A remonstrance of divers remarkeable passages concerning the church and kingdome of Ireland, recommended by letters from the Right Honourable the Lords Justices, and Counsell of Ireland, and presented by Henry Jones Doctor in Divinity, and agent for the ministers of the Gospel in that kingdom, to the Honourable House of Commons in England
      
       
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             A remonstrance of divers remarkeable passages concerning the church and kingdome of Ireland, recommended by letters from the Right Honourable the Lords Justices, and Counsell of Ireland, and presented by Henry Jones Doctor in Divinity, and agent for the ministers of the Gospel in that kingdom, to the Honourable House of Commons in England
             Jones, Henry, 1605-1682.
          
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           A
           REMONSTRANCE
           OF
           Divers
           Remarkeable
           Passages
           concerning
           the
           Church
           and
           Kingdome
           OF
           IRELAND
           ,
           Recommended
           By
           Letters
           from
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lords
           Justices
           ,
           and
           Counsell
           of
           
             Jreland
             ,
          
           And
           Presented
           By
           HENRY
           JONES
           Doctor
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           Agent
           for
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           TO
           The
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           IN
           ENGLAND
           :
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Godfrey
             Emerson
             ,
          
           and
           
             William
             Bladen
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           
             Swan
          
           in
           
             Little-Brittain
             .
          
           1642
           ,
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           our
           very
           assured
           loving
           Friend
           ,
           Master
           
             Lenthall
          
           Esquire
           ,
           Speaker
           of
           the
           Honourable
           the
           Commons
           House
           of
           Parliament
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           THere
           hath
           been
           presented
           unto
           us
           ,
           a
           Remonstrance
           of
           the
           deplorable
           estate
           of
           this
           Church
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           the
           lamentable
           Condition
           of
           the
           Clergy
           therein
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           the
           present
           Rebellion
           ;
           The
           Remonstrants
           desiring
           our
           Letters
           in
           the
           Representing
           of
           the
           same
           to
           the
           honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           
             England
             ;
          
           unto
           whose
           grave
           and
           wise
           consideration
           they
           do
           apply
           themselves
           .
        
         
         
           We
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           say
           much
           in
           a
           matter
           ,
           so
           much
           speaking
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           experience
           we
           have
           of
           the
           true
           sence
           they
           have
           of
           this
           distracted
           State
           ,
           gives
           us
           great
           assurance
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           take
           to
           heart
           this
           our
           miserable
           Church
           ,
           and
           Gods
           servants
           therein
           ,
           reduced
           unto
           unexpressable
           extremities
           ,
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           being
           now
           involved
           in
           one
           common
           calamity
           .
        
         
           The
           bearer
           hereof
           ,
           
             Henry
             Jones
             ,
          
           Doctor
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           is
           intrusted
           by
           the
           Clergy
           to
           negotiate
           in
           their
           behalf
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           intreated
           him
           to
           solicite
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           poor
           robbed
           English
           ,
           expressed
           in
           our
           Letters
           to
           you
           of
           the
           fourth
           of
           this
           moneth
           .
        
         
           We
           therefore
           do
           crave
           leave
           to
           recommend
           him
           in
           this
           imployment
           to
           that
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           he
           
           being
           a
           Person
           who
           is
           able
           to
           say
           much
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           having
           been
           some
           while
           a
           Prisoner
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           observed
           much
           of
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           and
           being
           intrusted
           with
           others
           ,
           as
           a
           Commissioner
           to
           take
           the
           examinations
           out
           of
           which
           the
           Remonstrance
           now
           to
           be
           by
           him
           offered
           to
           that
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           is
           extracted
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           himself
           ,
           he
           hath
           suffered
           much
           in
           his
           private
           fortunes
           by
           these
           troubles
           ,
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Abilities
           and
           Learning
           ,
           and
           Painfulnesse
           in
           his
           Ministry
           ,
           he
           deserveth
           favour
           and
           encouragement
           ;
           Besides
           we
           have
           found
           him
           very
           diligent
           ,
           and
           forward
           in
           attending
           all
           occasions
           ,
           for
           promoting
           the
           publike
           services
           here
           by
           timely
           and
           important
           intelligence
           given
           to
           us
           of
           Occurences
           ,
           during
           
           his
           imprisonment
           with
           the
           Rebels
           ;
           and
           since
           especially
           in
           his
           information
           made
           to
           us
           of
           the
           approaches
           of
           the
           enemy
           to
           
             Drogheda
             ,
          
           when
           we
           could
           not
           conceive
           they
           would
           rise
           to
           that
           boldnesse
           ,
           by
           which
           information
           (
           amongst
           others
           )
           we
           had
           the
           opportunity
           of
           sending
           thither
           the
           present
           Garrison
           ,
           without
           whom
           it
           might
           have
           been
           in
           danger
           of
           surprising
           ;
           And
           so
           we
           remain
           from
           His
           Majesties
           Castle
           of
           
             Dublin
          
           the
           seventh
           day
           of
           
             March
             ,
          
           1641.
           
        
         
           
             Your
             very
             assured
             
             loving
             Friends
             
             
               W.
               Parsons
               ,
               Jo.
               Borlace
               ,
               
               R.
               Dillon
               ,
               Ad.
               Loftus
               ,
               J.
               Temple
               ,
               
               Cha.
               Coote
               ,
               Tho.
               Ratherham
               ,
               
               Fran.
               Willoughby
               ,
               Rob.
               Meredith
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             To
             the
             Honorable
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Knights
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             Burgesses
             in
             the
             Commons
             House
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             ENGLAND
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             undernamed
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             themselves
             and
             their
             brethren
             ,
             the
             poore
             dispoiled
             and
             distressed
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             in
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             with
             the
             Widdowes
             and
             Orphans
             of
             such
             ,
          
        
         
           Humbly
           represent
           their
           lamentable
           Condition
           ,
        
         
           
             Shewing
             ,
          
        
         
           
             THat
             by
             the
             instigation
             of
             Popih
             Priests
             ,
             Friers
             ,
             and
             Jesuites
             ,
             with
             other
             fire-brands
             and
             Incendiaries
             of
             the
             State
             ;
             partly
             such
             of
             them
             as
             have
             been
             resident
             here
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             of
          
           Ireland
           
             before
             ,
             partly
             flocking
             in
             from
             Forraign
             parts
             ,
             of
             late
             in
             multitudes
             more
             then
             ordinary
             ;
             and
             chiefly
             by
             such
             of
             them
             as
             resorted
             hither
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
          
           England
           :
           
             And
             out
             of
             that
             ancient
             and
             known
             hatred
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           
             heareth
             to
             the
             reformed
             Religion
             ;
             As
             also
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             surfet
             of
             that
             freedome
             and
             indulgence
             ,
             which
             through
             Gods
             forbearance
             for
             our
             tryall
             ,
             they
             of
             the
             Popish
             faction
             have
             hitherto
             enjoyed
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             :
             There
             hath
             been
             beyond
             all
             paralell
             of
             former
             ages
             ,
             a
             most
             bloudy
             and
             Antichristian
             combination
             and
             plot
             hatched
             ,
             by
             well-nigh
             the
             whole
             Romish
             sect
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             combination
             from
             parts
             forraign
             ,
             with
             those
             at
             home
             ,
             against
             this
             our
             Church
             and
             State
             ;
             thereby
             intending
             the
             utter
             extirpation
             of
             the
             reformed
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             professors
             of
             it
             :
             In
             the
             room
             thereof
             ,
             setting
             up
             that
             idoll
             of
             the
             Masse
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             abominations
             of
             that
             whore
             of
          
           Babylon
           :
           
             This
             also
             ayming
             at
             the
             pulling
             down
             and
             defacing
             the
             present
             state
             and
             government
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             under
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             theirs
             ,
             and
             our
             undoubted
             Soveraign
             ;
             and
             introducing
             another
             form
             of
             rule
             ordered
             and
             moderated
             by
             themselves
             ,
             without
             dependance
             on
             his
             Highnesse
             ,
             or
             
             the
             Kingdom
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             whence
             have
             proceeded
             such
             depredations
             of
             of
             the
             goods
             ,
             and
             such
             cruelties
             exercised
             on
             the
             persons
             and
             lives
             of
             the
             loyall
             Subject
             ;
             such
             wasting
             and
             defacing
             of
             all
             Minuments
             of
             civility
             ,
             with
             such
             prophanation
             of
             holy
             places
             ,
             and
             Religion
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             most
             barbarous
             and
             heathenish
             Nations
             ,
             the
             like
             could
             not
             in
             any
             age
             be
             found
             to
             be
             perpetrated
             .
          
        
         
           
             All
             which
             doth
             daily
             appear
             unto
             us
             your
             Suppliants
             appointed
             to
             enquire
             upon
             oath
             of
             the
             premisses
             ,
             and
             other
             particulars
             depending
             thereupon
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             a
             Commission
             to
             us
             directed
             under
             the
             great
             Seal
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             of
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             bearing
             Date
             the
             three
             and
             twentieth
             day
             of
          
           December
           ,
           
             in
             the
             seventeenth
             year
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Reign
             ;
             and
             by
             one
             other
             Commission
             further
             enlarged
             concerning
             the
             premisses
             ,
             Dated
             the
             eighteenth
             of
          
           January
           ,
           
             in
             the
             year
             aforesaid
             .
             Copies
             whereof
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Copies
             of
             such
             and
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Depositions
             as
             answer
             to
             the
             particulars
             of
             this
             our
             Remonstrance
             we
             have
             hereunto
             annexed
             ;
             that
             both
             the
             validity
             of
             our
             proceedings
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             our
             sayd
             Remonstrance
             may
             the
             better
             appear
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vpon
             view
             of
             all
             which
             ,
             it
             doth
             very
             evidently
             appear
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             present
             most
             dangerous
             designe
             against
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             the
             Popish
             faction
             therein
             hath
             been
             confederate
             with
             forraign
             States
             ,
             If
             we
             may
             rely
             upon
             the
             report
             made
             therof
             by
             the
             conspirators
             themselves
             ,
             and
             their
             adherents
             here
             ,
             whereof
             the
             following
             examinations
             are
             full
             .
          
        
         
           IT
           being
           confessed
           that
           they
           had
           their
           Commission
           for
           what
           they
           did
           from
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           .
           
             A
          
           That
           from
           
             Spain
          
           they
           did
           expect
           an
           Army
           before
           
             Easter
          
           next
           ,
           consisting
           ,
           if
           of
           none
           others
           ,
           yet
           of
           the
           
             Irish
          
           Regiments
           ,
           and
           Commanders
           serving
           in
           
             Flanders
             ,
          
           and
           else
           where
           ,
           under
           that
           King
           ;
           together
           with
           a
           great
           quantity
           of
           Powder
           ,
           Ammunition
           ,
           and
           Arms
           ,
           for
           a
           great
           number
           of
           men
           to
           be
           raised
           in
           
             Ireland
             .
          
           This
           Kingdome
           (
           as
           they
           make
           up
           their
           estimate
           )
           being
           able
           to
           make
           up
           the
           body
           of
           an
           Army
           of
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           ,
           or
           more
           .
           
             B
          
           From
           
             France
          
           also
           they
           looke
           for
           ayd
           .
           
             C
          
           Being
           in
           all
           this
           further
           encouraged
           by
           Bulls
           from
           
             Rome
             ;
          
           some
           of
           these
           Rebels
           requiring
           to
           the
           Popes
           use
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           the
           yeelding
           
           up
           of
           such
           places
           of
           strength
           as
           they
           had
           beleaguered
           .
           
             D
          
           In
           all
           which
           respects
           ,
           and
           in
           allusion
           to
           that
           League
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           they
           terming
           themselves
           the
           Catholike
           Army
           ,
           
             E
          
           and
           the
           ground
           of
           their
           war
           the
           Catholike
           cause
           .
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           hath
           this
           present
           year
           ,
           1641.
           been
           among
           them
           proclaimed
           a
           year
           of
           
             Jubilce
             ,
          
           and
           Pardons
           before
           hand
           granted
           ,
           of
           all
           sins
           of
           what
           sort
           soever
           that
           shall
           be
           therein
           committed
           ,
           tending
           to
           this
           great
           work
           .
           
             F
          
           Excommunications
           also
           thundred
           against
           any
           that
           shall
           refuse
           to
           joyn
           therein
           .
           
             G
          
        
         
           It
           doth
           secondly
           appear
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           their
           correspondents
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           for
           raising
           the
           like
           Rebellion
           there
           ;
           this
           not
           being
           a
           report
           made
           to
           us
           from
           one
           part
           ,
           but
           confirmed
           from
           all
           places
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           whence
           the
           passage
           hath
           not
           beene
           stopped
           by
           the
           present
           obstructions
           .
           
             H
          
        
         
           That
           thirdly
           ,
           they
           reported
           themselves
           to
           have
           had
           the
           like
           partie
           in
           
             Scotland
             ;
          
           that
           the
           
             Scots
          
           joyned
           with
           them
           
             I
          
           and
           were
           their
           friends
           .
           
             K
          
           That
           the
           like
           troubles
           were
           to
           be
           raised
           in
           
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             L
          
           That
           the
           
             Scots
          
           were
           joyned
           with
           them
           in
           Covenant
           ,
           not
           to
           leave
           a
           drop
           of
           
             English
          
           bloud
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           they
           the
           
             Irish
          
           Rebels
           would
           do
           the
           like
           in
           
             Ireland
             .
          
           For
           which
           they
           pretended
           a
           writing
           signed
           with
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           prime
           Nobility
           of
           
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             M
          
           And
           that
           the
           Tower
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           the
           Castle
           of
           
             Edenborough
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Castle
           of
           
             Dublin
             ,
          
           were
           to
           be
           surprised
           all
           upon
           one
           day
           .
           
             N
          
        
         
           As
           for
           that
           part
           of
           that
           cursed
           Faction
           within
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           the
           Actors
           therein
           acknowledge
           it
           to
           be
           a
           plot
           of
           many
           years
           ,
           some
           say
           two
           ,
           
             O
          
           some
           eight
           ,
           
             P
          
           some
           14
           or
           17
           years
           .
           
             Q
          
           A
           plot
           wherein
           all
           the
           Popish
           Nobilitie
           and
           men
           of
           quality
           were
           
           interessed
           ;
           
             R
          
           and
           by
           Sir
           
             Phelim
             ô
             Neale
             ;
          
           that
           Arch-Rebell
           ,
           it
           is
           professed
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           was
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           
             S
          
           thereby
           intending
           the
           Popish
           members
           therof
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           all
           which
           ,
           that
           this
           appeareth
           to
           have
           been
           a
           long-laid
           conspiracie
           ;
           yet
           these
           Traytors
           for
           giving
           some
           colour
           to
           their
           Rebellion
           ,
           pretend
           as
           if
           the
           occasion
           moving
           them
           thereunto
           were
           new
           ,
           unexpected
           ,
           and
           pressing
           ,
           so
           that
           with
           the
           safety
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           duty
           which
           they
           owed
           God
           and
           their
           Country
           ;
           they
           could
           not
           do
           lesse
           then
           they
           have
           done
           :
           falsly
           pretending
           that
           there
           was
           a
           plot
           layd
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           grounded
           on
           a
           pretended
           Act
           passed
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           for
           the
           cutting
           off
           of
           all
           the
           Nobilitie
           and
           others
           the
           Papists
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           
             T
          
           and
           all
           this
           to
           be
           done
           in
           one
           day
           ;
           
             V
          
           and
           that
           to
           be
           on
           the
           23
           or
           24th
           of
           
             November
          
           now
           last
           past
           ;
           for
           preventing
           whereof
           ,
           they
           laid
           (
           say
           they
           )
           this
           their
           counterplot
           a
           full
           moneth
           before
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           on
           the
           23
           of
           
             October
             .
          
           
             W
          
        
         
           For
           effecting
           which
           their
           wicked
           and
           devillish
           design
           ,
           the
           sayd
           Conspirators
           and
           Traitors
           have
           entred
           into
           a
           most
           accursed
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           bound
           themselves
           by
           an
           oath
           of
           confederation
           ,
           the
           same
           being
           subscribed
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           chiefest
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           certaine
           men
           being
           appointed
           to
           administer
           the
           same
           to
           all
           such
           as
           shall
           either
           offer
           themselves
           ,
           or
           be
           pressed
           to
           serve
           as
           Souldiers
           in
           that
           cause
           ;
           others
           also
           being
           sent
           abroad
           ,
           and
           in
           chief
           ,
           the
           Popish
           Primate
           
             Reily
             ,
          
           
             X
          
           who
           hath
           compassed
           far
           and
           neer
           ,
           to
           draw
           into
           this
           conspiracy
           such
           as
           had
           not
           before
           been
           there
           withall
           acquainted
           .
           As
           also
           to
           satisfie
           any
           scruples
           ,
           if
           any
           were
           that
           did
           or
           might
           retard
           any
           from
           entring
           thereinto
           ;
           the
           Popish
           Clergie
           being
           observed
           for
           the
           most
           forward
           advisers
           and
           putters
           on
           of
           the
           people
           in
           this
           way
           .
           For
           whereas
           many
           of
           the
           Rebels
           seemed
           no
           give
           eare
           to
           a
           Proclamation
           of
           grace
           ,
           Dated
           the
           first
           of
           
             November
          
           1641.
           they
           were
           forbidden
           by
           their
           Priests
           ,
           assuring
           them
           it
           would
           be
           their
           undoing
           .
           
             Y
          
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           these
           Rebels
           are
           so
           hardned
           in
           their
           
           course
           of
           wickednesse
           ,
           that
           they
           professe
           against
           accepting
           of
           any
           quarter
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           will
           not
           accept
           of
           any
           but
           a
           generall
           Pardon
           .
           
             A
          
           Others
           again
           disclaiming
           any
           Pardon
           ,
           casting
           out
           words
           to
           the
           dishonout
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           if
           his
           Royall
           word
           and
           Seale
           were
           not
           to
           be
           relyed
           upon
           .
           
             B
          
        
         
           And
           yet
           for
           making
           the
           more
           plausible
           introduction
           into
           their
           said
           wicked
           Rebellion
           ;
           the
           Conspirators
           aforesaid
           ,
           have
           traiterously
           ,
           and
           impudently
           averred
           and
           proclaimed
           ,
           that
           their
           authoritie
           therein
           is
           derived
           by
           Commission
           from
           his
           Highnesse
           .
           Sometimes
           at
           distance
           ,
           making
           offer
           to
           shew
           a
           large
           Patent
           or
           Commission
           with
           a
           broad
           Scale
           ,
           giving
           out
           that
           in
           that
           their
           power
           did
           appear
           .
           
             C
          
           Others
           taking
           upon
           them
           to
           read
           (
           some
           forged
           writing
           )
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
           
             D
          
           All
           which
           they
           stick
           not
           publikely
           in
           Market-places
           to
           proclaim
           ;
           
             E
          
           falsly
           also
           reporting
           ,
           that
           his
           Highnesse
           was
           among
           them
           in
           the
           North
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           riding
           up
           and
           down
           disguised
           ,
           and
           with
           glasse
           eyes
           desiring
           not
           to
           be
           discovered
           .
           Others
           againe
           pretending
           their
           Commission
           to
           be
           from
           the
           Queens
           Highnesse
           ,
           and
           professing
           themselves
           her
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           that
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           was
           under
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           best
           of
           the
           Nobility
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           which
           yet
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           they
           did
           not
           (
           say
           they
           )
           execute
           to
           the
           full
           .
           
             (
             G
             )
          
        
         
           All
           which
           they
           falsly
           reported
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           thereby
           they
           might
           distract
           the
           mindes
           ,
           and
           discourage
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           true
           Subject
           ,
           and
           that
           therein
           they
           might
           gain
           more
           upon
           such
           as
           they
           desire
           to
           draw
           into
           their
           party
           ;
           or
           if
           any
           should
           for
           a
           time
           stand
           aloose
           as
           Newters
           ,
           to
           win
           a
           better
           opinion
           with
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           be
           accounted
           Traytors
           ,
           or
           their
           enterprise
           a
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           it
           is
           apparant
           ,
           that
           Allegiance
           or
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           thing
           they
           ayme
           at
           ,
           the
           contrary
           being
           plainly
           confessed
           and
           professed
           by
           themselves
           ;
           now
           that
           they
           are
           entred
           as
           far
           as
           they
           can
           into
           their
           diabolicall
           practise
           ;
           and
           that
           their
           confederates
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           declared
           and
           drawn
           unto
           an
           head
           .
        
         
           For
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           making
           way
           for
           their
           Trayterous
           intentions
           
             F
          
           
           have
           given
           out
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           was
           dead
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           young
           King
           was
           gone
           to
           Masse
           :
           
             G
          
           That
           they
           would
           have
           the
           Prince
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           would
           make
           their
           Vice-Roy
           ,
           tutoring
           him
           in
           the
           Romish
           religion
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           King
           should
           live
           in
           
             Scotland
          
           
             H
          
           :
           sometimes
           ,
           That
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             York
          
           should
           live
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           others
           more
           fully
           unvizard
           themselves
           ,
           professing
           ,
           That
           they
           would
           have
           a
           King
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           him
           Crowned
           within
           a
           fortnight
           
             I
          
           .
           That
           they
           had
           him
           already
           
             K
          
           :
           And
           that
           it
           was
           from
           their
           new
           King
           that
           they
           had
           their
           Commission
           so
           much
           spoken
           of
           
             L
          
           :
           Declaring
           also
           their
           new
           King
           according
           to
           their
           severall
           fancies
           ;
           Some
           being
           for
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Tyron
          
           
             M
          
           ;
           others
           for
           Sir
           
             Phelim
             ô
             Neal
          
           
             N
          
           :
           If
           perhaps
           these
           two
           be
           not
           intended
           for
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           thus
           we
           finde
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Phelim
          
           honoured
           with
           the
           style
           of
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           
             O
          
           :
           Others
           yet
           being
           rather
           for
           the
           Lord
           
             Maguire
          
           
             P
          
           ;
           there
           being
           some
           that
           said
           they
           had
           a
           consecrated
           Crown
           for
           the
           best
           deserver
           
             *
          
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           His
           sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           how
           contemptuously
           do
           they
           speak
           ?
           Let
           your
           King
           (
           say
           they
           )
           fetch
           you
           out
           again
           
             Q
          
           :
           These
           being
           their
           words
           to
           some
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           oppressed
           by
           them
           ;
           We
           care
           not
           for
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           say
           others
           
             R
          
           ;
           a
           third
           ,
           That
           neither
           King
           nor
           Queen
           shall
           govern
           
             Ireland
          
           any
           longer
           ,
           for
           they
           would
           govern
           it
           themselves
           
             S
          
           ;
           And
           that
           their
           Religion
           should
           flourish
           in
           despight
           of
           King
           or
           State
           
             (
             T
             )
             .
          
        
         
           In
           all
           which
           ,
           having
           broken
           thorow
           the
           due
           bounds
           of
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           their
           vain
           and
           ambitious
           thoughts
           rove
           without
           knowing
           any
           limits
           .
           It
           will
           not
           now
           content
           them
           to
           settle
           anew
           ,
           and
           mold
           again
           this
           Kingdom
           to
           their
           own
           Modell
           ,
           by
           calling
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           making
           Laws
           ,
           and
           appointing
           their
           own
           Governours
           
             (
             V
             )
             .
          
           Thus
           discourse
           they
           of
           the
           modestest
           sort
           :
           but
           they
           will
           ,
           
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           
             Spain
          
           and
           
             France
             ,
          
           set
           footing
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           after
           that
           in
           
             Scotland
          
           
             W
          
           ;
           where
           all
           things
           being
           setled
           to
           their
           desires
           ,
           the
           whole
           Forces
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           in
           way
           of
           retribution
           ,
           and
           acknowledgement
           of
           gratitude
           ,
           are
           intended
           for
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           against
           the
           
             Hollanders
          
           
             X
          
           .
        
         
           Unto
           which
           their
           disloyalty
           to
           theirs
           and
           our
           most
           gracious
           Soveraign
           ,
           they
           have
           added
           expressions
           of
           unheard
           of
           hatred
           to
           His
           
             Brittish
          
           Subjects
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           banishment
           or
           slavery
           are
           the
           greatest
           favours
           that
           would
           be
           afforded
           them
           ;
           But
           their
           generall
           profession
           is
           for
           a
           generall
           extirpation
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           last
           and
           least
           drop
           of
           English
           blood
           
             Y
          
           :
           Which
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           drayned
           to
           the
           full
           ,
           such
           of
           the
           English
           as
           cannot
           prescribe
           a
           settlement
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           for
           two
           hundred
           yeers
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           cut
           off
           ,
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           they
           be
           of
           the
           Romish
           Sect
           :
           It
           being
           to
           that
           end
           provided
           ,
           That
           such
           as
           do
           revolt
           to
           their
           part
           ,
           should
           ,
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           be
           accepted
           of
           ;
           yet
           so
           disposed
           ,
           as
           being
           drawn
           into
           the
           List
           of
           their
           Army
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           set
           upon
           the
           most
           dangerous
           Enterprises
           ,
           so
           either
           to
           be
           made
           away
           ,
           or
           to
           serve
           their
           own
           turns
           of
           them
           :
           And
           what
           the
           Sword
           cannot
           ,
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           effect
           ,
           an
           Inquisition
           ,
           like
           that
           in
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           for
           finding
           out
           the
           
             Jewish
          
           and
           
             Moorish
          
           blood
           ,
           shall
           in
           time
           thorowly
           accomplish
           
             Z
          
           .
           As
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           their
           Covenant
           is
           ,
           That
           no
           English
           should
           ever
           set
           footing
           again
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           
             A
          
           ;
           Even
           the
           very
           Language
           must
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           none
           being
           to
           speak
           English
           ,
           under
           a
           penalty
           
             B
          
           .
           But
           that
           which
           exceeds
           all
           ,
           Not
           an
           English
           Beast
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           that
           breed
           must
           be
           left
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           
             C
          
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           finde
           the
           hearts
           of
           these
           men
           in
           their
           tongues
           ,
           so
           in
           their
           actions
           ,
           doing
           what
           they
           professe
           ;
           and
           being
           in
           both
           beyond
           all
           measure
           profane
           and
           heathenish
           in
           their
           impious
           words
           and
           behaviours
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           places
           of
           Gods
           publike
           Worship
           .
        
         
           Blaspheming
           our
           God
           ,
           bidding
           his
           servants
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           first
           
             T
          
           
             V
          
           
           stripped
           naked
           ,
           to
           go
           to
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           let
           him
           give
           them
           clothes
           
             D
          
           .
        
         
           Breaking
           into
           Churches
           ,
           burning
           Pulpits
           ,
           Pues
           ,
           and
           all
           belonging
           thereunto
           ,
           with
           extreme
           violence
           ,
           and
           expression
           of
           hatred
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           triumphing
           also
           in
           their
           impiety
           
             E
          
           .
        
         
           Professing
           ,
           That
           not
           one
           Protestant
           should
           be
           left
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           
             F
          
           :
           Dragging
           some
           Professors
           thorow
           the
           streets
           by
           the
           hair
           of
           the
           head
           ,
           into
           the
           Church
           ;
           where
           stripping
           ,
           whipping
           ,
           and
           cruelly
           using
           them
           ,
           they
           added
           these
           taunting
           words
           ;
           If
           you
           come
           tomorrow
           ,
           you
           shall
           hear
           the
           like
           Sermon
           
             G
          
           .
        
         
           How
           have
           our
           sacred
           Books
           of
           holy
           Scriptures
           been
           used
           ?
           Gods
           Book
           hath
           been
           ,
           O
           horrible
           !
           cast
           into
           ,
           and
           tumbled
           in
           the
           Kennell
           ;
           thence
           taken
           up
           ,
           and
           dashed
           in
           the
           faces
           of
           some
           Professors
           ,
           with
           these
           words
           ,
           I
           know
           you
           love
           a
           good
           lesson
           ,
           this
           is
           an
           excellent
           one
           ;
           come
           to
           morrow
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           as
           good
           
             H
          
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           torn
           it
           in
           pieces
           
             I
          
           ,
           kicked
           it
           up
           and
           down
           
             K
          
           ,
           treading
           it
           under
           foot
           ,
           with
           leaping
           thereon
           ,
           they
           causing
           a
           Bag-pipe
           to
           play
           the
           while
           
             L
          
           ;
           laying
           also
           the
           leaves
           in
           the
           kennell
           ,
           leaping
           and
           trampling
           thereupon
           ,
           saying
           ,
           A
           plague
           on
           it
           ,
           This
           Book
           hath
           bred
           alltne
           quarrell
           ,
           hoping
           within
           three
           weeks
           all
           the
           Bibles
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           should
           be
           so
           used
           ,
           or
           worse
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           should
           be
           left
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           
             M
          
           :
           and
           while
           two
           Bibles
           were
           in
           burning
           ,
           saying
           that
           it
           was
           hell-fire
           that
           was
           burning
           
             N
          
           ;
           wishing
           they
           had
           all
           the
           Bibles
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           use
           them
           so
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           Pen
           can
           set
           forth
           ,
           what
           Tongue
           expresse
           ,
           whose
           Eye
           can
           reade
           ,
           Ear
           hear
           ,
           or
           heart
           ,
           without
           melting
           ,
           consider
           the
           cruelties
           ,
           more
           than
           barbarous
           ,
           dayly
           exercised
           upon
           us
           by
           those
           inhumane
           ,
           blood-sucking
           Tygers
           !
        
         
           Stripping
           quite
           naked
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           children
           ,
           even
           children
           ,
           sucking
           upon
           the
           Brest
           
             O
          
           ,
           whereby
           multitudes
           of
           all
           sorts
           in
           the
           extremitie
           of
           that
           cold
           season
           of
           Frost
           and
           Snow
           have
           
           perished
           .
           Women
           being
           dragged
           up
           and
           down
           naked
           ,
           
             P
          
           Women
           in
           child
           bed
           thence
           drawn
           out
           ,
           and
           cast
           into
           prison
           .
           
             Q
          
           One
           delivered
           of
           a
           childe
           while
           she
           was
           hanging
           .
           
             R
          
           One
           ripped
           up
           ,
           and
           two
           children
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           all
           cast
           unto
           ,
           and
           eaten
           by
           swine
           .
           
             S
          
           One
           other
           stabbed
           in
           the
           breast
           her
           childe
           sucking
           .
           
             T
          
           An
           Infant
           cruelly
           murthered
           ,
           whom
           they
           found
           sucking
           his
           dead
           mother
           slain
           by
           them
           the
           day
           before
           .
           
             V
          
           A
           childe
           of
           14
           years
           of
           age
           taken
           from
           his
           mother
           ,
           in
           her
           sight
           cast
           into
           a
           Bog-pit
           ,
           and
           held
           under
           water
           while
           he
           was
           drown'd
           .
           
             (
             W
             )
          
           The
           forcing
           40
           or
           50
           Protestants
           to
           renounce
           their
           profession
           ,
           and
           then
           cutting
           all
           their
           throats
           .
           
             *
          
        
         
           What
           should
           we
           speak
           of
           their
           murthers
           ,
           
             X
          
           their
           hanging
           ,
           half-hanging
           ,
           and
           that
           oft
           times
           reiterated
           ;
           they
           delighting
           in
           the
           tortures
           of
           the
           miserable
           .
           
             Z
          
           Hence
           some
           being
           left
           wounded
           ,
           in
           vain
           crying
           out
           that
           they
           might
           be
           dispatched
           .
           
             A
          
           This
           being
           purposely
           done
           ,
           that
           these
           wretches
           might
           languish
           in
           their
           miserie
           ;
           their
           tormentors
           affirming
           that
           their
           Priests
           commanded
           them
           so
           to
           do
           .
           
             B
          
           What
           should
           we
           speake
           of
           those
           30
           or
           40
           burnt
           in
           one
           House
           ,
           and
           50
           in
           another
           .
           
             C
          
           the
           denying
           of
           buriall
           to
           the
           dead
           ,
           
             D
          
           whereby
           Christians
           have
           been
           eaten
           by
           Dogs
           ,
           and
           Dogs
           tearing
           Children
           out
           of
           the
           wombe
           ;
           the
           bloudy
           beholders
           relating
           such
           things
           with
           boasting
           and
           great
           rejoycing
           :
           
             E
          
           And
           to
           make
           perfect
           the
           measure
           of
           their
           cruelty
           ,
           Two
           were
           said
           to
           be
           buried
           alive
           ,
           
             F
          
           and
           others
           that
           had
           been
           long
           buried
           ,
           digged
           up
           ;
           they
           saying
           that
           the
           Churches
           could
           not
           be
           Consecrated
           ,
           while
           Hereticks
           bodies
           or
           bones
           lay
           therein
           .
           
             G
          
        
         
           The
           cruell
           usage
           of
           those
           48
           poore
           prisoners
           in
           the
           Gaole
           of
           
             Monaghan
             .
          
           
             H
          
           Of
           those
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Armagh
             ,
          
           after
           drowned
           
           in
           the
           River
           of
           the
           
             Ban
             ,
          
           to
           the
           number
           of
           80
           ,
           
             I
          
           or
           100.
           
             K
          
           or
           196
           ,
           
             L
          
           as
           it
           is
           diversly
           reported
           ,
           those
           45
           drowned
           together
           .
           
             M
          
           And
           those
           179
           burnt
           in
           one
           house
           .
           
             x
          
           All
           these
           we
           refer
           to
           the
           reading
           of
           the
           severall
           depositions
           concerning
           them
           hereunto
           annexed
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           can
           that
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           or
           where
           shall
           it
           be
           beleeved
           ,
           which
           we
           hear
           to
           have
           been
           done
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Newtown
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Fermanagh
             ;
          
           where
           a
           childe
           of
           
             Thomas
             Strettons
          
           was
           boyled
           alive
           in
           a
           Caldron
           :
           A
           thing
           which
           as
           one
           bare
           reports
           we
           durst
           not
           ,
           so
           neither
           can
           we
           now
           with
           confidence
           enough
           present
           it
           to
           that
           your
           honourable
           Assembly
           ,
           nor
           can
           we
           averre
           it
           for
           true
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           as
           by
           concurring
           examinations
           we
           finde
           them
           solemnly
           deposed
           ,
           whereunto
           we
           desire
           to
           be
           referred
           .
           
