Good News from IRELAND Being an exact Relation of the late good success at Sliggo Against the Irish Rebels.  
Communicated to both Houses of Parliament on Monday last 12. january 1645.  
Performed by Sir Charles Coot, Sir William Cole, and Sir Francis Hamilton, with the particulars thereof.  
As also divers Letters of great Importance concerning the Estate of that Kingdom and of the Kingdom of England, which were found in the Pockets of their Commander in chief.  
Together with a List of the Prisoners taken, the number slain on both sides, and the names of all the Commanders.  
Published by Authority.  
London printed for john Wright at the King's Head in the old Bayley. 15. Jan. 1645.   

A true Relation of the late success at Sliggo against the Irish Rebels.  
Performed by Sir Charles Coot, Sir William Cole, and Sir Francis Hambleton, with the particulars hereafter expressed.  
ON Sunday the 17. of October 1645. the Irish Rebels having surrounded the Town with 1000 Foot and 300. Horse, the Garrison seeing little hope of the advance of the Ulster Forces (who were then near them at Bandron) though unknown to them, conceived it absolutely necessary to hazard the fight with the Rebels with their own strength and Sir William Coles Troops, rather than to starve themselves and lose their out-Garrisons which were blocked up, the Enemy lying between them; Captain Richard Coot and Captain Richard Cole commanded our Horse being two hundred, who charged the Rebel's Horse very resolutely, and fell in to the Sword pell mel, and beat them among the Divisions of their own Foot, and routed them, which Lieutenant Colonel Saunderson recovered with the Foot, and Sir Francis Hamilton came also with his Troop in the nick of time, and had the execution of the Rebels for five miles, their Foot taking flight upon giving ground of their Horse. In the pursuit their Commander and Precedent of that Province was slain (the titular Archbishop of Tuain.) Our men took one hundred and fifty of their Horses with Pistols, all their Baggage, Tents, and Ammunition, there were two Wagons with rich Spoil and Money in them, they took several of their Standarts and Colours, four and twenty Drums and Officers of note, in number 48. who are now prisoners in Sliggo, about two hundred of their men lay killed in he place, and many more had been, if Plunder had not been preferred before Execution by our Foot; we had but one killed of Sir William Coles Troop, and six horsemen 〈◊〉, and some Horse.  
Upon this defeat one thousand Foot and two hundred of the Enemy's Horse more that were on their march to Sliggo, friendly turned bacl with their fellows, whom they met in great haste flying, and our Laggan Forces coming also to relieve as, are now with us beleagering two strong holds of the Rebels near our quarters. The Archbishop was a principal Agent in these wars, and one of their supreme Council; divers Papers and Letters of importance were found about him; he had for his particular an Order from the Council at Kilkenny for levying the Arrears of his Bishopric, which Order and the Pope's Bull and Letter from Rome, Paris, and other foreign parts, and from several of this Kingdom (in order to the Irish Affairs) relate, That the Pope would not at first engage himself for the sending of a Nuncio for Ireland, until the Irish Agents had fully possessed him that the restablishment of their Catholic Religion was a thing feizable in this Kingdom: whereupon he undertook the solicitation of their Cause with Florence, Venice, and other Estates, and to deligate his Nuncio to attend the Affairs of this Kingdom. The said Nuncio after some delays in France was expedited hence by the Pope's express order, and arrived at the River of Killimarre with twenty six Italians of his retinue in a Friggot of one and twenty pieces, 22. October, and in his company Secretary Beling, and divers regular and secular Priests; the Irish are much encouraged with the supplies, he hath brought the List, whereof were found about the Archbishop, Inprimus two thousand Muskets, four thousand Bandaleers, two thousand Swords, five hundred  of Pistols, and ten thousand weight of Powder, which arrived in another Friggot before him at Crooke-haven the tenth of October, together with six Desks and Trunks of Spanish gold, the sum uncertain. These Letters likewise inform us that all the King's hope is from Ireland, and if they desert him, he is likely to be undone very speedily; several other things they contain concerning Prince Rupert, Col. Legg, the King's losses at Bristol and Chefter, which are as particularly related as if themselves had been in the place; something also there is concerning the Treaty of Peace. Ormond (says one Letter) is found a Machavillan; Dillon, Muskery, and Talbot are for peace, Conditionibus quibuscunque, which is, On any conditions whatsoever; (says another) that their public affairs are in via non termino: which is, in a fair way, but not brought home unto their end; (says a third) the Propositions have their Answer slight and slow. There are some mysteries of State in the business which cannot be committed there to paper, yet more really certain it is there will be peace; also the Letters express some differences amongst themselves between Muskery and Browne, in so much that Browne departed from Dublin discontented to Killkenny, between Castle-Haven and Preston, in so much that Father Beauchamp was sent from the supreme Counsel to reconcile them. There is also a private Letter, some suspicions informations against Dominico Spinila an Agent in Ireland, wherein he is traduced to hold correspondency with the Queen of England in France, and so to be a lover of their enemies.   

Prisoners at Sliggo.  

GReat Morogh ve Divo O Flaherty, Lieutenant Col. to Ric. Bourk, cousin German to the Earl of Clanrickard and his next Heir.  
john Garye, Lievt. Col. to Sir Tibbot Bourk, eldest Son to the Lord of Mayo.  
Richard Bourk Major to Ric. Bourk the Earl of Clanrichard, Heir and Son to Sir William Bourk, brother to the late Earl of Clanrickard.  
Captain William O Shaghuise brother to Sir Roger O Shaghuise.  
Captain Garret Dillon, Son to Sir Lucas Dillon, who saith that his father was shot in the thigh.  
Cap. Ro. Castollogh.  
Killed. Edw. Brown Cap. of 100 Muskiteers out of Galloway, brother to Jeffery Brown the Lawyer.  
Three Lieut. of foot.  
Two Coronets.  
Three Ensigns.  
Killed. The Titular Archbishop of Tuain the Rebel's Precedent of Connaught, a great Incendiary.  
With several Prisoners of inferior quality both of Horse and Foot.  
Two or three and twenty drowned.   
FINIS.