
               of
               it
               ,
               That
               is
               ,
               it
               must
               bee
               taken
               from
               the
               Irish
               and
               old
               English
               (
               now
               becom
               also
               Irish
               )
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               som
               forseitures
               by
               former
               Rebellions
               ,
               and
               in
               order
               thereto
               a
               survey
               was
               made
               of
               the
               whole
               Province
               ,
               and
               there
               wanted
               nothing
               but
               distribution
               .
               But
               upon
               the
               coming
               hither
               of
               the
               Commissioners
               from
               the
               Parlament
               of
               Ireland
               in
               the
               year
               whereof
               the
               most
               part
               were
               Papists
               ,
               and
               who
               by
               the
               Queens
               mediation
               were
               received
               with
               special
               favor
               ,
               that
               whole
               business
               was
               laid
               aside
               ,
               and
               there
               was
               no
               more
               speech
               of
               the
               Plantation
               of
               Connaght
               ;
               but
               after
               manie
               secret
               conferences
               with
               the
               Popish
               part
               of
               those
               Commissioners
               ,
               with
               the
               effect
               whereof
               their
               fellows
               were
               never
               acquainted
               ,
               they
               were
               received
               into
               the
               Tyrants
               special
               favor
               ,
               and
               went
               home
               with
               great
               satisfaction
               of
               him
               .
               And
               it
               must
               bee
               beleeved
               that
               it
               was
               som
               special
               service
               they
               were
               to
               do
               ,
               for
               which
               hee
               would
               give
               a
               whole
               Province
               ,
               which
               hee
               alreadie
               accounted
               his
               own
               .
               And
               the
               first
               apparent
               Act
               of
               their
               gratitude
               for
               giving
               over
               the
               prosecution
               of
               that
               plantation
               ,
               and
               receiving
               them
               into
               such
               special
               intimacie
               was
               their
               Barbarous
               Murther
               and
               Assassination
               of
               the
               English
               ,
               and
               their
               endeavor
               to
               exstirpate
               all
               Monuments
               not
               onely
               of
               the
               English
               name
               ,
               but
               of
               every
               thing
               of
               civilitie
               ,
               that
               was
               brought
               thither
               by
               them
               ;
               and
               yet
               ,
               after
               this
               ,
               the
               same
               favors
               continued
               to
               them
               by
               that
               King
               ,
               and
               all
               endeavors
               used
               by
               him
               ,
               to
               keep
               them
               from
               just
               punishment
               for
               their
               perpetrated
               nameless
               ,
               matchless
               wickedness
               ;
               in
               Comparison
               whereof
               ,
               the
               
                 Sicilian
                 Vespers
              
               ,
               the
               
                 Parisian
                 Nuptials
              
               ,
               and
               
                 the
                 Mattens
              
               of
               the
               Valtoline
               have
               lost
               much
               of
               their
               fame
               ,
               and
               must
               give
               place
               in
               all
               thoughts
               of
               abhorrencie
               to
               the
               infernal
               actions
               of
               these
               Monsters
               .
               And
               the
               grants
               after
               made
               them
               in
               favor
               of
               Poperie
               by
               Ormond
               in
               his
               first
               Treatie
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               those
               additional
               secret
               ones
               by
               Glamorgan
               ,
               which
               his
               own
               Instructions
               take
               notice
               of
               ,
               as
               such
               as
               were
               not
               fit
               for
               him
               publickly
               to
               grant
               by
               Ormond
               ,
               his
               Lieutenant
               ,
               as
               hee
               called
               him
               ,
               
               or
               as
               the
               condition
               of
               his
               affairs
               then
               stood
               openly
               to
               own
               all
               these
               things
               (
               which
               to
               open
               largely
               ,
               were
               the
               subject
               of
               a
               Volume
               ,
               and
               can
               bee
               here
               but
               touched
               )
               do
               evidence
               beyond
               contradiction
               that
               the
               Interest
               ,
               to
               which
               those
               loyall
               souls
               do
               with
               so
               great
               candor
               and
               integritie
               adhere
               ,
               is
               the
               Interest
               of
               Poperie
               ,
               as
               agreed
               to
               bee
               made
               subservient
               to
               the
               ultimate
               Roiall
               Interest
               of
               absolute
               Tyranny
               .
            
             
               And
               yet
               these
               poor
               Scots
               must
               bee
               bored
               through
               the
               nose
               with
               a
               bulrush
               ,
               and
               made
               believ
               that
               this
               Interest
               and
               their
               Kirk-Interest
               are
               verie
               reconciliable
               in
               that
               
                 Communi
                 tertio
              
               of
               the
               King
               's
               sacred
               Majestie
               .
               And
               that
               they
               might
               well
               enough
               agree
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               not
               for
               
                 Ill-affected
                 Members
              
               that
               would
               caus
               som
               misunderstanding
               between
               them
               .
               They
               would
               make
               them
               believ
               that
               at
               the
               breaking
               out
               of
               the
               Rebellion
               in
               Ireland
               (
               which
               they
               will
               needs
               call
               a
               War
               )
               they
               had
               no
               quarrel
               against
               the
               Scottish
               Nation
               ,
               but
               't
               was
               brought
               on
               and
               occasioned
               by
               this
               partie
               working
               division
               .
               Indeed
               't
               is
               true
               that
               for
               a
               few
               of
               the
               first
               daies
               after
               the
               beginning
               of
               that
               horrid
               Butcherie
               ,
               they
               did
               forbear
               the
               Scotch
               Nation
               ,
               knowing
               their
               good
               natures
               such
               ,
               as
               they
               would
               bee
               content
               to
               sit
               still
               ,
               and
               see
               the
               English
               destroied
               ,
               so
               they
               might
               escape
               ,
               there
               would
               bee
               the
               more
               room
               for
               Colonies
               of
               their
               Nation
               ;
               And
               it
               would
               bee
               much
               more
               easie
               to
               deal
               with
               one
               Nation
               then
               with
               both
               .
               And
               also
               for
               that
               they
               knew
               the
               Scots
               had
               then
               in
               Scotland
               som
               formed
               forces
               standing
               ,
               that
               might
               in
               few
               hours
               have
               been
               transported
               ,
               beeing
               once
               at
               the
               water's
               side
               ,
               that
               might
               have
               much
               distracted
               their
               proceeding
               ,
               till
               they
               had
               made
               som
               good
               progress
               in
               their
               execrable
               work
               .
               But
               when
               they
               had
               destroied
               the
               most
               of
               the
               English
               ,
               save
               those
               in
               strong
               Towns
               ,
               and
               found
               that
               the
               Scots
               were
               onely
               upon
               Treatie
               for
               sending
               of
               forces
               ,
               which
               were
               not
               like
               to
               arrive
               so
               soon
               but
               that
               they
               might
               without
               danger
               deal
               also
               with
               them
               ,
               They
               then
               let
               Them
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               English
               ,
               taste
               of
               their
               humanitie
               ,
               as
               to
               all
               their
               gudes
               and
               gear
               .
               And
               that
               they
               did
               not
               so
               generally
               fall
               upon
               their
               lives
               is
               not
               to
               bee
               imputed
               to
               their
               Mercie
               ,
               becaus
               they
               knew
               they
               should
               die
               often
               ,
               or
               bee
               long
               a
               dying
               (
               and
               feel
               themselvs
               to
               bee
               so
               )
               by
               beeing
               compelled
               to
               return
               into
               Scoland
               ,
               believing
               that
               transmigration
               to
               bee
               wors
               then
               that
               into
               the
               other
               world
               .
               And
               yet
               now
               th●se
               Scots
               
               can
               bee
               all
               one
               with
               these
               Irish
               ,
               against
               the
               English
               ,
               for
               carrying
               on
               the
               Interest
               of
               their
               King
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Covenant
               ,
               against
               the
               Common-wealth
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               present
               Government
               of
               it
               ;
               upon
               whom
               they
               bestow
               the
               free
               expressions
               of
               their
               natural
               dialect
               ,
               dignifying
               them
               with
               the
               honorable
               Epithets
               of
               Vpstarts
               ,
               and
               
                 basest
                 abortive
                 Scum
                 of
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 .
              
               This
               dirt
               of
               theirs
               wee
               shall
               cast
               aside
               ,
               and
               not
               trouble
               our
               selvs
               to
               answer
               ,
               onely
               tell
               them
               ,
               there
               are
               none
               in
               the
               
                 Government
                 of
                 England
              
               but
               are
               descended
               from
               Adam
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               ambition
               to
               derive
               themselvs
               higher
               .
               And
               our
               envie
               shall
               never
               carrie
               us
               (
               against
               so
               evident
               demonstration
               ,
               as
               their
               natural
               disposition
               and
               constant
               manner
               of
               life
               hold's
               out
               in
               all
               their
               convers
               ,
               both
               among
               themselvs
               and
               towards
               others
               )
               to
               denie
               that
               they
               bee
               derived
               from
               a
               stem
               of
               som
               hours
               greater
               antiquitie
               ,
               unless
               anie
               could
               believ
               (
               notwithstanding
               their
               bodies
               )
               that
               they
               are
               the
               Children
               of
               that
               Father
               ,
               who
               according
               to
               the
               opinion
               of
               som
               good
               Antiquaries
               ,
               was
               creäted
               before
               this
               visible
               world
               .
               Abortive
               and
               Scum
               are
               fit
               flowers
               for
               their
               invective
               ;
               notwithstanding
               the
               Abortion
               (
               for
               the
               Scum
               wee
               shal
               not
               touch
               ,
               beeing
               properly
               their
               own
               )
               there
               hath
               been
               strength
               enough
               to
               chastize
               them
               ,
               through
               the
               assistance
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               whom
               the
               crie
               of
               blood
               is
               asscended
               ,
               and
               from
               whose
               most
               just
               and
               irresistable
               hand
               more
               judgments
               then
               one
               pursue's
               both
               them
               and
               the
               whole
               familie
               that
               they
               pretend
               to
               advance
               .
               They
               seem
               to
               bee
               sorrie
               the
               Scots
               have
               no
               strong
               holds
               in
               their
               hands
               in
               Vlster
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               are
               deprived
               thereof
               by
               the
               subtiltie
               of
               the
               English
               .
               Indeed
               when
               they
               began
               to
               unite
               with
               them
               by
               the
               setting
               on
               of
               their
               Priests
               at
               Belfast
               ,
               under
               that
               ridiculous
               stalking
               hors
               of
               the
               
                 King's
                 Interest
              
               ,
               it
               was
               time
               to
               unkennel
               that
               vermin
               .
               And
               hee
               should
               bee
               verie
               credulous
               that
               could
               believ
               that
               the
               Irish
               would
               have
               left
               them
               in
               perpetual
               quiet
               possession
               ;
               especially
               if
               they
               shall
               but
               consider
               how
               
                 George
                 Monroe
              
               ,
               who
               had
               contracted
               a
               better
               understood
               agreement
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               came
               with
               his
               forces
               from
               among
               them
               ,
               used
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Scot's
               partie
               .
               But
               this
               is
               too
               much
               for
               opening
               of
               their
               eies
               who
               will
               bee
               blinde
               ;
               let
               them
               go
               together
               till
               they
               fall
               together
               under
               the
               ruines
               which
               they
               pretend
               to
               support
               .
            
             
               But
               their
               next
               peng
               of
               good
               nature
               is
               verie
               remarkable
               ,
               by
               
               the
               violent
               working
               whereof
               they
               cannot
               choos
               but
               wondrous
               tenderly
               take
               it
               sadly
               to
               heart
               ,
               and
               are
               full
               of
               fear
               ,
               that
               ere
               long
               
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 Scottish
                 either
                 Gentrie
                 or
                 Commonaltie
                 will
                 bee
                 suffered
                 to
                 inhabit
                 in
                 that
                 Province
                 ,
                 bordering
                 upon
                 their
                 native
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Scotland
                 .
              
               Poor
               Scots
               !
               can
               yee
               swallow
               these
               Gudgeons
               ?
               do
               yee
               think
               the
               Irish
               do
               so
               perfectly
               love
               your
               companie
               for
               Presbyterie
               and
               Covenants
               sake
               ?
               or
               for
               what
               other
               good
               qualitie
               is
               it
               that
               they
               would
               never
               yet
               take
               notice
               of
               ,
               that
               yee
               are
               becom
               so
               dear
               to
               them
               ?
               Is
               there
               never
               an
               one
               remaining
               of
               all
               their
               ancients
               Clan's
               or
               Septs
               ,
               that
               can
               derive
               a
               title
               to
               the
               land
               in
               that
               Province
               ?
               They
               were
               wont
               to
               keep
               their
               pedigree
               well
               enough
               without
               an
               Herault's-office
               ;
               And
               took
               a
               cours
               their
               families
               might
               not
               bee
               extinct
               for
               want
               of
               Progenie
               ,
               which
               were
               never
               used
               to
               bee
               differenced
               among
               them
               by
               that
               nice
               distinction
               of
               Natural
               and
               Legitimate
               children
               :
               't
               is
               hard
               to
               bee
               believed
               but
               som
               of
               their
               spawn
               would
               at
               one
               time
               or
               other
               pretend
               a
               Title
               ,
               and
               (
               notwithstanding
               this
               same
               new
               dearness
               upon
               your
               Kings
               account
               )
               had
               rather
               have
               your
               room
               ,
               than
               your
               companie
               there
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               will
               make
               you
               believ
               too
               ,
               had
               they
               none
               els
               to
               fear
               or
               defend
               themselvs
               against
               ,
               but
               the
               Scots
               in
               Vlster
               ,
               or
               their
               assistance
               from
               Scotland
               .
            