             N
          
           To
           which
           may
           well
           be
           added
           ,
           the
           forcing
           of
           one
           
             Duke
             Wade
          
           to
           drinke
           unto
           drunkennesse
           ,
           and
           then
           hanging
           him
           therein
           ,
           to
           take
           a
           full
           revenge
           both
           on
           body
           and
           soul
           .
           (
           p
           )
        
         
           Of
           which
           their
           aforesaid
           many
           and
           barbarous
           cruelties
           ,
           each
           day
           doth
           afford
           us
           variety
           of
           new
           instances
           .
           This
           City
           of
           
             Dublin
          
           being
           the
           common
           receptacle
           for
           these
           miserable
           sufferers
           .
           Here
           are
           many
           thousands
           of
           poore
           people
           ,
           sometimes
           of
           good
           respects
           and
           estates
           ,
           now
           in
           want
           and
           sicknesse
           ,
           whereof
           many
           daily
           dye
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           great
           care
           of
           those
           tender
           hearted
           Christians
           (
           whom
           God
           blesse
           )
           without
           whom
           all
           of
           them
           had
           before
           now
           perished
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           which
           ,
           as
           our
           sufferings
           are
           generall
           ,
           the
           hatred
           of
           the
           enemy
           being
           expressed
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           professors
           of
           the
           truth
           .
           So
           in
           chief
           and
           above
           all
           others
           
             O
          
           do
           we
           finde
           it
           with
           the
           deadliest
           venome
           spit
           against
           the
           persons
           of
           us
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           towards
           whom
           their
           rage
           is
           without
           bounds
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           we
           see
           enough
           in
           the
           miserable
           condition
           of
           Mr
           
             George
             Cottingham
             ,
          
           a
           Batchelor
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           a
           painfull
           labourer
           in
           the
           Lords
           Vineyard
           .
           
             P
          
           The
           like
           we
           see
           in
           the
           cruell
           murther
           of
           Mr
           
             Blyth
             ,
          
           slain
           with
           sir
           
             Pheliom
             ô Neals
          
           safe
           conduct
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           
             Q
          
           
           it
           being
           lift
           up
           by
           him
           unto
           heaven
           ,
           as
           a
           witnesse
           of
           his
           treachery
           .
           
             Q
          
           The
           same
           we
           finde
           in
           the
           murther
           of
           Mr
           
             Thomas
             Grafford
             ,
          
           and
           Mr
           
             William
             Fullerton
             .
          
           
             R
          
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           among
           a
           multitude
           ,
           we
           may
           content
           our selves
           with
           a
           few
           ;
           We
           see
           it
           in
           the
           cruelty
           exercised
           upon
           Mr
           
             Sharpe
          
           the
           Minister
           of
           
             Kells
             .
          
           
             S
          
           Of
           all
           which
           ,
           the
           following
           examinations
           shall
           speak
           morefully
           .
        
         
           Such
           of
           us
           as
           have
           best
           escaped
           the
           hands
           of
           these
           Tyrants
           have
           been
           turned
           out
           of
           all
           .
           We
           ,
           with
           such
           other
           of
           our
           brethren
           ,
           ours
           and
           their
           wives
           and
           children
           coming
           on
           foot
           hither
           ,
           through
           waies
           tedious
           and
           full
           of
           perill
           ,
           being
           every
           minute
           assaulted
           ,
           the
           end
           of
           one
           but
           leading
           to
           the
           next
           danger
           ,
           one
           quite
           stripping
           off
           ,
           what
           others
           had
           in
           pity
           left
           .
           So
           that
           in
           nakednesse
           we
           have
           recovered
           this
           our
           City
           of
           refuge
           ,
           where
           we
           live
           in
           all
           extremity
           of
           want
           ,
           not
           having
           wherewithall
           to
           subsist
           ,
           or
           to
           put
           bread
           in
           our
           mouthes
           .
        
         
           Of
           those
           of
           our
           brethren
           who
           have
           perished
           on
           the
           way
           hither
           ,
           some
           of
           their
           wives
           and
           children
           do
           yet
           remain
           .
           The
           children
           also
           of
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           wholly
           deprived
           of
           their
           parents
           ,
           and
           left
           for
           desserted
           Orphans
           .
           All
           of
           us
           being
           exposed
           to
           apparent
           ruine
           ,
           if
           not
           speedily
           relieved
           .
        
         
           This
           
             our
             most
             miserable
             condition
             therefore
             ,
             and
             of
             our
          
           Brethren
           ,
           
             and
             of
             this
             our
             whole
             distressed
          
           Church
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           
             We
             do
             in
             most
             humble
             manner
             Remonstrate
             and
             lay
             downe
             at
             the
             feet
             of
             that
             your
          
           Pious
           ,
           Charitable
           ,
           and
           Honorable
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           Praying
           ,
           
             That
             we
             and
             all
             of
             us
             your
             Suppliants
             ,
             together
             with
             our
          
           Brethren
           ,
           
             may
             finde
             a
             place
             among
             others
             in
             your
             tender
             considerations
             ,
             and
             never
             exhausted
             bounty
             .
             So
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             manner
             as
             to
             your
          
           Wisedomes
           
             shall
             be
             esteemed
             most
             fitting
             .
          
        
         
           Humbly
           
             desiring
             that
             we
             who
             have
             borne
             the
          
           burthen
           and
           heate
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           
             may
             not
             be
             cast
             off
             ,
             not
             having
             what
             to
          
           eate
           ,
           or
           what
           to
           put
           on
           .
        
         
         
           That
           
             the
          
           Ministry
           
             may
             not
             in
             our
             wants
             be
             rendred
             despicable
             to
             our
             own
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             suffered
             despight
             from
             our
          
           Adversaries
           .
        
         
           And
           
             that
             the
             rather
             we
             may
             finde
             this
          
           Admittance
           
             into
             your
          
           Charity
           ,
           
             in
             that
             our
             sufferings
             are
             professed
             by
             our
             enemies
             to
             proceed
             (
             which
             we
             glory
             in
             )
             from
             that
             your
          
           zeal
           
             for
             the
             Church
             of
          
           God
           .
        
         
           God
           Almighty
           
             blesse
             and
             further
             those
             your
             Honorable
             and
             pious
             desires
             and
             designs
             ,
             and
          
           Restrai●the
           
             fury
             of
             our
             Adversaries
             ,
             for
             which
             we
             desire
             the
             prayers
             of
             our
             Brethren
             .
             And
             He
             grant
             ,
             that
             of
             his
             goodnesse
             all
             of
             them
             may
             be
             long
             preserved
             from
             knowing
             what
             we
             suffer
             ,
             otherwise
             then
             by
             a
          
           Brotherly
           and
           compassionate
           fellow
           feeling
           .
           
           which
           are
           the
           daily
           prayers
           of
        
         
           
             
               Your
               Honors
               Servants
            
             
             and
             
               Votaries
               ,
            
             
             Henry
             Iones
             .
             Roger
             Puttocke
             .
             
             Iohn
             Watson
             .
             Iohn
             Sterne
             .
             
             Henry
             Brereton
             .
             Randall
             Adams
             .
             
             William
             Hitchcoke
             .
             William
             Aldrich
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           severall
           Commissions
           whereupon
           the
           following
           examinations
           are
           grounded
           ;
           out
           of
           which
           the
           foregoing
           Remonstrance
           hath
           been
           extracted
           .
        
         
           
             CHARLES
             By
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             King
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
               ,
               France
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             Defendes
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               To
               Our
            
             welbeloved
             
               Henry
               Jones
               ,
            
             Dean
             of
             
               Kilmore
               ,
               Roger
               Puttock
               ,
               William
               Hitchcock
               ,
               Randall
               Adams
               ,
               John
               Sterne
               ,
               William
               Aldrich
               ,
               Henry
               Brereton
               ,
            
             and
             
               John
               Watson
            
             Clerks
             ,
             greeting
             .
             
               Whereas
            
             divers
             wicked
             and
             disloyall
             people
             have
             lately
             risen
             in
             Arms
             in
             severall
             parts
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             have
             Robbed
             and
             spoiled
             many
             of
             our
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             Brittish
             ,
             and
             Protestants
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             seperated
             from
             their
             setled
             habitations
             ,
             and
             scattered
             in
             most
             lamentable
             manner
             .
             And
             forasmuch
             as
             it
             is
             needfull
             to
             take
             due
             examination
             concerning
             the
             same
             .
             
               Know
            
             ye
             ,
             that
             We
             reposing
             especiall
             trust
             and
             confidence
             in
             your
             care
             ,
             diligence
             ,
             and
             provident
             circumspection
             ,
             have
             nominated
             and
             appointed
             you
             to
             be
             Our
             Commissioners
             ;
             And
             do
             hereby
             give
             unto
             you
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             you
             ,
             full
             power
             and
             Authoritie
             from
             time
             to
             time
             to
             call
             before
             you
             ,
             and
             examine
             upon
             oath
             on
             the
             holy
             Evangelists
             (
             which
             hereby
             we
             authorize
             you
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             you
             ,
             to
             administer
             )
             as
             well
             all
             such
             persons
             as
             have
             been
             so
             robbed
             and
             spoiled
             ,
             as
             all
             the
             witnesses
             that
             can
             give
             testimony
             therein
             ,
             what
             robberies
             and
             spoiles
             have
             beene
             committed
             on
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             to
             their
             knowledge
             ,
             since
             the
             two
             and
             twentieth
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             or
             shall
             hereafter
             be
             committed
             on
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             what
             the
             particulars
             were
             ,
             or
             are
             ,
             whereof
             they
             were
             or
             shall
             be
             so
             robbed
             or
             spoiled
             ;
             to
             
             what
             valew
             ,
             by
             whom
             ,
             what
             their
             names
             are
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             now
             ,
             or
             last
             dwelt
             that
             committed
             those
             robberies
             ,
             or
             what
             day
             or
             night
             the
             said
             robberies
             or
             spoiles
             committed
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             committed
             ,
             were
             done
             ;
             what
             traiterous
             or
             disloyall
             words
             ,
             speeches
             ,
             or
             actions
             were
             then
             ,
             or
             at
             any
             other
             time
             uttered
             or
             committed
             by
             those
             Robbers
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             what
             violence
             or
             other
             lewd
             actions
             were
             then
             performed
             by
             the
             sayd
             Robbers
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             often
             :
             and
             all
             other
             circumstances
             touching
             or
             concerning
             the
             said
             particulars
             ,
             and
             euery
             of
             them
             .
             And
             you
             Our
             sayd
             Commissioners
             are
             to
             reduce
             to
             writing
             ,
             all
             the
             examinations
             ,
             which
             you
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             you
             shall
             take
             as
             aforesaid
             :
             and
             the
             same
             to
             return
             unto
             Our
             Iustices
             ,
             and
             Councell
             of
             this
             our
             Realm
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             under
             the
             hands
             and
             seales
             of
             you
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             you
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             
               Witnesse
            
             Our
             Right
             trusty
             and
             wel-beloved
             Councellors
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parsons
            
             Knight
             and
             Baronet
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               John
               Borlase
            
             Knight
             ,
             Our
             Iustices
             of
             Our
             said
             Realm
             of
             
               Ireland
               .
            
             At
             
               Dublin
            
             the
             three
             and
             twentieth
             day
             of
             
               December
               ,
            
             in
             the
             seventeenth
             of
             our
             Reigne
             .
          
           
             
               Carleton
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CHARLES
             By
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             King
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
               ,
               France
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               To
            
             Our
             Wel-beloved
             ,
             
               Henry
               Jones
            
             Dean
             of
             
               Kilmore
               ,
               Roger
               Puttock
               ,
               William
               Hitchcock
               ,
               Randall
               Adams
               ,
               John
               Sterne
               ;
               William
               Aldrich
               ,
               Henry
               Brereton
               ,
            
             and
             
               John
               Watson
            
             Clerks
             ,
             Greeting
             .
             
               Whereas
            
             divers
             wicked
             and
             disloyall
             people
             ,
             have
             lately
             risen
             in
             Arms
             in
             severall
             parts
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             have
             robbed
             and
             spoiled
             many
             of
             Our
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             Brittish
             ,
             and
             Protestants
             ;
             who
             have
             been
             seperated
             from
             their
             setled
             habitations
             ,
             and
             scattered
             in
             most
             lamentable
             manner
             ;
             
             and
             many
             others
             have
             beene
             deprived
             of
             their
             Lands
             ,
             Rents
             ,
             goods
             ,
             and
             Chattles
             .
             And
             forasmuch
             as
             it
             is
             needfull
             to
             take
             due
             examination
             concerning
             the
             same
             .
             
               Know
            
             ye
             ,
             that
             We
             reposing
             especiall
             trust
             and
             confidence
             in
             your
             fidelities
             ,
             care
             ,
             and
             provident
             circumspection
             ,
             have
             nominated
             and
             appointed
             you
             to
             be
             Our
             Commissioners
             ;
             and
             do
             hereby
             give
             unto
             you
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             you
             ,
             full
             power
             and
             authority
             ,
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             to
             call
             before
             you
             and
             examine
             upon
             oath
             (
             which
             We
             hereby
             authorise
             you
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             you
             ,
             to
             administer
             on
             the
             holy
             Evangelists
             )
             As
             well
             all
             such
             persons
             as
             have
             been
             so
             Robbed
             and
             spoiled
             ,
             or
             deprived
             of
             their
             Lands
             ,
             Rents
             ,
             goods
             ,
             or
             Chattles
             ,
             as
             all
             the
             witnesses
             that
             can
             give
             testimony
             therein
             ,
             what
             Robberies
             and
             spoiles
             have
             been
             committed
             on
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             to
             their
             knowledge
             ,
             since
             the
             two
             and
             twentieth
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             or
             shall
             hereafter
             be
             committed
             on
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             ;
             what
             Lands
             ,
             Rents
             ,
             goods
             ,
             or
             Chattles
             ,
             whereof
             any
             person
             ,
             or
             persons
             were
             or
             shall
             be
             so
             robbed
             ,
             spoiled
             ,
             or
             deprived
             ;
             to
             what
             valew
             ,
             by
             whom
             such
             robberies
             or
             spoiles
             were
             committed
             ,
             what
             their
             names
             are
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             now
             ,
             or
             last
             dwelt
             that
             committted
             those
             robberies
             ,
             or
             spoiles
             ,
             on
             what
             day
             or
             night
             the
             said
             robberies
             or
             spoiles
             committed
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             committed
             were
             done
             ;
             what
             Traiterous
             or
             disloyall
             words
             ,
             speeches
             ,
             or
             actions
             were
             then
             ,
             or
             at
             any
             other
             time
             uttered
             or
             committed
             by
             those
             robbers
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             what
             unfitting
             words
             or
             speeches
             concerning
             the
             present
             Rebellion
             ,
             or
             by
             occasion
             thereof
             were
             spoken
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             by
             any
             person
             or
             persons
             whatsoever
             ;
             what
             violence
             or
             other
             lewd
             actions
             were
             then
             performed
             by
             the
             said
             Robbers
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             often
             ,
             what
             numbers
             of
             persons
             have
             been
             murthered
             by
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             or
             perished
             afterwards
             in
             the
             way
             to
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             or
             other
             places
             whither
             they
             fled
             or
             retired
             for
             refuge
             ,
             either
             by
             way
             of
             defence
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             .
             What
             person
             ,
             or
             persons
             ,
             Clergimen
             ,
             or
             other
             Protestants
             have
             become
             Papists
             since
             the
             said
             two
             and
             twentieth
             day
             
             fled
             or
             retired
             for
             refuge
             ,
             either
             by
             way
             of
             defence
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             .
             What
             person
             ,
             or
             persons
             ,
             Clergimen
             ,
             or
             other
             Protestants
             have
             become
             Papists
             since
             the
             said
             two
             and
             twentieth
             day
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             circumstances
             and
             things
             touching
             ,
             or
             concerning
             the
             said
             particulars
             ,
             and
             every
             of
             them
             ,
             either
             before
             the
             three
             and
             twentieth
             of
             
               October
               ,
            
             or
             since
             .
             And
             for
             the
             better
             performance
             of
             this
             service
             ,
             all
             Incumbents
             ,
             Curats
             ,
             Parish-Clerks
             ,
             and
             Sextons
             of
             Churches
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             are
             hereby
             required
             to
             give
             in
             to
             you
             Our
             said
             Commissioners
             ,
             to
             the
             best
             of
             their
             knowledge
             ,
             the
             names
             and
             numbers
             of
             the
             poore
             so
             spoyled
             ,
             who
             have
             beene
             buried
             in
             their
             respective
             Parishes
             ,
             and
             hereafter
             in
             and
             about
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             they
             are
             to
             give
             in
             weekly
             Bills
             under
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             or
             Church-wardens
             of
             such
             Parishes
             ,
             of
             such
             of
             the
             said
             persons
             as
             shall
             be
             so
             buried
             in
             the
             said
             Parishes
             .
             And
             you
             our
             said
             Commissioners
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             you
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ;
             are
             to
             reduce
             to
             writing
             all
             the
             Examinations
             which
             you
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             you
             shall
             take
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             to
             return
             to
             our
             Iustices
             ,
             and
             Councell
             of
             this
             Our
             Realm
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             under
             the
             hands
             and
             Seals
             of
             you
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             you
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             
               Witnesse
            
             Our
             right
             trusty
             and
             wel-beloved
             Councellors
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
            
             Parsons
             Knight
             and
             Baronet
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               John
               Borlase
            
             Knight
             ,
             Our
             Iustices
             of
             Our
             Realme
             of
             
               Ireland
               .
            
             At
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             the
             eighteenth
             Day
             of
             
               January
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Seventeenth
             yeare
             of
             Our
             Reigne
             .
          
           
             
               Carleton
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           Examinations
           taken
           before
           us
           His
           
             Majesties
             Commissioners
             thereunto
             appointed
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             a
             Commission
             to
             us
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             or
             more
             of
             us
             ,
             directed
             under
             the
             great
             Seal
             of
          
           Ireland
           :
           
             Dated
             the
          
           23th
           
             day
             of
          
           December
           ,
           
             in
             the
          
           17th
           
             yeare
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Reigne
             .
             And
             by
             vertue
             of
             one
             other
             Commission
             directed
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             bearing
             Date
             the
          
           18th
           
             day
             of
          
           January
           ,
           
             in
             the
             yeare
             aforesaid
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             John
             Day
             
               of
            
             Drumleiff
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Cavan
             ,
             
               Weaver
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             the
             Rebells
             bad
             him
             open
             the
             doors
             of
             his
             House
             ,
             otherwise
             they
             would
             fire
             his
             House
             ;
             and
             they
             said
             that
             they
             had
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             Queene
             ,
             and
             from
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             for
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             And
             that
             they
             would
             not
             suffer
             an
             English-man
             to
             stay
             in
             the
             land
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Jur.
                
                 8.
                 
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Day
                   .
                
                 
                   William
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Lucy
             Spell
             
               of
            
             Drogheda
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Lowth
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duly
             sworn
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             at
             
               Ballendary
            
             where
             she
             was
             prisoner
             three
             weeks
             ,
             and
             lodged
             in
             
               John
               Parsimers
            
             house
             ;
             during
             which
             imprisonment
             ,
             she
             saw
             one
             time
             
               John
               Malon
            
             a
             Fryar
             ;
             who
             taketh
             upon
             him
             the
             title
             of
             Chaplain
             to
             the
             Catholike
             Army
             in
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             together
             with
             
               Michael
               Murffy
               ,
               Garret
               Newgent
            
             of
             
               Drogheda
            
             Marchant
             ,
             
               John
               Griffin
               ,
            
             and
             
               Patrick
               Griffin
            
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             Merchants
             ,
             
               Roger
               Belin
            
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             Merchant
             ,
             with
             others
             in
             their
             company
             ;
             and
             heard
             them
             in
             their
             conference
             say
             ,
             we
             will
             shortly
             have
             the
             Prince
             of
             
               England
            
             here
             
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             make
             him
             Vice-Roy
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             tutor
             him
             ,
             and
             bring
             him
             up
             in
             the
             Catholike
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             himselfe
             shall
             live
             in
             
               Scotland
               ;
            
             and
             before
             
               Easter
            
             day
             next
             ,
             we
             shall
             have
             an
             Army
             out
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             and
             then
             we
             will
             go
             all
             into
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             with
             the
             helpe
             of
             the
             Catholikes
             there
             (
             all
             whose
             names
             the
             said
             Fryar
             said
             that
             he
             had
             )
             .
             we
             will
             put
             all
             the
             Puritans
             and
             Protestants
             to
             the
             sword
             .
          
           
             
               The
               marke
               —
               of
               the
               said
            
             Lucy
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Jur.
                
                 5.
                 
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   William
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   ,
                
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   Henry
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             John
             Biggar
             
               of
            
             Miltown
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Dublin
             ,
             
               Clerke
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             being
             duely
             sworn
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             these
             words
             were
             spoken
             by
             the
             Rebells
             ,
             especially
             by
             
             their
             Leader
             .
             (
             For
             the
             third
             of
             
               December
               )
               Edmond
               Eustace
            
             of
             
               Ballymore-Eustace
               ,
            
             that
             they
             did
             give
             us
             but
             our
             owne
             Law
             .
             For
             whereas
             there
             was
             an
             Act
             made
             by
             the
             Councell
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             in
             the
             abs●nce
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             consent
             or
             knowledge
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             the
             expelling
             ,
             banishing
             ,
             and
             putting
             away
             the
             Papists
             out
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             seizing
             of
             their
             goods
             ;
             which
             when
             they
             had
             there
             effected
             ,
             would
             have
             brought
             the
             like
             over
             hither
             ,
             for
             extirpation
             of
             the
             Irish
             Nation
             that
             are
             Papists
             .
             These
             considerations
             for
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             Religion
             ,
             the
             Queens
             person
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Kings
             license
             ,
             moved
             them
             to
             take
             Arms
             ,
             having
             the
             
               Scots
            
             for
             a
             president
             ;
             they
             have
             also
             vowed
             not
             to
             leave
             an
             English-man
             in
             
               Ireland
               .
            
             The
             Kingdome
             they
             will
             have
             in
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             Lawes
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             a
             Deputy
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             without
             molestation
             or
             interruption
             of
             any
             other
             Nation
             .
          
           
             This
             night
             ,
             at
             the
             Widdowes
             house
             of
             one
             
               Lawrence
               Purcell
               ,
            
             I
             met
             with
             one
             
               George
               Staples
               ,
            
             who
             for
             late
             years
             had
             taught
             the
             Children
             of
             the
             chiefe
             of
             the
             Gentry
             in
             our
             parts
             .
             Having
             beene
             formerly
             acquainted
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             began
             to
             examine
             me
             what
             course
             I
             intended
             to
             take
             ,
             I
             told
             him
             I
             could
             not
             tell
             ,
             untill
             I
             came
             to
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             I
             desired
             to
             have
             his
             counsell
             and
             advise
             .
             
             He
             began
             after
             this
             manner
             .
             You
             intend
             to
             go
             to
             
               ublin
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             if
             you
             do
             ,
             you
             must
             go
             speedily
             ;
             for
             within
             two
             dayes
             the
             
               Irish
            
             Army
             will
             be
             before
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             so
             that
             you
             cannot
             passe
             ;
             if
             you
             should
             get
             so
             much
             favour
             as
             to
             passe
             ,
             yet
             when
             you
             come
             to
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             you
             will
             not
             be
             admitted
             to
             come
             within
             the
             Gates
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Suburbs
             there
             are
             sixe
             or
             seven
             score
             dying
             daily
             for
             want
             of
             food
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             will
             be
             no
             abiding
             place
             for
             you
             ,
             If
             you
             intend
             to
             go
             for
             
               England
               ,
            
             the
             least
             childe
             you
             have
             will
             not
             be
             carried
             under
             twenty
             shillings
             ,
             and
             you
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             have
             not
             one
             penny
             ;
             if
             you
             should
             finde
             so
             much
             friendship
             as
             to
             passe
             
               gratis
               ,
            
             there
             are
             such
             a
             multitude
             of
             people
             that
             are
             gone
             out
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             that
             
               England
            
             being
             but
             a
             small
             Island
             ,
             and
             Populous
             of
             it selfe
             ,
             is
             not
             able
             to
             receive
             you
             ;
             if
             you
             should
             be
             received
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             long
             continuing
             place
             for
             you
             ,
             for
             the
             Papists
             are
             striving
             in
             
               England
            
             as
             well
             as
             here
             ;
             the
             Queene
             being
             fled
             into
             
               France
            
             for
             some
             abuses
             offered
             her
             own
             Person
             ,
             her
             Servants
             and
             Chaplains
             ,
             which
             indignities
             the
             King
             of
             
               France
            
             intending
             to
             revenge
             ,
             hath
             leavied
             an
             Army
             of
             40000
             men
             to
             invade
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Cardinall
             in
             
               Flanders
            
             hath
             leavied
             the
             like
             number
             ,
             to
             the
             like
             end
             and
             purpose
             ,
             therefore
             it
             will
             be
             no
             purpose
             to
             go
             thither
             .
             Lord
             ,
             Mr
             
               Staples
            
             (
             said
             I
             )
             what
             shall
             I
             do
             then
             ?
             If
             you
             stay
             here
             ,
             you
             must
             do
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             and
             turn
             to
             Masse
             ;
             yet
             they
             will
             not
             trust
             you
             (
             sayd
             he
             )
             fearing
             least
             if
             the
             King
             of
             
               England
            
             should
             ever
             be
             able
             to
             bring
             an
             Army
             into
             this
             Country
             ,
             the
             turn-coat
             English
             should
             joyne
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             cut
             the
             Irish
             throats
             in
             a
             night
             ,
             as
             the
             English
             once
             did
             the
             
               Danes
            
             in
             
               England
               .
            
             Therefore
             whosoever
             of
             the
             English
             should
             turn
             to
             the
             Romish
             Church
             ,
             they
             would
             also
             compell
             to
             take
             Armes
             and
             place
             them
             in
             the
             Front
             ,
             and
             eminent
             place
             of
             danger
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             fall
             .
             And
             for
             hereafter
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             gotten
             the
             Kingdome
             into
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             which
             they
             make
             no
             question
             but
             to
             have
             in
             a
             short
             time
             (
             having
             all
             the
             Forts
             ,
             Castles
             ,
             and
             strong-holds
             in
             
               Ireland
            
             in
             their
             own
             hands
             already
             ,
             but
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             
               Drogheda
               ;
            
             and
             these
             two
             places
             they
             would
             not
             for
             many
             thousand
             pounds
             have
             gotten
             ,
             for
             reasons
             known
             unto
             themselves
             )
             but
             when
             they
             have
             once
             obtained
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             those
             English
             that
             have
             not
             fallen
             by
             the
             sword
             ,
             the
             holy
             Church
             hath
             so
             ordered
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             cut
             off
             by
             the
             Inquisition
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             will
             not
             leave
             an
             English-man
             alive
             ,
             whose
             
             Ancestors
             hav●
             not
             been
             here
             for
             200
             years
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             like
             words
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Jur.
                
                 29.
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Biggar
                   .
                
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             John
             Mountgomery
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Clounish
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Monaghan
             ,
             
               Gent.
               
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             e
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             in
             their
             journey
             ,
             and
             Marching
             within
             the
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             the
             Rebells
             murthered
             of
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             at
             the
             least
             fourescore
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             committed
             a
             number
             of
             other
             wicked
             barbarous
             and
             notorious
             Robberies
             and
             actions
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             owne
             relation
             ,
             robb'd
             ,
             stripped
             naked
             ,
             kill'd
             and
             drowned
             45
             of
             the
             
               Scots
            
             at
             one
             time
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             same
             Robbers
             also
             murthered
             Mr
             
               Blyth
               ,
            
             and
             Master
             
               Mathew
            
             (
             two
             constant
             Protestant
             Preachers
             within
             the
             County
             of
             
               Tiron
               )
            
             and
             murthered
             one
             Master
             
               Fullerton
               ,
            
             Parson
             of
             
               Loughall
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Armagh
               ;
            
             and
             neere
             fourescore
             more
             English
             more
             of
             Protestants
             ,
             by
             drowning
             ,
             and
             throwing
             them
             all
             over
             the
             Bridge
             of
             
               Portdown
            
             in
             the
             said
             County
             ,
             into
             the
             River
             
               Bann
               .
            
          
           
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             Rebells
             aforesaid
             ,
             or
             some
             of
             them
             confessed
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             was
             told
             also
             by
             divers
             Scottish-men
             ,
             that
             they
             the
             same
             Rebells
             when
             they
             came
             to
             
               Armagh
               ,
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             and
             
               Dungannon
               ,
            
             set
             all
             the
             prisoners
             at
             liberty
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             broke
             open
             and
             defaced
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             and
             burned
             the
             pewes
             ,
             pulpit
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             things
             in
             the
             said
             Church
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             whilest
             he
             was
             with
             the
             same
             Rebells
             ,
             saw
             them
             to
             pull
             in
             peeces
             ,
             kick
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             deface
             and
             spoyl
             all
             the
             Protestant
             Bibles
             ,
             and
             other
             protestant
             books
             that
             they
             found
             in
             any
             place
             where
             they
             came
             ;
             neither
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             protestant
             prisoner
             nor
             other
             ,
             durst
             so
             much
             do
             as
             to
             save
             ,
             or
             looke
             upon
             any
             of
             them
             in
             their
             sight
             ;
             nor
             would
             they
             willingly
             suffer
             any
             one
             to
             speak
             the
             English
             tongue
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             ,
             it
             was
             pretended
             that
             it
             was
             agreed
             in
             the
             Parliament
             House
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             thet
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             should
             be
             sent
             for
             to
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             unde
             ,
             colour
             of
             passing
             Patents
             of
             their
             Lands
             ;
             and
             there
             should
             be
             imprisoned
             ,
             untill
             such
             time
             as
             they
             should
             either
             go
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Church
             ,
             or
             should
             be
             put
             
             to
             death
             :
             And
             if
             they
             should
             go
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             yet
             not
             to
             be
             released
             untill
             they
             had
             given
             security
             that
             their
             followers
             should
             go
             to
             the
             Church
             also
             ;
             otherwise
             ,
             to
             bring
             them
             in
             to
             be
             censured
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             when
             the
             Rebells
             of
             the
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
            
             had
             surprized
             ,
             or
             had
             command
             of
             all
             that
             County
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             said
             that
             they
             would
             be
             governed
             by
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Law
             ,
             and
             some
             by
             the
             
               English
            
             Law
             ,
             which
             they
             knew
             better
             .
             And
             said
             further
             ,
             That
             when
             they
             had
             taken
             
               Dublin
            
             and
             
               Drogheda
               ,
               Derry
            
             and
             
               Knockfergus
               ,
            
             which
             they
             did
             not
             doubt
             but
             to
             conquer
             before
             
               Candlemas
            
             then
             next
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             would
             settle
             a
             Government
             ,
             but
             would
             have
             no
             Protestants
             amongst
             them
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             would
             suffer
             English
             or
             Scottish
             to
             be
             Deputies
             ,
             Lords
             Justices
             ,
             or
             Judges
             ,
             so
             that
             one
             of
             the
             Irish
             Nation
             might
             be
             joyned
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             that
             all
             should
             go
             to
             Masse
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             same
             Rebells
             publikely
             and
             generally
             also
             said
             ,
             That
             they
             made
             no
             account
             but
             to
             keep
             
               Ireland
            
             for
             ever
             ,
             in
             regard
             they
             had
             of
             their
             own
             Souldiers
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             fighting
             men
             ,
             besides
             labourers
             ;
             and
             they
             expected
             from
             the
             King
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             according
             to
             his
             promise
             fifteen
             thousand
             souldiers
             ,
             and
             Arms
             and
             money
             fit
             for
             them
             :
             and
             from
             the
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             some
             Ayd
             ,
             because
             the
             Queen
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             his
             sister
             ,
             was
             so
             deprived
             of
             liberty
             of
             religion
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             same
             Rebells
             also
             further
             said
             ,
             in
             this
             Deponents
             hearing
             ,
             That
             in
             all
             forraigne
             parts
             it
             was
             agreed
             and
             resolved
             that
             all
             Protestants
             or
             others
             that
             would
             not
             go
             to
             Masse
             ,
             should
             be
             put
             to
             the
             Sword
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             hear
             
               Neale
               mac
               Kenny
               ,
            
             Baron
             of
             
               Trough
               ,
            
             neer
             
               Glaslock
               ,
            
             a
             notorious
             Captain
             of
             the
             Rebells
             ,
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             had
             sent
             directions
             from
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             that
             Sir
             
               Pbelomy
               Roe
               ô
               Neale
               ,
            
             Knight
             ,
             should
             be
             Generall
             of
             all
             His
             Majesties
             Forces
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             against
             the
             English
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             the
             said
             
               Neale
               mac
               Kenny
            
             should
             be
             Governour
             of
             the
             three
             Counties
             of
             
               Tyrone
               ,
               Armagh
               ,
            
             and
             
               Monaghan
               ;
            
             And
             that
             therefore
             he
             the
             said
             
               Neale
               mac
               Kenny
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Irish
             Forces
             would
             ,
             after
             their
             conquest
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             go
             into
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             there
             ,
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             English
             papists
             ,
             also
             conquer
             the
             same
             ;
             And
             that
             from
             thence
             they
             would
             go
             into
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             and
             by
             the
             like
             assistance
             subdue
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             settle
             their
             religion
             in
             all
             places
             .
          
           
           
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             was
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Armagh
            
             credibly
             informed
             by
             some
             cots
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             was
             confessed
             and
             confirmed
             to
             be
             true
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Irish
             ,
             That
             one
             ●
             Mr
             
               Keoon
               ,
            
             neer
             
               Cregance
               ,
            
             in
             the
             said
             County
             ,
             and
             his
             Souldiers
             ,
             did
             take
             a
             Scottish-man
             ,
             and
             a
             woman
             ,
             and
             tortured
             them
             ,
             by
             hanging
             them
             up
             in
             a
             Rope
             to
             confesse
             their
             moneys
             ;
             but
             still
             before
             they
             were
             dead
             ,
             let
             them
             down
             again
             .
          
