THE copy OF A LETTER WRITTEN FROM the Lo. Viscount of Gormanston unto Sir Phelim o Neale.  
Which Letter is all written by the Lord Gormanston's own hand, and was found in Sir Phelim o Neale's Cloak-bag, when on the 16. of June 1642. the said Sir Phelim, Rory mac Gwyre, some of the mac Mahownes, the mac Genises, and mac Cartan, the o Cahans, Coll Kittagh, mac Donells' sons, and the rest of the rebels gathered from the several Counties of Tirone, Antrim, Armagh, down, Fermanagh and Donegall. And also some out of the English Pale, being in all 6000. foot and 500 horse were defeated in battle by Sir William Stewart, and by Sir Robert Stewart with part of their two Regiments, 300. of colonel Gore's Regiment, four Companies from the Derry, and Capt. Dudley Phillips with his troop of 60. horse, in all not exceeding 2000 foot and 300. horse.  
Whereunto is added Sir Robert Stewart's Letter to the Right Honourable Sir John Borlase Knight, one of the Lords justices for the Government of the kingdom of Ireland.  
Dublin: Printed by William Bladen. 1642.   

Lo. Viscount GORMANSTON'S LETTER TO Sir Phelim o Neale.  
Written by his own hand, and was found in Sir Phelim o Neale's cloak-bag on the 16. day of June. 1642.  
Noble Sir,  
IF I had received but the least notice or hope that you would have come to the meeting place; I had stayed longer to expect you, though I did not part thence, till such time as I feared to be benighted by the way, and shall be ready upon all occasions to wait on you. I am very sorry to hear of the arrival of more Enemies, We having already more than We can suppress, and do presume to offer to your Consideration what encouragement it will be to our disanimated Enemies in those parts, and discouragement to Ours; if they shall overthrow your forces at the first Encounter. Wherefore you will do well to meet them with as strong forces as you can, thereby to defeat them, which will make them the more fearful thenceforth. I have conferred with your Brother whom I have acquainted with what I know, to whose relation I refer you.  
Our forces here shall be ready to assist you on the least notice, which may be done from hence, for all places about Ardee are so consumed with fire, that there can be no meat had for the soldiers, for want whereof they will doubtless disperse, they are so prompt thereunto upon the least occasion. Thus praying God to give us better success than hitherto, I rest  
Your assured loving Kinsman and Servant, Gormanston. Navan this 15. of April. 1642.  
I can write you no news from about Dublin, but that Ours have burned a street in the Suburbs, and have good store of forces about the English Army that is gone forth, I pray spare me some powder, for I protest we have not ten shots a piece.  
Directed thus on the backside, 
 For his Noble and much respected Kinsman Sir Phelim o Neale, general of the forces of Ulster. These   

THE copy OF A LETTER written BY Sir ROBERT STEWART Knight: And directed To the Right Honourable Sir John BORLASE Knight; One of the Lords justices for the Government of the kingdom of IRELAND.  
Right Honourble and my very good Lord,  
IPresume I need not inform your Lordship of the several Encounters these Regiments have had with the rebels, how in a place of the greatest advantage for the rebels, of any in Ulster, after relief of the Castles of Donegall, Ballishanon and Castlerachan, and bringing off Sir Ralph Gore, his house being no place of Strength, in our return we were assaulted in the middle of a wood growing upon steep mountains on every side, at a very straight pass, by near two thousand rebels, our forces not exceeding much twelve hundred, we forced the passage, and so beat them in their own known choice ground, brought off all, after a skirmish continued five hours, and made a safe retreat, with little or no loss at all, having killed above a hundred of the rebels. I presume also that your Lordship hath heard of our marching to o Cahan's country, where with some eighteen hundred, my own, Sir William Stewart, and Sir Ralph Gore's Regiments, assisted with some four Companies out of Derry, we did encounter two thousand four hundred rebels beat them, killing two hundred, took nine or ten Colours, & took in the Castle of Dungiven, taking prisoner one of the chiefest of the Sept of the o Cahans, relieved Colrane, and victualled the two Castles of Limavaddy and Ballicastell, yet defended by the British, and so having killed some three hundred more, which we found in scattered Companies, by twenties and thirty at a place, called Macgillegin, we retired home with very little or no loss at all, as also how Sir Phelim o Neale with some four thousand coming strong to assault us the 25. of April, was beat, & put to the flight by some two thousand of ours, having lost one hundred men, we were stopped from prosecuting the victory, and pursuing the rebels, by reason of the bogs, impassible for our horses, That which now I would impart to your Lordship, is a late conflict which befell on the 16. day of this month of June, The rebels being gathered from all quarters, chased by the English and Scots forces, from the several Counties of Tirone, Antrim, Armagh, down, Fermanagh and Donegall, under the command of Sir Phelim o Neale himself, colonel a Caen, lately arrived from Spain, after twenty years' travels abroad, assisted by Coll Kittaghs' sons two Scots High-landers, with many high-landers more, making up in all six thousand foot and five hundred horse, the former night having stood in arms at a half a mile and less distance all the night, that morning about sunrising our forces being drawn up in number not exceeding much two thousand foot and three hundred horse, after we had sent out some commanded Musquettiers, and horse, to view the rebels more near, who being drawn up very orderly, upon the approach of our Commanded men from a hill opposite to us, where they lay the night preceding, and were then drawn up in two brigades, judging that our body should have fallen down, to have seconded them, came on with a furious and swift March, making a terrible outcry in their march according to their manner, but our men having received orders to retire to the body, if they were assaulted, did retire accordingly, and in retiring gave fire, the rebels apprehending that retreat to be a flight, Marched straight close together in two brigades towards ours, which after we had perceived, having obtained our end, in drawing them towards that little hill, where we were situate, we began to march slowly, they still advancing, Coll Kittaghs sons (cried up for their valour as invincible Champions) with their high-landers and some others assaulted my brigade fiercely, insomuch that they were not far from coming to push of pike but seeing the resolution and constancy of our men advancing still, and not losing ground, galling them with continual shot, finding their rear to shrink back first, and then to fly at last, after a quarter of an hours stand, they turned faces, and so did all that Brigade flie, which that which was opposite to Sir William Stewart seeing, did bear their countrymen Company, and so fled confusedly, their troops (never so much as offering once to draw near, far less to charge) took the same course the foot took, we had the chase and execution of them for six or seven miles, killed as is thought five hundred, took some Colours, and gained divers arms and Drums, besides the dead, many we hear are dangerously, if not mortally wounded, This is now the second time that the titular general Sir Phelim, with his far greater forces hath been beaten in the field by us, with an happy success, which I pray the Lord of Hosts to continue to ours, and all other British forces in Ireland, that at last we may see our desire upon our Enemies, and the Crown of this Monarchy flourish upon our King's head in peace.  
Culmore 21 junij. 1642. Your Lo.ps most humble faithful and obedient Servant Robert Stewart.