             
               But
               how
               come's
               
                 Emerus
                 Cloughensis
              
               their
               Bishop-General
               (
               if
               at
               least
               the
               Declaration
               bee
               his
               work
               ,
               the
               weakness
               whereof
               agree's
               not
               with
               such
               parts
               ,
               as
               report
               hath
               given
               him
               )
               to
               bee
               in
               this
               humor
               of
               prophesying
               ?
               Perhaps
               his
               furie
               hath
               transported
               him
               into
               an
               exstasie
               ;
               or
               hath
               heated
               him
               to
               a
               temper
               of
               vaticination
               ;
               or
               rather
               ,
               perhaps
               it
               is
               for
               that
               hee
               see
               's
               in
               policie
               and
               prudence
               it
               ought
               to
               bee
               so
               ;
               and
               therefore
               beleeving
               that
               it
               will
               ,
               hee
               habit
               's
               his
               expression
               with
               the
               mantle
               of
               sear
               and
               sorrow
               ,
               to
               serv
               a
               turn
               withall
               for
               once
               upon
               those
               wretched
               Scots
               .
               But
               however
               it
               were
               no
               shame
               to
               bee
               taught
               of
               an
               Enemie
               ;
               at
               least
               wee
               may
               well
               let
               them
               bee
               our
               Remembrancers
               ,
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               may
               bee
               make
               good
               those
               Irish
               fears
               ,
               and
               remove
               those
               Scots
               ,
               if
               not
               out
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               yet
               at
               least
               so
               far
               from
               the
               Sea
               as
               they
               may
               keep
               no
               correspondence
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               their
               Nation
               ,
               which
               yet
               ,
               in
               spight
               of
               all
               ,
               will
               have
               this
               of
               favor
               ,
               that
               it
               they
               live
               within
               Land
               ,
               they
               will
               bee
               out
               of
               the
               view
               of
               those
               shores
               that
               must
               needs
               awaken
               their
               memories
               to
               unpleasant
               suggestions
               .
            
             
             
               At
               last
               they
               com
               to
               speak
               out
               without
               any
               implication
               for
               the
               removal
               of
               all
               mis-construction
               of
               their
               past
               or
               future
               actions
               ,
               Declaring
               in
               the
               
                 sight
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 their
                 intentions
                 and
                 resolutions
                 to
                 the
                 last
                 man
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 lives
                 ,
                 estates
                 and
                 fortunes
                 ,
                 to
                 endeavor
                 the
                 advancement
                 and
                 preservation
                 of
                 his
                 Majesties
                 service
                 and
                 interest
                 in
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 all
                 those
                 whoever
                 that
                 prosecute
                 his
                 quarrell
                 upon
                 the
                 condition
                 of
                 the
                 free
                 exercise
                 of
                 their
                 Religion
              
               ;
               Behold
               the
               ground
               of
               their
               former
               and
               future
               service
               to
               this
               King
               of
               Scotland
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               Father
               :
               And
               the
               price
               of
               the
               Massacre
               and
               Assassination
               of
               the
               English
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               present
               union
               and
               good
               understanding
               between
               the
               Scots
               in
               Vlster
               and
               them
               .
               They
               will
               bee
               equal
               too
               ,
               they
               will
               give
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               take
               a
               
                 libertie
                 10
                 anie
                 person
                 of
                 what
                 Nation
                 or
                 qualitie
                 soever
              
               (
               so
               hee
               adhere
               to
               their
               King
               )
               
                 to
                 exercise
                 and
                 imbrace
                 his
                 or
                 their
                 own
                 profession
                 or
                 Religion
                 .
              
               They
               that
               know
               them
               will
               not
               bee
               much
               taken
               with
               their
               Concessions
               ,
               they
               have
               here
               provided
               for
               an
               evasion
               without
               comming
               to
               their
               sheat
               Ancor
               of
               
                 fides
                 non
                 est
                 haereticis
                 servanda
              
               .
               They
               will
               have
               free
               exercise
               of
               their
               own
               Religion
               ,
               but
               allow
               onely
               to
               exercise
               and
               imbrace
               that
               of
               others
               ;
               what
               mean's
               the
               emission
               of
               that
               Modification
               
                 [
                 free
              
               ]
               if
               their
               intention
               were
               fair
               ,
               and
               the
               addition
               of
               
                 [
                 embrace
              
               ]
               which
               ,
               applied
               to
               Religion
               ,
               can
               onely
               signifie
               an
               internal
               Act
               ,
               and
               may
               bee
               ,
               when
               they
               pleas
               ,
               interpreted
               exclusive
               of
               outward
               or
               publick
               and
               free
               exercise
               :
               But
               if
               they
               mean
               fair
               ,
               t
               were
               good
               they
               would
               tell
               how
               long
               they
               have
               been
               of
               this
               minde
               ;
               or
               how
               long'tis
               since
               they
               received
               a
               facultie
               to
               make
               such
               a
               promiss
               .
               Wee
               did
               not
               exspect
               this
               holie
               year
               would
               have
               given
               anie
               thing
               of
               Indulgence
               to
               the
               Hereticks
               .
               And
               for
               fact
               ,
               wee
               certainly
               know
               they
               would
               hardly
               suffer
               Ormond
               (
               though
               their
               adored
               
                 Kings
                 Lievtenant
              
               ,
               and
               General
               of
               all
               his
               Forces
               ,
               and
               therefore
               also
               of
               their
               Forces
               ,
               if
               they
               were
               then
               the
               Kings
               Forces
               )
               have
               a
               Preach
               made
               him
               in
               Kilkennie
               by
               his
               own
               Chaplain
               (
               though
               privately
               )
               when
               hee
               was
               lately
               there
               among
               them
               ,
               although
               perhaps
               there
               would
               have
               been
               but
               little
               difference
               between
               one
               of
               their
               Preachments
               and
               his
               .
               And
               t'
               will
               bee
               verie
               hard
               for
               them
               to
               give
               an
               assurance
               that
               will
               binde
               that
               they
               shall
               not
               do
               the
               like
               hereafter
               by
               the
               Scots
               ,
               or
               anie
               els
               who
               trust
               them
               .
               They
               conclude
               they
               will
               make
               no
               distinction
               nor
               difference
               between
               themselvs
               ,
               and
               as
               manie
               of
               
               the
               Scots
               Nation
               ,
               or
               anie
               other
               that
               shall
               now
               ,
               upon
               their
               invitation
               (
               which
               they
               do
               
                 with
                 heart
                 and
                 hand
                 )
                 join
                 in
                 their
                 Kings
                 service
                 ,
              
