A TRUE RELATION OF THE Proceed of the Scots and English Forces in the North of Ireland:  
Sent in a Letter to Mr. Tobias Siedgwicke, living in London; Relating these particulars: viz. 

1. Their meeting at Drumboe in the County of Antrem.  
2. The manner of their March towards the Nury, with the taking of a Fort near Kilwarlin Woods.  
3. The taking of the Town and Castle of the Nury, and the releasing of divers Prisoners of note.  
4. The great Spoil they took in those parts, with great terror to the Rebels, and their flight from those parts.  
5. Divers Skirmishes with the Rebels in Mr. Cartons Woods.  
6. The desires of the Earl of Antrem to be received into the English Army.    
With divers other things worthy your Observation.  
London, Printed for F. Coules, and T. Bates. 1642.   

THE COPY OF A LETTER Sent from a Gentleman in Ireland, to his friend, Mr. Tobias Siedgwicke, living in London, June 8. 1642.  
SIR,  
ACcording to my promise I shall labour briefly to inform you of what hath happened in these Northern parts of Ireland since my coming over; wherein I shall endeavour, not willingly to vary from the truth in the least circumstance, that you may believe what I writ without doubting, and may report it without blushing.  
On Thursday the 28. of April 1600. of the Scottish Army, 500 of the Lord Viscount Conwayes Regiment, 500 of Colonel Chichesters, 400. of the Lord of the Ardees Forces, and 400. of the Lord Clandeboyes, 3. Troops of Armed Horse, the Lord Conwayes, Colonel Chichesters, and the Lord Cromwell's, and part of the Lord grandison's, together with some 4 or 5. Troops of light Horse, all these Forces met together, and encamped at a place called Drum-Boe, near Belfast, in the County of Antrem; Sir John Clatworty promised to come with 400. men, but he could not get so many men to m●ke his Regiment complete, all these Troops made some 300. Horse.  
On Friday the 29. of April, this Army marched onwards all together towards the Nury, and when they came a little beyond Lisn●garney, they descried a party of the Rebel's Horse, which shown them at the edge of the Woods of Kilwarlin, upon which our Horse made directly towards them over the fields, the foot marched along the high way; when our Horse came within twice Musket shot of them they made a stand, in the mean time the foot marching along the high way, perceived a party of the Rebels in a Fort which they had made at the entrance of Kilwarlin woods, which it seems they bade made, thinking thereby to block up the way; this Fort played upon our Foot with their Muskets. Colonel Chichesters' Regiment being then in the Front he drew out certain companies, and made them to give fire by ranks upon the Fort, they remained this Skirmishing until our Horse with much difficulty in regard of the ways which were blocked up with Trees came into the woods another way, and got betwixt the Fort and the wood, the Rebels seeing the Horse come behind them fled, our horse being divided into several parties went several ways pursuing of them, one party of our Horse some 40. met with some 400. of them, and fought with them, put them to flight, and killed some 30. of them, the rest of our Horse chased them in the woods as fare as they were able to follow them for Thickets and Bogs, some of them would attempt to give fire at the Horse standing behind Trees and Bushes, but as soon as they but offered to make towards them, they durst not stand, but run away after the Horse had chased them a pretty while, this way a company of the Scottish Soldiers came into them, Lieutenant Dullen who is Lieutenant to Colonel Chichesters' Troops spoke to those Musketeres to follow the Rogues which were running in the woods where the troops could not follow them, the most of them would not go, I will not say durst not, they pretended they wanted powder; But afterwards before our faces they shot at least 40. shots at Randum in the woods; at this Shirmish there were in all killed and taken prisoners some 80. of the Rebels, we lost but one man, who was one of Colonel Hills Light Horse men, and one of the Lord Cromwell's Troops had his Horse killed under him, and some two Light Horse men were slightly wounded; this night the Army encamped in the middle of the woods of Kilwarlin, which is held to be the place of their strongest hold, yet the Rebels had not so much Gallantry in them as to give us an Alarm.  
