A TRUE RELATION OF Certain News from the West of IRELAND.  
CONTAINING, 

1 The Treasonable intents of the Irish Rebels, to Crown Sir Philome Oneale King of Ireland. And how his Crown is taken and carried to the Parliament, this 9 of june.  
2 The taking and demolishing of the Lord Barramoore's house, called Castle Lion, by the three arch Rebels the Lord Roach, the Lord Musgrave, and Mac: Donah.  
3 An Alarm given at the walls at Bandonbridge, by Macharta the, and 10000 Rebels, how they were repulsed, what numbers were slain and what pillage was taken. With other remarkable things.    
Sent in a Letter by Sir Robert Trevers, from Bandonbridge, the third of june 1642, to Lieutenant james Finch, in London.  
LONDON, Printed for Henry Marsh, 1642.   

A True Relation of certain News from the West of Ireland.  
Worthy Sir,  
We are here in dryly troubles, and housely fears; the strength and numbers of the Rebels daily incresing, who are mightily encouraged by the dissensions which is amongst you in England; and contrariwise, it doth much dishearten us: for your dissensions are our ruins, and your intestine broils will be the utter loss of this State and Kingdom. No question it is for our sins that God doth thus afflict us, and in his good time he will also release us from this miserable calamity. We wonder we have no supplies from England, which were expected here, a great while since, but whilst we look for aid (for any thing I can see) this Kingdom will be irrecoverably lost; for we wan● men, money, and in some sort victuals, which God hath hitherto provided for us; the Rebels are grown so insolent now, that they dare boldly vent the rancour of their hearts, which they have hitherto concealed: Their intents are absolutely to throw off the English Government, and do intent to Crown a King of their own (as it is commonly talked here) and they are not afraid to name him, which is Sir Philome Oneale; he is that Perkin Warbeck that must wear the Royal Diadem of this Kingdom, and King CHARLES shall be quite rejected, and all Protestants quite expelled out of Ireland: But we hope that High and Honourable Court of Parliament are sensible of that deluge of blood that hath been shed, from the sides of miserable Protestants: and will hasten the aides and succours which they intent for us. I hope the King hath so many Friends and loyal Subjects in England and other places, that they will not suffer so fair a jewel to be ravished from His Regal Crown, to the King's great loss and dishonour of His other Kingdoms.  
The Rebels are mightily animated and encouraged by Letters, Bulls and Messages from the Pope, and that Baalitica Conclave of Cardinals at Rome, who doth daily exasperate the over desperate minds of these bloody minded Rebels, who do absolutely believe that now they shall shake off the English yoke (as they term it) and recover their long lost Freedom; but God I trust will prevent their wicked Counsels, and bring them and those wicked Ahitophels' their Counselors, to the end that Ahitophel had for his treason, for counselling against his anointed Sovereign.  
Macharta the keeps his Rendezvous at Timilage, six or seven miles from us, but by the care and watchfulness of the Lords of Kenelmeke and Droughull, he hath often times retreated with loss of men and Munition, and yet he seizeth not to sally out against us in Bandonbridge, which is all the Towns that hold firm for the English, betwixt it and Cork. Castle Lion, one of my Lo●y Barramoore's manor house's, being new built, and a stately house, about the 16 or 17 〈◊〉 this instant May, was assaulted by the Lord Roach, the Lord Musgrave, and Mac. Donah, who took it, and my Lord Barramoore in it, who was not able to defend it, they made pillage of all that was in the house, and then beat it down, utterly ruinating and burning all the materials of the same, not leaving any thing that was good for aught; the Rebels swore and vowed to kill him, unless he would turn to them (which they do ordinarily to every one they take) but he absolutely bearing the same, these three archrebels consulted what they should do, and concluded not to kill him, but taking every thing that was worth their carrying away, they left his Lordship with only one horse, on which he rod to his Father the Earl of Cork.  
The 24 of this May, there was an Alarm given at the walls in the night, by Macharta the, and some 10000 men, but to their shame and our comfort, we had of them a happy victory; for the Soldiers in the Town, being ready upon all occasions (as knowing the Rebels had some design in hand) was not slow in receiving them, but issued out against them (it being the dawn of the day) and gave them battle; and the courage and forwardness of our men, being so great, that there was no need to provoke them on (as knowing that they had made them fly when they were a far greater number) they routed them, and killed them a pace: and those miserable men, being most 〈◊〉 them unarmed, and having bu● small store of powder, which is the heart of war, and being still terrified with the last bickering th●y had with the English, they fell to an absolute flight, which is still their use, for they will not stand a battle: My Lord of Kenelmeke was come to Bandonbridge the day before with 500 men, and the Town Soldiers were 2000, beside the Inhabitants, so that the enemies were almost four for one, yet by the help of God there were slain of the Rebels 250 men, and we lost but seven men in all, one of which the Rebels (notwithstanding their flight) hurried away with them to Time-lage, where they put him to tortures, thinking to make him confess the strength of the Town, but when they could not make him confess, they hanged him. We took in this bickering 140 Musket's, 100 Pikes, Swords, Skeen●s, and Pistols a great many, three Colours, some provision of Victuals and Powder, but not much: besides the native Rebels here, who in great multitudes are assembled against His Majesty, and His people; they have hope daily of aid from the Pope, or some Prince whom the Pope can persuade to aid them in this Catholic Cause, for the Pope hath promised to aid them by any means tha●●●e can; but we hope that God will disappoint his Counsels, and bring his intentions to naught, and bring them and th● Authors of his m●schiefe to confusion, to whom be praise and glory now and for ever.  
You Father in Law (since my last Letter) is sick, but we hope of his sudden recovery; Your wife and children are all in good health, God be praised, Your brother in Law is gone to Dublin, and we have not heard from him since he went, but do daily expect to hear from him. We look for your return daily, with a supply of men and money, which if it be a while neglected, the lives of 100000 men will not recover that which their negligence will lose. So trusting that God will strike our brethren's hearts in England, with a feeling of our misery, not knowing how soon the same may be theirs, if not in time prevented by the hearing of this Kingdom. I commit you to God's protection, and rest.  
Your ever loving friend, Robert Trevers.