               or
               anie
               waie
               contribute
               to
               ,
               or
               countenance
               the
               same
               .
               And
               wee
               believ
               there
               will
               bee
               no
               difference
               put
               between
               them
               ,
               by
               this
               Commonwealth
               ,
               and
               the
               Governors
               and
               Forces
               of
               it
               .
               But
               as
               they
               together
               have
               espoused
               the
               Interest
               ,
               and
               carrie
               on
               the
               designs
               of
               the
               declared
               Enemie
               of
               this
               Common-wealth
               ;
               so
               they
               must
               exspect
               to
               bee
               used
               as
               Enemies
               ;
               and
               therefore
               let
               them
               no
               longer
               impose
               upon
               the
               world
               ,
               with
               the
               dissimulation
               of
               a
               Religious
               Interest
               ,
               and
               complain
               of
               a
               persecution
               for
               conscience
               sake
               .
               This
               Declaration
               of
               theirs
               having
               taken
               off
               that
               mask
               ,
               And
               taken
               away
               from
               them
               the
               pretence
               of
               urging
               their
               conscience
               for
               a
               moderation
               of
               punishment
               ,
               or
               impetration
               of
               pardon
               ,
               they
               having
               barefaced
               owned
               another
               Interest
               ,
               the
               fate
               of
               which
               they
               must
               now
               bee
               content
               to
               suffer
               ;
               which
               if
               it
               prove
               happie
               ,
               it
               is
               more
               than
               it
               hath
               been
               hitherto
               .
               And
               it
               is
               not
               like
               to
               thrive
               much
               the
               better
               for
               their
               assistance
               ,
               upon
               whom
               their
               black
               guilt
               of
               so
               much
               innocent
               blood
               is
               like
               to
               draw
               an
               heavie
               vengeance
               from
               the
               just
               hand
               of
               that
               God
               who
               hath
               given
               it
               for
               a
               Law
               to
               these
               times
               ,
               when
               hee
               had
               rested
               from
               punishing
               the
               cruelties
               of
               the
               first
               ,
               
                 That
                 hee
                 that
                 sheddeth
                 mans
                 blood
                 ,
                 by
                 man
                 shall
                 his
                 blood
                 bee
                 shed
                 .
              
               And
               't
               is
               neither
               their
               pretences
               can
               blinde
               his
               All-seeing
               Eyes
               ,
               nor
               any
               of
               their
               combinations
               or
               conjunctions
               avoid
               the
               powerful
               executions
               of
               his
               irrefistible
               Arm
               ,
               by
               the
               mightie
               goings
               out
               whereof
               hee
               will
               abate
               every
               Pride
               and
               Tyrannie
               that
               think
               's
               to
               exalt
               it self
               against
               the
               providential
               dispensations
               of
               his
               infinite
               wisdom
               carrying
               on
               his
               work
               ,
               his
               
                 strange
                 work
              
               in
               this
               last
               period
               ,
               verging
               towards
               the
               end
               ,
               and
               consummation
               of
               all
               things
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 SInce
                 the
                 former
                 part
                 hereof
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 Press
                 ,
                 the
                 following
                 Relation
                 is
                 com
                 to
                 hand
                 ,
                 which
                 conteining
                 the
                 Historie
                 of
                 the
                 proceeding
                 of
                 this
                 Irish
                 Armie
                 ,
                 since
                 their
                 last
                 comming
                 into
              
               Ulster
               ,
               
                 until
                 they
                 were
                 destroyed
                 ,
                 I
                 thought
                 it
                 necessarie
                 to
                 publish
                 it
                 with
                 their
                 Declaration
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 rather
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 men
                 may
                 take
                 notice
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 constant
                 going
                 on
                 of
                 Providence
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 anie
                 undertake
                 the
                 Caus
                 of
                 that
                 accursed
                 familie
                 ,
                 which
                 lie's
                 under
                 direful
                 fates
                 ,
                 they
                 presentlie
                 fall
                 under
                 the
                 same
                 Curs
                 and
                 speed
                 accordingly
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               A
               perfect
               Relation
               of
               the
               total
               Overthrow
               of
               the
               
                 Irish
                 Armie
              
               in
               Ulster
               ,
               by
               my
               Lord
               President
               of
               Connaught
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     SIR
                     !
                  
                
                 
                   I
                   Have
                   somtime
                   since
                   divorced
                   
                     Virgil's
                     Aeneids
                  
                   from
                   his
                   
                     Georgicks
                     .
                     Arma
                     virúmque
                     cano
                  
                   —
                   sound
                   's
                   in
                   my
                   ears
                   as
                   the
                   Cataracts
                   of
                   Nilus
                   ,
                   when
                   