The next day being Saturday the 30. of April the Army marched onward in their way to the Nury, through Drommore, which is so consumed with fire, and ruinated, that there was not a house left standing except the Church. This night we encamped at a place 〈…〉 eight miles of the Nury called Logh Brickland in the middle of this Logh there is an Land in which were some of the Rebels, with divers English and Scots which were prisoners with them there, and a great deal of provision, there was a house upon this Island, upon which one of our field pieces played, and we shot at them with Muskets; sometimes they would shoot again, but hurt none of our men; there came a Bullet through Colonel Chichesters' hare as he stood amongst his Soldiers, but hurt him not: All that our Army could do could not make them yield, for our shot could not come to hurt them in regard that they had digged a Cave under ground where they did remain; so as that it was impossible to hurt them with shot, as to shoot down the Island, this night there was a strict watch set round about the Island lest the Rogues should steal away by night, the next morning being Sunday the first of May, the Boat which belonged unto the Logh being ignorantly left a float by the Rebels by the side of the Island, it became the only means of their ruin, for six Hilanders undertook to swim for the Boat to fetch it over, whilst they were swimming, our Army played so hard upon the Island with Musket shot, that not a Rebel durst peep out of the Cave: Of these six Hilanders, two returned not being able to swim over, two striving beyond their strength were drowned, and only two got over, who swimming with their Swords in their hands cut the Boat lose, and brought it over, which was manned with Musketeres, which took the Island, released the prisoners, and cut off the Rebels.  
After this was done, the Army marched on to the Nury, the Horse rid fast before, and when they came within sight of the town they pursued the Rogues flying out of the town, and running as fast as their nimble feet could carry them away; upon this a Troop of Light Horse were sent out, which were under the command of Captain Windsor, and cut off about 100 of the Rogues as they fled, the rest of the Troops drew near unto the town, and making a stand on a little hill about a quarter of a mile from the town, one Master Reading came riding out of the town to them, who had been prisoner with them ever since the beginning of this Rebellion, and he brought us word that the Rogues were all fled out of the town except some of the ancient town dwellers, and that they willingly yielded the town, but that the Castle stood out still, in which were divers prisoners of the English, among the rest Sir- Edward Trevers, Sir Chales Poynes and his son came out to meet us who were taken prisoners at the first surpisall of the Nury. Colonel Chrichesters' Troop drew nearer the town and stood close by the Church, within Musket shot of the Castle until the foot came up, which was for the space of two hours, when the general Major came, they sent away the Troops to quarter, half a mile out of the town, and set a strict centrey at the town's end that none should come in but those whom he permitted; what was gotten the Horse got no share of, although they best deserved it, the Lord Maginneses' Lady was now in the Nury.  
The next d●y being Monday the General Major Mount Roe, and the Lord Conway, and Colonel Chichester resolved to come to a parley with the Castle, not that they held it any difficulty to take it, but in regard of those prisoners which they had within the Castle, lest if they had f●llen upon it in the severest way, the Innocent had been destroyed with the Guilty. This made the Rogues to stand upon their terms, and to refuse many gracious proffers of mercy, and kept them all this day in dispense, refusing to yield, the next day being Tuesday the third of May, General Mount Roe sent word unto the Captain of the Castle, that notwithstanding the prisoners he had of ours with him, if he would not yield, since there was no remedy, he would blow up the Castle, the Captain of the Castle returned him answer, that if he blew him up, we would be forced to borrow some of his powder; this peremptory answer made all to be prepared for to set upon the Castle, at last when the Captain of the Castle saw that they were like to go to it in good earnest, he yielded upon quarter for himself and some more. After this Castle was surrendered, they found but half a Barrel of Powder, 60. Muskets, and of them not above a dozen fixed; they had two murderers which they put out only to make a show, which were found without Chambers, and so foul and rusty that none of them durst h●ve shot them off; such little proof is commonly in great brags when they come to the trial, what other things of worth were found in the Castle were altogether concealed from the English, except some who had great friends.  
On Monday the fift of May ten out of every Troop were sent to Dundalke to the English Army, the next day Sir Henry Titchborne came along with them to the Nury with a guard of three Troops of Horse, and stayed some three hours at the Nury and returned.  
The common Soldiers without direction from the General Major took some 18. of the Irish women of the town, and stripped them naked, and threw them into the River, and drowned them, shooting some in the water; more had suffered so but that some of the common Soldiers were made examples on and punished.  
On Thursday the 6. of May, the Lord Conwayes Troop, Colonel Chichesters, and the Lord Cromwel's with part of the Lord grandison's, went out towards Armagh, and by the way they saw above a thousand of the Rebels which stood in a Bog, but durst not stir out to inco unter with our Troops nor the Troops could not come at them for the Bog, although they fame would have charged them, therefore they returned bacl to the Nury, thinking to fall upon them the next morning, and bring some foot with them, but they heard the next day that they were fled, and that Sir Philem O. Neale was among them. Some of the prisoners that made an escape from them, reported that Armagh is burnt, and that the Rogues are fled from thence towards Chalimount.  
On Friday being the sixth of May those of the Rebels that were in the Castle which had not Quarter, and divers of the ill affected Irish in the town were shot to death on the bridge, some three score or more; there was a great Iron Battering piece taken in the Nury which was left on an old Turret in the town, thrown off the Carriages, which I forgot to name before.  
On Saturday, the seventh of May, they provided to March back again, leaving behind in Garrison at the Nury about 300. men well armed, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Sinkcleare, promising to send him some 500 more from Carrickfergus, with all the speed possibly could be made, being some of the rest of Lieutenant Colonel Sinckcleares Regiment, which came over since the Army went abroad; General Major Mount Roe left private direction (as I heard) with Lieutenant Colonel Sinkcleare to banish all the Irish out of the town, as soon as he was gone.  
The Army marched home through Maginneses, and Mr. Cartons Country, and marched in three Divisions, burning all the houses and corn before them, and brought away the spoil of the country before them, and cattle in great abundance, there was much goods left behind, and provision which they could neither destroy nor carry away, being hid underground in the backside of every house, the division that Colonel Chichester commanded, burnt Mr. Cartons, and Ever Maginneses own dwelling houses. Sunday at night was such stormy wether, that some thirty of the soldiers and others which followed the camp perished with mere cold; and no wonder, for it killed some fifteen horses which were found dead the next morning: Colonel Chichesters' troop marching a pretty space before the Army, took divers prisoners, and killed divers of the Rebels upon their March.  
On Tuesday the 10. of May, the Army met together and encamped in the middle of Mr. Cartons woods, when they came altogether, there were at least 800. baggage horses (as they call them) load on with the spoil of the Country, and I think I speak within compass if I say 3000. Cows; but by the way as they came this day through the thickees of Mr. Cartons Woods, the Lord Conwayes troop, Colonel Hills, and Captain Matthewes, and some other troops of Light-horse; the Rogues shot at them from behind trees, and killed the Lieutenant to the Lord Conwayes troop, Lieutenant Fisher's Led-horse, and him that led him, and got in betwixt the troops and the Baggage horses, and cut off some of the men that went along with these horses, and had cut off more, but that Captain Trevers rid bacl again with some of his troop, and relieved them.  
On Wednesday, the Army marched through the rest of Mr. Cartons woods with all the aforesaid load on horses and cows, marching all together, but spreading the foot abroad in the woods, to burn the Cabins which were built there, and to clear the woods before them: They found no opposition this day, at night they encamped at Drumboe.  
The next day when the Cows were to be divided, many of them were stolen away into the Ardees, and Clandeboyes the last night, and the goods so sneaked away by the Scots, that the English troops got just nothing, and the English foot very little, which gave them too just a cause to mutiny, in so much as I think it will be hard to get them out to march with the Scots again, who will have both the credit and profit of whatsoever is done or had.  
In the absence of the Army, there were six score Musketeres lef to Garrison at Malone, which was set upon by the Irish, and th● most of it burned; these valiant Scots set to keep the town, when ie was set upon, fled, and did not so much as face the Rebels, some 800. of the Scots which lay in the Trench some six mile of Carrickfergus, in the absence of the aforesaid Army, went out to plunder, and being set upon by some horse, and foot of the Rebels, not much above their number, I will not say fled from them, but retreated so fast, as that they were forced to blow up a barrel of powder they had with them, and blew up some eight of their men with it, and as I hear credibly, lost above a hundred Arms, they carry the matter very privately here, but this is truth. The Earl of Antrem is now at Glanarme, a place twelve miles off Carrickfergus, and would feign be received into this town: what General Mount Roe, and the Lord Conway will do in it, I know not; General Lasly will be over here within this week, as he hath sent word unto General Major Mount Roe. I have no more to write, but desire to remain,  
Carrickfergus this 30. of May, 1642. Your Humble servant to Command, Roger Pike.  
FINIS.