GOD FIGHT FOR US IN IRELAND, OR A MOST TRUE AND exact Relation of the accurrances done by the English this Month last passed to this present.  
With the manner and number of our Forces which marched out upon this expedition.  
Also the names of the Castles they took, the manner of besieging, and of the Releasing the English in their deepest distress, and what number of the Irish was put to the sword.  
Wherein it appears that God never forsakes those that puts their trust in him.  
Written by W.B. of Dublin, whose Letters have hitherto expressed nothing but truth.  
Printed for W.B. and are to be sold by Thomas B … in the Old-bailey. 1642.   

DUBLIN JUNE, 16 th'. 1642.  
ON Saturday last, some of our Army consisting of 15. Colours, marched from hence towards Trim, the next monday marched after them 34. Cullivers and 5 troops of Horse, besides 200. Firelocks and field pieces 8. and it is thought their meeting place is to be at Tryme: and divers others of Foot and Horse from Droheda and other places where our Garrisons are to come to them, which we hope by the blessing of the Lord of Host will do good service before they return; the summer being so fare spent, it is full time to begin to redeem the time which hither to have done very little to so great a work, I hope the prayers of all God's people will interseede for them and the rest of all our Armies, that God may be honoured in the good work begun, to the increase of his Gospel and the true peace and common wealth, all which are now very low brought and hardly a shadow of either.  
This day we hear three things which hath happened from and by our Garrison at the Naus (for where we have forward Commanders God in his mercy hath ever been with them) Captain Michael jones a very worthy Gentleman a valiant descreet and religious man, marched to a Town of the Kite Honourable Adam Lord Viscount of Ely called Master E●●●, which hath been long beseidged by the Rebels, a strong hold and well furnished with Aims, but wanted powder and shot, yet have held out against those Traitor's great forces which were much pitied of us all, but no succour was sent to them, and the Rebel had so wrought their trials, that it was almost past help, but this worthy Captain with a handful of men in comparison of the Rebels, set upon them, besiegers, beats them out of their trenches and works which they had made to surprice the Castle, slew many of them, and put the rest to flight, and burned the Town close by the Castle, which harboured the Rebels furnished our friends with men powder and short and what they wanted, with great plenty and have left them so strong, that they are by God's assistance able to bid defiance to their and our Enemies, this place was in such extremity, that had our men stayed but two hours longer before they came, the Castle men & Arms in it had been all lost, and they Rebels had got so strong a hold, that we could hardly have recovered it without the loss of much blood and great expenses, but blessed be God for his wonderful deliverance which was done by his great power.  
The second is by the same worthy Captain at a place about two miles from the Naas called Black Hall, which hath been wonderfully offensive to us, to whom our valiant Captain marched with a few men, set upon it, the Rebels strongly withstood our men, but nothing daunted by them after many assaults approached near their hold which the Rebels though too strong for us to get, in which assaults our courageous Captain was in great danger of his life, who espied one of the Rebels through a speech hole aiming at himself, which by the good providence of the Almighty he espying, ran with a brave resolution to the hole, and with his Pistol short the Rebel and killed him before he could discharge at our Captain, and in the the conclusion took the Castle and put them the Rebels to the sword, by which good success we and all Gods good people ought with thankful hearts bless and praise his holy name.  
The third was at Manouth the manor house of the Earl of Kilders, which in some sort was not so prosperous although the wonderful providence of our good God is wonderfully manifested, 33. of our men were set to keep that great manor house, the Rebels had their randevouse within a mile of it, and yet our 33 men kept it from them till one in the house the earls Butler played the Traitorous Rebel and betrayed them, the house is great and full of windows which were barricadoed up with Iron Bars and stones, our men were diligent upon their watch where the danger was, but this traitorous villain appointing the Rebels where to come at a window least suspected, the Rebels on the out side and the villain within opened one window, by which 60. of the Rebels entered the House before our men espied them; but when our men found out their treachery, with undaunted spirits set upon them in that room the Rebels were in and put them all to the sword, but the Enemy being in number seven hundred, and the rest so near them, were not able to hold out, for the Rebels cast balls of wildfire into the House, which burned so furiously they were not able to quench it, so that our men gathered themselves into a body, taking with them in their Pockets and stockings as much powed as they could well carry fired the rest and marched through the Rebels discharging at the Rebels on front and 〈◊〉 and on both flanks with so slow a march, as a sick man was able to go with our men secure from their fury with the venture of their own lives; ni which great extremity we left only three men which were sick in their beds and could not stir they were so weak: thirty came all safe with their Arms and as much powder as they could carry with them, but they left the house burning. This relation I heard from one of the thirty soldiers, all which thirty are surely come to this Town blessed be God for his wonderful goodness towards us, but the fair house is destroyed with all the furniture, besides a fair Liberary of good booles, which the Earl of Kildare had in it; and this is all of certainty that we have.  
Dublin this seventeeths of june, 1642.   

June the Eighteenth, 1642.  
THis day we heard from our A●●●y, Sir Richard Greenefield who is Commander of out Garrison at Tryme, went to a Castle about 2 miles from Try●●, wherein were many Rebel, men, women, and ●hi●dr●●, which for Sir Richard and his 〈…〉 of the Castle is one L●n●h, and the Castle is called Limb … of the knock, against which 〈…〉 this besieging that part of our Army which wen● from hence this day 〈…〉 … ched near the● and joined with our man to take the Castle, which stood so long that 〈…〉 men, and ten hurt, of which ten Lieutenant Colonel Kerke was one, which when the Rebels saw that our men were resolute, and that our men would not departed till they had the Castle, the Rebels themselves set fire on the Castle, but that would not prevail for their escape although some of the Rebels were burnt in that fire they themselves kindled, our men would not suffer them to escape so, but put to sword 60. of them, took 4 prisoners, but suffered the women and children to pass with their lives: upon this victory our men marched to a Castle beyond Tryme about the same or less distant from Tryme of the Lord of Trymelstone, but the Rebels in that Castle understanding that our men had given an overthrow to Linch is Knock, left the Castle and fled but their goods with them, five or six cart loads, which took when our men understood made after them, recovered the goods but the Rebels fled into woods and bogger and so escaped themselves, but lost their goods, which our men enjoyed for pillage. In another Castle not fare from this of Tryme the Rebel's hearing of the success our men had against those two Castle, left their strong holds and fled also before our Army came at them.  
This day was two Rebels drawn hanged and quartered at the Gallows green, where many more will follow if they have according to their deserts. This day Sir Andrew Elmer the Lord of Ormonds' brother in law, Sir Nicholas White, Master Nicholas White his son and heir, and Master Elmer were indigted of high Treason at the King's Bench bar, and returned prisoners to the Castle, and likewise Alderman jones was indicted of high Treason this week, and committed to the marshyall of the four Courts where as yet I leave them.   
FINIS.