                     Tityre
                     tu
                     patulae
                  
                   yield's
                   to
                   no
                   aër
                   ,
                   but
                   of
                   a
                   Psalm
                   .
                   SIR
                   !
                   could
                   I
                   resist
                   your
                   sweet
                   violence
                   I
                   suffer
                   from
                   you
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   force
                   my
                   weaned
                   temper
                   to
                   the
                   Relation
                   of
                   a
                   Battel
                   ,
                   it
                   com's
                   so
                   near
                   Lot's
                   wife
                   looking
                   over
                   her
                   shoulder
                   .
                   Besides
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   this
                   late
                   Overthrow
                   given
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   of
                   Connaught
                   to
                   the
                   Armie
                   of
                   Ulster
                   will
                   cross
                   the
                   Seas
                   with
                   emulation
                   of
                   Letters
                   ,
                   which
                   shall
                   have
                   the
                   Van
                   :
                   yet
                   it
                   beeing
                   the
                   first
                   complete
                   Victorie
                   ,
                   and
                   ,
                   in
                   this
                   conjuncture
                   of
                   time
                   ,
                   deriving
                   such
                   important
                   consequences
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   offer
                   it
                   you
                   in
                   the
                   draught
                   of
                   a
                   Landscape
                   :
                   for
                   truly
                   to
                   attempt
                   a
                   draught
                   of
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   life
                   ,
                   I
                   might
                   as
                   profitably
                   whisper
                   to
                   the
                   slain
                   carcasses
                   to
                   react
                   their
                   own
                   Tragedies
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   SIR
                   !
                   I
                   must
                   not
                   bring
                   you
                   presently
                   upon
                   the
                   field
                   to
                   view
                   the
                   corps
                   ;
                   Rarities
                   are
                   not
                   to
                   bee
                   presented
                   to
                   the
                   exspectation
                   in
                   the
                   bud
                   ,
                   but
                   full
                   blown
                   :
                   and
                   certainly
                   Canaan
                   was
                   more
                   welcom
                   and
                   beautiful
                   for
                   the
                   Spiral
                   March
                   the
                   Israêlites
                   made
                   thorow
                   the
                   Wilderness
                   :
                   and
                   truly
                   that
                   soliditie
                   of
                   Conduct
                   ,
                   and
                   dexteritie
                   in
                   arresting
                   alladvantages
                   that
                   preceded
                   the
                   Battel
                   ,
                   weigh-equal
                   in
                   my
                   scales
                   with
                   the
                   Victorie
                   it self
                   .
                   For
                   my
                   L.
                   President
                   of
                   Connaught
                   was
                   match'd
                   with
                   a
                   person
                   of
                   as
                   signal
                   abilities
                   as
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   afforded
                   ,
                   the
                   Bishop
                   of
                   Chogher
                   ,
                   a
                   man
                   of
                   a
                   deep
                   judgment
                   ,
                   quick
                   apprehension
                   ,
                   indefatigable
                   spirit
                   ,
                   readie
                   execution
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   qualified
                   with
                   as
                   handsom
                   a
                   compacted
                   Armie
                   to
                   actuate
                   his
                   designs
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   have
                   seen
                   in
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   .
                   Hee
                   was
                   the
                   Irish
                   Adam
                   ;
                   for
                   they
                   stood
                   and
                   fell
                   in
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   the
                   14
                   th
                   of
                   April
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   rendezvouz'd
                   the
                   forces
                   quartered
                   in
                   the
                   Laggan
                   ,
                   having
                   sent
                   Orders
                   to
                   Colonel
                   Venables
                   to
                   do
                   the
                   like
                   with
                   those
                   quartered
                   in
                   the
                   Claneboys
                   ,
                   appointing
                   their
                   general
                   rendezvouz
                   about
                   Charlemont
                   with
                   all
                   speed
                   .
                   The
                   Enemie
                   with
                   no
                   less
                   vigilance
                   draweth
                   to
                   an
                   head
                   about
                   Monaglan
                   ,
                   seeking
                   to
                   make
                   good
                   som
                   quarter
                   about
                   Charlemont
                   ,
                   whereby
                   to
                   disappoint
                   the
                   Conjunction
                   of
                   our
                   forces
                   .
                   My
                   L.
                   President
                   resolv's
                   to
                   advance
                   upon
                   the
                   Bishop
                   ,
                   &
                   to
                   crush
                   his
                   Armie
                   before
                   it
                   grew
                   to
                   sinewey
                   .
                   But
                   what
                   my
                   Lord
                   intended
                   to
                   have
                   don
                   by
                   retale
                   ,
                   God
                   ordered
                   for
                   whole-sale
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   this
                   instant
                   of
                   time
                   my
                   Lord
                   understand's
                   that
                   a
                   Partie
                   of
                   the
                   Bishops
                   had
                   surprized
                   the
                   Castle
                   and
                   Fort
                   of
                   Toom
                   ,
                   which
                   commanded
                   the
                   passage
                   ,
                   where
                   
                     Lough
                     Neauf
                  
                   run's
                   into
                   the
                   Banna
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   passed
                   over
                   a
                   partie
                   of
                   Hors
                   and
                   Foot
                   into
                   the
                   Countrie
                   of
                   Antrim
                   .
                   This
                   was
                   a
                   sad
                   check
                   ;
                   it
                   gain'd
                   time
                   to
                   the
                   Bishop
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   divided
                   our
                   forces
                   :
                   for
                   Venables
                   was
                   ordered
                   back
                   ,
                   to
                   take
                   it
                   in
                   :
                   My
                   Lord
                   in
                   the
                   interim
                   marcheth
                   all
                   by
                   the
                   Lough
                   side
                   on
                   Tyrone
                   ,
                   both
                   to
                   prey
                   their
                   Kireaughts
                   which
                   lay
                   in
                   those
                   great
                   fastnages
                   of
                   Glankankan
                   which
                   were
                   guarded
                   with
                   som
                   five
                   troops
                   of
                   hors
                   ,
                   and
                   Colonel
                   
                     Phil.
                     Mac
                     Touls
                  
                   Regiment
                   ,
                   
                     Turlough
                     Mac
                     Art
                     Oges
                  
                   Regiment
                   ,
                   and
                   General
                   Major
                   
                     O
                     Lanes
                  
                   Regiment
                   :
                   as
                   also
                   to
                   ingage
                   those
                   Regiments
                   so
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   might
                   not
                   infest
                   Venables
                   at
                   Toom
                   :
                   and
                   accordingly
                   my
                   Lord
                   did
                   fetch
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   preys
                   from
                   them
                   ,
                   which
                   gave
                   much
                   refreshment
                   to
                   his
                   men
                   ,
                   skirmish't
                   and
                   kill'd
                   divers
                   of
                   those
                   Regiments
                   ,
                   and
                   return's
                   again
                   to
                   Draganon
                   ,
                   to
                   let
                   the
                   Bishop
                   see
                   hee
                   would
                   not
                   quit
                   him
                   his
                   ground
                   ,
                   though
                   single
                   .
                   Toom
                   yield's
                   to
                   Venables
                   ,
                   after
                   it
                   withstood
                   a
                   strong
                   Batterie
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Mortar-piece
                   upon
                   quarter
                   ,
                   and
                   beeing
                   reintrencht
                   ,
                   could
                   not
                   have
                   been
                   gain'd
                   without
                   loss
                   of
                   Foot
                   ,
                   of
                   which
                   my
                   Lord
                   stood
                   most
                   in
                   need
                   of
                   .
                   The
                   Bishop's
                   Armie
                   by
                   this
                   time
                   grew
                   round
                   and
                   thick
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   forced
                   to
                   retire
                   towards
                   Omagh
                   for
                   som
                   provisions
                   ,
                   which
                   hee
                   had
                   sent
                   up
                   thither
                   to
                   supplie
                   his
                   forces
                   withal
                   :
                   so
                   the
                   Bishop
                   advanceth
                   about
                   Charlemont
                   :
                   and
                   now
                   it
                   is
                   an
                   hard
                   game
                   to
                   bring
                   my
                   Lord
                   and
                   Veuables
                   together
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Bishop
                   was
                   too
                   hard
                   a
                   match
                   for
                   anie
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   although
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   with
                   the
                   
                     Lag
                     gan
                  
                   forces
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Brother
                   .
                   
