A LETTER From an Officer of quality of the Parliaments ARMY in Munster, to an Honourable Member of the House of Commons.  
Wherein is shewed the late further great Victories God hath given to the LORD INCHIQVIN against the Rebells in that Province.  
London, Printed by T. pain, August 26. 1647.   

A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER of quality of the Parliaments Army in Munster, to an honurable Member of the House of Commons.  
SIR,  
YOur constant friendship engages me to give you some account of our proceedings of late in this Province, we have kept the field ever since midsummer, in pursuit of the Rebells, and not being able to draw them to an encounter, which my Lord Prsident designed, we took divers Castles in the County of Lymrick, and his Lordship placed competent Wards in two of them, viz. Ballingarry and Castlematras, and destroyed the rest  
soon after this, his Lordship withdrew into the County of cork, in expectation to engage the Rebells Army before them, which happened accordingly, for that the Rebells laid siege to Ballingary Whereupon my Lord President marchcd with all possible speed to the relief of the place, but he that had the command of the Castle gave it up upon a summons, within the time prefixed by my Lord, by his letter for his relief, being no way necessitated thereunto, for which he is now in question. Being disappointed of our engagement expected with the Army of the Rebels, the L. President marched towards those parts where he was most like to find them. He first met with an entire company commanded by Capt. Den, of whom he slay 23. and took the captain, lieutenant, ensign, and 27. common Soldiers Prisoners, with 80. ●oare arms.  
From hence his Lordship ordered his march towards the Rebells, near the River of Shanon, upon the River of Moylkerne, 4. or 5. miles above Lymrick, where with 1300. Horse, and 2000. foot, expecting the rest of their Army, the Rebells intended to secure themselves from fighting with us, until they could get an advantage, that Country being a very fast Country by reason of great Rivers, Woods and, Bogs.  
After 3. houres dispute we gained the pass with Gods assistance, on the third day of this month, and having beaten of and routed their forces, pursued them as far as we could, killed 100. upon the place, wounded many, whereof some are since dead, took 200. serviceable Horses, their Riders forsaking them, and killed and wounded many others, who at the first pressed hard upon our foot, here we got 200. C●wes about the Lord Bourck of Castleconels, and Sir Edmond Walshes. That night we marched to New Castle, a Garrison of the Rebells, within half a mile of the City of Lymrick, which was surrendered upon summons, and quarter only for their lives, upon relation of the defeat given to their Army. And here we restend the remainder of that night, Some of our troops pursued the Rebells over the River of Shanon,( which is very seldom passable thereabouts) into the County of clear or Thomond,, whither most of the Cattle about Lymrick( on this side) were driven over Lymerick bridge. The Lord President secured the sick and wounded Soldiers, with the baggage & carriages with a good guard at another Castle lately taken in, and marched with the Army homeward 2, or 3. miles, and in the evening faced about and commanded a party of 600. musketeers, and as many Horse to march away and pass the River, and drew up the rest of the Army presently after to secure them, against any attempt.  
The party that got over were disposed into several divisions and commanded several ways under those Officers that best knew the Country, avant matthew Considen commanded one division towards Killallow, and having taken a prisoner in his march, he( to save his life) discovreed where some Officers of quality were, upon the Lord Presidents Land called Bryens Bridge in Thomond, 6 miles from Lymrick whereupon he desisted from seeking after his prey, and early in the morning surrounded the place where they were, some of the Officers made shift to get on horse back, but finding no possibility of escaping, submitted themselves; Among those Officers was a brother of the Lord Presidents, a avant colonel of horse who being in France at the beginning of the Rebellion, was thence inveigl'd by the Rebells for their assistance; and his Lordship desires to sand him to the Parliament, the rest of the party gained a prey of 8000 head of cattle and at least 5000 sheep( the most part of them upon the Lands belonging to Briens bridge,) with good plunder. The sheep could not pass the River, and many of the cattle by reason of the Woods thereabout, and their wildness by the loss of their Calves got away, but our Soldiers feasted themselves thereabouts, and brought away to our Garrisons near two thousand head of cattle, which is a great relief unto them, our unexpected getting over the Shannon strook such a terror into the Rebels of Thomond, that they burnt the earl of Thomonds Castle of Bun●atty, which they had garrisoned.  
