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// THE
Irifh Rebellion:
OR, AN
HI S TORY
Of the Beginnings and firft
Progrefs of the General Rebellion
raited within the Kingdom of I r e l a n d ,
upon the three & twentieth day of
in the Year 1641.
TOG ETHER
With the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody
Mailacres which enfued thereupon.
By Sr J o h n Temple K1,
Mailer of the RolJes, and one of his Majeilies
moft honourable Privy Council within the
Kingdom of Ireland.
LONDON,
Printed by R. White for Samuel Gellibrand,
at the Brafen Serpent in 'Pauls Church-yard, 1679.
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THE
PREFACE
TO THE
READER.
Have here adventured to prefent unto pub-
lick view, the beginnings and firft progrefs of
the Rebellion lately raifed within this King¬
dom of Ireland. And although I cannot but
take notice of fuch a multitude of imperfedli-
ons in my felf, as render me very unfit for the
performance of this fervice: As alfo, that I fliall thereby
raife up much malice, and private difpleafure, as well againft
my perfon, as my undertakings herein: Yet fuch is my zeal
and mofl earnefl: defire to appear in this caufe, as being now
laidafide, and for the prefent difabled in any other way to be
further ufeful to this unhappy Kingdom, I refolved to deny
my felf, and wholly departing from my own interefts, to im-
ploy my weak endeavours, in fetting down the fad ftory of
our miferies. I might peradventure with much more advan¬
tage to my own particular have looked back (as far wifer men
have done in their troubles} and palled my time in foreign
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collections, or penning fome ftory of times long fincepaft,
where the chief ACtors are at red:, and their unquiet fpirits lb
furely laid, as they are not to be moved with the fhapeft
charge that can be laid on their memories: Nulli gravis
eft percnjfus Achilles. Moftmen are great lovers of themfelves,
and fuch conftant admirers of their own aCtions, as they think
they do well to be angry at any thing that shall (though
never fo truly) be reported to their diladvantage. Theycon-
fider not their own natural imbecillities, their paflions, de-
(tempers, or ill affedtions which lead them on toadvifeor adl
things of an ill fame ; but are ready to fly in the faces ofthofe
who fliall even in the faireft characters reprefent or leave any
impreffions of them. Hence it is that the truth of things comes
quite to be overfliadowed with falfe colours, and fo to remain
as it were buried alive, or otherways to appear extreamly dis¬
figured through grofs errours, bafe flattery,or wilful miftakes.
For moftmen that are prefent adventurers in this kind, are
wife enough to apprehend their own danger and thereupon
departing from the common intereft that every other man
hath in their ftory, reflect only upon their own particular, and
fufler themfel ves to be over-awed with the humour of the pre¬
fent times; orfofar tranfported, either with the benefits or
private injuries received from particular perfons, as they
tranfmit very imperfeCt and weaker relations, or otherwise
fill them up with fuch counterfeit ftufF, as pofterity will owe
little to their information.
Monfieur du Fleffis, a perfon of extraordinary abilities and
learning , a great Minifter of State under that glorious King
Henry the 4th. of France, undertook as it appears by a Letter
of his to Monfieur Languet , to write a Story of thofe times
wherein he lived. But I cannot find that he ever fuffered that
work to come to the Prefs* whether by juft apprehenfions dis¬
couraged from publication, or whether it otherwife mifcar-
ried, I cannot fay. But fure I am, in the fame Letter he bitterly
declaims againft the humour of the times , and there plainly
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^ncepft cells us, chat after one hath writ an Hiftory, he dares not ad- dc
venture the publiihing of it. Sinonquil allegepour caufe dun duPieffis,
effetl ce que ria pas efte, comme tine caufe genereufe, au lieu de fil 4f-
i im gray; pamour dlunefemme, & dune querelle de bordeau. Such was
°ithemfchej then the iniquity of thofe times, fo abominable and (hameful,
^astheythinl the true caufes of the imbroilments in that Kingdom, that
] ' (tty thofe wars ("as the Court was then governed) had for the moft
^•Iteycoii part their firft beginnings from fome ill placed affection, or a
XF«» 4 private quarrel in an infamous place. And further fpeaking
todvifeoraf on thisfubjeft, he intimates how dangerous it is to fet forth
'^acesoftto! the aft ions of men in their true colours $ and how bitter and
rawbeat corroding to the confcience of an Hiftorian to difguifeor
ofthgscot make them appear otherwife to the world, then they were in
bfotoraii their firft original.
fMlyl To fpeak truth exaftly is highly commendable in any man,
- itlmiilal efpecially in one that takes upon him to be a publick informer:
t blind,: to raze, to corrupt a Record is a crime of a very high nature,
^thereup and by the laws of the Land moft feverely punifhable. Hifto- cicero de
eiyotbi ties are called Teftes temporum* lux veritatis , vitd memo-°rat
Micutp ride: and certainly he doth offend in an high degree, who fhall
ouroftkf; either negligently fuffer,or wilfully procure them to bring falfe
tetaefc evidence 5 that fhall make them dark Lanthorns to give light
m, 2Mtf but on the one fide, or as Ignesfatuf to caufe the Reader to
jf otW wander from the truth , and vainly to follow falfe fhadows, or
jfjrik: the faftious humour of the writers brain. To be falfe, to de¬
ceive , to ly, even in ordinary difcourfe, are vices commonly
bilit'm branded with much infamy, and held in great deteftation by
r/toffing 2-11 good men. And therefore certainly thofe that arrive at
raletter fuch a height of impudency, as magifterially to take upon
ifetimes them,not only to abufe the prefent,but future ages,muft needs
redthat render themfelves juftly odious. They ftandrefponfiblefor
onsdtf other mens errours,and whereas in all other notorious offend-
mifor- ers » their fin and their life determines at fartheft together the
fytferly fin of thefe men is perpetuated after their deceafe, they fpeak
plainly when they are dead, make falfe infufions into every Age, and
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court every new perfon that fhall many years after caft his
eyes upon their ftory to give belief to their lyes. Therefore
for my own part when I firft undertook this task, 1 took up
with ita refolution moft clearly to declare the truth. I have
call: up my accounts, I have fetupmy reft, and determine
rather to difpleafe any other man then offend my own con¬
fidence. 1 have neither private reflexions, nor foreign ends $
I am now as it were reduced into my firft principles, and
have taken this work upon me, meerly outofpublick confide-
rations. All that I aim at is, that there may remain for the
benefit of this prefent age , as well asofpofterity, fome cer¬
tain Records and Monuments of the firft beginnings and fatal
progrefs of this Rebellion, together with the horrid cruel¬
ties moft unmercifully exercifed by the Irifh Rebels upon
the Br it ifh, and Proteftants within this Kingdom of Ireland\
That when Gods time is come of returning it into the bofoms
.of thofe who have been the firft plotters or prefent AXors
therein, and that Kingdom conies to be re-planted with
Britifh, and fetled in peace again, (which I have even in our
loweft condition,with great confidence attended,and do now
moft undoubtedly believe will ere long be brought topafs)
there may be fuchacourfetaken, fuch provifionsmade, and
fuch a wall of reparation fet up betwixt the lrifh and the
Britifh, as it fhall not be in their power to rife up (as now
and in all former Ages they have done) to deftroy and root
them out in a moment, before they be able to put themfelves
into a pofture of defence, or to gather together to make any
confiderable refiftance againft their bloody attempts.
I fhall not pretend to entertain the Reader with political
Maxims, grave Sentences, or flourifhing Orations : That
which I hope will cover over a multitude of imperfeXions,
is the unqueftionable truth of what I fhall fet down in a plain
and brief narration of all the caufes and proceedings held in
the raifing, as alfo in the firft Counfels and undertalungs for
thefuppreffion ofriiis hideous Rebellion.
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tercaj^ -And that I might in fome meafure compafs my defign
fbef0? herein, and give fatisfa&ion even to themoft curiousinqui-
m Uoob ^ltors a^ter trut^** did with great care and diligence turn over
4 ^ the very Originals or authentical Copies of the voluminous
id Jeternir examinations remaining with the publick Regifter, and taken
nyown cor uPon oat^> by virtue of twofeveralCommiffions ifliiedout
foreign under the Great Seal of this Kingdom, to examine the lodes
1!lclJes of the Britifh^ the cruelties and horrid murders committed
,c^g by the Irifh in the deftruCtion of them. I haveperufed the
'publick difpatches, aCts, and relations, as likewife the private
: I Letters and particular difcoutfes fent by the chief Gentlemen
ce out of feveral parts of the Kingdom, to prefent unto the
Lords Juftices and Council the fad condition of their affairs.
And having been made acquainted with all the mod: fecret
Paflages and Counfels of the State, I have, as far as I could,
I , , without breach of truft, and as the duty of a Privy Coun-
\ .? cellour would admit, communicated fo much of them as I
', ,' conceived neceffary and proper for publick information. And
le" fetting afide the particulars contained within the firft Pages,
leading on by way of introduction to the infuing troubles,
which I have taken up on truft: out of the rnoft approved
Authors both ancient and modern, who have written the
nsmaM fl-ory 0f [reiand> I may confidently avow, that I have been fo
jijhm cur jous jn gathering up my materials, and fo careful in putting
■up (am them together, as very few paflages will be found here infert-
royanta ecj whjch have noc either fallen within the compafs of my
ttlmk own knowledge, or that 1 have not received fro m thofe who
:omatai were chiefly intrufted in matter of aCtion abroad} or that
n came not to my hands attefted under the oaths of credible
Apolitical witnefies, or clearly aflerted in the voluntary confefflons of
is: Ik the Rebels themfelves.
feciions, Every man 1 believe will eafily aflent unto me, that out of
in a plait thefe Fountains we may prefume with moft certainty to
shekU draw truth , and that if we bound our inquiries within
kin^for this circuit,we may well hope to arrive at the true knowledge
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of the main particularpaflages of this late Rebellion. And
therefore though I fhall not obtrude every thing as infal¬
lible, whichbyaftriCtandmoft fevereinquifition 1 have taken
upon the grounds before mentioned (confidering how fub-
jeCt men are through forgetfulnefs and humane imbecillity to
err in the ordinary courfe of their relations) yet thus much
I fuppofe I may confidently fay. that no man could imagine
how to make collections with greater certainty, and more
clear unqueftionable probabilities of truth then I have here fet
down.
Now as for the examinations here mentioned, howfoever
they were taken with all the care and circumfpeCtion that
could poffibly be ufed in fo great a work, yet are they mod
commonly decried, and held by the Irifh as very injurious
to their Country-men. Thus much I fhall be bold to aver
and fhall here fpeak it for the better authority and credit of
the evidence brought in by them.
Fir ft, That as the Commiflions for taking thofe examina¬
tions were after mature deliberation ifiued out by fpecial
order from the Lords Juftices and Council $ fo they were
in great wifdom defigned by them for no other ends then
to have fome general account of the loftes fuffered by the
Britifh, and the cruelties exercifed by the Irtfh upon them
inthefeverall parts of the Kingdom. And this courfe was
firft fet on foot in the very height of our troubles, when the
fury of the Rebels fo defperately raged, as they were in no
condition to think of the attainting of their perfons, and
therefore onely aimed at the difcovery of their treafon. Out
of which refpeCt chiefly the Commiftioners made choice of
for the performance of this fervice, were fix ofthe CJergy,
all perfons of known integrity 5 and fuchas by reafon of their
profeflion, wouldin all probability gently proceed on in their
inquifitions, and truly fet down the bloody Relations given
in unto them. The perfons examined were of feveral con¬
ditions , mod ofthem Britifh, fome of Irif h birth and ex¬
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bels and their adherents, taken off the file and cancelled, they
would not be out of hope, as thefe times now are to palliate
their Rebellion with fuch fpecious pretences, as that their
barbarous cruelties, afted beyond all parallel being forgotten,
it fhould with great applaufe pafs down to pofterity, under
the name of a holy andjuftwar for the defence of the Catho-
lick Caufe.
And now in order to thisdefign, they have taken all oc-
cafions to proclaim the huge preflures which they pretend
to have fuffered under the late government in thu King¬
dom , and fpare not to term it tyrannical : they fpeak
as if their oppreffions might be parallel'd with the If-
raelitifh envaflalage in the Land of o'Egypt* and their per¬
fections for Religion equalled to thofe of the Primitive
times. And then they further fay , That thereupon onlyfome
Catholicks, confidering the deplorable and defperate condition
they were in, and apprehending the plots laid to extinguish
their Religion and Nation , did take armes in the North in
maintenance of their Religion, and for the prefervation of
life, liberty, andeftate $ together with his Majeflies rights.
x^Andthat the Lords and Gentlemen dwelling within the En¬
glish Tale, were likewife by the great rigour and J ever it y ufed
by the State towards them, enforced to take up armes for their
own defence.
%an«Tof" Thefe are the expreffions and the language ufed in the late
grievances Remonftrance given in to his Majefties Commiflioners at
tohisMa^e- Trime»to be prefented tohisMajefty in behalf of his Catho-
fly in be- lick Subjects in Ireland. Wherein there are pieced together
c'thoH'ks many vam inconfiderable fancies, many fubfequent pafla-
of Ireland,ges a&ed in the profecution of the war, and fuch bold, noto-
iTtfhT r'ous' ^a^e aflertions, without any the leaft ground or colour
Majefties of truth : as without all doubt they abfolutely refolved, firft,
noners1 at to ra*^e ^ebellion, and then to fet their Lawyers and
Trimc, ^ Clergy on work, to frame fuch reafons and motives as might
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with fome colour of juftification ferve for arguments to de¬
fend it. And it is indeed, to fpeak plainly, a mod infamous
Pamphlet, full fraught with fcandalous afperfions call upon
the prefent government, andhisMajefties principal Officers
of State within this Kingdom. It was certainly framed with
moft virulent intentions, not to prefent their condition and
prefent fufferings to hisMajefty, but that it might be difperfed
to gain belief among foraign States abroad, as well as difcon-
tentedperfons at home > and fo draw affiftance and aid, to
foment and fttengthen their rebellious party in Ireland.
But I do not much wonder they ffiould take thus upon
them to abufe the world with fuch fcurrilous difcourfes, and
thereby endeavour to raife fome ground or belief that they
hadjuft caufe to enter into fo defperate a Rebellion. This hath
been an ordinary courfe ever held in all defigns of this nature.
And it is well obferved by T?olybitis, that there are common¬
ly to be found in all fuch great undertakings, Caufte(uaforia,
and caufa juftificte. Thenrft, fuch as are the true natural cau-
fes and really firfl: in the intention $ the other , fuch as are
mod commonly obtruded to the world by way of cover and
juflification. Now as the nature of water is moft clearly feen
in the firfl Fountain, where it remains pure and unmixed,
without any drofs or foil that it afterwards contracts, as it
pafleth along in the ftreams derived from it: So certainly the
quality of all humane adtions is beft underftood , and moft
clearly difcerned, when we look upon them as they appear
in their firfl original, before the inconveniencies and fatal
mifcarriages which afterwards come to be difcovered, awake
the firfl Projectors, and teach them new artifices wherewith
tho difguife and colour over their abortive,'or otherwife
unfortunate counfels. Now as for the true Suaforian caufes
£ if I may fo term them) which induced thelrifli to lay the
plot of this Rebellion, and were indeed really firfl in their
thoughts, they will fufficiently appear in this enfuing Story.
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And for the juftifical reafons of their rifing in armes, if any
one hath a mind to take them up on truft from themfelves, let
him feek no further than theRemonftrance before mentioned^
whereof much more is to be faid than 1 fliall give my felf liber¬
ty to fpeak in this place: well knowing that thofe notorious
untruths and wicked impoftures contained in it when they
come to the tefi will be quickly difcovered, and the varnifh
they have put upon them foon fail away of it felf.
If any one hath been ignorantly deluded hereby,and defires
to be rectified in his own judgement, let him be pleafed to
turnover thisenfuingStory,
Verum eft index fui & obliqui r
There needs certainly no other confutation of their falfe
and virulent fuggeftions, than a true impartial relation of the
firfl: beginnings and progrefs of this Rebellion: which for
what was aCted within the fpaceofthe firfl; two months after
the breaking out of it, I prefume I may fay without vanity, he
fliall certainly find here. It is true, I have principally applyed
my felf to give an account of what was done about 'Dublin,
the chief City ofthis Kingdom, and the place where the Lords
Juftices and Council continued ufing their utmoft power and
endeavours to oppofe the fury of the Rebels. Yet as all other
parts of the Kingdom were under their government, and their
care and counfels ("as far as their general diflraCtions would
admit^ extended to the whole, what was aCted in all other
places of the Countrey, comes properly to be touched upon,
and the miferable condition of them to be reptefented in this
following Story.
I fliall not here trouble the Reader with any further Apo-
logy for my felf, or with excufes for the multitude of my
own imperfections, which will here appear in large Chara¬
cters and will be peradventure looked upon with a Multi-
plying


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plying Glafs by thofe who are not pleafed with what I have
here expofed to publick view. I do not at all pretend to fi-
lence the bitter expreffions of malevolentfpirits: As I fliall
with great patience compofe my felftobear the utmofl: that
their malice can put upon me: So I fhall be always ready
with much meeknefs to fubmit to be reformed by any perfon
whatfoever, who can make it appear , that I have either
through ignorance or negligence ( for I am fure wilful mifta-
kes they will find nonej) mifcarried in the relation of any
particular here fet down: Sins of ignorance found a very
eafie expiation under the Old Law, I will not fay they had
a pardon of courfe. But if 1 have fo carried my felf, as that
no greater tranfgreffions can be laid to my charge, I fhall be
much fatisfied, and may perad venture be further encouraged
to proceed on to a continuation of this Story, and therein
to tranfmit down to pofterity the noble atchievements and
great Victories already obtained by fmall numbers of the
English forces over huge multitudes of thefe Irish Rebels.
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TABLE.
T. He Original ofthe Irish. fol x
Thefirjt enterprize ofthe English <?/'I re-
land, made by private adventurers of King
Henry thefecond, King ^England. 2
Chriftian Religionfetledin Ireland, in the fourth Age, after
the birth ofour Saviour. 4..
The numbers 0/Britifh and Trot eft ants murdered, or other*
wife dejlroyedfince the beginning of the , unto the time
of the making of the firfl Ceffation of arms with the Irifh
Rebels.
The ancient malice born by the Irifh towards the English. 6
The royal endeavours of Queen Elifabeth for the reducing of
Ireland. 8.
The miferable condition ^/Ireland when King James came to
the Crown ofEngland. 10
The Irilb Commiffioners prefent their grievances to King
Charles: His great readinefstoredrefs them. 12
The Earl0/Leieefter declaredL. Lieutenant ^/Ireland. 1 3
The happy condition ^/Ireland, at the time the breaking
out of the Rebellion. 1 f
The manner of the di[cover yof the Confpiracy of the Irifh,
for the feizing upon the Caftle and City ^Dublin, 17
The


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The rifingofthe Irish within the Province 0/Ulftet. 2 3
kALetterfrom the Lords Juflices and Council to the Lord
Lieutenant. 2 7
gap yf Proclamation ijjiied out for thefatisfaClion of the Lords
X (; and chief Gentlemen of the English Pale. 3 3
The names of the chief Rebels in Ulfter^ fever al Forts and
^ places ofjlrength fuddenly fur prized by them. 3 4
Several policies ufed by the Irifli to prevent the rifingofthe
Englifli againftthem. 3(5
6ir Phelim O Neals proceedings in Ulfter. 3 9
EThe fecond difpatch of the Lords Juflices and Council into
England. 41
TheProceedings of the Parliament in England upon thefirfl
y advertifements brought unto them of the Rebellion raifed in
Ireland. 42
J fV' Order takenfor victualling the Caftle ^/Dublin, and for the
: ' fafetyoftheCity. 46
y J The fad condition of the City of Dublin. 54
The particulars of thefirfl plot of the Rebellion. 5 8
j The plot for a general Rebellion in Ireland of an ancient date.
The plot for this late Rebellion firfl difcovered to the Lord
Mac-Guire, upon Mr. JohnBeliewes return out ^England,
withCommijfiontocontinue theParliamentIreland. 62
That the Lords of the Englifli Pale were engaged in thefirfl
Flat, k very probable. 6f
The Romish Clergy, and the Irifli Lawyers, great infru-
\ ments in raifing the Rebellion. 68
K The means ufed by them to fir up the people. 70
Therefolutionofthe Irifli to root out the Britifli out of Ire-
1 land. 76
l] Upon their firfl rifing they feize upon all the Englifli-rnens
goods and cattle > 'next flrip them naked, andfo turn them out of
^ their doors. 79,80
AP articular enumeration offever al bloody Majfacres and
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(whodeliver no certain truths) we might find ftuflf enough for an ancient
pedegree, made up out of a moft various ftrange compofure of the Irish
Nation. But to let thempafs, there are certainly a concurrence of divers
manners and cuftoms, fuch affinity of feveral of their words and names,
and fo great refembfance of many long ufed rites, and flill retained ceremo«
nies as do give us fome ground to believe that they do not improbably de¬
duce their firfb original from fome of thofe people. It may very well be
conjectured (for infallible Records I find none) that as the Eaftcrn parts
* rook of the Ireland, bordering upon England were firft planted by the old Britair.s:
old Brittain ¥ Toole, Birne , & Canvenagh tne ancient Septs, and flill inhabitants of that
huuoumr* part of the Country, being old British words. And as the Nothern parts
Bimetof Br in, of Ireland were fir 11 inhabited by the Scythians, from whom it was called
SV°°dS b of ** Scytenland, or Scotland: So the Southern and more Weftern parts
tdf ftrong thereof were peopled from the Maritime parts ofSpain, being the next con-
The view of tinent, not by the now Spanish Nation, who are ftrangely compounded of
fyencer. $. a different admixture of feveral people: But as I faid , perad venture by the
* * Ireland is Gaules, who anciently inhabited all'the Sea-coafts of Spain, the Syrians, or
slot?a ^me other of thofe more Eaftern Nations, who intermixing with the na-
araong an- tural Inhabitants of that Country, madeatranfmigrationinto/rc/^W, and
C[ttile7andan ^ome Colonies there.
cientiy di- The whole Kingdom of Ireland was divided into divers petty pro¬
vided imo cipalities, and of later times there were five principal Chieftains , wa.
prindpaHties. <JM,ac-AIorough of Lemjler, *JAEac-Cartye of Mtinfier, 0 Neal of Ulficr,
ijti regcsnin O Connor of Conaght, & O iJA€alaghlm of <_jMeath. For fuch were the
^ZafoicrZta- denominations , and I do not find they were called Kings till about
te aiicujus oj- the time of the coming over of the English , Giraldus Cambrenfs who
Iw nftcra'' camc *nto Breland in t Retime est Hen. z. of England, being the fir (I wri-
Menioy^ecjure ter that gives them that Title, Befides, as they came not in either byhe-
bsreditario, reditary right or lawful Election, lo their Inveftiture was folemnized nei-
therby Undion , or Coronation, they made their way by the Sword, had
eeffione, fid vi certain kinds ol barbarous ceremonies ufed at their Inauguration , kept up
Tbe7TegnTm their power with a high hand, and held the people moll monftroufiy en-
fuum obtinuit. (laved to all the lavage cuftomes praclifed under their dominion. And
bonkof1** duis they conti nued until the Reign of Hen. z. King of England in whofc
chriftchurch time the undertakings for theConquefl: of Ireland were fuccelsfully made
in Dublin,it is by moll powerful, though private adventurers upon thisoccafion.
Manufcript Dermott <Jfytac-iJ?v'£orough, King of Lemfier (being by the Kings of
kept there. Conaght & t5eath enforced to fiie his country) 'made his repair di-
terjHiftofthe re<^ty to Hen- 2* °h England, then perfonally attending his Wars
Bngiiiba^on in France, and with much earnefinefs implored his aid for the recovery
by'lt ate*C 0^ ^errhones in Ireland, moll: injurioufiy, as he pretended, w relied out
adventurers. ^