           
             And
             saith
             further
             ;
             That
             o●e
             
               Bryan
               mac
               Erowny
               ,
            
             a
             Ring-leader
             of
             Rebells
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Fermanagh
               ,
            
             and
             his
             souldiers
             ,
             killed
             one
             
               Ensigne
               Lloyd
               ,
            
             and
             
               Robert
               Workman
               ,
            
             both
             of
             the
             same
             County
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             four
             of
             their
             servants
             ;
             one
             of
             which
             they
             having
             wounded
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             death
             ,
             they
             buried
             quick
             .
             And
             this
             Deponent
             was
             credibly
             informed
             ,
             That
             the
             daughter
             in
             law
             of
             one
             
               Ford
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Parish
             of
             
               Clonnish
               ,
            
             and
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             being
             delivered
             of
             a
             childe
             in
             the
             Hills
             ;
             the
             Rebells
             ,
             who
             had
             formerly
             killed
             her
             husband
             and
             his
             father
             ,
             killed
             her
             also
             ,
             and
             two
             of
             her
             children
             ,
             and
             suffered
             their
             dogs
             to
             eat
             up
             and
             devour
             her
             said
             new
             born
             childe
             ,
             which
             they
             found
             with
             her
             in
             that
             place
             .
             And
             saith
             further
             ,
             That
             
               Cole
               ,
               mac
               Bryan
               ,
               mac
               Mabon
            
             the
             Colonell
             and
             his
             souldiers
             did
             kill
             and
             murther
             at
             
               Mellifant
               ,
            
             at
             the
             Lord
             
               Moores
            
             house
             ,
             18
             of
             the
             said
             Lord
             
               Moors
            
             servants
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             suffer
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             them
             to
             be
             buried
             ,
             but
             to
             lie
             upon
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             be
             devoured
             by
             Dogs
             ,
             Crows
             ,
             and
             revenous
             Creatures
             .
             And
             this
             Deponent
             had
             ,
             and
             hath
             seen
             and
             observed
             the
             like
             to
             be
             done
             by
             the
             Rebells
             since
             this
             Rebellion
             began
             ,
             within
             the
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             to
             divers
             other
             Protestants
             that
             they
             had
             murthered
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Jur.
                
                 26
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               John
               Mountgomery
               .
            
             
               Iohn
               Sterne
               ,
            
             
               William
               Hitchcocke
               ,
            
             
               Roger
               Puttocke
               ,
            
             
               VVilliam
               Aldrich
               ,
            
             
               Hen.
               Brereton
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Patrick
             ô
             Bryan
             ,
             
               of
               the
               Parish
               of
               Galoon
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             
               Donagh
               ,
               mac
               Guye
               ,
            
             of
             the
             County
             aforesaid
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             
             against
             his
             will
             that
             this
             was
             begun
             ;
             but
             seeing
             he
             had
             put
             to
             his
             hand
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             give
             out
             ;
             for
             if
             I
             should
             come
             in
             ,
             I
             should
             be
             used
             like
             
               Tyron
               ,
            
             who
             was
             persecuted
             ,
             notwithstanding
             his
             many
             pardons
             .
             
               Con
               oge
               mac
               con
               mac
               Hugh
               ,
               mac
               Mabon
               ,
            
             of
             
               Aghneholagh
               ,
            
             
             and
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             knew
             of
             this
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             as
             hot
             in
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
            
             as
             here
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             .
             And
             he
             further
             said
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             Nobles
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             which
             were
             papists
             ,
             had
             a
             hand
             in
             this
             plot
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             my
             Lord
             
               Maguire
               ,
            
             and
             
               Hugh
               oge
               mac
               Mahon
               ,
            
             and
             that
             they
             expected
             Ayd
             out
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             by
             one
             
               Owen
               Roe
               ô
               Neal
               ,
               viz.
            
             10000
             men
             ,
             and
             Arms
             for
             as
             many
             .
             
               Item
               ,
            
             the
             said
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             heard
             Colonell
             
               Plunckett
            
             say
             ;
             That
             he
             knew
             of
             this
             plot
             eight
             yeers
             ago
             :
             but
             within
             these
             three
             yeers
             he
             hath
             been
             more
             fully
             acquainted
             with
             it
             :
             the
             cause
             of
             this
             Deponents
             knowledge
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             sent
             with
             a
             Letter
             unto
             the
             said
             Colonell
             
               Plunckett
               ,
            
             from
             Mr.
             
               Nicholas
               VVilloughby
               ,
            
             and
             heard
             the
             same
             from
             the
             said
             
               Plunckett
            
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             
               Patrick
               ô
               Bryan
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ion.
                
                 29.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Henry
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sierne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Deposition
               of
            
             Henry
             Jones
             ,
             
               Doctor
               in
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               Dean
               of
            
             Kilmore
             .
          
           
             I
             
               Henry
               Iones
               ,
            
             Doctor
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             in
             obedience
             to
             His
             Majesties
             
             Commission
             ;
             requiring
             an
             Accompt
             of
             the
             losses
             of
             His
             loyall
             subjects
             ,
             wherein
             they
             suffered
             by
             the
             present
             Rebellion
             in
             
               Ireland
               :
            
             Requiring
             also
             a
             declaration
             of
             what
             trayterous
             words
             ,
             projects
             ,
             or
             actions
             were
             done
             ,
             said
             ,
             or
             plotted
             by
             the
             actors
             or
             abettors
             in
             that
             Rebellion
             ;
             Do
             make
             ,
             and
             give
             in
             this
             following
             report
             of
             the
             premisses
             ,
             to
             the
             best
             of
             my
             knowledge
             .
             As
             for
             the
             present
             Rebellion
             ,
             howsoever
             the
             first
             breaking
             out
             of
             this
             fire
             into
             a
             flame
             ,
             began
             first
             on
             the
             28
             of
             
               Octob.
            
             1641
             ,
             yet
             was
             it
             smoking
             ,
             as
             may
             well
             be
             conjectured
             for
             many
             yeers
             before
             ;
             God
             having
             given
             us
             many
             and
             apparant
             grounds
             for
             the
             discovery
             of
             it
             ,
             had
             they
             been
             duely
             considered
             ,
             or
             fully
             prosecuted
             to
             a
             discovery
             ,
             of
             which
             kinde
             we
             finde
             these
             following
             four
             particulars
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             first
             ,
             That
             about
             three
             or
             four
             yeers
             since
             ,
             amongst
             many
             Books
             brought
             into
             
               Limrick
            
             from
             forraign
             parts
             and
             seized
             upon
             by
             the
             Reverend
             Bishop
             of
             that
             Sea
             ,
             as
             prohibited
             ,
             being
             thereunto
             authoriz●d
             by
             the
             State
             ,
             One
             had
             a
             written
             addition
             to
             the
             first
             part
             ,
             which
             was
             printed
             ,
             the
             Manuscript
             containing
             a
             discourse
             of
             the
             Friars
             of
             the
             
               Augustine
            
             Order
             ,
             sometimes
             seated
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             in
             
               Vlster
               ,
            
             But
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             and
             
             that
             Present
             resident
             (
             as
             that
             writing
             imported
             )
             in
             the
             City
             of
             
               Limrick
            
             in
             
               Munster
               ,
            
             That
             while
             it
             flourished
             at
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             it
             was
             protected
             ,
             and
             largely
             provided
             for
             by
             the
             then
             Earl
             of
             
               Tyrone
               :
            
             Since
             whose
             expulsion
             out
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             that
             Convent
             was
             also
             decayed
             ,
             and
             driven
             to
             those
             distresses
             it
             did
             for
             the
             present
             undergo
             ;
             but
             that
             within
             three
             yeers
             (
             this
             is
             ,
             as
             I
             remember
             ,
             the
             time
             limited
             )
             
               Ireland
            
             should
             finde
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             a
             sonne
             inheriting
             his
             fathers
             vertues
             ,
             who
             should
             restore
             that
             Kingdom
             to
             its
             former
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             that
             Convent
             to
             its
             first
             lustre
             ,
             or
             words
             to
             that
             effect
             .
             This
             was
             related
             unto
             me
             by
             that
             zealous
             and
             learned
             Prelate
             Doctor
             
               VVebb
               ,
            
             now
             Bishop
             of
             
               Limrick
               ,
            
             who
             saw
             and
             read
             the
             said
             passage
             ;
             purposing
             as
             his
             Lordship
             told
             me
             ,
             to
             send
             that
             book
             to
             the
             Lord
             President
             of
             
               Munster
               ,
            
             to
             be
             taken
             into
             further
             consideration
             .
          
           
             2
             Hereunto
             was
             added
             a
             second
             passage
             ,
             about
             the
             same
             time
             at
             
               Limrick
            
             aforesaid
             ;
             where
             a
             Popish
             Priest
             gave
             out
             ,
             that
             within
             three
             years
             there
             should
             not
             be
             a
             Protestant
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             or
             words
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             with
             some
             other
             materiall
             circumstances
             which
             I
             do
             not
             now
             remember
             ;
             yet
             all
             so
             concurring
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             or
             the
             first
             with
             this
             (
             for
             which
             preceded
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             Both
             being
             about
             one
             time
             )
             that
             it
             was
             thought
             fitting
             to
             be
             considered
             of
             ,
             the
             sayd
             Priest
             being
             sent
             unto
             the
             Lords
             at
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             he
             committed
             to
             the
             Castle
             .
          
           
             3
             The
             third
             ,
             did
             agree
             with
             the
             two
             former
             ,
             and
             fell
             out
             about
             the
             same
             time
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               VVestmeath
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Province
             of
             
               Limster
               ;
            
             where
             
               VValter
               Newgent
            
             of
             
               Rathaspeck
            
             in
             the
             said
             County
             ,
             eldest
             Son
             to
             
               VValter
               Newgent
            
             Esquier
             (
             a
             man
             of
             great
             fortunes
             )
             upbraiding
             an
             Irish
             Protestant
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Parish
             Clerk
             of
             
               Rathaspeck
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             with
             his
             Religion
             ;
             and
             both
             speaking
             Latine
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Newgent
            
             uttered
             these
             words
             ;
             
               Infratres
               annos
               venient
               tempus
               ,
               &
               potentia
               in
               Hibernia
               ,
               quandò
               tu
               longè
            
             (
             likely
             meaning
             
               diu
               .
               )
               pendebis
               in
               cruce
               propter
               diabolicam
               vestram
               Religionem
               .
            
             (
             The
             party
             to
             which
             this
             was
             spoken
             feared
             the
             power
             of
             the
             man
             )
             durst
             not
             speak
             of
             it
             ,
             only
             in
             private
             .
             Yet
             being
             called
             upon
             and
             examined
             juridically
             ,
             upon
             oath
             he
             deposed
             these
             words
             .
             And
             being
             demanded
             whether
             the
             words
             were
             in
             
               Hiberniam
               ,
            
             or
             
               Hibernia
               ;
            
             the
             first
             importing
             an
             Invasion
             ,
             the
             other
             ,
             an
             Insurrection
             at
             home
             :
             He
             deposed
             the
             latter
             ,
             having
             time
             given
             him
             to
             consider
             of
             it
             .
             These
             Examinates
             were
             sent
             to
             Sir
             
               George
               Radcliffe
               ;
               Newgent
            
             was
             
             sent
             for
             ,
             and
             committed
             to
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             remained
             in
             long
             durance
             ,
             but
             after
             was
             dismissed
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Hereunto
             was
             added
             a
             fourth
             ,
             about
             the
             same
             time
             near
             the
             
               Naas
               ,
            
             about
             12
             miles
             from
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             where
             a
             popish
             Priest
             newly
             arrived
             out
             of
             
               Flanders
               ,
            
             did
             make
             his
             addresse
             to
             the
             then
             Lord
             Deputy
             ,
             and
             informed
             his
             Lordship
             of
             an
             intercourse
             of
             Letters
             between
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Tirone
               ,
            
             with
             others
             in
             
               Flanders
               ,
            
             and
             the
             popish
             Primate
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
               Rely
               ;
            
             concerning
             an
             Invasion
             within
             a
             short
             time
             intended
             upon
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             the
             said
             Priest
             offering
             (
             so
             his
             person
             might
             be
             secured
             )
             to
             direct
             such
             as
             should
             be
             thereunto
             appointed
             to
             the
             place
             ,
             where
             the
             said
             Letters
             were
             in
             the
             custodie
             of
             the
             said
             
               Rely
               :
               Rely
            
             was
             thereupon
             sent
             for
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             popish
             Vicar
             generall
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             as
             I
             remember
             it
             ;
             both
             were
             committed
             to
             the
             said
             Castle
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             but
             soon
             after
             released
             ,
             and
             the
             Informer
             dismissed
             ,
             with
             x.
             l.
             and
             a
             suit
             of
             clothes
             ,
             or
             some
             such
             reward
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Hereunto
             may
             this
             be
             further
             added
             another
             ,
             not
             so
             plain
             as
             the
             former
             ;
             That
             about
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Lord
             Baron
             of
             
               Dunsany
            
             did
             ride
             disguised
             throughout
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             
               Mounster
               ,
            
             pretending
             to
             satisfie
             his
             curiosity
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             places
             and
             persons
             :
             He
             not
             being
             discovered
             untill
             his
             return
             at
             the
             Birr
             ,
             where
             having
             offerd
             himself
             to
             be
             bound
             for
             one
             in
             his
             company
             ,
             he
             writ
             himself
             in
             his
             own
             stile
             ;
             being
             loth
             to
             leave
             under
             his
             hand
             a
             testimony
             of
             his
             disguised
             person
             ,
             and
             assumed
             name
             .
          
           
             Hereunto
             may
             be
             added
             ,
             a
             motion
             made
             by
             the
             Recusant
             party
             in
             the
             Parliament
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             for
             hindring
             the
             sending
             away
             of
             certain
             Colonels
             with
             their
             forces
             raised
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             pretended
             to
             be
             for
             service
             in
             foreign
             parts
             ,
             many
             wondring
             it
             should
             proceed
             from
             them
             ;
             but
             therein
             ,
             considering
             these
             their
             former
             practises
             ,
             their
             intentions
             may
             be
             discovered
             to
             be
             far
             different
             from
             what
             others
             conceived
             thereof
             ,
             who
             assented
             thereunto
             :
             The
             imploying
             of
             so
             many
             thousands
             abroad
             ,
             being
             a
             great
             weakning
             of
             the
             forces
             they
             purposed
             for
             this
             their
             soon
             after
             following
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
             To
             descend
             now
             from
             the
             antecedents
             of
             this
             treason
             ,
             to
             the
             falling
             in
             thereupon
             ;
             and
             lastly
             ,
             to
             the
             consequents
             ,
             &
             what
             therby
             hath
             been
             intended
             ,
             supposing
             it
             to
             succeed
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             attained
             the
             desired
             effect
             ,
             which
             by
             them
             was
             not
             doubted
             of
             .
             And
             first
             ,
             
             for
             the
             entrance
             thereinto
             :
             Howsoever
             that
             the
             ground-work
             were
             long
             since
             laid
             ,
             yet
             would
             they
             not
             have
             it
             so
             to
             seeme
             :
             But
             new
             occasion
             must
             be
             found
             ,
             as
             the
             sole
             cause
             of
             their
             breaking
             out
             ,
             this
             being
             intended
             for
             the
             satisfying
             the
             mindes
             of
             such
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             as
             have
             not
             hitherto
             bin
             acquainted
             with
             the
             depth
             &
             mystery
             of
             this
             Iniquity
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             stand
             amazed
             at
             the
             suddennesse
             of
             the
             undertaking
             ,
             or
             stand
             off
             from
             joyning
             with
             them
             ,
             the
             worst
             part
             of
             their
             designes
             ,
             it
             being
             an
             apparent
             Rebellion
             .
             The
             fittest
             means
             for
             this
             ,
             must
             have
             bin
             by
             casting
             aspersions
             on
             the
             present
             Governmēt
             ,
             which
             if
             long
             tolerated
             ,
             would
             prove
             extremely
             dangerous
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             their
             Religion
             ,
             but
             their
             lives
             and
             posterity
             .
             For
             effecting
             hereof
             ,
             reports
             were
             cast
             out
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Parliament
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             the
             cutting
             off
             of
             all
             the
             Papists
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             of
             what
             degree
             soever
             ,
             was
             concluded
             upon
             ,
             the
             execution
             of
             that
             Resolution
             being
             committed
             to
             the
             Counsell
             in
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             The
             Lords
             (
             said
             they
             )
             had
             laid
             down
             a
             day
             for
             this
             work
             ,
             being
             the
             23
             of
             
               Nov.
            
             then
             next
             following
             ,
             and
             now
             last
             past
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             .
             For
             the
             better
             ,
             more
             secure
             ,
             and
             more
             secret
             managing
             of
             this
             pretended
             plot
             ,
             such
             of
             the
             popish
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             both
             Houses
             as
             appeared
             in
             Parliament
             at
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             should
             be
             secured
             .
             And
             for
             the
             drawing
             together
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             amongst
             other
             pretences
             ,
             this
             alledged
             to
             be
             one
             ,
             That
             his
             Majesties
             rents
             were
             purposely
             omitted
             ,
             and
             not
             called
             upon
             in
             Easter-Term
             with
             that
             earnestnesse
             as
             formerly
             ;
             and
             that
             such
             as
             made
             default
             should
             be
             summoned
             to
             appear
             in
             Michaelmas-Term
             at
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             there
             surprised
             ;
             such
             of
             them
             as
             were
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             wanting
             the
             heads
             ,
             being
             easily
             cut
             off
             .
             They
             say
             that
             this
             pretended
             plot
             ,
             was
             I
             know
             not
             how
             discovered
             to
             them
             :
             So
             that
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             profession
             ,
             they
             were
             inforced
             to
             stand
             upon
             their
             guard
             ,
             and
             to
             counter-work
             that
             day
             of
             the
             23
             of
             
               Nov.
            
             laid
             for
             their
             destruction
             ,
             by
             their
             declaring
             themselves
             in
             arms
             on
             the
             23
             of
             
               Octob.
            
             a
             moneth
             before
             .
             The
             serious
             part
             of
             this
             Discourse
             was
             related
             to
             me
             by
             a
             Friar
             intimate
             in
             their
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             priest
             a
             popish
             Vicar
             generall
             ,
             therby
             to
             give
             me
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             to
             justifie
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             whose
             names
             I
             do
             for
             the
             present
             forbear
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             Majesties
             service
             .
          
           
             By
             others
             also
             it
             was
             informed
             ,
             That
             this
             plot
             was
             mainly
             intended
             in
             that
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             next
             after
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Straffords
            
             
             beheading
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             concluded
             upon
             in
             the
             popish
             private
             meetings
             ,
             which
             were
             then
             observed
             to
             be
             frequent
             ,
             and
             by
             some
             suspected
             might
             prove
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             discovery
             of
             what
             provision
             of
             armes
             and
             amunition
             our
             store
             of
             
               Dublin
            
             afforded
             (
             it
             being
             by
             some
             suspected
             ,
             that
             most
             was
             sent
             before
             to
             
               Carrickfergus
               )
            
             one
             of
             the
             popish
             faction
             ,
             in
             the
             house
             of
             
               Commons
            
             put
             one
             of
             the
             Protestant
             members
             to
             move
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             the
             Earle
             of
             
               Straffords
            
             men
             had
             cast
             out
             some
             threatning
             words
             against
             the
             Parliament
             in
             revenge
             of
             his
             Lord
             ,
             which
             could
             not
             be
             conceived
             to
             end
             in
             lesse
             than
             a
             blowing
             up
             of
             the
             whole
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             store
             lying
             under
             them
             :
             whereupon
             a
             Committee
             of
             both
             Houses
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             prime
             Papists
             ,
             were
             appointed
             to
             make
             search
             in
             all
             the
             corners
             in
             the
             Store
             :
             amongst
             these
             the
             Lord
             
               Mac
               Guire
            
             was
             one
             who
             was
             observed
             ,
             without
             occasion
             to
             be
             liberall
             in
             disposing
             of
             money
             to
             some
             of
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Store
             ,
             in
             a
             way
             more
             than
             was
             ordinary
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             being
             prorogued
             ,
             and
             the
             time
             drawing
             nigh
             for
             putting
             their
             designe
             in
             execution
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             great
             meeting
             appointed
             of
             the
             heads
             of
             the
             Romish
             Clergie
             ,
             and
             other
             Lay-men
             of
             their
             faction
             ,
             said
             to
             bee
             at
             the
             Abbey
             of
             
               Mullifarvan
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Countie
             of
             
               Westmeath
               ,
            
             where
             is
             a
             Convent
             of
             
               Franciscans
               ,
            
             thereof
             openly
             and
             peaceably
             possessed
             for
             many
             yeares
             last
             past
             :
             the
             day
             of
             their
             meeting
             being
             also
             on
             their
             Saint
             
               Francis
            
             day
             ,
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             October
             last
             ,
             but
             the
             time
             and
             place
             I
             cannot
             confidently
             affirm
             ,
             yet
             howsoever
             the
             severall
             opinions
             and
             discussions
             are
             as
             follow
             ,
             like
             as
             I
             have
             received
             it
             from
             the
             said
             Fryer
             ,
             a
             Franciscan
             ,
             and
             present
             there
             being
             a
             Guardian
             of
             that
             Order
             ,
             where
             among
             many
             other
             things
             there
             debated
             ;
             the
             question
             was
             what
             course
             should
             bee
             taken
             with
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             that
             were
             found
             in
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             to
             be
             Protestants
             .
             The
             Councell
             was
             therein
             divided
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Some
             were
             for
             their
             banishment
             ,
             without
             attempting
             on
             their
             lives
             ;
             for
             this
             was
             given
             the
             Instance
             of
             the
             King
             of
             
               Spaines
            
             expelling
             out
             of
             
               Granado
               ,
            
             and
             other
             parts
             of
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             the
             Moores
             to
             the
             number
             of
             many
             hundreth
             of
             thousands
             :
             all
             of
             them
             being
             dismissed
             with
             their
             lives
             ,
             wives
             and
             
             children
             ,
             with
             some
             part
             of
             their
             goods
             (
             if
             not
             the
             most
             part
             )
             that
             this
             his
             way
             of
             proceeding
             redounded
             much
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             
               Spaine
               ,
            
             whereas
             the
             slaughter
             of
             many
             innocents
             would
             have
             laid
             an
             everlasting
             blemish
             of
             cruelty
             on
             that
             State
             ,
             that
             the
             like
             usage
             of
             the
             English
             their
             neighbours
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             many
             there
             present
             owed
             (
             if
             no
             more
             )
             yet
             their
             education
             ;
             would
             gaine
             much
             to
             the
             cause
             ,
             both
             in
             
               England
            
             and
             other
             parts
             :
             That
             their
             goods
             and
             estates
             seized
             upon
             ,
             would
             bee
             sufficient
             without
             medling
             with
             their
             persons
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             contrary
             course
             were
             taken
             ,
             and
             their
             blood
             spilt
             ,
             beside
             the
             curse
             it
             would
             draw
             from
             heaven
             upon
             their
             cause
             :
             It
             might
             withall
             incense
             and
             provoke
             the
             neighbour
             Kingdome
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             that
             iustly
             taking
             a
             more
             severe
             revenge
             on
             them
             and
             theirs
             ,
             even
             to
             extirpation
             if
             it
             had
             the
             upper
             hand
             .
          
           
             2
             On
             the
             otherside
             ,
             was
             urged
             a
             contrary
             proceeding
             to
             the
             utter
             cutting
             off
             all
             the
             English
             Protestants
             ,
             where
             to
             the
             instance
             of
             the
             dismissed
             
               Moores
               ,
            
             it
             was
             answered
             ,
             that
             that
             was
             the
             sole
             Act
             of
             the
             King
             and
             Queene
             of
             
               Spaine
               ,
            
             contrary
             to
             the
             advise
             of
             their
             Councell
             ,
             which
             howsoever
             it
             might
             gaine
             that
             Prince
             a
             name
             of
             metcy
             ,
             yet
             therein
             the
             event
             shewed
             him
             to
             be
             most
             unmercifull
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             his
             owne
             ,
             but
             to
             all
             Christendome
             beside
             .
             That
             this
             was
             evident
             in
             the
             great
             and
             excessive
             charge
             that
             
               Spaine
            
             hath
             beene
             since
             that
             time
             put
             unto
             by
             these
             
               Moores
            
             and
             their
             posterity
             to
             this
             day
             .
             All
             Christendome
             also
             hath
             and
             doth
             still
             groane
             under
             the
             miseries
             it
             doth
             suffer
             by
             the
             piracies
             of
             
               Algiers
               ,
               Sally
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             Dennes
             of
             theeves
             .
             That
             all
             this
             might
             have
             beene
             prevented
             in
             one
             houre
             by
             a
             generall
             Massacre
             ,
             applying
             that
             it
             was
             no
             lesse
             dangerous
             to
             expell
             the
             English
             :
             That
             these
             Robbers
             and
             banished
             men
             might
             againe
             returne
             with
             swords
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             hard
             usage
             in
             spoiling
             might
             bee
             exasperated
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             hope
             of
             recovering
             their
             former
             estates
             ,
             would
             bee
             incensed
             farre
             more
             than
             strangers
             that
             were
             sent
             against
             them
             .
             Being
             neither
             in
             their
             persons
             injured
             ,
             nor
             grieved
             in
             their
             estate
             ,
             that
             therefore
             a
             generall
             Massacre
             were
             the
             safest
             and
             readiest
             way
             from
             freeing
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             any
             such
             feares
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             which
             diversity
             of
             opinions
             ,
             howsoever
             the
             first
             prevailed
             
             with
             some
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Franciscans
             (
             saith
             this
             Frier
             ,
             one
             of
             their
             Guardians
             )
             did
             stand
             ,
             yet
             others
             inclined
             to
             the
             second
             :
             some
             again
             leaning
             to
             a
             middle
             way
             ,
             neither
             to
             dismisse
             nor
             kill
             .
          
           
             And
             according
             to
             this
             do
             we
             finde
             the
             event
             and
             course
             of
             their
             proceedings
             .
             In
             some
             places
             they
             are
             generally
             put
             to
             the
             sword
             ,
             or
             to
             other
             miserable
             ends
             :
             some
             restrain
             their
             persons
             in
             durance
             ,
             knowing
             it
             to
             be
             in
             their
             hands
             to
             dispatch
             them
             at
             their
             pleasures
             ;
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             they
             being
             reserved
             either
             for
             profit
             by
             their
             ransome
             ,
             or
             for
             exchange
             of
             prisoners
             ,
             or
             gaining
             their
             own
             pardons
             by
             the
             lives
             of
             their
             prisoners
             ,
             if
             time
             would
             serve
             ,
             or
             by
             their
             death
             (
             if
             the
             worst
             did
             happen
             )
             to
             satisfie
             their
             fury
             .
             The
             third
             sort
             ,
             at
             the
             first
             altogether
             dismissed
             their
             prisoners
             ,
             but
             first
             having
             spoiled
             them
             of
             their
             goods
             ,
             and
             after
             of
             their
             raiment
             ,
             exposing
             the
             miserable
             wretches
             to
             cold
             and
             famine
             ,
             whereby
             many
             have
             perished
             by
             deaths
             ,
             worse
             then
             sword
             or
             halter
             .
          
           
             Hitherto
             of
             their
             Counsells
             ,
             and
             the
             effects
             of
             them
             .
             Now
             for
             their
             intentions
             ,
             all
             being
             reduced
             ,
             which
             God
             forbid
             ,
             into
             their
             power
             ;
             and
             thereof
             do
             they
             as
             by
             some
             Law
             ,
             give
             such
             peremptory
             conclusions
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             well
             be
             wondred
             the
             thoughts
             of
             men
             professing
             themselves
             wise
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             vain
             :
             and
             herein
             I
             do
             still
             follow
             mine
             Informer
             .
          
           
             
               First
               ,
               their
               loyalty
               to
               his
               Majestie
               shall
               be
               still
               reserved
               .
               Thus
               say
               they
               of
               the
               modest
               sort
               :
               But
               both
               his
               Revenues
               and
               Government
               must
               be
               reduced
               to
               certain
               bounds
               :
               His
               Rents
               none
               other
               then
               the
               ancient
               reservations
               before
               the
               plantation
               ,
               and
               the
               Customes
               so
               ordered
               ,
               as
               to
               them
               shall
               be
               thought
               fitting
               .
            
          
           
             
               Secondly
               ,
               for
               the
               Government
               ,
               such
               as
               would
               be
               esteemed
               loyall
               ,
               would
               have
               ▪
               it
               committed
               to
               the
               hands
               of
               two
               Lords
               Iustices
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               ancient
               Irish
               race
               ,
               the
               other
               of
               the
               ancient
               British
               inhabitants
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               ;
               Provided
               that
               they
               be
               of
               the
               Romish
               profession
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               that
               a
               Parliament
               be
               forthwith
               called
               ,
               consisting
               of
               whom
               they
               shall
               think
               fit
               to
               be
               admitted
               ,
               wherein
               their
               own
               religious
               men
               shall
               be
               ass
               stants
               .
            
          
           
             
               Fourthly
               ,
            
             Poinings
             
               Act
               must
               be
               repealed
               ,
               and
            
             Ireland
             
               declared
               to
               
               be
               a
               Kingdom
               independant
               on
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
               without
               any
               reference
               unto
               it
               in
               any
               case
               what
               soever
               .
            
          
           
             
               Fiftly
               ,
               all
               Acts
               prejudiciall
               to
               the
               Romish
               Religion
               ,
               shal
               be
               abolished
               ;
               and
               it
               to
               be
               enacted
               ,
               That
               there
               be
               none
               other
               profession
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               but
               the
               Romish
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sixtly
               ,
               that
               onely
               the
               ancient
               Nobility
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               shall
               stand
               ,
               and
               of
               them
               ,
               such
               as
               shall
               refuse
               to
               conform
               to
               the
               Romish
               Religion
               to
               be
               removed
               ,
               and
               others
               put
               in
               their
               room
               ;
               howsoever
               the
               present
               Earl
               of
            
             Kildare
             
               must
               be
               put
               out
               ,
               and
               another
               put
               in
               his
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
               Seventhly
               ,
               all
               plantation
               lands
               to
               be
               re-called
               ,
               and
               the
               ancient
               prepriators
               to
               be
               re-invested
               in
               their
               former
               estates
               ,
               with
               the
               limitations
               in
               their
               Covenant
               expressed
               ;
               That
               they
               had
               not
               formerly
               sold
               their
               interests
               an
               valuable
               considerations
               .
            
          
           
             
               Eightly
               ,
               that
               the
               respective
               Counties
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               be
               subdivided
               ,
               and
               certain
               bounds
               or
               Baronies
               assigned
               to
               the
               chief
               Septs
               and
               others
               of
               the
               Nobility
               ;
               who
               are
               to
               be
               answerable
               for
               the
               Government
               therof
               :
               And
               that
               a
               standing
               Army
               may
               be
               still
               in
               being
               ,
               the
               respective
               Governours
               being
               to
               keep
               a
               certain
               nūber
               of
               men
               to
               be
               ready
               at
               all
               risings
               out
               (
               as
               they
               term
               it
               :
               )
               They
               also
               being
               to
               build
               and
               maintain
               certain
               fortresses
               in
               places
               most
               convenient
               within
               their
               precincts
               !
               And
               that
               these
               Governours
               be
               of
               absolute
               power
               ,
               onely
               responsible
               to
               the
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lastly
               ,
               for
               maintaining
               a
               correspondencie
               with
               other
               Nations
               ,
               and
               for
               securing
               the
               coasts
               .
               That
               also
               they
               may
               be
               rendred
               considerable
               unto
               others
               ,
               a
               Navie
               of
               a
               certain
               number
               of
               Ships
               is
               to
               be
               maintained
               :
               That
               to
               this
               end
               five
               houses
               are
               to
               be
               appointed
               one
               in
               each
               province
               ,
               accounting
            
             Meth
             
               for
               one
               of
               them
               :
               That
               to
               these
               houses
               shall
               be
               allotted
               an
               annuall
               pension
               of
               certain
               thousands
               of
               pounds
               to
               be
               made
               up
               of
               part
               of
               the
               lands
               appropriate
               to
               Abbeys
               :
               And
               a
               further
               contribution
               to
               be
               raised
               in
               the
               respective
               provinces
               to
               that
               end
               :
               That
               these
               houses
               are
               to
               be
               assigned
               to
               a
               certain
            
             Order
             of
             Knights
             ,
             
               answerable
               to
               that
               of
            
             Malta
             ,
             
               who
               are
               to
               be
               sea-men
               :
               And
               to
               maintain
               this
               Fleet
               ,
               that
               all
               prizes
               are
               to
               be
               apportioned
               ;
               some
               part
               for
               a
               common
               bank
               ,
               the
               rest
               to
               be
               divided
               ;
               to
               which
               purpose
               the
               felling
               of
               woods
               serviceable
               for
               this
               use
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               forbidden
               :
               The
               House
               for
               this
               purpose
               to
               be
               assigned
               to
               the
               province
               of
            
             Leinstor
             ,
             
               is
            
             Kilmainham
             ,
             
               or
               rather
            
             Howth
             ,
             
               the
               Lord
               of
            
             Howith
             
               being
               otherwise
               to
               be
               accommodated
               ,
               provided
               be
               joyn
               with
               them
               ;
               that
               place
               being
               esteemed
               most
               convenient
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               situation
               ,
               which
               they
               have
               small
               grounds
               to
               hope
               for
               .
            
