NO PAMPHLET, but A DETESTATION Against all such PAMPHLETS As are Printed, Concerning the Irish Rebellion, plainly demonstrating the falsehood of them.  
WITH, A short Breviary of some passages lately happening between a Housekeeper and some of the Rebels; With the death of the Gentleman of the House, and the chief of the Rebels.  
Being a True Copy of a Letter sent to a Merchant of the City of London.  
London, Printed, 1642.   

A Letter from Ireland.  
THe many Fabulous Pamphlets that are set out concerning the Rebels in Ireland of their outrages and bloody proceedings, hath caused me to sand this to the press, that all may pcrceive the vanity of the Authors, who for a small gain, will endeavour with opprobrious lines to abuse God and Man. Nay they will not stick to blur the faire velome of our great Senate with their blubberd writings; making credulous people to believe such things as are contrived from their Hellish brains, to proceed from that great council: and to put a fairer gloss upon their forgeries, they have sent out some of their foolish Inventions under the Title of a Letter from a Divine to his Friend, or from Friend to Friend. It is confessed, That the Irish do daily rise up in arms and their Companies increase; likewise they pillage Protestants Houses, and take away all manner of cattle; but for murdering or ravishing( as is reported) it is more than we ever heard of in Ireland: onely one Gentleman lost his life after this manner. A Company of Rebels to the number of one hundred and twenty or thereabouts, stolen out of the woods in the Evening, and surrounded a Gentlemans house which stood alone far from any Neighbours; the Master of the House having intelligence of it, caused his doors to be barricadoed, and his Servants to provide themselves with such arms to defend themselves as the House afforded. The Rebels commandsd the doors should be opened and that the Master of the House should bestow on them such victuals and drink as was within and they would not offer violence to any one, but return in peace to the places from whence they came. The Gentleman fearing the old saying to be true, Nulla fides cum inimico, there was no Faith to be given to an enemy, especially to such traitorous Rebels, would not trust to their protestations, but plainly replied, that he would stand upon his defence, and would rather lose his life, then succour any that were the Kings Enemies, but would venture their lives to maintain his dignity, and all that they sought, was toleration for their Religion. All this protestation could not get them relief not belief; Whereupon they discharged some short guns that they carried at the Window, and then took Ladders and thought to scale the House; which they easily begun, and had as easily finished, by reason they that were there within had no manner of arms, but Clubs, and two or three swords) which could not make much resistance. Therefore fearing the worst, they cried out for mercy, and they would willingly give unto them what they demanded; and for confirmation thereof, if one of them would climb a Ladder to a Window where the Master of the house stood, and there swear not to offer violence to Man or Woman, the doors should presently bee opened; which they condescended to, and sent up one Macdonnell, who was the chief amongst them; but he instead of receiving an oath, received a wound through the body with the Gentlemans sword that stood in the Window, that he fel dead to the ground. Which when the Rebels perceived, their choler was so stirred, that they again discharged their guns at the windows, and fell to scale the House; the miserable people within cried out for mercy, burr were not hearkened to; at length they broken up a Window, and some twenty of them got into the House; the fearful Housekeepers run all into holes to hid themselves, but were soon found out and all bound, save onely the Master of the House, who had conveived himself to a private Closet made in a Wall, when the door was shut, it would deceive a skilful Man to find out; long search was made for him, but he could not be found, till one of his own servants, upon condition that his own life should be saved, Judas like, delivered up his Master, who presently was cut in pieces and cast out. Then they pillaged the House, loading themselves with the richest Furniture the House afforded. Yet they killed none of the rest, but left them bound, and returned again to the Woods. The next day, some strangers passing by and hearing the groans and cries of those that were within came and unbound them; and now they be all at Dublin. The party that discovered his Master to the Rebels, was questioned before the council there, and found to be guilty of Petty-Treason, and therefore condemned to be hanged. The Rebels are in number about twenty thousand or upwards, but not half of them furnished with arms, nor, I hooe, with hearts, to stand against the Lord or his anointed.  
FINIS.