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4®^ gracioufly recommended the juftice of his caufe to all his loving Subje<fts,
The Irish Rebellion. 3
of his hands. The King refufed to imbarque himfelf in this quarrel: yet
'tiaiis
^inedccitmo
and by his Letters Patents affured them that whofoever would afford
the faid zJfytac-Morougbafliftance towards his refettlement, should not
_ onely have free liberty to tranfport their Forces, but be held to do very
, acceptable fervice therein. Hereupon Earle Strangcbow hrft engaging Se wfiram ad
J , himfelf, determined as a private Adventurer to endeavour his reftituti- \umZwu
^ : on with the utmoft forces he could raife, he lying then very conveniently yn<tm lice*-
;v* at Bnftol 3 where ^JAFac-^JAForough came unto him, in his paffage back olu»crt
rnPJC from the King into Ireland \ There were certain conditions agreed upon bren. ex™u
between them, and a tranfadion made by zJWac-Morough of his King- gnat.Hib.c.i-
Nit was cA
cot
UUi'
P1' domo£ Lemfler unto the Earl, upon his marriage with his onely daughter
Eva. And fo he being defirous to return fpeedilyinto his own Coun¬
try , palfed to St. Davids in South-Wales, from whence is the shorteft paffage
out of England into Ireland, and there he further engaged Fitz,- Stephen and
(k Spa/, t
e witli tb
Fit*,- Gerald, private Gentlemen, in this fervice : Thefe, by their power
among their Country-men in thofe parts, having gotten together a party
o/rck/,fi of49omcn, tranfported them in three ships into Ireland ^ landing at the-Cdmhr'(df*°
Banne, a little Creek near Feat herd in the county of Wexford, and there
ts petty p joyning with fbme Forces brought unto them by zJWac-eJfyCorough, made
their firft attempt upon the town of Wexford * they were gallantly feconded
m
Wtf Wjfo by Earl Strange bow, who followed prefently after with no very confiderable
liichwerc: forces: and yet by the power of their arms, within a very short time
instill A. prevailed fo far in the Country, as they made them (elves mafters thereof,
Miwfiin and fo gained the poffeflion of all the maritime parts otLemfter.
thefriw King Henrj upon the news of their profperous fuccefsin the fudden K.Henry the
either bjt reducement of fo large a territory by fuch in confiderable forces as they
lemiieh carried with them; defirous to share with his fubje&s in the rich fruits, as Utnd. An. 1171
eSwordjk well as in the glory of fo great ,an atlion, undertook an expedition in his
ion,kpff own perfon into Ireland the year following. Andfoftrangc an influence
1irJf® - had the very prefence of this great Prince into the minds of the rude lavage
lion. Anc Natives, as partly by the power ofhis arms, partly by his grace and favour
<i inwhof in receiving of them in upon their fained fubmiflions moft numbly tendred
fullymad unto him, he eafily fubdued a barbarous divided people,
n. The flr ft beginnings of the Conqueft of this Kingdom were thus glo-
e Kings® riouflylaid by this King, in the year ofour Lord 1172. NowfortheLand .
; repair di- it (elf, he found it good and flourishing with many excellent commodities,
0 W- plentiful in all kinds ofprovifion, the Soil rich and fertile, the Air fweet
e recover and temperate, the Havens very fafe and commodious, feveral Towns and
reikis little Villages fcattered up and down in the feveral parts of the Country;
1 but the Buildings fo poor and contemptible, as when that King arrived at
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The Irish
Hoyedcn Dublin their chief City, and finding there neither place fit for receipt or
"egium~ entertainment, he fet up a long houfe made of fmoothed wattles after the
miro Artificio manner of the Country, and therein kept his Chriftmas. All their Forts,
d7tis*dw'' ^aftles> buildings and other edifices were afterwards ereded by the
English, except fame of their maritime towns which were built by the Oft*
manni or Eafterlings who anciently came and inhabited in Ireland.
^ch'rifti'an8' Moreover, He found likewife by feveral mounments of piety, and
Religion fet- other remarkable teffci monies, that Chriftian Religion had been long fince
kd inIreland, introduced and planted among the inhabitants of the Land. It is not
certainly without fome good grounds affirmed by ancient writers, That
in the Fourth age after the incarnation of our bleffed Lord and Saviour,fome
holy and learned men came over out of Foreign parts into Ireland, out
of their pious defire to propogate the bleffed Gofpel throughout the King-
By seduiius, d°m 3 ^ Sedulifts, Palladia*, and befides feveral others Patricias the famous
Fai/adiujtPa- Irish Saint, (A Britain born at a place now called Kirck^Patrtck^ near Glaf-
fourthaggrf! cow in Scotland, then the utmoft boundary of the Britains dominion in
tet the birth thofe parts) whooutof meer devotion came andfpent much of their time
of our san- among the Irish, and out of their zealous affedions for the converfion of a
barbarous.people,applied themfelves with great care and induftry to the in-
ftruding of them in the true grounds and principles of Chriftian Religion i
And with fo great fuccefs, andfuch unwearied endeavours did S. Patrick^
travail in this work, as (if we will give credit to fome writers) we muft
believe that the Church olArmagh was by him ereded into an A rchiepifi
copal See, three hundred and fifty Bishops confecrated, great numbers of
Clergy-men inftituted, who,(notwithftanding the notorious impiety and
continued prophanels of the common fort of people) being moftof them
Monks by vow andprofeffion, ofgreat learning, veryauftere andftrid
in their difcipline, were lo much taken notice of in thofe rude igno-
Kex Anglo- rant by other Nations, as in refped of them fome gave unto the
rum Hen. »#»- Ifland the denomination of Infula SanStorum. But fo quickly did the power
bolinels decay in the land , as the name was foon loft , and even the
	ns vgavit very priflts and charaders thereof among the very Clergy themfelves obli-
papamAciria- terated; the iifeofthe people fo beaftly, their manners fo depraved and
cent "tifberni* barbarous, as that King Henry , when he entertained the firft thoughts of
infuUmintra- transferring his Arms over into Ireland, made fuit unto the Pope, that he
wou^ give him lea veto go and conquer Ireland, and reduce thole beaftly
w* homines men unto the wayof truth.: Anfwerable whereunto was the tenor of Pope
Bull, as appears at large in Parifanfis, whereby he gave him li-
viAmnditcere berty to go over and fubdue the Irish Nation. Afufficient demonftration
ventam,Mat. Gf the condition ofthat people, and what opinion was held of them , as
i 156.An* by their holy Father the Pope, as other Princes. And the King at his
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i0r receipt- arrival found them no other then a beaftly people indeed. For the Inhabi¬
ts afterti tants were generally devoid of all manner of civility, governed by no fet-
All tkir Foits led laws, living like beafts, biting and devouring one another, without
'to&dtyj rules, cuftoms , or reafonable conftitutions either for regulation of
)uttytle(j property, or againft open force and violence, mod notorious murthers,
rapes, robberies, and all other ads of inhumanity and barbarifm , raging
11 without controul or due courfe of punishment. Whereupon, He, without
;^etl4(ic! any manner offcruple, or farther inquifition into particular titles, refol-
ving as it feems to make good by the fword the Popes donation, made a
liters, Tb general feizure of all the lands of the whole Kingdom, and fo without other
iSivburfe ceremony took them all into his own hands.
1 0: And that he might the more fpeedily introduce Religion and civility, ixantequam
and fo draw on towards the accomplishment of that great work which
^tlefi/Dou he had lo glorioufly begun, he Firft, in a great Counfel held at Lijfemore, hum congrega-
cauled the Laws of England to be received and fetiedin Ireland, then he *p^dpf-
f dominion ii afterwards united it to the Imperial Crown of England, making large
iofttti diftributions.jCQ .his followers by particular grants, allotting out in great °*»»ibusgra-
onverfoool" proportions the whole Land of Ireland among the English Commanders, ^epZ&jma.
iftrytotkin who made eftates , and gave feveral shares to their friends and com- tori* c«uti»»e
ianMgiot militants that came over private adventurers with them. But before I
did i km pafs further,, I shall take the liberty here to infert oneobfervation out of Paris. An.
js) wem\i Giraldm Cambrenfis concerning the caufes and reafons of the profpe- I)^land diy?
an Ardikpi rity of the English undertakings in Ireland, He faith that a Synod, or dedbyK.w™.
nnumb: Counfel of the Clergy , being there aftembled at Armagh , and that ^ among h;s
isimpiep: point fully debated, it was unanimoufly agreed by them all, that the fins othe^a"^
no/lofta of the people were the occafion of that heavy judgment then fallen up- tturercrs.
re u/idilii: ori their Nation, and that efpecially their buying of English men from
;/bei'gti Merchants and Pirates, and detaining them under a moftmiferable hard Pis concilia, &
iveuntoi bondage, had caufed the Lord by Way of juft retaliation, to leave them
[(ltkpi to be reduced by the English to the fame flavery. Whereupon they made pJbikesutZ
limfa a publique a<ft in that Council , that all the English held in captivity tHm '•ut
lives obi throughout the whole Land, should be prefently reftored to their former ftiaZfilZZ
raved anc liberty. Iffo heavy a Judgement fell then upon the Irish for their hard tis vinculo
loughtsoi ufage of fome few English, what are they now to expecft I or what expiati- ^ftmamr?-
, on can they now pretend to make for the late effufion of fo much innocent wcentw u-
ifebealf English blood, after fo horrid, defpiteful and execrable a manner ? There cambTx0^'
0fPope being fince the Rebellion firft brake out, unto the time of the Ceflation nib. cap?"!.'
xcUi' .o&de Sept. 15.1645. which was not full two years after, above 300000. ^enmabers
litM British & Prot eft ants cruelly murthered in cold blood, deftroyed fome &
\mt g other way, or expelled out of their habitations, according to theftri&eft deftroyed
mthii conjecture and computation, of thofe who feemed beft to underftand the Rc~
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6 The Irish Rebellion.
numbers of English planted in Ireland, befides thofe few which perished
in the heat of Fight, during the war.
The fru'tlefs J<itig Jdhn camfedntp Ireland during his minority, though to little
expeditions purpofe, but after, about the twelfth year ofhis Reign, upon the gene-
&k Richard ra' deletion of the Irish, he made a Second expedition, and during his
2. into ire- flay there, built feveral Forts and ftrong Caftles, many of which remain
W. unto riiis day, he ere&ed all the Courts of Judicature , and contributed
very much towards the fettlement of the English Colonies, as alfo of the
Civil Government. -King Richard the Second made likewife in the time
of his Reign* upon the fame occafion two other expeditions into Ireland
in his ownperfan. But both thofe Princes out of adefire to fparc the
effufionof English blood, as alfo the expence oftreafure, being likewife
hsftned back by the diftempers of their own Subje&s in England, were
both Content to fuffer themfelves to be again abufed by the fained fub-
milfions of the Iriih 5 who finding theiro'wn weaknefs, and utter difabi-
lity torefift the power of thole two mighty Monarchy came with all
humility even from the fartheft parts of the Kingdom, tcPfubmit to their
mefcy : And yet it is well obferved by Tome that fay they returned back,
not leaving one true fubje<5t more behind them, then they found at their
firft arrival. HowfoCver by the very prefence of thefe Princes, and by
the careful endeavours of the Governours fent over by other of the Kings
o£ England, thofe that were Adventurers in the firft Conqueft, andfuch
other of the English Nation as came over afterwards took poffeflion by
virtue of the former grants of the whole Kingdom , drove the Irish in a
manner out of all the habitable parts of it, and fetled themfelves in all the
plains and fertile places of the Country , efpecially in the chief Towns,
Ports, and upon the Sea-coafts. A nd to fuch a height of power and great-
nefs had fome of thofe firft Adventuring Commanders raifed themfelves
here by reaion ofthe addition of new titles of honour, the unlimited jurif-
didtions and priviledges enjoyed by them, the great rents they received,
the numerous dependance they had, As that they began to look upon their
own poifeifions as circumfcribed within too narrow limits, to entertain
private animofities again ft each other, to draw in the Irish (whom they
had driven up intd the mountains, and ever efteemedas their fnoft deadly
enemies) to take part in their quarrels, being not ashamed to ufe their afti-
ftance for the enlargement of their o vn private territories, as alfo to curb
the too exorbitant power, as they thought, of their oppofites, though
their own compatriots and jointenants in the pofTeflion of that good land.
The ancient Thz Irish were very glad to entfertain this occafion and did ever foment by
malice ofthe their utmoft power* and artifice thefe unnatural broils and diffentions
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a manner out of the reach, as well as out ofthe porte&ion of all the English
Laws and Government, were always accounted not only as aliens, but
*meer enemies; And befides thode Septs of Irish' which were termed the
Ouincfpte famdla (who notwithstanding the great priviledges they enjoyed
by the protection of the English Lawsever shewed much averfenefsboth
to the English, and their Laws) No other perfons of any Irish families, de
from the very firft conqueft of Ireland in the time of Hen. i. until the reign
of King Hen. 8. were admitted into the condition of Subjects, or received
any benefit by the English.Laws, but fuch as purchafed Charters of Deni¬
zation. It was no capital-offence "to kill any of them, the Law did neither
procedt their life, nor revenge their- death. And fo they living upon the
mountains in t e beggs and woods, though at firft after fome fort divided
from the English, did take all occalions to declare their malice and hatred
again ft the English colonies planted near unto them.
But howfioevcr the English were in all ages infefted with their Irish
enemies, yet were they certainly in point of intereft and Universal pof-
feifion, Owners, and "Proprietors ofthe whole Kingdom of Irel&idi They ^
kept themfclves in entire bodies almoft for the firft hundred years after Js made aT
their arrival, not fuffering the Irish to live promifcuoufly among them , Kilkenny by
by which means they failed not to make good their footing, and by a high ofc/arence
hand to keep them under in due obedience and fubjeclion to the Crown of l. Lieqtc-
England. And when afterwards they began to be more carelefs of their faJdh/hc'
habitation , and to fuffer the Irish to intermingle with them, and their time ©f E'.'w,
English followers to familiarize themfelves into their beaftly manners and Aliia?ce
cuftoms (for prevention of which mifchief, many fevere Laws were nLTuVe'of '
enadled-in after ages) yet for fome time they made good the rights and pof- infants, and
feftions they had gotten by conquefl, and went on, endeavouring to
civilize the people, introducing the English Laws, language, habit, and ajehigj
cuftoms long ufed among them. Now although thefe, and all other cour- if
fes were taken by them , which might reclaim fuch as feemed any ways man should
inclinable to civility, or would take out Charters of Denization : yetTuch J*re the Iriih
ever was, and ftill is the rough rebellious difpofition ofthe people, their /wJ/Tnfme,
hatred fo implacable , their malice fo unappeafeable to all the English ot Irish ^p-
Nation, asnoLaws or gentle Conftitutions would work, no publick
nefits attemper, or any traCt oftime reconcile and draw them to any tole- befeifedon,
rable patience of cohabitation; But they have in all times continued to take
all advantages, as well fince they were admitted into the condition of Sub- was to fuffer
je&s, as while they were efteemed and treated as enemies, moft perfi- imPri^n-
dioufty to rife up and imbrue their hands in the blood of their English J,?chiv. in
neighbours : So as Ireland hath long remained a true Aceldama , a field caP6
K'f^entjy.
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8
The Irish Rebellion.
lathatfpacc reafon of their own inteftine broiles, after they had (as foon they did,
whiSwas w^n they began to admit the intermixture of the Irish) moft barbaroufly
between the degenerate into all their manners and cuftoms; and what by reafon of the
s^/T°ani hatred and mifchievous attempts of the Irish upon them : We shall
th^ Jyea" not find that the English, from their firft accefs into Ireland, unto the be.
of Edyv.%. ail ginn;ng Qf the reign of Queen Elizabeth, (a trad of time containing above
giTsh cofo*-" 3 80. years) had any fetled peace or comfortable fubfiftence, but were in
nics in m«»- moft perpetual combuftions and troubles, fo extremely harafled and over-
an<d w/Sf* worn whh mifery, as they were not long likely tofurvive the univerfal
and more' calamity that had overfpreaa the face of the whole Kingdom,
then a Third whereupon that blefled Queen, out of her pious intentions, and good
^"became aife&ions to her people , applied her felf with great care to redrefs the
degenerate, cliforders of her Subjeds in Ireland. And in the very beginning of her
Reign , fending over prudent and religious Governours, the work of
Crown of Reformation was much advanced, by many wholefom Laws enaded
fhe English* again ft the barbarous cuftoms of the Irish; and the execution ofJuftice
pale remain- (which a long time continued within the limits of the Pale) began now
underthc to extenckd ^nto c-onA^ot > lifter and other remote parts of the Land
obedience of at fame intervals of quiet times. The Irish Countries were reduced into
the Law. shires, and Sheriffs with fome other Minifters of Juftice placed in them:
endeavours31 The pretended Captainships, and thofe high powers ufurped by the Irish,
ofqueenEh'v together with all the extortions, and other fearful exorbitances inci-
for thocf/r^du" dent to them, were now put into fuch a way of declination, as they could
Und.° e not long continue. Seignories and Poftelfions were fetled in a due courfe
of inheritance ; thofe moft deftrudive cuftoms of * Taneftry and Gavel-
belon in3tldS began to be deprefled; The two Prefidential Courts of Mmfler and
to thf^hh Conaght were then inftituted , and fpecial order taken that Free-fchools
w«£U" miglit be ereded in the feveral DiocefTesthroughout the Kingdom, for
vwai terri- the better training up of Youth. But thefe ads, and other courfes tending
t0tieSh v to ^ie advancement true Relegion , and Civility, were highly dif-
ums in l" pleafing, and moft incompatible with the loofe humours of the Natives,
every Irish . , ^ ,
Country were divided into feveral Septs or Lineages. In every Irish Counrry there was a Lord or
Chieftain, and a Tanift, which was his fucceflbr apparent. None could be chofen Tanift, but one iflued out of
one of the chief Septs. TheSeignOry and Lands belonging to the chief Lord, did not defcend from Father
to Son, or upon default of iflue to him that was next of kin : But he that was moft adve, of greateft power, and
had moft followers, always caufed himfelf to be chofen Tanift ; and if he could not compafs his defires by gentle
means, then he ufed open force and violence ; and fo being declared as it were heir apparent, came into pofleflion
upon the death of che chief Lord Nowforthe inferior Septs, they held their lands at the will of the chief
Lord, after a fort i For after the death of every one ofhis Tenants which held any land under him, heaflembled
the whole Septs, and having put all their pofTellions together in hotch potch , made a new partition among them,
notaflignin* to the Son of him that died , the land held by his Father, but altering every mans poireflkm at his
own pleafure, and according to his own difcretion : he, upon the death of every inferior Tenant, madeagcneial
remove, and fo alotted to every one of the Sept fuch part as he thought fit. And this was the Irish Gavelkind. Sir
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who apprehended even the moft gentle means of reformation, as sharp
corroding medicines; And thereupon pretending the burthen of the Eng¬
lish government moft infupportable , began defperately to ftruggle for
their liberty. Several plots were laid, lome even by thofe who were them- dm, in Lage~
lelves of the old English by cxtra&ion : divers Rebellions and petty Re-
volts raifed during Her Majefties moft happy reign : That of Shan 0
Nealy the Earl of Defmond-> Vifcount Baltinglas, O Rurhe, and feveral Pantm ex ^
others at other times, were all fet on foot for this very end, and all timely ZT/JL
fupprefled, partly by the power of the Queens forces, partly by hergra- p*rtmex»fa
cious favour in receiving the Chieftains to mercy. And she, as moft
unwearied with their never cealing provocations, ftill went on with all confrere'c«-
gentle applications and lenitives, for the withdrawing ofthe people from PerantadPr°-
their barbarous cuftoms : As, fe veral of the great Lords who had been out ffriuZZppri-
in Rebellion, were reftored to their lands and pofiellions, others she fuf- ™enduM^c*7
fered to enjoy their Commands in the Country, upon others she bellowed »Zfii»?e?ci'
new titles of Honour. And being very unwilling to put the Kingdom ofPie»d«™.
England to fuch an excelfive charge, as the full conqueft of Ireland would
moft neceflarily require; no fair means were left untried , that could «»»»• e medio
minifter any hopes of civilizing the people, or fetling the prefent diftra-
cftions ofthe Kingdom. An.i2.
But all was in vain; the matter then wrought upon was not fufceptible ^ ZtQbttl
of any fuch noble forms, thofe ways were heterogeneal, and had no Ximedby"
manner of influence upon theperverfe difpolitions ofthe Irish : the ma- semlc
lignantimpreffionsof irreligion and barbarilm, tranlmitted down, whe- means<
ther by infufion from their anceftors, or natural generation, had irrefra-
gably ftiffned their necks, and hardned their hearts againft all the moft
powerful endeavours of Reformation : They continued one and the fame
in all their wicked cuftoms and inclinations, without change in their af-
'uriestena fe<f}-jons or manners, having their eyes enflamed, their hearts enraged with
eTvc malice and hatred againft allj of the English Nation , breathing forth no-
theiwc thing but their ruine , deftruction, and utter extirpation.
m a Lotd And that they might at once dif- impeller themfelves of their unpleafing Tyrone, rebel-
company, and disburthen the whole kingdom of them and their poll erity, lion*
they ftill entertained new thoughts, andhad now brought unto perfection
adefignlong meditated in their breafts, whereby they refolved at once
clearly torefcue and deliver themfelves from their fubjeClion to the Crown
oI England. And this was that defperate Rebellion raifed almoft through
the whole Kingdom, by Hugh Earl olTyron, who after titles of Honour,
received a Command given by the Queen unto him both ofHorfeand Foot
in her Pay, great proportions of Land, and other Princely favours con¬
ferred Upon him ; Revolving at once to cancel all thofe Royal obligations of
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gratitude and fidelity, broke out and drew along with him moft of all the
Irish Septs and Families, together with many degenerate English through¬
out the Kingdom , into rebellion againft fiis moft gracious undoubted
Sovereign. And thefe all, as being univerfally a&uated with the vene-
mous infufions of his malevolent fpirit, uniting their whole in terefts and
forces into a firm conjuncture with him, raifea all their dependants, and
moved in feveral places according to the feveral orders and directions they
received from him:and to fill up the full meafure of his iniquity,he drew in a
foreignNation at the fame time with confiderableForces to invade theLand,
The ill effe&s So as the Queen now found by woful experience, that Ireland was no
of the Tub- longer to be dallied with, one Rebellion ftil begot another, and this laft
theS °{ was more dangerous then any of the former, it being more deeply rooted,
more generally fpread within the Kingdom, more powerfully fomented
from without. She well difcerned how much her great clemency had been
abufed in fuffering former rebellions to be fmothered over and loofely pieced
up with protections and pardons; that the receiving of the Irish upon their
fubmiffions, to avoid the charge of a war,did inevitably redouble the charge,
and perpetuate the miferies of war: therefore she now refolved no lon¬
ger to trifle with them , but vigoroufly to fet to the work, and making
choice of fome of her moft renowned English Commanders, committed to
their charge the conduCt of an Army Royal, compleatly armed, and well
paid, wherewith they began theprofecution ofthat Arch-traitour Tyron,
and with great fuccefs in a short time, though not without the expence of
much English blood, and above a million of mony, brought him upon
his knees : And howfoever before this glorious work was fully accom¬
plished , it pleafed God to put a period to her days, yet lived she long
enough to fee juft vengeance brought down upon the head of that unnatural
difturber of the peace of the Kingdom, himfelfin a manner wholly defert-
ed.,his Country moft miferably wafted, and a general defolation and famine
brought in, mightily confuming what was left undevoured by the fword.
The mifera- It is very eafie to conjeClure in what a moft miferable condition Ireland
"jon then was, the English Colonies being for the moft part barbaroufly rooted
when k" out, the remainders degenerated into Irish manners and names, the very
james canae themfel ves moft mightily wafted and deftroyed by the late wars, and
thereby much of the Kingdom depopulated, in everyplace large monu¬
ments of calamity and undifcontinued troubles. King James of blefled
memory found it, athisfirft acceffion to the Crown ox England, in this
deplorable eftate; whereupon he prefently took into his care the peaceable
fettlcment of Ireland, and civilizingofthe people : And conceiving that
the powerful conjunction of Englana & Scotland would now over-awthe
Irish, jndcontain them in tfyeir due obedience, He refolved not to take
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ittiii.
any advantage ofthofe forfeitures and great confifcations which he was moft H5» lenity
juftly intitled unto by Tyron *s Rebellion ; but out of his Royal bounty /^rtbds,
and Princely magnificence, reftored all the Natives to the entirepoffefhon and his cn-*
of their own lands. A work moft munificent in it felf, and fuch as he had
reafon to believe would lor the time to come perpetually oblige their obe- matioR.
dience to the Crown o£ England. And in this ftate the Kingdom continued
under forne indifferent terms of peace and tranejfcility , until the fixth
year ofhis Reign: Then did the Earl of Tfron take up new thoughts of
rifing in arms , and into his Rebellious defign he eafily drew the whole
hisplo
he finding himfelf not able to get together any confiderable forces, he with
Province of Vlfter, then entirely at his devotion; But his plot failed, and
the principal of his adherents, quitting the Kingdom, fled into Spain,
leaving fomebufyincendiaries to foment thofe beginnings he had laid for
a new Rebellion in Ireland and promifing fpeedily to return well attended
with foreign fuccours to their aid : But by the great bleflingof Almighty
Cod upon the wifeCounfels of that King, and the careful endeavours of
his vigilant Minifters, the diftempers occafioned by the noife of that com¬
motion were foon alayed, and Tyron never returning, the peace of the
Kingdom much confirmed and fetled. King James hereupon being now fb
juftly provoked by the high ingratitude of thofe Rebellious Traitours,
caufed their perfons to be attainted, their lands to be feized, and thofe fix
Counties within the Province ofVlfter which belonged unto them, to be
furveyed, and all (except fomefmali parts of them referved to gratify the
well affe&ed Natives) to be diftributed in certain proportions among
British undertakers, who came over and fetled themfelves and many other
British families in thofe parts: By this means the foundations of fomegood
Towns, foon after encompafled with ftone-walls, ware prefently laid ,
feveral Caftles and Houfes of ftrength built in feveral parts of the Country,
great numbers of British inhabitants there fetled, to the great comfort and
fecurity of the whole Kingdom. And the fame courfe was taken fikewife
for the better affurance of the peace of the Country, in the plantation of
feveral pars ofLemfler, where the Irish had made incurfions, and violently
expelled the old English out of their poffeffions. But howfoever the King
was by due courfe of Law juftly intitled to all their whole eftates there; yet
he was gracioufly pleafed to take but one fourth part of their Lands, which
was delivered over likewife into the hands of British undertakers, who with
great coft and much induftry planted themfelves fo firmly as they became
ofgreat fecurity to the Country, and were a moft efpecial means to intro¬
duce civility in thofe parts: fo as now the whole Kingdom began exceed¬
ingly to flourish in coftly buildings, and all manner of improvments,
the people to multiply and increafe, and the very Irish feemed to be much
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fatisfied with the benefits of that peaceable Government, and general tran¬
quility which they fo happily enjoyed.
k. charits, \ N D now of late fuch was the great indulgence of K. Charles our So-
great readi- f\ vereign that now reigncth, to his Subjects of Ireland. , as that in .thp
dreft/hc" year 1640. upon their complaints, and a general Remon I trance fen t over
grievances unto him from both Houfes of Parliament then fitting at Dublin , by a
fahimbvUn" Committee offour temporal Lords of the upper houfe, and twelve Mem¬
bers of thehoufe ofCommons, with inftructions to reprefent the heavy
preffures they had for fome time fuffered under the Government of the Earl
of Strafford , He took their grievances into his royal confederation > de¬
fended fo far to their fatisfadtion , as that he heard them himfelf and made
prefent provifions for their redrefs: And upon the deceafe of Mr. Wands-
ford , Mafter of the Rolls in Ireland > and then Lord Deputy here under
the laid Ea rl of Strafford, who fill continued Lord Lieutenant of this
Kingdom (though then accufed of high trcafon , and imprifoncd in the
Tower of London , by the Parliament of England) His Maj'efty fent a
to him by
the Irish
GommUlio-
nets, 1640/
The Lords.
L. Vicount
Gormanjlone,
L. Vicount
J{Ur/idloc,
L. Vicount
Coflelo,
L. Vicount
CBaltinglas,
^Lemfter. Commiflion of Government to the Lord Dillon ofKilkenny Weft, and Sir
phmt, Wdliams Parfim Knight and Baronet, Mafter of the Wards in Ireland, Yet
%thard Bith- ^oon a^ter finding choife of the Lord Dillon tobe much difguftcd by
garret, N ic. the Committee, he did at their motion caufe the faid Commiftio.n to be
Sarnewaii, cancelled, and with their confent and approbation placed the government
Munfter. upon Sir William Parfons, and Sir John Borlace Knight, Mafter of the
%vcHirdrefs Ordnance, both efteemed perfons of great integrity; and the JV1 after of
die Wards, by reafon ofhis very long continued imployment in the State,
Doumgb his particular knowledge of the Kingdom, much valued and well beloved
^Gon'agiit. among the people. They took the fword upon the 9. of Febr. 1640.
Robert Lix.cW, And in the firft place they applied themfel ves with all manner of gentle leni-
r^ves t0 mollify the sharp humours raifed by the rigid paflages in the former
uifter. government. They declared themfel ves againft all fuch proceedings lately
ffj™ tifed, as they found any ways varying from the Common Law; They
tnes "Mongo-
mety.
gave all due encouragement to the Parliament then fitting, to endeavour
the Eeafonable eafe and contentment of the people, freely aflenting to all
fuch A<5is as really tended to a legal reformation : They betook themfelves
wholly to the advice of the Council, and caufed all mattersas well of the
Crown, as Popular intereft, tobe handled in His MajefHes Courts of
Juftice, no v/ays admitting the late exorbitances (fo bitterly decried in.
Parliament) of Paper-petitions or Bills, in Civil caufes, to be brought be¬
fore them at the Council-board, or before any other by their authority:
They, by His Majefties gracious dire&ions, gave a way to the Parliament
tenement'o' toa^ate t^ie Subfidies (theregiven in the E. of Straffords time, and then in
thepeppie. collection) from 40000. Ji. each Subfidy 3 to 12000, li. apiece, folow did
they
Sir W U. Par
Jons fk Sir
John Borlace
made Ju-
ftices
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private Gentlemenshoufes throughout the Kingdom. So as the private
exercifeofall their religious rites, and ceremonies was freely enjoyed by
them without any manner of difturbance, and not any of the Laws put in
execution, whereby heavy penalties were to be inflided upon cranfgreffours
in that kind.
The good And for the ancient animofities and hatred which the Irish had been ever
betwixuhc °t>ferved to bear unto the English Nation, they feemeed now to be quite
irisb & En- depofitcd and buried in a firm conglutination of their affedions and Natio-
of the obligations pafled between them. The two Nations had now lived
Kingdom/ together 40. years in peace, with great fecurity and comfort, which had
in a manner confolidated them into one body, knit and compaded toge¬
ther with all thofe bonds and ligatures of friendship, aliance , and confan-
guinity as might make up a conftant and perpetual Union betwixt them.
Their intermarriages were frequent, gdflipred, foftering (relations of
much dearnefs among th e Irish) together with all others of tenancy neighb¬
ourhood , and fervice interchangeably paffed among them. Nay, they
had made as it Were a kind of mutual tranfmigrationinto each others man¬
ners , many English being ftrangely degenerated into Irish affedions
and cuftoms', and many Irish, efpeciaily of the better fort, having taken
up the English language, apparel, and decent manner of living in their
private houfes. And fo great an advantage did they find by the Englisk^om-
rnerce and cohabitations in the profits and high improvements of their
Lands and Native commodities, fo incomparably beyond what they ever
formerly enjoyed, or could exped to raife by their own proper induftry,
as Sir Phelim ONealy and many others of the prime-leaders in this rebellion,
had not long before turned their Irish tenants of their lands, as fome of
them faid to me (when I enquired thereafon of their fo doing) even to
ftarve upon the mountains, while they took on English , who were able
to give them much greater rents, and more certainly pay the fame. A
matter t?hat was much taken notice of, and efteemed by many, as mod
highly conducing to the fecurity of the English interefts, and plantation
among them. So as all thefe circumflances duly weighed , together with
the removal of the late obftrudions, the great increafe of trade, and many
otherevident Symptoms of a flourishing Common-wealth, it was believ¬
ed even by the wifeft and belt experienced in the affairs of Ireland, that the
peaceand tranquility of the Kingdom was now fully fetled, and moft likely
in all humane probability to continue, without any confiderable interrup¬
tion, in the prefent felicity and great profperity it now enjoyed under the
government of His Majelly that now reigneth.
The pdriid- In t^AngUjl, itfM- the Lords Juftices and Council finding the Popish
nedParty *n ^ Houfes of Parliament to be grown to fo great a height, as was
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® the jji; •■■■■' —— ——
iyttpfl fcarcely compatible with the prefent Government, were Very defirous to
have an Adjournment made for three months, which was readily afflented f
unto and performed by the members of both Houfes. And this was done
not many days before the return of the Committee formerly mentioned -,
it out of England : They arrived at Dublin about the latter end of Angufl, The iA$h
low to ^ and prefently after their return they applied themfelves to the Lords Jufttces commiffio-
■ions andN;; and Council, defiring to have all thofeA&s and others Graces granted by outo'f&I^
Wtioit, Majefty, made known unto the people by proclamations to be lent and
him down into feveral parts of the Country; which while the Lords JufticeS
took into their coniideration, and lat daily cornpofingof A6ts to be palled
the next Seflion of Parliament, for the benefit of His Majefty, and the
good of his Subje&s, they feemed with great contentment and fatisfa&ion
to retire into the Country to their feveral habitations^ that they might
there refresh themfelvesin- the mean feafon.
acWa« The difcovery of the Confpiracy of the Irish, to
feiz upon the Caftle and City of Dublin ; and
their general Rifing at the fame time, in all
the Northern parts of this Kingdom.
, having ti
fthehz-
SUch was now the {late and prefent condition of the Kingdom of Ire- The happy
land,fuchthegreatferenicy through thegentle and happy tranfaftion
ittinsrixfe ol" publick affairs here; As that the late Irish Army raifed for the inva- time of the
^ ^ fion of the Kingdom ofScotland, being peaceably disbanded, their Arms
^ and Munition , by the lingular care of the Lords Juftrces and Council' i^oLk '
1 " brought into His Majefties {lores within theCity of Dublin T there was-* $• 1641.
no manner of warlike preparations, no reliques of any kind of diforders
( proceeding from the late Levies,, nor indeed any noife of war remaining
J K ; within thefe eoafts. Now while in this great calm the British continued
111 Pj j in a mofl deep fecurity, under the affurance of the blclfed peace of this
mar land; while all things were carried on with great temper and mode-
^ ^ ration in the prefent Government, and all men fat pleafantly enjoying
J ^. the comfortable fruits of their own labours, without the leafl thoughts or
w ' 1' apprehenfion of either tumults or other troubles, the differences between
. His Majefly, and his Subje&sof Scotland being about this time fairly com-
JinPj pofed and fetled : There brake out upon the 2 5. of Ottober, 164*1. a moft
d un er ^efperate ancj formidable Rebellion , an univerfal defection and general
^ n Revolt, wherein not only all the meer Irish, but almoft all the old En-
$sh that adhered to the Church of Rome, were totally involved. And be-
Qufe it will be neceflfary to leave fome monuments hereof to pofterity,
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I shall obferve the beginnings and firft motions, as well as trace out the
progrefs, of a Rebellion fo execrable in it felf, fo odious to God and the
whole world, as no age, no Kingdom, no people can parallel the horrid
cruelties , the abominable murders, that have been without numfier, as
well as without mercy committed upon the British inhabitants through¬
out the land, of what fex or age, of what quality or condition foever
they were.
And firft I muft needs fay, howfoever I have obferved in the nature of
the Irish fuch a kind of dull and deep refefvednefs, as makes them with
much filence and fecrecy to carry on their bufinefs: yet I cannot but con-
fider with great admiration how this mifchievous plot which was to befo
generally at the fame time, and at fo many feveral placesaded , and there¬
fore necelfarily known to fo many feveral perfons, should wi thout any noife
be brought to fuch maturity, as to arrive at the very point of execution
without any notice or intimation given to any two of that huge multitude of
perfons who were generally defigned (as moft of them did) toperish in it.
Forbeiides the uncertain prefumptions that SiiWtUiaw Cole had of a com-
T.'.i. h 11• f.
^ The firft plot
for the rebel¬
lion carried
on with fo
great fecre¬
cy, as none
of the English
had notice of
it before it
was ready to
be put in ex¬
ecution.
motiontobe railed By the Irish in the Province of'Vlfier about a fortnight
before thkrebellionfbrake^penly out, and Tome certain intelligence which
he received ofthfi&me two days before xhe Irish role , X could never hear
that any English manreceived any certain notice of this confpiracy , before
the very evening that it was to be generally put in execution. It is true, Sir
Wiiliam Cole upon the very firft apprehenfions offomething that he conceiv¬
ed to be hatching among the Irish, did write a Letter to the Lords Juftices
and Council, dated th£ 11. of Ottob. 1641. wherein he gave them notice
of the great refort made, to Sir Phelim ONeal, in the County of Tyron,
asalfo to thehouieof the'Lord Mac-Guire, in the County of Fermanagh
and that by feveral fulpeded perfons, fitinftruments for mifchief. As alfo
that the faid Lord Mac-Guire had oflatc made feveral journies into the Pale,
and other places, and had fpent his time much in writing Letters, and fend¬
ing difpatches abroad,. Thefe Letters were received by the Lords J uftices
and Council, andtheyinanfwerto them required him to be very vigil art t
and jnduftrious to find out what should be the occaftonof thofe feveral
meetings, and fpeedily to advertife them thereof, or of any other particular
that he conceivedmight tend to the publickfervice of the State. And for
that which was reveiled to Sir William Cole upop the z 1. of Otlob. the fame
month by John.Gormacke ,. & FI arty Mac Hajh , from Brian Alac-
Cohanaght, Mac-Guire, touching the refolution of the Irish, to feize upon
his Majefties Caftleand City of Dublin, to murder the Lords Juftices and
Council of Ireland, and the reft of the Protectants there, and to feize upon
dl the Caftles, FortsSea-ports, and holds that were in pofTeffion of the
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Proteftants within the Kingdom of Ireland, I find by the examination of
John Cormacbe , taken upon oath at Weftminfter Nov. 18, 1644. That
the faid Sir William Cole did difpatch Letters to th&Lords Juftices and Coun¬
cil the fame day to give them notice thereof. But I can alfo teftify that thofe
sty Letters (whether they were intercepted, or that they otherways mifcarried,
ion fo I cannot fay) came not unto their hands, as alfo that they had not any cer¬
tain notice of this general confpiracy of the Irish, until the 1 z. oPOElob. in
: the very evening before the day appointed for the furpriz of the Cattle and
by City of Dublin. Then the Confpirators being many of them arrived within
the City , and having that day met at the Lion Tavern near Copper Alley,
and there turning the Drawer out of the room, ordered their affairs to¬
gether,drunk healths upon their knees to the happy fuccefs of the next morn- °w 0 c«~
ings work: Owen O Conally a Gentleman of a meer Irish family, but one y^thecon-
that had long lived among the English, and been trained up in the true Pro- fpiracy ofthe
teftant religion, came unto the Lord Juftice Parfens about nine of the clock ^'ofd pj^?f
that evening, and made him a broken relation of a great confpiracy for the the very"*
feizing upon His Majefties Cattle of Dublin : He gave him the names of
fome of the chief confpirators, aflured him they were come up exprefly to bcexecuted?
the Town for thefame purpofe , and that next morning they would un¬
doubtedly attempt, and furely effe&it, if their defign were not fpeedily
prevented, and that he had underftood all this from Hugh Mac-Mahon,
one of the chiefconfpirators, who was then in the T own, and came up but
the very fame afternoon for the execution of the plot; ar.d with whom
indeed he had been drinking fomewhat liberally, and as the truth is, did
then make fuch a broken relation ofa matter that feemedfo incredible in it
felf, as that his Lordship gave very little belief to it at firft, in regard it came
from an obfeure perfon , and one as he conceived fomewhat diftempered at
that time. Buthowfoever the Lord Parfens gave him order to go again to
Mac-Mahon, and get out of him as much certainty of the plot, with as
many particular circumftances as he could, ttraitly charging him to return
back unto him the fame evening. And in the meantime , having by ftri<tt
commands given to the Conftable of the Cattle, taken order to have the
gates thereof well guarded, as alfo with the Major and Sheriffs of the City
to have ttrong watches fet upon all the parts of the fame, and to make ftay
of all ftrangers, he went privately about ten of the clock that night to the
Lord Borlace's houfe without the Town, and there acquainting him with
what he underftood from Conally, they fent for fuch of the Council as they
knew then to be in the Town. But there came onely unto them that night,
Sir Thomas Roiheram , and Sir Robert Meredith , Chancellour of the
Exchequer , with thefethey fell into confultation what was fit to be done,
attending the return of Conally. And finding that he ftaid fomewhat longer
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then the time prefixed, theyfent outinfearch after him, and found him
feized on by the watch, and fo he had been carried away to prifon, and the
Borlace's houfe. Comlly having fomewhat recovered himfelf from his
diftemper,occafionedpartly, as he faid himfelf, by the horrour of the plot
reveiled to him , partly by his too liberal drinking with Mac-Mahon, that
he might the more eafily get away from him (he beginning much to fufpecl
and fear his difcovering of the plot) confirmed what he had formerly re¬
lated , and added thefe farther particulars fet down in his Examination, as
followeth.
The Examination of Oiven 0 Conally Gentleman,, taken
before us whofe names enfue, Oflob. 22. 1641.
T T T Ho being duly [worn, and examined, faith > That he
V V being at Monimore, in the County of London-Deny
on T uefday lafl, he received a Letterfrom Colonel Hugh Oge
Mac-Mahon, defiring him to come to Conaght in the County of
Monaghan, and to be with him on Wednefday or Thurfday
lafl, whereupon he this Examinate came to Conaght on
Wednefday night laft, andfinding the faid Hugh come to Dub¬
lin , followed him hither: He came hither about fix ofthe clock
this evening, and forthwith went to the lodging of the faid
Hugh, to the houfe near the Boat in Oxman Town, and there
he found the faid Hugh, and came with the faid Hugh into the
Town, neartheTillory, tothe lodging of the £WMac-Guire,
where they found not the Lord within, and there they drank a
cup of Beer, and then went back again to the faidWuffx his lod¬
ging. He faith, that at the Lord Mac-Gu ire his lodging, the
faid Hugh told him that there were, and would be this night
great numbers of Noblemen, and Gentlemen ofthe Irifh Tapifts
from all the parts of the Kingdom in this Town, who with him¬
felf had determined to take the Caflle ^Dublin, andpojfefs
themfelves of all His Majeflies Ammunition there to morrow
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t^°e ^°*mn*es °fthe faid Town, and ifthe City would not yield,
then to batter down the houfes, ^72^/0 to cut off all the Trote-
the motion | ftants that wouldnotjoyn with them. He further faith, that
n to the! the faid Hugh then told him, that the Irifh prepared men in
allparts of the Kingdom 3 todejlroy allthe Englilh inhabiting
- /Am1 to morrow morning- by ten of the clock>&that in alltheSea
:.Urr' - ' - — ^ - - - — - -
ports,andother Towns in the Kingdom,all the Trotejlants should
be killed this night ^and that all theTofts that could be, not
prevent it: further faith, £ W ^ moved the Jaid Hugh to
forbear executing of that bufinefs^andto difcover it to the State,
for thefaving of his own eflate^whofaid he could not help it. But
~ ' faidy that they did owe their Allegiance to the King 3 and would
nan, if Pat him aU his Rights, but that they did this for the Tyrannical
j^r Government was over them3 and to imitate Scotland, who got a
priviledge by that courfe.Andhe further faithythat when he was
i) 7k with they^/WHugh in his lodging the fecond time >t hefaidWwgfi
i Jon-Den fwore that he should not go out of his lodging that night ybut told
'HujfiOjj: him that he should go with him the next morning to the Caflle,
tCmlnj and [aid, if this matter were difcovered, fome body should die for
rlWij It, whereupon this Examinate feigned fome necejjity for his
Imji: eafement > went down out of the Chamber, and left his/word in
mtt) M fawny andthefaidHugh fent his man down with him3 and
'of tilth when this Examinate came down into the Tard, andfinding an
ofthek opportunity 3 he 3 this Examinate leaped over a Wall, and two
»
ifitlth
WMtti
T'
Pi&r 3 /a rto the Lord Juftice Parfons.
Oftob.ii. 1641.
William Parfons.
Tho. Rotheram. 0wen0 Conalb
Rob. Meredith.
tk
I
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nhotii
HErcupon the Lords took prefent order to have a Watch privately fet
upon the lodging of Mac-Mahon, as alfo upon the L. Mac-Gmre,
and fo they fate up all that night in confultation, having far ftronger
preemptions upon this latter examination taken, then any ways at firft they
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By the Lords Juftices and Council.
W. Parfons. John Borlace.
THefe are to make known and publish to all
His Majefties good Subjects in this Kingdom
,,(t: of Ireland,that there is a difcovery made by Us the
«»)! Lords Juftices and Council, of a moft difloyal and
deteftable Confpiracy intended by fome evil-affedted
wit Irish Papifts, againft the lives of Us the Lords Juftices
and Council, and many other of His Majefties faith-
!t ful Subjects, univerfally throughout this Kingdom,
y/pie and for the feizing not only of His Majefties Caftle of
Dublin, His Majefties principal Fort here, butalfo
of the other Fortifications in the Kingdom: And
feeing by the great goodnefs and abundant mercy of
Almighty God to His Majelty, and this State and
Kingdom, thofe wicked Confpiracies are brought
to light, and fome of the Confpirators Committed
to the Caftle of Dublin, by Us, by His Majefties
Authority, fo as thofe wicked and damnable Plots are
now difappointed in the chief parts thereof, We there¬
fore have thought fit hereby not only to make it pu-
blickly known, for the comfort of His Majefties
goodand loyal Subjects in all parts of the Kingdom,
but alio hereby to require them , that they do with all
confidence and cheerfulnefs betake themfelves to their
6wn defence, andftand upon their guard, fo to render
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T His Proclamation was prefently Printed , and feveral Copies fent
. ^ downby exprefs meffengers unto the principal Noblemen and Gentle-
' men in feveral parts of the Country , where they caufed them to be
| P^divers waysdifperfed , hoping that when the timely difco very of this con-
7 tliat Fa ^piracy , and the happy prevention in a great part, should fully appear
' r abroad, it would prove fo great a difcouragment to fuch of the contra¬
ctors as had not yet openly declared themfelves, as that they would there-
^llk^by be contained within the bounds of their duty and obedience to His
L: i Majefty. The fame night the Lord Blaney arrived with the news of the
f furprifal of his houfe, his Wife and hisChildren, by the Rebels of the xhe irtih rife
M^itliCounty of tJMonaghan: Next day came advertifement from Sir oArthnr firft in the
buki Tyringham , of the taking of the Neivry • and then the fad relations of^*1""^
burning, fpoiling, and horrible murders committed within the Province there bum,
WMpli'o tVlfter, began to multiply, and feveral perfons every day and aim oft
;( every hour in every day for a good while after , arrived likej^ melfen-^.
gers, telling the ftory of their own fufferings, and the fearful maffacres of
'fyh the poor English in thofe parts from whence they came. Thefe things
wrought fuch a general confirmation and aftonishment in the minds of all
! m the English and other inhabitants well-affedrd within the City, as they
'."were much affrighted therewith, expecting every hour when the Irish al-
w/i ready crept into the Town, joyning with the Papifts there, should make
the City a Theater whereon to ad: the fecond part of that Tragedy moft
bloodily begun in the Northern parts by them.
And it added moft extremely to thefe prefent fears, that feveral un- Fa!ferum_
happy rumours (the great tormentors of the weaker fex) were vainly ours fpread
fpread abroad of the fuddain approach ofgreat numbers ofRebels outof °frheBfbels
the adjacent Irish Counties unto the City: Some would make us believe the city of-
way that they were difcerned at fome diftance already marching down from DMn.
the mountain fide within view of the Town ; a report fo credibly deliver¬
ed by thofe who pretended to be eye-witneffes, that it drew fome of the
State up to the platform of the Caftle to behold thofe who were yet in-
vifible , though there were there that would notbeperfwaded but that
they faw the very motions of the men as they marched down the moun¬
tains. It was at the fame time alfo generally noifed abroad, that there
were ioooo. of the Rebels gottten together in a body at the Hill o STarah>
a place not above fixteen miles diftant from the Town, and that they in¬
tended without any further delay to march on and prefently furpriz the
fame. Thefe falfe rumours being unluckily fpread, and by fome fomented
II out of evil ends , exceedingly increafed the prefent diftra&ions of the
people, andraifed fuchapanick fear among them , as about fevenof the
clock at night, the LordsJuftices and fome of the Council being then in
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the Council chamber within the Caftle, there came in to them a Gentle¬
man of good quality, who having not without much .difficulty, as he pre¬
tended , recovered the Gate of the Caftle, caufed the Warders then attend¬
ing to draw up the bridge, alluring th^m that the Rebels gathered toge¬
ther in great numbers, had already ppfleffed themfelves of a good part of
the Town, and came now with great fury marching down the ftreet that
leads diredtly towards the Caftle Gate. But this fear was quickly removed
by Sir Francis Willotighby, who being that day made Governour of the
Caftle , caufed the draw-bridge to be let down , and fb found this to be
afalfe Alarm occafioned by fome miftakefallen among the people, who
continued waving up and down the ftreets, prepofTeffed with ftrange fears,
and fome of them upon fome (lender accident drawing their fwords,
others that knew not the caufe thought fit to follow the example, and fo
came to appear to this Gentleman who was none of their company, as fo
many Rebels coming up to enter the Caftle.
Thefe were the firft beginnings of our forrows, ill fymptomcs, and fad
preparatives to the enfuing evils: Therefore the Lords finding by feveral
intelligences, though fome purpofely framed, that the power of the Re¬
bels was fuddenly fwollen up to fo great a bulk, and likely fo faft to mul¬
tiply and increafe upon them, thought it high time to confider of the re¬
medies , and in what condition they were to oppofe, fince they could not
prevent fb imminent a danger. The Rebellion now appeared without all
manner of queftion to be generally raifed in all parts of the North, and
like a torrent to comedown moft impetuoufly upon them: befides, it
was no ways improbable that all other parts of the Kingdom would
take fire and follow their example , they had the teftimony of cJtyCac-
tJfyfahon politive therein. The firft thing therefore which they took into
confideration, was, how they were provided of Mony, Arms, and Muni¬
tion ; Then, what Companies of Foot, and T roops of Horfe of the old
Army they were able to draw prefently together, as alfo what numbers
of new men they could fuddenly raife. For the firft, they had this short
accompt from the Vice-treafurer, That there was no mony in the Exche¬
quer. And certainly it was a main policy in the firft contrivers of this
Rebellion, to plot the breaking of it out at fuch a time when the Ex¬
chequer should be empty, and al 1 the Kings Revenues both certain and ca-
fual, due for that halfyear, as well as the Rents of all the British through¬
out the Kingdom , should be found re&dy either in the Tenants or Col¬
lectors hands in the Country, and fo neceftarily fall under their power, as
they did to their great advantage. For Arms and Munition, the Stores
were indifferently well furnished at this time : Befides feveral Pieces of
Artillery


