Certain and good NEWS From the West of IRELAND, and City of Cork.  
Sent in a Letter from John Davis, Attendant on Sir Charles Vavasour, who is there resident under the Lord President of Munster, unto his Father, Master Nelson, living in the new palace yard at Westminster.  
Concerning the taking and besieging of the Town of Dungarven, and the overthrow of many hundred of the Irish rebels. With some other skirmishes, as they Marched from Youghall.  
London, Printed for F. cowl   

Certain and good news from the west of Ireland, and City of Cork, &c.  
SIR,  
AFTER my Duty remembered unto you, and my Mother, with my blessing to my Children, and my love unto all my friends: This is to certify you, that I, my wife, and my brother are very well, and desire to hear from you by these Bearers. As concerning our voyage, was this Sunday; being the twentieth day of February, we loosed from Mynhard with all our men: On the Tuesday following we landed in Yohell, there we remained until the first of March, than we had a Command from the Lord President of Munster to march away towards Dungarring, a Port town situated by the Sea side, the which the rebels had taken about a month before we came there. On Wednesday night we came near it, but by reason of the ill weather that night we were enforced to return back to a town called White Church.  
The next morning we advanced towards the town with our Regiment of foot, and four Troops of Horse, and came before it about ten of the Clock in the morning. Then we sent a Trumpeter and summoned the town; and their Answer was, that they would come out and fight with us. Then we drew our men into Battalia, and so waited about an hour, but no enemy came: Then did we summon them the second time; and their Answer was, that they would not yield, but stand upon their guard within the town. The Trumpeter returning with this Answer, we immediately sent two Troops of Horse, and two companies of foot to assault the town, the which they did very bravely, and after some two hours' fight, they were relieved with as many more: the which did assail the town so hotly that they did kill a number of the rebels, and set fire on one of the gates: and whilst the rebels were a putting out of the fire, our men gained one of the other Gates, and entered the town. The rebels perceiving this, forsook the Walls, and retreated all into strong stoned houses, and there maintained sight a great while, but in the end, they were constrained for to yield, with their lives only saved, and so t● be sent out of the town, the which was granted, and they went away that night. Then we placed strong Guards in all the town for that night.  
On the morrow we summoned the Castle for to yield; but they Answered us again by their shot: so we assaulted the Castle the same day twice, but were forced to retreat with the loss of only one man.  
The night drawing on, all that night was spent with exchange of Shot on both sides, but little hurt done on either side. The next day they sent to us by one of their captains, his name was Butler, that we would give them leave to march out with their arms, and Colours flying, they would deliver up the Castle.  
So there was a counsel held about it, and it was agreed on by my Lord and the rest, that by reason we wanted beer and other provisio● they should. So the next day, being saturday, and the fifth day of March, they marched away their arms, and Colours flying. And some two hours after, we left the town, and marched after them, they on the one side of the water, and we on the other.  
We left in the Castle a Garrison of threescore soldiers. Then we marched back again to a town called Capperquin, where we lay that night in the town.  
I have left my Brother with captain Thornton, and have preferred him to be his Barber, and to wait on him in his Chamber. His captain is left for to command that town and Castle as their Garrison, with their Company, which consisteth of an hundred men.  
The next day we marched towards Cork, and that night we lay at a Castle of my Lord Baltimores. The next day we marched towards Cork, and we heard by the way, that the enemy was coming against us with eight thousand men: For all that we marched on, and came to Cork that night, where I remain as yet, until we do go unto our Garrison of Kinsale, when I know not, by reason that my Lord of Musgrave is betwixt us and Kinsale, and we are not of sufficient strength to oppose him.  
The rebels do increase daily, but if strength comes over in any time, we make no question, by the assistance of the Lord of Hosts, who is the giver of all victory, but to reduce this Province to her former state, for the Rogues are very cowardly, and dare not do any thing but on great advantages, that is, five to one.  
More news have I none as yet, but that we are all well, and desire to hear from you by this Bearer. You may direct your Letter to Kinsaile to me, to Sir Charles Vavasour my colonel. Pray send me word how my Children do, and how you all do. Thus with my prayers to the Almighty for your long life here, and eternal happiness hereafter: I rest  
Your dutiful son till death doth dissolve me, John DAVIS.  
FINIS.