                     Audly
                     Coots
                  
                   Regiment
                   of
                   Hors
                   kept
                   the
                   field
                   against
                   him
                   ,
                   held
                   him
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   dailie
                   with
                   his
                   hors
                   rode
                   to
                   seek
                   advantage
                   upon
                   him
                   ;
                   but
                   could
                   neither
                   finde
                   ,
                   nor
                   force
                   anie
                   ;
                   his
                   quarters
                   were
                   too
                   strong
                   :
                   my
                   Lord
                   perceiving
                   the
                   Bishop
                   would
                   not
                   quit
                   that
                   ground
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   which
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   forcing
                   of
                   him
                   ,
                   (
                   it
                   was
                   the
                   same
                   ground
                   that
                   
                     Owen
                     Mac
                     Art
                  
                   encamped
                   in
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   General
                   Major
                   Monroe
                   ,
                   and
                   wee
                   lay
                   about
                   
                   him
                   with
                   10000
                   men
                   ,
                   and
                   hee
                   march't
                   away
                   in
                   spight
                   of
                   us
                   )
                   and
                   that
                   his
                   provisions
                   grew
                   low
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   men
                   discouraged
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   overture
                   of
                   service
                   could
                   bee
                   made
                   ,
                   he
                   retired
                   into
                   the
                   Countrie
                   .
                   Now
                   the
                   Bishop
                   advanceth
                   and
                   keepeth
                   the
                   Mountain-way
                   from
                   Charlemount
                   to
                   Dungeven
                   (
                   the
                   places
                   the
                   ordinarie
                   Map
                   wil
                   shew
                   you
                   )
                   by
                   which
                   means
                   still
                   Venabls
                   &
                   my
                   Lord
                   are
                   disjoyned
                   ;
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   not
                   able
                   on
                   that
                   ground
                   to
                   serv
                   with
                   his
                   hors
                   ,
                   sent
                   Orders
                   to
                   all
                   the
                   Countrie
                   to
                   put
                   over
                   their
                   goods
                   &
                   remove
                   themselvs
                   on
                   this
                   side
                   Lough-foyle
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   means
                   the
                   Bishops
                   Armie
                   was
                   streightned
                   for
                   Victuals
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Corn
                   being
                   in
                   the
                   ground
                   the
                   Countrie
                   suffered
                   but
                   little
                   .
                   Dungeven
                   only
                   was
                   taken
                   in
                   by
                   storm
                   ,
                   and
                   defended
                   gallantly
                   by
                   Lieutenant
                   Col.
                   
                     Michaël
                     Beresford
                  
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   last
                   man
                   :
                   Ballicastle
                   was
                   as
                   poultron-like
                   delivered
                   :
                   and
                   Limavaddy
                   Castle
                   ,
                   belonging
                   to
                   Major
                   Philips
                   ,
                   was
                   only
                   attempted
                   by
                   menacing
                   parties
                   ,
                   Major
                   Philips
                   having
                   resolutely
                   burnt
                   all
                   his
                   out
                   houses
                   ,
                   or
                   anie
                   thing
                   that
                   might
                   advantage
                   the
                   Enemies
                   covert-approach
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   encamped
                   on
                   the
                   other
                   side
                   of
                   the
                   River
                   of
                   Strabane
                   and
                   Neauf
                   at
                   28
                   miles
                   distance
                   from
                   Dungeven
                   ,
                   twice
                   or
                   thrice
                   beat
                   up
                   his
                   Guards
                   :
                   but
                   the
                   Bishops
                   Armie
                   was
                   all
                   encamped
                   upon
                   a
                   shaking
                   bogg
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   had
                   ,
                   upon
                   his
                   retiring
                   from
                   the
                   Omagh
                   ,
                   commanded
                   Major
                   King
                   with
                   three
                   Troops
                   of
                   hors
                   to
                   Eleskillin
                   ,
                   and
                   Major
                   Read
                   with
                   300
                   foot
                   both
                   to
                   Garrison
                   the
                   place
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   make
                   a
                   division
                   by
                   falling
                   into
                   their
                   Quarters
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   cut
                   of
                   their
                   Convoyes
                   of
                   Victuals
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   dailie
                   recruits
                   the
                   Bishop
                   exspected
                   ;
                   which
                   was
                   performed
                   by
                   Major
                   King
                   ,
                   with
                   much
                   diligence
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   master-point
                   was
                   all
                   this
                   while
                   how
                   to
                   work
                   a
                   conjunction
                   of
                   the
                   Claneboye's
                   forces
                   :
                   for
                   my
                   Lord
                   resolved
                   ,
                   
                   if
                   it
                   could
                   bee
                   effected
                   ,
                   immediately
                   to
                   put
                   it
                   to
                   a
                   day
                   :
                   and
                   the
                   Bishop
                   knew
                   not
                   well
                   how
                   to
                   enter
                   the
                   Countrie
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   least
                   feared
                   it
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   so
                   ordering
                   himself
                   ,
                   that
                   nothing
                   could
                   bee
                   got
                   without
                   fighting
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   upon
                   disadvantage
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   being
                   now
                   upon
                   the
                   Defensive
                   .
                   There
                   is
                   a
                   passage
                   close
                   under
                   Lifford
                   called
                   Clanlee
                   ,
                   fordable
                   over
                   
                     Lough
                     foyle
                  
                   ,
                   though
                   verie
                   much
                   disused
                   .
                   The
                   Bishop
                   over
                   this
                   intended
                   to
                   fall
                   in
                   behinde
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   to
                   shut
                   him
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Countrie
                   .
                   This
                   that
                   the
                   Bishop
                   thought
                   his
                   master-piece
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   made
                   use
                   of
                   to
                   his
                   destruction
                   ;
                   for
                   my
                   Lord
                   dissembled
                   the
                   knowledg
                   of
                   it
                   :
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   under
                   pretence
                   that
                   the
                   Souldierie
                   did
                   straggle
                   into
                   the
                   Countrie-houses
                   ,
                   beeing
                   so
                   neer
                   ,
                   advis'd
                   them
                   to
                   retire
                   behind
                   Breag-dough
                   ,
                   another
                   strong
                   pass
                   behinde
                   this
                   Chanlee
                   3
                   miles
                   ,
                   and
                   made
                   himself
                   readie
                   ,
                   that
                   assoon
                   as
                   the
                   Bishop
                   should
                   enter
                   Clanlee-pass
                   with
                   his
                   Armie
                   ,
                   hee
                   would
                   rise
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   good
                   Breag-dough
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   the
                   Bishop
                   should
                   finde
                   nothing
                   but
                   trouble
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   now
                   Venables
                   men
                   being
                   readie
                   at
                   Colerain
                   ,
                   should
                   march
                   to
                   Derry
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   ferry
                   over
                   .
                   This
                   was
                   so
                   handsomly
                   managed
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   my
                   Lords
                   forces
                   saw
                   the
                   Enemie
                   at
                   
