A copy OF A LETTER FROM SIR MAURICE EUSTACE Out of Jreland, and to a worthy Gentleman, a member of the House of Commons, concerning divers passages in the Parliament there.  
ALSO, Another Letter from Mr Bacon Drum-major, to colonel Gibson of many desperate and resolute exploits of English soldiers, worthy all men's knowledge.  
July 13. 1641.  
LONDON, Printed by A. N. for Edw. Husbands and John Frank. 1642.   

A copy of a Letter from Sir Maurice Eustace out of Ireland, to a worthy Gentleman a member of the house of Commons, concerning divers passages in the Parliament there, &c.  
SIR, your last dispatch of the sixth of this month, came to my hands in the absence of Master Arthur Jones, who was gone with the Army to Connagh But I dispatched it after him. Upon Tuesday last both houses of Parliament here did meet, And that day we expelled out of our house by one order, as many of our house as were indicted of Treason or known in actual rebellion, which upon search were found to be 46. and so many were cut of from us by one blow as unprofitable and cankered members. The next day being Wednesday we passed an ordinance in our house that none should be of the house this Parliament or in future Parliaments, but such as should take the oath of supremacy and the same day as many as were, in the house took the oath which, will make a greater slaughter whensoever we meet, than the former did; And this day being Thursday, both Houses have agreed upon a Petition, to have all the penal laws of force in England against Recusants, to be enacted here with some severe laws to be added unto them; And what the consequence of this will be, you may Imagine, I am sure if the effect thereof be granted, it will either make both Nations one or it will be an everlasting wall of separation between them; God direct all for the best. This is all that I have for the present to acquaint you with, I am your most assured friend  
Mau. Eustace. 24. June 1642   

Dear friend, since my last Letter, I have been from Dublin this two months at a town called Trim, which sir Charles Coore took in and the day before we came up to this town of Trim, the rebels with three thousand foot came to take it in, Sir Charles Coore having not above four hundred foot and horse; then Sir Charles fell out of the town, killed many of the Rebels, and forced the rest to flight. We lie one half of our Regiment in Trim▪ in Garrison, with three Colours more of my Lord general's Regiment, a troop of Horse of the governor's Sir Richard Greenfields', a troop of Dragooners, under the command of captain ●●ite; this town is twenty miles from Dublin. Since we came to Trim one Wisely of the Dighon yielded his Castle up to us, standing to the King's mercy where he and all that were in it had free quarter for their lives but turned all to shift for themselves not having any thing more than the clothes to their backs: since that Wisely was found faulty against the State and banished our Town of Trim, turned out of the ports, he one way, and his wife my Lady Foard another with their children, there we left, in the Castle of the Dinghon, a▪ Garrison which two miles from Trim. On the 12. of June there was commanded men out of every Company in the town that went out under▪ the Command of captain George vain who Commanded the foot, the horse under the Command of▪ sir Richard Grinfield our governor of Trim we went to hem them in till our Ordnance came to us, this Castle was called Linches of the knock, a main strong Castle well provided. We besieged this Castle four days, where we have lost, and have had shot Dyvers men where the rebels scorned any quarter for they would neither give quarter nor take quarter, Calling us English dogs, and English rogues, and pillaging rogues, and Parliament rogues, & told us they fought for the King, and we fought against the King. Upon the 13. day of June came our Ordnance from Dublin, they that came to us were but Field-pieces, they were not for battery; we made many shot with them, but they jeered us then worse than before; We made many approaches upon it, thinking to have spring some part of the well by undermining it, but they heaved such great stones down upon us, killed some of our men, and hurt others, that we could do no good that way for their stones and scalding water, than a Gunner making shot at a window, forced the frame of the window into the house; Then our men, my Lord Generals, and part of my Lord Jones, that lay a mile from us, being commanded as well as we, under the command of colonel monk, and lieutenant colonel Kirke fell on to this breach, making a scaffold up to the window, where the Rebels and our men were at push of Pike▪ a long time lieutenant: colonel Kirke was shot in the back, who lieth very sore hurt; And colonel monk shot quite thorough the Hat, and missed his head, thanks be given to God captain vain, and lieutenant Konnocke entered the Castle with divers soldiers where he was quickly forced to come out again (for the rogues had set the Castle on fire) else they had been choked with the smoke, the rogues got to the top of it into the four corners of this stone castle; many of them were burnt; the next morning all that were alive cried for quarter, which was some sevenscore persons, men, women & children, most of the women and children had quarter, but the men came out of the Castle gave up their arms; We stripped 60. of these rogues, and then killed them, leaving them unburied, and buried our own men; they were commanded by one lieutenant Plunket, colonel Plunkets captain, lieutenant of the Rebels, which is within seven miles of us at the Castle of Longwood: my Lord of Tremblestone one of the Rebels lying in Tremblestone Castle, within a mile from Trim, hearing we had taken this Castle, run away, and left his Castle for fear. There we have another Garrison in that, and the Rebels a mile from that, run away that night, and fired the Castle of Kilbride, for fear of our Army, which is gone out for 14. days march into the country.  
The 23. of June there went a party out of Trim to range the woods, where we found divers of the rebels but they run away, there we took a hundred good head of beasts, besides horses and sheep, the same night 50. musquetiers fell out of Trimblestone Castle a mile from their garrison and took 100 and 50. head of cattle from the rebels the enemy pursued us, but could do no good for we brought them to the garrison I pray when you wright direct your Letters in colonel Gibsons name for him, who is at this time his Drum-Major and yours to command John Bacon  
From Trim this 29. of June  
FINIS.