A Full and true account of the inhumane and bloudy cruelties of the papists to the poor Protestants in Ireland in the year, 1641 published now to encourage all Protestants to be liberal in their contribution for their relief and speedy delivering them now out of the hands of those bloudy-minded people.
      
       
         
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             A Full and true account of the inhumane and bloudy cruelties of the papists to the poor Protestants in Ireland in the year, 1641 published now to encourage all Protestants to be liberal in their contribution for their relief and speedy delivering them now out of the hands of those bloudy-minded people.
             Digby, Lettice, Lady, 1588?-1658.
             Dempsy, Henry.
          
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             "The rebells letter to the Lady Offalia ...," p. 29-30, signed: Henry Dempsy ... [et al.]
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           Licensed
           according
           to
           Order
           .
        
         
           
             May
             24th
          
           ,
           1689.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Full
           and
           True
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           Inhumane
           and
           Bloudy
           Cruelties
           OF
           THE
           PAPISTS
           TO
           THE
           
             Poor
             Protestants
          
           ,
           IN
           IRELAND
           ,
           In
           the
           YEAR
           .
           1641.
           
        
         
           Published
           now
           to
           Encourage
           all
           Protestants
           to
           be
           Liberal
           in
           their
           Contribution
           for
           their
           Relief
           ,
           and
           speedy
           Delivering
           them
           now
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           Bloudy-minded
           People
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Peter
             Richman
          
           in
           Duck-Lane
           ,
           1689.
           
        
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Here
             followeth
             a
             true
             Description
             or
             Relation
             of
             sundry
             sad
             and
             lamentable
             Collections
             ,
             taken
             from
             the
             mouths
             of
             very
             credible
             persons
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             Letters
             sent
             from
             Ireland
             to
             this
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             of
             the
             perfidious
             outrages
             and
             barbarous
             cruelties
             ,
             which
             the
             Irish
             Papists
             have
             committed
             upon
             the
             persons
             of
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             both
             Men
             ,
             Women
             and
             Children
             ,
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             .
             
               Annoque
               Domini
            
             .
             1641.
             
          
        
         
           THE
           Irish
           Nation
           is
           well
           known
           to
           be
           a
           people
           both
           proud
           and
           envious
           .
           For
           the
           Commonalty
           (
           they
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           )
           ignorant
           and
           illeterate
           ,
           poor
           and
           lazy
           ;
           and
           will
           rather
           beg
           or
           starve
           than
           work
           :
           and
           therefore
           fit
           subjects
           for
           the
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           to
           spur
           on
           upon
           such
           bloudy
           Actions
           and
           murtherous
           Designs
           .
           Ignorance
           is
           their
           Mother
           ,
           which
           is
           devoid
           of
           mercy
           :
           God
           deliver
           all
           good
           Christians
           from
           the
           Cruelty
           of
           such
           a
           Mother
           and
           Children
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           too
           well
           known
           ,
           (
           the
           more
           is
           the
           pity
           and
           to
           be
           lamented
           )
           that
           the
           Irish
           have
           murthered
           of
           the
           Protestant
           party
           in
           the
           Provinces
           of
           
             Vlster
             ,
             Lempster
             ,
             Connaght
          
           and
           Munster
           ,
           of
           Men
           ,
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           the
           number
           of
           fifty
           thousand
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           credibly
           reported
           by
           Englishmen
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           over
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           do
           protest
           upon
           their
           Oaths
           that
           there
           are
           above
           five
           thousand
           Families
           destroyed
           .
        