          
           
           
             For
             effecting
             of
             all
             which
             ,
             they
             cast
             up
             the
             accounts
             of
             the
             forces
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             able
             to
             make
             up
             readily
             ,
             two
             hundreth
             thousand
             able
             men
             ,
             wanting
             onely
             Commanders
             ,
             and
             some
             expert
             souldiers
             for
             the
             present
             with
             arms
             and
             ammunition
             :
             of
             all
             which
             ,
             they
             expect
             a
             speedy
             supply
             out
             of
             
               Flanders
               ,
            
             their
             own
             Regiments
             there
             exercised
             ,
             being
             to
             be
             sent
             over
             ,
             and
             some
             shipping
             from
             
               Spain
            
             allotted
             for
             service
             :
             That
             this
             Kingdom
             being
             setled
             ,
             there
             are
             thirty
             thousand
             men
             to
             be
             sent
             into
             
               England
               ,
            
             to
             joyn
             with
             the
             French
             and
             Spanish
             forces
             ,
             and
             the
             service
             in
             
               England
            
             performed
             ,
             joyntly
             to
             fall
             upon
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             for
             reducing
             both
             Kingdoms
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             the
             pope
             ;
             which
             being
             finished
             ,
             they
             have
             ingaged
             themselves
             to
             the
             King
             of
             
               Spain
            
             for
             assisting
             him
             against
             the
             
               Hollanders
               .
            
          
           
             And
             for
             drawing
             their
             followers
             to
             some
             head
             ,
             and
             for
             giving
             the
             fairer
             glosse
             to
             their
             foul
             Rebellion
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             admired
             ,
             what
             strange
             and
             unlikely
             rumours
             of
             their
             own
             devising
             they
             cast
             abroad
             ;
             sometimes
             that
             many
             sail
             of
             Spaniards
             are
             landed
             now
             at
             one
             port
             ,
             then
             at
             another
             :
             That
             
               Drogheda
            
             was
             taken
             at
             such
             a
             day
             and
             hour
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             circumstances
             at
             large
             ,
             and
             Letters
             to
             that
             purpose
             dated
             from
             
               Drogheda
            
             by
             the
             Rebels
             that
             besieged
             it
             :
             That
             
               Dublin
            
             was
             taken
             :
             And
             being
             infinitely
             ambitious
             of
             gaining
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Ormond
            
             to
             their
             part
             ,
             for
             the
             greater
             countenance
             to
             their
             cause
             ,
             giving
             out
             that
             he
             was
             their
             own
             ;
             which
             was
             so
             long
             beleeved
             by
             the
             said
             followers
             ,
             until
             that
             noble
             Earl
             giving
             daily
             those
             honorable
             Testimonies
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             they
             finding
             it
             to
             their
             cost
             ,
             though
             with
             the
             hazard
             of
             his
             own
             person
             ,
             further
             then
             his
             place
             might
             well
             allow
             ;
             they
             are
             now
             otherwise
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             place
             him
             in
             the
             rank
             of
             their
             mortall
             enemies
             ,
             together
             with
             that
             terrour
             to
             them
             ,
             Sir
             
               Charls
               Coot
               ,
            
             and
             others
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             have
             I
             laid
             down
             all
             that
             I
             have
             heard
             to
             me
             related
             ,
             omitting
             what
             I
             finde
             others
             more
             largely
             to
             insist
             upon
             .
             All
             which
             their
             treacherous
             ,
             vain
             ,
             and
             ayry
             projects
             God
             disappoint
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             my
             own
             private
             sufferings
             by
             the
             present
             rebellion
             ,
             I
             refer
             them
             to
             another
             Schedule
             ,
             this
             being
             so
             far
             taken
             up
             .
          
           
             
               Deposed
               before
               us
               ,
               
                 March
                 3.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               Hen.
               Jones
               .
            
             
               Roger
               Puttock
               .
            
             
               John
               Sterne
               .
            
             
               Iohn
               Watson
               .
            
             
               William
               Aldrich
               .
            
             
               William
               Hitchcock
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Edmund
             Welsh
             
               of
            
             Moylerstown
             ,
             
               in
               the
               Kings
               County
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             
               Piers
               Fitz-Gerald
            
             of
             
               Ballisonan
               ,
            
             in
             the
             said
             County
             ,
             taking
             his
             Peternell
             
             ready
             cocked
             ,
             presented
             the
             same
             to
             this
             Deponents
             brest
             ,
             saying
             (
             when
             this
             Deponent
             offered
             to
             draw
             his
             sword
             )
             that
             it
             was
             in
             vain
             for
             him
             to
             strive
             against
             so
             many
             ,
             and
             so
             disarmed
             him
             ,
             and
             took
             from
             him
             his
             sword
             and
             dagger
             ,
             with
             eight
             Guns
             ,
             with
             certain
             Powder
             and
             Lead
             ,
             alleadging
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             an
             Excommunion
             from
             the
             chief
             of
             their
             Church
             ,
             against
             any
             of
             his
             Religion
             that
             would
             not
             do
             the
             like
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             had
             not
             done
             so
             ,
             and
             that
             soon
             ,
             some
             of
             his
             neighbours
             would
             have
             had
             his
             head
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             would
             never
             ask
             any
             Quarter
             ,
             nor
             accept
             of
             any
             pardon
             .
             And
             these
             trayterous
             words
             were
             then
             and
             there
             spoken
             ,
             and
             these
             hostile
             and
             outragious
             acts
             committed
             as
             aforesaid
             :
             all
             which
             this
             Deponent
             upon
             oath
             averreth
             .
          
           
             
               Edmund
               Welsh
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Iur.
                
                 22
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   VVilliam
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             John
             Edgworth
             ,
             
               Esquire
               ,
               high
               Sheriff
               of
               the
               County
               of
            
             Longford
             .
          
           
             THis
             examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             he
             sending
             abroad
             to
             know
             what
             the
             meaning
             of
             this
             Insurrection
             
             was
             ,
             word
             was
             brought
             him
             by
             one
             
               Thomas
               Stafford
               ,
            
             once
             a
             servant
             to
             this
             examinate
             ,
             that
             he
             heard
             there
             was
             a
             Commission
             come
             from
             his
             Majesty
             to
             the
             Irish
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             had
             power
             to
             destroy
             the
             
               English
            
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             in
             so
             doing
             ,
             to
             revenge
             the
             wrong
             done
             to
             his
             Majesty
             by
             the
             Puritans
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             who
             had
             not
             onely
             taken
             away
             his
             prerogative
             ,
             but
             had
             also
             deposed
             him
             ,
             and
             put
             up
             the
             Palsgrave
             in
             his
             stead
             :
             this
             examinate
             discoursing
             further
             with
             the
             said
             
               Stafford
               ,
            
             asked
             him
             if
             there
             were
             not
             a
             great
             meeting
             of
             Friers
             and
             priests
             about
             the
             the
             third
             or
             fourth
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             being
             Saint
             
               Francis
            
             day
             ,
             at
             the
             Monastery
             of
             
               Multefarnam
               ,
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               VVestmeath
               :
            
             to
             which
             the
             said
             
               Stafford
            
             answered
             ,
             There
             was
             :
             and
             being
             further
             asked
             by
             
             this
             Examinate
             what
             was
             the
             meeting
             for
             ,
             he
             answered
             he
             did
             not
             know
             ;
             onely
             thus
             much
             ,
             That
             some
             of
             the
             Friers
             told
             him
             that
             this
             was
             a
             yeer
             of
             
               Iubilee
               ,
            
             and
             that
             there
             was
             a
             plenary
             Indulgence
             or
             Bull
             (
             as
             he
             termed
             it
             )
             from
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             for
             all
             the
             sins
             committed
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             should
             be
             committed
             this
             yeer
             of
             
               Iubilee
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Edgworth
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Febr.
                
                 23.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVilliam
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             John
             Brooks
             
               of
            
             Ballyheys
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             
             Cavan
             ,
             
               Yeoman
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Rebells
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             and
             other
             English
             Protestants
             were
             threatned
             to
             be
             presently
             murthered
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             would
             presently
             be
             gone
             :
             And
             if
             they
             went
             to
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             they
             should
             finde
             small
             relief
             there
             ;
             if
             for
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             little
             there
             ;
             for
             
               England
            
             was
             in
             the
             same
             case
             .
             And
             further
             said
             ,
             That
             they
             had
             long
             paid
             Rents
             to
             the
             English
             ,
             but
             they
             would
             make
             them
             pay
             it
             back
             again
             :
             further
             alleadging
             ,
             That
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             they
             had
             authority
             for
             the
             same
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             words
             to
             that
             eff●ct
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               C
               Brooks
               his
               mark
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Jur.
                
                 5
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   VVatson
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Grace
             Lovett
             ,
             
               wife
               to
            
             Fran.
             Lovett
             
               of
            
             Ballew-hillan
             ,
             
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             
               Patrick
               mac
               Collomac
               Donnell
               ,
               Edmond
               mac
               Donnell
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             company
             ,
             the
             25.
             day
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             entred
             into
             severall
             parcells
             of
             Land
             ,
             and
             outed
             this
             Deponent
             and
             her
             children
             ;
             as
             also
             took
             away
             the
             Lease
             ,
             Writings
             ,
             Will
             ,
             and
             Escripts
             that
             this
             Deponent
             had
             ,
             that
             concerned
             the
             estate
             of
             the
             severall
             parcells
             of
             Land
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             she
             heard
             one
             of
             the
             Company
             of
             Captain
             
               Rory
               Magwire
            
             (
             who
             ,
             as
             this
             Deponent
             heard
             ,
             was
             a
             Friar
             )
             say
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             well
             that
             this
             Deponent
             was
             come
             into
             their
             Company
             to
             save
             her
             life
             ;
             for
             if
             she
             should
             go
             for
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             it
             would
             be
             as
             bad
             ;
             And
             if
             she
             went
             for
             
               England
               ,
            
             it
             would
             be
             worse
             (
             for
             said
             he
             )
             we
             have
             the
             Kings
             broad
             Seal
             for
             what
             we
             do
             :
             And
             for
             the
             reason
             of
             our
             rising
             ,
             it
             is
             because
             the
             Puritans
             preferred
             a
            
             
             
             
             Petition
             against
             us
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             let
             us
             enjoy
             our
             Religion
             quietly
             ,
             for
             we
             stand
             for
             our
             lives
             ;
             And
             if
             we
             should
             not
             have
             done
             this
             ,
             we
             had
             all
             lost
             our
             lives
             upon
             one
             day
             ,
             or
             words
             to
             that
             effect
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             this
             deponent
             saith
             ,
             That
             she
             this
             deponent
             ,
             her
             husband
             ,
             and
             four
             children
             ,
             were
             all
             stript
             naked
             by
             the
             said
             Rebels
             ,
             belonging
             to
             the
             said
             Captain
             
               Rory
               ,
            
             the
             said
             25.
             day
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             at
             
               Newtown
            
             alias
             
               Castlecool
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Grace
                 ●
                 Lovets
              
               Mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 5.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Jones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Elizabeth
             Coats
             
               of
            
             Drumully
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             
             Fermanagh
             
               Widdow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             she
             heard
             some
             of
             the
             Rebellious
             company
             ,
             say
             ,
             and
             ask
             the
             English
             Protestants
             that
             were
             there
             robbed
             ,
             what
             they
             intended
             to
             do
             ,
             or
             whether
             to
             go
             ,
             saving
             unto
             them
             :
             if
             they
             went
             for
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             that
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Lord
             
               Magwire
            
             upon
             Saturday
             before
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             should
             finde
             small
             relief
             ,
             if
             for
             
               England
               ,
            
             or
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             it
             was
             as
             bad
             there
             ,
             as
             here
             ;
             saying
             further
             ,
             that
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             they
             had
             the
             Kings
             Commission
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Elizabeth
                 M
                 Coats
              
               her
               Mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 this
                 fourth
                 of
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Randal
                   Adams
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Watson
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Nicholas
             Willoughby
             
               of
               the
            
             Carrow
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Esquire
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             
               Con
               oge
               mac
               Mabon
            
             said
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Counties
             in
             
               Ireland
            
             were
             in
             action
             ,
             or
             rebellion
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             
               Monaghan
            
             and
             
               Fermanagh
               ,
            
             and
             that
             there
             was
             warre
             in
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             between
             the
             Papists
             and
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             moreover
             he
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             Irish
             were
             certainly
             enformed
             that
             there
             was
             a
             course
             to
             be
             suddainly
             taken
             with
             them
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             go
             to
             Church
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             loose
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             seen
             some
             writing
             ,
             or
             letter
             to
             that
             effect
             ;
             and
             said
             that
             
               Owen
               mac
               Art
               ô
               Neal
            
             was
             come
             out
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             and
             landed
             about
             
               Strangford
               ,
            
             
             or
             that
             side
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             brought
             store
             of
             Arms
             and
             men
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             were
             many
             Redshanks
             come
             over
             out
             of
             the
             Highlands
             in
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             to
             take
             their
             parts
             .
          
           
             
               Nicholas
               Willoughby
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Febr.
                
                 23.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Jones
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVill
                   .
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Thomas
             Crant
             
               of
            
             Cavan
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Cavan
             .
             
          
           
             THis
             examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             the
             said
             
               Donnagh
               mac
               Gwire
            
             expressing
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             not
             made
             privy
             to
             the
             generall
             Cause
             ,
             untill
             two
             or
             three
             dayes
             afore
             the
             day
             came
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             been
             made
             of
             the
             Councell
             ,
             he
             would
             advise
             other
             wayes
             ,
             then
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             ;
             but
             that
             now
             it
             was
             so
             ,
             his
             hand
             was
             in
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             not
             take
             it
             cut
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               Eveskillin
            
             was
             ill
             used
             ,
             we
             should
             be
             farre
             worse
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             he
             suffered
             ,
             we
             should
             all
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             not
             one
             should
             escape
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             his
             part
             he
             would
             never
             lock
             for
             pardon
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             knew
             well
             enough
             ,
             that
             they
             could
             pick
             a
             fault
             in
             any
             pardon
             ,
             after
             that
             he
             was
             come
             in
             ,
             to
             destroy
             him
             ,
             for
             that
             how
             many
             pardons
             soever
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Tyren
            
             had
             ,
             as
             yet
             they
             did
             him
             no
             good
             :
             Therefore
             he
             would
             not
             trust
             to
             any
             ,
             but
             would
             stand
             out
             to
             defend
             his
             Country
             with
             his
             bloud
             ,
             Expressing
             that
             the
             Scots
             were
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             alwaies
             their
             friends
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             a
             Covenant
             to
             shew
             ,
             whereby
             it
             might
             appear
             the
             fair
             correspondency
             between
             them
             ,
             the
             Irish
             ,
             and
             the
             Scors
             in
             
               Scotland
               ;
            
             which
             covenant
             imported
             ,
             that
             the
             Irish
             should
             never
             take
             part
             with
             the
             English
             against
             the
             Scots
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Scots
             should
             never
             take
             part
             with
             the
             English
             against
             the
             Irish
             ;
             And
             that
             it
             was
             so
             covenanted
             between
             many
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             and
             many
             of
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             their
             Gentry
             of
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             and
             that
             
               Hugh
               mac
               Mahon
            
             had
             the
             Covenant
             to
             shew
             ;
          
           
             Saying
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             more
             a
             Papist
             then
             a
             Protestant
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Puritan
             Parliament
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             laid
             a
             plot
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             next
             Sessions
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             here
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             that
             the
             Papists
             of
             the
             house
             should
             be
             all
             committed
             to
             the
             Castle
             ,
             or
             murdered
             ,
             and
             the
             Protestants
             were
             to
             murder
             all
             the
             Papists
             throughout
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             having
             intelligence
             of
             that
             ;
             Therefore
             they
             did
             begin
             first
             ,
             and
             would
             now
             
             continue
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             did
             rise
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             the
             self
             same
             day
             the
             23.
             of
             
               October
               ,
            
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Papists
             in
             
               England
            
             did
             so
             that
             same
             day
             ,
             rise
             in
             Arms
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ;
             and
             also
             that
             some
             Papist
             Earls
             and
             Lords
             in
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             did
             likewise
             so
             too
             ;
             So
             that
             there
             was
             warres
             in
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             as
             there
             was
             here
             in
             
               Ireland
               .
            
          
           
             Divers
             Women
             and
             Children
             murdered
             ,
             lying
             unburied
             till
             dogs
             spoiled
             their
             Corps
             ,
             Women
             with
             childe
             murdered
             ,
             and
             some
             dyed
             for
             cold
             ,
             after
             being
             stript
             forth
             of
             their
             cloaths
             ,
             lying
             unburied
             ,
             that
             dogs
             gnawed
             their
             Children
             forth
             of
             their
             Wombs
             ,
             which
             this
             examinate
             heard
             some
             of
             the
             vulgar
             people
             report
             with
             a
             cheerfulnesse
             .
          
           
             Also
             there
             he
             heard
             reported
             by
             
               Con
               oge
               mac
               Con
               mac
               Hugh
               mac
               Mahon
               ,
               Patrick
               oge
               mac
               Rosse
               Magwyre
               ,
            
             that
             upon
             
               Christmas-day
            
             ,
             they
             with
             a
             matter
             of
             a
             1000.
             men
             ,
             went
             down
             to
             
               Eneskillin
            
             fiedge
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             burnt
             the
             house
             of
             
               Lisgoole
               ,
            
             where
             into
             was
             come
             of
             Men
             ,
             Women
             ,
             and
             Children
             ,
             a
             matter
             of
             fifty
             souls
             of
             Scots
             ,
             who
             they
             burnt
             all
             in
             the
             house
             ,
             except
             Master
             
               Iames
               Dunbarre
            
             and
             his
             Sister
             ,
             whom
             they
             gave
             quarter
             to
             ;
             and
             took
             them
             forth
             of
             a
             Window
             ,
             and
             keepe
             them
             prisoners
             ;
             as
             also
             they
             had
             burnt
             a
             Castle
             called
             
               Tullin
               ;
            
             wherein
             was
             a
             matter
             of
             thirty
             or
             forty
             souls
             of
             Scots
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             yet
             they
             could
             not
             do
             any
             good
             on
             
               Moone-Castle
            
             ,
             nor
             of
             
               Eneskillin
               .
            
          
           
             A
             poor
             Man
             was
             met
             withall
             ,
             by
             a
             couple
             of
             Irish
             Women
             ,
             who
             knockt
             him
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             killed
             him
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               Dunsany
            
             sent
             for
             the
             Women
             ,
             examined
             the
             reason
             why
             they
             did
             so
             ,
             they
             answered
             ,
             that
             
               Barnaby
               Reyly
            
             was
             hanged
             at
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             they
             did
             it
             to
             revenge
             his
             death
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               Dunsany
            
             committed
             them
             to
             prison
             ,
             what
             since
             is
             done
             with
             them
             ,
             this
             examinate
             knoweth
             not
             .
          
           
             At
             my
             being
             at
             
               Racaine
               ,
            
             I
             heard
             it
             credibly
             reported
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             Sunday
             before
             
               Christmas-day
            
             ,
             that
             after
             
               Edmund
               mac
               Mulmore
               ô
               Rely
            
             had
             pillaged
             Bishop
             
               Bedle
            
             of
             
               Kilmore
               ,
            
             and
             sent
             him
             with
             his
             two
             sonnes
             to
             
               Cloughwater
            
             Castle
             to
             restraint
             ;
             That
             the
             Romish
             Bishop
             
               Mac
               Swine
               ,
            
             came
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Kilmore
               ,
            
             and
             there
             did
             consecrate
             it
             anew
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             an
             Altar
             there
             ,
             and
             so
             said
             Masse
             ,
             and
             there
             liveth
             in
             the
             Bishops
             house
             .
          
           
             
               Thom.
               Crant
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 13.
                 
                 
                   Febr.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVill
                   .
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Elizabeth
             Parker
             
               late
               of
            
             Battydust
             
               in
               the
               County
            
             
             
               of
            
             Catherlagh
             ,
             
               VViddow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             when
             she
             and
             others
             were
             wishing
             themselves
             in
             
               England
               ?
            
             What
             should
             you
             do
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             for
             it
             was
             as
             bad
             as
             in
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             Besides
             ,
             the
             Seas
             were
             very
             dangerous
             ;
             and
             
               Comerfords
            
             Wife
             further
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             Queens
             Priest
             was
             hanged
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             which
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             insurrection
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             effect
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 13.
                 
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Elizabeth
                   Parker
                   .
                
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   VVatson
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Ockar
             Butts
             
               late
               of
            
             Bollganreagh
             
               in
               the
               County
            
             
             
               of
            
             Wexford
             ,
             
               Gentleman
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             one
             of
             the
             Rebels
             of
             the
             said
             company
             ,
             being
             (
             as
             he
             said
             )
             the
             Leader
             or
             Commander
             over
             them
             ,
             spake
             these
             words
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             That
             they
             had
             full
             power
             and
             commission
             from
             their
             Generall
             ,
             to
             execute
             such
             and
             the
             like
             exploits
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             should
             have
             no
             longer
             respite
             to
             remain
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             then
             untill
             the
             next
             day
             following
             ;
             And
             that
             then
             all
             Protestants
             should
             have
             generall
             warning
             to
             depart
             this
             Kingdom
             upon
             pain
             of
             death
             .
             And
             they
             then
             made
             question
             ,
             whether
             we
             should
             be
             permitted
             to
             land
             in
             any
             part
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             or
             no
             .
             And
             that
             such
             straight
             Commission
             was
             granted
             ,
             and
             sent
             over
             unto
             their
             Generall
             by
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             best
             Nobility
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             And
             also
             that
             they
             did
             not
             neer
             execute
             towards
             us
             Protestants
             ,
             the
             tenure
             and
             rigour
             of
             their
             said
             Commission
             ;
             protesting
             with
             great
             prophane
             oathes
             ,
             That
             they
             shewed
             much
             favour
             unto
             us
             .
          
           
             
               Oekar
               Butts
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 25.
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 nobis
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   VVatson
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                
                 
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Edward
             Denman
             
               of
            
             Belturbut
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Cavan
             ,
             
               Merchant
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             du●ly
             sworn
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             he
             asking
             
               John
               Rely
            
             why
             they
             did
             not
             meddle
             with
             the
             Scots
             ,
             he
             said
             the
             Scots
             did
             joyn
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Jurat
                 .
                 coram
                 nobis
                 .
              
               
                 27
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Edward
                   Denman
                   .
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Watson
                   ,
                
                 
                   Randall
                   Adams
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
               Geo.
               Fercher
               of
            
             Toneheye
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Clerke
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             
             
               Con
               oge
               mac
               Mabon
               ,
            
             of
             the
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             and
             Barony
             of
             
               Dartrie
               ,
            
             did
             say
             ,
             That
             what
             they
             did
             against
             the
             English
             ,
             was
             done
             by
             Commission
             from
             His
             Majesty
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Scottish
             Nation
             was
             joyned
             with
             them
             in
             a
             Covenant
             ,
             for
             the
             extirpation
             of
             the
             English
             ;
             and
             to
             that
             effect
             he
             said
             he
             was
             able
             to
             let
             me
             see
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Argile
            
             his
             Hand
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Hands
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             prime
             Nobility
             of
             
               Scotland
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 4.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Randall
                   Adams
                   .
                
                 
                   Geo.
                   Fercher
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Elizabeth
             Dickinson
             ,
             
               neer
            
             Clounish
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             some
             of
             
               Rory
               Magwire
            
             his
             Company
             did
             ,
             in
             the
             hearing
             of
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             Scots
             were
             to
             leave
             never
             a
             drop
             of
             English
             blood
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             that
             the
             Irish
             had
             command
             to
             leave
             never
             a
             drop
             of
             English
             blood
             in
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             and
             that
             they
             were
             the
             Queens
             Souldiers
             .
             And
             further
             sayeth
             not
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 3.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
                 
                   Eliz.
                   Dickinson
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             John
             Shorter
             
               of
            
             Callahill
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             they
             asked
             this
             Deponent
             whither
             he
             would
             go
             (
             to
             whom
             he
             
             answered
             ,
             For
             
               England
               )
            
             then
             said
             they
             ,
             This
             day
             
               Dublin
            
             Castle
             is
             taken
             ,
             the
             Tower
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             and
             Castle
             of
             
               Edenborougb
               ;
            
             and
             you
             have
             but
             four
             and
             fourty
             hours
             to
             live
             ,
             and
             then
             both
             English
             men
             and
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             shall
             be
             slain
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 5.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVilliam
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
                 
                   John
                   Sborter
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Thomas
             Knowles
             
               of
            
             Newtown
             ,
             
               alias
            
             Castle-cool
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Yeoman
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             
               Hugh
               mac
               Mabon
               ,
            
             and
             one
             
               Patrick
               Magwire
            
             told
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             
             That
             they
             had
             Commission
             from
             His
             Majesty
             for
             what
             they
             did
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             same
             doings
             was
             done
             thorowout
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             their
             plot
             having
             been
             working
             for
             two
             yeers
             last
             past
             ;
             and
             that
             certainly
             God
             had
             a
             great
             hand
             in
             the
             same
             ;
             all
             places
             of
             the
             Protestants
             abode
             being
             taken
             and
             yeelded
             ,
             except
             three
             ,
             
               viz.
               London-Derry
               ,
               Eneskellin
               ,
            
             and
             another
             Town
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             now
             not
             remembring
             the
             name
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             Towns
             could
             not
             long
             withstand
             their
             Forces
             ,
             because
             the
             Lord
             
               Magwire
            
             had
             taken
             
               Dublin
            
             Castle
             (
             as
             they
             said
             )
             the
             Saturday
             before
             ,
             otherwise
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             taken
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             plot
             had
             been
             discovered
             ,
             the
             said
             Lord
             
               Magwire
            
             had
             been
             with
             them
             again
             upon
             Saturday
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 3.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   .
                
                 
                   Tbo.
                   Knowles
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             John
             Kerdiff
             ,
             
               Rector
               of
               the
               Parish
               of
            
             Diserte
             reagh
             ,
             
               in
               the
               Barony
               of
            
             Dungannon
             ,
             
               and
               County
               of
            
             Tyrone
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             deposeth
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             Trayterous
             actions
             committed
             ,
             and
             words
             spoken
             by
             the
             
             Rebells
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             were
             as
             followeth
             :
          
           
             
               October
               the
            
             23
             ,
             
               and
            
             24
             ,
             
               they
               surprised
               these
               Forts
               ,
            
             Viz.
             
          
           
             
               Dungannon
               ,
               Charlemont
               ,
               Castle
               Caufield
               ,
               Mountjoy
               ,
               Munnymore
               ,
               Castle
               Blaney
               ,
               Monagban
               ,
               Newry
               ;
            
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             all
             the
             chiefe
             Forts
             in
             the
             Counties
             of
             
               Armagh
            
             and
             
               Tyrone●
               ,
            
             and
             ransackt
             every
             Town
             and
             house
             which
             belonged
             either
             to
             English-man
             or
             Scottish
             .
          
           
             They
             murthered
             the
             very
             first
             day
             Mr
             
               Mader
               ,
            
             Minister
             of
             the
             Parish
             of
             
               Donoghmore
               ,
            
             by
             some
             of
             the
             
               Donellies
               :
            
             within
             a
             while
             after
             ,
             they
             murthered
             Mr.
             
             
               New
               ,
            
             Curate
             to
             Mr.
             
               Bradley
               ,
            
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Ardtra
               ,
            
             by
             one
             of
             the
             The
             Minister
             of
             
               Dungannon
            
             (
             Mr.
             
               Blyth
               )
            
             with
             eight
             more
             ,
             were
             murthered
             ,
             being
             first
             stript
             ,
             and
             after
             driven
             out
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             under
             colour
             of
             Conduct
             ;
             and
             within
             half
             a
             mile
             to
             the
             Town
             murthered
             Mr.
             
               Blyth
               ,
            
             holding
             Sir
             
               Phelomies
            
             protection
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             would
             
             call
             Gods
             vengeance
             down
             on
             such
             treacherous
             truce-breakers
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             also
             related
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
               Fullerton
               ,
            
             Minister
             of
             
               Loughgale
               ,
            
             and
             Master
             
               Morgan
               Aubery
            
             were
             kild
             at
             the
             Bridge
             of
             
               Port
               of
               Downe
               ,
            
             at
             which
             time
             about
             eighty
             or
             an
             hundred
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             
               Loughgale
            
             were
             cast
             into
             the
             River
             and
             there
             drowned
             .
          
           
             Many
             more
             Murthers
             were
             committed
             on
             the
             English
             and
             Scotch
             .
          
           
             
               Robberies
               .
            
             
               Master
               
                 Bradley
              
               was
               robbed
               to
               the
               value
               of
               one
               thousand
               pounds
               ,
               and
               whilest
               he
               was
               robbing
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Phelim
                 ô
                 Neal
              
               and
               his
               company
               passed
               by
               ,
               and
               soone
               after
               he
               was
               turned
               out
               naked
               out
               of
               his
               house
               ;
               the
               Rebels
               neither
               leaving
               Dublet
               ,
               Coate
               ,
               Hat
               ,
               nor
               Shirt
               ,
               with
               him
               .
               His
               Wife
               is
               falne
               into
               an
               extream
               frenzey
               by
               these
               outrages
               .
            
             
               Master
               
                 Dunbarre
              
               Minister
               of
               
                 Donoghemie
                 ,
              
               with
               his
               Wife
               ,
               and
               five
               or
               six
               small
               Children
               ,
               with
               an
               old
               Father
               and
               Mother
               ,
               were
               all
               of
               them
               stript
               and
               robbed
               of
               whatsoever
               Goods
               ,
               or
               wearing
               Cloaths
               they
               had
               ;
               so
               that
               for
               a
               while
               the
               man
               was
               distracted
               ,
               and
               after
               compelled
               to
               tye
               some
               straw
               about
               his
               thighs
               ,
               to
               cover
               his
               nakednesse
               ,
               and
               was
               whipt
               as
               I
               was
               certainly
               informed
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               become
               of
               him
               ,
               his
               wife
               ,
               or
               children
               ,
               no
               man
               in
               the
               County
               could
               tell
               me
               ,
               though
               I
               lived
               within
               three
               miles
               of
               him
               .
            
             
               Master
               
                 VVright
                 ,
              
               Archdeacon
               of
               
                 Dromore
                 ,
              
               had
               his
               house
               which
               cost
               him
               much
               ,
               burnt
               ;
               I
               saw
               himself
               ,
               his
               wife
               ,
               and
               two
               children
               ,
               in
               extream
               misery
               at
               
                 Charlemont
                 ,
              
               from
               whence
               they
               journied
               to
               
                 Kinard
                 .
              
            
             
               Master
               
                 Robinson
                 ,
              
               Minister
               of
               
                 Kinard
                 ,
              
               and
               his
               wife
               ,
               lived
               miserably
               at
               
                 Loughgale
                 ,
              
               having
               nothing
               left
               to
               satisfie
               nature
               ,
               but
               what
               they
               could
               procure
               by
               others
               distressed
               like
               .
            
             
               Master
               
                 Hasting
                 ,
              
               Minister
               of
               
                 Tullaniskin
                 ,
              
               was
               turned
               out
               of
               his
               lodging
               ,
               and
               stript
               starke
               naked
               ,
               and
               clad
               in
               beggars
               Cloaths
               ,
               no
               a
               Shoe
               to
               his
               Foot
               ,
               in
               which
               state
               he
               came
               to
               the
               house
               ,
               wherein
               I
               was
               lodged
               ,
               where
               the
               people
               of
               the
               house
               durst
               not
               give
               him
               lodging
               ,
               fearing
               least
               he
               should
               be
               murthered
               ;
               for
               twice
               the
               next
               day
               ,
               there
               was
               search
               made
               for
               him
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 VVilliam
                 Brumley
              
               had
               his
               Town
               and
               Castle
               burned
               ,
               and
               all
               his
               goods
               taken
               away
               .
            
             
               What
               shall
               I
               say
               more
               ,
               All
               the
               English
               and
               Scotch
               in
               the
               Counties
               
               of
               
                 Armagh
              
               and
               
                 Tyrone
              
               (
               a
               few
               onely
               excepted
               )
               were
               not
               left
               worth
               a
               farthing
               .
            
             
               At
               
                 Armagh
              
               Archdeacon
               
                 Maxwell
              
               related
               ,
               That
               about
               fourty
               men
               ,
               women
               ,
               and
               children
               were
               drowned
               at
               
                 Cor
              
               Bridge
               ,
               neer
               
                 Glaslough
                 ;
              
               the
               children
               going
               merrily
               hand
               in
               hand
               ,
               as
               to
               a
               place
               of
               refuge
               ;
               and
               one
               of
               their
               company
               having
               license
               to
               pray
               ,
               prayed
               so
               effectually
               ,
               that
               one
               of
               his
               Executioners
               went
               frantick
               with
               the
               conceit
               of
               his
               impious
               fact
               .
            
             
               The
               words
               which
               I
               took
               notice
               of
               ,
               were
               these
               :
               Sir
               
                 Phelim
                 ô
                 Neal
              
               told
               ,
               in
               my
               hearing
               ,
               That
               he
               had
               Commission
               for
               what
               he
               did
               ,
               not
               only
               from
               most
               of
               the
               chief
               of
               the
               Nobility
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               but
               from
               his
               Majesty
               ;
               and
               had
               also
               Letters
               to
               that
               purpose
               from
               the
               Earl
               of
               
                 Argile
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               that
               their
               intentions
               were
               onely
               for
               the
               liberty
               of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               recovery
               of
               their
               Lands
               ,
               which
               should
               appear
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Land
               to
               be
               unjustly
               held
               from
               them
               .
            
             
               Colonell
               
                 Plunket
              
               told
               us
               at
               
                 Armagh
                 ,
              
               That
               seeing
               this
               exploit
               was
               begun
               ,
               he
               was
               one
               of
               the
               chief
               plotters
               thereof
               ,
               and
               was
               seven
               yeers
               emplyed
               in
               the
               compassing
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Frier
               
                 Malone
              
               of
               
                 Skerries
              
               did
               take
               the
               poor
               mens
               Bibles
               ,
               which
               he
               found
               in
               the
               Boat
               ,
               and
               cut
               them
               in
               pieces
               ,
               and
               cast
               them
               into
               the
               fire
               ,
               with
               these
               words
               ,
               That
               he
               would
               deal
               in
               like
               manner
               with
               all
               Protestant
               and
               Puritan
               Bibles
               .
            
             
               At
               Master
               
                 Connors
              
               house
               (
               where
               the
               Frier
               was
               )
               they
               had
               
                 Hanmors
              
               Chronicle
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               they
               animated
               the
               Rebells
               with
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               
                 Danes
              
               Discomfiture
               by
               the
               Irish
               ,
               though
               for
               the
               most
               part
               unarmed
               ,
               and
               paralelled
               the
               History
               with
               these
               times
               .
            