                   Clanlee-foard
                   ,
                   they
                   thought
                   the
                   Countrie
                   lost
                   ,
                   when
                   it
                   was
                   the
                   first
                   step
                   to
                   his
                   safety
                   .
                   The
                   Bishop
                   ,
                   to
                   carrie
                   his
                   intention
                   the
                   closer
                   ,
                   marched
                   up
                   past
                   Clanlee
                   to
                   Strabane
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   hee
                   would
                   force
                   his
                   passage
                   upon
                   my
                   Lord
                   that
                   way
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   send
                   's
                   parties
                   over
                   the
                   River
                   ,
                   skirmisheth
                   ,
                   beat
                   's
                   his
                   Hors
                   to
                   their
                   Foot
                   :
                   so
                   the
                   Bishop
                   retire's
                   as
                   if
                   hee
                   would
                   encamp
                   above
                   Clanlee
                   ,
                   and
                   ,
                   after
                   a
                   little
                   halt
                   ,
                   rusheth
                   into
                   the
                   Lough
                   with
                   Hors
                   and
                   Foot
                   :
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   instant
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   riseth
                   ,
                   and
                   marcheth
                   to
                   Breagh-dough
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   pass
                   the
                   Irish
                   strove
                   hard
                   :
                   My
                   Lord
                   dispatcheth
                   away
                   to
                   Colerain
                   for
                   
                   Claneboys
                   men
                   to
                   advance
                   to
                   Derry
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   hee
                   would
                   engage
                   the
                   Enemie
                   so
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   should
                   not
                   return
                   to
                   stop
                   them
                   .
                   The
                   Bishop
                   was
                   verie
                   angrie
                   to
                   bee
                   thus
                   deluded
                   ;
                   drawe's
                   all
                   his
                   hors
                   and
                   foot
                   into
                   Battalia
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   hee
                   would
                   give
                   battell
                   ,
                   faceth
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   drew
                   up
                   his
                   ,
                   who
                   had
                   onlie
                   his
                   own
                   Regiment
                   of
                   Hors
                   ,
                   and
                   four
                   Troops
                   of
                   Col.
                   
                     Rich.
                     Coots
                  
                   (
                   his
                   other
                   being
                   with
                   major
                   King
                   )
                   and
                   about
                   300.
                   
                   Countrie
                   hors
                   commanded
                   by
                   Colonel
                   Sanderson
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   a
                   1000
                   foot
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Regiment
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   brother
                   Colonel
                   
                     Thomas
                     Coots
                  
                   Regiment
                   ,
                   they
                   continued
                   9
                   or
                   10
                   hours
                   pickering
                   :
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   had
                   no
                   reason
                   to
                   fight
                   ,
                   for
                   hee
                   was
                   sure
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   accession
                   of
                   Venables
                   forces
                   speedily
                   ;
                   So
                   the
                   Bishop
                   towards
                   evening
                   began
                   to
                   draw
                   off
                   his
                   Armie
                   towards
                   the
                   Pass
                   :
                   my
                   Lord
                   well
                   supposing
                   that
                   the
                   Bishop
                   (
                   finding
                   that
                   hee
                   had
                   no
                   ways
                   advantag'd
                   himself
                   )
                   might
                   draw
                   over
                   to
                   prevent
                   the
                   conjuncture
                   with
                   Venables
                   ,
                   fell
                   to
                   a
                   dispute
                   with
                   the
                   Bishop
                   in
                   hors-logick
                   ,
                   charging
                   him
                   home
                   with
                   4
                   Troops
                   of
                   hors
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   Irish
                   verie
                   gallantly
                   recieved
                   :
                   in
                   it
                   Captain
                   Tailor
                   of
                   our
                   side
                   was
                   kil'd
                   in
                   the
                   midst
                   of
                   their
                   Pikes
                   ,
                   Capt.
                   Carchart
                   shot
                   very
                   dangerously
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   8
                   Troopers
                   :
                   the
                   Enemie
                   lost
                   about
                   60
                   men
                   ,
                   and
                   divers
                   sorely
                   wounded
                   .
                   The
                   hot
                   charges
                   from
                   so
                   small
                   a
                   partie
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   bad
                   ground
                   ,
                   made
                   the
                   Irish
                   march
                   the
                   mountainest
                   ground
                   they
                   could
                   find
                   to
                   Litterkenny
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   coasting
                   by
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   keeping
                   the
                   Countrie
                   under
                   his
                   protection
                   By
                   this
                   time
                   Venables
                   foot
                   being
                   about
                   a
                   1000
                   are
                   com
                   to
                   Derry
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   and
                   they
                   are
                   joyn'd
                   ,
                   &
                   they
                   advance
                   upon
                   the
                   enemie
                   now
                   at
                   Litterkenny
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   understanding
                   that
                   the
                   Bishop
                   had
                   sent
                   off
                   a
                   partie
                   into
                   Kilmacrenan
                   to
                   take
                   in
                   Dee
                   ,
                   &
                   to
                   fetch
                   in
                   provision
                   ,
                   thought
                   it
                   not
                   fit
                   to
                   let
                   the
                   opportunitie
                   slipof
                   
                   fighting
                   him
                   ;
                   so
                   upon
                   the
                   21
                   June
                   at
                   
                     Schear
                     follis
                  
                   two
                   miles
                   above
                   Litterkenny
                   ,
                   they
                   both
                   imbattail'd
                   ;
                   the
                   Irish
                   were
                   about
                   4000
                   foot
                   and
                   400
                   hors
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   about
                   2000
                   foot
                   and
                   800.
                   horse
                   ;
                   the
                   Irish
                   were
                   in
                   gross
                   Battalia's
                   my
                   Lord
                   drew
                   up
                   his
                   in
                   smal
                   ones
                   handsomly
                   ,
                   dispos'd
                   to
                   succour
                   one
                   another
                   .
                   The
                   forlorns
                   incounter
                   fiercely
                   on
                   both
                   sides
                   ,
                   till
                   at
                   last
                   all
                   hands
                   were
                   ingag'd
                   at
                   push
                   of
                   Pike
                   ,
                   and
                   clubbing
                   of
                   Muskets
                   ;
                   the
                   Gronnd
                   was
                   such
                   that
                   my
                   Lords
                   hors
                   ,
                   nor
                   the
                   Enemies
                   could
                   encounter
                   each
                   other
                   ,
                   or
                   my
                   Lords
                   hors
                   charge
                   their
                   foot
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   smalness
                   of
                   my
                   Lords
                   divisions
                   ,
                   were
                   easilie
                   rallied
                   ,
                   moved
                   nimblie
                   ,
                   whilst
                   the
                   Enemies
                   gross
                   of
                   infantrie
                   fought
                   themselvs
                   into
                   a
                   rout
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   last
                   into
                   a
                   flight
                   :
                   but
                   what
                   hors
                   my
                   Lord
                   order'd
                   for
                   a
                   rescue
                   ,
                   followed
                   the
                   execution
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   as
                   noble
                   a
                   one
                   ,
                   &
                   victorious
                   as
                   ever
                   was
                   in
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   .
                   They
                   lost
                   all
                   their
                   Arms
                   and
                   provisions
                   of
                   the
                   field
                   .
                   They
                   have
                   lost
                   all
                   their
                   Officers
                   and
                   all
                   their
                   men
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   hath
                   made
                   a
                   List
                   which
                   I
                   have
                   sent
                   you
                   ,
                   but
                   Sir
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   impossible
                   for
                   him
                   to
                   know
                   it
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   execution
                   hath
                   been
                   33
                   miles
                   from
                   the
                   place
                   hee
                   fought
                   in
                   ;
                   for
                   Major
                   King
                   being
                   at
                   Elleskellin
                   with
                   those
                   Irish
                   ,
                   fell
                   on
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Presidents
                   orders
                   sent
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   defeat
                   betwixt
                   that
                   and
                   the
                   Omagh
                   ;
                   and
                   hath
                   slain
                   manie
                   hundreds
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   my
                   Lord
                   had
                   compleated
                   his
                   List
                   ,
                   Major
                   King
                   took
                   the
                   Bishop
                   on
                   the
                   25
                   of
                   this
                   moneth
                   and
                   200
                   hors
                   ,
                   and
                   scatter'd
                   and
                   kil'd
                   all
                   the
                   rest
                   ,
                   who
                   escaped
                   the
                   execution
                   of
                   the
                   field
                   :
                   it
                   's
                   possible
                   that
                   a
                   fortnight
                   hence
                   wee
                   may
                   know
                   the
                   Officers
                   ;
                   But
                   I
                   ,
                   who
                   have
                   spoken
                   with
                   the
                   protected
                   people
                   am
                   certain
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   can
                   not
                   learn
                   of
                   a
                   100
                   men
                   escapid
                   ,
                   and
                   som
                   3
                   or
                   4
                   Officers
                   ,
                   whereof
                   Sir
                   