         
           The
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           hath
           four
           Provinces
           ,
           wherein
           there
           are
           contained
           two
           and
           thirty
           Counties
           ,
           besides
           Cities
           and
           County
           Towns
           ,
           in
           all
           which
           places
           the
           English
           are
           planted
           up
           and
           down
           in
           all
           parts
           ,
           where
           the
           Irish
           have
           most
           murtherously
           and
           traiterously
           surprized
           them
           upon
           great
           advantages
           ,
           and
           without
           respect
           of
           persons
           either
           of
           age
           ,
           youth
           ,
           or
           infancy
           ,
           of
           young
           Men
           or
           Maids
           ,
           or
           of
           old
           Men
           or
           Babes
           ,
           stript
           all
           to
           their
           skins
           ,
           naked
           as
           ever
           they
           were
           born
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           so
           they
           have
           gone
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           many
           hundreds
           having
           been
           found
           starved
           to
           death
           in
           Ditches
           for
           want
           of
           food
           and
           rayment
           ,
           where
           the
           rebellious
           Irish
           have
           shewed
           them
           no
           more
           mercy
           or
           compassion
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           they
           would
           do
           to
           their
           Dogs
           .
           Thus
           much
           for
           the
           general
           ,
           now
           I
           come
           to
           particulars
           .
        
         
           At
           one
           Mr.
           
           Atkins's
           house
           ,
           seven
           Papists
           brake
           in
           and
           beat
           out
           his
           brains
           ,
           then
           ripped
           up
           his
           Wife
           with
           child
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           ravished
           her
           ,
           and
           Nero
           like
           ,
           view'd
           Natures
           bed
           of
           conception
           ,
           they
           then
           took
           the
           child
           ,
           and
           sacrificed
           it
           in
           the
           fire
           .
        
         
         
           They
           have
           flead
           the
           skin
           from
           the
           bones
           of
           others
           like
           Butchers
           :
           the
           principles
           of
           whose
           Religion
           is
           bloud
           .
           Witness
           our
           Books
           of
           Martyrs
           ;
           those
           Chronicles
           of
           bloud
           .
           Witness
           those
           thousands
           of
           butcher'd
           Protestants
           in
           France
           and
           Germany
           .
        
         
           They
           burned
           others
           ,
           firing
           their
           Houses
           ,
           Towns
           ,
           Villages
           ,
           those
           sons
           of
           the
           Coal
           ,
           as
           if
           their
           habitation
           were
           in
           Hell.
           
        
         
           They
           vowed
           to
           root
           out
           all
           the
           English
           Nation
           out
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           They
           turned
           all
           the
           Protestants
           out
           of
           Kilkeny
           .
        
         
           At
           Belturbalt
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Cavan
           ,
           the
           Popish
           Rebels
           demanded
           the
           Town
           on
           promise
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           would
           surrender
           ,
           they
           should
           pass
           free
           with
           bag
           and
           baggage
           ,
           they
           back'd
           their
           promise
           with
           Oaths
           and
           Execrations
           ,
           cursing
           themselves
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           not
           let
           them
           go
           withall
           .
           On
           serious
           considerations
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           and
           the
           Governour
           ,
           they
           were
           persuaded
           to
           yield
           it
           up
           ,
           which
           when
           they
           had
           done
           ,
           and
           drawing
           away
           their
           goods
           and
           moneys
           ,
           they
           like
           treacherous
           Villians
           sent
           about
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           to-guard
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           guarded
           them
           seven
           miles
           from
           the
           Town
           ,
           they
           with
           more
           of
           that
           desperate
           forsworn
           rabble
           seized
           on
           them
           ,
           robbed
           all
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           being
           between
           five
           hundred
           and
           a
           thousand
           persons
           ,
           Men
           ,
           Women
           and
           Children
           ;
           who
           submitting
           themselves
           to
           their
           mercy
           ,
           found
           no
           quarter
           but
           cruelty
           :
           they
           stript
           them
           all
           naked
           ,
           and
           turn'd
           them
           out
           of
           their
           houses
           into
           the
           open
           fields
           in
           bitter
           could
           weather
           ,
           in
           a
           most
           vile
           and
           
           shamefull
           manner
           ,
           not
           affording
           them
           one
           of
           their
           lowzy
           rags
           to
           hide
           those
           parts
           which
           should
           be
           covered
           .
           Take
           notice
           of
           the
           faith
           of
           a
           Papist
           ,
           who
           for
           his
           own
           advantage
           ,
           casts
           off
           all
           bounds
           of
           fidelity
           and
           common
           honesty
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           remarkable
           for
           persidiousness
           and
           treachery
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           behold
           in
           that
           Master
           of
           Mis-rule
           ,
           the
           Arch-rebell
           Sir
           