             
               This
               Frier
               acknowledged
               that
               he
               was
               fourteen
               yeers
               employed
               to
               bring
               this
               designe
               to
               passe
               .
            
             
               At
               
                 Donga●non
              
               they
               reported
               of
               a
               Vision
               seen
               a
               little
               before
               this
               Insurrection
               began
               ,
               A
               woman
               compassing
               about
               the
               Town
               with
               a
               Spear
               in
               her
               hand
               ;
               when
               any
               would
               approach
               her
               ,
               she
               would
               seem
               to
               go
               from
               them
               ;
               when
               any
               would
               go
               from
               her
               ,
               she
               would
               draw
               neer
               unto
               them
               :
               The
               like
               ,
               they
               say
               ,
               appeared
               before
               
                 Tyrones
              
               former
               Rebellion
               .
            
             
               At
               
                 Armagh
                 ,
              
               Colonell
               
                 Pluncket
              
               told
               us
               of
               another
               Vision
               
               seen
               at
               
                 Lisneigarvey
                 ,
              
               which
               he
               and
               about
               twenty
               more
               beheld
               ,
               after
               the
               Battle
               (
               wherein
               the
               Irish
               lost
               very
               many
               of
               their
               men
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               their
               Arms
               )
               There
               was
               an
               house
               set
               on
               fire
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Town
               ;
               by
               the
               light
               of
               which
               fire
               ,
               they
               discerned
               a
               number
               of
               Horse-men
               riding
               to
               and
               fro
               ;
               the
               number
               seemed
               to
               the
               Colonell
               ,
               to
               be
               about
               a
               Thousand
               ,
               or
               Fifteen
               hundred
               :
               Upon
               which
               relation
               ,
               I
               was
               bold
               to
               enquire
               whether
               they
               seemed
               their
               own
               ,
               or
               their
               enemies
               :
               he
               answered
               ,
               That
               sometime
               they
               conceived
               them
               their
               own
               ,
               other
               while
               their
               enemies
               .
            
             
               Yet
               I
               believed
               they
               could
               hardly
               seem
               their
               own
               ,
               because
               amongst
               them
               they
               had
               not
               neer
               so
               many
               Horses
               .
               I
               further
               desired
               to
               know
               what
               they
               supposed
               them
               to
               be
               :
               he
               said
               ,
               They
               were
               conceived
               to
               be
               Fayries
               ,
               or
               such
               like
               .
            
             
               At
               
                 Ardtra
              
               we
               were
               set
               upon
               by
               some
               of
               the
               Scots
               (
               of
               whom
               
                 Robert
                 Stewart
                 ,
              
               brother
               to
               the
               Lord
               of
               
                 Castle-Stewart
              
               was
               chief
               ▪
               )
               who
               took
               some
               of
               the
               goods
               out
               of
               the
               house
               ,
               and
               many
               of
               our
               horses
               and
               Arms
               from
               us
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Jurat
                   .
                   ult.
                
                 
                   
                     Feb.
                  
                   1641.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     John
                     Kerdiff
                     .
                  
                   
                     William
                     Aldrich
                     ,
                  
                   
                     John
                     Sterne
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Edward
             How
             ,
             
               of
               the
               Parish
               of
            
             Galoon
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Clerke
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             he
             heard
             
               Donagh
               mac
               Quire
            
             say
             (
             when
             
               Hugh
               mac
               Mahon
               ,
            
             of
             the
             County
             
             of
             
               Fermanagh
            
             excused
             my
             Lord
             
               Magwire
               ,
            
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             others
             had
             perswaded
             him
             of
             late
             to
             stirre
             in
             this
             action
             )
             That
             my
             Lord
             
               Magwire
            
             knew
             of
             it
             long
             before
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Nobility
             and
             men
             of
             quality
             that
             were
             papists
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             :
             Moreover
             I
             heard
             
               Conoge
               mac
               Con
               mac
               Hugh
               mac
               Mahon
               ,
            
             of
             
               Aghnebolah
               ,
            
             and
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
            
             say
             ,
             That
             if
             my
             Lord
             Lievtenant
             had
             not
             been
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             they
             had
             not
             made
             this
             Insurrection
             .
             Further
             I
             heard
             him
             say
             ,
             That
             there
             was
             an
             Act
             made
             by
             the
             present
             Parliament
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             That
             all
             Papists
             there
             ,
             or
             else-where
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             should
             go
             to
             Church
             ,
             otherwise
             be
             hanged
             at
             their
             own
             doors
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             would
             begin
             with
             us
             ,
             lest
             we
             should
             begin
             with
             
             them
             here
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             in
             
               England
               ;
            
             for
             he
             said
             they
             had
             hanged
             a
             Jesuite
             in
             
               London
               ,
            
             which
             was
             the
             Queens
             Chaplain
             .
             And
             further
             this
             Deponent
             cannot
             say
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 29.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Edw.
                   How
                   .
                
                 
                   Hen
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             George
             Cook
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Lissnegney
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Cavan
             ,
             
               Yeoman
               :
               And
               of
            
             John
             Cook
             
               his
               son
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Deponent
             being
             duly
             sworn
             ,
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             deposeth
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             as
             he
             and
             his
             wife
             and
             children
             
             fled
             away
             towards
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             they
             met
             at
             
               Kells
            
             with
             a
             Protestant
             Minister
             ,
             by
             name
             Master
             
               Sharpe
               ,
            
             who
             had
             three
             children
             ,
             and
             carryed
             two
             of
             them
             on
             his
             back
             ;
             whom
             the
             Rebells
             perceiving
             to
             be
             a
             Protestant
             Minister
             ,
             did
             most
             barbarously
             hack
             ,
             cut
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             murther
             ,
             thrusting
             into
             his
             body
             three
             or
             four
             pikes
             together
             ,
             and
             threw
             him
             into
             a
             ditch
             of
             water
             ,
             where
             they
             left
             him
             :
             but
             because
             the
             Deponent
             fled
             to
             save
             his
             life
             ,
             he
             cannot
             tell
             what
             became
             of
             the
             said
             Ministers
             poor
             children
             .
             And
             the
             Depoponent
             
               John
               Cook
            
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             same
             night
             one
             
               Tirlogh
               Brady
            
             took
             away
             the
             Deponents
             fathers
             goods
             :
             he
             the
             said
             
               Tirlogh
            
             told
             the
             Deponent
             ,
             That
             that
             action
             was
             a
             great
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             papists
             in
             
               Ireland
            
             were
             in
             Rebellion
             against
             the
             King
             and
             Counsell
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Lord
             
               mac
               Guire
            
             had
             then
             taken
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Dublin
               ;
            
             And
             that
             the
             Protestants
             must
             be
             banished
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             the
             papists
             would
             have
             the
             same
             themselves
             .
             And
             about
             the
             same
             time
             one
             
               Tirlogh
               ô
               Gowen
               alias
               Smith
               ,
            
             a
             popish
             priest
             ,
             demanded
             the
             Key
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Lara
            
             of
             this
             Deponents
             brother
             :
             which
             being
             delivered
             unto
             him
             ,
             he
             the
             said
             
               Tirlogh
            
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             papists
             would
             have
             their
             Churches
             Lands
             and
             Kingdom
             from
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             be
             no
             more
             slaves
             to
             the
             English
             as
             they
             had
             been
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             would
             lose
             their
             lives
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Jur.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 22.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   George
                   Cooke
                   .
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
                 
                   VVilliam
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
                 
                   John
                   Cooke
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             John
             Jesop
             
               of
            
             Cloynmoore
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Kildare
             .
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             desposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             he
             hath
             credibly
             heard
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Papists
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Wexford
               ,
            
             and
             
               Kilkenney
               ,
            
             and
             in
             all
             the
             Counties
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             are
             Actors
             ,
             Abettors
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             secret
             well-wishers
             unto
             this
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Iesop
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 nobis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   ,
                
                 
                   W●ll
                   .
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             John
             Greg
             
               of
            
             Levileglish
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Armagh
             
               Yeoman
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             His
             Wife
             and
             five
             small
             Children
             are
             in
             the
             Rebels
             hands
             ,
             who
             were
             most
             cruelly
             stripped
             before
             he
             left
             them
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             childe
             that
             sucked
             the
             brest
             ;
             further
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             his
             said
             Wife
             being
             stripped
             to
             the
             skin
             by
             one
             of
             the
             Donnells
             ,
             was
             by
             him
             most
             cruelly
             beaten
             with
             his
             drawn
             Sword
             in
             a
             triumphing
             and
             rejoycing
             manner
             ,
             and
             with
             singing
             .
          
           
             Further
             he
             saith
             one
             Captain
             
               Art
               ô
               Neal
               ,
            
             of
             the
             Parish
             of
             
               Levileglish
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             pretended
             friendship
             to
             him
             ,
             said
             that
             unlesse
             he
             would
             take
             up
             Arms
             ,
             and
             go
             to
             Masse
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             hope
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             unto
             whom
             he
             replyed
             ,
             that
             that
             was
             great
             cruelty
             ,
             neither
             to
             suffer
             him
             the
             said
             
               Gregg
            
             to
             live
             a
             slave
             amongst
             them
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             him
             to
             passe
             into
             his
             Native
             Countrey
             ,
             unto
             whom
             the
             said
             Captain
             replyed
             ,
             that
             neither
             of
             those
             requests
             would
             be
             granted
             ,
             affirming
             that
             it
             was
             intended
             by
             them
             ,
             not
             to
             leave
             an
             English
             Protestant
             alive
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             was
             no
             hope
             of
             peace
             for
             tenne
             yeers
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             He
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             Parish
             ,
             there
             were
             divers
             English-men
             ,
             most
             cruelly
             murthered
             ,
             some
             twice
             ,
             some
             thrice
             hanged
             up
             ,
             and
             others
             wounded
             ,
             and
             left
             half-dead
             ,
             crying
             lamentably
             for
             some
             to
             come
             and
             end
             their
             misery
             by
             killing
             them
             out
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             he
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             names
             of
             the
             chiefest
             of
             the
             Rebels
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             are
             
               Phelomy
               ô
               Neal
            
             of
             
               Kinnard
            
             in
             the
             County
             
             of
             
               Tyron
               ,
            
             Knight
             ,
             and
             
               Turlagh
               ô
               Neal
            
             Esquire
             ,
             his
             Brother
             ,
             and
             one
             Colonell
             
               Pluncket
               ,
            
             and
             Captain
             
               Manus
               oge
               ô
               Caban
            
             of
             the
             County
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             
               Redmond
               ô
               Mullan
               ,
            
             of
             the
             
               Grange
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Tyron
               ,
            
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             
               Patrick
               ô
               Mullan
            
             now
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             wrote
             Proclamations
             in
             His
             Majesties
             Name
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             he
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             heard
             by
             credible
             English-men
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             
               Phelomy
               ô
               Neal
            
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             his
             taking
             up
             Arms
             was
             by
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             Queens
             consent
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             further
             that
             one
             Captain
             
               Shane
               ô
               Neal
               ,
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Tyron
               ,
            
             stiled
             the
             said
             
               Phelomy
               ô
               Neal
               ,
            
             with
             the
             title
             and
             stile
             of
             His
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Greg.
               
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 nobis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Will.
                   Hitchcock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Henry
             Raynolds
             
               of
            
             Cornemuekley
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Cavan
             ,
             
               Yeoman
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             he
             heard
             one
             whose
             name
             ,
             as
             he
             thinks
             is
             ,
             
               Ferdoragh
            
             (
             an
             Irish
             Priest
             )
             say
             that
             they
             had
             the
             Kings
             hand
             for
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             and
             the
             cause
             of
             there
             rising
             ,
             was
             because
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Statute
             made
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             that
             all
             papists
             should
             go
             to
             Church
             before
             a
             certain
             time
             ,
             or
             be
             banished
             .
          
           
             
               Hen.
               Raynolds
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Io.
                   Watson
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Charles
             Crafford
             
               of
            
             Navan
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Meath
             ,
             
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             the
             reason
             generally
             given
             by
             them
             for
             their
             doing
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             found
             a
             Letter
             ,
             wherein
             the
             English
             had
             resolved
             to
             hang
             the
             Irish
             at
             their
             doors
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             not
             go
             to
             Church
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             they
             would
             begin
             with
             the
             English
             first
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Charles
                 ▪
                 Craffords
              
               Mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 22.
                 
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               Roger
               Puttock
               ,
            
             
               Io.
               Sterne
               ,
            
             
               Ioh
               ,
            
             
               VVatson
               ,
            
             
               VVill
               .
               Aldrich
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             John
             Wood
             
               of
            
             New-Rath
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Wicklow
             ,
             
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             these
             words
             were
             spoken
             by
             
               Nicholas
               Byrne
               ,
               James
               mac
               Cahire
               ,
            
             and
             divers
             other
             of
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             discontented
             Gentlemen
             ;
             and
             having
             their
             Lands
             unjustly
             taken
             away
             by
             the
             Plantation
             ,
             could
             not
             have
             any
             satisfaction
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Sword
             ;
             Therefore
             it
             was
             their
             Colonell
             
               Luke
               Tooles
            
             pleasure
             ,
             that
             all
             Protestants
             should
             depart
             the
             Kingdom
             upon
             pain
             of
             death
             :
             And
             for
             
               Dublin
            
             if
             that
             did
             stand
             out
             long
             with
             them
             ,
             they
             made
             no
             question
             to
             burn
             it
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             could
             take
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             fire
             it
             ,
             so
             they
             might
             have
             the
             head
             of
             my
             Lord
             
               Parsons
               ,
            
             and
             three
             or
             four
             more
             of
             the
             chiefest
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             should
             fare
             so
             much
             the
             better
             .
          
           
             And
             they
             further
             said
             ,
             That
             there
             was
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             that
             all
             papists
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             should
             upon
             pain
             of
             death
             ,
             either
             go
             to
             Church
             ,
             or
             be
             banished
             the
             Kingdom
             by
             such
             a
             day
             of
             the
             moneth
             ,
             which
             as
             I
             take
             it
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             24.
             of
             
               November
               ;
            
             And
             therefore
             they
             desired
             liberty
             of
             conscience
             ,
             and
             to
             enjoy
             all
             that
             Land
             which
             there
             predecessors
             did
             formerly
             enjoy
             .
             For
             why
             should
             not
             they
             have
             there
             demands
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Scots
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Wood
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 17.
                 
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Stern
                   ,
                
                 
                   Randall
                   Adams
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Henry
             Steel
             ,
             
               Curate
               of
            
             Cluntubbrid
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             when
             they
             
             were
             imprisoned
             in
             the
             Dungeon
             in
             the
             County
             Goal
             ,
             (
             all
             the
             robbers
             and
             rogues
             first
             set
             at
             liberty
             )
             they
             remained
             there
             in
             a
             most
             miserable
             estate
             ,
             there
             being
             in
             number
             ,
             about
             forty
             eight
             ,
             more
             or
             lesse
             ,
             where
             they
             had
             no
             roome
             to
             stand
             or
             lye
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             by
             Gods
             great
             mercy
             being
             enlarged
             ,
             his
             wife
             yet
             prisoner
             in
             
               Castle-Blaney
               ,
            
             he
             came
             away
             with
             one
             Master
             
               Barnewell
               ,
            
             and
             being
             in
             a
             place
             called
             
               Cabret
               ,
            
             where
             one
             Master
             
               Fleming
            
             liveth
             ,
             whose
             Daughter
             is
             married
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               Magwire
               ,
            
             he
             heard
             the
             servants
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             other
             Irish
             relating
             that
             this
             
               Magwire
               ,
            
             and
             the
             popish
             Primate
             ,
             whose
             Sirname
             is
             
               Rely
               ,
            
             were
             a
             long
             space
             travelling
             through
             the
             Kingdome
             
             together
             ,
             to
             perswade
             them
             all
             to
             condiscend
             to
             this
             most
             inhumane
             plot
             ,
             and
             this
             
               Rely
            
             was
             then
             at
             this
             
               Flemings
            
             house
             .
          
           
             
               Hen.
               Steel
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 this
              
               
                 10.
                 
                   of
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Will.
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Katherine
             Graunt
             
               of
            
             Navan
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             
             Meath
             ,
             
               Widdow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             the
             whole
             Town
             and
             Corporation
             of
             the
             
               Navan
            
             made
             good
             preparation
             for
             the
             entertainment
             of
             the
             Northern
             Rebels
             in
             victuals
             and
             drink
             for
             them
             ;
             very
             many
             of
             them
             went
             to
             the
             Rebels
             before
             they
             came
             to
             Town
             ,
             and
             generally
             all
             of
             them
             ,
             met
             them
             with
             great
             joy
             ,
             and
             welcoming
             of
             them
             when
             they
             came
             to
             Town
             .
          
           
             She
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             she
             heard
             the
             Priest
             that
             came
             with
             the
             Rebels
             from
             the
             North
             ,
             (
             and
             the
             Priest
             of
             the
             
               Navan
               ,
            
             Master
             
               Fay
            
             among
             them
             ,
             as
             she
             verily
             beleeveth
             )
             all
             charging
             divers
             of
             the
             Captains
             not
             to
             go
             back
             ,
             nor
             come
             in
             upon
             the
             Proclamation
             of
             pardon
             ,
             that
             came
             from
             the
             State
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             did
             ,
             they
             were
             all
             undone
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Kath.
                 ▪
                 Graunts
              
               Mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 this
              
               
                 5.
                 
                   of
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Hugh
             Madden
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Kirreke
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             
             Wickloe
             ,
             
               Gentleman
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             after
             he
             had
             been
             first
             besiedged
             ,
             by
             at
             least
             eight
             hundred
             of
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             having
             conference
             with
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             then
             gave
             out
             in
             words
             ,
             that
             that
             businesse
             which
             they
             had
             begun
             ,
             they
             would
             pursue
             till
             it
             were
             effected
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             look
             for
             a
             pardon
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             effect
             .
          
           
             
               Hugh
               Madden
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 23.
                 
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   VVatson
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             John
             Right
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Newtown
             ,
             
               alias
            
             Castle-c●ol
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Butcher
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             
               Rory
            
             
             
               Magwire
            
             shewed
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             others
             whom
             he
             then
             robbed
             ,
             a
             Parchment
             or
             paper
             with
             a
             great
             Seal
             affixed
             ,
             which
             he
             affirmed
             to
             be
             a
             Warrant
             from
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             for
             what
             he
             did
             .
             And
             he
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             when
             he
             and
             his
             neighbours
             then
             robbed
             ,
             complained
             of
             their
             miserable
             condition
             ,
             being
             robbed
             and
             stripped
             :
             the
             said
             
               Rory
            
             replyed
             ,
             That
             if
             they
             were
             not
             content
             with
             what
             was
             done
             ,
             they
             should
             see
             worse
             within
             a
             few
             dayes
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Right
               .
            
             
               
                 Jurat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 5.
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 coram
                 nobis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Randall
                   Adams
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             George
             French
             
               of
            
             Karbery
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Kildare
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             he
             
             demanded
             of
             the
             Rebells
             why
             they
             dealt
             so
             with
             
               VVilliam
               Coleman
               ;
            
             to
             whom
             
               Luke
               Brumingham
            
             answered
             ,
             That
             they
             had
             a
             Commission
             from
             His
             Majesty
             for
             what
             they
             did
             ;
             and
             
               Gerald
               Fitz
               Gerald
            
             of
             
               Carbery
            
             aforesaid
             read
             the
             Commission
             :
             that
             was
             a
             supposed
             Commission
             from
             His
             Majesty
             to
             take
             away
             all
             English
             mens
             goods
             .
          
           
             
               Geo.
               ▪
               French
               his
               mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 1
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 cor.
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   Randall
                   Adams
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Jane
             Mansfeild
             ,
             
               lately
               of
               the
               Parish
               of
            
             Castle-Jordan
             ,
             
               VVidow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             she
             
             coming
             towards
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             in
             her
             way
             coming
             to
             one
             Master
             
               Philip
               Fitz-Gerralds
            
             house
             ,
             neer
             
               Miltowne
               ,
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Kildare
               ,
            
             this
             Deponent
             heard
             him
             utter
             these
             words
             :
             We
             are
             like
             to
             have
             great
             troubles
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             all
             rise
             in
             Arms
             ,
             and
             not
             leave
             an
             English-man
             in
             
               Ireland
               ;
            
             and
             that
             the
             King
             was
             on
             their
             side
             in
             the
             North
             among
             them
             .
          
           
             
               Jane
               Mansfeild
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
              
               
                 3
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Henry
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Henry
             Palmer
             
               late
               of
            
             Fetherd
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Wexford
             ,
             
               Brick-layer
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             being
             duely
             sworn
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             deposeth
             ;
             That
             
               Dermot
               mac
               Dowling
               Cavanagh
               ,
            
             Head
             of
             the
             Rebells
             there
             ,
             
             and
             his
             company
             ,
             said
             to
             this
             Deponent
             with
             others
             ,
             Be
             gone
             you
             English
             dogges
             ;
             for
             we
             do
             onely
             take
             your
             goods
             now
             ,
             but
             worse
             shall
             follow
             :
             And
             they
             went
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             cut
             the
             Pulpit-Cloth
             and
             the
             Ministers
             Books
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             strewed
             them
             about
             the
             Church-yard
             ,
             and
             caused
             the
             piper
             to
             play
             whilest
             they
             danced
             and
             trampled
             them
             under
             their
             feet
             ,
             and
             called
             the
             Minister
             dog
             ,
             and
             stript
             him
             out
             of
             his
             clothes
             :
             And
             that
             they
             wounded
             severall
             persons
             that
             were
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Fetherd
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Town
             there
             ;
             of
             which
             ,
             some
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             wounds
             ,
             cold
             ,
             and
             want
             ,
             died
             .
             And
             what
             clothes
             this
             Deponent
             had
             left
             ,
             being
             but
             mean
             ,
             coming
             to
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             were
             also
             taken
             from
             him
             :
             And
             the
             Irish
             denyed
             them
             lodging
             and
             relief
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             they
             were
             constrayned
             to
             lie
             out
             of
             doors
             naked
             all
             night
             .
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             one
             
               Welsh
            
             of
             
               Killcullen
            
             Bridge
             ,
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Kildare
               ,
            
             Inne-Keeper
             ,
             after
             that
             this
             Deponent
             was
             robbed
             and
             stripped
             ,
             told
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             That
             he
             the
             said
             
               VVelsh
            
             knew
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             was
             in
             the
             North
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             rode
             disguised
             ,
             and
             had
             glassen
             eyes
             ,
             because
             he
             would
             not
             be
             known
             .
          
           
             
               Henry
               Palmer
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 12
                 
                   January
                   ,
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 nobis
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             John
             Perkins
             ,
             
               of
            
             Sleigkogh
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Cavan
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duly
             sworn
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             they
             said
             that
             the
             King
             was
             dead
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             young
             King
             went
             to
             
             Masse
             ;
             and
             they
             were
             the
             Queens
             souldiers
             ,
             and
             we
             were
             Traytors
             .
             And
             the
             said
             words
             were
             affirmed
             by
             
               Cormack
               mac
               Cloney
               ,
            
             Parish-Priest
             of
             
               Killan
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Iohn
              
               I.
               P.
               
                 Parkins
                 his
                 mark
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 8
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Tho.
             Midlebrook
             
               of
            
             Leagne
             Caffry
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Yeoman
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             on
             the
             26
             day
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             he
             heard
             
               Cahell
               Boy
               mac
               Dermott
            
             say
             ,
             
             That
             within
             one
             fortnight
             they
             should
             have
             a
             new
             King
             of
             
               Iceland
            
             Crowned
             one
             of
             the
             
               ô Neals
               ,
            
             or
             words
             to
             that
             effect
             :
             which
             words
             were
             spoken
             by
             the
             said
             
               Cahell
               ,
            
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             
               Alice
               Tibs
               ,
            
             this
             Deponents
             sister
             ,
             and
             
               Avis
               Braishaw
               ,
            
             wife
             of
             
               Iohn
               Braishaw
               .
            
             And
             further
             ,
             that
             he
             both
             heard
             that
             the
             Rebells
             had
             murthered
             about
             threescore
             English
             Protestants
             (
             that
             lived
             in
             good
             manner
             within
             the
             said
             parish
             .
             )
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             there
             cannot
             be
             so
             few
             as
             one
             hundred
             English
             Protestants
             (
             that
             lived
             in
             good
             manner
             within
             the
             said
             parish
             )
             perished
             and
             dead
             since
             the
             said
             Rebells
             did
             banish
             and
             drive
             them
             from
             their
             habitations
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 4.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Henry
                   Brereton
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Tho.
                  
                   I.
                   
                     Midlebrook
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   his
                   mark
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Alice
             Tibs
             
               of
            
             Ringvilly
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               widow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             she
             heard
             
               Cahell
               Boy
               mac
               Dermott
            
             of
             
               Killrout
               ,
            
             in
             the
             County
             aforesaid
             ,
             
             Yeoman
             ,
             say
             ,
             That
             
               Dublin
            
             Castle
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             could
             afford
             the
             English
             two
             or
             three
             Barrells
             of
             Powder
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Irish
             within
             one
             fortnight
             would
             have
             a
             new
             King
             ,
             or
             words
             to
             that
             effect
             :
             which
             words
             he
             spake
             in
             the
             hearing
             of
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             
               Avis
               Braishaw
               ,
            
             wife
             to
             
               Iohn
               Braishaw
               ,
            
             and
             
               Thomas
               Milebrooke
               ,
            
             the
             five
             and
             twentieth
             day
             of
             
               October
               :
            
             And
             did
             after
             hear
             another
             Irish
             man
             (
             whose
             name
             she
             knoweth
             not
             )
             say
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             pity
             that
             any
             of
             the
             English
             or
             their
             breed
             should
             be
             suffered
             to
             live
             ,
             for
             fear
             they
             should
             grow
             strong
             again
             ;
             or
             words
             to
             that
             effect
             .
          
           
             
               
                 This
                 deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 Jan.
                 4.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
                 
                   Alict
                   VV.
                   Tibs
                
                 
                   her
                   mark
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Avis
             Braishaw
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Agheruskie
             Moore
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               aliae
               ,
            
             That
             she
             
             heard
             
               Cahell
               Boy
               mac
               Dermott
            
             of
             
               Kilrout
               ,
            
             in
             the
             County
             aforesaid
             ,
             say
             ,
             That
             
               Dublin
            
             Castle
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             could
             afford
             the
             English
             three
             or
             four
             Barrells
             of
             Powder
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Irish
             would
             have
             a
             new
             King
             within
             a
             fortnight
             after
             :
             which
             words
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             effect
             ,
             he
             spake
             in
             the
             hearing
             of
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             
               Tho.
               Midlebrook
               ,
            
             and
             
               Alice
               Tibs
               ,
            
             the
             25
             day
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             .
          
           
             
               
                 This
                 deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 Jan.
                 4
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
                 
                   Avis
                   VV
                   Braishaw
                
                 
                   her
                   mark
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Rich.
             Knowles
             
               of
            
             Newtowne
             ,
             
               alias
               Castle-Cool
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Yeoman
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             there
             
             is
             one
             hundred
             of
             the
             said
             parishioners
             (
             that
             lived
             in
             good
             rank
             and
             fashion
             )
             since
             they
             were
             driven
             out
             of
             their
             habitations
             ,
             and
             banished
             by
             the
             said
             rebellious
             Irish
             (
             being
             all
             English
             Protestants
             )
             perished
             and
             dead
             :
             And
             this
             Deponent
             is
             the
             rather
             confident
             that
             there
             is
             one
             hundred
             or
             more
             dead
             ,
             by
             reason
             they
             dayly
             die
             in
             such
             abundance
             ;
             this
             Deponent
             well
             knowing
             the
             said
             parishioners
             ,
             being
             his
             neighbours
             ;
             and
             this
             Deponent
             being
             a
             Butcher
             by
             Trade
             ,
             had
             some
             dealing
             with
             the
             most
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Deposed
                 this
              
               
                 10
                 
                   of
                
                 Jan.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   VVatson
                   :
                
                 
                   William
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Rich.
                  
                   R.
                   
                     Knowls
                     his
                     mark
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Robert
             Barton
             
               of
            
             Newtowne
             ,
             
               alias
            
             Castle-cool
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Black-smith
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               iuter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             some
             
             Irish
             Rebells
             neer
             unto
             
               Virginia
               ,
            
             in
             the
             way
             towards
             
               Rells
               ,
            
             did
             strip
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             they
             had
             a
             new
             King
             ,
             and
             Commission
             from
             him
             for
             what
             they
             did
             .
             And
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             heard
             that
             Captain
             
               Rory
               ,
            
             or
             some
             other
             of
             his
             Company
             ,
             had
             murthered
             of
             the
             said
             parishioners
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             fourty
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 Jan.
                 5.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   Brereton
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Hugh
             Culme
             
               of
            
             Leitrim
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Monaghan
             ,
             
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             he
             was
             told
             that
             one
             
               Art
               mac
               Mahown
               ,
            
             who
             lived
             in
             the
             Parish
             of
             
               Tehollan
               ,
            
             said
             that
             they
             which
             spoke
             English
             ,
             should
             pay
             10s
             to
             the
             King
             ;
             the
             party
             to
             whom
             he
             spoke
             it
             ,
             desired
             to
             know
             what
             King
             desired
             it
             ,
             his
             answers
             was
             ,
             what
             other
             King
             ,
             but
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Tyrone
               .
            
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             heard
             one
             
               Thomas
               mac
               Aleares
            
             wife
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             County
             and
             Parish
             ,
             say
             ,
             that
             Captain
             
               Bryan
               mac
               Mahon
            
             of
             
               Tehollan
               ,
            
             said
             he
             would
             hang
             any
             that
             would
             speak
             English
             .
             And
             heard
             the
             priest
             
               mac
               Clerey
            
             of
             
               Tehollan
            
             say
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             English
             in
             
               Monaghan
            
             must
             be
             hanged
             ,
             I
             asked
             him
             why
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             meat
             was
             soarce
             ,
             and
             they
             would
             not
             be
             at
             the
             charge
             to
             keep
             us
             .
          
           
             And
             heard
             more
             by
             very
             honest
             men
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
               Cottingham
            
             Minister
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             being
             in
             a
             Dungeon
             bolted
             ,
             desired
             for
             Gods
             sake
             to
             get
             a
             little
             straw
             to
             lye
             upon
             ,
             being
             put
             to
             such
             extremitie
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             Mr.
             
               Richard
               Blaney
            
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             was
             hanged
             in
             this
             manner
             .
          
           
             
               Art
               Roe
               mac
               Bryan
               Sanaght
            
             of
             
               Hislough
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             Marshall
             to
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             came
             to
             Mr.
             
               Blaney
            
             to
             the
             Dungeon
             ,
             and
             desired
             him
             to
             come
             out
             to
             speak
             with
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             out
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             led
             him
             to
             my
             Lord
             
               Blaneys
            
             Orchard
             in
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             and
             said
             to
             him
             ,
             do
             you
             remember
             ,
             how
             you
             hanged
             my
             Brother
             ,
             and
             made
             me
             flye
             my
             Country
             for
             three
             yeers
             ;
             but
             I
             will
             hang
             you
             before
             you
             go
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             will
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             a
             priest
             ,
             he
             said
             no
             ,
             but
             he
             desired
             to
             have
             Master
             
               Cottingham
               ,
            
             the
             Minister
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             but
             they
             would
             not
             ,
             but
             hanged
             him
             there
             ,
             and
             flung
             him
             in
             a
             Ditch
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             two
             dayes
             unburied
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             heard
             that
             there
             was
             one
             
               Luke
               VVard
            
             a
             Scotchman
             ,
             which
             had
             indicted
             a
             man
             ,
             the
             quarter
             Sessions
             before
             this
             rising
             ,
             the
             same
             man
             came
             to
             him
             where
             he
             was
             in
             the
             Goal
             ,
             and
             carried
             him
             to
             an
             Alehouse
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             drunk
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             carried
             him
             into
             the
             backside
             and
             hanged
             him
             ,
             after
             
             he
             was
             cut
             down
             ,
             they
             flung
             him
             into
             a
             River
             ,
             and
             I
             could
             never
             hear
             that
             he
             was
             buried
             .
          
           
             
               Hugh
               Culme
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 25.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               I
               heard
               Master
               
                 Mountgomery
                 ,
              
               Minister
               ,
               and
               Master
               
                 Hollis
              
               with
               severall
               other
               men
               of
               good
               worth
               ,
               report
               ,
               that
               the
               Sunday
               before
               this
               rising
               of
               the
               Rebels
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               seen
               a
               Sword
               hanging
               in
               the
               ayre
               ,
               with
               the
               point
               downwards
               ,
               the
               half
               seeming
               to
               be
               red
               ,
               and
               the
               point
               turned
               round
               .
            
             
               
                 Hugh
                 Culme
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
               Mistresse
            
             Martha
             Culme
             
               of
            
             Leitrim
             
               in
               the
            
             
             
               County
               of
            
             Monaghan
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             she
             being
             by
             the
             R●bels
             forced
             from
             her
             dwelling
             ,
             and
             robbed
             of
             all
             her
             goods
             ,
             she
             was
             enforced
             to
             shift
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             for
             safeguard
             of
             her
             life
             :
             particularly
             at
             
               VVilliam
               Boy
               ,
               Flemings
            
             house
             ,
             in
             the
             Parish
             of
             
               Tehollan
               ,
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             where
             she
             did
             hear
             the
             said
             
               Fleming
            
             in
             detestation
             of
             the
             cruelty
             of
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             to
             relate
             that
             while
             Sir
             
               Phelomy
               ô
               Neal
            
             did
             lye
             with
             his
             forces
             before
             the
             
               Ogber
               ,
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Tyrone
               ,
            
             the
             Irish
             women
             would
             follow
             after
             the
             Irish
             Rebell
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             forward
             in
             cruelty
             ,
             with
             these
             and
             such
             words
             ,
             spare
             neither
             man
             ,
             woman
             ,
             nor
             childe
             ,
             God
             so
             pitty
             your
             souls
             ,
             as
             you
             pitty
             them
             ,
             intending
             those
             words
             ,
             to
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             This
             Examinate
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             said
             Flemings
             house
             ,
             one
             
               Art
               mac
               Patrick
               mac
               Toole
               Boy
               mac
               Mahon
            
             of
             the
             Barony
             of
             
               Balline
               Cargy
            
             in
             the
             said
             Parish
             ,
             speaking
             to
             this
             Examinate
             in
             Irish
             ,
             she
             desired
             he
             would
             deliver
             himself
             in
             English
             ,
             for
             she
             understood
             not
             Irish
             ,
             he
             answered
             in
             English
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             spake
             English
             ,
             should
             forfeit
             ten
             shillings
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             what
             King
             saith
             this
             Examinate
             have
             we
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             allow
             the
             speaking
             of
             English
             ,
             what
             King
             saith
             he
             ,
             but
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Tyrone
               ,
            
             she
             asked
             where
             the
             Earl
             was
             ,
             he
             answered
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             landed
             
             with
             40000.
             
