A Certain and true Relation of a great and glorious victory obtained by the Protestant Party in IRELAND, Under the Conduct of the Lord Inchequid, Sir john Paulet and others.  
Against Rori Mac-Guire in the assistance of the Munster Rebels, and the O Carty, and other of the Irish, to the great advancement of the Protestant Cause in that Kingdom, and debiliting the Rebel's Forces: They having lost in the said battle at least four thousand Foot and Horse, besides six or seven hundred prisoners.  
This Conflict and victory happening near Bandon Bridge in the County of Korke, the 23 of November. 1642.  
novemb: 29. LONDON, Printed for Nicholas jones.   

Comfortable News out of IRELAND.  
THe woeful miseries which have too long afflicted the pleasant and plenteous Kingdom of Ireland, have been a long time a Theme for discourse throughout Christendom, which having been neglected, since the present distractions in England, how lamentable has been the face of all things in the said wretched Ireland; every place abounding with fire, famine, sword, and all the ruins incident to mortality; though, thanks be to the Divine mercy, we have lately some better hopes that we shall at last respire from these calamities, by reason God has been pleased, when this Kingdom, especially Munster, the best peopled Province of that Island, and most faithful of the English government, was most afflicted and oppressed by the rebellious Mutineers, till lately they exalted with the constant success of their proceed had drawn out of the North, where the malice of the rebellion is pretty well spent into these Western parts. Rory Mac Guir, brother to the Lord of Inniskillin, out of most desperate inhuman and bloody of all the brood of Traitors, wherewith some two thousand, or thereabout of his followers, well experienced in mischiefs and murders, by coasting the Country, he arrived about the second of November last passed, in the County of Korke, where he immediately had the welcome given him by all the Rebels in those parts, being at least eight thousand persons of the Lord Muskrey his Forces, with those of the families of the O Caitys, O Connors, and other of the Irish Septs or Tribes, which they preserve with as much integrity and care as the ancient Jews did theirs: the Munster forces being under the command of one Sir Turlogh Mac Henry O Carty, and Patrick Mac Philim O Connor, the chief of those two avaricious families, men that had both served abroad in Flanders in Tyrons' Regiment, and therefore better experienced then ordinary in Warlike rudiments. Their forces therefore conjoined in one body with those of Kory Mac Guires, they made full ten thousand, with which forces, esteeming themselves invincible; on they marched, thundering through the lands of the English, burning up Villages, ravishing Wives and Virgins, killing old men and children, nay sucking Infants were not protected by their innocence from their violence; all was fish that came to net, their quarrel was national, nor would they spare for any respects, any that had the least affinity with the English in this bloody hostile manner they proceeded, till they were arrived near Bandon Bridge, a handsome neat Colony of the English in the County of Korke, which they intended with avaricious hopes to plunder, and then to set fire off, and therefore through the woods with as much secrecy as possible, they drew towards it, knowing that if they were discovered, the consequence of that good town would engage all the English forces thereabouts, which indeed was not very many, being some thousand of the veterane Munster Bands, under the command of Sir john Paulet, a Gentleman of good extract and undaunted courage, to whom, the fourth of November, the day before the fatal stroke was strucken, joined the young Lord Inchequid a gallant Gentleman, faithful to the English Crown, of valiant resolution, and of good and fortunate success in his Military proceed; with some three thousand foot of his own and my Lord of Ormunds', and five hundred horse, being the best part of the strength of the Cavalry in that Province; having notice by their Spies, of the silent march of the Rebels, they instantly conceited their intentions, and so resolved, nothing terrified with the report of their numbers, to set down on a Plain between those woods (where the Rebels were) and Bandon, and there if they would come on to give them b●ttell with as little noyfe as was possible; therefore they entrenched themselves, cast up in their Front some slight brestworkes, and planting conveniently among some very high Furs or Brakes their Ordnance, which consisted of six indifferent good field Pieces, and some three or four Sakers. Sir Turlogh Mac Henry O Carty with the Van of their forces, were advanced out of the wood into the Plain, had notice from his Vaunt Currers, that there were some English forces near at hand, but as they conjectured no very considerable number, being at most not above three thousand, some horsemen, with Sir john paulet's Regiment, lying so close among the Furs, that they were not discernible, the whole Army of the English part, being not five thousand men; but in resolve and herformance double the number.  