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to your Lordship, We then committed him until We might have further time to
examine him again, our time being become more needful to be imploded in Acti¬
on for fe curing this place, then in examining. This Mac-Mahon had been
abroad, andferved the K. of Spain as a Lieutenant Colonel,
Upon conference with him and others, and calling to mind a Letter We receiv¬
ed the weekj?efore from Sir William Cole, a Copy whereof We fend your Lord-
ship here inclofed, We gathered that the Lord Mac Guire was to be anattor in
fur pricing the Caftle of Dublin , wherefore We held it necejfarytofee ure him
immediately, thereby alfo to ftartle and deter the refl, when they found him laid
fafl. His Lordship observing what we had done, and the City in tArms, fled
from his lodging early before day, it feems dijguijed, for we had laid a watch
about his lodging yfo as we think, he could not pafs without dtfguifing himfclf, yet
he could not get forth of the City ,foJure ly guarded were all the Gafes.
There were found at his lodging hiddenfome Hatchets {with the Helves newly
cut ojfclofetothe Hatchets, and many Skeans, and fome Hammers,
In the end the Sheriffs of the City, whom we imployed in frill fearch of his
Lordship,found him hidden in a Cockloft, in an obfeure houfe far from his lodg¬
ing , where they apprehended him, and brought him before Us,
He denyed all yyet fo, as he could not deny but he heard of it in the Country,
though he would not tellus when, or from whom ; and confejfed that ho had,
not advertifed Us thereof, as in duty he ought to have done. But We were fo
well fat i fled of his guiltinefs by all ci r cum fiances, as We doubted not upon fur¬
ther examination when We could be able to fpare time for it to find it apparent:
wherefore We held it of abfolute necejfity to commit him Clofe-prifoner, as We
had formerly done Mac-Mahon, and others: where We left him on the three
and twentieth of this month in the morning, about the fame hour they intended
to have been Mafters of that place, and thu City.
That morning alfo We laid wait for all thofe fir angers that came the night
before to Towns and fo many were apprehended whom Wefind reafbn to believe to
have hands in this Con/piracy, as We were forced to difperfe themintofever al
Gaols: and Wefencefound that there came many Hors-mcn in to the Suburbs that
night, who finding theplot difcovered, difperfed themfelves immediately,
When the hour approachedywhich was dejignedfor fur pricing theCafi ley great
numbers of fir angers were obferved to come to Town in great parties fever al
ways y who notfinding admittance at the Gaets, /laid in the Suburbs, and there
grew numerous 3to theterrour of the Inhabitants. Wcthcrefore to help ihatydrCW
up infant ly andjigned a Proclamation, commanding all men3rtot dwellers in the
City or Suburbs,to depart within an hour, upon pain ofdeath, and made it alike
penal to thofe that should harbour them\ which Proclamation the Sheriff's imme¬
diately proclaimed in all the Suburbs by Our commandment: which being accom¬
panied with the example and terror of the committal of thofe two eminent men,
andothersy occajionedthe departure of thofe multitudes; and in thu cafe > all our .
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Jj , * lives andfortunes, and above all, His tJATajefitespower and regal authority
' being ftill at the flake > We mufi vary from ordinary proceedings, not only in
ktttrWrti
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it win
fytofmi
d(tili m
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executing martial law as We fee caufi, to alfo in put ting fome to the Racl»tofind
out the bottom of this Treafon, and all the contrivers thereof, which we forefic
,evi , will not otherwifi be done.
-ff: On that 1 3. of this month, conceiving that as foon as it should be
known that the plot for foiling Dublin Caflle was difappointed, all the Conjpi-
rators in the remote parts might be fomewhat disheartned , as on the otherfide
the good Subjects would be comforted, and would then with the more confidence
ftand on their guard; did prepare to find abroad to all parts of the Kingdom
this Proclamation which we fend you here inclofid: andfi having provided that
the City and Caflle should be fo guarded as upon the fudden We could promifi ,
We concluded that long continued confutation.
On Saturday at 12. of the clockjit night the Lord Biany came to Town and
brought Us the ill news of the Rebelsfitting with two hundred men his houfe at
Caftle Blanythe County 0/Monaghan, and his Wife, Children, and Ser¬
vants , as alfo a houfe of the Earl ofEffex called CarrickmacroE with two hun¬
dred men, and a houfe of Sir Henry £pots wood in the fame County, with two
hundred men, where there being a little Plantation of British, they plundred
the Town and burnt divers houfes, and itfince appears that they burnt divers 0-
ther Tillages; and robbedandfpoiled many English, and none but Protefiants j
leaving the English Papifts untouched as well as the Irish.
On Sunday morning at three of the clock We had intelligence from Sir Arthur
Terringham, that the Irish in the Town had that day alfo broken up the Kings
ft ore of arms and munition at the Newry, where the ft ore of arms hath lien ever
fince the peace, and where they foundfourfiore and ten barrels of powder, and
armed themfielves, and put them under the command of Sir Con. Magennis
Knighty and one Creely a Monk > ttndplundred the English there and dijarmed
the Garrifin. And this, though too much, is all that We yet hear is done by them•
However We shall ft and on our guard the bed We may to defend the Caftle
and City principally, thofi being the pieces of moft importance. But if the
Conjpiracy befio Umverjal as Mac-Mahon faith in his Examination it is, na¬
me y, 7hat all the Counties in the Kingdom have conftnred imt, which We
admire should fo fall out in this time ofUniverfalpeace, and carried with that
fecrecyrhat none of the English could, have any friend amongft them todifclofi ity
then indeed We shall be in high extremity, and the Kingdom m the great eft dan¬
ger that ever it underwent, corfideringourwantofmen, mony, and arms,
to enable Us to encounter fi great multitudes as they can make, fall should joyn
againfl Us, the rather 3 becaufi We have pregnant caufi to doubt that the com¬
bination hatlo taken force by the incitement cft bfefuites, Priefts and Fryers.
All the hope We have here%is3the old English of the Pal c^andfiome other parts,
will continue conflant to the King in theirfidelity, as they did informer rebellions.
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now in thefe (baits, IVe mufl under God depend on ay a forth cf Eng¬
land our prefent fapply with all Jpeed, ejpecially many, We having none,
and arms which we shall exceedingly want; without which, We are very doubt'
ful what account We shallgive to the King of his Kingdom.
But if the Con/piracy he onely o/Mac-Guire andfome other Irish of the kindred
and friends of the Rebel T iron and other Irish in the Counties of Down . Mo-
naghan, Cavan , Fermanagh & Armagh , and no general revolt following
thereupon, we hope then to make head againft them in a reafonahle meafure if
We he enabled with monyfrom thence , without which We can raije no forces,
Jo great is our want of mony as we have formerly written, and our debt Jo great
to the zs4rmy: nor is mony to he borrowed here, and if it were, we would en-
gage all our eft at esfor it: neither have we any hope to get in his Adajefties rents
andfubfdies in thefe dijlurbances y which add extreamly to our necejfties.
On Sunday morning 14. We met again in C ouncil, andfent to all parts of the
Kingdom the enclojed Proclamation> andijfued ^Patents to draw hither feven
Hot s-tr oops as a farther ftrength to this place, and to be with us in cafe the Re¬
bels shall make head and march hitherward, Jo as we may be necejjitated to give
them battel. We alfo then fent away our Letters to the Prefident of both the Pro¬
vinces of Munfter & Conaght : sstnd we likewifi then fent Letters to the
Sheriffs of the five Counties of the Pale to confult ofthe befl way and means of
their own prefervation. That day the Lord Vice Com. Gormanfton , the Lord
Vice Co. Nettervile, the Lord Vice Co. Fitz Williams, and the Lord o/Houth,
andfincetloe Earles ofKxldtfQ, and Fingal, and the Lords of Dunfany and
Slane, all Noblemen of the English Pale came unto us, declaring that they then
■and not before heard of the matter , And profejfed Loyalty to his <Jf\€aje(ly, and
c oncurrence with the State, but faid they wanted Arms > whereof they defired
to be fupplied by Vs, which we told them we would willingly do, as relying much
on their faithfulnefs to the Crown : but we were not yet certain whether or no
we had enough to arm ourflrengthfor the guard of the City and Caflle; yet we
fupplied fuch of them as lay in moft danger with a fmall proportion of Arms and
zJfyCunition for their houjes, lefi they should conceive we apprehended any jealoU'
Jy ofthem. oAbnd we commanded them to be very diligent in fending out watches ,
and making all the difcoveries they could, and thereof to advert ife us, which
they readily promifed to do.
And ifit fall out that the Irish generally rife 3 which we have caufe to fufi
petl 3 then we muft ofnecejfity put Arms into the hands of the English Pale in pre-
fint,and to others asfaft as we can> tofight for defence of the State and themfelves.
Tour Lordship wrw fees the condition wherein we ft and, and how necejfary it
isfirft that we enjoy your preface jpe eddy for the better guiding ofthofe and other
the publickjtjfairs of the King and Kingdom. zsfnd fecondly, that the Parlia¬
ment there be mtved immediately to advance to us a good fum of mony, which
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'fjfj being nowjpeedtly fent hither.may prevent the expence of very much treafure &
\ n f blood in a long continued war. And if your Lordship shall happen to flay on that
11 ' fide any longer time-five mufl then defireyour Lords hip to appoint a Lieutenant Ge-
, , neral to difcharge the great and weighty burthen of commanding the forces here.
fj{ ff Amidfl thefe confufions and difcords fallen upon Vs , We bethought Vs of the
Parliament, which was formerly adjourned to November next-, and the term
now alfo at handy which will draw juch a concourfi of people hither and give
opportunity under that pretence , affembling and taking new Councils yjeingthe
/ former feems to be in fome part difappointed, and of contriving further danger
vwifltiti,
Hfio this State and People: We have therefore found it of unavoidable necejfity to
prorogue it accordingly, and to direUthe Term to be adjourned tothefirflof
1 Hillary Term, excepting onely the Court of Exchequer for haftning in the Kings
mony if it be pojfible. We defire upon this occafionyour Lordship will be pleafed
to view our Letters concerning the plantation ofConaght, dated the 14 April
"J^r|n lafi , dire bled to Air. Secretary Vane in that part thereof, which concerns the
County o/Monaghan, where now thefe fires do firfi breakout.
K In the lafl place we mufl make known to your Lordship, that the Army we
* have 9 confifling but of 2000 Foot and 1000 Horfe, are fo difperfedin Garri-
tit Limit; fom in feVeral parts , as continually they have beenfince they were fo reduced, as
tfthey be all fent for to be drawn together , not only the places whence they are to
Moil, tilth be drawn , {and for whofe fafety Wey lie there) mufl be by abfence diflrefed;
AfHog but alfo the Companies themfelves coming info fmall numbers may be in danger
'Qutifcj ?. to be cut of in their march; nor indeed have we any mony to pay the Souldters
jitWfji to enable them to march, z/fndfowe take leave and remain from his tJfyCaje-
flies Caftle ofD ubin z 5 e/O&ober, 1641.
;rej fit Tour Lordships to be commanded
tfrtlji Up William Parfons. JohnBorlace.
mMtti Richard Bolton. Can. R.Dillon, Anthony Midenlis, John Raphoe, R. Digby,
ICJ/r r Ad. Loftus, Ger. Lowther, John Temple, Tho. Rotheram, Fran. Willoughby,
' Ja. Ware, G. Wentworth, Robert Meredith.
Mil Arm _ ^ ^ ^
POSTSCRIP T.
THefatdOwen Conally, who reveiledthe Confpiracy is worthy of very
w great consideration, to recompence that faith and loyalty which he hath Jo
extreamly to his own danger exprejfed in this bufinefs; whereby under God there
10fttills b°Pe ^ftus of deliverance of this State and Kingdom , from the wicked
purpofes ofthofe Conjpirators. And therefore we befeechyour Lordship that it be
taken into confideration there 5 Jo as he may have a markI °f his Alajeflies mofl
l Royal bounty which may largely extend to him and his pojlerity-> we not being
(now able here to do it for him. W. Parsons*
' .[tljePtf, To the Right Honourable our very good Lord ROBERT
1 Earle of Leicerter, Lo. Lieutenant Gen. and General
0V l Goyernour gt the Kingdom of Ireland.


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He difpatchientto his Majefty was addrefTed to Sir Henry Vane, Prin¬
cipal Secretary , and carried by Sir Henry Spot/wood, who went by
Sea directly into Scotland : And the Letters to the L. Lieutenant were fent
to London by Owen O Conally, the firft difcoverer of the Plot.
The Lords The Lords now with all care and diligence applied their further endca-
juftices caufe yours towards the preventing as much as was poffible,the deftru&ion intend-
madonfto ed againfl: all the British inhabitants of the Kingdom , as well as the fecurity
bedifperfed, of the City and the places round about it. A work of large extent, and
wrht^nand6 wherein they met with many difficulties, by reafon of their own wants
other means both of men and mony. They having formerly fent away and difperfed
to be ufed for tj-je Proclamations into feveral parts of the Country, now fent Letters by
[ion of die" exprels Meffengers unto thePrefidents of Mmjler & Conaght, and to fe-
rifing of the verai principal Gentlemen in thofe two Provinces; as alio to others within
Irish in the - 1 - - ■ - -
North , but
2r,sh m ^ the Province of Lemfier, giving them notice of the difcovery of the Plot,
all to no pur- and advifing them to Band upon their guard, and to make the beft provifion
£°k' they could for the defence of the Country about them. They fent another
exprels to the Earl of Ormond, then at his houfe at Carick^ with Letters to
the fame eifed; and withall defired his Lordship prefently to repair unto
tbem at Dublin with his Troop of Hors. They lent likewife Commif-
fions to the Lords Vifcounts of Clandeboys, & of the Ardes^ for railing of the
Scots in theNorthern parts,and putting tnem into A rms,as they did alfo foon
after to Sir William Stewart, & Sir Robert Stewart, & feveral other Gentle¬
men of quality in the North. And as they gave them order for prolecution
The Lords of of theRebels with fire and fword,fo they gave them power to receive fuch of
the Engiuh them in as should fubmit to his Majefties grace & mercy. But thefe difpatch-
fhe council esthey were enforced to fend all by Sea , the Rebels having flopped up the
board, and paffages,and hindred all manner of entercourfe with that Province by Land,
the^r LoyaT^ Lords of the Vale having been at the Council-board,and there declared
affe&ions to to the Lords Juftices, with great proteftations, their Loyal affections unto his
his Majefty. Majefty ; together with their readinefs and forward concurrence with their
The En^ish Lordships "in this fervice, came unto them again within two or three days
circuit3of^C a^er witb a Pention ; wherein they offered u nto their Lordships, the deep
Land poflcf- fen^e they had of an expreffion in the late Proclamation fet out upon the dif-
fed at the covery of this great Confpiracy intended, as is there fet down. By fome evilaf-
time of the feBed Irish Fapijls> which words they feared might be by fome mif-interpret-
firftconqueft ecj} anc} fuch a conftruclion put upon them, as might refledt upon their per-
thtEnziish i f°ns^ comprehended under them. Whereupon the Lords Juftices and Coun-
ever fince in- cit thought fit, to defcend fo farto their fatisfadlion, as not only to remonftrate
habitedby the clearnefs of their intentions towards them , butthgt it might appear unto
themjit con- the world, they entertained not the leaftjealousthoughtsofthem. they caufed
Counter-- a new f>1'oc^araafi°n to be fet out by way of explanation of the former, which
^Counties f have thought fit here toinfert, that it may appear how far they were from
of Dublin, giving any of thofe Lords and Gentlemen occafion to break out into thofe
Meatbitwtb, rebellious courfes, they loon afterwards took to their own deftrucUon.
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W. Tarfons. John Borlace»
WHereas a Petition hath been preferred unto Us by di¬
vers Lords and Gentlemen of the English Tale, in
behalf of themfelves and the reft of the Tale, and other the
old English of this Kingdom, shewing that whereas a late
Confpiracy of Treafon is difcovered ofill-affedted perfons of a Proda-
theold Irish, and that thereupon a Proclamation was pub- S'for the
liflied by Us; wherein among other things, it is declared
that the faid Confpiracy was perpetrated by Irish Tapifts and Gen- *
without diftindtion of any $ and they doubting that by thofe t^EngiSh
general words of Irish Tapifts, they might feem to be in vol v- Palc*
ed, though they declare themfelves confident that We did
not intend to conclude them therein, in regard they are none
of the old Irish, nor of their fadtion, or confederacy $ but are
altogether averfe and oppofite to all their defigns, and all
others of like condition $ We do therefore to give them full
fatisfadtion, hereby declare and publifh to all His Majefties
goodSubjedts in this Kingdom, That by the words, Irish
Tapifts , We intended onely fuch of the old meer Irish in the
Province of Ulfter, as have plotted, contrived,and been adtors
in this Treafon, and others who adhere to them j and that We
did not any way intend, or mean thereby any of the old
English of the Tale, nor ofany other parts of this Kingdom,
We being well aflured of their fidelities to the Crown, and
having experience of the good affedtions and fervices of their
Anceftors in former times of danger and Rebellion. And We
further require all His Majefties loving Subjedts,whetherPro~
teftants or Papifts to forbear upbraiding matter of Religion,
one againft the other, and that upon pain of His Majefties in¬
dignation.Given at His Majeft.Caftle o{T>ublinyi^ Off. 1641.
R.Ranelagh, R. Dillon, Ant. jMidenfis, Ad.Loftus, Gto. Shtirly,
Gerrard Loivther, I. Temple, Fr. JVillotigby, J a. Ware.
God fave the King.
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the Jax sh Rebellion.
B
Ut to return now to the Northern Rebels, who fo clofelv purfued on
their fir ft plot, as they beginning to put it in execution in moft of the
chief places of ftrength thereupon the 13 .ofOttob.xhe day appointed for the
furprizal of the Caftle of Dublin, had by the latter end of the lame month
gotten into their poffeftion all the Towns, Forts, Caftles, and Gentlemens
The greater houfes within the Counties ofTyron, Donegal, Fermanagh, Armagh, Cavany
poift^dbv^ London Derry, Monaghan>8t hair the County of Doivnyexcepting the Cities
the Northern of London Derrj & Coleraign , the Town and Caftle of Encibillin, and fome
Rebels.. other places and Caftles which were for the prefem gallantly defended by
the British undertakers, though afterwards for want of relief furrendred
into their hands. The chief of the Northern Rebels that firft appeared in
the execution of this Plot within the Province of Vlfler were Sir Phelim
0Neal, TurloghO JSfeal, his brother, Roury Mac-Quire brother to the
ofche ch^ef" k°r<^ Mac-Qmre , Philip O Rely, MulmoreO Rely, Sir Conne Mac-Gemuy
Rebels in Col. Mac-Brian, *JfyCac-Mahon ; thefe having clofely combined together,
Trifittn w[th feveral other of their accomplices , the chief of the feveral Septs in the
feveral Counties, divided their forces into feveral parties; and according to
a general affignation made among themfelves at one and the fame time,
several Forts furprized by treachery the Town and Caftle of the Neivry, the Fort of
and other Dongannon , Fort Mont joy, Charlemont, Tonragei, Caricke Mac-RcJJe ,
deniy furpri- Cloughcuter, Caftle Blany , Caftle of Afonagban.; being all of them places of
zed by the considerable ftrength, and in feveral of them companies of foot, or Troops
of Hors belonging to the ftanding-army. Befides thefe they took a mul¬
titude ofother Caftles, Houfes of ftrength, T owns, and Villages, all abund¬
antly peopled with British inhabitants, who had exceedingly enriched the
Country as well as themfelves by their painful labours. They had made
for their more comfortable fubfiftence,handfome and pleafant habitations,
abounding with corn, cattel, and; all other commodities that an induftrious
people could draw, out of a good inland foil. They lived in great plenty,
and fome of them very well ftored with plate and ready mony. They
lived likewife in as great fecurity , being quiet and carelefs, asthepeople of
Laish, little fufpe&ing any treachery from their Irish neighbours. The
English well knew they had given them no manner of provocation; they
had entertained them with great demon ftrations of love and affedion. No
ftorycan ever shew that in any Agefince their intermixed cohabitation,
theyrofe up fo fecretly to do them mifchief. And now of late they lived fo
peaceably and lovingly together as they had juft reafon moft confidently
to believe, that the.Irish would never upon any occafion generally rife up
again to their deftru&ion. This i take to be one main and principal reafon
that the English were fo eafily over-run within the Northern Counties,
and fo fuddenly fwailowed up, before they could make any manner of
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rllle| refinance in rhe very firft beginnings of this Rebellion. For moft of the Thegreatfe-
Enghsh having either Irish T enants, Servants, or Landlords, and all of them confidence
ppomtedfo: ^riS^ neighbours their familiar friends: as fbon as the fire brake out, and °f the English
leiamer whole Country began to rife about them , fome made their recourfe
wdGentlfn Prefently to their Friends for prote&ion, fome relying upon their Neigh- of their fu«t-
Amh^ hours, others upon their Landlords, others upon theirTenants and Servants
for prefervation, or at leaffc ,prefent fafety; and with great confidence put
;i?42jr. their lives, their Wives, their Children, and all they had, into their power. The tnguh
But thefe generally either betrayed them into the hands of other Rebels, murdScdby
or moft perfidioufly deftroyed them with their own hands. The Priefts their wish
had now charmed the Irish, and laid fiich bloody impreffions in them , as it ^
weflrPJ. waS ' accorchngt0 the maxims they had received, a mortal fin to give Tenants,
f Wfefo't any manner relief- or prote&ion to any of the English. All bonds and
m,^ ties of faith and friendship were now broken ; the Irish Landlords made
^'1^1 a prey of their English Tenants, Irish Tenants and Servants a Sacrifice of
r' their English Landlords and IMafters, one Neighbour cruelly murdred
by another; the very Irish children in the very beginning fell to ftrip and
kill English children: all other relations were quite cancelled and laid afide,
dmk
1 and it was now efteemed a moft meritorious work in any of them that
,c ; could by any means or ways whatfoever, bring an English man to the
.? ; flaughter. A work not very difficult to be compaffed as.things then ftood. the English
yFor they living promifcuoufly among the British, in all parts having from ana°n& the
1 [ i their Priefts received the Watchword both for time and place, rofe up, MufeofX'it
:1 „ ^ as it were a&uated by one and the fame fpirit, in all places of thofe Counties d«-
before mentioned at one and the fame point of time; and fo in a moment ru on°
fell upon them, murdring fome, ftripping onely, or expelling others out of
•. their habitations. This bred fuch a general terror and aftonishment among
the English as they knew not what to think, much left what to do, or which
aninduinc way tQ tum {Femfelves. Their fervants were killed as they were ploughing
ngreat p jn the fields, Flusbands cut to pieces in theprefence of their Wives, their
fliony. T Childrens brains dashed out before their faces, others had all their goods
z'W[ and cattelfeized and carried away, their houfes burnt, their habitations
fonts. Ti waft 5 ancf aj] as jt weT€ at an inftant before they could fufped: the Irish
iition; ti: for tfieir enemies, or any ways imagine that they had it in their hearts, or in
kdion. - their power, to offer fo great violence, or do fuch mifchiefunto them,
jhabitatio: Now for fuch of the English as ftood upon their guard, and had gathe-
heylivec rcc| together, though but in fmall numbers, the Irish had recourfe to their
confides: ancient ftratagem; which as they have formerly, fo they ftill continued
erallvi to make frequent ufe of in this prefent Rebellion. A nd that was fairly to
nc/plreai. offer unto them good conditions of quarter , to aflure them their lives,
nCbiffltf their goods, and free palfage, with a fafe condu<5t intowhatplacefoever
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3 C The Irish Rebellion.
The Irish fai- they pleafed , and to confirm thefe Covenants fometimes under their
oaths^and Hands and Seals, fometimes with deep Oaths and Proteftations; and
proteftacions then as foon as they had them in their power, to hold themfelves dif-ob'
^vtandafcec bged ^rorn promifes, and to leave their Souldiers at liberty to de-
■quartergiven fpoil, fbrip, and murder them at their pleafure. Thus were the poor£«.
veraT'uces <2^ treated, who had shut themfelves up in the great Cathedral Church
murder and at Armagh by Sir PhelimO Neal, and his brother Turlogh. Thus were
deftroy them, foch 0f the English ufed by Philip O Rely , who had retired themfelves
to Belterherty the beft planted Town in the County of Cavan. And af¬
ter the fame barbarous manner were fuchof the English drawn out to the
daughter, as had gotten into the Caftlesof Longford, the Caftle of TuU
logh in the County of Fermanagh, or the Church of Newtown in the
fame County , and feveral other places; as appears by feveral examina¬
tions taken upon Oath, from perfons that hardly efcaped thence with their
ciTr ufedby1" ^ves# And befides thefe other policies they ufed , fome to diftrad
the irisb to and difcourage them, others to dif-inable them to Hand out to make any
I™™1 defence. A sin feveral places the Irish came under divers pretences, and
lifing againft, borrowed fuqh Weapons and Arms as the English had in their houfes;
®r the scots anc| no f00ner got them into their hands, but they turned them out of
their defence, their own doors, as they did at Glaflougb in the County of Alonaghan:
And by the fame means they very gently and fairly got into their poffef-
fion all the English Arms in the County of Cowan • The High Sheriff
there being an Irishman andaPapift, pretending that he took their Arms
to fecure them onelyagainft the violence of fuchof the Irish as he under-
ftood to be in Arms in the next County. And that they might the more
cafily effect the deftru&ion of the English,. and keep off the Scots from
giving them any affifiance , they openly profeffed tofpare, as really they
did at the firft, all of the Scotish Nation ; and pretended they would
. fuffer them , as likewifeall English Papifts, to live quietly among them-j
hoping thereby to contain all of that Nation from taking up Arms , till
they had maftered all the English , and that then they should be well
enough enabled to deal with them. Thus were the poor English prepa¬
red for the daughter, andfo exceedingly diftra&ed with the tumultuous
rifingofthe/n'j^ on all fides about them , as they could never put them-
the defence felves into any pofture of defence. And although in many places they
vatehoufes" rTU<^e Parties' an£^ betook themfelves into feveral Churches and
wkhoutUjoyn. Caftles, fome of which were moft gallantly long defended by them,, yet
ing together did they not draw together in any fuch confiderable body , as would en-
wherebythey able them to. make good their party m the field, again ft the numerous
gave great forces of the Rebels. The truth is, they did not very readily endeavour,
tfaeiubeU'J0 or dexteroudy attempt it in any partof th^t Province, as Icould hearofj
every;


37
rtati61 every man betaking himfelf the beft he could to the care of his own
M p 110115 houfe, and feeking how to fave his own family, his goods within , and his
lt nVes '' Cattei without. And fo while they kept fingly apart, and fingly flood
l[][] up for their own private prefer vation, not joyning their forces together
yi i?fj: for the common fafety, they gave the Rebels a fair opportunity, and a
lingular advantage, to work out with great facility their common de-
J'j, ftru&ion. Whereas, if they had deferted their houfesupon thefirft no-
> ^ tice of the riling up of the Irish , and in the feveral Counties put them-
k felves into feveral bodies, under the commands of the chief English
Qentjemen round about them, they had undoubtedly (how ill foeVer
^Caltleof? they were provided of Arms and munition) been able to have encountred
in the Irish, and to have beat them out of many parts of the Country, or
atleaft, to have put them to fomefland in their enterprize. Whereas,
tacejftl by the courle they took, they moft readily, without almoft any refiftance,
p to fe expofed themfelves to the mercilefs cruelty of the Irish, who at the
kttsmfc very firft (for fome few days after their breaking out) did not in moft:
*p«s,i places murder many of them: but thecourfe they took, was to feiz upon
i tfeir hot ali their goods and Cattei, to ftrip them, their Wives, and Children na-
kbot: ked; and in that miferable plight, the weather being moft: bitter cold
of Mow, ahdfrofty , to turn them out of their houfes, to drive them to the Mount-
iwheirpol ains, to wander through the Woods and Bogs; and if they by any means
tHigl-Skprocured any other clothes, or but even ordinary rags to cover their
ihfidt k nakednefs, they were prefently taken from them again, and none fuffer-
jkked to give them any kind of shelter by the way, relief, or entertain-
^ktb ment, without incurring the heavy difpleafure of their Priefts and chief
tie Scots! Commanders. And fothey drove fuch of the English) whole lives they
asKailye thought fit at that time to fpare, clear out of the Country. Some of them
Ithey wotook their journy towards Carigfergus, others towards Coir aw, Derry,
imongtkand other of the Northern Ports. Many who had gotten together and
pArms, ftood upon their guards, came to compofition with their bloody alfai-
HouldWants, and gave them their goods, plate and mony, for leave to come
fyM-pqilp to the City of Dublin, And having bought their licenfe at fo dear a
rumultucrate, had Palfes and Convoys alfigned them by the chief Captains of the
ir piutk Rebels, and fo came on of their way in great Troops of Men, Women,
places tt and Children. Out of the County of Cavan, as M. Creighton, who by his
lurches i charitable relief of great numbers of them, preferved them from perish-
them, ing) teflifies in his examination, there pafTed by his houfe in one compa-
sWDulJiny 1400 perfons, in another 500. from Newtown in the County of
fini}0 Fermanagh, in others lefler numbers; all without any weapons , or any Mamchym
endeai thing elfe but the very clothes on their backs, which they fuffered them examiiiauafls
Jjheiti not to carry away with them; but many were moft barbaroufly ftripped
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4°
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and making all manner of ill infufions into the minds of the Townfmen,
who as it afterwards appeared, were but too forward to take part with
the Rebels. It is verily believed they had in the very beginning fome plot
to cut off the Lord Moor and feiz upon his Troop 5 and that Sir John
Netterviles part was to begin a mutiny, which he attempted that night
he was to be upon the watch, by giving ill language, and endeavouring
to make a quarrel with his Lordship, which he very difcreetly pal&d
over, and fo carefully looked to the guard of the Town, as they could
take no advantage to put on their defign. Howfoever the Townfmen
were extreamly frighted with the thoughts of their prefent danger, and
the greater part of them being Papifts, were ready to declare themfelves
The ill con- for the Catholick caufe ; only their defires were, things might be fo orde-
w^"repre-~ re<^5 as would adminifter unto them fpecious pretences of neceflityforthc
fenced by the fame. The L.Moor gave prefent advertifement unto the Lords Juftices
theL^Tufttces anc* Council> &e condition and moft imminent danger he found
u ic s ^ Yown to be then in, that it was not poffible to preferve it out of
the hands of the Rebels without further ftrength both of hors and foot,
That in cafe the enemy should make any fudden approaches, or attempt
to furpriz the Town, he found fuch poor preparatives for defence with-
in, fuch apparent figns of difloyalty in the Townsmen, and all thing!
in fuch adefperate confufion, as they should not be able by the beften-
deavours they could ufe to give any good account of that place. Here-
a Regiment uPon t^r Lordships prefently refolved, to leavyinthe City of Dublin a
mi fed by the Regiment of foot, and to place them under the command of Sir Henry
~ Tichborn for the defence of Tredagh. And for this purpofe there was
ftheR1
u
k
f^ralb
Peers, t<
ivM
ftntdownd very opportunely in the hands of the Vice-treafurer 3000! li. inareadi-
bitamsi
fiveCoi
Ik prih
moft bn
an&to
That rt
kid
Lrnii
eoderhd of ne^S to- at t^lat t*me ^ent over *nto for the fatisfa&ion of a
S?r^Hmry ° publick engagement there. This the Lords thought fit to make ufe of,
Tichbom„ for for the leavying and letting out of thofe men which Sir Henry Tichborn
XQfTrfdagb. got together in very few days , and having a Com million of govern
Hcivemb.^. mentfor the Town, with fome other private inftru&ions, he marched
away with great alacrity and diligence the 3. o£November , andhapily
arrived next day at Tredagh
a Regiment ^or<^s granted another Commiflion to Sir Charles Coot to levy a
raifedbysir thoufand men more, which he moft carefully endeavoured, and within
Charles Coot. a very short time made up his Regiment, wherein very many of the En¬
glish , who came up ftripped and deipoiled out of the North , lifted them¬
felves ; for moft of the men which efcaped from thence with their lives,
being better able tofuffer then the women and children, outlived the mi-
feries of their journy, and putting themfelves into feveral companies,
fome of them had the contentment to revenge the barbarous cruelty ufed
by
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—by the Rebels towards them.
^ Tow'nfe T JP°n the *5 of November, the Lords made their id. difpatch unto His dyr^t^cond
Majefty, ftill at Edenbiirghm Scotland-. At the fame time they nt made by the
jinoiogfom feveral Letters into England, to theL. Keeper, Speaker of the houfe or Juftices
Peers, to the Speaker of the houfe of Commons, to the Lords of His Ma-
and all r
jefties moft Hon. Privy Council, and to the L. Lieutenant of Ireland; in 5-
all which they did with much earneftnefs declare their prefent dangers,
together with the neceflity offending fudden relief. In their Letter to the
Lords of the Council they did more particularly fet down the miferable
eftate of the whole Kingdom, and the large progreft that the Rebellion had
Dtj in few days madefinceit broke out. They reprefented unto their Lord-
ships the great outrages the Rebels had committed upon the British inha-
upUr bitants in Vlfier, that they had feized upon all their eftates and houfes in
" 1 five Counties of that Province, polfeiTed their Arms, detained many of
the principal Gentlemen prifoners; That they had already (lain many ,
moft barbaroufly hewed fome to pieces, that they have expofed thouf-
^ ands to want and beggery , who had good eftates and lived plentifully:
rveitji That the Rebellion began then to dtffufe itfelfinto the Counties of Long-
5311 .f°rd and Letrim, and^ to threaten the English plantations in the King
,',orat i and Queens County: that the inhabitants of the Counties oftJMeath and
f ^''C£ Lowth began to fall upon the English near about them: that they con¬
ceived there could not be lefs then 30000 who had already openly de~
, clared themfelves in this Rebellion, and were aflembied together in fe-
plicth veralgreat parties; that they underftood their defign was, having got
Dondalke, to take in Tredagh, and fo to come up immediately tobefiege
Ut&l the City and Caftle of £)/*£//«: that they gave outpubUckly, their purpofe
pole that wa$ to extirpate the English & Proteftants, and not to lay down Arms
li. innt until the Romish Religion were eftablished , the Government fetled in
[Mo/I the hands of the Natives, and the old Irish reftoredto the lands of their
maM fuppofed anceftors That they held it their duty to acquaint their Lord-
cnrjTid ships with the lamentable eftate wherein the Kingdom ftood , that his
aofjwf Majefty and the Parliament might underftand it, and fo fpeedily provide
Jtium for fending over to their relief 10000 Foot, 1000 Horfe, together with
1 sndhap fome able Commanders, 100000 1. in mony, and further provifionsof
A rms : That unleft thefe were prefently fent to them (they craved leave to
Mfto Id repeat it again and again) the Kingdom would be utterly loft, all the English
and wr & Proteftants in Ireland deftroyed, the peace of the Kingdom o I England
^ of the. difturbed by the Irish from thence,and fo England enforced to make a new
liftedi conqueft of it, for that a Politick reformation would then be impoftible*
, their lit But now before I pafs further, I shall here give an accompt of the ar-
iyedtk rival ofthefeand the former Letters of the zy o£Ottober , addreffed by
compii the Lords Juftices and Council to the L. Lieutenant of Ireland. Owen
vfytf " • B . 0


