A LETTER Of great Consequence; Sent by the Honourable, Robert Lord Monro, out of the Kingdom of IRELAND, To the Honourable, The Committee for the Irish affairs in ENGLAND, Concerning the state of the Rebellion there.  
Together with the Relation of a great Victory he obtained, and of his taking the Earl of Antrim, about whom w●s found divers Papers, which discovered a dangerous PLOT Against the Protestants in all His Majesty's Dominions, their Plot being set down by consent of the QUEENS Majesty, for the Ruin of Religion, and overthrow of His Majesties three Kingdoms.  

ORdered by the Commons in Parliament, That this Letter be forthwith printed and published:  
H: Elsing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.   
Printed for Edw. Husbands. July 8. 1643.   

A Letter of great consequence, sent by the Honourable, Robert Lord Monro, out of the Kingdom of Jreland, to the Honourable, the Committee for the Irish affairs in England, concerning the state of the Rebellion there.  
Right Honourable;  
EXpect nothing from your Honour's real and faithful Servant in this adverse time, but what brings comfort; In my last Expedition against the Rebels, occasioned by sudden Intelligence, I went forth with two thousand Foot, and three hundred Horse, being provided for ten days at no greater allowance than seven Ounces of Meal a day for a Soldier, our scarcity being so great, that for want of Victuals and Shoes we were unable to do the service we wish, or your Honours expect from us; Nevertheless our fortune was such, that with this small party, without Canon, for want of carriage Horses, we beat Owen Maccart Oneale, Sir Philome Oneale, and Owen Maccart the General his son, being all joined together with their Forces, and forced them to return upon Charlemount, after quitting the General's house to be spoiled and burnt by us, with the whole houses in Lochgall, being the best Plantation in Ulster, and straitest for defence of the Rebels: At the same time Colonel home, with a party of five hundred men, was busied in beleaguering the Castle of Newcastle; the receipt of all the Intelligence comes from England to the Rebels in Ulster, where it was my good fortune, in time of Treaty there, to trust a Bark come from the Isle of Man, with that treacherous Papist the Earl of Antrim, whose Brother Alexander was sent before to the Queen's Majesty from York, to make way for the Earl, in negotiating betwixt Her Majesty's Army in the North of England, and the Papists on the borders of Scotland, in the Isles of Scotland and the North parts thereof, and with the Rebels in Ireland; their Plot being set down by the Queen's Majesty's consent, for the ruin of Religion, and overthrow of His Majesty's loyal Subjects in all the three Dominions, as evidently doth appear by the Letters, Characters, Passes and Papers found with the Earl, directed by me to the Council of Scotland and the General. It becometh me, as the servant of the Public, entrusted with your Commission under the Great Seal of England, to inform truly your Honours of the great prejudice, the Cause in hand suffers by your Honour's neglect of this Army being unable to do service as might be expected from them, if they received the half of the Allowance your Soldiers receive at Dublin, and had Allowance for some Horses for Carriage; in my opinion, in six week's time we could settle Garrisons in Ulster, and thereafter oversway your Enemies elsewhere, in any part within His Majesty's Dominions, where your Enemies prevailed most.  
Therefore my weak opinion is, this Army be not neglected wherein consists so much of your peace and safety, having no friends you can repose in o more than in us, who is desirous to see Religion flourish, Rebels subjected to Obedience, and His Majesty's Throne established, in despite of Papists, and of wicked Council mis-leading His Majesty to the ruin of His Dominions, who could be the happiest Prince in the World if the Lord could move his heart to hearken to the counsel of those which shed their blood for his honour.  
The Earl of ANTRIM shall God willing be kept close in the Castle of Carrickfergus, till I be acquainted from your Honours concerning him, what course shall be taken with him; and the Traitor conveyed him last away is to be executed, since we can extort no discovery from him than is contained in the Papers sent to SCOTLAND: So recommending your Honours, and your weighty Affairs to the Direction and Protection of the Almighty, desirous to hear from you, I remain  
Your most humble, truly affectionate, and real Servant, Robert Monro, General Major. Carickfergus, the 23. of May, 1643.  
To the Right Honourable; My very noble Friends, these on the Irish Committee of the Parliament of England, present these; With due respects.   
FINIS.