AN army FOR IRELAND, Conducted by the Lord Lithe, Son to the right Honourable, the E●rle of Lice●ster, Lord Deputy of Ireland.  
BEING A VOTE Of bo●h ●o●ses in P●rliament for the sending of speedy aid into Ireland, consis●●ng both of the Scottish and English Army, fpeaking of the great fear that the City o● Dub●●n hath been in, and in what danger ●o be taken sundry times▪ but now ●ost valiantly defended by the Scottish Volunteers, and English Army.  
W●th ●n ●x●ellent Copy of a Letter sent f●om the Lord Moor to Sir Will●●m Ba●ker ●n ●ngland, speaking of all the grievances and M●●●●●es of the ro●est●●●s what●oever, As also of all the b●on●y designs that the Rebels intended to take the Cast●e.  
LONDON, Print●d for John Greensmith, 1642   

AN ARMY FOR IRELAND.  
TAe House of Commons now assembled in Parliament having fully considered the extreme distress, and calamity, that the protestants in Ireland are in, and moreover in what great peril, & danger the City of Dublin is daily in fear to be taken, have forthwith presented some Bills to the house of peers concerning the sending of some sudden and speedy aid, and assistance for the same This Bill was twice voted by both houses, than they generally concluded to send an Army, alloting 12. thousand Scots, and as many English to go with all expedition. A post was incontinently sent to the Scottish Commissioners, who seemed to receive this news joyfully without any murmur. Then Gen: Lesly proffered himself to couduct them thither with great courage and alacrity, and the Scots were no less propense to his motion, and voluntary magnanimity, there was likewise warrants sent from the house immediately to the Lord Major of London sheriffs and Justices of peace in each County, for the raising of some auxiliary opitulation, and munition of Arms into Ireland without any in●ermission of time. There were divers Letters sent from Irela●d, which w●re read in the Ho●se co●cerning the ●●b●llious pro●eedings of the p●pists there, ●nd with what ba●barous inhumanity they do oppr●sse a●d pers●cut● the pro●●●tan●s there, and how often t●ey ●●ve besieged the city of Dublin● and of many Batt●ls ●hat t●ey have had with t●●●eb●ls, and in what e●tr●mity o● dang●r ●hey are in: wherefo●e that u●lesse the Parliame●t did not s●pply them wi●h s●me sudden ●orces, t●ey had no●e or very small hopes of defending their lives, and the City. For the daily bemoanings of the poor oppressed Prot●stant●, would almost pierce any Christians hearts to hear them. Yet the inex●rable tyranny, and the audacious attempts of the rebels are so insufferable, that it transcends even patience it s●lfe to tolerate them any longer. And hereup●n many within the walls of the City being in great fear of the merciless rage and cruelty of their enemies, have re●olted to the Rebels. At the reading of these Letters the Parliament was greatly moved to compassion, promising a sudden commiseration of their deplorable calamities. Then was the Vote o●●he Lower House immediately given, and sent up ●o the House of peers, where the said Bill passed, each giving both their Assent and Cons●nt thereunto.  
After this news was sent into Scotland, they beg●n very cheerfully to gather themselves together: a●f●rming that they could not undertake a jus●er war for the defence o● protest●nt religion, & the maintenance of the sincere purity of the gospel. God ●end that our Englishmen may be as forward to go as the Scots were: & then conjoined bo●● in one unanimo●● concatenatio● of w●lls a●● cou●age, no ●oubt but they will return with a● Olive ●r●●ch in ●h●ir hands, crowned with a ●ictorious period in ●heir success.  
But it is to be feared that as we have a Serpent abroad, so we have a Snake at home: but God delivet us from the venemo●s poison, and pernicious stings of both. For while we are en●ountring, and suppressing the Serpent; if this domestic Snake should begin to hiss, & assault us here, we shall be in great distress and danger too as it is to be feared: therefore Janus-like we ought to look as well backward to the one, as forward to the other.  
Therefore I ●oubt no● but the Pa●liament will not omit a thing of so high a nature, and great consequence, that there may be as well a strong Guard at home, as an Army abroad: that while the sore of one wound is to be cured, it breaks not out into another.  
But alas! why do I speak of these things to the Parliament; for to admonish them of these, & the like affairs, were to bid the Sun illuminate the earth wit● a resplendent irradiation of noonday to bid the moon retain her monthly reparation, or the celestial Orbs to keep their annual circ●mference. Therefore our sole dependence relies o● them, and w● doubt not but in their due, and sea●onable time, all things will be brought to a happy period.  
Thus aid is ●oncluded to be sent into Ireland with great expedition, and a sudden Army in preparation to be sent.  

Copy of a Letter sent from the Lord Moor to Sir Robert Barker in England●  
SIr, the daily thoughts of you have induced me to transcribe unto you the present conditions of this kingdom involved in misery at this ●ime; for that I know mens hominum novitatis avida. The rebels proceed still in their former tyrannical i●humanitie, and they have much increased their forces: they lie in ambush daily in expectation of this city of Dublin, and withal they have assaulted it at sundry times: and had it not been detected, and well forti●ied, there had not been a man of us alive at this day: but we have always answered them as yet, and we thank God we have returned victorious. As for my own part I value not my blood so much as my Countries good, and will to the uttermost of my power, and freedom of life, stand in the defence and maintenance thereof.  
Yo● know, when as the Sun is set, many mists, and fogs will arise out of the earth, that received their influence from the Sun: but when its lustre and splendent beams shall appear, how suddenly are they all dispersed. So when as our King (that glorious Sun of our Nation) did rest himself in his chair of Majesty, and tranquillity: these foggy Mists of Rebels have caused an ambulation, but if ●is majesty's Army, and auxiliary forces shall but ●nce appear, we doubt not, but that there will be a sudden dissipation of them all. These rebellio●s viperr like the Lernaean Hydra, do increase with budding pullulations: but I hope there will come a second Hercules, that shall refecate them all with a facile dilaceration.  
We expect some sudden aid from the Parliament now assembled, and we hope they will not frustrate us of our just expectation; for if we consider the necessity we are in, or the murders, rapes, incests which the Rebels daily commit: I doubt not hut they would speedily commiserate our present miseries, from which thing I hope they will not long desist. Thus to consummate all with my best respects unto you, I commit you, & yours to the divine providence, and res●.   
FINIS.