A true relation of the late occurrences in Ireland in two letters; one brought over by a noble gentleman, Sir Hards Waller, of a sharpe skirmish there happened the 29. of Iune last, betwixt the Right Honourable the Lord Inchguin, Captain William Jephton, and Sir William Courtney, of the English party, and the rebels on the other side in the province of Munster, dated from Ireland the 8. of this instant Iuly. The other dated the fourth of Iulie from I.H. to his uncle W.E. wherein relation is made of three severall defeats given to the rebels by the Lord of Kelonmikie, the Lord of Broughall, and others. With the taking of 6. ensignes, 8. drums, and armes for 500. men, with great store of bootie.
      
       
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             A true relation of the late occurrences in Ireland in two letters; one brought over by a noble gentleman, Sir Hards Waller, of a sharpe skirmish there happened the 29. of Iune last, betwixt the Right Honourable the Lord Inchguin, Captain William Jephton, and Sir William Courtney, of the English party, and the rebels on the other side in the province of Munster, dated from Ireland the 8. of this instant Iuly. The other dated the fourth of Iulie from I.H. to his uncle W.E. wherein relation is made of three severall defeats given to the rebels by the Lord of Kelonmikie, the Lord of Broughall, and others. With the taking of 6. ensignes, 8. drums, and armes for 500. men, with great store of bootie.
             Waller, Hardress, Sir, 1604?-1666?
             I. H.
          
           [2], 4 [i.e. 5], [1] p.
           
             Printed by A.N. for Edw. Blackmore,
             London :
             Iuly 18, 1642.
          
           
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           Inchiquin, Murrough O'Brien, -- Earl of, 1614-1674.
           Ireland -- History -- Rebellion of 1641 -- Early works to 1800.
           Ireland -- History -- 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           A
           TRVE
           RELATION
           Of
           the
           late
           Occurrences
           in
           
             Jreland
          
           in
           two
           Letters
           ;
           One
           brought
           over
           by
           a
           Noble
           Gentleman
           ,
           Sir
           
             Hards
             Waller
             ,
          
           of
           a
           sharpe
           Skirmish
           there
           happened
           the
           29.
           of
           
             Iune
          
           last
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           
             Inchguin
             ,
          
           Captaine
           
             William
             Jephton
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             William
             Courtney
             ,
          
           of
           the
           English
           party
           ,
           and
           the
           Rebels
           on
           the
           other
           side
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           Dated
           from
           
             Ireland
          
           the
           8.
           of
           this
           instant
           
             Iuly
             .
          
        
         
           The
           other
           Dated
           the
           fourth
           of
           
             Iulie
          
           from
           
             I.H.
          
           to
           his
           Uncle
           
             W.E.
          
           wherein
           Relation
           is
           made
           of
           three
           severall
           Defeats
           given
           to
           the
           Rebels
           by
           the
           Lord
           of
           
             Kelonmikie
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           of
           
             Broughall
          
           and
           others
           .
        
         
           With
           the
           taking
           of
           6.
           
           Ensignes
           ,
           8.
           
           Drums
           ,
           and
           Armes
           for
           500.
           men
           ,
           with
           great
           store
           of
           Bootie
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             A.N.
          
           for
           
             Edw.
             Blackmore
             .
          
        
         
           Iuly
           18
           ,
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           true
           Relation
           brought
           over
           by
           a
           Noble
           Gentleman
           Sir
           
             Hards
             Waller
          
           by
           name
           ,
           of
           a
           sharpe
           Skirmish
           which
           there
           happened
           on
           the
           29.
           day
           of
           
             June
          
           1642.
           
           Betwixt
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           
             Inchguin
             ,
          
           Captaine
           
             William
             Iephton
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             William
             Courtney
             ,
          
           on
           the
           English
           party
           ,
           and
           the
           Rebels
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           
             Munster
             .
          
        
         
           IT
           happened
           that
           the
           Enemy
           lying
           within
           seven
           or
           eight
           miles
           of
           our
           English
           quarter
           at
           
             Downarayle
          
           aforesaid
           ;
           and
           consisting
           of
           about
           twenty
           five
           hundred
           foot
           ,
           and
           a
           Troope
           of
           Horse
           ,
           had
           a
           Designe
           (
           as
           wee
           knew
           by
           good
           intelligence
           )
           to
           confront
           our
           Forces
           there
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           fall
           foule
           with
           us
           .
           The
           said
           Lord
           
             Inchguin
          
           with
           the
           advise
           of
           the
           other
           Commanders
           ,
           resolved
           by
           way
           of
           prevention
           ,
           to
           march
           away
           towards
           them
           all
           night
           from
           