                     Philem
                     Oneale
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Alex.
                     Mac-donnell
                  
                   (
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Antrims
                   brother
                   are
                   two
                   :
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   lost
                   one
                   Captain
                   about
                   seven
                   men
                   ,
                   Col.
                   Fennicks
                   shot
                   ,
                   Major
                   
                     Hary
                     Gore
                  
                   shot
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Gore
                   and
                   Ensign
                   Gere
                   hurt
                   with
                   Pikes
                   ;
                   and
                   som
                   common
                   Souldiers
                   hurt
                   at
                   push
                   of
                   Pike
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   holds
                   of
                   Bellicastle
                   ,
                   and
                   Dungeven
                   ,
                   and
                   Lifford
                   which
                   they
                   
                   had
                   fortified
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   quitted
                   .
                   Thus
                   God
                   hath
                   wrought
                   a
                   great
                   deliverance
                   ,
                   first
                   to
                   us
                   in
                   these
                   parts
                   ,
                   who
                   ,
                   certainly
                   if
                   my
                   Lord
                   had
                   miscarried
                   ,
                   had
                   been
                   al
                   put
                   to
                   the
                   sword
                   ;
                   and
                   next
                   unto
                   the
                   whole
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   this
                   beeing
                   the
                   Armado
                   the
                   Irish
                   relied
                   upon
                   .
                   It
                   was
                   not
                   onely
                   the
                   greatest
                   strength
                   of
                   Foot
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   Ireland
                   had
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   Foot
                   likewise
                   whose
                   merit
                   they
                   esteemed
                   much
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   were
                   the
                   first
                   that
                   began
                   the
                   Rebellion
                   ,
                   that
                   continued
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   these
                   are
                   they
                   (
                   praised
                   bee
                   God
                   )
                   that
                   have
                   ended
                   it
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   is
                   immediately
                   for
                   the
                   field
                   ,
                   though
                   these
                   ten
                   weeks
                   hee
                   hath
                   been
                   in
                   constant
                   action
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   put
                   to
                   as
                   hard
                   streights
                   to
                   preserv
                   the
                   Province
                   of
                   Ulster
                   ,
                   as
                   ever
                   anie
                   one
                   hath
                   been
                   ;
                   and
                   truly
                   an
                   ordinarie
                   spirit
                   would
                   have
                   fainted
                   under
                   the
                   work
                   .
                   His
                   experience
                   is
                   best
                   able
                   to
                   represent
                   his
                   own
                   wants
                   ,
                   though
                   they
                   are
                   palpable
                   enough
                   ;
                   no
                   man
                   ever
                   served
                   masters
                   upon
                   a
                   cheaper
                   rate
                   ;
                   and
                   had
                   not
                   the
                   forces
                   under
                   him
                   a
                   cleer
                   apprehension
                   of
                   his
                   self-racking
                   to
                   supplie
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   affairs
                   in
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   by
                   my
                   dial
                   ,
                   would
                   have
                   gon
                   back
                   manie
                   degrees
                   .
                   S
                   r
                   ,
                   though
                   I
                   have
                   tired
                   you
                   ,
                   you
                   would
                   bee
                   content
                   to
                   read
                   another
                   volume
                   to
                   the
                   same
                   tune
                   :
                   a
                   sharp
                   and
                   well
                   supplied
                   prosecution
                   end
                   's
                   this
                   work
                   this
                   Sommer
                   ,
                   in
                   humane
                   appearance
                   .
                   How
                   much
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   hath
                   contributed
                   to
                   it
                   within
                   this
                   half
                   year
                   ,
                   obteining
                   two
                   Victories
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   against
                   S
                   r
                   
                     George
                     Monroe
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   hee
                   spoil'd
                   all
                   the
                   hors
                   of
                   Connaught
                   and
                   Ulster
                   ,
                   besides
                   the
                   slaughter
                   hee
                   made
                   of
                   the
                   foot
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   this
                   clean
                   one
                   ,
                   which
                   left
                   no
                   gleanings
                   but
                   such
                   as
                   Major
                   King
                   gathered
                   up
                   ,
                   envie
                   it self
                   must
                   confess
                   .
                   I
                   shall
                   onely
                   add
                   my
                   observation
                   ,
                   The
                   instabilitie
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   's
                   friendship
                   with
                   this
                   Ulster
                   Armie
                   ,
                   for
                   about
                   this
                   time
                   twelv-moneth
                   the
                   heads
                   of
                   this
                   Armie
                   were
                   at
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   's
                   table
                   and
                   now
                   their
                   heads
                   are
                   upon
                   the
                   gates
                   and
                   market-place
                   of
                   Derrie
                   ,
                   a
                   dear
                   ordinarie
                   and
                   great
                   interest
                   for
                   the
                   forbearance
                   .
                   It
                   seem's
                   my
                   Lord
                   know's
                   how
                   to
                   borrow
                   crutches
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   burn
                   them
                   .
                   Sr
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   rest
                   in
                   exspectation
                   of
                   a
                   line
                   from
                   you
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Omagh
                     ,
                     
                       June
                       2●
                       .
                       1650.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
             
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