The Lord President with the Army is now returned for a few dayes to refresh the Soldiers, who are generally barefoot and extreme naked, and he intends to march presently out again towards the County of Tipperary, and the borders of Lemster, whereof Col. jones hath the command, which is conceived to be of much more advantage to the service then any other course, as well in spoiling the enemies quarters, as in diverting Prestons forces, which we hear are very strong in those parts towards Dublin.  
In this six weeckes abiding in the field, the Soldiers had but six pound of bisquet and one pound of cheese for every Soldier that marched, but have made shift to live on what could be got in the Rebells quarters, where what we could not save, the Lo: President caused to bee burned, with many good Castles and all houses generally;( especially for some miles about the City Lymeruk) to their great loss and damage, computed by us at 80000 pound at the least, whereby they are much disabled from raising and supporting an Army, which they can very hardly make, unless they can procure own row neal to come to their assistance, which they give out they have obtained, supposeing Preston will be able to answer all occasions in Lemster and ulster, and the Conaught Rebells to defend themselves, they are to have a consultation shortly at Cashell( as we hear) about this affair, which my Lord president is resolved to use all diligence to interrupt, In the mean time the forces in the Garrisons of Dungarvon, and Cappaquin with Lismore & Tallow which we gained in May last have marched under Leiv. Col. michael Byrne into Butlers Country in Typerary by order of the Lord President to make a diversion, and taken the Lord of Cahers Castle called Grace Castle; stormed it, put the rogues to the sword & got a good prey of 1800 head of cattle and Garrans or Horses with some store of sheep and though many of them were lost and Embeziled, they brought home the most part of them to their garrisons with some good plunder, I cannot omit to acquaint you, in the County of Lymrick, we stormed & burned the abbey of Adare held by the Rebells where four friers were burned and three taken Prisoners, and also the Garrison of Owney belonging to the heires of Sr. Edmond welsh, with a Castle belonging to one Mr. Fox where all that were within suffered death, save Fox himself, who was let down by a rope from the Battlements who is kept prisoner, and one desperate Rogue who leaped from the battlements,( which few would have attempted) hoping to make an escape, but was Knocked on the head by our Soldiers: Thus God hath blessed us exceedingly in the field service, and had my Lord some more foot, with some money to encourage the Soldiers, and carriages which are extremely wanting, and clothes and shoes, for the Souldiers, who are many of them almost naked, he would doubtless give the Parliament an account of this province beyond their expectation before this Winter pass, no man can do more then he doth, with the means he has, should he take any great and considerable Towns, it will requre so many men to Garis●● them, that our forces remaining, would not be, sufficient to keep us masters of the field, & they are such and so built, and lying on such Rivers that they ought to be kept when they are taken for the good of the service; and cannot easily be demolished, if we would, and therefore we hope God will put it into the hearts of the parliament, to sand over some necessary supplies speedily to encourage us to proceed in the fin●shing of their work here, which no man can with more valour vigilance and fidelity intend, nor with more satisfaction to the whole Army then the Lord President doth who it hath pleased the Lord to make a happy instrument in this service. I crave your pardon for being thus prolix, and yet I have many things to acquaint you with, that all true English men that are lovers of their Country cannot be but well satisfied to hear seeing God works so graciously for them, against these barbarous Rebells even when they can least attend it.  
Dated at Cork the 12. of August 1647. Prisoners taken. 

lieutenant Col. Christopher Bryen.  
Adiutant general Mac. Grath.  
Captain Bryen, Mac. Bryen Arra his son.  
lieutenant Tirrelagh Bryen.  
Captain halberd.  
Captain Fox.  
lieutenant colonel o Callaghan.  
lieutenant Bourke.  
captain Mac. Grath taken but dyed of his Wounds.  
lief. Col. Ryan slain and divers others of quality whose number or names are not yet known.    
Amongst the rest I may not omit the Lord of Muskerys page., who was taken with his Lords cloak in the pursuit.  
FINIS.