             Downarayle
             ,
          
           which
           enterprise
           they
           so
           dexterously
           pursued
           ,
           that
           with
           five
           hundred
           Musquetiers
           ,
           and
           two
           hundred
           Horse
           ;
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           give
           them
           a
           Breakfast
           the
           next
           morning
           very
           early
           :
           and
           albeit
           those
           Rebels
           had
           gotten
           some
           private
           advertisement
           of
           our
           comming
           ,
           and
           had
           therefore
           stood
           all
           that
           night
           to
           their
           Armes
           .
           Yet
           did
           our
           said
           Commanders
           find
           the
           meanes
           to
           approach
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           trye
           their
           mettle
           ,
           began
           to
           salute
           them
           with
           a
           Volley
           of
           shot
           ,
           which
           seconded
           by
           our
           forward
           
           Troopes
           did
           so
           daunt
           them
           at
           the
           very
           first
           encounter
           ,
           that
           they
           presently
           were
           Rowted
           ,
           and
           betooke
           them
           with
           all
           possible
           diligence
           to
           their
           heeles
           ,
           towards
           a
           Wood
           and
           Bogge
           ,
           about
           halfe
           a
           mile
           off
           from
           that
           place
           .
           And
           our
           valiant
           Troopes
           then
           pursuing
           them
           ,
           did
           through
           Gods
           especiall
           favour
           lessen
           their
           number
           by
           about
           sixe
           hundred
           men
           ,
           and
           tooke
           some
           of
           their
           Commanders
           Prisoners
           ,
           with
           five
           of
           their
           Colours
           ;
           they
           have
           hereby
           also
           augmented
           their
           store
           of
           Armes
           with
           many
           Musquets
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           Pykes
           in
           this
           Conflict
           which
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           was
           a
           very
           sharpe
           one
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           but
           miraculously
           favourable
           on
           ours
           .
           As
           having
           lost
           but
           one
           man
           ,
           nor
           any
           hurt
           but
           one
           Sergeant
           ,
           (
           thankes
           to
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hoasts
           .
           )
           This
           and
           the
           like
           strange
           Victories
           wee
           now
           and
           then
           obtain
           against
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           doe
           give
           us
           no
           small
           heart
           and
           courage
           amidst
           the
           great
           wants
           we
           often
           undergoe
           in
           this
           now
           almost
           desolate
           Countrey
           ;
           And
           makes
           our
           men
           goe
           on
           with
           such
           incredible
           resolution
           ,
           as
           we
           reade
           of
           the
           old
           Romans
           amongst
           the
           Barbarous
           Nations
           ,
           without
           being
           any
           more
           daunted
           with
           the
           present
           distractions
           betwixt
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           then
           were
           those
           Romans
           abroad
           ,
           when
           their
           Emperours
           and
           Consuls
           brought
           the
           Scene
           of
           warre
           within
           the
           Walls
           of
           
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           It
           hath
           pleased
           God
           neverthelesse
           to
           temper
           our
           late
           Triumph
           with
           some
           sorrow
           .
           For
           upon
           the
           fourth
           of
           
             Iuly
          
           last
           ,
           our
           most
           Noble
           and
           never-enough
           lamented
           Sir
           
             William
             Leger
             ,
          
           President
           of
           this
           Province
           is
           departed
           this
           life
           ,
           dying
           in
           his
           bed
           ,
           of
           an
           infirmity
           which
           his
           Phisitian
           sayes
           was
           occasioned
           by
           this
           restlesse
           care
           and
           study
           in
           his
           Charge
           .
        
         
           Wee
           daily
           are
           put
           in
           hope
           of
           fresh
           supplyes
           out
           of
           
             England
          
           but
           they
           are
           so
           long
           a
           comming
           ,
           that
           wee
           begin
           to
           
           doubt
           there
           is
           some
           power
           doth
           maligne
           the
           maine
           Designe
           ,
           God
           send
           us
           some
           good
           newes
           of
           an
           Accommodation
           of
           the
           great
           Differences
           in
           
             England
             ;
          
           And
           then
           wee
           shall
           have
           a
           redoubled
           courage
           against
           all
           dangers
           and
           difficulties
           here
           .
        
      
       
         
           To
           my
           loving
           Vncle
           Master
           VV.
           E.
           
        
         
           
             Most
             deare
             and
             loving
             Vncle
             :
          
        
         
           HAving
           the
           conveniency
           of
           sending
           by
           this
           Bearer
           ,
           I
           am
           bold
           to
           write
           of
           our
           last
           Occurrences
           in
           these
           parts
           .
        
