Exceeding happy newes from Ireland being a true relation of many passages of great consequence very joyfull and delectable to all true hearted Protestants : wherein is declared five severall matters of great consequences : 1. That the Earle of Corke is gone into the north of Ireland, putting all to fire and sword, 2. That information is given by certaine Frenchmen who declared that the rebels had received certaine armes from France by stealth, but at this present there was no fleet at sea of any nation that way bound, 3. A true declaration of what victories have lately been obtained by the Lord Don Luce, Earle of Antrim, 4. An information that Philomy Oneale is secretly fled, 5. That the Earle of Astry is desirous to lay downe his armes and yeeld to the Kings mercy, and curses those that advised him first to rise in rebellion / being the copies of two letters sent from Ireland,the one from Mr. William Brookes ... to his wife ... the other letter sent to Mr. Hunt now resident in London ... Brookes, William. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A29670 of text R33272 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B4917). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). 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A29670) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 97777) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1545:3) Exceeding happy newes from Ireland being a true relation of many passages of great consequence very joyfull and delectable to all true hearted Protestants : wherein is declared five severall matters of great consequences : 1. That the Earle of Corke is gone into the north of Ireland, putting all to fire and sword, 2. That information is given by certaine Frenchmen who declared that the rebels had received certaine armes from France by stealth, but at this present there was no fleet at sea of any nation that way bound, 3. A true declaration of what victories have lately been obtained by the Lord Don Luce, Earle of Antrim, 4. An information that Philomy Oneale is secretly fled, 5. That the Earle of Astry is desirous to lay downe his armes and yeeld to the Kings mercy, and curses those that advised him first to rise in rebellion / being the copies of two letters sent from Ireland,the one from Mr. William Brookes ... to his wife ... the other letter sent to Mr. Hunt now resident in London ... Brookes, William. R. H. [8] p. Printed by T.F. for I.R., London : June 16, 1642. "Read in the Honourable House of Commons, and ordered to be printed. Hen. Elsinge, Cler. Parl. D. Com." Second letter signed at bottom: R.H. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. Ireland -- History -- 1625-1649. A29670 R33272 (Wing B4917). civilwar no Exceeding happy newes from Ireland. Being a true relation of many passages of great consequence very joyfull and delectable to all true hear Brookes, William, justice of peace 1642 1257 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 C The rate of 16 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2006-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-05 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-09 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2006-09 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Exceeding happy Newes FROM IRELAND . Being a true Relation of many passages of great Consequence very joyfull and delectable to all true hearted Protestants . Wherein is declared five severall matters of great Consequence . 1. That the Earle of Corke is gone into the North of Ireland , putting all to Fire and Sword . 2. That Information is given by certaine Frenchmen , who declared that the Rebels had received certaine Armes from France by stealth , but at this present there was no Fleet at Sea , of any Nation that way bound . 3. A true Declaration of what Victories have lately been obtained by the Lord Don luce , Earle of Antrim . 4. An Information that Philomy Oneale is secretly fled . 5. That the Earle of Astry is desirous to lay downe his Armes and yeeld to the Kings mercy , and curses those that advised him first to rise in Rebellion . Being the Copies of two Letters sent from Ireland , the one from Mr. William Brookes a Justice of Peace , to his Wife an Inhabitant in Ratcliffe . The other Letter sent to Mr. Hunt now resident in London . Read in the Honourable House of Commons , And Ordered to be Printed . Hen. Elsinge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. London , Printed by T. F. for I. R. June 16. 