THE COPY OF A LETTER SENT BY THE REBELS IN JREland to the Lord Dillon, to declare to his Majesty the cause of their taking up of Arms.  
Together with the Copy of the Oath or Covenant which the Rebels have taken and made, which they sent to the Lord DILLON: whereunto is added a true Relation how some of the Rebels by Treachery have got possession of the City of Dublin. December. 18th. 1641.  
London Printed for Io: Thomas. 1641.   

A Copy of the Rebel's Letter sent to Lord Dillon from Sept of Ferrars.  
YOur Lordship is in entreated to impart to his Majesty the cause of our trouble and the redress.  
The Papists in neighbouring Counties are severely punished: and there misery might serve as a Beacon to us to look to ourselves where our neighbour's houses are thus set on sire, and we and other Papists here in Ireland in former troubles have been as Loyal subjects as any in his Majesty's dominions, for manifestation whereof we send here enclosed an oath solemny taken by us which as it received impression in our hearts shall be signed with our hand and sealed with our blood.  
2. The Statutes of 2. Eliz. against us and others of our Religion doth not a little disanimate us and the Pale.  
3. The avoidance of grants of our Lands and Liberties by quirks and quiddities of law without reflecting upon the King's regal and real intention for confirming our estate, his broad seal being the pawn between him and his people.  
And we conceive and humbly present unto your Lordship's consideration, that in the beginning of this commotion as it is hereditary you will be a bridge to purge those diseases in us, & by our examples, doubtless it will begeet like success in all other parts of this Kingdom, and it will be recorded that you are well affected to God, King, and Country, and a salver of all the forementioned sores.  
Your Lordship is to be an humble suitor on our behaltes and of the rest of the Papists, that out of the abundance of his Majesty's clemency there may be an act of oblivion, and a general pardon without appeal of Statutes formerly made to the Country, and not by Proclamation, but Parliamentary Charter in ample manner, and this being granted, allthings else will follow all which we leave to your honour's care, and we will as ever we did, and do remain  
Your Lordship's humbe and assured ever to command   

The Copy of the oath of the Rebels in in Jreland sent to the Lord Dillon.  
I A.B. Do with firm faith believe all and singular the Articles which the Catholic, and Apstlique Roman Church, believeth and confesseth and to my dying day will by God's grace maintain, and defend the same faith against all Sectaries, jews, Atheists, and enemies whatsoever with the loss of life, goods, and estate.  
Secondly, I do promise and in my Conscience sinceerly believe, and acknowledge King Charles to be my soveragine Lord and to be King of England Scotland France and Ireland whose previledges prerogatives and attributes regal dye to his Imperial Crown and Royal dignity I promise and vow unto God to maintain and defend by God's grace against all evil affected persons what soever be they of what Country or sect soever with the loss of life goods and estate.  
I promise and vow to be true to my poor oppressed Country the kingdom of Ireland with loss of life goods and estate and will endevover to free it from the bondage and greveious government under which it groaneth by the means of evil officers and Ministers contrary to his Majesty's intention.  
4. I promise and vow to God to wrong no Catholic nor Challenge any estate or Lands if so they be possessed of it before the Plantation begun 1610 nor any Lands possessed by any of them since then so he or they purchased it for money or otherwise.  
5. I Promise and vow to make no difference of or disparity between the mere Irish and them of the Pale, or between the old Irish, and the new, be they of what standing calling or quality soever, so they be professors of the holy Church, & maintainers of the country's liberty.  
6. All these and every of the Precedent Articles I the said A.B. do promise, vow, and swear, to maintain and cause all others, over whom I shall have power to maintain, and defend the same by God's grace: So help me God and all the contents of this holy Gospel.   

A true and exact Relation, how the Rebels by Treachery, got possession of Dublin.  
THe proceedings of the Rebels in Ireland against the Protestants, have been so cruel and so bloody, that they have neither spared place, nor person, but have overrun almost the whole Kingdom, whereupon the clamour and cries of the oppressed, & the audacious attempts of the Papists being insufferable, It was decreed upon by the Parliament held in Ireland, that present forces, and aid should be provided, for the defence of Dublin, which were accordingly furnished, and placed in that City, to the number of 70. Horse, and 200. Foot, all which were planted within the City, and were always ready if occasion should have been offered to resist any Rebellious power, or attempts made against the City, upon the 18. Of this Month, the Progress and strength of the Papists being considered, It was thought convenient and agreed upon, that the forces should be doubled, for the aid and defence of the City of Dublin; and from this supply of strength began their misery, for when these last forces was planted in Dublin, & had gotten sure possession of the City, they every man most treacherously revolted, and sided with the Rebels and Papists, of which there were great store within those walls, now were the poor Protestants more deeply plunged then before, & to submit were worse than death, for the daily Tyrannies expressed to their brethren, were very fair instructions unto them, telling them what they must expect at the hands of such merciless enemies, they had as small hopes if they gave them battle, for the number of Papists do Triple the number of the Protestants within that City. The Rebels are hungry for their prey, and will admit no longer delay, & having now gathered a strong head & power together, they expel first of all those armed forces out of the City, disarming and slaying all who would not side, and turn to their 〈◊〉.  
They have gotten possession, and footing of the ptime & hiefe City of the Land, but as yet they do not excercise their accustomed cruelty to the Inhabitants within the walls, but only to those who live in the subburds, they are very exquisite in their Torments unto the poor Protestants, and one unparaleld piece of cruelty, I cannot omit, the like of which, was never read of in all those bloody persecutions, under which the protestants did groan, in all former Ages. The Relation was made by one Master Georg jackson, a spectator of this inhuman and barbarous cruelty, they use divers and strange tortures against them, but this is most remarkable because it wants an example, It was after this manner. Having conquered these (as they call them) Heretics, and now taken them captives, they most cruelly makes holes in their bellies, cutting away the skin, so that their entrails may be seen, and laid hold of, than they fasten a Lute or Viol string unto the umbelick or Navel gut, letting them remain thus a while, without any further Torture, after some small space, they with whips, and goads, force them forward, one holding by the string which is fastened to the Navel, in this bloody manner they compel them forward, until they have drawn forth all their entrails. And by this means have forced them to a most wretched and miserable end, nor doth their malice stay here, but even triumphs over their dead bodies, and after a most Impious manner Lacerate and dismember their Butchered Trunks, endeavouring (ifit were possible) to to make their bodies as Infamous as their Crvelties, these are those persecutions which the professors of the True Gospel of Christ, suffer for the testimony of a good conscience, and a good cause, which the Lord in his good time, turn to his glory, their eternal comfort, and to the confusion of their bloodthirsty enemies.  
FJNIS.