Sr Turlogh having given notice to Rori and O Conner of these tidings, very joyful they seemed and assured of victory, believing the secure English had no knowledge of their arrival, and Rori according to the violence of the Rebel's disposition, would needs have the honour of the onset, with some two thousand Horse; therefore he galloped in towards the English quarters, commanding and desiring Turlegh and O Conner with their Foot Forces, to wheel about under the covert of those high Firs, and when he was engaged in combat with their Front, which they would make as strong as possible against his furious charge of horse, they should then fall pell mel upon their quarters, and so enclose them and cut them off every Mother's son. My Lord of Incequin in the mean perceiving Roris approaches had placed his horsemen in their opposition, leaving their Troops with a Muskettier to every horse; who as soon as Rori approached within distance, let fly their fatal bullets, which galled him shrewdly in the head of his Troops; they charging and discharging as fast as possibly they could, till Rori was mingled with his horsemen among others, & after the discharging their Petronels and Carabines either at other, wherein fell at least two hundred of Rori's horse they came to handiblowes; Wherein our able men at Arms did gallant execution on them with their swords. The Irish Skeins not cutting with that vigour and edge that did our English Back-swords, our Musketeers then recharged, sending another volley of lead into the Irish men's bosoms and Foot Companies, now coming into the relief of our horse, gave Mac-Guire an entertainment, which made his horsemen reel out of their order; but he bringing fresh men on though he had at least 800 of his horsemen slain, the poor garones running up and down the field without riders. Our men had much ado to resist their fury, though my Lord Inchequin performed all the offices of a resolute man and a wise Commander: When behold on the sudden Sir Turlegh O Conner and the rest broke in on Sir john Pawlets quarter, where was the Ordnance and a thousand more of resolute soldiers, who thinking to have surprised our men were surprised themselves; the Field-pieces charged with murdering shot, as Muskets and Pistol bullets, pelliting them down by heaps, and our excellent fire-men safe among the Firs, spending not one shot in vain; yet the multitude of their numbers made them scarce sensible of their loss till valiant Sir Sir john Paulet, Captain Robert Sandys with troops charged them through while the Ordnance again charged, played hotly upon raking them thorough and thorough their flanks, that their slaughter with the fall of Patrick Macphelme O Conner, did so dishearten the Irish, that they turned their backs, and in spite of Sr. Turloghs persuasions with nimble heels, sought to recover the woods Rori Mac-Guire, between whom and my Lord of Inchequid, the fight stood in equal terms; the Irish rather defending themselves with offending us, perceiving the cowardly flight of his foot, giving them to a thousand devils, turned his horse, and fled also toward the woods, than they were in apparent rout, our men doing that, and plain execution upon both their horse and foot, beating them down with the but end of their Muskets, and slaughtering them as they deserved, without all mercy, especially the Munster Rebels, of Sir Turloghs and O-Connors Regiment went to rack, scarcely a tenth man escaping into the woods. There fell in all at least three thousand foot, and some thousand horse, being the vere flower of the Rebels. O-Connor, and two or three of the Carties being the chief. Prisoners there were taken to the number of seven hundred, or thereabouts, of which of most note, Brian Mac-Henry, O Carty, Sir Turloghs eldest son, and half a dozen Friars, with one of their Bishops, whom are in safe custody.  
In Bandon we got good store of arms and pretty number of serviceable Garroones: Rori Mac-Guire, with Master Turlogh and the rest of their forces, fled by their known byways through the woods are reported to be retired into Ulster. Of our side there were lost only 200. men, and never a one of mark or quality, but a Lieutenant to Captain Sandys; so that we may perceive how easy it were to quet the forces of these pertinacious and bloody rebels, were there an unity in England between the King and the Parliament, which God in his mercy send speedily to be effected, that the afflictions of us here may be considered: And we have afforded some speedy and competent succours of men, money, and horses, with which we should easily, not only defend and secure ourselves, but to reduce the whole kingdom to its ancient obedience to the English Crown.   
FINIS.