4i
The Irish Rebellion.
The proceed- q Conallj , the hippy difcoverer of the firft Plot ( who carried the firft
Parliament Letters over) arrived at London the laft day of Ottober , and late in the
of England evening delivered thofe Letters to his Lordship, who having read them
advertife-filft over» atlc* received from him full information of ail other particulars
ments within his knowledge, repaired the next morning to the Council-board ,
themof"he0 anc^ having there acquainted the Lords of His Majefties Privy Council
Rebellion with them, he was required by their Lordships to communicate them unto
lu»f m ht~ the Lords of the upper houfe of Parliament, which he did accordingly
the very fame morning : And they confidering the high importance of
them, asfoon as they had perufed them , Ordered that they should be
prefently fent down to the houfe of Commons, by the Lord Keeper, the
L. Privy Seal, L. High Chamberlain, L. Admiral, L. Marshal, L.Cham¬
berlain , Earl of Bath, Earl of Dorfet, Earl of Leicefler, Earl of Holland,
Earl of Berks, Earl of Br if of L. Vifcount Say, E. ALandevile, L. Goring,
L. IVilmot, all of them being of His Majefties moft honorable Privy
Council. There were Chairs provided for thefe Lords in the houfe of Com¬
mons, and they fat down there till the Letters were read , and then having
informed the houfe of fuch other particulars as they had received concern¬
ing the general Rebellion in Ireland, they departed without any further
conference or other debate upon them, leaving the hou6 of Commons to
confider further of them: Who prefently Ordered,
That the Houfe forthwith should be refolved into a Committee, to take into
confideration the matter offered concerning the Rebellion in Ireland, as likewife
to provide for thefafety of the Kingdom of England.
This being done, they fill into a moft ferious debate of this great bu-
fincfs then before them, they fully confidered what means were fitteft
to be ufed at prefent for the prevention of the further fpreading of that
hideous Rebellion in Ireland, as well as flopping of the ill influence it
might make upon their affairs in England, where great troubles even then
began to appear within view. Ana after much time fpent in this debate,
they came to thefe fe veral Conclufions, which being put to the queftion,
were aflented unto by the Committee, and fo refolved as followeth,
1 That 50000.1. be forthwith provided.
2 That a Conference be defired with the Lords, to move them that a
feled Committee of the Members of both Houfes may be appointed to
go to the City of London, and to make a Declaration unto them of the
ftateof thebufinefs in Ireland, and to acquaint them that the lending of
monies at this time will be an acceptable fervice to the Commonwealth.
And that they propofe unto them the Loan of 50000. 1. and to aflure
them that they shall be fecured both of the Principal and Intereft, by Ad
of Parliament.
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3 That a fele<ft Committee may be named of both Houfes toconfider
of the affairs o £ Ireland.
4 That Owen 0 Conally, who difcovered this great treafon, shall
have 500. 1. prefently paid him, and 200.1, per annum penfion, until pro¬
vision of land of inheritance of a greater value be made for him.
5 That the perfoasof Papifts of quality within this Kingdom, may be
fecured within the feveral Counties where they refide.
6 That noperfon whatfoever, except thofe who are Merchants, shall be
admitted to go over into Ireland, without Certificate from the Com¬
mittee of both Houfes appointed to confider the affairs of Ireland.
Thefe with feveral other particulars concerning Ireland, and tending in
order to the fafety of the Kingdom of Enoland, were refolved upon the
queftion, and Mafter Whltloch^ appointee! to report them to the Houfe
as heads of a conference defired with the Lords concerning the affairs of
Ireland, which was accordingly had with their Lordships the fame day ,*
At; which conference the L. Keeper did exprefs the very great fenfe the
Lords had of the exceeding great care taken by the houfe of Commons
for the prevention of the further fpreading of the Rebellion in Ireland.
And his Lordship by command of the Lords did further let them know,
that their Lordships did think fit to agree with them in all thofe particulars
prefented unto them by the houfe of Commons without any material
u(lli alteration, only adding fuch further things as they conceived might
ferve to further and expedite their defires in the more fpeedy putting them
in execution.
n\ The houfe of Commons having proceeded thus far in the affairs of Ire-
!rejj!; land, upon the two firft days after the difcovery made unto them of the
j oiC Rebellion there rai fed, did notwithftanding their own prefent diftra&ions,
'ueK fet apart fome portion almoft of every day that they fate, during the whole
tnl| month of November, for the confidering of the affairs of Ireland; and fo
^ upon the third and fourth of the fame, refolved upon the queftion, and
jl accordingly ordered thefe particulars following:
1 That the Houfe holds fit that 20000. li. be forthwith fupplied for the
prefent occafions of Ireland.
^ 2 That a convenient number of ships shall be provided for the guarding
|{£(j oftheSea-coafts of Ireland. •
o|, 3 That this Houfe holds fit that 6000 foot and 2000 hors shall be rai-
,° fed with all convenient fpeed, for the prefent expedition into Ireland.
4 That the Lord Lieutenant shall prefent to both Houfes of Parlia-
^ ment, fuch Officers as he shall think fit to fend into Ireland, to command
f| any forces to be tranfported thither.
5 That Magazines of victuals shall be forthwith provided at Weft-
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45
And that they might facilitate this great work of railing fuch a fum
of mony, upon the credit of an Ad: of Parliament, before the mony could
1 becolleded throughout the Kingdom; they thought fit - for the better
,r encouragment of the City of London, and lor the giving them full fatis-
. f0,rE fadion in point of fecurity for the monys formerly lent themto make
^Shis Order following. * '
, ^' TP Lie Lords and Commons in thisprefnt Parliament ajfembled, having a due
/ p A regard to thegoodaffeft ions of the City of London, exprejfed upon fundry
^ occafionSy by the advancing and lending cfgreat fums of mony, for the jervice of
f this Common-wealth : and particularly the fum of 50000 /;. lent for the Irish
1 affairs ■ and theJum of ^cooo It. more lent by the faid City unto the Peers
A' attending his Majefty in the Northern parts before the beginning of this pre-
fent Parliament, which are not yet paid, or otherways fecured, shall be fully fa-
taer tisfiedand repaid unto the faid City of London, with inter eft of 8 //. percent.
for one year, out of fuch monys as are or shall be raifed by Authority ofPar lia-
1 1 ment. And for that purpofe an Atl of Par liament to be paffed with all expedition.
Provided alwayes that this prefent Ordinance shall not in any ways be prejudi-
®ed lift cial to any Members of the faid Houfe of Commons, who have formerly lent any
fums of mony to this Parliament, nor to the Northern Counties, nor to any
ndfooHrc perfons whatfoever, to whom both Houfes of Parliament, or the faid Houfi
irrefok?. of Commons have formerly ordered the payment of any fums of mony, nor
'I ktkt to any fecurity given to them, before the making of this Ordinance.
tkm; '
(jtWiti "D Ut I shall now return to the affairs of this Kingdom, and the ferious
nkMi JD confultations and means ufed here by thejuftices and Council forth®
Dt ofM fecuring of the City and Caftle of Dublin, which by reafon of the prefent
lien Lai confufion, weaknefs, and wants, were in very great, and moft apparent
rd Admit danger of a fudden furpriz.
SjAi® And firft for the Caftle, Sir Francis Willoughby being made Gover¬
ns idol: nour , had a Company of an 100 men well armed , afligned for the con-
ftant guard of that place, befides the ordinary Warders, who gave their
lifual attendance there. And becaufe the Lords conceived it might be
ilnld dangerous in fuch defperate times to admit fuch a multitude of fuitors of
lerlymecall forts into the Caftle, as had daily occafion to attend the Council-
pcoundboard , they prefently transferred the place of their meeting in Coun-
:onfereK cil to Corlg Houfe, where they continued to fit a good time after, not
y CuppS withftanding the great danger their perfons were continually expofed
iHoute unto, by the confident refort in great numbers of feveral Lords, Gen tie-
heytkfl men and others, who within few dayes after declared themfelves Rebels,
rebellion and fb went out among them. " It was Gods immediate providence that
icift prelerved them, and fuffered not thofe perfons, who foon after became
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mainly, :
^Juflice The Caftle being thus happily provided for, the Lords took it next into the l. jufti-
their care how to fecure the City in fome fort, againft any fudden attempts, provide for
onroublc, And this proved a work not eafy to be effected, not onely in regard of the the fafcty of
lch proper crazinefs of the walls, the large Suburbs, and weaknefs of the place; £^tyaf
but much more in refpedt of the corrupt ill affections of the Popish inha¬
bitants within the City : So ftrangely were many of them deluded with
)re them; the ill infufions of their Priefts, as they did certainly (as we found after-
luddeirlvc wards by woful experience) do all that in them lay, to promovethe re-
thif, Je® bellious defigns then fet on foot (as they believed) onely for the re-fettle-
x hadfei men t of their religion, and recovery of their liberties, They were thein-
atthat tin ftrumonts to conveigh away privately moft of the chief Confpirators,
wleKingd who would have furprized the Caftle on the 23. ofOttob. They fecretly
mpU entertained many of the Rebels that came out of the Country, they like-
i&fipoif wife lent them relief that were abroad, by fecret ways, conveighing as
1 Powell Ammunition, as intelligence of all paffages from hence. And fuch
:tiitie.He ffrc>ng av^erflons had they againft all contributions for the maintenance of
inthelo HisMajefties army; as in the very beginning of the rebellion, when the
kStat Lords fent for the Major and Aldermen, and laying before them the high
towl]pr: necelfi ties of the State, together with the apparent danger of the City and
lev I# whole Kingdom, defiredto borrow a confiderable Turn of mony for the
istook Prefent' which they undertook to repay out of the next treafure that should
arrive out of England. The Popish party among them was fo prevalent,
as that after a moft ferious confulation and very folemn debate among
themfel ves, they returned this anfwer, that they were not able to furnish
tkltt ab°ve 4°* ar,d Part r^at was to ke brought in in cattel.
ij(feofi There remained at this time imbarquea within the harbour of Dub-
, I'm four hundred Irish Souldiers , ready , as was pretended, to fet fail barqued
'^r for Spain , under the command of Colonel John Barry , who with fome
,offlerf! other Irish Gentlemen had procured leave from His Majeftyto leavycer- cLrie/'imo
tain numbers of voluntiers to be tranfportedover for theferviceoftheKing Spain, atthe
ie of Spain. And thofe levied in other parts, as well as at Dublin, were brought the fira* °f
• together juft at the very timedefigned for the execution of the great plot, breaking out
alI The pretence was fpecious, but certainly their intentions how finely foever Rcbel~
;e covered over, were to have thole men in a readinefs together, atthe very
time appointed for the firft breaking out of thefe unnatural troubles. And as
in an! for thofe men which lay within the Harbour of Dublin, they were fo great a
er 3 terrour to all the Proteftant inhabitants in the City,as it exceedingly perplex-
ed the Lords how to difpofe fo of them as might prevent the mifchief juftly
£l!) feared, in cafe of their landing. Their Commanders had fo handfomely
* ordered the matter, as though they were defigned for a long voyage, yet
ftay on ship-board any longert hey could not ,by reafon they had no vi¬
ctuals,
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readinefs to give them all juft redrefs of their grievances exprefled therein, fo A Remon-
they would in the mean time retire peaceably to their houfes, reftore as they upTo^he*
were able the English-mens goods, and forbear all further Acts of rapine Lords jufti-
and violence. And they did prefently fend over their Remonftrance to the council*
Lord Lieutenant, to be prefented to His Majefty, according to their de- from the Rc-
(ires. But thefe ways of moderation and peaceable perfwafions, pro ved of
very little effec5t,they had no manner of influence into the refolved miudsof
the Leaders, or of operation upon the hardned hearts of the people; they
were too deeply engaged , fo fleightly to retire. They had now drenched •
themfelves in the blood of the English, and were greatly enriched with their
fpoiis. It was not poflible for them to make reftitution, and they hoped to .
go through with the work & by the united power of the Kingdom to draw
the whole managment of the affairs into their own hands.
And now likewifethe Lords Juftices and Council, that they might
shew the great confidence they had in the Lords and chiefGentlemen of
thePale, and give them both opportunity and means to exprefs their loy- Commif-
alty and affections to His Majefliesfer vice, refolved (according as the con- fi.onsofmar-
ffitution of their affairs then required) to do fome fuch A<5ts as might grantedunto
clearly perfwade them of the great trufl: they really repofed in them. And feverai p«-
therefore'firfl: they gave out feveral Commiflions of Martial Law, for exe- Lordsb jufti-
cuting (without attending a proceeding according to the ordinary courfe ces.
of the Common Law) of fuch Trai tours and Rebels as should be appre¬
hended doing mifchief in any parts of the Country about them. And
thefe they directed to the mod: a&ive Gentlemen , though all Papifts,
inhabiting in the feveral Counties, As, To Henry Talbot in the County of
Dublin, JohnBellew Efq; in the County of Lowth, Richard Dalton and
James Tmt Efq; in the County otWeft-meath} Valerian Wejley in the Coun¬
ty of ALeath, James Talbot in the County of Cavan.
Next they made choice of the chief perfons of quality refiding in the f10nS™fg0_
faid Counties of the Pale, and others adiacent to them, to govern and vernment of
command fuch forces as should be raifed by them, and armed by the counties*
Rate for the defence of the Country, and iffued out from the Council- within the
board feveral Commiflions of government unto them. As, One to the
Earl of Ormond and the L. Vifcount Montgarret, for the County of Kil- Lorcis and
kenny; to Walter Bagnall Efq; for the County of Caterlagh; Sir Jam. Dil- Gentlemen,
Ion the elder, and Sir James Dillon the yoqger for the County of Long for d", ft,naion of
J®, L. Vifcount Cofteloe for the County of Maio, Sir Robert Talbot & Garrat Religion.
1, foff Birne for the County of Wiclow; Sir Chriftopher Bellew for the County of
heCo'- Lowth; Earl of Kildare for the County ofKildare\ Sir Thomas Nugent for
the County of Weft-meath', Nicholas Barnwall for the County of Dublin;
01 L. Vifcount Gormanfton for the County of Meath. All thefe were made
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'"fen. By the Lords Tuftices and Council.
•° thole
. W. Par Cons. John Borlace.
;w the®, J J
°r3tlii yj Ight trufty and well beloved, We greet you well,
^eoteu Jfv Whereas divers moft dilloyal and malignant perfons
[etj, within this Kingdom have traiteroufly confpired againft His
Majefty, His Peace, Crown, and Dignity; and many of them
hereof in execution of their Confpiracy, are traiteroufly aflembled
inlydecb together in a warlike manner, and have moft inhumanely
raeaM made deftrudtion and devaftation of the perfons and eftates of
divers of His Majefties good and loyal Subjects of this King¬
dom, and taken, {lain, and imprifoned great numbers of them.
We out of our care and zeal for the common good, being de-
firous by all means to fupprefs the faid treafons and traitors ,
and to conferve the perfons and fortunes of His Majefties lov¬
ing Subjedts here in fafety; and to prevent the further fpoil
and devaftation of His Majefties good people here, do there¬
fore hereby require and authorize you, to levy, raife and
aflemble, all, every, or any the forces, as well Foot-men as
Hors-men with in the County of Meath, giving you hereby
the command in chief of all the faid.forces, and hereby further
requiring and authorizing you as Commander of them in
chief, to arm, array, divide, diftribute, difpofe,condudt,
lead, and govern in chief the faid forces , according to your
beft Difcretion * and with the faid forces to refift, purfue, fol-
i low, apprehend, and put to death, flay, and kill, as well
by battel as other ways, all and Angular the faid Confpi-
rators, Traitors and their Adherents, according to your Dif¬
cretion; and according to your Confcience and Difcretion to
proceed againft them, or any of them, by martial law , by
hanging them or any of them till they be dead, according as
it hath beenaccuftomedin time of open Rebellion ; andalfo
to take, wafte, and fpoil their, or any of their Caftles,
Holds, Forts, Houfes, Goods, and Territories, or other-
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wife topreferve the lives of them, or any of them, and to
receive them into His Mijefties favour and mercy , and to
forbear the devaftation of their, or any of their Caftles, Forts,
Houfes, Holds, Goods, and Territories afore mentioned,
according to your difcretion : Further hereby requiring and
authorizing you to do, execute, and perform all and fmgular
fuch other things for examination ofperfonsfufpe&ed, dif-
covery of Traitors and their adherents, parlying with, and
granting Protections to them or any ofthem, takingupof
Carts, Carriages, and other conveniences, fending and
retaining efpials, victualling chefaid forces, and other things
whatfoever conducing to the purpofe afore mentioned,as you
in your Difcretion fhall think fit, and the neceffity ofthe
fervice require, further hereby requiring and authorizing
you, as commander in chief, to conftituteandappoi.nt fuch
Officers and Mi nifters refpeCtively, for the better perform¬
ance and execution of'all and fmgular the premifes, as you in
your Difcretion fhall think fit. And We do hereby require
and command, all and fmgular His Majefties Sheriffs, Offi¬
cers, andMiniflers, and loving SubjeCts, of and within the
County of cJWeath, and the borders thereof, upon their
faith and allegiance to his Majefty, and to his Crown, to be
aiding, helping, and affiftingto you, in the doing, and execut¬
ing of all and fmgular the premifes; This our Commiffionto
continue during Our pleafure only ♦, and for thefo doing,
this fhall be your fufficient Warrant. Given at His Majefties
Caftle ofD u b l i n , Novemb. 164,1.
R. TDiUon. Io. Temple.
la. Ware. Rob. Meredith.
T o our very good Lo. Nicholas
Vic. Com. Gormanftown.
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IN thefe Commiffions it is very obfervable , that there was power
given to thefe Lords and Gentlemen to whom they were dire&'ed,
not only to life fire and fword, for the dcftru&ion of the Rebels and
their Adherents, but alfo to prefcrve the lives of any of them, to receive
them or any of them , into his Majeilies favour or mercy. This plainly
shews the very great confidence the Lords were plea fed to repofe in them;
j as alfo their defires to make them inilruments, to deliver thofe multitudes
it of people that engaged themfelves in this Rebellion, from the power,
,; either of his Majefties arms, or civil juftice. They intended nothing but
(. the reducing of a rebellious Nation ; and they at the firft applied lenitives,
which failing in the cure, they were afterwards then enforced to have
recourfe to more violent medicines.
That thefeGovernours thus conftituted, might be the better enabled munftiemde-
according to the authority and power given unto them by their feveral livered out
CommilTions, to undertake the defence of the Country in this high ex- and^chlef^
tremity of the near approaching dangers; The Lords took order to Gentlemen
have delivered unto them a certain proportion of arms, to beimployed Tuftices
for the arming of fomemen to beraifed in each County for the common council!
fifety, befides the Arms they gave them, and other Gentlemen, for the
defence of their own private houfes. As to the Lord of Gorwanftone
there were delivered Arms for five hundred men, for the County of
Jlleath. There were alfo delivered Arms for three hundred men for the
County of Kildare. Arms for three hundred men for the County of
Lowth. Arms for three hundred men for the County o£ Weft-meath*
Arms for three hundred men for the County of Dublin. And about the
fame time there were fent down four hundred Muskets, to the Lords of
the s4rdes&c Clandeboys , for the arming of the Scots in the County ofDown.
All of thefe had powder, lead, and match, proportionable to their Arms,
at the fame time delivered unto them.
Several
But now the poifon of this Rebellion which had hitherto contained it Counties
|f.f within the Northern Counties, and the confines of them, began to be within the
diffufed into other parts of the Kingdom. It had already infected the
ounties of Letrim , Longford, Weft-meath, Lowth, lying contiguous clarethem-
unto them. And upon the 12 of Novemb. the Irish in the County [heRebels
Wiclow brake out moft furioufly, defpoiling, robbing, and murtherjng
all the English inhabitants within that territory. They burnt all their
fair well-built houfes, drove away their Cattel, and laid fiege to Fort
Carew, wherein was a foot company of the old Army. The news being
brought to the Lords Judices thereof, they well confidered the impor¬
tance of the place, and that if it were in the hands of the Rebels, and
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poui alio their fenfes. Thus was the T own within the compafs of a few days after Thc rc*°rt
ces feti; the breaking out of this rebellion filled with thefe moft lamentable fpedfcacles multltudes 0
a % i men, women
ler fct offorrow, which in great numbers wandred up and down in all parts of the and children
!(l Bom City, defolate, forfaken, having no place to lay their heads on, no clothing £^c^y°f
wulifei to cover their nakednefs, no food to fill their hungry bellies. And to add to moft m'ifer-
ity inat their miferies, they found all manner ofrelief very difproportionable to abiepofturc,
)Ji, and? their wants, the Popish inhabitants refufing to minifter the Ieaft comfort
tobeexp unto them r fo as thofefad Creatures appeared like living Ghofts in every
takfa ftreet.Many empty houfes in the City,were up by fpeciai direclion taken up
f°r them: Barns, Stables, and out-houfes filled with them , yet many lay
Ferford; in the open ftreets, and others under flails and there moft miferably perish-
nplesofited. The Churches were the common receptacles of the meaner fort of them,
opltjol: who flood there in a moft doleful pofture, as objedfs of charity, in fo great
xeofdoi multitudes, as there was fcarce any paflage into them. But tnofe of better
dfont quality, who could not frame themfel ves to be common beggars, crept into
oftheLt private places, and fome of them that had not private friends to relieve them,
'intelli even wafted filently away, and fo died without noife. And fo bitter was the
indofpit remembrance of their former condition, and fo infupportable the burthen
lyfufpei of their prefent calamity to many of them , as they even refufed to be
> $t3K| comforted. I have known of fome that lay almoft naked, and having clothes
fent, laid them by, refufing to put them on. Others that would not ftir to
VJS ^ fetch themfelves food, though they knew where it flood ready for them.
^{j| But they continued to lie naftily in their filthy rags, and even their own
iJL dung, not taking care to have any thing clean, handfbme or comfortable
about them. And fo even worn out with the mifery of their journy and
^ ref0r crud ufage, having their fpirits fpent, their bodies wafted, and their fen-
^fes failing, lay here pitifully languishing; and foon after they had reco-
leirprei vercd this Town , very many of them dyed, leaving their bodies as monu-
foinij| ments of the moft inhuman cruelties ufed towards them. The grea~
CMe[]t teft part of the women and children thus barbarouflly expelled out of their
ju' habitations, perished in the City of Dublin : and fo great numbers of
them were brought to their graves, as all the Church-yards within the
nayn, whole Town were of too narrow a compafs to contain them. So as
ve$ ^ the Lords took order to have two large pieces of new ground 3 one on
each fide the River , taken in upon the out-Greens, and fet apart for
^ , burying places. Thefe were the memorable fpe<ftades of mercy, and of
^ y, the great commiferation the Rebels ufed to thofe English > to whom they
^ gave their lives for a prey. But what their fufferings were, before they
could get out of the hands of thofe bloody Villains, what ftrange horrid
,|l"i inventions they ufed to wards them, torturing and maffacring thofe they
0j there murthered, is referved to be more fully related in its proper place.
They


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They are left upon record to pofterity , under the oaths of many that
efcaped, and mentioned here to no other purpofe, then to shew the ftrange
horror and amazment the beholding of them bred in all the English and
Proteftant inhabitants of the City. They feing the Rebels prevail fo
mightily , expeded if they continued here to be undoubtedly expofed to
the fame cruelties. And they now underftood by thofewho were come
up from among them , that their defign was; As foon as they had taken
mTredagh, to come and feiz upon the City and Caftleof Dublin, and
fo to make a general extirpation of all the English , root and branch ; not
to leave them name or pofterity throughout the whole Kingdom.
It is eafy to conjedure what a fad confufed countenance the City then
had : what fears, terror, and aftonishment, the miferable fpedacles with¬
in, and the approaches of the Rebels without, raifedinthe minds of an
affrighted, diftraded people. The English inhabitants looked upon all
.the horrid cruelties exercifed abroad, all the calamities and defolations
fallen upon their Country-men in other parts of the Kingdom, asarriv-
The fears edatthefe gates, and now ready to enter : the Avenues all open , neither
to lit!
in A®
«<
rife
and diftra- nor means y neither Rampires nor Trenches to keep them out. Not-
in the city withftanding the careful travels.and endeavours ufed by the Lords Jufti-
ofDublin, ces and Council to make provifion for the common fafety , no mcny
could be raifed, few men gotten together: the Papifts well furnished with
arms clofely conceiled, and defperately animated by their Priefts to all
manner of mifchief: no Fortifications about the Suburbs,, nor any man¬
ner of defence for the City, but an old ruinous Wall, part whereof fell
theC(
Vif) 1
fc
ml
fide t!
tkCi
down in the very height of thefe diftradions. And fo carelefs were the
Citizens, and fo flowly went they about the making up that breach , as
under pretence of want of mony, they let itly open till the Lords fent
unto them 40. li. toward the reparation. All things tended to a fudden
confufion ; the very face of the City was now changed,' and had fuch a
ghaftly afped , as feemed to portend her near approaching ruin: the
means of fafety appearing very flender and inconftderable : the applica¬
tions by reafbn of the ftrange averfions of the Popish party of a very flow
and weak operation. Every man began to confider himfelf and his own
private prefervation. Thofe that lived in the Suburbs removed, with their
families into the City. The Privy Councellours and perfons of quality
into the Caftle , which became a common repofitory of all things of
value. The Rolles were by fpecial order removed thither : the Records
offeveral other Offices were likewife brought in. But upon the Rebels
advance fome what nearer, and their frequent alarms, man v of thole who
had there taken fanduary, began to fufped the ftrengthof thofe old crazy
walls, and therefore to make fure, refolved to quit the Kingdom, im-
barquing
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57
^7^ barquing themfelves and their goods with all poflible fpeed. Some who
"J® were detained with contrary winds in the Harbour chofe rather to en-
dure all extremities on shipboard, then to hazard themfelves a shoar
f/ V again. The.Scatish Fishermen, who lay with their Boats in great num-
Jpftii :bers within the Bay, fishing for Herrings, having with muchforward-
5ejfi nefs made an offer to the State to bring 500 of their men a shoar to be put
J°W{; jn Arms and doprefentfervice (apropofititton at that feafon moft accep-
n Wt table) were fo ftrangely affrighted one evening with a falfe alarm, as that
in the night, on a fudden, they put to Sea, and quite disappeared on
thefe Coafts till the year following. ThePapiftson the other fide being
'a moft confident that the City would be taken and fack'd by the Rebels,
e City I and fearing, left happily they might be miftakeninthe tumult and fierce
naclcsi execution, removed themfelves and their goods with the fame fpeed into
the Country. And that which heightned the calamity of the poor English
ft! upon] was, their flight in the Winter, in fuch a difmal, ftormy, tempeftuous
ttlati. feafon, as in the memory of man had never been obferved formerly tc
h as® continue fo long together. Yet the terror of the Rebels incomparably
kmc prevailing beyond the rage of the Sea, moft of thofe who could pre
mi I vide themfelves of shipping, though at-nevcr fo exceftive rates, deferted
Lords]! the City : and fuch was the violence of the winds, fuch continuing im-
> noir petuous ftorms, as feveral Barques were caft away; fbme in three months
whek after their going from hence could recover no Port in England: and ah
ieds to * moft all that then put to Sea, were in great danger of perishing. The mh
om]i quities of the English Nation, which were very great in this Kingdom,
whereof were now full: Heaven and Earth ftemed to confpire together For the
iefs were- punishment of them. God certainly declared his high indignation againft
M them for their great fins werewith they had long continued to provoke
Lords! him in this latid, and fuffered thefe barbarous Rebels to be the inftru-
!oafud( ments of mifchief and cruel executioners of his fierce wrath upon them.
Ufcj Bui becaufe they have taken vengeance utith a dcjpightfal heart to deflroy
g ruin:: them, for the old hatred, He will certainly in His awn time execute great 17*
km vengeance upon them with fur hue rebttkes, as he threatned the Philjftins
iceiydo5 in the like cafe.
id his 0!
withtf
of qui ■ ^ ,
1 thins) .
e Rear; ,
the Re:
tfi1 • H The
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|doni)i;
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■ ■■


The Particulars of the firft Plot oft he
Irish Rebellion : Together with a brief Narration
of the moil notorious Cruelties and bloudy Mafiacres
which enfued in feveral parts of this Kingdom.
Concerning
the firft Plot
of the Rebel¬
lion.
Who were
the plotters
ef it not yet
clearly dil
coveted.
Hus we fee what agreat height this Rebellion was
growrr up unto , within the (pace of lefs then one
month, after the very firft appearance of it: What
horrid murders, cruel outrages and fearful deflati¬
ons it had already wrought in one Province, and what
a powerful operation the cruelties there a<ftcd had upon
other parts. But before I pafs further, or come to
declare the univerfal dilatation of it throughout the whole Kingdom, and
how it pleafed God even miraculoufty toblcfs the painful endeavours ol
the State, in the prefefvation of the City and Caftle of Dublin, till the
arrival of their long expe&ed fuccours out of England: I hold it notamifs
to look back, and" fas far as the late difcoveries and dark glimmerings we
have into the fir ft plot will admit) to trace it up to the firft beginnings we
find ofit within this Kingdom of Ireland.
Concerning the firft Original of this great Confpiraey, as like-
wife the firft plotters and contrivers ofit , I muft ingenuoufly con-
fids, that I am my felf much unfatisfied in the firft conceptions of this
monftrous birth , and therefore shall not now be able clearly to re-
folve others therein : I cannot yet determine who were the very firft
Contrivers, where the firft debates were entertained, or who firft fate in
Council about it. This, as all other works of this nature * had its foun¬
dation laid in the dark, and fealed up no doubt with many execrable
Oaths, the great Engines of thefe times, to bind up the Confidences as well
as the tongues of men from difcovery : Befides, they knew well enough,
that the Plot being moft abominable in it felf, to be carried on with fuch
de-



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deteftable cruelty, should it take and be fully executed (which commonly
gives to all other treafons applaufe and higheft commendation) would cer¬
tainly render the firft A uthors, as well as the bloudy acftors, moft odious
and execrable to allPofterity: Therefore it is not much to bewondred,
that the firft beginnings fo myfterious and oblcurely laid , remain as
yet conceiled with fo great Obfiinacy : But yet I am very confident,
that upon view of feveral examinations , any reafonable man will
conclude with me , that the very firft principles of this inhumane
Con {piracy , were roughly drawn and hammered out at the Romish
Forg , powerfully fomented by the treachery and virulent animofi-
ties of fome of the chief Irish Natives, and fo by degrees, by them moulded
into that ugly shape wherein it firft appeared : There certainly it received
the firft life and motion, whether at Rome, whether in Ireland, or in
any other place , I cannot yet determine; But my meaning is, it was firft
hatched and fet on foot by thole moft vigilant and induftrious Emifiaries,
who are fent continually abroad by the power of that See with full Corn-
million, per fas & nefas, to make way for the re-eftablishment of the
Romish Religion in all parts where it hath been fupprelfed. Great numbers
ofthefe wicked Inftruments (the Laws againft all of the Romish Clergy> be¬
ing oflate laid afide, and tacitely fufpended execution) came over into Ire¬
land : The main ground-work, and firft predifpofitions to a Rebellion in
general, were moft undoubtedly with great dexterity and artifice laid by
them; their venemousinfufions taking fuch deep roots in the minds of a
blind, ignorant, (uperftitious people, as made them ready for a change, the
great ones mifchievoully to plot and contrive , the inferiour fort tumultu-
oufly to rile up and execute whatfoever they should command.
And if we will give credit to feveral examinations taken , many of f lie general
them from thofe of their own, we muft believe the plot for a Rebellion Plot for a Re¬
in Ireland, of a very ancient date, as well as of a large extent: It had 7rcr/J°j^f aA
been long in contriving, and howfoever> peradventure firft thought on ancient date,
in Ireland, yet received large contributions towards confummation out
of England and other Forreign parts.
I have feen an Examination of one, who affirms he heard it confidently
averred by Malone a Prieft , one that ftiled himfelf Chaplein Major within
the Pale, that he himfelf had been feven years imployed in bringing on this
plot to perfe&ion, and that he had travelled into feveral parts about it.
Mafter Goldfmith a Minifter in Conaught told me, that he did , a full
year before the Rebellion brake out, receive a Letter from a Brother of his
refidingat Brujfels, wherein he gave him notice thereof, though fo ob-
fcurely, as he well underftood it not till afterwards.
Patrick^ 0 Rrjan, of the Parish of Galloom, m the County of Ferma-
H'2 nagh,


nagh, affirmeth upon Oath , that all the Nobles in the Kingdom that
werePapifts, had a hand in this Plot, as well as the Lord tJfyCac-Guire
lain by
Fr<t ich S»t-
ckeveril Efq j
h s Esaml-
nition.
The Irish
have had it
long in de-
fign to shake
off the Eng¬
lish Govern
meat.
and Hugh Oge AF'ic-AFihown; that they expeded aid out of Sp,
Owen Roe 0 Meal, and that Colonel Pluncket, one of thofe that was to
be an ador in the furpriz of the Caftle of Dublin, told him, that he
knew of this Plot eight years llnce, and that within thefe three years
he hath been more fully acquainted with it. Francis Sacheveril Efq ;
hath depofed, that at feveral times shortly after the beginning of this
Rebellion, he hith heard four feveral Popish Priefts, viz,. Hugh Rely
of the County of Down, Edmund OTunnah of the County of Armagh}
AForice AFac-Credan of the County of Tyron , and James Hallegan of
the County of asFrmagh, fay, That the Priefts, Jefuits and Fryers of
England, Ireland, Sprain, and other Countrys beyond the Seas, were
the plotters, projectors and contrivers of this Rebellion and InfurreCtion,
and that they have been thefe fix years in agitation and preparation of
the fame, and that the faid Priefts did then exprefsa kind of joy that the
fame was brought to fo good effect: He alfo further depofeth, That at
feveral times Ever Boy AFac-Gennis in the County of Down Gentleman ,
and Hugh O Hagan in the County of ^Armagh Gent, did brag and fay, that
they doubted not but that they should shortly conquer the English in the
Kingdom, and enjoy the fame quietly to themfelves, and that they would
not reft fo content but they would raife ftrong Armies to invade and
conquer England. Roger Moor one ofthe prime Confpirators, told Mafter
Colely, then prifoner with him, that the Plot had been in framing feveral
years, and should have been executed feveral times, but they wereftill
hindred. By Letters lent from Rome to Sir Phelim O Meal-, and the Lord
" Mac-Guire, which were intercepted and brought to the Lord Parfons,
though the Fryer that writ them doth not exprefs any certain knowledge
of this very Plot, yet thus much appears by them , that they had long
defired to hear of the rifing of the Irish , that the news of Sir Phelim
DNeal's taking Arms was very acceptable to the Pope and his two Car¬
dinal Nephews, alluring him of all aftiftance from thence, and further
deli ring him to lend over an Agent to Rome, and to imploy feveral perfons
of his own Nation, whom he there named, then refiding at AFadrid > Paris,
and with the Emperour they being fit Inftruments, andfuch as he might
make ufe of for the procuring fuccours from thofe Prince*, whom he allur¬
ed him- would joyn to give him all aftiftance in this aCtion.
Belides thefe, we have very many other preemptions that the Irish
ftnee they found their own ftrength, and that they were able to draw
together lo great numbers of men , as their feveral Septs fo ftrangely
multiplied during the late peace.canmow afford', have long had it in de-
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kltlF?® fign to shake off the English government, to fettle the whole power
^ of the State in the hands of the Natives, and to re-poffefs them of all
I W the Lands now enjoyed By the British throughout the Kingdom: And that
1! | in this plot they did but go about to a&uate thole confufed general noti-
l®' ^ ons, and to put them in a way of execution. Now they fuppofed there
lreeF could never be offered unto them a fairer opportunity then this moft un-
f happy conjundure of the affairs of great Britain, when Scotland lately in
BlnS"0^ Arms, had by their own power and wife managments, drawn his Majefty
to condefcend to their entire fatisfadion, as well in their Church difciplioe,
j as the liberties of that Kingdom. And in England, the diftradions being
Mjb grown up to fome height, through the great mifunderftanding betwixt the
Fryen: King and his Parliament, Ireland was at thistime left naked and unregarded,
t the Government in the hands of Juftices, the old Army difperfed in places
wedioi of fo great diftance, as it could be of little advantage, the common Soul-
diers moft of them Irish, and all the old Commanders and Captains, except
>ytht fome few, worn out and gone: This, as the firft plotters thought, was the
h Til time to work out their own ends, and masking their perfidious deftgns
^tl« under the publick pretences of Religion, and the defence of his Majefties
%■; Prerogative, they let loofe the reins of their own vindicative humour and
Id ini irreconcileable hatred to their British Neighbours,
ff/ra! I will not prefume to fay, they knew what would fall out in Eng-
Tandy or what miferablc embroilments that Kingdom was ready to break
Uli out into ; for undoubtedly the firft plot was laid, and moft exaclly form-
ingfevr ed many months before the War brake out betwixt the King and his people*
jwt But thus much i shall be bold to affirm, that upon the very; firft break-
■tle lis ing out of this Rebellion, they did ftrangely conje&ure, and beyond
"Par], all appearence of reafon, even fomewhat poli tively divine, of the difmal
Mk| breach and fearful diftempers which afterwards followed to the difabling
rUfa ofthe Kingdom of England from applying remedies'towards the reduce-
SirA.' ment of Ireland. For the atteftation of this truth , i could produce
mti the general concurrence of feveral circumftances, many private difcour-
/fartl> fes and advertifements, as alfo a particular Letter which i had long by
iljitrfc me, written as it feems, from a very intelligent Papift, a great Zealot in
the caufe, unto a Nephew of Sir Toby Matthews, then in Dttbltn, who,
he mi; though lately converted ,retained yet agreat friendship among them. He
heaf tells him in the beginning of the Letter , that he wasdefired from fome
well wishing friends, to advife him > as he tendred his fafety and fee urity ,
0 upon the fight of thofe inftantly to forfake and abandon that troublefome
toil! and moft unfortunate Kingdom, for God and man had fpeedily refolved
foot to affiid: and punish the overgrown impieties of thefe prophane times,
01 all heartland hands happily confpiring to its and that he should be as
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could not be able to fend Forces into Ireland, before <JfyCay, and by that
^'5 time there was no doubt to be made, but that they themfelves would be
fupph'ed by the Irish from beyond the Seas. Then he told them further,
{ that there was no doubt to be made ofthe/r/>^ joy ning with them, and
Oreto- that all the doubt was in the Gentlemen of the Pale • but he faid , for his
^4 own part, he was really alltired, that when they had ri fen out, the Pale
■m>: Gentlemen would not flay long after, at leafl they would not oppofeany
, 5 ft thing ; and that in cafe they did, that they had men enough in the King-
^[, lt dom without them : Moreover , that he had fpoken to a great man (who
^ 6i then should be namelefs) who would not fail at the day appointed, to appear
and to be fecn in the A <51, but that till then he was fworn not to reveil him,
fftfort but yet that upon their importunity, he afterwards told them, it was the
Lord of Mayo, who was very powerful in the command of men in thefe
?r parts of Conaujht, where he li ved: He further faith, that in Lent foliow-
luuoia ing, Mafter Moor , according to his promife , came into Ulfter, but
Wfdt that nothing was done there, but all matters put off till May foliow-
Widin ing, where they met at Dublin, it being both Parliament and Term time,
* and that from thence they difpatched one Tooly Conley , parish Pricffc
liooti to Mafter *JMoor , to Colonel O Neal, in the Low - countries, who
iiIrk within few months after arrived with this anfwer from the faid Co-
efe lonel, dtfiring them not to delay any time in riling out, but to let
'ha him know of the day when they intended it, and that he would not
irBd fail to be with them within fourteen days of that day, with good ayd ;
Ail alio defiring them by any means to feiz on the Gallic of t)ubiin if they
rlfflj could. And further he faith, that during the time of thefe their private
oknvr meetings, there landed at Dublin, Colonel Birn, Colonel Plunket, Cap-
o/fl i: tain Brien O Neal, and others, who came with directions to carry men
loltk away , and that thefe were acquainted with the Plot, and did offer their
ofl'ljl; fervice to bring it on , and that they would raife their men under colour to
iid Lc: carry them into Spain, and then feiz on the Caftle of Dublin, andwiththe
ittk:: arms found there, arm their Souldiers, and have them ready for any
tytyk action that should be commanded them. Hefurther alfo faith , that they
had di vers pri vate confultations about the carrying on of this confpiracy,
to dra1 not onely at Dublin, but in feveral other places in the Province ofVlfiery
i Cor that they had fet down feveral days for the putting of it in execu-
tM tion, but meeting with fome obftacles, did not come ro conclude of
j/oft the certain time till about the beginning of September , and that then
hi they peremptorily refolved on the 23. of OUober , for the day to exe-
iattf; cute this long defigned plot in ; and that they had refpedt unto the
Qpr: day of the week, which did fall on Saturday , being the Market-day,
lc ©n which there would be the lefs notice taken of people up and
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down the ftreets; that they then fetled what numbers of men should be
brought up out of the feveral Provinces for the furpriz of the Cattle, and
what Commanders should lead them on , that feing the Cattle had two
Gates, that the Lemfler men should u ndertake to feiz upon the little Gate,
which lay neareft to-the place where the arms and munition was placed j
and that the great Gate should be undertaken by thofe of Vlfter , and that
Sir Phelim O Neal should be there in perfon ; but that heexcufed himfeif,
becaufe he refolved at the fame time to feiz upon London Derry, and that
thereupon by the importunity of the undertakers, it was impofed upon him
the faid Lord Mac-Guire, to be there in perfon at the taking of the Cattle
of Dublin. That it was further refolvedwhat number of Forces should be
brought up out of the other Provinces, to make good thofe places ifpof-
feffed by fhem , and that Sir James Dillon did undertake to be there with
loop men within four days after the taking of the Cattle ; as alfo
that it was refolved that every one privy to that matter in every
part of the Kingdom , should rife out that day and feiz on all the
Forts and Arms in the feveral Counties ; as likewife on all the
Gentry , and make them prrfoners , the more to aflure themfelves
.againft any adverfe fortune, and not to kill any but where of neceflity
they should be forced thereunto by oppofition. Thefe particulars,
together with many other circumftanccs very conttderable , are fet
down in the relation given in by the Lord <JWac~Guire, while he remain¬
ed prifoner in the Tower of London; but I have thought fit to for¬
bear to relate them at large , becaufe I find that relation published by
authority , and fo prefented to the common view. We shall find al¬
fo, that zSWac-n^Cahon in his examination taken when he was firft ap¬
prehended by the Lords Juftices and Council here, doth teftify that
all the chief of the Nobility and Gentry in this Kingdom were ac¬
quainted with the firft plot , and particularly , that all the popish
party in the Committee fent into England , as likewife in both houfes
of Parliament knew of it: In the Examination of William Fitz, Gerald,
it is thereaffirmed, That Sir Phelim 0 Neal fending for him five days
after his rifing in Arms , told him , what he did was by diredions
and confent of the prime Nobility and Gentry of the whole King¬
dom ; and that what he had done in the Northern parts, the fame
was executed at Dublin , and in all other Forts and Towns through¬
out Ireland : As being a courfe refolved upon among the Lords and
Gentry, for the prefervation of His Majefties Prerogative, their own
Religion and Liberties, againft the Puritan fadion in England, Scot-
land & Ireland ; and that the Lord of Gormonftone knew of this plot
while he was in England , is teftified by Lieutenant Colonel Read in
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Flanders, and him they made General of their Forces there ; but of
Vlfler they fent into Flanders likewifo for Owen Roe 0 Neal, upon
whom they conferred the fame charge in that Province: The Mu after men
brought over Garrat Barry, whom they made General of their forces:
And thofe in Co naught drew back one of the Burks, to whom they gave the
chief command offuch men as they were able to draw together for the ad¬
vancement cf the common defign : All thefe held a due correfpondency,
and in all their actions had a juft concurrency towards the main end.
The great inftrumept chiefly imployed in this work of drawing
thechiefFer- t^e rneer Irish into a firm combination with the old English ( as
ion imployed appears by the Lord *JWac-Guire's relation before mentioned ) was Ro-
conjundtion g*r M°or hfquire, a perfon of a broken fortune , by defcent meerly
between the Irish, and iffued out of the chief family of the O floors in the Coun-
ry of Leax, but by inter-marriages allied to fome of the principal Gent-
Hfhtbrrai^ lemen of the Pale; He Treated with them about the AiTociation ; he
^gaKebel- broke the deflgn to the Northern Irish > he was the man that made
feveral journeys in Lemfter, into Vlfler & Conaught: Sundry meffages
were interchangeably fent and returned the Summer before the brea¬
king out of the Rebellion by his means and entercourfe between them;
Ana all things were fo ordred for their agreement, as they were to>
go hand in hand together 5 fome of the principal Gentlemen of the
Pale, as Colonel P'lunket, Captain To*, and others, were deflgned to
joyn with the Lord *Jbtac- Guire, <JWac - ^lahon, Brian O Neal, Con
ONealf Hugh Birn, for the furpriz of his Majefties Cattle of Dublin.
Cartan zJWajor Domi to Owen O Neal in Flanders , in his Examina¬
tion taken February 164.1. tells, among many other remarkable paffa-
ges, of feveral preparatives to this Rebellion ; as that Con 0 Neal,
brother to Daniel O Neal, was font by Owen O Neal into England, and
that while he refided there he received letters from the Prefident Rojfe
(which was Sir Pheltm O Neal) and that he allured him hewent on very
well in hisbufinefs; for Brabant & Faience werejoyned together, which
as he affirms , fignified in thofe Ghara&ers Vlfler & Lemfler, and that
he cxpe&ed the coming of Lewes Lenoy, viz,. Daniel O Neal: Belidcs, as
JamesTalbot Efq; teftifies in his Letter of the 9 of November 1641 writ¬
ten to the Lords Juftices out of the County of Cavan, that he underttood
from Philip Mac Mulmore O Rely, that there were certain Covenants patted
between the Lords of the Pale- and the Northern Iruh , for the ad¬
vancing of the Rebellion; and that the Remonttrance from the princfo
pal Irish in the County of-Cavan y unto the Lords Juftices and Coun¬
cil font by Dean-Jones , and Maflter PPaldrone, there then Prifoner, was
framed ia*the Pale and brought unto the faid /w/? by Colonel Plmketr
one
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to fo defperate a Malady. In thofe Inftru&ions privately fent over into
England by the Lord Dillon of Cofteloz,, prefently after the breaking out
of the Rebellion, the alteration of the Supream power in the government
andfetling of it in the hands of the Earl of Ormond, giving leave to the
Grand Council of th*e Kingdom to remove fuch Officers of State, as they
thought fit, and to recommend Natives to their places, were there pofi-
tively laid down to be a more likely means to appeafe thefe tumults then a
confiderable Army. In the Remonftrance of the County of Longford,
prefented about the fame time to the Lords Juftices, by the fame Lord
Dillon, as alio in the frame of the Common-wealth, found at Sir John
Dftngars Houfe, not far from Dublin, and fent up thither out of Conaught
to be Communicated to thofe of Lemfler; pieces which publickly appeared
(oon after the breaking out of the Rebellion; the main points infilled
rhe true cau- upon in them and feveral others, were reflauration of the Publick pro-
Rebellion feffion of the Romish Religion ; reflitution of all the Plantation-lands
unto the Natives, and fettlment of the prefent Government in their hands.
AlltheRemonflrances from feveral parts, and that came out of the feveral
Provinces of the Kingdom do concur in thefe Propofitions, with very
little or no difference. And therefore that the defires with the firff inten¬
tions of thofe who are now out in Rebellion, may more clearly appear?
I have thought fit here to infert them as I found them, Methodically di-
geftedinto certain Propofitions, termed.
The Means to reduce this Kingdom unto
Peace & Quietnefs.
1 ^"1 Hat a general and free pardon without any exception be granted to all
JL His Majeflies Subjects of this Kingdom ; and that in purjuance
thereof, and forftrengthning the fame, an of Abolition may pafs in the
Parliament here.
2 That all marks oflsTational diftinttions between English andlnsh. ma]
be abolished and taken away by Att of Parliament.
3 That by feveral Abls of Parliament to be rejpettively pajfed here and
in England, it be declared that the Parliament of Ireland hath no fubordi• ■
nation with the Parliament of England , but that the fame hath in it felf
Supream JurifdiElion in this Kingdom , as abfolute as the Parliament of
England there hath.
4 That the aAtl of iz Henry the five nth, commonly Called Poynings
nAcl > and all other Atts expounding or explaining the Jam , may be re¬
pealed,
5 That


