A LETTER To the Honourable William Lenthal Esquire, Speaker of the Honourable House of COMMONS: Concerning The late successful Proceed of the Lord Inchiquine In the Kingdom of IRELAND.  

ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, That this Letter be forthwith Printed and Published.  H: Elsing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.  
London, Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the Honourable House of Commons, Sept. 28. 1647.   

A Letter to the Honourable William Lenthal Esq; Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons.  
SIR,  
BEing constrained by divers necessities of the soldiers to retire about five weeks since out of the field, where I had been in the Rebels Quarters of the County of Limrick, before I could look into the County of Tipperary; I did after some short refreshment, and the best (though but mean) provision which I could make for the Soldier, apply myself and this Army forthwith again into the field: And being for want of Oxen, and other carriages unable to draw forth any Artillery, or to carry any larger proportion of bread then what the Soldiers Knapsacks would contain, I marched with the Army into this County which I entered upon on Saturday the third of this instant; and having taken several Castles therein, to the number of ten or twelve, putting to the sword the Warders of such places as stood in opposition to the Army; I passed over the River Shewer, not far from the Castle of Cahir, an ancient and eminent hold of the Rebels, environed with two branches of that River, which was observed to be in all appearance of that strength, as it was both by them, and by the Officers of this Army, esteemed impregnable: notwithstanding which, the importance of the place being seriously considered by us, we were occasioned to make an attempt upon it by this accident; one of our horsemen being plundering near the Town, was by some of the Rebels wounded and carried a prisoner into the Castle, from whence he was admitted to send for a Chirurgeon into our Quarters to dress his wounds, of which we made this use: One Col. James Heppesly, who had formerly served the King, and was (upon some assurance given me by a friend, of his doing service) admitted to come into our Quarters, being an ingenious person, skilled in Chirurgery, and in Fortifications, took upon him to go under a disguise into the Castle, and to dress the wounded Trooper, which accordingly he did, with so good caution, and circumspection, as that he discovered perfectly the condition of the Castle in each respect, the weakness of the Ward, and especially some defects in the wall of the outward Bawn, which rendered it assaultable by our men, the taking whereof would probably induce the surrender of the Castle, which he collected from the observed timorousness of the Warders; which sorted to so good purpose, as that falling on the place defective, with a party lead on by: Col. Heppesly himself, we carried that outward Bawn, and some out Turrets by storm, and with in a few hours after had the Castle surrendered unto us, on Quarter only for life, though upon entry of it, we found that the same was by no force of ours to be reduced, if the Defendants had not been by Divine Providence deprived of any courage to oppose us.  
The place is justly looked upon by this Army, as the most important in the whole Province, being of that strength, as not to be taken from us, so long as we have victual to support a Garrison therein, whereby a pass is kept open for us to make daily incursions into this country, which hath been a principal contributory to the Rebel's Army.  
To the performance of which service, the Soldier was enabled with no other food than the roots under, and corn above the ground (all their  being driven away before us out of our reach) of the latter whereof we had great and abundant store, so as we have burned in this County above 20000. l. worth, whereof there could be no use made through want of hand-Mills (for which I have often and earnestly written) the water-mills being for the most part either burned or deserted.  
From Cahir we marched this instant to the city of Cashel, formerly the Metropolitans See of this Province, where the Citizens and Inhabitants (amazed at the reducing of Cahir) left open the gates, and fled to the Cathedral, a large and spacious Pile, seated upon a rock near the walls of the Town, and of late very much fortified, and at present fully manned with divers companies of the Rebels, which will render any attempts we shall make upon it very difficult; notwithstanding which, we determine by God's assistance, to leave no means unassayed for the reducing thereof; after which, we design to fall upon the Town of Fethard an eminent walled Town, and from thence to march unto Cloumel, to reduce which, we have yet no great hopes, in regard we understand that place to be very regularly fortified, and strongly manned, so as without Artillery there can be no feisible attempt made upon it: But if it shall please God to bless us with success on that place, We may then with confidence assert the Parliaments Interest in this Province to be high, and the Rebels mean, and inconsiderable. Sir, the Gentry of this county, by the reducing of these places, and the burning of their Corn, begin to make suit, that they may be admitted to a contribution, which shall be embraced so far as may conduce to the better carrying on of the War, and supporting of this Army, and advancing (as my zeal and duty obliges me) of the Parliaments service: For which I have no other means, than this of keeping the field: From whence if I shall be driven to our Garrisons by the violence of the weather, or by an over powerful Army, I am utterly ignorant how the Army may be preserved from starving, without seasonable supplies from the Honourable Howls to whose service I have faithfully devoted myself, remaining, Sir,  
Your humble servant, Inchiquine. Cashel, 12. Sept. 1647.