BLOODY NEWS FROM IRELAND, OR The barbarous Cruelty BY the Papists used in that KINGDOM.  
By putting men to the sword, deflowering Women, and dragging them up and down the Streets, and cruelly murdering them, and thrusting their Speeres through their little Infants before their eyes, and carrying them up and down on Pike-points, in great reproach, and hanging men's quarters on their Gates in the Street, at Armagh, Logall, at the Fort of Lease, and divers other Places in Ireland.  
As also, the Bloody Acts of Lord Mack-queere their Ringleader, and Cousin to that Arch-rebel Mack-queere General to Tyron, in the time of Queen Elizabeth of never dying memory.  
Related by James Salmon lately come from thence, who hath lived there with his wife and children, these 10 years last passed, and now to escape the Bloodthirsty Rebels, made an escape away by night, who is here resident in this City, Decemb. the 1. 1641.  
London, Printed for Mark Rookes, and are to be sold in Grubstreet, ne●●e to the Flying Horse, 1641.   


FIrst, the reason of the unprovidedness of the Protestants in Ireland, to defend themselves against the Rebels.  
THe Lord Deputy Wentworth (in his life-time) disarmed the subjects there. There was a Proclamation set forth by him at the Parliament in Ireland: that neither English nor Irish, should either sell or keep in their houses any powder, upon the loss of goods and life; neither any Arms whatsoever: save only what was allowed, and to be had with leave from the King's Storehouse in Dublin, pretending thereby to keep the Natives under, and to prevent such mischiefs as might arise, if they were not thus kerbed, and kept down.  
By this means, the Protestants could not have any provision for defence; for powder they could not have, without danger of life, and goods as aforesaid: only except they could procure a Licence from Sir john Burlacie, and after great friends and trouble, they could have but 5 pound of powder at the most, and that at two shillings a pound. So that whereas the English formerly had Arms, shot and powder, to defend their houses, lives, and estates: now it being taken from them, and they left naked, it proves thus the ruin of the poor Protestants there.   

2 The cause of their sudden rising.  
The cause or their sudden rising, as it is supposed by the English inhabited in Ireland, was by their taking exception at a Petition drawn by some reverend Ministers in Ireland, presented to the Parliament in England, to this effect.  
That in every parish where there is a protestant Minister, there is likewise a popish priest, which is very true, and more than that, there is also in every parish a Friar, a Monk, and an Abbot: besides, with many more in several Abbeys, do resign three or fourscore in a Friar's house.  
Also, in every Diocese whereas the King hath a Bishop, so hath the pope also another: which hath caused this lamentable effect there, that whatsoever the King doth command, the popish Clergy do forbid, the consideration whereof made a worthy judge there, not long since to say (judge Cresey by name) this is quoth he a miserable case, desiring the Gentlemen of the Gran-jury to present that grievance.  
It is also reported in Ireland, that there is fifty two thousand pounds a year, that goeth out of Ireland to the Pope: that is 1000-l. a week, a great sum of money, and of dangerous consequence.   

3 The first rising of the Rebels.  
The first rising was in the County of Farmanar, the Lord Maquare being the chief Agent in their Rebellion, who lived about 13 miles from Beltur bitten Northward, toward Eniskillen, which Lord Maquare is since taken, and now prisoner in the Castle at Dublin, he is of the blood of that great Traitor, Maquere the General of Terhones Army, that great Rebel to Queen Elizabeth.  
The first morning which was of their rising, was suspected from the words of one Daniel Caton of Mountragh, which was to this effect: that the times were better when the strongest men had most, and that he (being a great Irish papist) did hope to see it so again ere long: whereupon he was examined by Mr. Vlmstid, Minister of the said Mountragh, and Justice of peace for the County, and by him committed to prison, till the next Sizes: at which time he was censured to stand in the pillory, which he did at the Fortilesse in the Market place, which he would not confess any thing: only what was gathered upon comectures.  
Another, one Dono Glay was hanged, drawn, and quartered, at Bandon bridge, for saying that the Crown of Ireland was too good for the King of England, or to that effect.  
And now have the Rebels camped themselves, rising in rebellion, to do what they can to ruin the Protestants in that Kingdom.  
They rose in the night, and marched towards Belturbit with a running Camp, which Town they took and also the L●die But●ers Castle, where she and her child en were; but (by the providence of God) made an escape, and got away. Mr. Rhodes the Minister with some other also m●de an escape, and fled into a wood near the said Castle and there hid themselves, and the rest of the English remaining in the town, were forced to yield it up to the Rebels.  
Others of the Rebels marched to Armagh the same night: for they are a running Camp scattered up and (own the Country, which Town they prefently took, and burned the same night also, which was a Town full of rich Merchants, both English and Scottish, whom they murdered in a most cruel and bloody manner, with their wives and children: first deflowering many of the women, then cruelly murdering them, and pulling them about the street by the hair of the head, and dashing their children's brains out against the posts and stones in the street, and tossing their children upon their pikes, and so running with them from place to place, saying, that those were the pigs of the English soves. In like manner have they dealt with the Inhabitants at Logall, a town five mile from the said Armagh, an English Plantation.   

4 The continuance of the Rebel's cruelty.  
The Bishop of Kildare is in great danger, against whom they threaten with great words, that they will make him, and all the rest of the puritan Dogs (as they call them) to leave railing against their holy Father the Pope in their pulpits, as they do.  
This running Camp of Rebels do scatter themselves up and down the Country, murdering the English in great cruelty: not only the Protestants, but even the very papists also in many places. In which rage & cruelty of theirs, when they have most bloodily slain divers good Protestants of worth, they have hanged them up upon the Gates in great disdain, and driving others out of their estates, which is the least injury they use to any where they come.   

5. The cruel usage of Mr. John Treadwell, at Kildmurrey.  
There came some of the Rebels to the house of one Mr. Treadwill of Kildmurrey in the night, who broke in violently unto him, and would have killed all that were in the house, but that one of their own company called Bryan of Demshie, a base son to the Earl of Claumelero, that he had by his own daughter, by whose persuasion, the rest of the rebels were persuaded not to kill them, but yet they were very cruel to him; for they took him, and stripped him naked, and bound his hands behind him, & so set him upon a little narrow bridge, or rather a post cross a brook, where they left him; till it pleased God he was afterwards relieved: and it pleased God, that some of them were taken, and Bryan of Demshie is now in prison at the Fortinesse.  
But Mr. Treadwell was feign to remove to Dublin, who dare not adventure to live in Kildmurrey during this their rebellion, which God in his good time grant to cease.    
FINIS.