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have perpetual fuccefflon therein with the fame preheminence , authority
and jurifdtttion as they refpettively have in England , and that the Jaid
places be ever conferred upon Noble-men, Natives of this Kingdom.
i 5 That there may be Trained Bands in all Cities, Towns Corporate > and
Counties of this Kingdom , Armed and provided at the charge of the feveral
Counties, Cities, and Towns, and commanded by the Natives of the fame >
who shall be na med by the Counties, Cities and Towns rejpettively.
16 That his Adajefly may releafe all Tenures in Capite and by Knight-
fervice ; in confederation whereof, he shall receive a fit led revenue of
12000 li. per annum, being double the fum which he cafually receives by
them ; Reliefs, Seifenes, Lieenfes for Alienations, Efeuage and Aids ne¬
ver thelefs to remain.
17 That all Monopolies may be for ever taken away by AEl of Parlia¬
ment.
i 8 That fuch new Corporations as have not the face of Corporate-
Towns y and were eretted to give voices in the Parliament, may be dijfolved,
and their Votes taken away, and hereafter no fuch to be admitted to Voices
in Parliament.
19 That there may be Agents chofen in Parliament or otherwife, as
thought meet to attend continually his Majefly , to reprefent the grievances of
this Nation, that they may be removeable by fuch as did elehl them ; and in
cafe of death or removance, others may be for ever fuccejfevely fubflituted in
that place y and that fuch Mgents may enjoy the freedom of their confeience in
Court y and every where elfe.
Thefe are the means propofed by thefe Catbolick Remonftrants, for
reducing of the Kingdom to peace, thefe the great obftru&ions they
would have removed , and the conftant Counfel they would have fol¬
lowed , in fetling the tranquillity and prefent government of this
Land ; fo as we need feek no further evidence, nor make any more cu¬
rious enquiries into the fecret caufes of their firft riling : we have here
enough out of their own mouths, to refolve the mod fcrupulous un-
Wishmeafof kchever t^r 6rft m°tives to this Rebellion. And now for the
the Remi*b matter of Religion , howloever I am very confident they ever really
Kehgicn only intended the re-eftablishment of that of the Church of Rome, with all
the6 Rebel-1 Rdtes an<i Ceremonies thereof, together with the utter extirpation
lion. of all of the Reformed profeflion : Yet confidering the large indul¬
gence and free liberty they univerfally .enjoyed at that time in the
full exercife of that their Religion throughout all the parts of the
Kingdom ; it may be mod jultly fufpe&ed (how zealoufly foever
they now obtrude it) that this was onely the bare outward cover¬
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which would inevitably redound to themfeives thereby. Firft , That
the British were in To great numbers, as they could not either by difi
arming , imprifpning, or any other means- poffible , ever hope to fe-
cure them from mifchief: Then that if they onely expelled them
out of the Kingdom , they would remain uill as fo many fit in-
ftruments to be entertained itr England, and from thence returned
back full of revengeful thoughts to recover their lofTes ; that by
their long experience and knowledge in the Country they would be
Better guides , more deeply engaged to profecate the War ; and
having their bodies inured to this Climate , would prove much more
able Souldiers then any new men that could be raifed , or any other-
ways brought over. How they determined this particular I shall not
undertake to declare; my intelligence fails me, and I am able to de¬
liver no more of the refult of this great Council then appears in the
bloudy effe&s and horrid executions a&ed in the firft beginnings of
their Rebellion, Itismoft probable they came to no pofitive conciiifion ,
But left the chief A&ors in this particular at large, to do as should feem
good to themfeives. We find their firft proceedtngs>and outrages com¬
mitted upon thqEnglish very various andmuch differing' in feveral places;
fome onely ftripping and expelling of them ; others murdring Man,
Woman and Child without mercy. But this is certain , and of moft
unqueftionable truth, that by one means or other, they refoived uni-
Thc re_ verfally to root aff the British & P rot eft ants out of Ireland. And that
fbive to root thefe were the firft thoughts and'bitter fruits of the long premeditated
malicious intentions , fufficiently appears By their Adlions, as well as
by their virulent expreffions uttered upon their firft riding, when they
thought the Kingdom their own: They then fatd openly, that they meant
to deftroy the English, and that they had made a Covenant no English-
man should fet hooting among them. Some of the Irish would not
the English
Out of Ire¬
land.
Matter
Creighton in
his Exami¬
nation.
The Irish
endure the very found of that language * but would have penal¬
ties infii&ed upon them that
many places hilled English' Cows and fpake English , and all the
in
Sheep mserly becaufe they were English; in fome places English names of pi aces chan-
they cut off their legs , or took^out a piece out of their ged into the old Irish deno-
huttccks v -and fi let them remain fill alive-. The Lord ruinations: others profefled
Montgarrat, Alafter Edward Butlar , tht Baron of that they would not leave an
Logmoutb went with their Forces into Munftcr a- English man or woman alive
bout the beginning of the r'tfing of the Irish there, and in the Kingdom, but that all
while they remained about Callen and Mallow , they should be gone, no not fb
confumcd no le/s then 50000 others fay 100000 much as an English Beaft, or
English Sheep, bejidesa great abundance of English any of the breed of them.
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V,i
tainly which the Priefts and Jefuits had taken up in their own thoughts ,J<
and by their correfpondencies abroad intended powerfully to bring
about, as foon as they had fetled their affairs in Ireland. And if it had "wd,
not pleafed God in an Extraordinary way to bring the firft Plot to rob
light, and fo to blefs the weak endeavours of the State here, as liitk
to enable them by the affiftance of thofe fmall Forces they confufedlyinfi)!
gathered together, to hold out till the arrival of the Succours lent cutlrfe
of England; I leave it to everyone to confid&r with how much advan¬
tage they might have gone on at.that time towards the accomplishment
>f f
of fo defperate a Projed. And for my felf, I muft profefs that I am
Qlearly refolved, that had they at firft overmaftered the unexpected diffi-
offe^
D3HDK
Ik |
- hi
e|Proti
culties and fatal impediments they met withall at home,an d pofleffed them-fcpo
felvesofthe Arms and Munition within the Caftle %of Dublin, and fo Lc
flesht and bloudedin the (laughter of many thoufands of the English Na-< ijtbt
tion , had tranfported a numerous Army of Irish Rebels, and fuddainly ^
landed them in fome good Port within the Kingdom of England: They
would have prevailed very far towards the miferable defolation and
ruine thereof. It muft be remembred in what a moft unhappy
difcompofure the affairs were at that time there; what a difeafed body
the State then had, and what high diftempers then ftrongly work
ing foon after brake out; what a ftrong party they might have
found within, and with what great reputation they would have march-i^
ed on under the glory of their late vi&ories atchieved in Ireland, u
fignalizing the power of their Arms with fuch horrid cruelties and )3t
bloudy butcheries, as would have wrought a ftrange terror among the A-
people.
Thus we fee what were the Caufes and firft Motives to this unna¬
tural Rebellion ; as likewife who were the chief A&ors and the
great inftruments defigned by the firft Plotters to predifpofe the
people to a readinefs to take Arms for the rooting out of the Bri- , ffl
tish Inhabitants from among, them. The Preparatives being all r
made, the Plot in all points ripe for execution , it was carried on ...
to the very evening before the day appointed for the taking of the ^
Caftle of Dublin without difcovery. And though it pleafed God tof
bring it then to light (as hath been declared) and fo happily to dif- ^
appoint it in the main Piece, yet it took in the Northern parts, be|La,
ing that very day fully executed in moft of the chief places of
ftrength within the Province of Vlfter. And whereas the Priefts did ^
■ lest
sofi
long before in their publick Devotions at Mafs pray for a bleffing
fo
ypon a great defign they had then in hand; fo now, as I have
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of private fpleen , or where they had particular instructions fo taprC
do , as they had from the Lord Mac-G Hire , to kill Mafter Arth&$>1
Champion\ a Juftice of Peace in the County of Fermanagh , who with :toat
feveral other of his neighbours were murthered at his own houfe upon ltt0^
the 23. of Coluber in the morning. But certainly that which theypfe
mainly intended at firft , and which theymoft bufily employed them- ^
felves about, was the driving away the EngUsh-mens Cattel, and pofTetTinjpW
The Irish their goods : Wherein the common people were not the onely A&omp®^
^(Tefsthem- ^ut even Gentlemen of the Irish in many places, mod noto- ^
feives ofthc rioufly appeared, and under plaufible pretences of fecuring their goods FT
Goods be- from the rapine and fpoil of the common fort, got much peaceably in. m tl
thel^l/A, to their hands : And fo -confident were the English of their good *
under pre- dealing at firft , as many delivered their goods by retail unto them,
curing0them §ave rhem particular Inventories of all they had , nay digged up fuch
of their beft things as they had hidden under ground , to depofite in Wo?
their cuftodv. Much likewife they got by fair promifes and deep en
engagements to do them no fruther mifchief, to fuffer them, theirW
Wives and Children quietly to retire and leave the Country : But^
others , and efpeciaily the meaner fort of people fell more rudely
io!es,
tG work, at the very firft, breaking up of their houfes, and ufing
all manner of force and violence , to make themfelves Mafters of thek
Goods.
The next Ad "^n<* having Aus feized upon all their Goods and Cattel, ranfacM
wasto fttip Aeir houfes, gotten their perfons under their power 5 The next thing 1)1
theZngiish* they did , was to ftrip man , woman and child , many of them ftark
^Tchiidman naked , and io to turn them out of their own doors , not permit-
ftark naked, ting them in fome places fo much as to shelter themfelves under
and to turn Bushes, or in the Woods, and ftridlly prohibiting all the Irish under
their own°f great penalties to give them entertainment or any kind of relief , as
manm of* Pa^e(^ on uPon t^e high - way s. And certainly their defign inn
refiefforbid- t^lls' 1110ft notorioufly appears to have been no other then that all fuch lot!
den to the as they would not lay their hands upon , and cruelly murder in cold m
they ptiTed hloud , might miferably perish of themfelves through cold , nakednefs ft
upon the and want '■> and therefore as faft as any of them fo ftripped got old rags
h«gh.way to cover their nakednefs, they endeavoured to ftrip them again and sjg|;
defpodedof again ; as may appear by the Examination of John Guurly , who ifc
all they had. depofeth, that fome were ftripped twice, fome thrice, as faft as they ih
could get any old rags to cover their nakednels, the next Irish-worton jem
er even the Children that met them would take them off : And he
and his Wife further depofe , that when their houfe , together with :
the Town of Armagh, were fet on fire by the Rebels, she was ftripped


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to appear in their own colours, and with great delight to fatiate their ancient
implacable malice, in their long wished and often plotted deftru&ion of all
the British Inhabitants. Within the County of Fermanagh multitudes Mtlltimdes
were prefently killed in cold bloud, fome taken at the Plough, others as killed in cold
they fate peaceably in their own houfes, others travelling upon the ways, bloud'
all without any manner of provocation by them given, fuddainly furprized
and unexpectedly cut off.
At the Caftle of [1] Lifgool [1] Thomas Wenflaw & John Simpfon , of t'joe
within that County above County of Fermanagh, Gentlemen, depofe andfay, That
si-
S, I
ieis,
3-
/omen
iceljiiji
mm\
UeM
rcfeveij
kpM
of alii
abed tk
, and k
any col;
theirf1
jnM
itf-Ml
M
150men, women and chil¬
dren almoft all con fumed by
fire. At the Caftle of [ 2 ]
Moneah , near 1 00 British
there flain all together: And
the fame bioudy company
of Rebels were no fooner
admitted into the Caftle of
[3] Tullah, which was deli¬
vered up into the hands of
RouryMac-Guire, upon com-
pofition, and faithful promi-
fes of fair quarter, but that
within the very court they
began to ftrip the people, and
molt cruelly put them to the
fword, murdring them all
without mercy. [4] At Lif-
fenskeah they hanged or
otherwife killed above 100
perfons, moft of themofthe
Scotish Nation; for after once
in the Caftle of Lifgool, there were 1 51 men, women
and children burnt, or fmothered, when the faid Caftle
was Jet onfire; not above two or three efcaped, as ap¬
pears in their Examinations. Jurat. Jan. 12,. Anno
Dora. 1641.
[1] Thomas Wenflaw further depofeth, that at the
Caftle of Moneah, there were ninety Proteftants more
Jlain and murdred: And that from the [ 3 ] Caftle
of Moneah, the Rebels marched to the Caftle of Tul¬
lah , where by their own confeffton, they promifedthoje
Proteftants that were there fair quarter: But when
they had delivered up their Arms and the Caftle; thofi
Rebels in the Bawn of the Caftle , firft ftrtpped them
all of their clothes, and then, and there moft cruelly mur¬
dred them.
Richard Bourk , Batchelour in Divinity, of the
County of Fermanagh depofeth, That he heard and ve¬
rily believeth the burning and killing of one hundred
at leaft in the Caftle of Tullah , and that the fame
they had the English in their was done after fair quarter promifed. Jurat. Jul. 12®
power, they fpared none of 164 3.
them , but ufecfall the Scots
with as much cruelty as they
did theEnglish.Tkixs County [ 4 ] Rowry Mac-Guire, upon the 24 of OCtob.
was very well planted by the 1641. came wuh-bis Company unto Liffenskeah, and
British undertakers, and all deftred in a friendly manner to [peafwtth Mafter Mi-
of them and their Tenants in dleton , who had the keeping oftheCaftde. The firft
a very short fpace after a thing he did, as foon as he was entred therein, was to
moft horrible manner quite burn the Records of the County, whereof Matter Mi-
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'tilling
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ikk/i;
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[8] Other companies they
carried out under pretence
of giving them fafeoondudt
out of the Country, and fo
got them to go cheerfully on
by virtue of Sir Phelim 0
TVWrPafsmntil they came at
lome place n.t for their exe¬
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drowned them , then they
had fome prepared to shoct
or knock down with Poles
any fuch as could fwim , or
ufed any other means to
efcape out of the water. [ i o]
Amongft many other, a
Gentlewoman whofe name
was Miftris Cambell, being
forcibly brought by them
fury, fuddainlyclafped her
arms about one of the chief
rebels that was moft forward
to thruft her into the water,
& as I find it credibly re¬
lated upon Oath,carried him
to the bottom with her, and
fo they were both drowned
together. [ 11] The Cathe¬
dral Church and Town
of Armagh were burnt,
many Towns laid waft,
all the fair Plantations made
by the British left deio-
[ 8 ~] Elizabeth the Wife of Captain Rue Price of the
Town and County of Armagh, depofeth, Thatfive of her
Children, together with no other Prot eft ants out of the
Parishes of A rmagh, Laugaul, and other places werefent
away with pafiesfrom Str Phelim O Neal with promife
to be fafely conveyed over to their friends in England.
That their Conductor was Captain Manus O Cane and
his SenIdiers , who having brought or rather driven
And if they them like sheep or Beafis to the Bridge cf Portnedown ,
ik0
1 Pt
there forced or threw all thoje poor pr if oners into the
water,together with the Deponents five "children, and then
and there drowned mofi of them. [c>] zsdnd thofe who
could fwim and come to the shore, they either knocked
them on the head, andfo after drowned them , or elfe shot
them to death in the water. Jurat. Jan. 29.1641.
Chriftian Stanhaw, the relttt of Hen. Stanf^wJ
of the Parish of Laugalle, in the County of Armagh
depofeth, That upon the drowning of 140 Protefiants one
time at Portnedown -Bridge, after they had throovn them
to the Ri ver>and she finding income of them fwimming to the shore jheRcbels with their
110 means to efcape their muskets knocked out their brains. Jurat. July 1$.1 642.
[10] James Shaw of Merket-hill in the County of
A rmagh,depofeth the manner of Mtftrefi Cambelspulling
the Rebel into the water, and how he was drowned with
her. Jurat. Aug. 14. 1 642.
[11] Captain Parkin depofeth} That Sir Phelim O Neal
flying from Dundalk , went to A rmagh, where he began
htsblondy ma fiacres, caufing Manus O Cane to get toge¬
ther all the Profeftants which were left thereabouts, to con-
duSl them to Colerain; but before they were fcarce a
days journy fiom him, they were all murdred3 andfo
werefever al others by fecial direction from Sir Phelim O
Neal, and his Turlagh, notwithfiandingthey were
protected by them. Sill the aged people in Armagh were by
the fame directions carried away , but murdred alfo at
CharJmount. esfnd prefently after, his Brother and he
wi: h thdr adherents, malicioufly fit onfire the goodly Cathedral Church 0/A rmagh, and
Town of Armagh, and murdered and drowned there 500 perfonsyoung and old. <tAt
the Parish of Killaman 48 Families <were then tnurdred by directions from Sir Phelim,
who had remained prot c bled by him three quarters of a year, J urat. March 8. 164 3.
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late; in fome Parishes [i a~|
[12] Jane Grace the wife of Nicholas Grace late two hundred Families mur-
of Kilmore, in the County of Armagh, depofeth, That dred and deftroyed, the
there were two and twenty English Proteftants burned\ whole County , as it were, a
in one Houfe, within two unites of Kilmore; and that common Butchery, & tho-
the Rebels [tripped killed, or murdred all, or the mofi rough all parts of it very
of the English of that Parish, which confifled of two
hundred Families. That they fet many in the Stocks
until they confejfed their mony, and when they could get
no more, that then they murdred them.
fo
jivff
many thoufands perished in
short time by Sword, Fami¬
ne, Fire,Water, and all other
manner of cruel deaths, that
rage & malice could invent.
But before I leave this Subject, I shall pafs a little further, and out of fome
Examinations (taken here upon Oath, which I have perufed) prefent a brief
colledion of fome other horrid inhuman cruelties, which I find were ufed
in the murdring of many poor innocent fouls. To many, thefebloudy
villains shewed fo much favour as fuddainly todifpatch them out of their
pain, by no means allowing
[13] Edward Saltinglafs of the County of Armagh Gen- them leave, or [ 1 3 ] time
tleman, depofeth, and faith,That George Lawlis arebel to make their prayers ; for
of thefaid County, refolvingtokfil JohnCowder, told others, they held a fudde-n
him he would kill him , but bid him fir jl fay his Prayers ; death too eafy a punish-
whereupon the faid Cowder Reeling down to pray, the ment : Therefore they
faid Lawlis inftantly cut off his head as he was upon his imprifoned [14] fome in
fci
ijsft
rM§
ik
itk
piii
Some horrid
inhuman
cruelties
exercized
upon parti¬
cular jjer-
fiOf
arth
i
fons.
ni
life
k:
nees.
mofi beaftly Dungeons,
full of dirt and mire , and
their clapping bolts on their
heels , fuffered them to
perish at leifure ; others
they barbaroufiy [15]
mangled , and left lan¬
guishing upon the High¬
ways , crying out but
Jurat. Jun. 1. 1642.
Elizabeth Price depofeth , That when as divers
of the English were about to be murdred, and defred
the Rebels on their knees fir [I to admit them to make their
prayers to God ; the Rebels have often, in her the depo¬
nents hearing , in Irish anfwered and faid, bequeath
your foul to the Devil', and at other times the Rebels
would fay, why should you pray, your foul is with the
Devil alreadyand with tho/e words in their mouths
would flaughter and put them to death. Jurat, ut fupra.
[14] Edward Banks t^Calfel, in the County of Tipperary, Clerks depofeth, That
the Rebels there on thefirfl day of January killed fifteen men and women, all English
Proteftants, at Cafiell, and that they entredand tookjhe Town, and having the fame,
that they tookjhis deponent and other Clergy men, and then and there forthwith caufedthem
to be put in the Dungeon, where they continued twelve weeks in mofi miferablefiavery.
Jurat. April 21.1642.
[15] John Cregg in the County of Armagh, Teoman, depofetb, That in the
Parish of Levilegish, there were divers English-men cruelly murdred, fome twice,
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ttofi]
r>mo&
Ms,ti
'dim
. for fo much mercy as to be fome thrice hanged up, and others wounded and left half
iff delivered out of their pain. dead, crying out lamentably for fome to come and end
Others they buried [i<5] their miferiesby killing of them. Jurat.Jan. 7.1(541.
alive, a manner of death they [16] William Parkinfon of Caftle Cumber in the
uftd to feveral British in feve- County of Kilkenny Gent, depofeth, That by the cre-
rai places: and [ 17] at Clertv- dible report both of English andfome Irish, who affirm-
nis within the County o (FerA ed they were eye-witneffes of a bloudy murder committed
^ managhfFiere were feventeen near Kilfeal in the Queens County^ upon an En-
perfons, having been hanged glrsh-man, his wife, four or five children , and a
till they were half dead, caft maid. zMil whieh were hanged by the command of
together into a Pit, and be- Sir Morgan Cavanah , and Robert Harpool, and
irig covered over with a little afterwards put all in one hole, the yonngeft child being
doutoifc; earth, lay pittifully, fending not fully dead, put out the hand and crying Mammy ,
5™trt out moft lamentable groans mammy, when without mercy they buried him alive ,
wo! for a good time after. [18] Jurat. Feb. 11. 1(541.
mm fome were deadly wounded Elizabeth Price depofeth , That Thomas
out of 1 and fo hanged up on Tentor- Mafon , an English Proteftant 0/Laugal, being ex-
eansaioit hooks. [19] Some had ropes treamly beaten and wounded, was carried away by hit
' L1] jput about their necks, and fo wife and fome others', for revenge of which, the Rebels
praps;!: drawn thorow~ thewater ; mofi cruelly hacked, flashed and wounded them : and
leldaw f0me had withes, and fo that done, dragged the faid Mafon unto a hole, and
fipm drawn up and down thorow then and there threw earth, ft ones and rubbish upon
fore tfe Woods & Bogs; others were him, and with the weight thereofkept him under, Jo as
the faid Mafons-wife told this Deponent, he cryed out
Dur.geoi; & languished till his own wife, to put him out of his pain, rather then hear him cryft til:
tjed her handkerchief over his mouth , and therewith flopped his breath, fo -as he died.
jolts00 & j urat.Jun.2 9. 1 64 f.
{themw [17] This particular, concerning the feventeen men buried alive at Clewnis , was
re; otk teflified unto me by Miflrefi Aldrich , who was then kept prifoner in the Town by the
3y [if Rebels, and heard their pittiful cries.
id left lJ [18] William Parkinfon, late of C aftle Cumber*# the County of Kilkenny de-
theHii pofeth, Thathefaw Lewis O Brenan, with hisfword drawn in thefatdTown, pur fits
■ 0 fa after an English boy of eight or nine years of age, or thereabouts, by name Richard
Bernet, into an houfe, and faw the faid Lewis lead the faid boy forth of the houfe, thebloud
1 iftthft running about his ears, in a Hair rope, and led the boy to his Fathers tent or s, and there
all M hanged him with J ohn Banks another little boy. J urat. ut fupra.
igtliij [19] Edward Saltingftone, of the County of Armagh Gent, depofeth, That Man us
cat ft' OCane, Bryan O Kelly, Shan ONeil, Neil OgeONeil, Gent, did take William
abitp Blundel of Grange, in the County of Armagh Teoman, and put a rope about his neck >
and threw him into the blackjwater at Charlmount & drew him up & down the water to
fm- make htm confefs his mony, who thereupon gave him 21 pounds, yet within 3 weeks after
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chiId,whofc[23]belliesthey [23] <±At Ballimcolough within four miles of the
ripped up as they hung, and City ofR. ofle in April 1 642. John Stone of the Graigc
fo let the little Infants fall his fon, his two fens in law , And his two daughters,
out; a courfe they ordinarily were hanged, one of his daughters being great with
took with fuch as they child, her belly was ript up , her child taken forth, and
found in that fad condition, fuch barbarous beaflly attions ufid to her, as are not fit to
[24] And fometimes they be mentioned.
gave their Children to [24] Philip Taylor, late o/Portnedown depofeth,
Swine; [2 5] Some the Dogs That the Rebels killed a Dyers wife oJ~Rofle trever, at the
eat;and fome[2 <5]taken alive Newry, and ript up her belly, she beinggreat with child of
out of their M others bellies, two children, and threw her and her children into a ditch ,
they call into ditches. And and that he this Deponent, drove away Swine from eating
for fucking children, and one of the children. Jurat.
others of a riper age; Tome f 25 ] John Montgomery, of the County of Mo-
[27] had their brains knockt naghan, fworn and examinedfaith, That one Brian Mac
out; others [2 8] were tram- Erony, ringleader of the Rebels in the County of Fer-
pled under-foot to death. managh, killed Enfign Floyd, Robert Worknum ,
and four of their fervants, one of which they having
Wounded, though not to death, they buried quick- alfio, that he was credibly infor¬
med, that the daughter in law of one Foard, in the Parish of Clownish, being delivered
ofdchild in the fields, the Rebels, who had formerly killed her husband and father,
kfiled her and two of her children, andfujfered the dogs to eat up) and devour her new born
Child. Jurat June 2 6. 1641.
[2 6] Katherine, the relitt o/William Coke, of the County o/Armagh Carpenter, de-
pofeth, That the Rebels of thefaid County robbed,ft ripped and murthered a gyre at company of
Protefiants ,fome by burning ,fome by the Jword, fome by hanging, and the reft by /larving,
and other deaths. And this Deponent, to shun their rage, and Jfave her poor life, hid her
felfin a ditch of water, andfate there among high rushes fo long, as that she was almoft
frozen and (larved to death, and then crawled away fecretly. oAndfurther faith, that
fome of the Rebels that efc aped and fled from the battle 0/Lifnagaruay, meeting one Mtftris
Howard and Ahftris Frankland , both great with child , and fix oftheir children with
them, thofe Rebels then and there with their pikes killed and murdred them all, and after
ripped open the Centlewomens bellies, tookjout their children, the one of them being quick ,
and threw them into a ditch in the fight of J ane this Deponents daughter, who eftaped bccauft
shejpakelrish, and faid she was an Irish woman. Jurat. Feb. 2 4,1643.
[27] James Stevenfbn, County of Letrim, depofeth, That the Rebels
there tookIfabel Stevenfon, a young child, left at Foftering, with one Hugh Mac Arran
and enquiring whofe child it was, they told him it was a Schotish-mans child , whereupon
they tookjhe child by the heels, and run andbeatthe brains of it out againfl a Tree. Jurat.
April 20. 1643.
[28] Ann Hill, wife of Arthur Hill, in the County of Caterlagh, depofeth, That
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asshepajfedthy ough theCounty ofWicklow, Williamt/;e Plafterer', with nine or ten Re¬
bels more, pulled of her backjtyomg child of one year and a quarter old, threw it on the
ground, trod on it that it died, ftripped her Jeff and four fmall childrenwho by the cold they
thereby gotyfince died. Jurat.
[28] John Stubs of the County of Longford, Genu [28JSomethey cut in gob-
depofeth, That he heard by fame of the Sheriffs men, that bets and pieces, [29] others
Henry Mead and his wife, John Bigel, William Stell, they ript up alive; [ 30] fnme
and Daniel Stubs the Deponents brother, were put to death were found in the fields,
by Lifagh Farrols, and Oli. Fitz Gerrals men, who fucking the breafts of their
hanged them upon aWindmil, and when they were half murdred Mothers; others
dead, they cut them to pieces with their skeins. J urat, lay ftifled in Vaults and Cel-
Novemb. 21.1 <s4,.
El. Price depofeth, that a great number of poor Proteftants , efpecially of women
and children, they pricked andftabbed with their Skeins, Pitch-forks and Swords , and
wouldflash, mangle and cut them in their heads, breafts, faces, arms and other parts of the
body, but not kftl them out-right, but leave them wallowing in their blond, to languish,
ftarve, and pine to death; and whereas thofe fo mangled dejired them to kill them out of
their pain, they would deny it; but fome times after a day or two, they would dash out their
brains with ft ones, or by fome other cruel way, which they accounted done asafavour, of
which she hath in many particulars been an eye-witnefs. Jurat. J une 29.1641.
[29] William Parkinfon ©/"Kilkenny Efquire, depqfeth, That the wife ©/John Har¬
vey told him, that she being at Kilkenny, and having there turned to Maft tofave her Ife,
was notwithftanding ftripped again, together with her children, and one Purcell a Butcher,
after he hadftripped her daughter, of five years of age, ripped up her body till her intrailes
fell out, whereof she died that night; whereof she complaining to the Major of Kilkenny,
he bid away with her and di(patch her, fo as not only the Butcher, but many others did beat
and wound her,ftyas she hardly efcaped with her life. J urat. ut fupra.
[30] ElifabethChampion late wfe of Arthur Champion in the County of Ferma¬
nagh Effy, depofeth > that when the Caftle of Lifgool was fet on fire by the Rebels, a
Woman leaping out of a window, to fave her felffrom burning, was murdred by the Re¬
bels , and next morning her child was foundJucking her breaft, and alfo murdred by them.
Jurat. April 6. 1642.
Charity Chappel late wife of Richard Chappel Efquire , of the Town and
County ©/"Armagh* depofith, That as she hath credibly heard the Rebels murdred great
numbers of Prot eft ants, and that many children were feen lying murdred in Faults and
Cellars, whither theyfled to hide themfelves. Jurat July 2.1642.
Thomas Fleetwood late Curat of Kilbeggan in the County of Weft-meath de¬
pofeth, That he hath heard from the mouth of the Rebels themfelves of great cruelties
atled. by them: And for one inftance, that they ftab d the Mother, one Jane Addis by
name-> and left her little fucking child, not a quarter old, by the dead corps; and then they
put the breaft of its dead Mother into its mouthy and bid it fuckflingYish-baflard, and fo
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:pkeof[j the [38] Irish women did £$§] Dennis Kelly, of the Count j of Meath, depo-
'Mrcy naturally expreis as much feth. That Garret Tallon of Cruifetown in the faid
heir aged ^ cruelty as the chiefeftRebcls County, Gent, (as it is commonly reported) hired two
acesdelir among them. men to kill Ann Hagely, wife to Edw. Tallon his Son
ter;[jj\| If thefe be not fufficient, a Papift 3and at that time abfent fiom homeand the faid
1 comptfl fet us over-look the partial- two men did in mofl bloudy manner,- with skeins, kdl
lytoiic] lar ends of fome particular thefaid Ann Hagely and her daughter, and her daugh-
tkh perfons, and we shall yet in ters two children3 becaufe they would not confent to go to
hlptok them behold more horrid A/aft, and after they would not permit them to be buried
cruelties then thefe before in a Church or Church-yard, but they four were buried in
mchild,? mentioned. What [39]shall aditch. Jurat. Aug. 23.1643.
mdyetI we ^ay to a boyled to John Griffel of the Queens County, depofeth,
Midi death in a cauldron, a [40] That the women and children m thofeparts, were as cruel
mi c; woman hanged on a tree, and forward as the men Rebels, the children, though
jjmce. and in the hair of her head young s being very bold in their robberies, bidding this
ve$|J her own daughter hanged Deponent and the reft of the English be gon, orelfethey
■ AiiSli UP ^er' a woman [4l ] should be hanged.
dmo|J miferably rent and torn Elizabeth Baskervilc depofeth, That she heard tha
ornr to P*eces> [42] fome ta- wife of Florence Fitz Patrick find much fault with her
(^aS[L husbands fouidiers , becaufe they did not bring along with
j them thegreafe ofMftrefs Nicholfon,^'>6<7/z? they hadJlain for her to make candles withalt,
Sreo,aR. Jurat. April 16. 1643.
(|^Jj Martha Culm depofeth , That she heard feme of the Irish them(elves detejl thd cruelty
hMti °fthe women whofolloyved their Camp, and put them on in cruelty, faying, fare neither
witlM man-> woman, mr child. Jurat.
[39J This particular depofed by Margaret Parkin , as alfe by Elizabeth Burfel, who
faith, That the child was of twelveyears of age > bewgthe child of Thomas Straton of
ttltrff Newtown. Jurat. Jan. 19. 1641..
[40] The wife ^ Jonathan Linn and his daughter were feiz,ed upon by the Rebels
uj, near theTown tf/Caterlagh, carried by them into a li t tie wood-> called Staple town wood,
\ r and there the mother was hanged, and the daughter hanged in the hair of her mothers head,
Jy. as is depofed by James Shaw, Vicar of old La ugh fin. Jan. 8. 1643.
V" [41] -Adam Clover depofeth , That he Jaw upon the high way a woman left by the
, y. Rebels, ft ripped to herJmock»fet upon by three WGmen andfeme children, being Irish , who
miferably rent and tore the faid poor English woman, and ftripped her of her fmockjn a
# bdterftoft andfnow, Jo that she fell in labour in their hands, and both she and her child
Vj died there. Jurat. Jan.4. 1641.
[42] This cruelty was ujed to feme English in the Province of Conaught, as was
^ teftifled by the Lords fuftices and Council, as doth appear by their Letters.
Tho. Fleetwood Curate o/Kilbeggan, in the County of Weft-meath, depofeth
r that the L. Pr eft dent o/Conaught, caufed an English worn cm who could feeak^ Irish, to go.
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toward Dublin with a letter, but she was taken within ken by the Rebels, their eyes
Jive miles of the Town of Athlone, brought back and ftoned plucked out, their hands cut
to death by the women of the Town, dwelling on the hither off,and fo turned out to wan-
[ide oft he bridge. J urat. der up and down; [4 3] others
[43] James of HacketsTown in theflounty ofCz- ftoned to death; [44] a man
terlagh depofeth, That an Irish Gentlewoman told htm wounded and fet upright in a
and others, that she turned an English woman away hole digged in the earth, and
who was her Jervant, and had a child, and that before fb covered up to the very
the poor woman and child were gone half a mile, divers chin,there left in that mifera-
Irish women few them with ftones. Jurat. April 21. ble manner to perish: a [45]
1543. mans feet held in the fire till
[44] John Clerk of Knockback Gent, depofeth, he was burnt to death, his
wt hen*
tUtf
10
ft fa
U>j
W l)
WJffi
IfflEt
That he heard credibly from Mafter Lightboun., Mini- wife banged at his door: [46]
fler of the Naas, that the Rebels shot a parish Glerkjiear a Minifter ftripped ftark na«
Kildare, through both his thighesand afterward digged ked, and fo driven like a beafl §■ i
fomeg
Imam
efcape out of the flames were
taken by Tome of the Rebels
who flood by , cut them in
pieces with fithes, and focafl
them into the fire again.
a deep hole in the ground, wherein they fet him upright thorough the Town of
on his feet, and filled up the hole in the earth., leaving Cash ell, the Rebels following
out onely his head, in which flate andpoflure they left the and pricking him forward
poor wounded man, till he pined > languished, and fo died. with darts and rapiers: [47] a
Jurat. Oftob. 24.1643. company of men , women
[45] Katharine, the relickpf William Coke, of the and children put into a houfe,
County of Armagh, depofeth, That many of her neigh- and as they were burning,
hours who had been prifoners among the Rebels, faid and fome children that made an
affirmed, that divers of the Rebels would confefs, brag,
and boafi, how they toofian English Proteftant, one
.Robert Wilkinfon at Kilmore , and held his feet in
the fire until they burned htm to death : <±And the fame
Robert Wilkinfons own Son was prefint, and a pri-
foner when that cruelty was exercifed on his Father.
Jurat. February 24.1643.
[46] Mt Cashel in Munfter, befide many Minifters which they there hanged after »
moft barbarous manner, theyfir ipt Gne naked and drove him through theTown , pricking
him forwards with Darts and Rapiers , andfo purfuinghim till he fell down dead. J urat.
utTupra.
[47] Chriftian Stanhaw, the relift of Hen. Stanhaw, late of the County of Armagh
Eftf depofeth , That a woman that formerly lived near Laugale, abfilutely informed this
Deponent, that the Rebels enforced a great number of Proteftants, men, women and
children, into a houfe which they fet on fire purpojely to burn them ,as they did, and fill
as any of them offered to come out, to shun thefire, the wicked Rebels with fithes, which
they had in their hands, cut them in pieces, and caH them into the fire and burned them
.with the reft. J urat. July. 2 3.1 <$4 2.
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eMiE:; Neither did thefe horrible [48] Adam Clover i f the Ccmty of Cavan depofeth,
flt-W tortures which they put That he objerved thirty perfons to be mojl barbaroufty
iontiolthefe poor innocent Chrifti- murdered, and about 150 more cruelly wounded 3 ft) that
ans unto aflack their fury, traces cf blood tjfuingfrom them, lay upon the high way
their malice towards them for twelve miles together, and many very young chit-
t upjjoL did not determine with their drert were left and perished by the way , to the number of
ieearli, breath. But after fo many fixty, or thereabouts, becaujc the cruelties of the Rebels
toij feveral bloudy ways and were fitch, that their parents and friends could not carry
1 tbfjji,! cruel inventions wherewith them further. *Andfurtherfaith, thatfome ofthe Rebels
isl:^ they rent their fouls from vowed, that if any digged graves wherein to bury the
tilth; their wretched bodies, even dead children , they should be buried therein themfelves:
fat,, to their [48 J dead carkafles, fo the poor people left moft of them unburied, expo fed to
sdooj:, *n fo^e places, they denied ravenous beafts and fowls. J urat. fan. 4. 1641.
jfjy' all manner of burial; fome [49] Edward Saltinftale depofeth , That the Rebels
leak [49J they caff into ditches, killed William Loverden when he was naked, his wife
Tom others[5o]thcy left to be de- and children looking on, and cutting off his head held
Isfolb vouredby dogs&fwine, o- it up to his wife and children, and his forrowful wife
m -fc: thersby Fowls;and ravenous' taking his corps and burying of it in a Garden, Patrick
^ birds;nay [51 ] feveral which- O Dally a Rebel, toolkit up and threw it into a ditch.
1,f: had been formerly buried, Jurat.utfupra.
itoih they digged up and left them [50] Thomas Green and Elizabeth his wife depoft,
krm r° Petrify above ground; That the Rebels at feveral times murdred,. kftled and
itmak deftroyed the mofi part of the Prot eft ants in the Parish of Dumcres, being about 300
hesr and indeed mo(l of the Proteftants in alt the County thereabouts did they kfll and deftroy
.y by drowning, hanging, burning, thefword, ftarving, and ot her deaths, expofing their
{laughtred bodies to be devoured by dogs, Jwine, and other ravenous creatures : And 1 his
hjJJoq Deponent Eli zabeth ,faw the dogs feed upon thofe dead carcaffes. J urat. Nov. 1 o. 164 3.
p, IT1] Richard Bourk Batcheiour of Divinity depofeth, That he was informed, that
r" Mafter Lodge, Arch-deacon o/Killalow, being buried aboutfix yearsfince, and divers
other tJMwifters bones were digged out of their graves as patrons of herecy, by direUion-
mm °f_ t^e wular Bishop of Kill alow, and Robert fones a Minifter was not admitted Chri»
' m ftmn Atrial, by direction of fome Popish prieft. J urat. July 12. 164 3."
j David Buck depofeth, That in the parish of Munrath , in the Queens County,
the Rebels digged up a number of English mens graves, and left the corps above ground
r J to be abufed by dogs, hogs, or any other ravenous creatures.
(T And thefe truly are but [52] Arthur Agmoughty depofeth, That during
fome of thofc ways, among the ftege cjfCaftle Forbez, the Rebels killed poor chiU
^ many others which with dren that went out to eat weeds or graft; and that a
' moft exquifite pains & cruel poor woman whofe husband was taken by the Rebels,,
tortures, wereufed by thefe went to them with two children at her feet & one at her
mercilefs [52] Rebels to let breaft, hoping to beg her husbands life, but they{lew her