             Spaniards
             ,
             whereof
             10000.
             were
             then
             with
             Sir
             
               Phelim
               ô
               Neal.
               
            
          
           
             
               Martba
               Culme
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 14.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Henry
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Elizabeth
             Gough
             
               late
               of
            
             Ballanenagh
             
               in
               the
            
             
             
               County
               of
            
             Cavan
             
               Spinster
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             the
             Irish
             purposed
             to
             have
             a
             King
             of
             their
             own
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               Phelomy
               ô
               Neal
            
             should
             be
             he
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Elizabeth
                 ▪
                 Gough
                 her
              
               Mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 8.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Jones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Anne
             Gill
             
               of
            
             Newtown
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Widdow
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             when
             
               Rory
               Magwire
            
             had
             taken
             the
             Church
             at
             
               Newtown
               ,
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             he
             the
             said
             
               Rory
            
             (
             in
             the
             presence
             and
             hearing
             of
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             many
             of
             his
             neighbors
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Majesties
             loving
             Subjects
             )
             gave
             forth
             that
             it
             was
             to
             no
             purpose
             for
             them
             to
             fly
             to
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             for
             succour
             ,
             for
             
               Dublin
            
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Lord
             
               Magwire
               ,
            
             who
             was
             to
             be
             King
             of
             
               Ireland
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Anne
                 L
                 Gill
              
               her
               Mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 29.
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Stern
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVilliam
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Elizabeth
             Vause
             
               late
               of
            
             Creigs
             toune
             Longhfield
             
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Leitrim
             ,
             
               Widdow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             when
             this
             Deponent
             asked
             why
             the
             Rebels
             so
             robbed
             them
             ,
             they
             asked
             again
             who
             sent
             you
             over
             ,
             and
             being
             answered
             ,
             that
             God
             and
             the
             King
             did
             it
             ,
             they
             the
             said
             Rebells
             ,
             said
             let
             your
             King
             fetch
             you
             out
             again
             .
          
           
             And
             saith
             further
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Rebels
             burned
             divers
             houses
             ,
             and
             two
             Children
             ,
             and
             one
             old
             Man
             in
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             very
             many
             Protestants
             that
             fled
             for
             safety
             and
             succour
             to
             the
             Castle
             of
             Sir
             
             
               James
               Craige
            
             Knight
             ,
             being
             neer
             them
             ,
             were
             there
             famished
             ,
             starved
             ,
             and
             dyed
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             means
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Eliz.
                 ▪
                 Vause
              
               her
               mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 9.
                 
                   die
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Nicholas
             Michael
             
               of
            
             Farnan
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             
             Cavan
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             the
             parties
             that
             robbed
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             said
             they
             have
             an
             Irish
             King
             amongst
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             regarded
             not
             King
             
               Charles
            
             the
             King
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Nich.
                 ʒ
                 Michaels
                 ▪
              
               mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 15.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   VVill
                   .
                   Hitchcock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Andrew
             Foster
             
               of
            
             Mocredin
             
               alias
            
             Caryetsfort
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Wickloe
             ,
             
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             the
             Rebels
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             within
             a
             week
             burn
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             that
             neither
             King
             nor
             Queen
             should
             govern
             
               Ireland
            
             any
             longer
             ,
             for
             they
             would
             govern
             it
             themselves
             .
          
           
             
               Andrew
               Foster
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 17.
                 
                 
                   Febr.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   VVilliam
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Richard
             Witton
             
               of
            
             Kilnane
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Wickloe
             ,
             
               Miller
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             
               Luke
               Burne
            
             Gentleman
             of
             
               Kilnane
            
             said
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             their
             religion
             flourish
             ,
             no
             thanks
             to
             King
             or
             Subject
             .
          
           
             
               Rich.
               Witton
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 this
              
               
                 11.
                 
                   of
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Will.
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVill
                   .
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Edward
             Taylor
             
               late
               of
               Saint
            
             Margarets
             
               alias
            
             Raven
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Wexford
             ,
             
               Clerk
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             one
             
               Piers
               Synnot
            
             of
             
               Ballyvodogg
            
             in
             the
             said
             County
             ,
             and
             his
             sonne
             
               David
               ,
            
             and
             other
             their
             complices
             before
             this
             Rebellion
             burst
             out
             ,
             did
             dispossesse
             this
             Deponent
             of
             his
             Goods
             and
             Church
             livings
             ,
             into
             which
             he
             was
             long
             since
             invested
             by
             His
             Majesties
             presentation
             ,
             for
             which
             abuse
             this
             Deponent
             impleaded
             some
             of
             them
             in
             this
             last
             Parliament
             at
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             a
             little
             before
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             said
             Rebellion
             ,
             he
             shewed
             the
             said
             
               David
            
             an
             Order
             from
             the
             said
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             this
             Deponents
             quiet
             enjoying
             his
             said
             Church
             Livings
             ,
             and
             restitution
             of
             the
             profits
             thereof
             ,
             by
             them
             wrongfully
             detained
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             said
             
               David
               Synnot
            
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             cared
             not
             for
             that
             and
             that
             it
             was
             no
             Parliament
             ,
             but
             meet
             him
             at
             
               Dublin
            
             in
             
               Michaelmas-Term
            
             next
             and
             question
             him
             if
             he
             durst
             ,
             for
             then
             they
             would
             have
             a
             Parliament
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             in
             which
             Parliament
             he
             said
             ,
             the
             Deponent
             durst
             not
             complain
             ,
             or
             words
             to
             that
             effect
             .
          
           
             
               Edward
               Taylor
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 23.
                 
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 nobis
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Nathaniel
             Higginson
             
               of
               the
               Castle
               of
            
             Knockballymore
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             the
             Rebels
             then
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             a
             Commission
             ,
             or
             Broad-Seal
             from
             the
             King
             for
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             and
             that
             when
             they
             the
             said
             Rebels
             had
             vanquished
             ,
             or
             over
             runne
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             they
             would
             go
             over
             into
             
               England
               ,
            
             where
             they
             would
             have
             the
             assistance
             of
             
               Spain
            
             and
             
               France
               ,
            
             for
             over
             running
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             
               Nath.
               Higginson
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Anne
             Marshall
             
               of
            
             Castle-Waterhouse
             
               in
               the
            
             
             
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Widdow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             some
             of
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             most
             cruelly
             murthered
             
               VVilliam
               Marshall
               ,
            
             
             husband
             unto
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             giving
             him
             sixe
             severall
             mortall
             wounds
             ,
             then
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             Scots
             were
             at
             that
             time
             sent
             to
             leave
             never
             a
             drop
             of
             English
             bloud
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             that
             the
             Irish
             now
             had
             authority
             ,
             and
             command
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             leave
             never
             a
             drop
             of
             English
             bloud
             in
             
               Ireland
               .
            
          
           
             And
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             the
             common
             speech
             of
             the
             said
             Rebels
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             the
             Queens
             souldiers
             .
          
           
             
               Anne
               Marshall
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 3.
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   .
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Jathniell
             Mawe
             
               of
            
             Ferringrin
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               Gentleman
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             he
             heard
             some
             of
             the
             Rebellious
             Irish
             company
             say
             ,
             that
             there
             should
             not
             be
             one
             English
             man
             ,
             Woman
             ,
             or
             Childe
             ,
             left
             within
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             the
             Kings
             Broad-Seal
             for
             what
             they
             did
             .
          
           
             
               Iathniell
               Mawe
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 3.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVill
                   .
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Richard
             Cleybrook
             
               of
            
             Ballyellis
             
               in
               the
               County
            
             
             
               of
            
             Wexford
             
               Farmer
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             desposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             he
             heard
             
               Luke
               Toole
            
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             intended
             soon
             after
             to
             march
             to
             
               Killeothery
               ,
            
             and
             take
             it
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             to
             come
             to
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             and
             take
             the
             Castle
             there
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             not
             leave
             an
             English
             Man
             ,
             nor
             English
             Woman
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             but
             they
             all
             should
             be
             banished
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             not
             leave
             any
             English
             beast
             a
             live
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             the
             breed
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             He
             saith
             also
             ,
             That
             he
             heard
             the
             said
             
               Luke
               Toole
            
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             have
             his
             own
             Religion
             setled
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             And
             that
             he
             would
             pull
             the
             Lord
             
               Parsons
            
             Hat
             from
             his
             Head
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Richard
                 ▪
                 Cleybrook
              
               his
               mark
               .
            
             
               Coram
               me
               .
               Ia.
               VVare
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Margaret
             Farmeny
             ,
             
               and
            
             Margaret
             Leadly
             ,
             
               VViddows
               ,
               both
               of
            
             Acrashaniey
             ,
             
               in
               the
               Parish
               of
            
             Clowish
             ,
             
               and
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             .
          
           
             THese
             Deponents
             duely
             sworne
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             depose
             ,
             That
             on
             the
             
             23
             day
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             the
             Rebells
             in
             that
             County
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             an
             hundred
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             robbed
             the
             Deponents
             of
             their
             goods
             and
             chattells
             ,
             and
             bound
             their
             hands
             behinde
             them
             ,
             urging
             them
             to
             confesse
             money
             .
             And
             that
             the
             said
             Rebells
             bound
             one
             of
             the
             Deponents
             husbands
             ,
             and
             led
             ,
             and
             dragged
             him
             up
             and
             down
             in
             a
             rope
             ,
             and
             cut
             his
             throat
             in
             her
             own
             sight
             with
             a
             Skean
             ,
             having
             first
             knockt
             him
             down
             ,
             and
             stript
             him
             .
             And
             at
             the
             same
             time
             murthered
             14
             persons
             more
             ,
             all
             English
             Protestants
             ;
             the
             said
             Rebells
             then
             alleadging
             ,
             That
             they
             had
             the
             Kings
             broad
             Seal
             to
             strip
             and
             starve
             all
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             his
             souldiers
             .
             And
             as
             the
             Deponents
             fled
             for
             succour
             towards
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             they
             were
             stripped
             on
             the
             way
             by
             the
             Irish
             seven
             times
             in
             one
             day
             ,
             and
             left
             stark
             naked
             ,
             being
             aged
             women
             of
             75
             yeers
             old
             :
             and
             the
             Rebells
             that
             saw
             the
             Deponents
             naked
             ,
             bid
             them
             go
             and
             look
             for
             their
             God
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             give
             them
             clothes
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 3
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Henry
             Fisher
             
               of
            
             Powerscourt
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Wicklow
             .
          
           
             THis
             examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             
               Luke
            
             
             
               Toole
               ,
            
             chief
             of
             the
             Rebells
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             there
             was
             landed
             at
             
               Wexford
            
             nineteen
             thousand
             of
             the
             Spanish
             enemy
             :
             whereupon
             they
             leaped
             and
             danced
             for
             joy
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Examinate
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             
               Bryan
               Linch
            
             of
             
               Powerscourt
               ,
            
             revolted
             and
             fell
             from
             the
             protestant
             Religion
             ,
             to
             Masse
             ;
             and
             the
             said
             
               Linch
               ,
            
             with
             severall
             other
             Rebells
             ,
             entered
             the
             parish
             Church
             of
             
               Powerscourt
               ,
            
             called
             
               Staggonnell
               ,
            
             and
             burnt
             up
             pues
             ,
             pulpits
             ,
             chests
             ,
             and
             Bibles
             belonging
             to
             the
             said
             Church
             ,
             with
             extreme
             violence
             and
             triumph
             ,
             and
             expression
             of
             hatred
             to
             Religion
             :
             
             And
             this
             convert
             
               Linch
            
             strongly
             laboured
             to
             have
             this
             Deponent
             hanged
             .
          
           
             
               Hon.
               Fisher
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 25.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVill
                   .
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Adam
             Clover
             
               of
            
             Slonosy
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Cavan
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             this
             Deponent
             and
             his
             company
             that
             were
             robbed
             ,
             observed
             ,
             That
             30
             
             persons
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             were
             then
             most
             barbarously
             murthered
             and
             slain
             out-right
             ;
             and
             about
             150
             more
             persons
             cruelly
             wounded
             ,
             so
             that
             traces
             of
             blood
             issuing
             from
             their
             wounds
             ,
             lay
             upon
             the
             high
             way
             for
             12
             miles
             together
             ,
             and
             many
             very
             young
             children
             were
             left
             and
             perished
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             60
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             because
             the
             cruell
             pursuit
             of
             the
             Rebells
             was
             such
             ,
             that
             their
             parents
             and
             friends
             could
             not
             carry
             them
             further
             .
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             the
             Rebels
             vowed
             ,
             That
             if
             any
             digged
             graves
             wherein
             to
             bury
             the
             dead
             children
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             buried
             therin
             themselves
             ;
             so
             the
             poor
             people
             left
             the
             most
             of
             them
             unburyed
             ,
             exposed
             to
             ravenous
             beasts
             and
             fowl
             ,
             and
             some
             few
             their
             parents
             carried
             a
             great
             way
             to
             bury
             them
             ,
             after
             they
             were
             dead
             ,
             and
             some
             were
             hid
             in
             bushes
             ,
             that
             the
             Rebells
             should
             not
             finde
             them
             .
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             upon
             the
             high-way
             a
             woman
             left
             by
             the
             Rebells
             stripped
             to
             her
             smock
             ,
             set
             upon
             by
             three
             women
             ,
             and
             some
             children
             ,
             being
             Irish
             ,
             who
             miserably
             rent
             and
             tore
             the
             said
             poor
             English
             woman
             ,
             and
             stripped
             her
             of
             her
             smock
             in
             a
             bitter
             Frost
             and
             Snow
             ,
             so
             that
             she
             fell
             in
             labour
             in
             their
             hands
             and
             presence
             ,
             and
             both
             she
             and
             her
             childe
             miserably
             died
             there
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Examinate
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             
               Iames
               ô
               Rely
            
             of
             ,
             or
             neer
             to
             the
             Parish
             of
             
               Ballyheys
               ,
            
             Yeoman
             ,
             and
             
               Hugh
               Brady
               ,
            
             of
             ,
             or
             neer
             the
             parish
             of
             
               Vrnagh
               ,
            
             and
             divers
             others
             of
             the
             Rebells
             ,
             did
             then
             often
             take
             into
             their
             hands
             the
             Protestant
             Bibles
             ,
             and
             wetting
             them
             in
             the
             dirty
             water
             ,
             did
             five
             or
             sixe
             severall
             times
             dash
             the
             same
             on
             the
             face
             of
             this
             Deponent
             and
             other
             protestants
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Come
             ,
             I
             know
             you
             love
             a
             good
             lesson
             ,
             here
             is
             a
             most
             excellent
             one
             for
             you
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             morrow
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             have
             as
             good
             a
             sermon
             as
             this
             ;
             and
             used
             other
             scornfull
             and
             disgracefull
             words
             unto
             them
             .
          
           
           
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             one
             
               Owen
               Brady
               ,
            
             of
             the
             parish
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             Gent.
             being
             one
             of
             the
             principall
             Guard
             to
             
               Philip
               mae
               Hugh
               mac
               Shane
               ô
               Rely
               ,
            
             did
             take
             divers
             protestants
             (
             as
             they
             went
             by
             their
             Court
             of
             Guard
             to
             the
             Church
             )
             by
             the
             hair
             of
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             cruell
             manner
             ,
             and
             dragging
             them
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             there
             stripped
             ,
             robbed
             ,
             whipped
             ,
             and
             most
             cruelly
             used
             them
             ,
             saying
             ,
             If
             you
             come
             tomorrow
             ,
             you
             shall
             hear
             the
             like
             Sermon
             ;
             or
             to
             that
             effect
             :
             with
             other
             scornfull
             and
             opprobrious
             words
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 Ian.
                 4.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Randall
                   Adams
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     mark
                     of
                  
                   Adam
                   Glover
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Elizabeth
             Tayler
             ,
             
               wife
               of
            
             Iohn
             Tayler
             
               of
               the
            
             Newtowne
             ,
             
               alias
            
             Castlecool
             ,
             
               in
               the
               Parish
               of
            
             Drumuly
             ,
             
               and
               balf-Barony
               of
               the
               Coole
               and
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               weaver
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             
               (
               inter
               alia
               )
            
             
             she
             and
             her
             said
             husband
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             neighbours
             ,
             fled
             for
             the
             more
             safety
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             into
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             
               Newtown
               ,
            
             being
             a
             fair
             Church
             ,
             new
             built
             by
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             that
             parish
             ,
             and
             there
             remained
             untill
             the
             Munday
             following
             ,
             being
             the
             25
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             when
             about
             ten
             of
             the
             clock
             in
             the
             forenoon
             Captain
             
               Rory
               mac
               Quire
               ,
            
             brother
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               Magwire
               ,
            
             where
             they
             so
             were
             ,
             came
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             a
             great
             multitude
             of
             Irish
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             1000
             persons
             ,
             and
             upwards
             ;
             which
             they
             not
             being
             able
             to
             resist
             ,
             upon
             his
             faithfull
             promises
             that
             they
             should
             quietly
             enjoy
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             receive
             no
             harm
             ,
             they
             let
             him
             and
             his
             company
             into
             the
             said
             Church
             ;
             wherein
             to
             he
             had
             no
             sooner
             entred
             ,
             but
             in
             contempt
             of
             God
             and
             his
             sacred
             Word
             ,
             he
             went
             up
             into
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             and
             took
             down
             the
             English
             Bible
             that
             was
             there
             ,
             and
             rent
             and
             tore
             the
             same
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             he
             and
             his
             company
             trampled
             the
             same
             under
             their
             feet
             ;
             and
             then
             perfidiously
             fell
             upon
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             rifled
             and
             stript
             them
             naked
             ,
             and
             turned
             them
             out
             of
             the
             town
             ,
             and
             fired
             and
             burnt
             the
             same
             down
             .
          
           
             
               Eliz
               ▪
               Tayler
               her
               mark
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 8.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Edward
             Slack
             
               of
            
             Gurteen
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
             
               Clerk
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             on
             the
             24
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             the
             Rebells
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Fermanagh
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             took
             his
             Bible
             ,
             opened
             it
             ,
             and
             laying
             the
             open
             side
             of
             it
             in
             a
             puddle
             of
             water
             ,
             leapt
             and
             trampled
             upon
             it
             ,
             saying
             ,
             A
             plague
             on
             't
             ,
             this
             Bible
             hath
             bred
             all
             the
             quarrell
             ,
             and
             they
             hoped
             that
             within
             three
             weeks
             ,
             all
             the
             Bibles
             in
             
               Ireland
            
             should
             be
             used
             as
             that
             was
             ,
             or
             worse
             ;
             and
             that
             none
             should
             be
             left
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             also
             that
             the
             said
             Rebels
             burnt
             this
             Deponents
             house
             ,
             and
             after
             some
             other
             Rebels
             cut
             and
             wounded
             him
             twice
             in
             the
             head
             .
          
           
             
               Edw.
               Slack
               .
            
             
               
                 Deposed
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               
                 4.
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Jones
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVill
                   .
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Edward
             Dean
             
               late
               of
            
             Oghram
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Wicklow
             
               Tanner
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             the
             Irish
             Rebels
             made
             Proclamation
             ,
             That
             all
             English
             men
             and
             women
             ,
             that
             did
             not
             depart
             the
             Country
             within
             twenty
             four
             houres
             ,
             should
             be
             hanged
             drawn
             and
             quartered
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Irish
             houses
             ,
             that
             kept
             any
             of
             the
             English
             children
             should
             be
             burned
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Rebels
             burned
             two
             Protestant
             Bibles
             ,
             and
             then
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             hell
             fire
             that
             burnt
             .
          
           
             
               Edw.
               Dean
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 7.
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 nobis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Watson
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Katherine
             Bellew
             
               alias
            
             Bedlew
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Blittock
             
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Monaghan
             ,
             
               Widdow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             
               (
               inter
               alia
               )
            
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             one
             Mistresse
             
               Elcock
               ,
            
             who
             being
             in
             Child-bed
             ,
             was
             neverthelesse
             carryed
             away
             to
             prison
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Lady
             
               Blaney
               ,
            
             and
             her
             seven
             children
             .
          
           
             
               The
               mark
               of
               the
               said
               Katherine
               .
            
             
               
                 Jurat
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 
                   Febr.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 coram
                 nobis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   VVill
                   .
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             John
             Wisedome
             
               of
            
             Ardmagh
             
               Parish
               ,
               Clerk
               of
               the
            
             
             
               Cathedrall
               there
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             at
             
               Loughgall
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Ardmagh
               ,
            
             the
             Engilsh
             being
             promised
             a
             safe
             conduct
             by
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             from
             garrison
             to
             garrison
             ,
             till
             they
             came
             to
             the
             next
             Haven
             ,
             and
             there
             to
             take
             shipping
             for
             their
             own
             Country
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             some
             of
             them
             were
             murthered
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             Master
             
               William
               Fullerton
               ,
            
             Parson
             of
             
               Loughgall
               ,
            
             and
             two
             or
             three
             others
             ,
             as
             the
             Deponent
             heard
             ,
             the
             rest
             which
             they
             found
             at
             
               Loughgall
               ,
            
             and
             about
             the
             Countrey
             there
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             eightscore
             persons
             ,
             which
             they
             drowned
             at
             
               Port
               a
               Down
            
             Bridge
             ,
             as
             the
             Deponent
             is
             informed
             by
             one
             
               William
               Pitchfork
            
             that
             was
             present
             at
             their
             suffering
             ,
             but
             escaped
             himself
             ,
             being
             begged
             by
             an
             Irish
             Rebell
             to
             be
             his
             servant
             ,
             And
             about
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             they
             fired
             many
             in
             one
             house
             neer
             
               Ardmagh
               .
            
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             Master
             
               Roger
               Holland
            
             related
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             told
             by
             one
             
               John
               Babe
            
             an
             Owner
             of
             a
             Boat
             in
             
               Carlingford
               ,
            
             That
             Mistris
             
               Holland
            
             was
             hanged
             at
             
               Carlingford
               ,
            
             and
             delivered
             of
             a
             childe
             while
             hanging
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             this
             Examinate
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             credibly
             informed
             by
             Master
             
               Franklin
            
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             who
             came
             part
             of
             the
             way
             towards
             
               Dublin
            
             in
             the
             Deponents
             company
             ,
             That
             at
             the
             
               Newry
            
             a
             man
             was
             carryed
             out
             ,
             and
             so
             wounded
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             laid
             for
             dead
             ,
             but
             after
             recovering
             ,
             he
             was
             again
             set
             upon
             ,
             and
             murthered
             ,
             and
             his
             wife
             also
             having
             her
             belly
             ript
             up
             ,
             and
             two
             children
             fell
             out
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Examinate
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             at
             the
             
               Corr
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             there
             were
             drowned
             at
             once
             one
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             persons
             ,
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             ,
             which
             the
             Deponent
             heard
             from
             Master
             
               Holland
            
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             
               John
               VVisedome
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 nobis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Philip
             Taylor
             
               late
               of
            
             Port
             a-Down
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Armagh
             ,
             
               Husbandman
               .
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworne
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             That
             about
             the
             24.
             of
             
               October
            
             he
             was
             taken
             prisoner
             at
             
               Port
               a-Down
            
             aforesaid
             
             by
             
               Toole
               mac
               Cann
            
             now
             of
             
               Port
               a
               Down
            
             Gentleman
             ,
             a
             notorious
             Rebell
             ,
             and
             a
             Commander
             of
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Rebels
             ,
             together
             with
             those
             Rebels
             ,
             his
             souldiers
             to
             the
             number
             of
             an
             hundred
             persons
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ;
             at
             which
             time
             the
             Rebels
             first
             took
             the
             Castle
             and
             victualled
             it
             ,
             then
             they
             assaulted
             and
             pillaged
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             burnt
             all
             the
             houses
             on
             the
             further
             side
             of
             the
             water
             :
             and
             then
             the
             said
             Rebels
             drowned
             a
             great
             number
             of
             English
             Protestants
             ,
             of
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             in
             this
             Deponents
             sight
             ,
             some
             with
             their
             hands
             tyed
             on
             their
             backs
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             number
             of
             them
             that
             were
             drowned
             then
             ,
             amounted
             to
             an
             hundred
             ninety
             and
             sixe
             Persons
             ,
             as
             this
             Deponent
             hath
             been
             credibly
             informed
             ,
             And
             the
             same
             Rebels
             then
             also
             threatned
             to
             shoot
             to
             death
             one
             Master
             
               Tiffin
            
             a
             zealous
             Protestant
             Minister
             there
             ,
             and
             discharged
             a
             peece
             at
             him
             accordingly
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             pleased
             God
             ,
             they
             mist
             him
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             he
             escaped
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Rebels
             kept
             this
             Deponent
             in
             prison
             at
             
               Port
               a-Down
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             seven
             weeks
             ,
             and
             set
             a
             horse
             lock
             upon
             his
             leg
             ,
             but
             at
             length
             he
             got
             a
             passe
             from
             the
             said
             
               Toole
               mac
               Cann
               ,
            
             and
             so
             got
             away
             from
             them
             :
             But
             whilest
             he
             stayed
             there
             ,
             many
             poor
             Protestants
             were
             by
             the
             Rebels
             murthered
             in
             severall
             places
             about
             
               Loughgall
               .
            
             And
             they
             also
             that
             time
             stript
             of
             the
             cloaths
             of
             one
             Master
             
               Iones
            
             a
             Minister
             at
             
               Segoe
            
             neer
             
               Port
               a-Down
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             who
             afterwards
             escaped
             from
             them
             to
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Lisnegarvey
               .
            
          
           
             And
             the
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             hath
             credibly
             heard
             ,
             that
             one
             Master
             
               Fullerton
            
             a
             Minister
             ,
             and
             another
             in
             his
             company
             were
             also
             murthered
             by
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             before
             the
             drowning
             of
             the
             Protestants
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Rebels
             aforesaid
             killed
             a
             Dyers
             wife
             of
             
               Rossetrever
            
             at
             
               Newry
               ,
            
             and
             ript
             up
             her
             belly
             ,
             she
             being
             with
             childe
             of
             two
             childrrn
             ,
             and
             threw
             her
             and
             the
             children
             into
             a
             ditch
             ,
             and
             this
             Deponent
             drove
             a
             Sow
             away
             that
             was
             eating
             one
             of
             the
             children
             .
          
           
             
               Sig
               :
               Philip
               Taylor
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 
                   Febr.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   William
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Watson
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             John
             Mandefield
             
               late
               of
            
             Miltown
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Dublin
             ,
             
               Barber
               Chirurgeon
               .
            
             
          
           
             THe
             Deponent
             being
             duly
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             some
             of
             the
             Rebels
             in
             that
             County
             did
             strike
             his
             Wife
             ,
             and
             stab
             her
             with
             a
             Skean
             ●n
             the
             breast
             ,
             when
             she
             had
             a
             young
             childe
             sucking
             on
             her
             ,
             which
             wound
             this
             Deponent
             being
             a
             Chirurgeon
             with
             much
             difficulty
             healed
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Mandefield
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 3.
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 nobis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Will
                   .
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Margaret
             Stoaks
             ,
             
               the
               wife
               of
            
             Hugh
             Stoaks
             
             
               late
               of
            
             Clonkelly
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             .
          
           
             THe
             said
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             
               inter
               alia
            
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             whilest
             she
             was
             in
             the
             said
             County
             ,
             she
             heard
             credibly
             among
             the
             Irish
             ,
             and
             observed
             by
             their
             discourses
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             That
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Lissegoal
            
             neer
             
               Eniskillin
            
             (
             which
             belonged
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               Hastings
               ;
            
             and
             wherein
             one
             Master
             
               Segrave
            
             dwelt
             ,
             was
             burned
             by
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             English
             and
             Scots
             that
             were
             therein
             ,
             which
             were
             very
             many
             ;
             and
             that
             almost
             all
             the
             English
             and
             Scots
             that
             dwelt
             in
             
               Mageryboy
               ,
            
             were
             likewise
             killed
             and
             robbed
             by
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             was
             a
             woman
             ,
             who
             when
             the
             said
             Castle
             was
             a
             fire
             ,
             let
             down
             through
             a
             Window
             her
             young
             childe
             whom
             she
             gave
             suck
             unto
             ,
             and
             after
             leapt
             out
             of
             the
             Window
             herself
             ,
             which
             the
             Rebels
             observing
             ,
             presently
             killed
             the
             said
             woman
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             morning
             finding
             the
             young
             childe
             alive
             ,
             sucking
             the
             dead
             mothers
             breast
             ,
             they
             cruelly
             murthered
             the
             childe
             .
          
           
             This
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             as
             she
             was
             coming
             on
             the
             way
             to
             
               Dublin
            
             at
             
               Ballybayes
               ,
            
             she
             heard
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             handicraftsmen
             and
             tradesmen
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             English
             that
             were
             remaining
             at
             
               Belturbart
               ,
            
             were
             killed
             and
             murthered
             by
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             about
             the
             last
             of
             
               Ianuary
            
             last
             past
             ;
             and
             the
             Rebels
             hanged
             the
             men
             ,
             and
             drowned
             the
             women
             and
             children
             .
          
           
             The
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             when
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             had
             killed
             any
             English
             man
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             many
             others
             of
             them
             would
             come
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             and
             every
             of
             them
             would
             in
             most
             cruell
             manner
             ,
             stab
             ,
             wound
             ,
             and
             out
             him
             ,
             and
             almost
             mangle
             
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             their
             further
             malice
             ,
             would
             not
             suffer
             ,
             nor
             permit
             any
             to
             bury
             them
             ,
             but
             would
             have
             them
             to
             lye
             naked
             for
             the
             dogs
             ,
             beasts
             ,
             and
             fowles
             of
             the
             aire
             to
             devoure
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             When
             they
             had
             so
             killed
             the
             English
             ,
             they
             would
             reckon
             up
             and
             accompt
             the
             number
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             in
             rejoycing
             and
             boasting
             manner
             would
             often
             say
             ,
             That
             they
             had
             made
             the
             divell
             beholding
             to
             them
             in
             sending
             so
             many
             souls
             to
             him
             to
             hell
             .
          
           
             The
             Deponent
             likewise
             saith
             ,
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             as
             she
             was
             coming
             towards
             
               Dublin
            
             about
             
               Dunshaghlin
               ,
            
             the
             Rebels
             that
             were
             in
             Garrison
             there
             ,
             said
             unto
             her
             ,
             That
             if
             they
             thought
             she
             and
             her
             children
             ,
             had
             but
             one
             drop
             of
             English
             bloud
             in
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             kill
             both
             her
             and
             her
             children
             .
          
           
             
               Margaret
               Stoakes
               .
            
             
               Jurat
               .
               coram
               ,
               Gerrardo
               Louther
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Mary
             Woods
             
               late
               of
               the
               Town
               and
               County
               of
            
             
             Kildare
             ,
             
               Widdow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             examinate
             being
             duly
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             saith
             That
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             present
             rebellion
             ,
             she
             hath
             been
             stripped
             and
             robbed
             of
             her
             goods
             by
             the
             Rebels
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             since
             which
             time
             the
             bodies
             of
             severall
             deceased
             Protestants
             buried
             in
             the
             Church
             there
             ,
             were
             taken
             up
             ,
             and
             thrown
             away
             into
             filthy
             places
             ,
             exposed
             to
             be
             devoured
             of
             dogs
             ,
             and
             other
             beasts
             ,
             which
             was
             done
             partly
             by
             the
             commandement
             or
             direction
             of
             
               James
               Dempsie
            
             a
             priest
             ,
             
               Peter
               Sarsfield
               ,
               Thomas
               fitz
               Gerald
               ,
               Iames
               Flatisbury
               ,
            
             and
             
               Iohn
               Leighe
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             whom
             she
             knoweth
             not
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Rebels
             and
             others
             about
             that
             Town
             ,
             did
             of
             late
             first
             strip
             her
             husband
             of
             cloaths
             ,
             and
             after
             stabbed
             him
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             shot
             him
             ,
             and
             last
             of
             all
             most
             barbarously
             buried
             him
             alive
             ,
             where
             he
             remained
             with
             earth
             upon
             him
             above
             an
             hour
             before
             the
             breath
             went
             from
             him
             .
          
           
             
               Sig
               :
               prae
               :
               Anne
               VVoods
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 23.
                 