         
           The
           29
           of
           
             June
             ,
          
           wee
           marched
           with
           our
           English
           forces
           being
           four
           hundred
           foot
           ,
           and
           four
           Troops
           of
           Horse
           towards
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           having
           discovered
           them
           ,
           wee
           found
           them
           to
           be
           three
           thousand
           Foot
           and
           Horse
           ,
           and
           yet
           we
           gave
           them
           battail
           ,
           and
           such
           was
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           unto
           us
           that
           wee
           forced
           them
           to
           retreat
           into
           a
           Town
           ,
           where
           continuing
           our
           pursuit
           beat
           them
           out
           again
           ,
           and
           forced
           them
           utterly
           to
           flight
           ,
           in
           this
           service
           our
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           killed
           six
           hundred
           of
           them
           ,
           took
           their
           Ammunition
           
           and
           Waggons
           ,
           &
           having
           pillaged
           their
           Town
           ,
           we
           burnt
           it
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           brought
           away
           six
           Ensignes
           ,
           eight
           Drums
           ,
           and
           took
           Arms
           for
           five
           hundred
           men
           ,
           had
           we
           been
           furnished
           with
           sufficient
           forces
           ,
           wee
           might
           have
           saved
           the
           Town
           and
           left
           a
           Garrison
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           (
           through
           Gods
           assistance
           might
           have
           much
           advanced
           the
           service
           .
        
         
           The
           30
           of
           
             June
             ,
          
           my
           Lord
           
             Keloumikie
             ,
          
           (
           son
           to
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Gork
          
           )
           his
           Horse
           being
           in
           number
           but
           38
           ,
           marcht
           out
           of
           
             Bandonbridge
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           compasse
           of
           six
           miles
           brought
           in
           a
           thousand
           sheep
           and
           foure
           hundred
           head
           of
           Cattle
           ,
           but
           in
           their
           return
           ,
           the
           Rebels
           (
           being
           one
           thousand
           strong
           )
           were
           got
           between
           our
           men
           and
           the
           Towne
           ,
           yet
           they
           kept
           their
           pray
           ,
           brought
           it
           into
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           kild
           threescore
           and
           ten
           of
           the
           Rogues
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           two
           men
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           day
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Broughall
          
           marched
           out
           to
           relieve
           Sir
           
             Philip
             Percivals
          
           Castle
           ,
           with
           his
           owne
           troop
           onely
           ,
           and
           two
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           foot
           ,
           and
           was
           encountred
           by
           a
           thousand
           of
           the
           Rebels
           horse
           and
           foot
           ,
           who
           after
           a
           fierce
           assault
           kill'd
           one
           hundred
           of
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           relieved
           the
           Castle
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           returne
           skirmished
           againe
           with
           the
           Rogues
           ,
           and
           kill'd
           one
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           more
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           two
           men
           onely
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           who
           putteth
           courage
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           our
           men
           ,
           teaching
           
             their
             hands
             to
             warre
             ,
             and
             their
             fingers
             to
             fight
             ,
          
           and
           giveth
           them
           victory
           ,
           wee
           have
           taken
           of
           late
           many
           brave
           Castles
           with
           much
           provision
           .
        
         
           Surely
           according
           to
           these
           experiments
           of
           Gods
           wonderfull
           assistance
           to
           our
           poore
           forces
           ,
           it
           may
           well
           be
           hoped
           that
           if
           we
           had
           money
           to
           pay
           our
           Souldiers
           ,
           five
           thousand
           foot
           with
           a
           proportionable
           number
           of
           horse
           would
           enable
           us
           to
           bid
           our
           friends
           welcome
           ,
           and
           to
           repell
           enemies
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           earnestly
           beg
           of
           God
           to
           compose
           the
           unhappy
           
           distractions
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           that
           the
           wished
           ,
           and
           long
           expected
           assistance
           may
           come
           .
        
         
           This
           morning
           wee
           have
           intelligence
           that
           my
           Lord
           President
           of
           
             Munster
          
           is
           dead
           ,
           and
           now
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Corke
          
           sends
           a
           ship
           to
           certifie
           the
           State
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           by
           which
           this
           is
           conveyed
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           time
           ,
           and
           therefore
           crave
           pardon
           for
           not
           expressing
           the
           passages
           more
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           Thus
           with
           my
           duty
           and
           best
           respects
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           friends
           I
           remayn
           ;
        
         
           
             Your
             dutifull
             Nephew
             I.
             H.
             
          
           
             
               Youghall
               ,
            
             
               the
               fourth
               of
               Iuly
               ,
               1642.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .