GOD'S VENGEANCE Upon the Rebels in IRELAND:  
BEING A true Relation how upon the 7, day of December they slew Two and twenty of the Protestant Shepherds, and drove away the greatest part of their Cattles.  
also how upon the 8. day of December, the Rebels having made themselves drunk, afterward each man slew his friend, to the number of three thousand, it being the Birthday of the Great Lord Don Makertodough, chief Rebel in Ireland.  
●●kewise how the protestants ceased upon their Cattles, and other spoil, to the great overthrow of all the Rebels in Ireland.  
●●nt in a Lettet from Colonel Rouse to Sir john Samson, Knight and Baronet, Decemb. 14. 1641.  
London, Printed for William Bowden, 1641.   


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GOD'S REVENGE Upon the Rebel's IN IRELAND,  
December the 8. 1641.  
IEhovah, the Almighty, the Alpha and Omega is known to be a God of mercy, as well as judgement: many times doth he suffer his Children to be afflicted, and to groan unper the yoke of their enemies, as he did the Israelites, but at length sent he a Moses to deliver them, and to the terror of the Egyptians broke their bonds in sunder, drowning Pharaoh and his Host in the red Sea.  
David having offended in the matter of Vriah, God sent the Prophet Nathan to bid him take his choice of three things, either of the Lword, Pestilence, or Famint: now David very wisely made this answer, that it was better to fall in the hauds of God than man; for with God there is mercy, with men none: wherefore God sent the pestilence, which destroyed many thousands, but yet in the abundance of his tender mercy, at length he bid the Angel to put up his sword, saying it is enough.  
God in the time of Queen Mary suffered the protestants to be bloodily persecuted: insomuch as they might have cried out, See and consider, good God, how for thy sake, we are dilled all the day long; nay her own sister endured unpartial prisonment, but yet it pleased God of his infinite goodness at length, to redeem that miracle of piety, Queen Elizabeth: for so she was happily afterwards brought from captivity; and the Gospel had its free passage, by the death of Qu. Mary.  
Also in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth did God suffer the Spaniards to mahe an invasion: but yet out of his mercy did cut them off before they could bring to effect their intended bloody Designs.  
In the time of King james, God suffered the Papists to plot and invent the destruction of the Blood royal, Noble and Common, but yet revealed their mischievous purpose before the fatal blow.  
Now in the Reign of our religious King Charles, god hath suffered many to do what mischief they could possibly invent, but yet that which they were so long time hatching, the final destruction of our souls I mean, god gave them not strength to bring forth.  
How of late have the Papists in Ireland insulted over protestants, insulted said I, that word is not able to express their villainy, and Tragical Actions, as is too well already known amongst us.  
But yet that we may know, that God hath not forgot his servants in Ireland: mark the Relation, mark the just Judgement, which God upon the 8. of December poured upon the heads of the rebellious papists.  
Upon the 7. day of the same month, the rebels slew 22. shepherds belonging to the proteantsts and drove away their Cattles into the woods, where the rest of the rebels kept their abode: there did they slay the greater part of the cattles, which they had violently the day before taken away, and cut down very much of the wood to roast the aforesaid meat.  
In the mean while it being the birthday of that great rebel Don Makertodough, having barrels of wine and beer, they betook themselves to drunkning very profanely, as to the confusion of all protestants, and the like.  
Until that they drunk themselves to such a pass, as that they were void of reason, and had lost their senses: insomuch that each men quarrel'ed with his companion, and quarrelling, fought, each running of his sword into his companions breast, each starting, as being amazed, not knowing from whence their wounds came, some cried out, we are undone, the Heretics have entrenched us round, others cursed most bitterly, but no man being able to fight, would not forbear killing of his aext man: which grew to such a bloody skirmish, that there fell that day above three thousand Rebels, slain by one another.  
The Protestants hearing of it, adjoining to those parts, came and ceased upon the meat, which was ready dressed unto their hands.  
The living Cattles they drove away, and took that spoil which was left by the Rebels, which there lay slain.  
Thus hath God, thus doth God, and so will God, at all times revenge the cause of his Servants, although not on the sudden, yet when it shall seem good in his own sight, and when we stand in most need of his aid,   

A true Relation of that bloody skirmish, fought betwixt the Lord Moor and Sir Hugh Oneale.  
Upon the 13 day of Decemb. 1641. the rebels having Intelligence that my L. Moore intented to bring in provision for the protestants in Belturbit, they therefore gathered their forces together, Oneale being their chief Commander: about two miles from the aforesaid city, they saluted each other, not with friendly words but with fiery bullets, the rebels being in number 9000. the protestants but 4000 but the Lord Moor behaved himself so valiantly, that he disordered their troops, and took prisoner Sir Hugh Oneale, and slew 300. of his men, of the protestants side were slain 100 This fight lasted for the space of two hours, to the great disheartening of the rebels.   
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