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 nobis
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Joh.
                   VVatson
                   ,
                
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Thomas
             Huetson
             
               of
               the
               Town
               and
               County
               of
            
             
             Kildare
             .
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             and
             examined
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             
               (
               inter
               alia
               )
            
             about
             a
             moneth
             ,
             or
             three
             weeks
             since
             ,
             one
             
               Iohn
               Courtis
            
             of
             
               Kildare
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             Weaver
             ,
             and
             
               Martin
               Courtis
            
             his
             sonne
             ,
             
               Walter
               White
            
             of
             the
             same
             labourer
             ,
             
               Bondventure
               Berry
            
             of
             the
             same
             own
             ,
             the
             reputed
             son
             of
             
               William
               Berry
            
             of
             the
             same
             town
             ,
             a
             popish
             Priest
             ,
             and
             
               Thomas
               Berry
            
             of
             
               Kildare
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             neer
             kinsman
             to
             the
             said
             Priest
             ,
             and
             divers
             other
             Rebells
             of
             the
             Irish
             ,
             did
             in
             the
             Cathedrall
             Church
             of
             
               K●ldare
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             dig
             the
             graves
             of
             
               Dominick
               Huetson
               ,
            
             this
             Deponents
             brother
             ,
             who
             had
             bin
             buried
             about
             twenty
             moneths
             before
             ;
             and
             
               Christian
               Huetson
            
             the
             Deponents
             Grandmother
             ,
             who
             had
             bin
             buried
             about
             a
             week
             before
             ,
             and
             took
             their
             Corps
             out
             of
             the
             same
             Graves
             ,
             and
             Church
             ,
             and
             laid
             them
             both
             in
             a
             hole
             which
             they
             digged
             up
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             within
             a
             Garden
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             walls
             of
             the
             Churchyard
             ;
             which
             was
             done
             by
             the
             command
             or
             procurement
             of
             
               Rosse
               mac
               Geoghegan
            
             titular
             Bishop
             of
             
               Kildare
               ,
               Iames
               Dempsie
            
             the
             popish
             Vicar
             generall
             there
             ,
             the
             foresaid
             
               William
               Berry
            
             Priest
             ,
             
               Dominick
               Dempsie
            
             guardian
             to
             the
             Fryars
             there
             ,
             
               Iames
               Flanagan
            
             a
             Fryar
             ,
             
               Bryan
               ô
               Gormooley
            
             a
             Fryar
             ,
             and
             other
             Fryars
             ,
             whose
             names
             he
             now
             remembreth
             not
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Deponent
             also
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             
               Berry
            
             the
             Priest
             brought
             this
             Deponent
             before
             the
             said
             Titular
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             informed
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             Deponent
             was
             looking
             in
             at
             the
             Church
             Window
             when
             the
             Corps
             of
             his
             said
             Brother
             ,
             and
             Grandmother
             were
             taking
             up
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             there
             writ
             down
             the
             names
             of
             those
             parties
             that
             so
             took
             them
             up
             ,
             and
             so
             desired
             to
             know
             what
             must
             be
             done
             with
             this
             Deponent
             ;
             Who
             answered
             ,
             That
             if
             he
             found
             that
             report
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             or
             that
             this
             Deponent
             should
             do
             any
             thing
             against
             their
             Catholike
             cause
             ,
             he
             would
             imprison
             and
             hang
             him
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             parties
             above
             named
             with
             divers
             others
             of
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Kildare
               ,
            
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             could
             not
             sanctifie
             ,
             nor
             hallow
             the
             said
             Church
             of
             
               Kildare
               ,
            
             untill
             the
             Heretikes
             bones
             were
             removed
             out
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Huetson
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 15.
                 
                 
                   Feb.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVilliam
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Rebecca
             Collis
             ,
             
               late
               of
               the
               Town
               and
               County
               of
            
             Kildare
             .
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duly
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Rebellion
             ,
             she
             and
             her
             husband
             have
             been
             robbed
             and
             despoiled
             of
             their
             goods
             by
             the
             Rebells
             in
             those
             parts
             .
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             about
             
               Christmas
            
             last
             ,
             the
             titular
             Bishop
             of
             
               Kildare
               ,
            
             the
             
               Guardian
               ,
            
             and
             other
             priests
             and
             Friars
             there
             ,
             did
             take
             away
             the
             Chapter-Chest
             belonging
             to
             the
             Cathedrall
             Church
             of
             
               Kildare
               ,
            
             and
             did
             cause
             the
             same
             to
             be
             carryed
             to
             the
             house
             of
             
               Peter
               Sarsfeild
            
             of
             
               Tully
            
             Esquire
             .
             And
             shortly
             after
             a
             consultation
             had
             amongst
             the
             said
             
               Peter
               Sarsfeild
               ,
               James
               Flatishury
               ,
               Thomas
               Fitz-Gerald
               ,
               Iohn
               Leigh
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             
               Iames
               Dempsie
               ,
            
             Vicar
             generall
             to
             the
             said
             Titular
             Bishop
             ;
             By
             whose
             directions
             or
             command
             ,
             the
             dead
             bodies
             of
             divers
             deceased
             Protestants
             were
             digged
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Kildare
               ,
            
             and
             cast
             into
             a
             filthy
             ditch
             ,
             to
             be
             devoured
             by
             beasts
             and
             dogs
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 23
                 
                   Febr.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 coram
                 nobis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Rebecca
                   Collis
                   .
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   Will
                   .
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Margaret
             Parkin
             
               of
            
             Newtowne
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Fermanagh
             ,
             
               widdow
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
            
             
             
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             by
             the
             information
             of
             divers
             credible
             persons
             ,
             she
             understood
             that
             the
             Rebells
             boyled
             a
             young
             childe
             to
             death
             in
             a
             great
             Ketle
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             at
             
               Newtown
            
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 29
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Margaret
                   Parkin
                   .
                
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Elizabeth
             Bairsee
             
               of
            
             Newtown
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             nagh
             .
          
           
             THe
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             
               (
               inter
               alia
               )
            
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             
             she
             was
             credibly
             informed
             by
             a
             great
             number
             of
             people
             of
             
               Newtown
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             That
             about
             the
             23
             of
             
               October
            
             last
             ,
             or
             since
             ,
             the
             Rebells
             did
             boyl
             a
             childe
             of
             one
             
               Iohn
               Strettons
               ,
            
             about
             12
             yeers
             old
             ,
             to
             death
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 19.
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Elizabeth
                   Bairsee
                   .
                
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               examination
               of
            
             Henry
             Boyne
             
               late
               of
            
             Mullaghtean
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Tyrone
             ,
             
               Clerke
               .
            
          
           
             
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             as
             he
             was
             come
             to
             his
             own
             house
             ,
             he
             found
             there
             an
             Irish
             woman
             that
             was
             come
             (
             out
             of
             good
             will
             )
             from
             
               Donaghmore
            
             about
             sixe
             miles
             distant
             from
             his
             said
             house
             ,
             to
             tell
             the
             Deponents
             wife
             ,
             That
             it
             were
             best
             for
             the
             Deponent
             to
             be
             gone
             ,
             least
             he
             might
             be
             killed
             (
             for
             as
             the
             said
             woman
             related
             )
             the
             Rebels
             there
             had
             cut
             of
             one
             Master
             
               Madders
            
             head
             a
             Minister
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             chief
             malice
             was
             against
             Church-men
             .
          
           
             
               Hen.
               Boyne
               .
            
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 16.
                 
                 
                   Febr.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Elizabeth
             Trafford
             ,
             
               late
               wife
               of
            
             Thomas
             Trafford
             ,
             
               late
               Vicar
               of
            
             Ballincormock
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Longford
             ,
             
               Clerk
               .
            
          
           
             
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               (
               inter
               alia
               ,
               )
            
             That
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             rebellion
             ,
             the
             Rebels
             in
             those
             parts
             robbed
             and
             stript
             her
             ,
             and
             her
             said
             husband
             of
             all
             their
             goods
             and
             cloaths
             :
             And
             then
             one
             of
             the
             Rebels
             called
             
               Iohn
               Raynolds
               ,
            
             stabbed
             her
             husband
             with
             a
             sword
             ,
             whereof
             he
             lay
             languishing
             three
             houres
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Rebells
             stabbed
             him
             into
             the
             throat
             ,
             and
             wounded
             him
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             dyed
             ,
             and
             then
             turned
             her
             and
             her
             poor
             children
             naked
             away
             ,
             exposed
             to
             hunger
             and
             cold
             .
             And
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             The
             said
             Rebels
             or
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             stabbed
             and
             killed
             one
             
               Francis
               Marshall
            
             Merchant
             ,
             
               Matthew
               Baker
            
             Vintner
             ,
             
               Iohn
               Smith
               ,
               Thomas
               Allen
               ,
               Iohn
            
             a
             Butcher
             ,
             and
             another
             who
             was
             a
             Sadler
             ,
             another
             that
             was
             a
             Millner
             ,
             and
             by
             report
             divers
             others
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             the
             Rebels
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             Kings
             pleasure
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             English
             should
             be
             banished
             ,
             and
             loose
             their
             goods
             ,
             because
             the
             Queens
             Priest
             was
             hanged
             before
             her
             face
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Iur.
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 
                   Ian.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 Coram
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Henry
                   Iones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   VVatson
                   .
                
                 
                   Eliz.
                   Trafford
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Margery
             Sharp
             ,
             
               late
               wife
               to
            
             John
             Sharp
             
               of
               Kells
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               and
               Diocesse
               of
            
             Meath
             ,
             
               Minister
               of
               Gods
               Word
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             deposed
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             And
             
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             her
             said
             husband
             was
             by
             the
             Rebells
             in
             those
             parts
             wounded
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             deprived
             of
             his
             life
             ;
             but
             in
             such
             a
             blessed
             manner
             ,
             that
             God
             gave
             him
             strength
             to
             pray
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             expresse
             himself
             ;
             and
             being
             ready
             to
             die
             ,
             another
             company
             of
             Irish
             Rebells
             came
             and
             wilfully
             murthered
             him
             in
             the
             same
             place
             where
             they
             found
             him
             ,
             being
             coming
             towards
             
               Dublin
            
             to
             seek
             for
             refuge
             :
             And
             after
             breath
             was
             departed
             from
             him
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             sought
             to
             have
             him
             buryed
             in
             Christian
             Buryall
             ,
             which
             the
             Portreiffe
             or
             Suffraigne
             of
             the
             
               Navan
            
             would
             not
             admit
             ,
             but
             sent
             to
             cause
             the
             Grave
             to
             be
             made
             in
             the
             same
             place
             where
             he
             was
             murthered
             .
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             before
             her
             said
             husband
             was
             murthered
             ,
             he
             carryed
             away
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             Rebells
             ,
             a
             good
             number
             of
             his
             best
             Divinity
             Books
             ,
             and
             divers
             Bonds
             ,
             Specialties
             ,
             and
             Writings
             .
             And
             she
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             souldiers
             under
             the
             command
             of
             the
             Rebell
             Capt.
             
               ô
               Rely
            
             meeting
             with
             him
             ,
             stripped
             him
             of
             all
             his
             clothes
             ,
             and
             inforced
             him
             ,
             being
             naked
             ,
             to
             trample
             and
             tread
             upon
             his
             said
             Books
             and
             papers
             in
             the
             water
             to
             spoil
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             said
             Rebells
             threw
             them
             away
             ,
             and
             tossed
             many
             of
             them
             in
             the
             winde
             .
          
           
             
               Sign
               .
               praed.
               Margery
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 29
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Reynold
             Griffith
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Tandergee
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Armagh
             .
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               .
            
             And
             further
             saith1
             ,
             That
             neer
             the
             
               Newry
            
             severall
             Rebells
             took
             
             from
             this
             Deponents
             wife
             a
             childe
             of
             hers
             of
             14
             yeers
             of
             age
             ,
             and
             drowned
             it
             in
             a
             bog
             or
             pit
             ,
             and
             held
             it
             down
             before
             her
             face
             with
             a
             sword
             whilest
             the
             said
             childe
             was
             a
             drowning
             .
          
           
             
               Reynold
               Griffith
               ,
               and
               Eliz.
               his
               wife
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Jan.
                
                 6.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Charles
             Campbell
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Shamulloghe
             ,
             
               in
               the
               Parish
               of
            
             Clonnlsse
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Monaghan
             ,
             
               Gentleman
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             the
             said
             Deponent
             likewise
             ,
             whilest
             he
             
             was
             amongst
             the
             Rebells
             ,
             observed
             these
             severall
             passages
             ensuing
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             First
             ,
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Lisgowle
               ,
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Fermanagb
               ,
            
             containing
             the
             number
             of
             sevenscore
             persons
             ,
             men
             ,
             women
             and
             children
             ,
             whereof
             none
             escaped
             death
             ,
             except
             one
             man
             who
             was
             taken
             prisoner
             ;
             which
             cruelty
             severall
             of
             the
             
               mac
               Mahons
               ,
            
             and
             
               mac
               Guires
            
             did
             confesse
             to
             this
             Deponent
             ;
             one
             
               Cassedy
            
             a
             Frier
             ,
             being
             the
             chief
             instrument
             thereof
             .
             Another
             priest
             also
             ,
             one
             
               Philip
               mac
               Enany
            
             told
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             no
             sinne
             to
             kill
             all
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             were
             all
             damned
             already
             .
             And
             the
             said
             Deponent
             was
             an
             ocular
             witnesse
             of
             the
             hanging
             and
             killing
             of
             thirty
             persons
             in
             one
             day
             ,
             at
             
               Clonnisse
               ,
            
             by
             
               Patrickoge
               mac
               Rosse
               mac
               Guire
               ,
               Rory
               mac
               Mahon
               ,
               Patrick
               mac
               Aperson
               ô
               Connelly
               ,
            
             and
             severall
             others
             ,
             the
             said
             Deponent
             being
             likewise
             upon
             the
             Ladder
             ,
             with
             a
             Wyth
             about
             his
             neck
             ,
             ready
             to
             be
             cast
             off
             ,
             but
             delivered
             by
             the
             intercession
             of
             the
             said
             
               Rory
               mac
               Mahon
            
             and
             his
             wife
             :
             Afterwards
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             with
             
               Robert
               Aldrich
               ,
            
             and
             
               Matthew
               Brown
               ,
            
             being
             then
             prisoners
             with
             the
             said
             Deponent
             ,
             were
             sent
             unto
             the
             siege
             of
             
               Drogheda
               ,
            
             by
             Captain
             
               Rory
               mac
               Mahon
            
             his
             wife
             ,
             conducted
             by
             an
             hundred
             Rebells
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ;
             where
             they
             remained
             for
             the
             space
             of
             three
             weeks
             ,
             untill
             this
             Deponents
             escape
             :
             In
             which
             time
             aforesaid
             ,
             one
             
               Ever
               mac
               Mahon
               ,
            
             brother
             to
             Captain
             
               Redmond
               mac
               Mahon
               ,
            
             told
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             That
             there
             was
             not
             a
             Romane
             Catholique
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             that
             could
             dispend
             ten
             pounds
             
               per
               an.
            
             but
             was
             accessory
             to
             the
             rebellious
             plot
             .
             This
             Deponent
             likewise
             heard
             severall
             of
             the
             
               mac
               Mahans
            
             affirm
             ,
             That
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Antrim
            
             was
             also
             guilty
             of
             the
             said
             plot
             .
             And
             this
             Deponent
             was
             credibly
             informed
             ,
             that
             with
             Sir
             
               Phelim
               ô
               Neal
            
             were
             conversant
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               Gurmanston
               ,
            
             the
             Lord
             
               Nettervyle
               ,
            
             the
             Lord
             
               Lowth
               ,
            
             with
             many
             other
             the
             chief
             Gentry
             of
             the
             
               Pale
               ;
            
             and
             did
             see
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               Dunsany
            
             frequent
             the
             said
             Rebells
             company
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Countyes
             of
             
               Meath
            
             and
             
               Lowth
            
             did
             furnish
             the
             Rebells
             
             there
             ,
             with
             all
             sorts
             of
             Victualls
             ,
             and
             such
             necessaries
             .
          
           
             
               Cb
               :
               Campbell
               .
            
             
               
                 Jur.
              
               
                 2
                 
                   Martii
                   ,
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   VVilliam
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Alexander
             Creigchton
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Glasloghe
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Monaghan
             ,
             
               Gent.
               
            
          
           
             THis
             Deponent
             being
             duely
             sworn
             and
             examined
             
               (
               inter
               alia
               )
            
             
             deposeth
             .
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             when
             he
             this
             Deponent
             was
             so
             robbed
             by
             the
             Rebells
             ,
             they
             imprisoned
             him
             and
             his
             brother
             in
             law
             ,
             
               Andrew
               Lesk
               ,
               Alexander
               Bailie
               ,
               James
               Anderson
               ,
               Iohn
               Mewrhead
            
             his
             son
             ,
             
               Alexander
               Ballengall
               ,
            
             and
             his
             son
             
               VVilliam
               ,
            
             and
             kept
             them
             there
             in
             
               Glaslock
            
             Castle
             for
             14
             dayes
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             in
             great
             misery
             ,
             neither
             suffering
             their
             wives
             or
             friends
             to
             come
             and
             bring
             them
             relief
             :
             From
             thence
             the
             Rebells
             sent
             them
             to
             the
             Gaole
             of
             
               Monaghan
            
             for
             14
             dayes
             more
             ,
             where
             they
             were
             in
             no
             lesser
             misery
             than
             before
             :
             From
             thence
             they
             were
             sent
             back
             to
             
               Glaslock
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             there
             
               Art
               mac
               Bryan
               ô
               Samogh
               mac
               Maghan
               ,
            
             did
             gather
             all
             the
             whole
             British
             prisoners
             ,
             aswell
             those
             afore-named
             ,
             as
             others
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             22
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             and
             sent
             them
             to
             
               Corbridge
               :
            
             But
             in
             their
             going
             ,
             another
             Company
             ,
             by
             the
             direction
             of
             the
             said
             
               Art
               mac
               Bryan
               ,
            
             way-layd
             them
             ,
             and
             slew
             16
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             morning
             murthered
             46
             more
             English
             at
             
               Corbridge
            
             aforesaid
             ;
             where
             this
             Deponent
             escaping
             with
             his
             life
             ,
             was
             admitted
             to
             go
             to
             Sir
             
               Phelim
               ô
               Neal
               ,
            
             who
             gave
             him
             a
             Protection
             for
             himself
             ,
             his
             wife
             ,
             and
             childe
             .
             And
             then
             this
             Deponent
             heard
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Phelim
            
             say
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             make
             no
             man
             account
             for
             what
             he
             did
             ,
             And
             that
             he
             had
             his
             Majesties
             Commission
             for
             what
             he
             did
             under
             the
             great
             Seal
             of
             
               England
               :
            
             And
             being
             asked
             who
             did
             put
             Master
             
               Richard
               Blany
               ,
            
             Senescall
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               Blany
               ,
            
             and
             one
             of
             the
             Knights
             of
             the
             Shire
             to
             death
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             reported
             that
             one
             
               Art
               mac
               Bryan
               ô
               Samagh
               mac
               Maghan
            
             put
             him
             to
             death
             ;
             He
             answered
             ,
             Let
             not
             that
             Gentleman
             be
             blamed
             ,
             for
             my
             hand
             signed
             the
             Warrant
             for
             his
             hanging
             ,
             for
             the
             persecuring
             of
             my
             cousen
             
               ô
               Rely
               .
            
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             there
             were
             killed
             by
             the
             name
             or
             Sept
             of
             the
             
               ô
               Hughes
               ,
            
             12
             Families
             of
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             of
             English
             and
             Scotish
             protestants
             ;
             and
             that
             
               Edmond
               
               Boy
               ô
               Hugh
               ,
            
             Foster-brother
             to
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Phelim
               ô
               Neal
               ,
            
             did
             at
             
               Kinard
               ,
            
             at
             the
             entry
             of
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Phelims
            
             gate
             ,
             shoot
             to
             death
             with
             a
             brace
             of
             Bullers
             ,
             behinde
             his
             back
             ,
             the
             Lord
             
               Cawlfeild
               :
            
             And
             that
             night
             after
             killed
             seven
             Families
             of
             English
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             that
             lived
             on
             the
             Land
             of
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Phelim
               .
            
             And
             as
             this
             Deponent
             hath
             heard
             ,
             there
             were
             above
             twenty
             Families
             slain
             betwixt
             
               Kinnard
            
             and
             
               Armagh
            
             by
             the
             Rebells
             :
             And
             after
             the
             repulse
             given
             at
             
               Lisnegarvy
               ,
               Shane
               oge
               mac
               Canna
               ,
            
             and
             a
             Company
             of
             Rebells
             under
             his
             command
             ,
             marched
             thorow
             all
             the
             Barony
             of
             
               Trough
               ,
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             and
             murthered
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Brittish
             protestants
             ;
             amongst
             others
             ,
             Ensigne
             
               Peirce
               ,
            
             Gentleman
             ,
             
               Ambrose
               Blany
               ,
            
             Gentleman
             ,
             
               William
               Challengwood
               ,
            
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             
               William
            
             his
             sonne
             ;
             
               David
               Draynan
               ,
            
             Gentleman
             ,
             
               Andrew
               Carr
               ,
            
             Weaver
             ,
             
               John
               Lasley
               ,
            
             Labourer
             ,
             and
             his
             wife
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             heard
             it
             credibly
             reported
             amongst
             the
             Rebells
             at
             
               Glaslogh
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             That
             
               Hugh
               mac
               ô
               Degan
               mac
               Guire
               ,
            
             a
             priest
             ,
             had
             done
             a
             most
             meritorious
             act
             in
             the
             parish
             of
             
               Glanally
               ,
            
             and
             County
             of
             
               Fermanagh
               ,
            
             in
             drawing
             betwixt
             40
             or
             50
             of
             the
             English
             and
             Scottish
             there
             to
             reconciliation
             with
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             after
             giving
             them
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             demanded
             of
             them
             whether
             Christs
             Body
             was
             really
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             or
             no
             ;
             and
             they
             said
             ,
             Yea.
             
             And
             that
             he
             demanded
             of
             them
             further
             ,
             Whether
             they
             held
             the
             Pope
             to
             be
             supreme
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             they
             likewise
             answered
             he
             was
             ;
             And
             that
             thereupon
             he
             presently
             told
             them
             they
             were
             in
             a
             good
             faith
             :
             and
             for
             fear
             they
             should
             fall
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             turn
             hereticks
             ,
             he
             and
             the
             rest
             that
             were
             with
             him
             ,
             cut
             all
             their
             throats
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             wife
             of
             Master
             
               Luke
               Ward
            
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             the
             Rebells
             had
             forced
             her
             husband
             to
             be
             drunk
             in
             drinking
             of
             his
             part
             of
             3s
             in
             drink
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             when
             he
             was
             so
             drunk
             ,
             hanged
             him
             :
             And
             she
             shewed
             this
             Deponent
             the
             place
             where
             he
             was
             executed
             .
          
           
             And
             saith
             also
             ,
             That
             the
             Rebells
             pulled
             up
             ,
             and
             took
             away
             the
             〈◊〉
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Monaghan
            
             up
             to
             the
             Quire
             ,
             and
             carried
             them
             ●●
             the
             Goal
             ,
             and
             made
             fires
             with
             them
             for
             the
             Friers
             ;
             And
             that
             the
             ●…ls
             did
             at
             
               Glaslock
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             burn
             two
             or
             three
             Bibles
             or
             Ser●●●
             Books
             :
             And
             heard
             them
             say
             ,
             they
             would
             never
             lay
             down
             
             arms
             ,
             till
             their
             Church
             were
             put
             into
             its
             due
             place
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             plantation
             lands
             were
             given
             to
             the
             right
             owners
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             they
             had
             once
             gotten
             the
             City
             of
             
               Dublin
            
             taken
             ,
             they
             would
             hold
             it
             no
             rebellion
             to
             follow
             the
             Kings
             sword
             ,
             in
             doing
             any
             act
             they
             pleased
             :
             And
             this
             Deponent
             heard
             
               Brian
               ô
               Hugh
               ,
            
             Priest
             to
             the
             said
             
               Phelim
               ô
               Neale
            
             say
             ,
             That
             they
             had
             fifteen
             hundred
             thousand
             of
             the
             Irish
             bloud
             ,
             to
             maintain
             their
             wars
             begun
             :
             And
             the
             said
             
               Alexander
            
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               Feb.
            
             last
             ,
             one
             
               Ensigne
               William
               Pew
            
             of
             
               Glaslogh
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             being
             stripped
             ,
             robbed
             ,
             and
             expulsed
             by
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             was
             seven
             times
             in
             one
             day
             taken
             up
             and
             hanged
             on
             a
             tree
             ,
             and
             taken
             down
             again
             for
             dead
             every
             time
             by
             
               Patrick
               Duff
               ,
               Mac
               Hugh
               ,
               Mac
               Rosse
               ,
            
             a
             Captain
             of
             the
             Rebels
             near
             
               Monaghan
               :
            
             which
             cruelty
             was
             practised
             by
             the
             instigation
             of
             
               Patrick
               Mother
               mac
               Wade
               ,
            
             who
             had
             informed
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             
               William
               Pew
            
             had
             monies
             ;
             the
             confession
             and
             knowledge
             whereof
             was
             intended
             to
             be
             extracted
             by
             the
             foresaid
             hard
             usage
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Iur.
                 primo
                 Martii
                 ,
              
               
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Creichton
                   .
                
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sterne
                   .
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             Roger
             Holland
             
               of
            
             Glaslogh
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Monaghan
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duly
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             during
             his
             imprisonment
             ,
             he
             was
             credibly
             informed
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             
             38
             persons
             ,
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             drown'd
             ,
             being
             thrown
             over
             into
             the
             river
             of
             
               Corr-bridge
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Armagh
               ;
            
             and
             also
             saith
             ,
             That
             Sir
             
               Phelim
               ô
               Neale
               ,
            
             under
             pretence
             of
             sending
             a
             Convoy
             with
             many
             of
             the
             English
             of
             
               Loghgall
               ,
            
             and
             thereabouts
             ,
             the
             said
             Convoy
             did
             drown
             at
             the
             Bridge
             of
             
               Pontie-Down
               ,
            
             68
             persons
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             credibly
             informed
             :
             And
             likewise
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             see
             14
             or
             15
             kill'd
             by
             the
             Irish
             as
             he
             passed
             in
             the
             country
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             Friar
             
               Malone
               ,
            
             when
             this
             Examinate
             arrived
             at
             
               Skerries
               ,
            
             that
             his
             Company
             shot
             one
             shot
             at
             the
             Vessel
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             said
             Company
             asked
             whether
             we
             had
             a
             Passe
             or
             not
             ,
             which
             we
             told
             them
             we
             had
             ;
             whereupon
             they
             replyed
             ,
             That
             if
             we
             had
             not
             ,
             we
             should
             all
             suffer
             :
             But
             so
             soon
             as
             we
             shewed
             them
             our
             Passe
             ,
             they
             made
             much
             of
             us
             ,
             &
             told
             us
             that
             we
             should
             take
             no
             hurt
             ;
             which
             they
             performed
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             being
             Christmas-day
             .
          
           
             The
             said
             Friar
             took
             a
             boat
             ,
             to
             go
             to
             the
             boat
             to
             see
             whether
             
             there
             were
             a
             leak
             in
             our
             Vessell
             or
             not
             ,
             and
             searching
             for
             the
             leak
             ,
             he
             found
             some
             Bibles
             ,
             and
             other
             Prayer-Books
             ,
             which
             said
             Books
             he
             cast
             into
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             wished
             that
             he
             had
             all
             the
             Bibles
             in
             Christendom
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             serve
             them
             all
             so
             ,
             and
             demanding
             of
             him
             what
             was
             the
             reason
             ,
             he
             answered
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             fitting
             for
             every
             man
             to
             have
             the
             Bible
             by
             rote
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             misinstruct
             them
             which
             should
             have
             it
             by
             rote
             :
             and
             the
             said
             
               Roger
            
             sitting
             by
             him
             alone
             ,
             demanded
             of
             him
             ,
             what
             might
             be
             the
             reason
             of
             their
             going
             out
             in
             such
             manner
             ,
             as
             in
             killing
             and
             robbing
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             perswading
             him
             to
             make
             peace
             ;
             he
             replyed
             ,
             unlesse
             all
             men
             that
             had
             estates
             lost
             ,
             by
             the
             Kings
             giving
             them
             unto
             great
             men
             ,
             that
             were
             little
             worth
             in
             former
             times
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             had
             their
             estates
             given
             under
             the
             Kings
             Broad-Seal
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             never
             yeild
             ;
             And
             withall
             ,
             that
             it
             they
             had
             not
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               York
            
             for
             their
             Governour
             and
             Ruler
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             a
             Papist
             ,
             they
             would
             never
             yeild
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             And
             further
             said
             ,
             That
             they
             would
             have
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             have
             been
             about
             this
             plot
             this
             seventeen
             yeers
             past
             ,
             but
             never
             had
             so
             fit
             an
             opportunity
             as
             now
             they
             had
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             said
             
               Roger
            
             saith
             further
             ,
             That
             being
             in
             company
             with
             Colonell
             
               Pluncket
            
             at
             
               Newry
            
             and
             
               Carlingford
               ,
            
             the
             said
             Colonell
             told
             the
             said
             
               Roger
            
             and
             many
             others
             ,
             that
             this
             said
             plot
             was
             for
             these
             seventeen
             yeers
             past
             in
             plotting
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             said
             Fryar
             
               Malone
            
             and
             himself
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               Trimbortons
            
             sonnes
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             Fryer
             ,
             with
             many
             others
             of
             the
             Nobility
             of
             the
             
               Pale
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             knew
             it
             of
             long
             time
             ,
             but
             that
             others
             of
             the
             Nobles
             knew
             not
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             of
             late
             ;
             but
             as
             for
             the
             rest
             they
             have
             known
             of
             it
             the
             space
             and
             yeers
             aforesaid
             :
             And
             that
             they
             said
             they
             would
             have
             their
             Religion
             or
             not
             any
             ,
             or
             else
             that
             they
             would
             loose
             both
             their
             lives
             and
             estates
             ,
             for
             in
             strength
             they
             were
             able
             enough
             ,
             for
             he
             said
             all
             the
             Irish
             would
             not
             fail
             ,
             but
             stick
             close
             to
             them
             ,
             for
             they
             fought
             for
             God
             and
             their
             Country
             ,
             for
             certain
             they
             knew
             that
             there
             cause
             was
             just
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             would
             not
             see
             them
             suffer
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             sure
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             for
             there
             was
             not
             any
             thing
             done
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             had
             such
             friends
             ,
             that
             they
             heard
             out
             of
             
               Dublin
            
             every
             day
             ,
             and
             as
             for
             Sir
             
               Phelomy
               ô
               Neal
            
             he
             made
             no
             accompt
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             of
             all
             
               Ireland
            
             to
             be
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             for
             that
             was
             there
             intents
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             at
             
               Carlingford
               ,
            
             when
             the
             foresaid
             
               Roger
            
             
             was
             there
             three
             or
             four
             dayes
             ,
             Sir
             
               Con
               Magenis
            
             sent
             his
             Warrant
             ,
             to
             send
             away
             all
             such
             prisoners
             as
             came
             from
             
               Newry
            
             over
             to
             
               Green
               Castle
               ;
            
             which
             Warrant
             was
             directed
             to
             one
             
               Jo.
               
               Babe
            
             Provost
             Marshall
             ,
             directed
             by
             Sir
             
               Con
               Magenis
               :
            
             which
             Provost
             Marshall
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             direction
             ,
             sent
             them
             away
             :
             which
             prisoners
             were
             sent
             ,
             for
             the
             releasing
             of
             some
             prisoners
             that
             were
             taken
             at
             
               Down-Patrick
               :
            
             but
             no
             sooner
             came
             the
             aforesaid
             prisoners
             unto
             
               Green-Castle
               ,
            
             but
             they
             were
             all
             cut
             off
             :
             And
             the
             next
             day
             following
             ,
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Con
               Magenis
            
             sent
             a
             Convoy
             with
             all
             such
             prisoners
             as
             were
             there
             left
             ;
             and
             what
             became
             of
             them
             ,
             this
             Examinate
             cannot
             tell
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             an
             owner
             of
             a
             Boat
             in
             
               Carlingford
            
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             one
             Mris
             
               Holland
            
             was
             hang'd
             ;
             and
             as
             she
             was
             hanging
             ,
             was
             delivered
             of
             two
             children
             ;
             and
             further
             cannot
             say
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Jurat
                 :
                 this
              
               
                 4
                 
                   of
                   March
                   ,
                
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Holland
                   .
                