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and her fucking child, broke the neckjof another of her in death among an innocent,
children, and the third hardly eftaped. Jurat.Sept. 23. unprovoking , unrefifting
164$. people,that had always lived
[ 53 ] Mafler Creighton depofeth in his Examina- peaceably with them, [53]
tion, That fometimes the chief of the Irish would make adminifiring all manner of
heavy moan for the evils they perceived were coming helps and comforts to thofe
on their Country and Kindred, and faid, they faw utter who were in diftrefs, that
deflruflion at hand for that they had covered fo great a made no difference betwixt
bitter nefs fo long in their hearts againfl the English, them and thofe of their own j ^
and now fo fuddenly broken out againfl them, that had Nation , but ever cherished
brought them up, kept them in their houfes like chil- them as friends, and loving
aren, and had mad,e no difference betoveen them, their neighbours, without giving
English friends & kindred 3 by all which the English had any caufe of unkindnefs or 1®
fo well deferved of them, and they had requited them fo diftafl: unto them. It is not :i(l
evil, that the English would never truft them hereafter; poffible to re-colle6t or ex- p[i
and now it remaineth, that either they mufl defray the prefs the wickedncfs of their
English,ir the English them. Jurat, ut fupra. mifohievous inventions, or
horrour of their bloudy executions , a&uated with all kind of circum-
ftances that might aggravate the height of their cruelty towards them.Alafs,
who can comprehend the fears, terro urs, anguish, bitterneis and perplexity
oftheir fouls, the defpairing paflions and confirmations of their mind!
What ftrange amazed thoughts muft it needs raife in their fad hearts
to find themfelves fo fuddainly furprized without remedy, and inex- pfe1
tricably wrapt up in all kind of outward miferies which could pofli-
bly by man be inflidted upon any humane Creatures! What fighs,
groans , trembling , aftonishment! What fchriches , crys and bitter
lamentation of wife and children , friends and fervants , howling and
weeping about them , all finding themfelves without any manner of
hope or deliverance from their prefent mifcry and pain I How inexo-
[54] Francis Barbour o/Dublin Gent. depofeth fThat rable were their barbarous
at the beginning of the Rebellion, he heard feveralofthe tormentors that compafled
Rebelspublicly fay, That now the day was their awn, and them on every fide with- hp
that they had been flavesto the English a longtime, but out all bowels of compaf-
that now they would be revenged to the full, and would fion,any fenfe oftheir fuifer-
not leave before Chriftm as-day, ^English Proteflant ings,or the lea commifera-
rogue living, with other like bitter words. Jurat. Jan. 5. tion and pity, the common
1643. comforters of men in miferv.
[54J Jane the relibiof Gabriel Conftable depofeth , It was no fmall addition to
That the Rebels having half killed one Ellen Millington, their farrows, to hear [54]
and then put her into a dry hole made for a Well, and made the bafe reviling fpeeches
her fafl in with flones, whereof she languished and died, ufed againfl: their country &
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country-men , fome loudly own, and that they had been flaves to the English a long
threatning [5 5.] all should time 3 but that now they would be revenged to the full 3
be cut off and utterly de- and would not leave before Chrif mas-day, an English
Eroyed that had one drop of Vrotefiant rogue living 3 with other like bitter words.
English bloudin them ; the Jurat. Jan. 5.164$.
Irish women crying out to [55] Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Green depofeth,
fpare neither man , woman That she heard the Rebels jay , the English were meat
nor child that was English ; for dogs, that there should not be one drop of English bloud
that the English was meat left within the Kingdom, and that they would dejlroy all,
for dogs, and their children the very English children, whom they called baftards.
baflards. Jurat. Novemb. 10. t 64 3.
How grievous and infup- Richard Cleybrook depofeth, That he heard Luke
portable mull; it needs be to a Toole Jay , That they would not leave an English man
true chriflian foul, to hear a or English woman in the Kingdom , that they would not
bale [56] villain boaft, that leave an English Beafl alive, or any of the breed oft hem.
his hands were fo weary with Jurat.
killing and knocking down Samuel Man , of the County of Fermanagh Gent.
Proteftants into a bogg, that depofeth, That he heard fome of the Irish fay, That there
should not be one English man, woman or child left in the
Kingdom. Jurat.
Elizabeth Dickinglbn depofeth, That she heard fome
of the company of Roury Mac Guire fay, That the Irish
had command to leave never a drop of English bloudin
Ireland. Jurat. Novemb. 17.1642.
Katherine Madefon of the County oft ermanagh depofeth, That she hath often heard
the Rebels fay 3 that they would drive all the English and Scotish out of the Kingdom3
and that both man , woman and child should be cut ojf and deftroyed. Jurat. Novemb.
17. 1642.
[56] Elenor Fullerton the relitt of Will. Fullerton , late Par/on of Lougall depofeth,
That in Lent 1641. a young roguing Cow-boy 3 gave out and affrmed in this Deponents
hearing, That his hands were Jo weary in killing and knocking down Protejlants into a
bog-pit ,that he could hardly lift his arms to his head. Jurat. Septemb. 16. 1642.
OwenFrankland depofeth, That he heard Hugh O Can, late fervant to Mi-
ftris Stanhaw calling to his fellows, in a boa/ling manner , risking them what they had been
doing at home all the day 3 that he had been abroad and had killed fi xteen of the rogues, and
shewed them fome mony. Jurat, ut fupra.
[57] Elizabeth Champion , late wife of Arthur Champion in the County of Fer¬
managh Efquire, faith, That she heard the Rebels fay, That they had killedfo many English
men, that the greafe or fat which remained upon t heirJwords and skews, might wellferve
to make an Irish candle. Jurat. April 14.1642.
he could not lift his arms up
to his head ; or others to lay,
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[58J John Birn late ofDongannon in the County on their fwords or skeins,
§f Tyrow depofeth, That he heard fome of the native might have made an Irish
Irish that were fomewhat more merciful then the reft, candle ; or to confider, that
complain , that two young Cow-hoys within the Parish
«/*Tullah, had at feveral times murdred and drowned
y6women and children. J urat. Jan. 12. 1643*
[59] James Shaw a Mtnifter depofeth , That after
thecejfation made with the Irish , divers of them con- weigh thefeparticulars, will
fejfed , the Priefts bad given them the Sacrament, upon not much wonder that fo
condition they should not (pare man > woman or child that great numbers of British and
were Proteftants, and that he heard divers of them fay in Proteftants, should be de-
a bragging manner, that it did them much good to wash ftroyed in fo short a time
their hands in the bloud of the Proteftants which they had after the firft breaking out
/lain. J urat, Jan. 7. 164 3. of the Rebellion , as Matter
Cunningham [59] depofeth V
in his Examination: He there faith, That the account of the perfons killed '
by the Rebels from the time of the beginning of the Rebellion, Ottob. 23. ^
1641. unto the month of April following, was as the Priefts weekly gave
it in, in their feveral Parishes, one hundred and five thoufand. Jurat,
sslpril 22.1641.
[60] Elizabeth Champin depofeth, That when the When the Caftle of Lifgool
Rebels had fit the Caftle of Lifgool on fire upon the Pro- [60] was fet on fire by the
teftants there enclofed, and faw the faid houfe fo burning, Rebels, and fo many British
they faid among themfelves rejoycingly, Oh how fweetly as are before mentioned con-
do they fry. Jurat, ut fupra. fumed in the flames, thofe
f>] William Lucas of the City of Kilkenny de- mifchievous villains that
pofeth, That although he lived in the Town till about five had done that wicked facft,
or fix weel^s paft in which time he is a/fur ed divers cryed out with much joy,
murders and cruelatts were committed, yet he durft not how fweetly do they fry !
go abroad to fee any of them: But he doth confidently How did the Inhabitants
believe, that the Rebels having brought feven Prote- [6i]ofiG7%w*y,(aCityplan-
frants heads , whereof one was the head of Afafter Bing- ted with old English, where
ham a Aiinifter, they did then and there as triumphs of civility and good manners
their vittory , fet them up on the Alarket-croft on a feemea to flourish) folate
xJMarket-day > and that the Rebels fiasht, ftafrd and and pleafe themfelves in abu-
mangled thofe heads, put a gag or carret in the /aid Mafter fing moft unchriftianly the
Binghams mouth, flit up his cheeks to his ears, laying heads of a Minifter and fix
a leaf of a Bible before him 9 and bid himpreach, for his other Proteftants, brought
mouth was wide enough, and after they had fo folaced in a kind of triumph into
themfelves, threw thofe heads in a hole in Stunt James that Town : Certainly it is
Green. Jurat, Aug. 16. x 643 . not to be imagined, much
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ordsorj exprefTed, with what [61 ] Julian Johnfon,//^ relitt o/John Johnfon of the
madeg fcorn and derifion they County of Gallaway depofeth, That after the Jlaughter
:ocon(l(jf,. sded thefe great cruelties of fome English, she heard one O Moloy a Frier, fay in
JUngCojv upon all Iritish which they a triumphing manner, It was a brave jport, to fee the
it in [|]g:. had gotten into their power j young men (meaning fome of the English then {Lain)
jtfpro(; with what joy and exulta- defending themfelves on every fide, and their two eyes
sialic tion their eyes did behold burning in their heads. <tAnd further , that she heard
)artjcu|r the fad lpe6tacle of their mi- fome of the cruel Souldiers then and there brag and boafi
feries, what ii] greedy de- of the brave (port they had, by putting fire to the fir aw
light and pleafure they took which a firipped English woman had tyed about her->
in their bloudy executions; faying, how bravely thefire then made the English jade
] stat r w^at ]makce and hatred to dance. Jurat. Feb. 8.1643.
they exprefled towards Joan Conftable, thereliU 0/Gabriel Conftable de-
}n ,.j them, many with thelaft pofeth , That the outcries, lamentations, and Jpeeches
j ' ftroke of death giving them of the poor Protefiants burned in a thatcht houfe in the Pa-
in their laft agony [64] that rish of Kilmore, in the County 0/Armagh, were exceeding
on Q[j{i loud and pitiful, yet did nothing prevail to mollify the
Is wed hardned hearts of their murdrers, but they mofl boldly made brags thereof, and tooffridc
:: and glory in imitating thofe cries, and in telling the Deponent and others, how the children
'' gaped when the fire began to burn them, andthreatned and told her this Deponent, that
(UeolLi ^€fore **werc ' s^e an^ t^e reft °f the Protefiants should fujfer the like deaths. And
1 fire d fHrt^erfilthy That the Rebels within the County of Armagh did all and commit divers other
I bloudy, barbarous cruelties (betwixt the time of the beginning of the Rebellion and her efcape
ntior ft°m imPrfonment out of thefaid County) by burning, drownings hanging, the Jword,ftar-
\ vingyand other fearful deaths: That they did drown at one time betwixt T inon & Kinnard,
rill]r British women and children, their rcjpetlive husbands andfathers, all their male
iwM frit^ds that were men being murdred before: And that they did in the fame water at
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another time, drown one Mifiris Maxwel, the wife of Mafierjamos Maxwel, when
she was in labour, andfofor ward therein, as fome of thofe bloudy all or s t old and bragjd 10
her y this Deponent, That the very childs arm appeared and waved in the wat e r, thee htld
being half born when the mother was drowned. J urat. ut fup,ra«
[63] Henry Brinkhurft of the County ofMayo depofeth, That after the Maffacre of
Shreul, one of the Rebels that had ailed his part there, came into a houfe with his hands and
cloths all bloudy 3 faying, It was English bloud; That he hoped to have more cf it, and that
his skein had pin eked the clean white skfns of many at Shreul, even to the hilt ther eof, and
that amongfl others, it had been in the body of a fair complexioned man, whofe name was
Jones. At which time of his difcourfe, the wife ofthe faid Jones with four of her {mall
, children, fate by and durft not cry out, but ftriving to fupprefs her extr earn grief, fell int 0
!' r afwoony and was conveyed out of the room, for fear he should have done the like by her
^' and her poor children. Henry Brinkhurft. Jurat. Mar. 11.1643.
'fl [64 | This particulardepofedin the Examination of Dr. Maxwel and Mrs. Price.
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they carried themfelves after
this barbarous manner to
thefe poor innocent Chri-
ftians, when they fpared not
moft fearfully to belch out
their rage againft their
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ed by thefe wicked mifcre-
antsf [66] with what indig¬
nation and reproach , did
[ 65 ] Margaret Stokes the wife of Hugh Stokes
duly fworn and examined, depofeth intet alia , That
when the Rebels, or any of them had killed an English
man in the Country, many others of them would come
one after another, and every cf them in moft cruel man¬
ner dab, wound and cut him , and almofl mangle him,
and to shew their further malice , would not Jujfer or
permit any to bury them , but would have them to lie
naked, for the dogs} beafts, and fowls of the air to
devour them. <*sfnd further faith , when they had fi
kfled the English, they would reckon up and account
the number of them, and in refiycing and boafling man¬
ner would fay, 7 hat they had made the Devil beholding
to them 3 in finding fi many fouls to him to hell. J urat.
coram Sir Gerard Lowther.
Edward Dean of Oct ism in the County of Wicklow > Tanner, depofeth, That
the Irish Rebels made Proclamation, that all English men and women that did not depart,
the CouWry within 2 4 hours, should be handed, drawn and quartred, and that the Irish
houfis that kept any of the English children should be burned. aAnd further faith, That
the find Rebels burned two Proteftant Bibles, and then faid, That it was hellfire that burnt.
Jurat. Jan. 7. 1 64 t.
[66] John Kerdif, Clerfiofthe County oj^Tyron depofeth inter alia. That Frier
Malon of Skerries, did take the poor mens Bibles which he found in the boat, and cut them
in pieces and cajl them intq the fire, with thefe words, Tnat he would deal in like manner
with all Proteftant and Puritan Bibles. J urat. Feb. 18.1 64 ?.
Henry Fisher of Powerscourt in the County of Wicklow depofeth, That the Re¬
bels entred the Parish Church at Powerscourt, and burnt up the Puesy Pulpit, Chefts and
Bibles belonging to the faid Church , with extream violence and triumph, andexprejfing
of hatred to Religion, jurat. Jan. 25. 1641.
Adam Clover of Slonofy in the County of Cavan, duly fworn , depofeth, That
James ORcly , Hugh Brady , and other Rebels, dtdoften take into their hands the Pro¬
teftant Bibles, and wetting them in the dirty water, did five or fix fiveral times dash the
fame on the face of this Deponent and other Proteftants,faying3 Come, 1 know you love a good
lejfon, here is an excellent one for you, come to morrow, and you shall have as good a Sermon
as this; and ufid other fiornful and difgraceful words unto them: And further faith,
That dragging divers Proteftants by the hair of the head, and in other cruel manner into
the Church, thereftripped, robbed 3 whipped, and mofi cruelly ufid them, faying, If you
come to morrow you shall hear the like Sermon.J urat, Jan. 4. 1641.
EdwardSlack of Gufteen in the County of Fermanagh Clerk, depofeth, That the
R.ebels there too f his Bibley opened it, andlayingthe open fide in a puddle ofwater, leaped
and trampled upon itJaytng, A plague on it, this fiible hath bred all the quarrel, and that
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! he hoped within few weeks all the Bibles in Ireland should be ufed as that was, or worfe, and
■ L" that none should be left in the Kingdom, Jurat Jan. 4.164 r.
they tear, trample under their feet the ficred Word of God ? How def-
s If'' pightfully did they upbraid the profeffion of the truth to thofe bleffed fouls,
TlC whom neither by threats nor terrours, pains nor torments, they could draw
n;r:; to foriake their Religion.
But I shall not here touch any further upon thofo who dyed thus glo-
< p rioufly; this will be a worthy work for fome more able pen to undertake y
1 f and indeed fit for a IVlartyrology. If we shall take a furvey of the primi-
y ^ five times, and look into the foflferings of the firft Chriftians that fuffered
TO under the tyranny and cruel perfecutions of thofe Heathenish Emperours,
rati we chaH not certainly find any one Kingdom, though of a far larger
continent, where more Chriftians fuffered, or more unparallefd cruelties
mini wcre acted in many years upon them, then were in Ireland, within the
p C fpace of the firft two months
j1' ft after the breaking out of this [67] Alexander Creighton o/Glafiough in the
Rebellion. Andhowfoever County of Monaghan Gent, depofeth, That he heard it
'J [ 67] fome by outward in- credibly reported among the Rebels afore/aid, at Glaf-
'^liS fli&ions and tortures were lough, that Hugh Mac O Degan , a Priefl , had done
' drawn to profefs the change a mofl meritorious all in drawing betwixt fourty &fifty
of their Religion, and had English and Stotish in the Parish of Ganalley, in
it hi prcfontly their reward; for the County of Fermanagh , to reconciliation with the
era many of thofe they fud- Church of Rome, and after giving them the Sacrament
m denly difpatched with great demanded of them whether Chrifts body was really in
fcorn, faying, it was fit to the Sacrament or no; and they faid^ Tea: uindthathe
ml: fencJ tFem OUf Gf the world in demanded of them further, whether they held the Pope
hp that good mood ; [68] yet I to be fupreame head of the Church ? They likewife an-
f{! dare fay wer shall find many fevered, He was: Find that thereupon he prefently told
them, they were in a good Faith; andfor fear they should
1 • fall from it, and turne Heretick* > he and the refithat were with them, cut all their
throats. Jurat. March 1.164.1.
^ [68] John Glafs 0/Montwrath in the Queens County , fworn and examined faith,
df That Florence Fitz Patrick, of the faid County, Efqutre, having received Mafter
)fr» John Nicholfon , and his wife Ann Nicholfc n , unaer his protection did endeavour all
> he could to turn them to AJafs or the prefent Rebellion; buth they both profejfed, that rather
0 then they would either forfake their Religion, or fght againfi their Countrymen they
would die the death; the husband profejfing how much they abhorred it, and his wi fe even
shewing greater rejolution: Tlsey would have had her burnt her Bible ; but her anjwer
was, before shewould either burn her Bible, or turnagainfi her Countrymen, she would
f die upon the 'feint of the feword; which was made good by them; for on a Sabbath-day
I"' in the morning before Mafs, they were cruelly butchered and murdred, by the com~
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to fij mtftgo under the notorious names offir (I Puritans, <2^ 0/
/fli Roundheads for particular inftances, wouldfail,
W, length weary the Reader. But we are altogether confident to
Isjif: make it manifeft, by abundant inftances , 27?^* Depopula-
nglii /»this 'Province 0/Munfter do well and near equal thofe of
thewhole Kingdom. The particulars whereof, as of the mul-
initio titude of inhuman cruelties were collected and reduced to fe¬
rn k veral inftances , with ample proof, by the many Mon ths endea-
fattk wars of a Reverend Divine, one Arch-Deacon Bisse,
Initk thereunto authorized by virtue of a Commiffion under the Broad
romrt of this Kingdom 5 ^£0 moft barbaroufty murthered by
the Irifh, expr effing that to be the caufe. And becaufe it may be
\m thought requifttetotouch fomething of the Demeanours of the
ojj^ Irifh ftnce the Ceffiation, as well as before$ many Englifh have
been murthered as they Travelled, with other expreffions
him °f ^at utter deteftations of the Englifh, that if any remain
rm (whichfew do') nor furely will do, that can but breath elfe-
y. where 5 then muft they be in a degree worfe then any known
ftavery : And likewife for other parts of the Cejjation, they
■msl} have been tot ally broken, and our Quarters, being of large ex-
forj tent, univerfally taken from us, even to the walls of our Gar-
. rifons; wherein we have often called to the chief of them forju-
Lf. Jlice $ which being denied (or which is worfe) delayed, want of
\Lm means to juftify our felves , leaves us without remedy. AH
]m which we pour forth our griefs and Supplications, above, to
Godalone$ and here on earth, to our Dread Sovereign.
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The Examination of Ann the late Wife of d
" John Sheering, late of the Territory of Ortnond , near
the Silverivorks in the County of Tipper ary, aged about
2. 5 years, Sworn and Examined, Depofeth and Saith,
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Hat about Cand el mas was two years, the fald John Sherring her 0
then husband, going from his Farm, which he held from Maher jtr
John Kenedy Efquire , near to the Silverworks, one Hugh Kenedy, one
of the brothers of the faid John Kenedy, a cruel Rebel, together with a <nfe
great multitude of Irish rebellious Souldiers, then and there fiercely
aflaulted and fet upon her faid husband, and upon one William Broc^
William Laughlin , Thomas CoHopm, and eight more English Protelhnt
men , and about ten women, and upon fome Children in their company,
and then and there ft ript them oftheir cloths, and then with ftones, pole-
axes , skeins , fworas, pikes, darts, and other weapons, mo ft barba-
roufly maffacred and murdered her faid hufband , and all thofe Proteftant
men, women and children : In the time of which Maftacre, a moft loud!
and fearful noife and ftorm of Thunder, Lightning, Wind , Hail-
ftones and Rain began : The time being on a Sabbath-day , about an
hour before night, the former part of that day being all very fair,
but that Thunder , Lightning and Tempeft hapning fuddenly after the
Maftacre was begun, muchafrightcd and terrified this Deponent and many
others, ittfomuch as thofe murderers themfelves confeftedittobea iignof
Gods anger and threatningofthem for flich their then cruelty; yet it deter-
fed them not, but they pcrfifted in their bloudy a&, until they hadmur-
dred thofe faid English Proteftants and had hackt, hewed, flashed, ftab'd
and fo maffaeixd them, that many of them were cut all to- pieces ; and her
husband for his part, had thirty grievous wounds then and there given
him (viz,.) fome through or near his heart, ten mortal wounds in his
head, three in his belly, and in either arm four, and the reft in his thighs,
legs, back and neck: and that murder done , thofe barbarous Rebels tied
wyths about their necks, and drew them out of the refining Mill (where
indeed they, flew them) and threw them or moft of them into a deep hole
(formerly made) one upon another, fo that none of thofe 23 men,
women nor children did efcape death. Howbeit oneTho. Eadell a Scottish-
man , and one George Keljy, who then and there endured and had many
grievous wounds and being left on the ground for dead, crawled up (after
the Rebels were gone away) and with much difficulty , cfcaped with their
li ves: A nd further faith, that fuch was Gods j udgment upon the faid Hugh
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Kenedy for that bloudy fad , that he prefently fell into a molt defperate
madnefsand diftradion , and could notreff day nor night; yet coveting
to do more m ifchief upon the English', but being prevented and denied to
do it > he about a week after drowned himfclt in the next River to the
Silverworks , but his barbarous and wicked Souldiers went on in their
wickednefs, and afterwards bragged how they had killed a Minifter and
his Wife and four Children near the City of Limrickj and this Deponentis
too well allured , that thofe and other Irish Rebels in that part of the
C ountry,exercifedand committed great number of bloudy Murders, Rob¬
beries and Outrages upon the perfons and goods of the Proteftants, fo as
very few efcaped with their lives, and none at all faved their goods. And
further faith, that all the popish Gentry in the Country thereabouts, elpe-
cially all thofe of the Septs and Names of the O Brians , & the Coghluns,
and the Kenedies^ert^Xl a&ors in the prefent Rebellion againfi: hisMajePy;
and either acted, aflifted, incited, or confented to all the murders, rob¬
beries , cruelties and rebellious acts aforefaid. And she further faith , that
by means of the faid Rebellion, her faid husband and she were at Werin<wood
about Candlemas T 641. robbed and deprived of their Cattel, Houshold-
ftuff, Corn, Mault, Provilion , ready mony, debts, the benefit of
their Leafe, and other their Goods and Chattels of the value, and to their
lols of one hundred and threescore pounds at the leaft, and that the faid
John Kenedy Efquire , their Land-lord , was the man that fo deprived and
robbed them thereof, and the other Rebels ftript her ftark naked, Jurat*
Feb. 10. 1645.
Henry Jones.
Henry Brer eton.
Ann Sherring.
The Examination otJohnGoldfmithVzxton
ofBrashouh in the County of Mayo, S worn and
Examined, faith.
The PvovinSi
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THat the Lord ofcJWayo being to convoy all thofe of Caftle Burre to
Galuay, viz,. Sir Henry Bingham, with all his company, and the
Bishop of KllalU with all his company, with many of the neighbour¬
ing English 1 being about threefcore in number, whereof there were feme
fifteen Minifters, covenanted with one Edmund Bourhjor the fife convoy
ofthe fame parties upon a certain day; and the faid Lord of Alayo appoi nted
them all to meet him at Belgharah, having firft feparated this Deponent from
them to attend his Lady in the work of the Miniftry. 'At which day, the
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titulary Archbishop and the Lord of meeting with their whole
number, went on their journy to Shreui; at which place the Lord of Majo
left them in the cuftody of the faid lad: named Edmund BourlBut, as one
Matter Bringhurft told the Deponent, the Lord of Maje was not gonefar
from them, but the faid Edmund Bowl'i drew out his fword, directing the
reft what they should do, and began to Maftacre thofe Proteftants, and ac¬
cordingly fome were shot to death, fome ftab'd with skeins, fome run
through with pikes, fotnecaft into the water and drowned, and the women
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that were (tripped naked, lying upon their Husbands to fave them, were
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run through with pikes, and very few of thofe English then and there efca-
ped alive, but the moft part were murdred in the place: Amongft the reft,
the Bishop ofKillaila efcaped with his life; but was then and there wounded
in his headand one Mafter Crowd a Minifter, was then and there fo beaten,
Ilk
with cudgels on his feet, that he died shortly after. And this Deponent
further faith, that in the Town of £//£<?, four ty perfonsof English andScotish
were by theRebels ftript and lockt up in a cellar, and about midnight, a
Butcher which was fent unto them on purpofe, with his Axe knocked
them all on the heads, and fo then and there murthered them: which But¬
cher coming afterwards to Caftle Cur re, did there confefs his bloudy fa£L
In Tirawly within the County of about thirtv, or fourty
English (formerly turned Papifts ) had their choice gi ven them , whe¬
ther they would die by the fword , or drown themfelves: They making
choice of drowning , were brought to the Sea-fide by the Rebels, who
had their skeins drawn in their hands, and forced them to wade into the
Sea: The Mothers, with their Children in their arms (crying for drink)
having waded to the chin , at length caft or dived themfelves and children
into the Sea,yielding themfelves to the Maftry o fthe waves, and fo perished.
The torments the Rebels would ufe to theProteftants to make them
confefs their monys, were thefe , viz,, fome they would take and writh
withs about their heads, until the bloud fprang out of the Crown of their
heads:others they would hang until they were half dead,then they would let
them down, and do the fame fo often over,until they confefted their monies.
And this Deponent further faith , that a young youth of about fifteen
years of age, the Son ofMaftereJ^T^/^o^o^the Minifter meeting witha
bloudy Rebel, who had been his School-mafter: This Rebel drew his skein,
and began furioudy toflashand cut him therewith; the Boy cried unto
him, Good Mafter do not kill me, but whip me as much as you will;
meverthelefsthe mercilefs and cruel Rebel then and there moft barbaroufly
murdred him.
A Scotchman travelling in the high-way , with his wife and children
were befet by the Rebels who wounded and ftab'd
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eloriofi h;m with their pikes, put him alive upon a Car, brought him to a ditch,
^ By and buried him alive, as the poor wife afterwards (with great grief) told him
fasnotfi this Deponent.
, dkL The Vicar of Vrras turned Papift, and became Drummer to Captain
bnrs,; Bourk, ^nd was aftermurdred for his pains by the Rebels,
s, Another Scothman near Ballehen was hanged by the Rebels,
iieijjj Jurat. 30 Decembris 1643.
f Henry Jones. J oh. Goldjmith.
ttfrf : Henry Brereton.
iniSm
refoU The Examination of Jane the wife of Tho¬
mas Stewart, late oftheTown and County ofSltgo, Tht pyrs)lnct
Merchant, Sworiv and Examined before his Ma- */conaught.
2! ' jeftiesCommiffioners, in that behalf Au-
Aicfe thorized : Depofeth and Saith,
londjt. Hat after the prefent Rebellion was begun, viz,, about the beginning
orfe §_ Gf December i 6$1. her faid Husband living, as a Merchant in the
^ Town aforefaid, with her this Deponent, as for twenty fix years he had
fmh■' done, in very good eftate and condition, and having continually furnished
is,i the Inhabitants of that part thereabouts with all forts of Wares and
e Bitot Merchandize; and by that courfe having acquired and gained to himfelf
fordrii, an eftate 01 good value: He the faid Thomas. Stewart, and she thisDepo-
f k nent, then polfeffing that Eftate, were then at Sltgo aforefaid, by Andrew
paids Crean of Sligo Efquire , then high Sheriff of that County, Neil O Hart
k fi of Donelly in the faid County Gentleman , Roger O Conner ofSkarden in the
lAw fame County Gent. Donnel O Conner of Gent, brother in law to
of i1 Teige O Conner , Sligo Richard O Crean of Ttrreragh Gent. John O Crean
Mil! Efq; and a J uflice of Peace, Son to the faid ylndrew Crean , Anthony
* Screan of near Ballyshanny Gent, forcibly deprived, robbed
'fe and defpoiled of their Houshold-goods, Wares, Merchandize, Spccial-
>witt ties, Cartel, Horfes, Plate, Mony, and other goods and Chatties, of
issk the value of one thoufand two hundred pounds Sterl. or therabouts: Which.
robbery and outrage was committed in or about the beginning of December
into' aforefaid, at the very time of the Rebels furprizing, robbing and pillaging
)3!Dii of all the English and Scots of the Town or Sltgo. In the doing whereof ,
not onely the perfons, Rebels before named, but alio Teige O Conner Sligo
iA now of the Caftle of Sligo, general of the Rebels in thofe parts; James
W Trench of Sltgo aforefaid Efq; ajuftice of the Peace (a notorious and
: cruel Rebel) Brian 0 Conner of Drttmcleer Gent. Captain Charles O Con-
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two hundred, of which this Deponent was informed by feveral perfons ,
L |- and particularly by the wife of Do&or Hodges, and two of her fons, who
: ^ were prefent and defigned for the like end, but by Gods mercy that gave
l0re ®' them favour in the eyes of fome of the Rebels, they efcapcd ; and the faid
liflll Miftris Hodges, and her fons gave the Deponent a Lift of the names of
1 of many of thole that were fo drowned, which the Deponent durft not keep;
and faith that the faid Do&or Hodges was imployed by Sir Phelim 0 Neil to
make Powder, but he failing of his undertaking, was firft half hanged,
^0;,. then cut down, and kept prifbner three months, and then murdred with
■y/rj forty four more within a quarter of a mile of Charlmount aforefaid, (they
;r|y.? being by Tirlogh Oge O Neil, brother to Sir Phelim, fent to Dungamon pri-
3re> J foners, and in the way murdred ) This Deponent was shewed the pit where
i uf r they were all caft in. At a Mill-pond in the Parish ofKilUmen, in the County
offyron, there were drowned in one day three hundred;and in the fame Pa-
jfflr; rish,there were murdred ofEnglish and Scotish one thoufand and two hun-
JKlor dred, as this Deponent was informed by Mafter Birge, the late Minifter of
the faid Parish,who certified the fame under his hand,which note theDepo-
nent durft not keep : The faid Mafter Birge was murdred three months
after; all which murders were in the firft breaking out of the Rebelli-
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the perfons by whom they were committed: This Deponent was cre¬
dibly informed by the faid Serjeant and others of this Deponents lervants
(who kept company with the Rebels and law the fame) that mainy
young children were cut into quarters and gobbets by the Rebels, and
that eighteen Scotish Infants were hanged on a Clothiers tenterhook ,
and that they murdred a young fat Scotish man, and made Candles of
his greafe ; they took another Scotish man and ripped up his belly,
that they might come to his fmall guts, the one end whereof they tyed
to a tree, and made him go round until he had drawn them all out of his
body, they then faying, That they would try whether a dogs or a Scotch
mims guts were the longer.
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Depojed^JfyCarch9. 1643. before us9
Henry Jones.
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a'Ulfter.
The Examination of Robert Maxwell Clerk,
Arch-deacon of Down 5 fworn and examined,
depofeth and faith inter alia,
THat by command from Sir Phelim 0 Neil, the Rebels dragged the
Deponents brother, Lieutenant James Maxwell out of his bed in
the rage and height of a burning Feaver; and left any of his acquaintance
or friends should bury him, they carried him two miles from any Church,
and there cruelly butchered him, when he neither knew what he did or faid;
and thus Sir Pheltm paid him two hundred and fixty pound which he owed
him : And his wife Grijfel*JMaxwell being in Child-birth , the Child half
born and half unborn, they ftript ftark naked, drove her about an arrows
flight to the Blackwater, and drowned her: The like they did to another
English woman in the fame Parish, in the beginning of the Rebellion,
which was little inferiour, if not more unnatural and barbarous then the
roafting of Mafter Watfon alive, after they had cut a Collop out of either
Buttock. And farther faith , that a Scotch woman was found in the G7/«-
ivood, lying dead, her belly ripped up, and a living Child crawling in her
womb , cut out of the Cawl; and that Mafter Starry, School Mafter
at ^Armagh, he a Gentleman of good Parentage and Parts, being upwards
of an hundred years of age , they ftript naked, caufed two of his Daugh¬
ters, Virgins, being likewife naked: to fupport him under each arm, he
being not able to goofhimfelf: And in that pofture carried them all three
a quarter of a mile, to a turf-pit, and drowned them, feeding the lufts of
their eyes, and the cruelty of their hearts with thefelf-fame obje&sat the
fame time. At the fiege o iAugher, they would not kill any English Beaft,
and then eat it, but they cut Collops out of them being alive, letting
rhem there rorc till they had no more flesh upon their backs, fo that fome-
rimes a Beaft would live two or three days together in that torment;
die like they did at ^Armagh, when they murdred Hugh Echlin Efquire,
they hanged and murdred all his Irish fervants which had any way
proved faithful or ufefulto him during this Rebellion: And as touch¬
ing exemplary conftancy in Religion, this Deponent faith, That Henry
Cowell Efquire, a gallant and well bred Gentleman, was murdred be-
caufe he would notconfent to marry a beaftly Trull, <JAtary Ny Neil,
a near Kinfwoman of Sir Phelim's: He was profered his life , without the
Bloiife , if he would have gone to Mafs, but he chofe rather to die then
to do cither. There was madethelike profferof life forgoing to Mafs to
Robert Ecklin, a Child of eleven or twelve years of age, but he alforefu fed
it, faying, He faw nothing in their Religion for which he would change
his own. And this Deponent further faith, That very many of the Rrittish
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Proteftants the Rebels buried alive, and took great pleafureto hear them
fpenk unto them as they digged down old ditches upon them; except
thofe whom they thus buried, they buried none of the Proteftants,
neither would permit any who furvived to perform that duty for them:
And further faith, That the Rebels would fend their Children abroad
in great Troops, efpccially near unto Kinnard^ armed with long wattles
and whips, who would therewith beat dead mens bodies about their privy
members, until they beat, or rather thrashed them off, and then would
return in great joy to their Parents, who received them for fuch fervice as
it were in triumph. And further faith, that if any women were found dead
lying with their faces downwards, they would turn them upon their backs,
and in great flocks refort unto them, cenfuring all parts of their bodies,
but efpecially fuch as are not fit to be named , which afterwards they
abufed fo many ways, and fo filthily, as chafte# ears would not endure the
very naming thereof.
Many of the Proteftants the Rebels would not kill out-right, but being
half-dead would fo leave them, entreating for no better favour at their
hands two or three days after, but to kill tlrem out-right, which fometimes
were granted, fometimes denied.
A young youth having his back-bone broken , was found in a field
having like a Beaft eaten all the grafs round about him ; the Deponent
could not learn that they killed him out, but that they removed him to a
place of better Pafture, fo that in thofe moft bloudy and execrable wretches,
that of the holy Ghoft is clearly verified, The very mercy of the wicked is
cruelty: And further faith, That the Rebels themfelves told him, this
Deponent, that they murdred 954 in one morning, in the County of
«Antrim; and that befides them, they fuppofed that they killed above
1100 or 1200 more in that County: They told him likewife, that Colo¬
nel Bryan O Neil killed about one thoufand in the County of Down, be¬
fides three hundred killed near Killeleigh, and many hundreds both before
and after in both thofe Counties.
At Sir Phelims return from Lifnegavy fome of the Souldiers forced
about 24 British into a houfe, where they burned them alive, whofe
terrible out-crys they defired very much to imitate and exprefs unto
others: And faith, That he heard Sir Phelim likewife report, that he
killed 600 English at Garvagh in the County of Derry; and that he had
left neither man, woman nor Child alive in the Barony o f^JfyCunterlong
in the County ofTyron, and betwixt Armagh and the Newry, in the
feveral Plantations and Lands of Sir Archibald Atchejon, Iohn Hamilton,
Efquire, the Lord Caufield, and the Lord Norrice: and faith
alfo, that there were above two thoufand of the British murdred for the
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xnoft part in their own houfes, whereof he was informed by a Scotchman,
who was in thofe parts with Sir Phelim, and faw their houfes filled with
their dead bodies. Inthe Glinwood towards Dromore, there were flaugh-
tred, as the Rebels told the Deponent, upwards of twelve thoufanditi
all, who were all killed in their flight to the County of Down : The num¬
ber of the people drowned at the Bridge of Portadown , are diverfly
reported according as men ftaid amongft the Rebels, this Deponent who
Raid as long as any, and had better intelligence then mod: ofth e English
amongft them, and had beft reafon to know the truth, faith, There were
(by their own report) 190 drowned with Mafter Fnllerton : At another
time they threw 140 over the faid Bridge; at another time $5 or 3 7 and
fo continued drowning more or fewer, for feven or eight weeks, fo as
the feweft which can be fuppofed there to have perished, muft needs be
above 1000 befides as many more drowned betwixt that Bridgeand the
great Lowgh of Mont joy, befides thofe who perished by the fword, fife
and famine, i nCoubraffil, and the Englts k^hxitmons adjacent : Which
in regard there efcaped not 3 00 out of all thofe quarters, muft needs
amount to many thoufands.
Near unto the Deponents houfe thirty fix perfons were carried to the
Cure-bridge at one time, and; drowned. At another time fix and fifty,
Men, Women and Children ; all of them being taken out of the De¬
ponents Houfe; and at feveral other times feveral other numbers; Befides
thofe that were drowned in the Black-water at Ktnnard. In which Town
and the Parish of Tinon (whereof the Deponent was Re&or) there was
drowned, flaughtered and died of Famine, and for want of Clothes,
about fix hundred. The Deponent might add to thefe many thoufands
more; but the Diary which he this Deponent wrote amongft the Rebels,
being burned, with his Houfe, Books and all his Papers; he referreth
himfelf to the number in grofs, which the Rebels themfelves have upon
The numbers
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inquiry, found out and acknowledged ; which notwithflanding will
come short of all that have been Murdred in Ireland; there being above
one hundred and fifty four thoufand now wanting of the British within the
very precind of Vlfter.
And this Deponent further faith , That it was common Table-talk
amongft the Rebels, that the Ghoft of Mafter William Fullerton, Timothy
Jrf&es, and the moftof thofe who were thrown over Portado^-bridge,
wenNaily and nightly feen to walk upon the River, fometimes fingingof
Pfalms, fometimes brandishing ofnaked Swords, fometimesfcriechingin
a moft hideous and fearful manner. The Deponent did not believe die
fime at firft, neither doth he }7et know whether to believe it or no; but
saith ..thai divers of the Rebels allured him that they themfelves did dwell
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}H near to the fame River, and being daily affrighted with thofe apparitions,
icsM but efpecially with their horrible fcrieching, were in conclufion inforced
4 to remove' further into the Country : Their own Priefts and Friers could
etHt not deny the truth thereof. But as it was by the Deponent Obje&ed unto
: \ them ; fafd it was but a cunning flight of the Devil to hinder this great
aredj^ work of propagating the Catholick Faith, and killing of Hereticks ; or
; that it was wrought by Witchcraft. The Deponent himfelf lived within
ffe • thirteen miles of the Bridge, and never heard any man fo much as doubt
Hats of the truth thereof. Howfoever, he obligeth no mans faith, in regard he
dfanot' faw it not with his own eyes; otherwife he had as much certainty as morally
could be required offuch a matter.
4,1: And this Deponent further faith ; That the degnerate Pale-English,
feafe were moft cruel amongft the British Proteftants, being beaten from their