1642. Exceeding Joyfull Newes From Ireland . Louing Wife , I Have not at this present to write at large of newes we have it now more calmer weather , since the Ships and Souldiers Arrived then formerly , God be thanked , and the Rebels are quelld , Muskrey the great Rebell is gone for Limbricke , thinking there to have a place of refuge , that Citty stands out , and the Castle , the only strength of it is in danger , in that the Boneadventure , and other Ships have bin there to relieve the Castle , my Lord President being at Corke as J heare intends to march into the Country , being now by the comming of the two last Regiments reasonable well provided , but the tardencie of their comming , will cost thrise as much as if they had come 2. Moneths past , the reason is as I conceive , that the protraction of time . I confesse the Rebels are all one , but increase of Armes comming over from France in Barques , and by that meanes every Moneth commeth Armes to furnish their naked and formerly unprovided Rebels . We have hope that Galway will be gained , for we feare no forraigne Aide , for by all the Examinations , taken of French , Dunkirkes , and others , I could not find the least breath of any thing by them , neither of Fleet from France or Spaine , that are intended this way , but of one Fleet that was in the beginning of Aprill at Brest , and so in other Examinations , that they met them Southwest off the Seames tenne Leagues , and the other Fleet in Normandy ; likewise that the Lord Muskrey curseth the Popish Priest that advised him to take up Armes . Many thousands of the Rebels are slaine , and hanged , here is no quarter , but Fire and Sword Our Towne of Brandon hath done many brave exploits against the Rebels , and have taken many Castles . Our Townesmen are now besieging Kilbrittane Mr. Chartis Castle , ( God blesse and prosper their designe ) I doubt that will not be taken without great losse of men , the Castle being strong and full of men . Your Sonne Robert hath been a Trooper in Warres , and none so forward as he but I took him off , by reason that I wanted him aboard , and two dayes past he was at the taking of Sheriffe Longs Castle in Oyster Haven , the Bearer hereof informed me that Brandon men had kil'd 16. hundred of the Rebels , and lost not above 8. men , onely some few men maimed . Likewise I am informed that upon the landing of the last Forces sent from England the Rebels fell upon them and slew 200 of them , but afterward they in requitall slew almost a thousand of them , putting the rest to flight . The Lord Donluce Earle of Antrim , behaves himselfe very valiantly , but at the ●●st he not putting himselfe forward , nor ●●sing the power he had in his owne Tenants against the Rebels , was termed a newtrall by the English Souldiers , which he hearing , desiring to quit himselfe from such an ignominious slander , and to give a testimony to the contrary , desired the Earle of Ormond , Lord Lievtenant Generall of his Majesties Forces , that he would grant him the command of a Regiment , to which he would add such horse and foote as he could raise among his Tenants , promising upon his honour , to imploy them with the best advantage both to prejudice them , and preserve his owne men , which honourable request was granted , which command he hath imploy'd so nobly , that he hath taken many prisoners of Note , and done the Rebels more mischiefe then any man of that Kingdome of late . Likewise J am informed , that the Generall of the Rebels Philomy Oneale , is privately fled from his Army , but of the truth I cannot speake , onely so it is rumoured here . The Earle of Astry doth determine to lay downe his armes and to submit himselfe to the Kings mercy , which makes us hope that we by Gods assistance shall quickly quell the Rebels . This is all the Newes that J have at this time to send to you , onely J would intreat you to be solicitous in my businesse to the Parliament . So J rest . Your loving Husband . William Brooke . Kingsale this 10. of June , 1642. A Letter sent from Ireland , and read in the House of Commons . SIR , THe Earle of Corke and Colonell Monro hath given the Rebels another great Overthrow , hard by Kingsaile , and hath taken two Castles from them , but the Rebels increasse abundance , and receive Ayd and Ammunition from forreign Parts daily , and commit most vild and cruell Outrages upon the poore Protestants , wheresoever they come . The last Munday the Lord Moore and Sir Henry Titchburne sallyed out of the Town , and fell upon the enemies , and drove them out of their Trenches , and rais'd their Siege , slew above 100 of their men , and tooke many of their chiefe Officers , and have relieved themselves bravely , and tooke 150. of their Muskets , and great store of Pikes , we having lost , as some affirme , few men . Here are some of our Captaines come by Land , so that this Newes is true , &c. With my true love , I rest , Your loving friend . R. H. Ordered that this be printed and published . H. Elsinge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. FINIS