                 
                   William
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Examination
               of
            
             George
             Cottingham
             ,
             
               Parson
               of
            
             Monaghan
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             duely
             sworn
             ,
             deposeth
             
               inter
               alia
               ,
            
             That
             about
             
             the
             30
             day
             of
             
               October
               ,
            
             this
             Examinate
             ,
             with
             most
             of
             the
             English
             ,
             was
             cast
             into
             the
             Dungeon
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             place
             of
             that
             noysomenesse
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             great
             heaps
             of
             mens
             excrements
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             there
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             almost
             stifled
             ;
             the
             Dungeon
             was
             so
             little
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             so
             many
             ,
             being
             some
             fourty
             eight
             persons
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             fain
             to
             lie
             one
             upon
             another
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Examinate
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             been
             some
             seventeen
             dayes
             ,
             sometimes
             in
             the
             Dungeon
             ,
             sometimes
             in
             the
             Goal
             ,
             got
             such
             a
             loosenesse
             ,
             with
             cold
             and
             hard
             lodging
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             not
             able
             to
             go
             ,
             but
             as
             he
             was
             carried
             betwixt
             men
             .
             During
             their
             continuance
             in
             this
             miserable
             restraint
             ,
             no
             meat
             was
             allowed
             the
             prisoners
             by
             the
             Rebells
             ,
             neither
             would
             they
             scarce
             suffer
             either
             their
             wives
             or
             friends
             to
             see
             or
             speak
             with
             them
             ;
             but
             oftentimes
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             night
             and
             day
             ,
             severall
             of
             the
             Rebells
             came
             to
             the
             prisoners
             with
             swords
             ,
             and
             Skeans
             drawn
             ,
             with
             Pistolls
             cocked
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             terrour
             of
             the
             prisoners
             :
             and
             some
             came
             often
             and
             scarched
             them
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             found
             any
             silver
             ,
             either
             more
             or
             lesse
             ,
             they
             took
             it
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             stripped
             them
             of
             their
             clothes
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             Dungeon
             ,
             and
             left
             
             many
             almost
             naked
             ,
             with
             few
             or
             no
             rags
             to
             cover
             them
             :
             And
             when
             these
             prisoners
             were
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             soon
             after
             many
             were
             murthered
             with
             Skeans
             ,
             some
             drowned
             ,
             and
             some
             hanged
             :
             Master
             
               Richard
               Blaney
               ,
            
             who
             was
             prisoner
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             being
             bolted
             with
             Irons
             ,
             was
             taken
             forth
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             hanged
             ,
             and
             cast
             into
             a
             kinde
             of
             a
             Boggie
             place
             ,
             without
             Buriall
             ,
             stark
             naked
             .
             The
             same
             day
             one
             Master
             
               Luke
               VVard
            
             was
             taken
             and
             hanged
             in
             the
             same
             Town
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ;
            
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             night
             ,
             and
             was
             never
             told
             he
             should
             die
             ;
             but
             being
             taken
             by
             one
             
               Patr
               :
               oge
               ô
               Connelley
               ,
            
             was
             brought
             into
             a
             house
             in
             Town
             ;
             and
             there
             
               Patr
               :
            
             gave
             him
             worth
             12d
             or
             more
             of
             drink
             ,
             as
             though
             no
             hurt
             were
             intended
             ,
             presently
             went
             to
             the
             back
             side
             ,
             and
             called
             out
             the
             said
             
               Luke
               VVard
               ,
            
             and
             with
             others
             of
             his
             company
             laid
             hold
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             hanged
             him
             ,
             and
             after
             threw
             him
             into
             a
             little
             River
             ,
             where
             he
             lay
             naked
             and
             unburied
             :
             The
             next
             morning
             many
             of
             those
             that
             were
             let
             out
             of
             prison
             ,
             being
             almost
             starved
             and
             famished
             ,
             were
             murthered
             with
             Skeans
             ,
             and
             others
             drowned
             :
             Master
             
               Oliver
               Peirce
               ,
            
             Ensigne
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               Blaney
               ,
            
             murthered
             with
             Swords
             and
             Skeans
             ;
             Master
             
               John
               Francis
               ,
               Edward
               Lewis
               ,
               Richard
               Bollard
               ,
            
             and
             
               VVilliam
               Iones
               ,
            
             murthered
             with
             Skeans
             and
             Swords
             ;
             and
             many
             others
             pursued
             ,
             who
             escaped
             that
             night
             :
             
               Thomas
               VVest
            
             was
             never
             heard
             of
             since
             .
             A
             poor
             English-man
             unknown
             came
             stragling
             to
             the
             Towne
             ,
             having
             escaped
             from
             some
             other
             place
             ,
             was
             hanged
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             those
             that
             were
             imprisoned
             ,
             were
             sent
             out
             of
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             to
             
               Glaslough
               ,
            
             where
             they
             had
             lived
             formerly
             ;
             and
             there
             they
             ,
             with
             others
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             fourty
             ,
             were
             cast
             into
             a
             River
             at
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             County
             ,
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             :
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             so
             many
             as
             escaped
             were
             in
             great
             misery
             and
             fears
             ,
             dayly
             hearing
             ,
             that
             not
             an
             English
             man
             ,
             woman
             ,
             or
             childe
             should
             be
             left
             alive
             ;
             that
             there
             was
             the
             like
             stirre
             in
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Scotland
               ;
            
             and
             that
             never
             a
             Protestant
             must
             be
             suffered
             to
             live
             in
             any
             of
             the
             three
             Kingdoms
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Seas
             were
             full
             of
             Spanish
             and
             French
             Shipping
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Irish
             in
             other
             parts
             ,
             were
             coming
             homewards
             to
             help
             to
             subdue
             the
             English
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             then
             they
             were
             to
             be
             in
             
               England
            
             before
             
               May
            
             for
             the
             same
             purpose
             ;
             and
             the
             like
             to
             be
             done
             in
             
               Scotland
            
             also
             .
             It
             was
             usually
             reported
             that
             none
             must
             bear
             rule
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             but
             onely
             the
             
             Natives
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Lands
             which
             were
             enjoyed
             by
             any
             of
             the
             British
             ,
             must
             forthwith
             be
             taken
             from
             them
             ;
             which
             was
             accordingly
             done
             in
             all
             parts
             hereabouts
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             frequently
             noysed
             and
             reported
             ,
             That
             the
             Kings
             Majesty
             was
             dead
             ,
             or
             not
             to
             be
             had
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Crown
             consecrated
             for
             some
             other
             that
             should
             deserve
             it
             best
             ;
             and
             when
             afterwards
             it
             was
             reported
             His
             Majesty
             was
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             it
             was
             said
             that
             Sir
             
               Phelim
               ô
               Neal
            
             was
             made
             Generall
             by
             His
             Majesties
             appointment
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             were
             others
             that
             had
             command
             by
             the
             same
             appointment
             .
          
           
             We
             dayly
             heard
             of
             most
             cruell
             murthers
             of
             prisoners
             on
             all
             sides
             of
             us
             ,
             besides
             what
             we
             saw
             committed
             in
             our
             own
             Town
             :
             in
             some
             places
             neer
             were
             hanged
             sometimes
             17
             ,
             sometimes
             22
             at
             a
             time
             ;
             as
             at
             
               Clownish
               ,
            
             and
             
               Carrick
               mac
               Rosse
               .
            
             And
             within
             seven
             miles
             were
             murthered
             some
             25
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             in
             the
             night
             ;
             and
             every
             hour
             we
             expected
             the
             like
             usage
             ,
             being
             often
             threatned
             that
             not
             any
             English
             should
             be
             left
             in
             
               Ireland
               .
            
             Convoyes
             were
             sent
             with
             many
             ,
             pretending
             to
             bring
             prisoners
             safe
             to
             such
             places
             as
             they
             were
             desired
             to
             go
             ,
             and
             were
             most
             pitifully
             murthered
             and
             drowned
             by
             the
             way
             by
             such
             as
             conveyed
             them
             ,
             others
             were
             turned
             out
             without
             any
             Convoy
             ,
             and
             so
             murthered
             .
          
           
             About
             six
             weeks
             since
             ,
             I
             ,
             my
             wife
             ,
             and
             four
             small
             children
             ,
             with
             some
             other
             English
             ,
             were
             turned
             out
             of
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             about
             three
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             the
             Drum
             beating
             ,
             and
             
               Art
               Roe
               mac
            
             St
             
               Patrick
               mac
               Art
               Moyl
               ,
            
             who
             is
             chief
             Governour
             there
             ,
             went
             before
             ,
             and
             declared
             that
             we
             must
             be
             gone
             forthwith
             ,
             and
             not
             suffered
             to
             return
             ,
             on
             pain
             of
             death
             ;
             when
             we
             were
             assured
             ,
             that
             not
             past
             a
             quarter
             of
             a
             mile
             before
             us
             ,
             there
             were
             men
             with
             Swords
             and
             with
             Skeans
             ,
             lying
             in
             wait
             to
             murther
             and
             strip
             us
             ,
             of
             which
             we
             were
             fully
             assured
             ;
             but
             it
             pleased
             God
             we
             escaped
             that
             time
             ,
             by
             means
             of
             one
             
               Bryan
               mac
               Hugh
               mac
               Rosse
               mac
               Mahon
               ,
            
             about
             a
             week
             after
             we
             had
             leave
             to
             come
             as
             far
             as
             within
             a
             mile
             of
             
               Drogheda
               ,
            
             called
             
               Bewley
               ;
            
             neer
             unto
             which
             place
             are
             encamped
             many
             Rehels
             ,
             which
             came
             from
             towards
             
               Monaghan
               ,
            
             and
             other
             places
             of
             the
             North
             ;
             at
             which
             place
             Sr
             
               Phelim
               ô
               Neal
            
             was
             ,
             where
             might
             he
             perceived
             by
             the
             Speeches
             of
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             very
             confident
             to
             take
             
               Drogheda
               ,
            
             and
             
               Dublin
               ,
            
             
             but
             during
             this
             Examinates
             remaining
             there
             ,
             were
             driven
             off
             the
             Walls
             ,
             which
             they
             assayed
             to
             assault
             with
             scaling-Ladders
             ,
             on
             Sunday
             last
             was
             a
             sennight
             ,
             in
             the
             morning
             before
             day
             ,
             and
             many
             praised
             be
             God
             ,
             run
             from
             the
             Walls
             ,
             and
             left
             some
             of
             their
             Muskets
             and
             Pikes
             behinde
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             related
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             from
             thence
             this
             Examinate
             was
             sent
             into
             
               Drogheda
               ,
            
             and
             a
             Prisoner
             released
             thence
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             is
             gotten
             to
             
               Dublin
            
             by
             Sea
             with
             his
             Wife
             and
             four
             small
             children
             ,
             neer
             famished
             and
             starved
             ,
             being
             left
             quite
             destitute
             of
             all
             relief
             for
             the
             present
             .
          
           
             
               George
               Cottingham
               .
            
             
               
                 Iura
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Martij
                
                 4.
                 1641.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Jones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Will
                   .
                   Aldrich
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               And
               whereas
               the
               sufferings
               of
               the
               loyall
               Subjects
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             
               do
               consist
               as
               in
               the
               cruelties
               exercised
               on
               the
               Persons
               ,
               so
               in
               the
               spoiling
               and
               robbing
               them
               of
               their
               Estates
               ,
               Fortunes
               ,
               and
               Livelyhoods
               ,
               whereof
               the
               said
               severall
               Commissioners
               ,
               do
               authorize
               ,
               and
               require
               a
               strict
               inquiry
               to
               be
               made
               .
               And
               whereas
               in
               the
               foregoing
            
             Remonstrance
             ,
             
               Depredation
               of
               the
               Goods
               of
               the
               Subjects
               ,
               is
               one
               part
               of
               the
               Charge
               laid
               to
               these
               Rebels
               ,
               and
               humbly
               offered
               by
               the
            
             Remonstrants
             
               to
               be
               considered
               off
               by
               the
               Honourable
               House
               of
               Commons
               in
            
             England
             .
          
           
             
               They
               the
               said
            
             Remonstrants
             
               and
               humble
            
             Petitioners
             ,
             
               for
               the
               fortifying
               of
               that
               their
            
             Allegation
             ,
             
               do
               here
               withall
               present
               the
               generall
               Summes
               of
               such
               Counties
               ,
               as
               have
               answered
               to
               that
               particular
               from
               the
            
             30.
             
               of
            
             December
             
               last
               past
               ,
               untill
               the
            
             8.
             
               day
               of
            
             March
             ,
             1641.
             
             
               The
               whole
               amounting
               unto
               above
               six
               hundred
               thirty
               five
               thousand
               three
               hundred
               seventy
               five
               pounds
               ,
               four
               shillings
               and
               nine
               pence
               ;
               the
               Persons
               thereunto
               appearing
               ,
               being
               in
               all
               hitherto
               examined
               but
               six
               hundred
               thirty
               seven
               :
               whereas
               this
               by
               the
               following
               considerations
               may
               be
               readily
               conceived
               hardly
               to
               be
               the
               five
               hundreth
               part
               of
               the
               full
               losses
               of
               the
               whole
               Kingdom
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               I.
               
            
             
               For
               first
               ,
               Out
               of
               the
               whole
               Province
               of
               
                 Munster
                 ,
              
               containing
               these
               following
               large
               and
               rich
               Counties
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Tipperary
                 ,
                 Limerick
                 ,
                 Cork
                 ,
                 Kerry
              
               and
               
                 Clare
                 ,
              
               no
               one
               hath
               yet
               appeared
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               II.
               
            
             
               Out
               of
               the
               whole
               Province
               of
               
                 Connaght
                 ,
              
               containing
               these
               Counties
               ,
               
                 Roscomon
                 ,
                 Mayo
                 ,
                 Galway
                 ,
                 Sligoe
              
               and
               
                 Leitrim
                 ,
              
               There
               have
               only
               eleven
               out
               of
               
                 Leitrim
              
               given
               in
               their
               losses
               being
               —
               1352l
               —
               04s
               —
               08d
            
          
           
             
               III.
               
            
             
               Out
               of
               the
               Province
               of
               
                 Vlster
                 ,
              
               these
               alone
               have
               appeared
               themselves
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                      
                  
                   
                      
                  
                   
                      
                  
                   
                     1
                  
                   
                     s
                  
                   
                     d
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Out
                     of
                  
                   
                     
                       Lowth
                       ,
                    
                     6.
                     Examinates
                  
                   
                     Their
                     losses
                  
                   
                     4332
                  
                   
                     01
                  
                   
                     04
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Cavan
                       ,
                    
                     113.
                     Examinates
                  
                   
                     47418
                  
                   
                     07
                  
                   
                     00
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Fermanagh
                       ,
                    
                     94.
                     Examinates
                  
                   
                     26947
                  
                   
                     10
                  
                   
                     08
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Armagh
                       ,
                    
                     8.
                     Examinates
                  
                   
                     03802
                  
                   
                     12
                  
                   
                     08
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Tyron
                       ,
                    
                     2.
                     Examinates
                  
                   
                     01667
                  
                   
                     00
                  
                   
                     00
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       London-Derry
                       ,
                    
                     1.
                     Examinate
                  
                   
                     01911
                  
                   
                     00
                  
                   
                     00
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Monaghan
                       ,
                    
                     31.
                     Examinates
                  
                   
                     36181
                  
                   
                     00
                  
                   
                     08
                  
                
              
            
             
               None
               appearing
               out
               of
               the
               Counties
               of
               
                 Down
                 ,
                 Antrim
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 Donegall
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               IV.
               
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               For
               the
               Province
               of
               
                 Leinster
                 ,
              
               the
               number
               of
               the
               Examinates
               is
               as
               followeth
               ,
            
             
               
                 
                   
                      
                  
                   
                      
                  
                   
                      
                  
                   
                     1
                  
                   
                     s
                  
                   
                     d
                  
                
                 
                   
                     In
                     the
                  
                   
                     County
                     of
                     
                       Dublin
                       ,
                    
                     72.
                     
                     Exam.
                     
                  
                   
                     Their
                     losses
                  
                   
                     120032
                  
                   
                     15
                  
                   
                     03
                  
                
                 
                   
                     County
                     of
                     
                       Kildare
                       ,
                    
                     57.
                     
                     Ex.
                     
                  
                   
                     098967
                  
                   
                     17
                  
                   
                     04
                  
                
                 
                   
                     County
                     of
                     
                       Wickloe
                       ,
                    
                     65.
                     
                     Ex.
                     
                  
                   
                     132457
                  
                   
                     14
                  
                   
                     02
                  
                
                 
                   
                     County
                     of
                     
                       Wexford
                       ,
                    
                     38.
                     
                     Ex.
                     
                  
                   
                     062519
                  
                   
                     12
                  
                   
                     04
                  
                
                 
                   
                     County
                     of
                     
                       Catherlagh
                       ,
                    
                     16.
                     
                     Ex.
                     
                  
                   
                     010270
                  
                   
                     01
                  
                   
                     08
                  
                
                 
                   
                     County
                     of
                     
                       Kilkenny
                       ,
                    
                     5.
                     
                     Ex.
                     
                  
                   
                     008312
                  
                   
                     00
                  
                   
                     00
                  
                
                 
                   
                     County
                     of
                     
                       Meath
                       ,
                    
                     46.
                     
                     Exam.
                     
                  
                   
                     033678
                  
                   
                     14
                  
                   
                     03
                  
                
                 
                   
                     County
                     of
                     
                       VVestmeath
                       ,
                    
                     7.
                     
                     Ex.
                     
                  
                   
                     003512
                  
                   
                     12
                  
                   
                     00
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Kings
                    
                     County
                     ,
                     9.
                     Examinates
                  
                   
                     011525
                  
                   
                     04
                  
                   
                     08
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Queens
                    
                     County
                     ,
                     14.
                     
                     Exam.
                     
                  
                   
                     018884
                  
                   
                     15
                  
                   
                     09
                  
                
                 
                   
                     County
                     of
                     
                       Longford
                       ,
                    
                     28.
                     
                     Ex.
                     
                  
                   
                     016440
                  
                   
                     10
                  
                   
                     08
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               V.
               
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               Of
               those
               Counties
               that
               have
               come
               in
               ,
               one
               being
               considered
               with
               another
               ,
               not
               the
               five
               hundred
               part
               hath
               appeared
               ,
               there
               being
               of
               them
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               1.
               
               Many
               imprisoned
               ,
               or
               besieged
               by
               the
               Rebels
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Many
               gone
               into
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               before
               the
               beginning
               of
               this
               commotion
               ,
               and
               since
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Multitudes
               murthered
               ,
               and
               none
               hitherto
               appearing
               for
               them
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Many
               thousands
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               danger
               of
               the
               wayes
               ,
               not
               daring
               to
               appear
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Many
               being
               sick
               and
               weak
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               sufferings
               ,
               so
               not
               able
               to
               appear
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Many
               there
               are
               who
               (
               in
               time
               )
               purpose
               to
               give
               in
               the
               particulars
               of
               their
               losses
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               present
               forbear
               being
               in
               many
               respects
               not
               prepared
               for
               the
               doing
               thereof
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               Lastly
               ,
               of
               such
               as
               have
               given
               in
               their
               particulars
               ,
               few
               can
               depose
               to
               the
               full
               of
               their
               losses
               ,
               wanting
               the
               help
               of
               their
               Papers
               torn
               from
               them
               ,
               or
               of
               their
               Agents
               ,
               who
               could
               inform
               them
               of
               their
               Estates
               ,
               they
               being
               remote
               in
               the
               Country
               ,
               and
               there
               imprisoned
               ,
               or
               besieged
               ,
               or
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               danger
               of
               the
               wayes
               ,
               not
               daring
               to
               adventure
               from
               such
               places
               of
               safety
               ,
               as
               they
               have
               betaken
               themselves
               unto
               ,
               if
               perhaps
               they
               have
               not
               altogether
               perished
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               enemy
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               same
               Consideration
               may
               also
               induce
               any
               to
               beleeve
               that
               of
               the
               other
               particulars
               in
               the
               said
            
             Remonstrance
             ,
             
               either
               for
               words
               blasphemous
               against
               God
               ,
               impious
               against
               Religion
               ,
               or
               traiterous
               towards
               His
               sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               or
               for
               Actions
               ,
               wicked
               ,
               cruell
               ,
               or
               barbarous
               ,
               or
               for
               discovery
               of
               the
               minds
               and
               intents
               of
               these
               conspirators
               ,
               and
               their
               adherents
               ,
               the
               least
               part
               hath
               been
               set
               forth
               in
               the
               said
            
             Remonstrance
             ,
             
               and
               Examinations
               thereunto
               annexed
               ;
               and
               yet
               that
               alone
               is
               sufficient
               ,
               and
               more
               then
               enough
               to
               set
               forth
               the
               miserable
               condition
               of
               the
               poor
               distressed
               Church
               ,
               and
               miserable
               wasted
               Kingdom
               of
            
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               all
               which
               we
               the
               Commissioners
               aforesaid
               ,
               do
               herein
               give
               up
               a
               true
               report
               attested
               under
               our
               respective
               hands
               this
               seventh
               of
               March
               .
            
             1641.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Hen.
                   Jones
                   ,
                
                 
                   Roger
                   Puttock
                   ,
                
                 
                   John
                   Watson
                   ,
                
                 
                   John
                   Sterne
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Aldrich
                   ,
                
                 
                   Randal
                   Adams
                   ,
                
                 
                   William
                   Hitchcock
                   ,
                
                 
                   Hen.
                   Brereton
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A87629e-350
           
             A
             
               Iohn
               Day
            
             Com.
             Cavan
             ,
             exam.
             
               Feb.
            
             8.
             1641.
             ex
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             B
             
               Lucy
               Spell
               ,
            
             Com.
             Lowth
             ,
             ex
             .
             
               Feb.
            
             5.
             1641.
             ex
             2.
             
             
               Iohn
               Biggar
               ,
            
             Com
             Dublin
             ,
             exam.
             
               Ianu.
            
             29.
             1641.
             ex
             .
             3.
             
             
               Iohn
               Monatgómry
               ,
            
             Com.
             Monaghan
             .
             exam.
             
               Ianu.
            
             26.
             1641.
             ex
             .
             4.
             
               Patr.
               Bryan
               ,
            
             Com.
             Fer.
             
               Ianu.
            
             29.
             ex
             5.
             
             Doctor
             
               Iones
               ,
               ex
               .
            
             6.
             
             
               George
               Cottingham
               ,
               ex
               .
            
             78.
             
          
           
             C
             
               Iohn
               Biggar
               ,
            
             and
             
               Iohn
               Montgomery
            
             Praed.
          
           
             D
             
               Edmond
               .
               Welch
               ,
            
             Com.
             Rs.
             
               Ianuary
               .
            
             22.
             exam.
             7.
             
          
           
             E
             
               Lucy
               Spell
               praed
               Feb.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             F
             
               Io.
               Edgworth
               Esq
               .
            
             Com.
             Lengford
             ,
             
               Feb.
            
             23.
             ex
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             G
             Edm.
             Walsh
             .
          
           
             H
             
               Io.
               Brooks
               ,
            
             Com
             Cavan
             .
             
               Ian.
            
             5.
             ex
             .
             9.
             
             
               Grace
               Lovet
               ,
            
             Com.
             Ferm
             
               Ian.
            
             5.
             ex
             .
             10.
             
               Eliza.
               Coats
               ,
            
             Com.
             Fer.
             
               Ian.
            
             4
             ex
             .
             11.
             
             
               Nicholas
               Willoughby
               ,
            
             Com.
             praed.
             
               Feb.
            
             23.
             ex
             .
             12.
             
             
               Thomas
               Crant
               .
            
             Com.
             Cavan
             
               Feb.
            
             ex
             .
             13.
             
             
               Io.
               Biggar
            
             Com.
             Dublin
             ,
             
               Ian.
            
             29.
             
               Eliza.
               Parker
               ,
            
             Com
             Catherlagh
             .
             
               Ian.
            
             13.
             ex
             14.
             
             
               Ocker
               Butts
            
             Com.
             Wex.
             
               la
               .
            
             25.
             
             
               Lucy
               Spell
               ,
            
             ex
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             I
             
               Edw.
               Denman
               ,
            
             Com.
             Ca.
             
               Ian.
            
             27.
             ex
             .
             16
             
          
           
             K
             
               Thomas
               Crant
               .
            
             Com.
             Cavan
             ,
             
               Feb.
               
            
          
           
             L
             
               Thomas
               Crant
               ,
               Patr.
               Bryan
               ,
            
             Com.
             Fer.
             
               Ian.
            
             29.
             
             G.
             
               Cottingham
               ,
               ex
               .
            
             78.
             
          
           
             M
             
               Geo.
               Fercher
               ,
            
             Com.
             Per
             
               Ian.
            
             4
             ex
             17
             
               Eliza.
               Dickinson
               ,
            
             Gom.
             paerd
             
               Ian.
            
             3.
             ex
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             N
             
               Io.
               Shorter
               .
            
             Com.
             Fer
             
               Ian.
            
             5.
             ex
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             O
             
               Thomas
               Knowles
               ,
            
             Com.
             Fer.
             
               Ian.
            
             3.
             ex
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             P
             Patr.
             Bryan
             .
          
           
             Q
             Mr
             
               Iohn
               Cardiff
               ,
            
             ex
             .
             21.
             
          
           
             R
             
               Ge.
               Cottingham
               .
               Edw.
               How
               ,
            
             Com
             Fer.
             
               In
            
             29.
             ex
             .
             22.
             
             
               Tho
               Knowls
               .
               Geo.
               Cooke
               ,
            
             Com
             Cavan
             
               Ian.
            
             22.
             ex
             .
             23.
             
             
               Io.
               Gesso●
               ,
            
             Com.
             
               Cilk
               ,
               Ianu.
            
             8.
             ex
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             S
             
               Iohn
               Gregg
               ,
            
             Com.
             Arm.
             
               Ian.
            
             7.
             ex
             .
             25.
             
          
           
             T
             
               Hen.
               Reynolds
               ,
            
             Com
             Cavan
             ,
             
               Ian.
            
             4.
             ex
             .
             26.
             
             
               Iohn
               Mountgomry
               .
            
             Dr
             
               Jones
               Tho.
               Crant
               Charles
               Crafford
               ,
            
             Com.
             Meath
             ,
             
               Ian.
            
             22.
             ex
             27.
             
          
           
             V
             Grace
             Lovet
             .
          
           
             W
             Dr
             
               Iones
               .
               Io.
               Wood
               ,
            
             Com
             Wick.
             
               Feb.
            
             17.
             ex
             .
             28
             
          
           
             X
             
               Henry
               Stile
               ,
            
             Com.
             Monagh
             ,
             
               Ianu.
            
             10.
             ex
             .
             29.
             
          
           
             Y
             
               Kath.
               Crant
               .
            
             Com.
             Meath
             ,
             
               Ianu.
            
             5.
             ex
             .
             30.
             
          
           
             A
             Edm.
             Walsh
             .
          
           
             B
             
               Patr.
               Bryan
               .
               Hugh
               Madden
               ,
            
             Com.
             Wickloe
             ,
             
               Feb.
            
             23.
             ex
             31.
             
          
           
             C
             
               Io.
               Wright
               ,
            
             Com.
             Fer.
             
               Ian.
            
             12.
             ex
             .
             32.
             
          
           
             D
             
               George
               French
               ,
            
             Com.
             Kildare
             ,
             
               Feb.
            
             1.
             ex
             .
             33.
             
          
           
             E
             
               Iane
               Mansfield
               ,
            
             Com
             Meath
             ,
             
               Ianu.
            
             3.
             ex
             .
             34.
             
             
               Henry
               Palmer
               ,
            
             Com.
             Wexford
             ,
             
               Ian.
            
             12.
             ex
             .
             35.
             
          
           
             F
             Ocker
             Butts
             .
          
           
             G
             
               Io.
               Perkins
            
             Com.
             Cav.
             I
             a.
             8.
             ex
             36.
             
          
           
             H
             
               Lucy
               Spell
               .
               Rog.
               Holland
               ,
            
             ex
             .
             77.
             
          
           
             I
             
               Tho
               Middleborough
            
             Co.
             Fer
             Ia.
             4.
             ex
             .
             37.
             
             
               Alice
               Tibbs
            
             Co.
             praed.
             Ia.
             4
             ex
             38.
             
             
               Avis
               Bradshaw
            
             Co.
             praed.
             Ia
             4.
             ex
             .
             39.
             
          
           
             K
             
               Richard
               Knowles
            
             Co.
             praed.
             Ia.
             10
             ex
             .
             40.
             
          
           
             L
             
               Robert
               Barton
            
             Co.
             praed.
             Ia
             5.
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             .
             41.
             
          
           
             M
             
               Hu.
               Culm
            
             Co.
             Mon.
             Ia
             22.
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             .
             42.
             
             
               Marth.
               Culm
            
             Co.
             praed.
             Feb.
             14.
             ex
             43.
             
          
           
             N
             
               Eliz.
               Gough
            
             Co.
             Cav
             Feb.
             8
             ex
             .
             44.
             
          
           
             O
             Io.
             Greg
             
          
           
             P
             
               Anne
               Gill.
            
             Co.
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             Ia.
             29.
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             .
             45.
             
          
           
             *
             
               George
               Cottingam
               .
            
             ex
             .
             78.
             
          
           
             Q
             
               Eliz
               Vause
            
             Co.
             Leitrim
             Feb.
             9.
             ex
             .
             46.
             
          
           
             R
             
               Nicholas
               Michael
            
             Co.
             Cav.
             Ian.
             15.
             ex
             .
             47.
             
          
           
             S
             
               Andr.
               Foster
            
             Co.
             Wickloe
             .
             Feb
             17.
             ex
             .
             48.
             
          
           
             W
             
               Io.
               Mountgomery
               .
               Nath.
               Higginson
               ,
            
             Com.
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             Ia
             7.
             ex
             .
             51.
             
             
               George
               Cottingam
               .
            
             ex
             .
             78.
             
          
           
             X
             Dr.
             
               Iones
               .
            
          
           
             Y
             
               Anne
               Marshall
               ,
            
             Co.
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             .
             Ian.
             3.
             ex
             52
             
               Iathuell
               Maw
               ,
            
             Co
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             3.
             ex
             .
             53
             
               Iane
               Mansfeild
               .
            
          
           
             Z
             Io.
             Biggar
             .
          
           
             A
             Hugh
             Madden
             .
          
           
             B
             Iohn
             Mountgomery
             .
             Hu.
             Culme
             .
             Marth.
             Culme
             
          
           
             C
             
               Rich.
               Cleybrock
               .
            
             Co.
             Wex.
             his
             exam.
             taken
             at
             the
             Councell
             Table
             ,
             ex
             .
             54
             
          
           
             T
             
               Rich.
               Witlon
            
             Co.
             Wickloe
             .
             Ia.
             11.
             ex
             .
             49.
             
          
           
             V
             
               Io.
               Biggar
               .
               Tho.
               Crant
               .
               Edw.
               Taylor
               .
            
             Co.
             Wexford
             ,
             Feb.
             23
             ex
             .
             50
             
          
           
             D
             
               Marg.
               Farmen
               ,
            
             Co
             Fer.
             Ia.
             3
             ex
             .
             55.
             
             
               Marg.
               Leadly
               ,
            
             Co.
             Fer.
             Ia.
             3.
             
          
           
             E
             
               Hen.
               Fisher
               ,
            
             Co.
             Wickloe
             ,
             Ia.
             25.
             ex
             .
             56.
             
          
           
             F
             
               Io.
               Greg.
            
             with
             infinite
             others
             ▪
             
          
           
             G
             
               Adam
               Glover
               ,
            
             Com.
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             Ia.
             4
             ex
             57.
             
          
           
             H
             Adam
             Glover
             .
          
           
             I
             
               Eliz.
               Taylor
               ,
            
             Com.
             Fer.
             Ian.
             8.
             ex
             .
             58.
             
          
           
             K
             Io.
             Mountgomery
             .
          
           
             L
             
               Hen
               Palmer
               ,
            
             Com.
             Wex
             ,
             Ia.
             12.
             
          
           
             M
             
               Edw
               Slack
               ,
            
             Com.
             
             Fer.
             Ia.
             4.
             
               ex
               .
            
             59.
             
          
           
             N
             
               Edward
               Dean
               ,
            
             Com.
             Wickloe
             ,
             Ia.
             7.
             
               ex
            
             60.
             
             
               Roger
               Holland
               ,
               ex
               .
            
             77.
             
          
           
             O
             Io.
             Greg.
             
          
           
             P
             
               Katherine
               Bellew
               ,
            
             Com.
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             .
             
               Feb.
            
             5.
             
               ex
            
             61
             
          
           
             Q
             
               Io.
               Wisedome
               ,
               Com.
            
             Arm.
             
               Feb.
            
             8.
             
               ex
               .
            
             62
             
               Roger
               Holland
               ex
               .
            
             77.
             
          
           
             R
             
               Io.
               Wisedome
               .
               〈◊〉
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               ,
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             Arm.
             
               Feb.
            
             8
             
               ex
               ,
            
             63
             
          
           
             S
             
               Io
               Mandevile
               ,
               Com.
            
             Dublin
             ,
             
               Feb.
            
             3
             
               ex
            
             64
             
          
           
             T
             
               M●g
               Stocks
               ,
               Com.
            
             Fer
             
               examined
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               the
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               Bo●rd
               ,
               ex
            
             65
             
          
           
             V
             
               R●ynold
               Gri●fith
               ,
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             .
             
               ex
               .
            
             74
             
          
           
             *
             Alex.
             Creig●hton
             .
          
           
             X
             
               Ad.
               Glover
               ,
               Ro.
               Barton
               ,
            
             with
             infinite
             others
             .
          
           
             Z
             
               Io.
               Gregg
               .
               Alexander
               Creig●hton
               ,
               ex
            
             76.
             
             
               Richard
               Skinner
               ,
               Co.
               K●●●ore
               ,
               Feb
            
             8.
             
          
           
             A
             Iohn
             Gregg
             
          
           
             B
             Nath.
             Hi●genson
             .
          
           
             C
             Thomas
             Crant
             
          
           
             D
             Adam
             Glover
             .
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             Mountgomery
             
          
           
             E
             Thomas
             Crant
             Marga.
             Stocks
             
          
           
             F
             
               ●
               .
               Mountgomery
               .
               Mary
               Woods
               ,
               Com.
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               ,
               Feb.
            
             ●3
             
               ex
            
             66.
             
          
           
             G
             
               Thomas
               〈…〉
            
             Kildare
             ,
             
               Feb
            
             15.
             
               ex
               .
            
             67.
             
             
               Mary
               Woods
               .
               Reb.
               Collis
               ,
               Co.
            
             Kild
             .
             
               Feb.
            
             23.
             
               ex
               .
            
             68.
             
          
           
             H
             ●
             .
             ●
             .
             ●tile
             .
             Hugh
             Culme
             .
          
           
             I
             Io
             Mountgomry
             .
          
           
             K
             W.
             Clerk
             .
          
           
             L
             Mr
             
               Philip
               Tayler
            
          
           
             M
             Io.
             Mountgomry
             .
          
           
             x
             
               Cha.
               Campbell
               ,
               ex
               .
            
             75.
             
          
           
             N
             
               Marga.
               Parker
            
             of
             
               Newtown
               ,
               Com.
            
             Fer.
             
               Ian.
            
             19.
             
               ex
               .
            
             69.
             
             
               Elizabeth
               Bursses
            
             of
             the
             same
             .
             
               ex
               .
            
             70.
             
          
           
             O
             
               Alex.
               Creighton
               .
               ex
               .
            
             76.
             
             
               Geo.
               Cottingham
               ,
               ex
               .
            
             78.
             
          
           
             P
             
               Henry
               Boyne
               ,
               Com.
            
             Tiron
             ,
             
               Feb.
            
             16.
             
               ex
               .
            
             71.
             
          
           
             Q
             Hugh
             Culme
             .
             Henry
             Stile
             .
          
           
             Q
             Io.
             Cardiff
             .
          
           
             R
             
               Eliz.
               Trafford
               ,
               com
               .
            
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             f.
             
             
               Ian.
            
             8.
             
               ex
               .
            
             72.
             
             
               William
               Cleark
               .
            
          
           
             S
             
               Geo.
               Cooke
               .
               Margery
               Sharpe
               ,
               com
               .
            
             Meath
             ,
             
               Ian.
            
             29.
             
               ex
               .
            
             73.
             
          
        
         
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