vjod § own Lands; and were never fatisfied with their bloud, until they had in
Mi, a manner feen the laft drop thereof ; affrighting Sir Phelim 0 Neil
: % everyday with their numbers, and perfwsding him, That whileft they
life ("meaning the Proteftants,) lived, there would neither be room for them ,
nor fafety for him. It was eafy to fpur on the cowardly and bloudy Rebel;
iedtoL yet nofooner were the Proteftants cut off, but contrary to their expeft-
njgj ation, themeer Irish took prefent poffeftion, of their Lands and Houfes;
to' whereat the Pale-English much grumbled ; and faid, Sir Phelim had not
kept promife with them ; howfoever, they were forced to fwallow thofe
iTfe and many other injuries.
fe And further faith , That he knew one Boy , that dwelt near unto him-
Qotta felf, and not exceeding fourteen years of age , who killed at Kinnard, in
y£: one night, fifteen able ftrong men with his Skein, they being difarmed ,
j^,; - and moft of their feet in the Stocks. 1
eferret Another not above twelve years of age, killed two women at the Siege
> ofaXngher.
fe Another that was a woman and Tenant to this Deponent, killed feven
men and women, of her fellow English T enants, in one morning. And
fe it was very ufual in all parts , for the Rebels children to murder the
Proteftants children ; and fometimes with Lath-fwords heavy , and well
sharpned , they would venture upon people of riper years, cruelties not to
p, be believed, if there were not fo many eye-witneffes of them.
Depo/cd11. of <zAvgu[l, 1642.
Henry Brevet on. William a/fldrkk.
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unto Sir Thomas Butler of Rathealin in the County
of Catherlagh Knight, duly fworn 5 JDepofeth,
THat after Walter Baortal of Dunhckny, in the County of Gather- ft
lagh , Efquire, Walter Butler with a great number of men, had in a :'
violent manner entred this Deponents Houfe , they notable to refill: '
they fet ftri& guard over this Deponent * her Husband and family, and
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brought them from their fetled dwelling unto Loghlin-bridge , where
they kept her felf , and Husband and Children in reftraint for two
weeks , and from thence conveyed them with ftrid guard to the J ^
Town of Kilkenny ; and there were brought before the Lord JATonnt k
Garrot; where Walter Bagnal and James Butler , brother to the Lard
^tytount Garrot did ufe all means polfible to move the faid Lord, to put
this Deponent her Husband and family to death and torture; alledging
that they were rank Puritan Protectants , and defperately provoking, -;v
ufed thefe words, faying, There's but one way, we or they, meaning '
Papifts or Proteftants , muft perish. To which malicious provocati- f
on the faid Lord did not hearken. And this Deponent further de- ft
pofeth, That Walter Bagnal, with his rebellious company , apprehen- Co
ded Richard Lake an English Proteftant, and his fervant, with his wife m
and four children, and one Richard Taylor of Lo^hlin-bridge, his wife j
and children, Samuel Hatter of the fame, his wife and children, an En-
glish-woman, called Jone, and her daughter, and was credibly inform¬
ed by Dorothy Renals, who had feveral times been an eye-witnefs of
thefe lamentable fpctttacles , that she had feen to the number of five
and thirty English going to execution , and that she had feen them
when they were executed, their bodies expofed to devouring.Ravens, ft
and not afforded fo much as burial. Another English-woman who was
newly delivered of two children in one Birth , they violently com- m
pelled her in her great pain and ficknefs , to rile from her child- "
bed, and took the infant that was left alive, and dashed his brains ^cr
againft the ftones, and after threw him into the River of the Barr<m> \ tl[
and having a piece of Salmon to dinner, Matter Brian Cayanaghs wife
being with her, she the faid Miftris Cavanaqh refufed to eat any part of the
Salmon, and being demanded the rcafon, she faid she would never eat any H
Fish that came out of the Barrow, becaufe she had feen Icveral infants ;tl:
bodies ,and other Carkafes of the English taken up in the Wear.
And this Deponent faith, that Sir Edward Butler did credibly inform :t
her, that James Butler of Finyhinch, had hanged and put to death all the ^
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Efquire, and the faid Lieutenant Thomas Hill his (on, coming, to Kilkenny, ^
to fetch home Mary Hill, the wife of him the faid William Hill, and the W
faid Rebecca; one of thefe Deponents were then and there fentfor by the P*
Lord Mount Garrot, and by him committed prifoners to the Goal of P"
Kilkenny; where they continued in a dark dungeon bolted for two mon ths, ' 1
but were offered freedom if they would joyn with the Rebels, and be- P
come Papifts; but they refufed, and after the faid Lord Mount Garrot \ p
was gone into Munfler with his Forces, (which was an example to all the $
reft of the wicked Irish there to rife unto Rebellion) one Florence Fitz, $
Patricks of Caftletown in the Queens County Efquire, a Captain of Rebels, S
and his Souldicrs came to Kilkenny, and then and there (without refiftance
of any) broke open the Goal there, and forcibly took and carried away .
with them into OJJory aforefaid , the faid William and Thomas Hill, where p
they kept them in miferable durance for fome time, and then hanged p
them both; and a poor young Girle being fent from the Town of Balline- ^
kill to fee what was become of them, the faid Florence Fitz, Patrick^ ih
meeting her, caufed her to be half hanged, then letten down, and after
to be buried quick: And by report of one Jone Grace (that fdid she p
was an eye-witnefs) the Rebels threw the dead body of the faid William tip
and Thomas Hill, into a Saw-pit, leaving them fofar unburied, that their P
heads and legs lay bare, until she came and covered them with earth, w
about a week after: And further faith, that they have credibly heard ^
and believed , That the faid Florence Fitz, Patrickl having enticed a rich pi
Merchant of Montr ath to his the faid Fitz, Patrick* houfe, to bring thither ht
his goods which he promifed should belafely prote&ed, and fafely re- p
delivered; he, the faid Florence Fitz, Patrick , poffefting thole goods, M
afterwards caufed the laid Merchant and his wife to be hanged; and they kit
have credibly heard , that the faid Florence Fitz, Patrickjtfo hanged Lieu- < flok
tenant Keies and his fon , one Hughes a School - mafter, and di vers p
other Proteftants: And thefe Deponents further fay, that Mafter Edmond hi
Butler, eldeft fon to the Lord Alount Garrot, Edward Butler his lecond tat
fon, Captain Garret Blanckfield, and divers other rebellious Comman- rog
ders and fouldiers, to the number of 6 or 700 horfe and foot a little before m
Michaelmas 1642. marched from Balhragges near to the Iron Forge of jfoc
Ballinekill, and there met with Lieutenant Gilbert aforenamed Enfign, ilk
William Alfry theyounger, Mafter Thomas Bingham the Minifter, Robert p
Graves , Richard Bently, and about fixty more of the English Souldiers,
both the fame parties joyned in Battel; but the English Souldiers, though . w
fighting valiantly, and killing many Rebels (and one Walter Butler, a Jin.
Captain among the reft) were at the laft fo overcome with multitudes of. :o£
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hang her too, but they refufed. And faith, That this Deponent asking
the Rebels of Kilkenny, how they durfldo what they did, confidering
the King was againfl them ? They anfwered, That if the King would not
hold with them, they could have fourty thoufand to come to affift them
out of France and Spain, and bring ammunition and arms enough, and
all things necelfary, and fight againfl: the King and the English. And the
Deponent Elizabeth Gilbert further faith,That she heard one James Euftace,
a fervant to the Rebel Colonel Cullen, (ay publickly in Mailer Jofeph
Wheelers houfe in Kilkenny, Let the King take heed , for if they ("meaning
the Irish ) had not their own defires they would bring in aforreign King;
and one Triflram Dyer a Proteflant was (as his wife told this Deponent)
murdred in a Wood with his own Hatchet, and covered with Leaves and
Mofs.
Examinations touching the Apparitions at
Tortnedown-bridge, within the Province
of ULSTER.
Issfmes Shaw of \Jfytarket-hill in the County of Armagh, Inn-keeper,
depofeth, That many of the Irish Rebels, in the time of this Depo¬
nents reflraint, and flaying among them, told him very often , and
it was a common report that all thofe that lived about the bridge of
Portnedown, were fo affrighted with the cries and noife made there of
fome fpi rits or vifions for revenge, as that they durll not flay but fled away
thence; foastheyprotclled, affrighted to JfyCarket-hill, faying, They
durfl not flay nor return thither for fear of thofe cries and fpirits, but
took grounds and made creats in or near the Parish of Mullabraek. Jurat.
iAng. 14. 1642.
Joan the reli<5t of Gabriel Conflable, late of Drtimard in the County
of Armagh, Gent, depofeth and faith, That she hath often heard the
Rebels, Owen O Farren, Patrick^O Conellan, and divers others of the
Rebels at Drnmard, earneflly fay , protefl and tell one another, that the
bloud of fome of thofe that were knockt in the heads, and afterwards
drowned at Portnedown-bridge, flill remained on the Bridge, and would
not be washed away; and that often there appeared vi fions or apparitions,
fometimes of men, fometimes of women, breafl-high above the water,
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at or near Portnedoivn, which did moft extreamly and fearfully fcriech and
cry out for vengeance againft the Irish that had murdred their bodies there*
and that their crys and fcrieches did fo terrify the Irish thereabouts, th.t
nonedurft flay nor live longer there, but fled and removed further into
the Country, and this was a common report araongftthe Rebels there,
and that it palled for a truth amongft them, for anything she ^ouldever
obferve to the contrary. Jurat, Jan. 1.1643.
Katherine the relief of William Coke, late of the County of Armagh;
Carpentcr,fworn and examined,faith,That about the 20 oWecemberj. 641.
a great number of Rebels in that County, did moft barbaroufly drown
at that time one hundred and eighty Proteftants, men, women and children
in the River at the Bridge of Portnedown; and that about nine days after¬
wards , she faw a vifion or fpirit in the shape of a man , as she apprehended,
that appeared in that River, in the place of the drowning, bolt upright
breaft-high, with hands lifted up , andftood in that pofture there, until
the latter end of Lent next following ; about which time fome of the
English Army marching in thofe*parts, whereof her Husband was'one
( as he and they confidently affirmed to this Deponent) faw that Spirit or
vifion ftanding upright, and in the pofture aforementioned* but after
that time the faid Spirit or vifion vanished and appeared no more, that she
knoweth. And she heard, but faw not, that there were other Vifions
and Apparitions, and much .fcrieching and ftrange noyfe heard in that
River at times afterwards. Jurat. February 24.1 <543.
Elizabeth the wife of Captain RicePrice,0$Armagh,dcyolcth. & faith,That,
she and other women, whofe Husbands were murdred, hearing of di vers
Apparitions and Vifions which were feen near Portnedown-bridge, fince the
drowning of her Children, and the reft of the Proteftants there, went
unto the Bridge aforefaid about twilight in the evening ; then and there
upon a fudden there appeared unto them a Vifion or Spirit, affirming the
shape of a woman, waft-high upright in the water, naked, with elevated
and clofed hands, her hair hanging down, very white, her eyes feemed to
twinkle, and her skin as white as fhow; which fpirit feemed to ftand ftraight
up in the water, often repeated the word Revenge, Revenge, Revenge;
whereat this Deponent and the reft being put into a ftrong amazement and
affright walked from the place. Jurat. January 29.1642.
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<ss4rthur Culm of Clowoughter in the County of Cavern, Efquire , de-
poleth, That he was credibly informed by feme that were prefent there,
that there were thirty women and young children and feven men flung into
the River of Belterbert, and when fome of them offered to fwirn for their
lives, they were by the Rebels followed in Cots, and knocked on the
heads with poles; the fame day they hanged two women at Turbert; and
this Deponent doth verily believe, that Mulmorc O Rely the then Sheriff,
had a hand in the commanding the murder of thofe faid perfons, for that
he faw him write two Notes which he fent to Turbert by Bryan Rely, upon
whofe coming thefe murders were committed : And thofe perfons who
were prefent alfo affirmed, that the bodies of thofe thirty perfons drowned
did not appear upon the water till about fix weeks after paft; as the faid
Rely came to the Town, all the bodies came floting up to the very Bridge;
thofe perfons were all formerly flayed in the Town by his prote&ion,
when the reft of their Neighbours in the T own went away.
Elizabeth Price wife of Afichael Price, of the JVewrj, depofeth, That
Sir Con Mac-Genni* fuftered his Souldiers,the Rebels, to kill Mafter Turge,
Minifter of the Ntivry, and feveral other Proteftants; and he the faid
Sir Con sJWac-Gennis on his death-bed was fo much affrighted withappre-
henfion that the faid Mafter Turge fo flain, was ft ill in his prefence, as
that he commanded no Proteftants from that time should be flain, but
what should be killed in battel; and after his death, Sir Con tJfyCac- Gennis
his brother, would have obfervedhis directions, but one cJohn
Gennis the young Lord of Evah and MonkCrely were earneft to have all
the reft of the Proteftants put to death.
Mafter George Creighton, Minifter of Virginia, in the County of Cavan,
depofeth, among other particulars in his Examination, That divers women
brought in to his houfe a young woman almoft naked, to whom a Rogue
came upon the way, thefe women being prefent, and required her to
give him her mony or elfe he would kill her, and fo drew his fword; her
anfwer was, You cannot kill me unlefs God give you leave, and his will
be done: Whereupon the Rogue thruft three times at her naked body
with his drawn fword, and yet never pierced her skin; whereat he being,
as it feems, much confounded, went away and left her; and that he faw
this woman, and heard this particular related by divers women, who
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truft from perfons of good quality and credit, who were long prifoners
I, ilj among them.
I find in one part of Do&or Maxwels Examination ( which I thought
on j;, not fit wholly to infert, becaufe it is ofgreat length, and many particulars
eyif in it, nothing tending to that purpofe for which it is formerly mentioned)
kii- That about Aiay 1641. when the Scotish Army under the command of
JJ4 General Major Monro had marched down from Carickfergus, taken in the
j(jj)j, Newry, beaten the Irish out of thofe Parts with the (laughter of many of
>rovjK, them ; Sir Phelim O Neal caufed 5000 British whom he detained in
air^Armagh, Tyron, and other Parts of the North, to be mod: miferably
1 yliufdred in the fpace of three days: James Shaw of Market Hill in the
jjjj. County of ^Armagh, depofeth and faith, That during the time thisDe-
Jjj. 1 ponent was in reftraint, and flayed among the Rebels, he obferved and
^(j, well knew that the greateft part of the Rebels in the County of Armagh
went to befiege the Caftle of Atsgher where they were repulfed, and
£ ^ divers of the Rebels of the Sept of O-Neals (lain : In revenge whereof, the
fojyjpand Rebel Sir Phelim O Neal gave direction and warrant to one Mnlmory
\y{mJMac Donel, a mod cruel and mercilefs Rebel, to kill all the English and
a ^ Scotish within the Parishes ofMullebrack^ Logilly and Kilclnney, whereupon
lljjjLthe fai d Rebeldid murder z7 Scotish 8c English Proteftants within Musket
.jjjjy.shot of this Deponents own houfe; and further faith that in thofe three
/^Parishes there have been before that and fince, by killing, drowning, and
E» w.ftarving, put to death above 15 00 Proteftants within the faid three Parishes.
Willtam Tit ^-Gerald a Clerk, of Irish birth, dwelling near Armagh,
qi rand there refiding when this Rebellion brake out, depofeth and faith, That
'^aII places of the North where Sir Phelim O Neal under the name of General
je)rof the Catholick Army commanded, were filled with murders of the
m j.Proteftants: And that when at Afigher, Lifoagarue, or any other places
1 tkllijre Rebels received lols of their men , thofe that efcaped, exercifed their
^.cruelty upon the Proteftants everywhere at their return: And that about
JU firft of May 1642. when Sir Phelim O Neal had notice of the
!on raking of the Newry by his Majefties Forces, he retired that night in all
to the Town of Armagh , and the next day as well the Town of
, ^Armagh as the Cathedral Church there, and all the Villages and Houfes
nouf^n the Country round about together with all provifions were fired by the
n [^Rebels; and many men, women and children murdred as well in the Town
, as in the Country round about.
T There is much more to be faid on this fubjed:, but I shall forbear to
, r ;rake further into many other foul circumftances, which would make this
Rebellion appear fir more odious and deteftable I shall now return to
^'take up the publick affairs of the State, where I left them in the hands of
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the Lords Juftices and Council, who finding the City to grow daily more
and more impeft red with ftrangers by reafon of the refbrt of great numbers #
of ill-affe&ed perfons that daily made repair thereunto; They iflucd out ^
feveral other Proclamations to prohibit the accefs of all ftrangers to the §«
Town,and to require fuch as remained in the City without calling or fettled ^
habitation, to depart. j,,
somcTroops sir Henry Tichborn being di (patched with his Regiment of foot to Trcdack ^
pigments as 1S formerly mentioned, the Lords Juftices took further order for the ,;fff
of foot raifed prefent railing ofother foot Companies; as likewife fome Troops o fhors •
lufticc^and w^ith might ferve for the defence of the City of Dublin, now in mfcft L
Council imminent danger by reafon of the approaches made by the Forces of the c
Rebels. Sir Charles Coot had a Commiftion for a Regiment, which he
quickly made up out of the poor ftript English, who had repaired from T
divers parts even naked to the Town, and upon thecngagements^of the (|)1
State procured deaths for them. The Lord Lambert to whom a Com-
million alio was granted for the railing of an other Regiment, began alfo ^
to get fome men together. The Earl of Ormond was now arrived in
Dublin, and brought up with him his Troop confifting of xoo Curaffiers •,
compieatly armed; Sir Thomas Lucas who had long commanded a Troop L
of hors in the Low-Country s, and Captain Armftrong fometime after, 4
yet very feafonably came thither: Botn of them had mony imprefted, f .
Sir Thomas Lucas to compleat his Troop already brought out of England, f r
Captain sArmflrong to raife a new Troop ; Captain Tamer alfo arrived
foon after at Dublin, he was fent out of England by the Lord Lieutenant 1
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to raife and command his Troop, which in a very short time he made
up about 100 Hors, many perfons then living in the Town being defirous
to put themfel ves and their Horfes into that Troop : Not long after Colonel
Graford came over alfo, and bringing with him Letters of Recommen¬
dations from the Prince Elettor then attending his Majefty in Scotland,
under whom he had formerly the command of a Regiment of Dragoons
in Germany: The Lords Juftices thought fit to give him a Regiment , p.
which they were then taking order to raife and arm out of fuch T o wnsmen .
as were fit to bear arms within the City of Dublin; none were to be ad-
mittedinto it but Proteftants, and out of them they made choice not jrj
sir charies onely pftheSouldiers, butofall the Officers belonging-to the feme. And
Coot made
further for the reprefling of the diforders daily appearing within the City,
ofThTchy and reftraining the ill-cffe&ions of the Papifts there inhabiting, they ^
of butiin. made Sir Charles Coot Gpvernour of the City, and gave him an allowanceL
of 40 S. per diem for the prefent. Now while thefe Colonels and Captains ■ 'J
arebeftirringthemfelves in getting their men together under their feveral r "
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of the Board to alter a refoiution fo folemnly taken up, after a molt ferious
debate and publickly made known throughout the whole Kingdom by
Proclamation; That it would be of moft dangerous confequence to bring
lb great a multitude of people to the City in fuch dangerous times, that the
Proteftantsand well-affe&ed Members of both Houfes were for the moft
part either deftroyed, difperfed, or fo shut up as they could not repair to
the prefent meeting, and that therefore the Irish would be fuperiour in
number and voices, and fo wholly carry all things according to their own
humour, that considering the fmall Forces then in the City, fuch great
numbers as might take occafion under colour of coming to the Parliament,
to repair thither, could not be admitted without apparent danger and
difturbance, and that peradventure they might there find as ill affe&ions
as they brought, and fo both joyning together they might eafily deftroy
the State with the poor remainders of the English Nation in thefe Parts:
Whereupon the Lords thought fit to hold to their Prorogation, yet to
endeavour fo to attemper and fweeten it, as thofe who were moft averfe,
might in iome meafure reft fatisfied therewith. And therefore after a long
debate of all particular circumftances, they came at length to this refoiution,
that the Earl of Ormonde the Mafter of the Rolls, and Sir Pierce Crosby
three Members of the Board , should have a meeting with Mr. Darcy,
Mr. Bm\, and fome others of the moft a&ive and powerful Members
of the Houfe of Commons, and that they should let them know from
the Lords, that they have underftood of their good affietftions and defires
todofomewhatin tne Houfe that might tend towards the fuppreftion of
this prefent Rebellion, that they approved extream well thereof: And
that howfoever they could by no means remove abfolutely the Proro¬
gation , yet that they would defcend fo far to their fatisfa&ion as to limit
it to a shorter time, and that at prefent they would give them leave to fit
one whole day in cafe they would immediately fall upon the work of mak¬
ing a clear Proteftation^galnft th t Rebels: As alfo, that they should have
liberty if they plea fed to make choice of fome Members of their own Houfe
to fend down to Treat with the Rebels about laying down of Arms : And
for their grievances that their Lordships would with all readinefs receive
them, and prefently tranftnit them over to his Majefty for a fpeedy
redrefs: All this was accordingly performed, The meeting was in the
Gallery at CVj^Houfe; Thofe of the Houfe of Commons feemed atfirft
to be extreamly troubled when they found there was no poftibility of
altering the prefent Prorogation: But upon a further debate when they
came to underftand how ready the Lords were to yield to their fatisfacftion,
and that the time of the Prorogation should be shortned, they feemed
to reft indifferently contented, undertook to make the Proteftation in
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many of His MajeJlies faithful Subjects , of their Houfes9
Landsand Goods, and have (lain many of them, and committed
other cruel and inhumane Outrages, Acts of Ho/iility
within this Realm.
The faid Lords and Commons in Parliament afjernbled, te'wg*
juftly moved with a right fenfe of the faid dtfloy at Rebellious
Proceedings and actions of the perfons afore faid, hereby
proteft and declare that they the faid Lor ds andCommons from
their hearts , do deteH and abhor the faid abominable Alti&ns,
they shall and will to their uttermoftpower maintain j
the Rights of his Majefties Crown , and Government of this ;kl
Realmand Peace and Safety thereof, well againft the if
perfons of ore faid, their Abettors, Adherents, againft all 'ft
for rein Princes, Potentates, dW*/ other perfons, Attempts J,
whatfoever and in cafe the perfons afore faid do not repent of J
their afor efaid AH ions,and lay down Arms, ^ ^ become humble ^
Suitors to His Majefty for Grace and Mercy, convenient )
//w j manner andform as by his Majefty, Ll
chief Governour or Governoursand Council of thus Realm
shall be fet down $ faid Lords and Commons dofurther pro-*
teftand declare, will take up Arms, will with
their Lives and Fortunes fupprefs them, Attempts, in
fuch away,as by the Authority oftheP arliament of this King¬
dom , the Approbation of his mo ft Excellent Majefty , or of m
bus MajeJlies chief Governour or Governour s of this Kingdom m
shall be thought mo ft effectual.
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Both Houfes of Parliament fate two days, and the time of the Proro¬
gation being shortned unto the 11 o(Jan. The Lords made choice ofthe
Lord Vifcount Coftelo to go into England, to carry over their deft res to his [t
Majefty, concerning the means they thought fit to be ufed for the quench- i0
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Safety and Interefl oft bis Kingdom , are moB nearly and fully
concerned Wherefore they do hereby declare, That they do in¬
tend to ferve his Majefly with their Lives and Fortunes >>for the
fuppr effing of this wicked Rebellion, in fuch a way, as shall be
thought mojl tffeBual, by theWifdGmand Authority ofFar La¬
ment : andthercupon have Ordered andFrovidedfor aprejent
Supply ofMony, andraifirgthe number offix thoufandFoot 9
andTwothoufandHorfe, tobefent from England , being the
fullproportion dtfiredby the Lords Justices, and his CAlajeflies
Councilrefident in that Kingdom, with a Refolutionto addfuch
further Succours, as the neceffiit y of thofe Affairs shall require.
They have alfo refolved of providing ffidrms, and CMunition >
jw onely for thofe Men, likewifefor his CMajefties faithful
Subjects in that Kingdom, with Store ofViBuals,
Necejfaries, j W/occafion, Frovifions
may more conveniently be tranfported thither, they have ap¬
pointed three fever al Forts of this Kingdom, &r £0 7^/,
Briftol, Weftchefter, and one other in Cumberland, where
the Magazines , andStore-houfes shall be keptfor the Supply of
the fever alparts ofIreland. They have likewifeyefolvedto be
humble Mediators to His mofi Excellent Majefly, for the en¬
couragement of thofe Englifli, or Irifli, who shall upon their
own charges, raife any number of Horfe 5 or Foot, for his Service
again ft the Rebels, r hat they shall be honourably rewarded with
Lands of Inheritance y in Ireland, accordingtotheirCMerks.
%^Andfor the better inducing the Rebels to repent of their
wicked Attempts, they do hereby commend it to the LordlAzxx-
tenant of Ireland , or in his abfence to the Lord Deputy > or
Lords Jufiices there} according to the power of the Commifiion
granted them in that behalf, to beftow his Majefties gracious
Far don, to all fuch as within a convenient time-> (Jo be declared
by the Lord Lieutenant, LordDeputy, or Lords Jufiices, and
Council of that Kingdom*) shall return to their due obedience;
the great eft part whereof they conceive have beenfeduced upon
falfe Grounds, by the cunning and fuhtlepractices of fome of the
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moft malignant Rebels, Enemies to this State, and to the Re¬
formed Religion; andlikewife to beflow fuch Rewards, as shall
bethoughtJit j and pub lis ht by thefaid Lord Lieutenant, Lord
Deputy, or Lords fufiices and Council 3 upon all thofe who shall
arrefltheRerfons, or bring in the Heads of fuch Traytors* as
shall be perfonally named in any Rreclamation published by the
State there, Andthey do hereby exhort, andrequire all his Ma-
jeflies loving Subjects, both in t his , and in that Kingdom, to re¬
member their duty and confcience to God, and his Religion, and
the great and eminent danger which will involve this whole
Kingdom in general, and th emfelves in particular, if this abo¬
minable T reafon be not timely juppreffed and therefore w/th all
readinefs > bounty, andchearfulnefs to confer their ^AJfijlance
in their Rerforts, or EJlates, to this fo important andnecejfary a
Service for the common good of all.
Jo Brown Cleric Parliament.
Commiffion About the fame time the Lord Lieutenant finding that he couldnot
•heVari of procure fo fpeedy a difpatch of all things necefTary for the fervice ofIre-
Ormondftobc Land, as would enable him prefently to repair thither in his own perfon,
GeneraTof made the Earle ofcOrmond Lieutenant General of the Forces there, and
the Forces in fent him over a CommilTion for the fame. And the faid Earl didwith-
ZreUnd. jn pew ap*ter reccjve a Letter from his Majefiy out of Scotland,
wherein he was gracioufly pleafed to let him know it was his pleafure to
confer upon him that charge. There was then likewife brought over
the fum of .20000 1. from the Parliament; the Coyn which arrived
lire was all in Spanish pieces of eight which went for 4 d. in a piece here
more then in:England, and this gain rhe Parliament was content the Merch¬
ants that undertook the tranfportarion should make at that time in regard
of the charge and venture they undertook to (land to : It arrived moft
Commiffior.s feafonably even when all that little mony they had was quite fpent in raifing
Redout for and paying the new Companies, and that they were wholly deftituteofall
tion^pon3 means to draw in any contributions towards the relieving of their prefent
oath of the neceflities.
There continued daily to repair unto the City of Dublin, great nnmbers
the cruelties of poor diftrefted English , who had been moft barbaroufly ftripped ,
the^Sf ub- r°khed > and defpoiled of ail their goods and fubftance, by the Rebels, Now
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that it might appear what their lofies were, what cruelties were acted,
what murders committed, and whc'tyere the chief actors in them through¬
out the leveral Provinces; The Lords Juftices and Council thought fit to
ifiue out a Commifiion under the Great Seal, directed to certain of the
Clergy to take upon oath thefeveral Examinations of all fuch perfons, that
having fullered by this prefent Rebellion would think fit to repair unto
them, as will appear by the Commifiion itlelf, a Copy whereof I have
thought fit toinlert,
CHarles by the grace of God King of England, France,
andlrehnd,Defender of the Faith ,&c, To our well-be-
lovedHzncy Jones Dean 0/Kilmore, Roger Puttock, Wil¬
liam Huthock , Randal Adams , John Sterne , William
Aldrich, HenryBrereton, andJohnWatfonsClerks* Gree¬
ting > Where as divers wicked and difloyalpeople, have lately ri-
fen in Arms in feveralparts of this Kingdom, and have robbed
and(foiled many of our good Subjects, British and Troteftauts,
who have been jeparatedfrom their (everal habitations, ana
fcattered in mofl lamentable manner $ And for as much as it is
needful to take due Examination concerning the fame \ Know ye
that we repofing [fecial truft and confidence in your care diligen¬
ce , andprovident circumffeclion,have nominated and appointed
you to be our Commijfioners, and do hereby give unto you or any
two or more of you, fullpower and authority, from time to time
to call before you, and ex amine upon Oath on the holy Evan-
gelifts ( which hereby we authorize you or any two or more of you
to admimfter} as well all fuch perfons as have been robbed and
de(foiled, as all the witneffes that can give te(limony therein,
what robberies and fpoiles have been committed on them fince
the 2 2. e^Odtober laft, or shall hereafter be committed on them,
or any of them, what t he particulars were or are, whereof they
innfc were or shall hefb robbed or (polled, to what value, by whom,
tutcoj wfjaf their names are, or where they no w or laft dwelt that com-
lfPret mitted thofe robberies, on what day or night the faidrobheries
10b 07 fp°^es committed, or to be committed, were done: what
lii Traiterom or difloyal words, fpeeches, or actions were then or
liNtf. S at
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at any other time uttered or committed by thoje robbers or any of ~
them, and how often, and another circumfiances concerning i
the faid particulars and every of them: And you our J aid Com U
mijfioners are to reduce to writing all the Examinations which
you or any two or more of you shall take as aforefaid$ and the
fame to return to our Juflices and Council of this our Realm of 1
Ireland, under the hands and feals of any two or more of you as ...
p
afore faid. IVitnefs our right trufly and welbeloved Counfellours
Sir William Parfons Knight and Baronet, and Sir John Bor-
lace Knight, our fuffices of'our faid Realm of Ireland: Du¬
blin 2 3. ^December in the fevent eenth year of our Raign.
tail
Carleton,
p
The Commiffioners above nominated, did very ferioufly addreis rhem- •
felves to this work, employing their pains therein with great diligence f
and faithfulnefs; and have fo well performed the charge impofed upon ^
Thern a3 that by feveral Examinations, many principal Gentlemen of good ^
eftates were difcovered to be the chief Actors in the depredations of the |
British , and to have committed many moft horrid murders and other
notorious cruelties, which through their ir.duftry will now remain upon
Record , but had otherways been concealed from Pofterity , and wrapt
up in oblivion. The like Commiffions were in a short time after lent :
into ijAUmsier'and Ulster : In the Province of sjfytunfter, the Com- ^
m
in
miffioners took great care in the Execution of it, many Examinations of
high concernment were taken by vertue thereof, though they remain as
yet concealed and not returned up according as is required by the faid
Commiffions. J
AwkiyFaft Towards the latter end of Navember, the Lords Jufticesand Conn- }j
theLordj^ considering the miferable defoliations brought upon the whole King- ^
fticcs°and " dom , and the further calamities threatned by War and Famine , did
Council. by a Proclamation fet forth in print, give ftrid: charge and command;
That upon every friday a publick and religious faff riiould be devout- •
ly and pioufly obferved, inandtborow the whole City and Suburbs of £"
Dublin, by all his Majefties people therein, and that Divine Service and 'U
Sermons be celebrated and heard upon the faid day weekly, in every Ca- j?
thedral , and other Church and Chappel in the faid City and Suburbs
thereof: And thisto be prrformedas isexprefled in the faid Proclarna- J
don, to the end that t he fevere wrath and indignation of Almighty God, ^
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may be averted from this Kingdom , his divine aid and afliftance im¬
plored, and that fome relief in thefe calamitous times, may the better be
afforded to fuch miferable perfons as thefe Tray tors, by their rapine and
cruelty, have deprived of their fortunes, andfent naked and almod fa¬
mished up to this City.
The Lords Judices and Council being advertifed of the near ap- The approach
proach of the Rebels to Tredagh , prepared to fend down fupplies both ff^redat^
of men and munition, for the re-inforcement of that Garrifon: There
were already defigned 600. Foot and a Troop ofhorfefor that fervice, and
they were almod inareadinefs to March when anexprefs from Sir Hen¬
ry Tichbourn came up to theEarle ctOrmond, to let him know txhe Re¬
bels had that day, being then, ofNovember, appeared within fight of
the Town. He conceived they would prefently have fet down before
it, but they advanced no further that day, only while their Forces made
a dand there, they fent down a Party of 1300. Foot to Milltfond, the Lord
Moores houfe, which their defign was fuddenly to furprrfe; but contrary
to their expedition, they found there 24. Musketiersand 1 5. horfemen,
who very doutly defended the houfe as long as their powder laded : The
horfemen when they faw themfelves befet fo as they could be no further
ferviceable to the place , opened the gate , iffued out and made their
pafTage thorow the midft of the Rebels, and fo, notwithftanding the
oppofition they made, efcaped fafe to Tredagh : The foot having re¬
filled to accept of the quarter at the firft offered , refolved to make good
the place to the lad man ; they endured feveral aflaults, flew 140. of the
Rebels, before their powder failed them : and at lad they gave up the
place upon promife of quarter, which was not kept, for fome of them
were killed in cold blood , all were dripped , and two old decrepite men
fiain , the houfe ranfacked , and all the goods carried away.
Upon the receit of Sir Henry Ti Mourn's Lett rr, the Lords prefently supplies both
took order for the marching away of the fix hundred men, together with of horfe and
a Troop of Horfe towards Tredagh: They left not the Town till the 27. therefor
of November, and fuch was the negligence of the Captains anddiforders Tredagh.
of the Souldiers, asnotwithdandingtney had been three days in readinefs
to march, they went no further that night than Swoords a Village fix miles
didant from Dublin: The command of the foot was committed to Ser¬
jeant Major Roper, and of the horfe to Sir PatrickJVeames, who was ap¬
pointed with 50. of the Earle of Ormnnds Troop to march with thofe fix
Companies to Tredagh. The very day of their departure from Dublin, there
was an advertizement brought unto the Lords, that fome Forces of the
Rebels were drawn on this fide the River ofthe Borne, and attended with
defign to intercept their pafTage: Whereupon the Earle of Ormond by di-
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any part of the Rebels Forces, who now furioufly approached with a
great shout; and a Lieutenant giving out the unhappy word of Counte-
march, all the men poffefledas it were with a Pannick fear, began fome-
what confufedly to march back, but were fo much amazed with a fecond
shout given by the Rebels (who feeing them in diforder followed clofe
on) as notwithftanding they had gotten into a ground of great advantage,
they could not beperfwadedto (land a charge, but betook thcmfelves to
their heels, and (o the Rebels fell sharply on, as their manner is upon the
execution.
Sir Patrick^Tfeames without the Iofs of one Horfe palled on fafely
unto Iredagh : The Major with two/of the Captains more, and about
ico. of their men made an cteape thither likewife : The other three
Captains with all the reft of the Souldiers that were English were there
cutoff, they fpared very few or none that fell into their hands, but fuch
as were Irish , whofe lives they preferved : The Armes of the whole
fix hundred they polfclfed themfelves of, as likcwife of all their Muni¬
tion and Carriages : and fo highly were the Rebels encouraged with
this defeat given to his Majefties Forces, as the whole Pale began pre-
fently to waver , they thought the Kingdom their own, and that the
English would in all parts fall before them, as thofe poor ill conducted
sheep had unhappily done. And this is a true Relation (as near as I
could collect it from the mouths of thofe that were prefent) of that
famous vi&ory fo much boaftcd of by the Irish, whereunto the inex¬
perience of the English Commanders, and the diforders of the com¬
mon fouldiers, who were then but newly taken up and had never fecn
any fervice , contributed far more than any skill or courage shewed
by the Rebels, which they had only opportunity at that time to exprefs
by a loudshout. Befides, they were treble their number, and had for their
leaders Roger <JMoore, Hugh Birne, and Philip 0 Rely, thetwolaft per-
fons who hadbeen trained in the Wars abroad under the Spanish Difcipline,
and were ofgreateft experience among them : they brought down a great
part of thofe Forces out of the Counties of Cavan and %JMonaghan, and as
foon as they came within the River ofBoyne, great numbers of the ordinary
churles of the Pale adjoynec) themfelves unto their men , and fo made up a
body fufficientto perform *hat fervice.
The news of this unhappy defeat was brought the very fame day
being munday the 29 oi November at evening, to the Lords Juftices as
they fate in Couucil : It troubled them very much , and as it was a
matter of great rejoycing among the Popish Inhabitants of the City, fo
it bred a general forrow and confternation among the English and
Proteftants : It hapned in a very ill feafonr , the late made Colonels
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were but then in railing of their men : And fuch Companies as were $\
. compleated , were by the Lords the fame day of the marching of the vji
600 men to Tredagh , commanded out under Sir Charles Coot into the
Sit Chdrles _ , & ,r m . • « • -
c»ots Expedi- County of Wtclew, for the reprefTiing the infolencies of the Birnes and the ; i
count^of6 Tooles towards the poor English , whom they began to fall upon mod ^
° furioufly, (tripping, murdering, and driving them all out of that Terri- v(j
Jiff
m
tory as foon as they had taken in the Kings Fort, in that County cal¬
led Careivs Fort, and poflefled themfelves of the chief places of ftfength
belonging to the English Gentlemen there: He marched to the Town ,r
k Ik
y
all
H
tV
oiWicloiv , where he caufedlbme few men and one woman to be executed,
they being found upon Examination guilty of the late fpoiles committed
mod: barbaroufly upon the English there, and the very cloaths of an En¬
glish woman that was ftripped, being found upon the back of that Irish
woman that was there hanged. In his return Lake Toole with near a i coo
Irish under his command encountred him , but he quickly made them
flie and take to the next Bogge with the lofs of fome few of their men: And
fo he returned with all poflible fpeed to Dublin , the Lords having fent him
notice of the late defeat given to the Forces fent to Tredagh : As loon as he
arrived, he applyed himlelf very carefully to the fecuring of the Town,
which now began to be more defperately threatned then ever , by the near
approaches of the Rebels: And fo great were the dilorders then in the City,
fo inconfiderable the Forces railed , the English Inhabitants fo ftrangely
difmayed , the Papifts fo highly raifed in fpirit and courage, as had the
Commanders of the Rebels drawn thole .Forces together as they had in rea-
dinefs on both fides the River of Bojne for the fiege of Tredagh, and To
marching up to Dublin > had taken the advantage of the prelent diftradi-
ons, and forward affedions which they would have undoubtedly found
there to aflift them; They had in all humane probability made themfelves
Mailers of the City, and might fo flraitly have begirt the Caftle, as would
within a very short time have endangered the furrender of it; But it pleafed
God to infatuate their Counfels: The ftrong opinion they had that they
should prelentiy carry Tredagh, and lo pofiels themlel ves of all the A rmes
and Munition they had in that Town, caufed them to fix their refolutions
there , and to fet up their reft upon the obtaining that place. In this as in
many other wonderful ads of divine providence which I then obferved
with great admiration, it pleafed God to appear even miraculoufly in the
prefervation of the City and Caftle of Dublin with the poor remainders of
English and Proteftants, who had there taken fanduary.
And now the Lords and Gentlemen of the Pale , thought it high
time to difcover themfelves and their affedions to the caufe: They cer¬
tainly had not only long entertained a defedion in their thoughts,but were
as


146"
The Irish Rebellion.
A Copy of
the letter
written by]
the Lords
Juft ces and
Council to
the Lords of
the Pale.
ftations and great profeflions of loyalty the Lords of the Pale had lately
made unto them , and to give them a fair opportunity of rendringa moft
acceptable fervice to his Majefty and the ftate here. For this end therefore
they determined to call a grand Council of all the Lords which refided
within any convenient diftance of the City of Dublin: clearly and freely
to reprefent unto them the ill condition of their affairs, and how highly it
imported them in refped of their own particular fafety, as well as for the
prefervation of the whole Kingdom, not only to contribute their beft ad¬
vice and counfel, but euen all the Forces they could any ways raife to¬
wards the beating of the Northern Rebels out of the Pale. Several Letters of
Summons were accordiugly writ and fent away to the Earle of Fingale,
the Lord Vifcount Garmanflon, and the reft of the Lords of the Pale, the
tenour of them here enfueth.
AFter our very hearty commendations to your Lordship, for
as much as we haveprejent occafion to confer with you,
concerning the prejent ejiate of [the Kingdom, and the fafety
thereofin thefe times of danger : We pray andre quire your Lord¬
ship to be with us here on the eight day of this Month, at which
time others oft he Veers are alfo to be here: And this being to no
other end\ we bid your Lordship very heartilyjar ewe I. From his
Majeflies Caflle of Dublin the third ^December, 1641.
Your very loving friends
To our very good Lord
George Earle of
Kildare.
Willam Tar [on. John Borlacy.
Ormondojfory. Ant Medenfis.
R. TAillon. Ad. Loft us,
Ge. Shirley. J. Temple.
Rob. Meredith.
The like Letters eodem die y to thefe fcveral
Perfons following:
Earle of Ormond. Wtf.Gormanfton. Lord Dan/any.
Vif. Net er vile.
Vif. Fitzjwilliam.
Lo. Trmblejlon.
Earle of Antrim.
Earle of Ftn<rale<
o
Lord Slaine.
Lord of Hoath.
Lord Loivth.
Lord Lambert.
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Thefe Letters were prefently fent away: But the Lords of the Pale
being otherways engaged, and having before or much about the time
they came unto their hands ( though\he Lords knew very little, and
that very uncertainly of it) made that publick combination with the
Vljler Rebels before mentioned, durft no more adventure their perfons
within the City of Dublin: But after their meeting at the Hill of Crcfiy,
appointed an other meeting at the Hill of 7^/?, and from thence they
fent an Anfwer unto the Lords,which as Mr. Drowdall teftifies, was brought
thither by the Lord of Gormanflon ready drawn up, and there only figned
and fo fent away. The Copy of the Letter herefolloweth .•
w
May it pleafe your Lordships,
E have received your Letters of the third ofthis infant, The
intimating that you had pre fent occaftonsto confer with of the Lords
us, concerning the prefent State of the Kingdom, and the fafety t°hci ofdTju°
thereof in thefe times of danger, and requirmg us to be with you ftlC€s*
there on the eighth day oft his infant-> we give your Lordships to
under ft and, that we have heretofore prefented ourfelves before
your Lordships, andfreely offered our advice andfurtherance to¬
wards the particulars aforefaid, which was by you negletled,
which gave us caufe to conceive that our Loyalty wasfuffeLted
by you. We give your Lordships further to underftand, that we
have received certain advertijement, that Sir Charles Cooc
Knight,at theCouncilBoard,hath utteredfomeJpeeches tending
to apurpofe and refolutiou> to execute upon thofe of our Religion
a general Maffacre, by which we are all deterred to wait on your
Lordships, not having any fecur ity for our fafety from thefe
threatned evils,or thefafet y ofour lives'fut do rat her t hink it fit
to ft and upon our be ft guard until we hear from your Lordships
how we shall befecur edfrom thefeperils. Neverthelefs ? we all
proteft that we are and will continue bothfaithful advifers$ and
refolutefuriherers of his Majefties fervice concerning t he prefent
State of the Kingdom, andthefafety thereofto our beft abilities,
andfo with thefaid tender of our humble fervice we remain.
To the Right Honourable out very Your Lordships humble Servants,
good Lords the Lords Juftices ,
and Council of Ireland. , IV, Oliver
Dublin, Decemb. 7. Received 1 x. 1641. Lowtb,
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In Anfwer to this Letter, the Lords Juftices and Council, out of
their unfeigned defires to give unto thofe Lords all due fatisfadlion , and
to remove thofe jealoufies and great mifunderftanding now grown up
A proclaim- between them > thought fit by way of Proclamation to publish and de-
tion iflfued clare to them and all others of His Majefties good Subjedts of the Ro-
Lords^ Tufti mis^^xon > That they never heard Sir Charles Coot, or any other ut-
^cTand ter at the Board or elfcwhere , any fuch fpeeches tending to a purpofe
Gomel for or refolution to execute upon thofe of their profefiion , or upon any
kkmofVhe other a general Maffacre or any Maffacre at all, and that they never in-
Lords of the tended lo to dishonour his Majefty and this State , or wound their own
Pllle° confciences as to entertain the leaft thought of adting fo odious , impi¬
ous r and dc.tcftable a thing upon any perfons whatfoever; and that if any
proof can he made, of any fuch words fpoken by any perfon whatfoever,
that he shall be feverely punished. And therefore that they did pray and
require the faid Noblemen to attend them at the Board, on the 17. day
of December, that they might confer with them: And for the,fecurity
of their repair unto them, they did thereby give to all and every of thofe
Noblemen, the word and affurance of the State, that they might then
fecurely and fafely come unto them without danger of any.trouble or flay
whatfoever, from them who neither had nor have any intention to wrong
or hurtthem.
But now it began to appear unto the Lords Juftices and Council,
how far they were engaged with the Northern Rebels, By the Exa¬
minations taken of fome English, who made their efcape out of thofe
parts , the news of their folemn contradf and Affociation before men¬
tioned was brought up to Dublin : And they then well enough difcerned
the main obftrudtion in their coming, the caufe of their tergiverfati-
ons, and what good reafon they had to find out excufes to palliate their
dijloyalty, They then expedted no other fruits of their Proclamation
than what it produced : Neither indeed had it any other effect and ope*
ration among them , than that they did with great boldnefs and confix
several pre- dence by way of Anfwer thereunto , write back a Letter to the Lords
Lords ofthe Ju^ces wherein they pretend themfelves fo juftly affrighted with.
pale to colour Sir Charles Coots feverity and deportment , as that they dare not ad-
then refil'ai venture themfelves within the confines of his Government : They
the^rds0 heavily impofe upon him the inhumane adls perpetrated as they term
juftices and them in the County of Wiclow, the Maffacre of Santry and the burning
Council. Mr. Kings houfe and his whole fubffance at Clantarfe, and with a little
kind of cunning, they feem to pretend a breach of the publick faith, but
would transfer the blame from the Lords Juftices to Sir Charles Coot,
and thereupon defire no finjfter conftjrudtion may be made of their ftay,
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and that they may have fome Commiflioners appointed to confer with
them, and lo conclude with fome profeflions of their Loyalty and readi-
nefs to give their advices for the advancement of his Majelties fervi^e, and
the common peace of the Kingdom.
This was an Anfwer, fuch as might juftly be expeded to come from per- The great in-
fons fo deeply now invol ved in the guilt of fo high a Rebellion. It is no won- £u!gteh"c£"rf|k
der that they were thus put to their shifts, and enforced to take up fuch fond jufticcs and
excufes, and imaginary pretences for their difloyalty : For they could not in council to-
thcir own conferences, but be mofl: fenfible of the very great indulgence uled Lords ofthe
by the Lords towards them : They had not failed in feveral particulars to
manifefi: the great confidence they had in their good affections: They had
refrained from giving them any manner of pro vocation or jealoufie. They
had forborn the doing fome ads ofhoftility for a time upon fome Rebels
among them, becaufe they would not give them any the leaft caufe of com¬
plaint. And however, it appeared by the Examination of Mac Mahone and
feveral others, that they were privy to the firff plot, yet the Lords proceeded
with fo much caution and tendernefs towards them, hoping that now the
Confpirators had failed in the main part of their defign which was the fur-
prifal of the Caftle of Dublin ,rthat they might yet reclaim them thereby, &
draw them into a jufi concurrence with them , for the prelervation of the
Kingdom out ofthe hands of thofe bloody Northern Rebels, who in the be¬
ginning were the only appearers in the caule: But all was to no purpofe, they
were too deeply engaged to recede • therefore they ran now violently on5and
drew along all the chief Gentlemen likewife of the Pale with them.
And now it shall be declared, how the chief Gentlemen of the Pale began
and proceeded on to ad their parts: About the beginning of December, pre.- Vlle and o-
fently after the late defeat given to the English fouldiers in their march to
Tredagh,Luke Nettervile fecondSon to the LardVifcount Ntttervile,caukd men of the
a Proclamation to be made in the Market place of Luskj requiring all the chief
Gentlemen and other Inhabitants thereabouts, not to fail upon pain of death, quarter them
prefently to repair unto Swoords, a Town within fix miles of the City of w!*hin hx
Dublin. And within few days after, did meet there the faid Luke Nettervile, S'tyof* °
George Blackney Efq; George King, Job. Talbot, Rich. Goldingy 7 ho. Ruffe I, Dublin.
Chrijlopher Ruffe I, PatrickCaddel, Will.Tr avers, Rich. Barnwell, Laurence
Bealing, Holywood of Artaine , and feveral other Gentlemen who began to
gather great numbers ofmen about them , & putting fuch Arms into their The GemI ■
hands as they had in readinefs, at the prefent made their provifions to enter- men of the
tain a fettled Camp within that place. The Lords underftanding of this^4/p recluirel
unlawful tumultuous Aflembly, and deeply apprehending the mifchievous juftices anV
confequencesthatmight enfue thereupon, lent this Warrant following in a Council to
fair requiring thereby their prefent repair unto them.
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. '! But they were fb far from rcndring obedience to the commands they
received from the Board, as they kept the Meflenger in reftraint a day and
a night, threatning to hang him, and after returned a fcornful peremptory
Anfwer, fignifying unto their Lordships, That they were conftrained to The
meet there together, for thefafety of the tr lives, that they were put in fo great ™ade ^
a t err our bythenfing out ofjomehorfc Troops and foot Companies ^/Dublin, Lords war-
who hilled fur Catholicksfor no other reafbn, than that they bore the name rant*
flirt, rfthat Religion, as they durft not, as they pretended, flay in their houfes, and
ttltm therefore refolved to continue together, till they were ajfured by their Lordships
g of the fafety of their lives before they run the hajard thereof, by ma'mfefting
1 their obedience due unto their Lordships. Thefe were the very words and
•/t'1 expreflions ufed by thofe Gentlemen in their Anfwer: And accordingly
^ they ftill continued together, encreafing their number of men and threat-
tfk ning to come down and encamp themfelves at Clantarfe, a little Village
;g|; ftanding upon the very Harbour of Dublin ; where fome of their fol-
nni([ lowers had already at a low water feifed upon a Bark lying there, and
carried away all the Commodities they found in her ; a great part
whereof they had put into the then dwelling houfe of the laid King,
frf to whom that Village did belong. This was an ad: of fo high a drain,
Wl and fo eminently tending to the prefentruine of the City, as it required a
1//,^ hidden remedy; Delayes were dangerous in a matter of fuch perilous con-
jU|| fequence; and the Lords Juftices and Council, plainly perceived that if
the Rebels were differed to come down and lodge there , that they might
V . without much difficulty make themfelves mafters of thofe few Barks then
in the Harbour (the State having at that time no Ships of force to guard
mth\ them ) anj f0 pllt themfelves in a fair way if they could bring the Wex-
iMill ford Ships about to joyn with them to block up the Harbour, and flop the
{fild coming in to their relief all fuch fuccours as should bedefigned in England
Mtffto Land at that Port. Whereupon the Lords finding that the fsiaKing
^ continued ftill with Luke Nettervile and thofe other Gentlemen at
Swoords, that they carried themfelves with fuch high contumacy, as that
' difdaining to render any obedience to their Warrant, they neither made
r their departure from that place, disbanded their men, nor fo much as pre-
m tended to repair to them according to their commands at the time prefixed
therein : It was thought high time to take fome other courfe with them;
And therefore about four days after, the day firft fetdown by the Lords
: for their appearing before them, and the very next day after, another Pro-
[, clamation published for their immediate feparation , the Lords Juftices and
Council made this enfuing Order, directed to the Earl of Ormond Lieute¬
nant General of his Majefties forces in Ireland.
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By the Lords Juftices and Council.
William Parfons. Jo. Burlace.
A Warrant
from the
Lords Jufti
ces and
FOrafmuch as divers of thelnhabitants <?/Clantarfe, Raheny
^w^Kilbarrock, have declared themfelves Rebels, andha-
Council for vint? robbed andfp oiledfome of his Majeftiesgood Subjects, are
fmgof!theef~ now aJfembled thereabouts in Arms in great numbers, muftering
Rebels of and training of their Rebellious multitudes, to the t err our and
"hc 1 tile' danger of his Majefties goodfubjeEls, as well at Land as at Sea,
which their boldnefs is aLtedinfuch manner as to put [corns and
affronts upon this State andGovernment, they acting fuch de¬
predations even before our faces and in our own view as it were
in defpight ofus\ It is therefore ordered, that our very good Lord
the Earl 0/Ormond and Oflory Lieutenant Generat oft he Ar¬
my , do forthwith fend out a party ofSouldiers of horfe and foot,
to fall upon thofe Rebels at C lantarfe and thereabouts, who in
fuch dijdainful manner, Jland to outface and dare us, and to en¬
deavour to cut them off ,as well for punishment as terrour to 0-
t hers,and to burn and fpoile the Rebels houfis and goods: And to
prevent their further annoying of the shipping, going out and co¬
ming in and lying in harbour, thofe Souldiers are to bring up or
caufetobe brought up to the new Crane at Dublin, fuchofthe
Boats and Veffels now lying there as they can upon the fudden,
and to burn, fpoile and fink and make unferviceable the rett.
Given at his Majeflies Cafile ^Dublin. December 14. 1641.
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According to their Lordships diredions, the Earle of Ormond gave
prefent order to Sir Charles Coot to march out privately with fome Forces
unto Clantarfe , which he did without any noife, and meeting there
with no oppolition , he only fuffered his men to pillage the Town , s;r charlet
whereof they burnt fome part , as alfo part of Mr. Kings houfc , in c60t Marches
out with
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which much of the goods were found that had been taken out of the Bark
before mentioned: And this was the firft expedition that the Forces newly to cia»tarfe.
raifed in Dublin, made after the defeat of the 600. men in their paffage
to Tredagh : As for the MafTacre at Santry mentioned in the Anfwer Thc ^ue Re-
from the Lords of the Pale, and obtruded to the World, as a juft pre- thc
tence to deterr them from waiting on the Lords at Dublin , it was no Maflacre at
other than this : Information was given to fome of the Officers of the Santr>
Army, that there had been a robbery newly committed by certain Re¬
bels at the houfe of one Smith called the Buskin , within five miles of
the City : And that if a Party of Souldiers might be fent forth, the In¬
former offered to bring them upon thofe Rebels , as alfo upon other
Rebels, who had lately murdered one Mr. DerickJIubert a Dutch Merch¬
ant at the Skerries; whereupon two Officers with 40. foot were fent out
with direction to fall upon thofe Rebels: They went diredly to Santry, and
there finding fome ftrangers with weapons lodged in fufpicious places', they
flew four of them who as was conceived were criminal Offendours, and
one of them after upon further enquiry found to be a Proteft ant.
But how fairly foeVer this matter was carried , yet they relblved to The procecd-
make ufe of it for the prefent, by way of j unification of their difloyalty: *{JfLords and
And having fo far publickly declared themfelves, they held it not fit to fit
chief Gcntlc-
idle any longer, but began to put the whole Circuit of the Pale into a °^e
pofture of Warr, and to make all fuch preparatives as might enable them afte"they had
by the powerful.afliftance they had out of the North, prefently to take injoynedwith
Tredagh, and afterwards to march up to Dublin, and there make them- jjj^°rthcrn
felves Matters of that City and Cattle: A work as now it flood reprefen-
ted unto them not likely to prove lefs glorious than fuccefsful, and eafie to
be atchi'eved: They had for this end many publick meetings among them¬
felves , as alfo with the chief Commanders of the Northern Rebels.
In the firft place, they declared the Lord Vifcount Gormanftone Ge¬
neral of the Forces to be raifed in the Tale , Hugh Birne Lieutenant
General , the Earle of Fingale General of the horfe : Then they gave
power to thofe Lords to nominate Captains in fcveral Baronies to
he refpedively appointed out ofthem, and likewife to raife Souldiers. in
every fuch Barony, viz,, eight Souldiers out ofa Plowland-land ("which
contains according to the ancient eftimation 120. Acres) arid every
Plow-land to maintain the Souldiers to be fet out by them : The Ba-
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But while they continue their fruitlefs and unprofitable attempts there, Thc fadcon-
having neither skill, courage, experience, nor any means to bring about their p^"kofa^c
impetuous defires and fond endeavours for the taking in of that Town , fairs of the
i I shall briefly reprefent a view of the fad eflate of our affairs in Dublin: It wasStat0,
^ -now almoft full two Months fince the breaking out of this Rebellion; The
accor: Lordsjuftices andCouncil out of their deep apprehenflonsofa general revolt
Wans of all tne huh through the Kingdom 9 did in the very beginning with much
oifflt! earneftnefs follicite the prefent lending over of Succours out of England: A nd
in* as foon as they began to make a little further difcovery into theTirength of
nut thisConfpiracy,and found their own wants and utter difabilities to make any
sfor; long or confiderablc oppofition againft the univerfal power of the whole
jtnaj body of the hish, as it then began to appear unto them, firmly uni ted wi th
•k almoft all the Old English that were of the Romish Profeflion incorporated
refi into their party throughout Ireland, they did with much more earneftnefs
soot by their frequent Letters and feveral Agents, reprefent unto His Majefty
ficgf and the Parliament of England, the very ill even defperate condition they
i were in; and therefore defired that fuppliesboth of men, mony and all kind
so§ of warlike provifions, might be fent away with all fpeed into them, declaring
^ that unlefs they received them prefently, and that in great proportions, they
jit- were not able longer to fubfift as they ftood now environed on all fides with
Jj multitudes of the Rebels, but had juft reafon to apprehend their own prefent
]m: ruin, and the inevitable lofs of the whole Kingdom: And becaufe they con-
)r ceived the Levies in England could not be fo fuddenly made ,nor the men fb
cy eafily tranfported from thence into the North of Ireland (where the Rebels
lef,j appeared in greateft numbers, and had by their moft unparalle'Id cruelty
Tu towards the English done moft mifchief) as out of Scotland: They made a
jJ propofition to the Lord Lieutenant, to move both His Majefty and the Par-
r.;:; liament, that 10000 Scots might be prefently raifed and fent over into thofe
i|c Parts. This they prefled with much earneftnefs, reprefenting the very great Thc rcncj.B
3J . terrour the meer Irish had ofthat Nation,that their bodies would better fort of iogoo"^
jr ^ with that Climate, endure more hardship, and with lefs diftemper undergo sIc'ttlsa^to f
;f, the toil and miferies of an Irish war, that the tranfportation would be made fed \y th""
u with much more facility and lefs charge, it being not above three or four Loi<k Jutt-
hours fail from fome parts of Scotland into the North of Ireland, That the council.
c::. Kingdom of Scotland had been lately in Arms, and fb had all provifions ne-
;jcefTary for the furnishing of their men for this expedition in readinefs: And
laftly ,they having fo good a foundation in the multitude of their ownCoun-
j,,^ try men fo advantageoufly fettled there already, would no doubt undertake
" ' the work with all alacrity,and vigoroufly profccutc the war w*'th fuch sharp-
nefs, as might teftifie their deep refentment of the horrid cruelties exercifed
V upon fo many thoufands of their own Nation by that barbarous people.
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comwiffio- Thefe Letters arrived very opportunely about the time of the Kings re- 5
ners fent out /- i » i . i V. V r ^ , , i
of Scotland to tum fr°m Edcnbnrgh to the Parliament of England then fitting at Weft-min
Treat with
fter: And there beitlg even then two Scotish Lords come out of the King- •
thetarha- ^ Q£ Scotland^ to Treat with the Parliament of England concerning !l
land concern the lending Forces from thence for the relief of Ireland. His Ma>efiy fent ¥
of/t/r 7hef to ^ie Lords and Commons to give them notice of their arrival, and withal If
defired, that certain Commiflioners appointed by himfelf, and both Hou- -
fes of Parliament, might be prefently named to T reat with them, and from
Erne to time, give an account of their proceedings to His Majefiy and both
Houfes. This motion was with very great readinefs yielded unto, and it :
was ordered, that the Earle of Beaford) the Earle of L rd Lieu- =
tenant of Ireland, the Lord Howard of Efiric; nominated by the Houfe of
Peers : And Nathaniel Fiennes Efquire, Sir Willtam Ermin Baronite,
Sir PhilipStapleton Knight, John Hampden Efquire, nominated by the ::
Houfe of Commons , should Treat with the Scotish Commiffioncrs con¬
cerning the affairs of Ireland) and that there should be a Commifiion granted
unto them to this effedt, under the great Seal of England-, together with
particular Xnftru&ions to regulate the manner of their proceedings.
In the propofitions given in by the Scotish Commiflioners, they did in the
PropofLions fir It place make offer of i oooo men i n the name of the Kingdom of Scotland:
the parntt0 t^at t^iey might be enabled to fend them fpeedily away, they defired
ment of£«?- an advance of 50000. 1. of the brotherly afliftance afforded unto them
by the Kingdom of England, and that what Arms and Munition they fent
land for the
.wf he~ *nt0 he'knd) might in the fame proportion be returned unto them with
all expedition.
Next they defired that fome ships of War might be appointed to guard
the Seas betwixt Scotland and Ireland, to waft over their Souldiers which
they defigned to tranfport in fmall veffels.
And then that upon landing of their men in Ireland, there should be a
100 horfe ready to joyn with every 1000 foot that they should fend thither:
And that they should receive Inftru&ions and Orders, and in every thing
obey the Scotish General.
Thefe propofitions being taken into confideration in the Houfe ofCom-
mons, after they had duly confidered of them, and weighed the high ne-
ceflities of this Kingdom, that the Scots had 2 5 00 men ready raifed, and that
they could not fo fuddenly make provifion any other way for the faving
Ireland-, as by fending thefe Forces out of Scotland,they readily condefcended
unto them,and having voted them feverally,they fent them up to the Houfe
of Peers, with their defires for a fpeedy concurrence in them.
Thefe beginnings gave great hopes of the fudden relief of Ireland,, and it
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Months fiege, fufFered much want and mifery, and having bravely refilled
allthealfaults and attempts that the Irish made with great multitudes upon
them, and in many places caufed them to raife their lieges with great lofs
and (laughter of their men, yet they were afterwards, finding themfelves
without all hope or poflibility of relief, enforced to deliver thofe places
together with the multitudes of English they had received, into the hands
of the Rebels, upon fair quarter folemnly promifed by them: And in many
places no fooner had they by that means gotten entrance into them, but
that they moft perfidioufly broke the quarter given, defpoiled them of
that little remainder of their fubftance they had then left, and fent them
away in great want and mifery to find relief among other English Garri-
fons. But the whole Country being wafted and deftroyed, and the poor
English that lived in them, defpoiled of all their fubftance, were able to afford
them very little relief or comfort, befides pitty and compaftion which
could not fupport or keep alive thofe languishing gaftly Creatures, fo as
multitudes dyed, fome in ditches, fome travelling on the high-wayes,
fome under hedges, and fo left their Carkaffes as fearful fpectacles to the
beholders, and fad monuments of the inhumane cruelties exercifed on
them by thofe bloudy Rebels, who yet under pretence of mercy fpared
their lives, but tookup a rcfolution as they were not ashamed to declare,
to put them to a more lingring death, and therefore left them in fuch a con¬
dition as inevitably brought on their miferable ends with much more
difcomfort and forrow.
But this shall fufiice to shew the beginning of the riling of the Irish in
^Uunfter; the particulars whereof shall be clearly and at large fet down
in the following Relations of their firft proceedings within that Province,
where it shall be declared likewife, how all the great Town in Lemfter,
except Dublin and Tredagh, did about the fame time begin to ftrip and expel
all the British and Protectants , that either inhabited in them or fled out of
the Country near about to shelter themfelves there, from the barbarous
cruelties of their Irish neighbours.
Dublin di- ^or t^ie of Dublin it began now toBe much more ftraitly encont-
ikefled. palPed by the Forces of the Rebels, much encrealed through their late con¬
junction with the English Pale. And in cafe of their want of power to force
it, yet they having made their approaches lo near and having fo abfolutely
flopped up all the avenues, as we had great reafon to apprehend their keeping
back ofprovifions would drive the City into high neceflities, and quickly
occafion great want there. And here I cannot without much grief of heart
call to mind the lamentable complaints and bitter out-crys, which until
this time, were continually fent up unto theLordsJuftices and Council,
while they remained in this pofture, out of feveral Parts of the Country,
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time before our furprifal here, by which time in all likelihood ^
our Succours might arrive, although-it be boldly given out (fi
by the Rebels, that We fhall have® no Succours from thence, fo
which they divulge to embolden their party, and toftrike ter- in
rour and difcouragement into the well affe&ed , amongft jh
whom there are many fo weak, as to apprehend from thence p
too much fear, whereby many are fled the Kingdom p
On the eighth day of this Month, the Earl of Kildare, the d
Lord Vifcount Fitz, Williams, and the Lord Baron of Month p
came unto us, but the refl of the Noblemen not coming defer- r;
red our conference, and on the eleventh day of this Month we m
received Letters from feven of them, namely, the Earl of Fin- i
gale, the Lord Vifcount Gormanfton, the Lord Vifcount Net* pi
tervile, and the Lords of Slaine, Trimbleftone, Munfany and a
Lowth, dated the feventh day of this Month, and ftgned by ®i
them , pretending a fear of a Maffacre on thofe of their Religi- ^
on , and that therefore they are deterred, to wait on us, but hi
do rather think it fit to (land upon their guard , and how that fa
refolution of their's may ftand with the loyalty they profefs, fa
we humbly fubmit to his Majeflies excellent judgement, for \)
whole royal view we fend you here inclofed, a Copy of their
faid Letters.
When we received thofe Letters , we did admire whence
their fears ofcoming to us fhouldarife,but afterwards we heard
that they had been in confultation with the Rebels, which alfo fe
as to moftofthem is confirmed by the enclofed Examination
of ChriflopherHampton, and indeed we know no caufe offear L
they have of us, unlefs their own guilts begot in them the fear L
they pretend; and they fpare not though unjuftly to charge us h
with a negled: of their advices, whereas not one of them to h
this Houfe offered to us any advice or real afliffance towards k
Pacification of thefe troubles. g
It became then publick ^nor could we keep fecret that h
which they had publifhed toothers) that thofe Noblemen fo H,
far fided with the Rebels as they now flood on their guard 5 we j
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A Caftle in the Town ofLongfori,held by the Englishwho
flood out awhile againft the Rebels, being in the end through
want of victuals neeeffitated to be rendred up to them upon
promife of quarter, a Popifh Prieft (landing with his Skean in
his hand , watching for the coming forth of a Minifter then
amongftthe English, did by thrufting that Skean into theMi-
niflers guts, and ripping up his belly, give thatasafignal uo
the Rebels, for falling upon the reft of the English, which they
did accordingly, afloonas the Minifter was murdered, killing
fome, and hanging the reft mod perlidioufly.
On the ninth of this Month, we received advertifement,thac
great numbers of men were gathered together in Warlike
manner at Swoords'm the County of'Dublin within fix miles of
us,they having the Army of the Rebels behind them on this
fide Urogheda^ whereupon we then immediately fent out our
Warrant, commanding them to difperfe: A Copy whereof
we fend your Lordfhip here inclofed, which was not obeyed:
but a Letter fent us from Luke Nettervile Son to the Lord Vif-
count Nettervile and others of them: A Copy whereof we
likewife fend here inclofed -> whereupon we publifhed the in¬
clofed Manifeft, for vindicating this State from theirafperfions
alfo: Anditisobfervable, that thofe Gentlemen at Swoords
could even on that very Tuefday night, wherein they alledge
they were fo affrighted at their Houfes, aflemble twelve hun¬
dred men together in that moment of time, to have in readi-
nefs againft any attempt from the State, whereas for many
days before, they could fit ftill and look on, whilftanArmy
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and whi left lome of them openly declared Rebels, and many
of their neighbours, who doubtlefs hold under-hand intelli¬
gence with the Rebels , robbed and fpoiled the English on all
parts round about them $ and yet thofe Gentlemen could not
in all that time be either fo affrighted by the Rebels, or fp com¬
panionate of their poor English neighbours, as to affemble any
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neighbours 5 and certainly thofe Gentlemen might have been
as believing in this State who have always ufed lenity and
mildnefs towards them, as in the Forces of the Rebels which
lie fo near behind them, and who they know have murdered
many of His Majefties good and innocent Subje&s, and for
ought they know (if there were not fecret intelligence bet¬
ween them) might have ufed them alfo in like manner.
Eut the truth is,we conceive thofe Gentlemen had a mind to
joyn with the Rebels, and do now take up pretences to cover
their difloyalty, and caft fcandal on this Government.
The Rebels in thzRale as in other parts,have caufed Maftes to
be faid openly in the Churches, expelled theMinifters from
Officiating in their Churches, and forced divers perfons for fa¬
ying their lives and goods to become Papifts,openly profefling
that no Proteftant fhall be fuffered to live in Ire land,and. whilft
they infult thus over all the English and Proteftants,deflroying
them for no other reafon, but for that they are Proteftants and
English, we let fall nothing againft them touching Religion,
and yet they feign things againft us , tending that way to give
fome colour to their cruel proceedings.
The Rebels ofthe County of Kildare have taken the Naas
and Kildare in the County of Kildare T he Rebels of Meath
have taken Trint> and Ashboy in the County of Meath,and di¬
vers other places 5 The Rebels of the County of Dublin, have
poflefted Swoords and Rathcoole, and fpoyled all the English
and Proteftants even to the Gates oiTDublin, and now about
fifteen hundred ofthe Rebels of/F/V/^areinand about TP0-
werfcait^ andabout ten miles from this City; Therearealfo
between this and the Naas within fix or feven miles of us a
thoufand of the Rebels of Kildare, and the Borders of Wiclow
and ©«£//w,fo as we are in this City invironed by them on all
fides by Land, and they begin to ftop acceftes to us by Sea-, for
the Fifhermen on the Sea-Coafts being all Irish and Papifts
Inhabitants in the Vale, brake out alfo into Rebellion with the
multitude, and have robbed, fpoyled and pillaged even with-
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r foitj fetch in no more provifionsjwherefore we befeech your Lord-
Winj ship that theMagazins of Victuals defigned to be fetled on that
iPaji fide, may be fetled with all fpeed , if it be not done already,
:onj whereby we and theSuccours we expe&.may not be in diftrefs
olt ofVi&ualsforourfelvesorthem, oroatsforourhorfes. Our
diiliij- want of Vittuals is the more in refpeft of the daily accefs of
Sd,, the English fpoyled in the Country,
ita The neceffity of the defence of the Province of
o(t]fl quired the immediate raifing of a Regiment of Foot confiding
of one thoufand men, and two Troops ofHorfeof threefcore
iffl. each Troop, which threefcore we appointed the Lord Prefi-
is It dent to raife, and for the payment and arming of them, we
lioft humbly advife,feeing we cannot do it,that money and arms be
fent from thence to Toughall,with a further fupply of Arms
d a and Munition for the ftores in that Province now much want-
U ing there.
jn And as the Rebels which havebefet us and this City on all
jjfs, fides by Land, do threaten to cut offour Market at ,
m. which we begin to feel already: fo they boldly declare, that
they will within a day or two cut offthe watercourfe, which
JE brings water to this City and Caftle $ and that done, that their
ju multitudes will immediately burn our Suburbs and befiege our
m Walls,which we confefs we yet want ftrength to defend, and
;/,( mull want till our Supplies come forth of England or Scotland
(djj or both; for here we have but about three thoufand men, the
y reft of the old Companies being difperfed in feveral needful
jj' Garrifons in the Countrey (excepting feven Companies of
... them furprifed,and cut off by the Rebels at their firft rifing in
Ulfierand other Parts) and about two hundred horfe by pole
#ji of the old Army,whereof many are fo as confidering the
fpacioufnefs of this City & Suburbs to be defended,the fmall-
nefs of our number to defend them, and the great numbers of
Papifts Inhabitants in this City and Suburbs; andlaftly, the
very great numbers of the Rebels,v<\o are foftrong as to ap¬
proach this City with many thoufands, and yet leave many
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thoufands alfo at the fiege oiT)rogheda,t cannot expedf to be
able to defend this City for any long time againfi; them, with¬
out the arrival of our expedted Succours.
The Earl of Caftle-haven on the tenth of this Month, pre-
fented at this Board the inclofed Oath tendered unto him by
the Rebels to be fworn by him , which he faith he refufed to
fwear and we hear they fend it to ail Parts to be tendered to the
people, prefling them to take the Sacrament thereupon.
We did lately in hope to gain fome time until our fupplies
might come3liften to an offer made by fomePopishPriefts to go
to the Rebels and Treat with them3as you may perceive by the
inclofed: But fince we find there is little hope of it-, for fome of
the Priefts are returned, nothing being wrought thereby.
However it is fit yout Lordship should know what we do;
we muff now crave leave to declare to your Lordship, that
things being rifen here to this height, threatning not only the
shaking of the Go vernment,but the lofs of the Kingdom,as the
Supplies of men, Arms and more T reafure,are of great neceflity
to be haffned away hither 5 foisit alfo needful that we enjoy
your Lordships prefence here, forthecondu&in your own
perfon of the great and important affairs of this State,as well in
the Martial as in the Civil Government, which do neceffarily
require it in this time ofgreatimminent danger wherein fo far
as we may be able to contribute any afliflance with you, we
shall be ready to difcharge our duties therein, with that loyalty
and uprightnefs of heart which we owe to his Majefly, and the
particular refped: due from us to your Lordshi p 5 but we hope
you will bring that ftrength with you, which may befit the
greatnefs of the King ourMafter to fend with his Lieutenant
againfi: fo numerous enemies as thefe Rebels are become,as well
for the honour of his Majefly,as for the terrour of thofe Rebels.
By what we have heretofore and now humbly reprefented to
your Lordship,you may in part fee the greatnefs of the publick
danger wherein this Kingdom now ftands,and particularly this
City and Caflle, the principal place thereof, that if thofe be
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BY Your Letters to'your Lordship of the 11 of November, We did defre to be
in formed from thence, whether the Parliament here being once Prorogued,
may not again be prorogued by Proclamation before they fit^or whether it be ofne-
cejjity that they mufi fit again, and the Parliament to be Prorogued the Houfefit¬
ting. And now that this Rebellion hath over-Jpread the whole Kingdom, and that
many members of both Houfes are involved therein, fo as the Parliament cannot
Jit. We humbly defire to know his Majeflies pleafure therein, and if his ALajefiy
shall thinly fit to Prorogue it 3 which in prefint we held expedient, that then we
may receive his commandment for Prorogation, and that the doubt concerning
that be cleared; for to ajfemble at that time cannot be with fifety.
Our Letters of the third ^December, have been hitherto with-held on this
fide by contrary winds.
In this mofi: miferable condition, the Lords Jufticesand Council conti¬
nued shut up within the City of Dublin, ftrugling with all their power for a
sh<5rt prefervation from thofe difmal calamities which had generally over-
fpread the whole Kingdom: Their care,travel,and endeavours, had hitherto
in fomemeafure extended to the mod: remote parts; how they might af-
fwage the fwelling diftempers, or yield lome relief to the lamentable com¬
plaints and bitter out-cryes daily brought up unto them. But now the evils
abroad were grown pad: their cure, and their own dangers lo multiplyed as
they were enforced to Ipend their time almoftin a perpetual confutation,
never at reft,fometimesraifed in the night by fudden advertifements,alwayes
in conftant perplexity and trouble, defperately threatned on every fide, fo as
what through treachery within or from without, they had jult reafon to
apprehend the lofsof theCity andCaftle wherein they had enclofed themfel-
ves,and fo confequently the ruine and deftru&ion of all the Brittish and Pro-
teftants throughout all other parts of the Kingdom. And thus they conti¬
nued until the mod: happy and welcome arrival of that truly valiant Gentle-
The arrival man an^ gallant Commander Sir Simon Harcourt, who being defigned Go¬
of sir simm vernour of the City ofDublin, was difpatched away by fpecial Order of Par-
^th Force s ^ament whh his Regiment for the prefervation of that place, and landed here
out of£»£- on the laffc of December^ 6 \.io the great joy and comfort of all hisMajefties
uni. Proteftants,and well affe&ed Subje<5s,and to the terrour of thole Rebels now
in Armes, who had made themlelves believe that no Succours would be
fent out of England towards thefuppredingof their notorious Rebellion.
And now my intentions were to have proceeded further on in fetting
- down what hath fallen out within the next foUr Months, and then to have
added a brief account of all fuch particular pafTages as have been a died during
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and fo having recolle&ed and prefcntedasit were at one view the publick
calamities and miferable defolations of all the four Provinces there, to have
fatdown and made the firft period of this Story.
But I muft here take up being unexpectedly called away; I refolve there¬
fore patiently to attend the reftoringof this Kingdom and the refettlement of
our affairs, and thenifl findnot this work undertaken and perfected by
fome more skilful hand, I shall hope to get the reft of my tailing together ,
and make fuch further provi honor all other materials as may enable me to
go through with the fame.
In the mean time it will not be amifs to take notice, that the Rebels within
very few Months after their fir ft breaking out, had (bordered their affairs,
as that by their fudden furprifes, their sharp and bloudy executions, their
barbarous ftripping, and defpoiling of all forts that fell into their hands, they
had cleared the Inland Counties of all the British Inhabitants: And except
fome few Caftles and other places of ftrength which they held feverally be-
fieged, and had mod of them fuddenly after furrendred for want of relief,
they had in a manner made themfelves abfolute Mafters in all thofe Parts of
the Kingdom. And for the Maritime places, there were only fome of the
chief Cities which were held out againft them, befides fome few other Forts
and places of no great importance: As in the province of Lemfter, the City of
Dublin^ and in the Province of Munfter, the Cities of CorhJYotighall, and Kin-
fiile\ in Vlfler, London-Derry, Colraine and Caregfergus: And all thefe they
held either befieged,much diftreffed,or they were otherways fo overpeftred
with the multitudes of poor ftripped people fled to them for fafety, as they
were confident they could not long hold out, but that either open force >
treachery , famine, or ficknefs would within a short time inevitably put
them into their hands.
Thus it pleafed God to humble his own people in this Land, and for their
fins to give them up into the power of their cruel Enemies, who began now
to facri fice to their own nets,to celebrate the memory of theirVidtories: And
upon theprofperity of their undertakings and late fuccefs,they were become
fo confident of prevailing even to the total extirpation of all the British and
Proteftants out of this Kingdom, as they proceeded to fet down a certain
form of Government, nominated the perfons whom they intended to en-
truft with the management of their affairs , what Laws they would have re-
yoked , what Statutes newly enadted: And in the mean time they eredted
aCouncil which they ftiled the Supreme Council,which they invefted with
abfolute Power and A uthoriry, to order and govern the whole Kingdom.
This confifted of certain Noblemen,Gentlemen,three or four Lawyers,and
one Phyfitian, who being elected unto this charge , had the place of their
refidence appointed unto them at Kiike-i iy, a ' itv in the Province o£Lem-
fiery where they fat ordinarily for the difpatchofall the great and weighty
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