             Philem
             O-Neal
          
           ,
           basely
           pretending
           to
           be
           a
           Suiter
           to
           the
           old
           Lady
           Cawfield
           ,
           being
           a
           Widow
           ,
           and
           made
           fair
           promises
           of
           his
           respects
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           had
           his
           advantage
           of
           possession
           of
           her
           house
           and
           goods
           ,
           turned
           them
           out
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           bound
           them
           prisoners
           ,
           and
           made
           her
           whom
           he
           intended
           his
           nearest
           Companion
           to
           be
           his
           lowest
           Vassal
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Town
           of
           Lurgon
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Armagh
           ,
           the
           Mac-kans
           skirmishing
           with
           the
           Englishmen
           ,
           slew
           divers
           of
           our
           men
           ,
           whereupon
           they
           entred
           parly
           demanding
           the
           Town
           :
           Sir
           
             Willian
             Brunlow
          
           being
           Governour
           of
           the
           Castle
           ,
           on
           some
           considerations
           thought
           good
           to
           yield
           ,
           thereupon
           they
           promised
           and
           backt
           it
           with
           Oaths
           and
           great
           Protestations
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           have
           fair
           quarter
           ,
           and
           pass
           without
           prejudice
           to
           their
           lives
           :
           yet
           behold
           the
           perfidiousness
           of
           these
           brutish
           creatures
           ,
           as
           men
           not
           fearing
           God
           ,
           or
           Devil
           whose
           practice
           they
           imitate
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           lier
           from
           the
           beginning
           .
           Notwithstanding
           all
           these
           fair
           pretences
           they
           knew
           no
           mercy
           ,
           killed
           Men
           ,
           spoiled
           Women
           ,
           nay
           ,
           in
           their
           boundless
           rage
           ,
           slew
           and
           massacared
           ,
           and
           stript
           helpless
           Ministers
           ,
           whose
           calling
           might
           have
           pleaded
           pity
           .
           
           But
           what
           speak
           we
           of
           pity
           to
           men
           ,
           that
           have
           no
           bowels
           ?
        
         
           In
           London-Derry
           ,
           at
           the
           Town
           of
           Belly-hagh
           belonging
           to
           the
           Londoners
           .
           Sir
           
             Philem
             O-Neal
          
           ,
           promised
           under
           hand
           and
           seal
           to
           let
           the
           poor
           Protestants
           to
           pass
           with
           bag
           and
           baggage
           ,
           onely
           to
           part
           with
           their
           Town
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           fair
           goodly
           place
           :
           yet
           this
           perfidious
           Rebel
           ?
           as
           if
           it
           was
           not
           enough
           to
           make
           these
           poor
           souls
           harborless
           ,
           to
           lay
           them
           open
           to
           wind
           and
           weather
           ,
           but
           to
           add
           to
           all
           their
           misery
           ,
           stript
           Man
           ,
           Woman
           and
           Child
           ,
           took
           their
           cloaths
           for
           a
           prey
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           out
           naked
           ,
           without
           a
           shirt
           or
           smock
           to
           their
           backs
           ,
           left
           them
           not
           worth
           a
           groat
           ,
           this
           was
           one
           of
           their
           works
           of
           mercy
           ,
           if
           they
           scaped
           with
           their
           lives
           :
           but
           how
           many
           lives
           might
           be
           lost
           by
           this
           immodest
           and
           inhumane
           act
           ,
           judge
           .
           The
           tender
           mercies
           of
           the
           wicked
           are
           cruel
           .
        
         
           Will
           you
           behold
           another
           mercifull
           Act
           ,
           and
           Record
           it
           .
           Captain
           
             Rory
             Macquire
          
           ,
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Robellion
           for
           the
           first
           fortnight
           commands
           his
           Soldiers
           to
           give
           quarter
           to
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           but
           to
           massacare
           all
           the
           Men
           ,
           to
           spare
           none
           .
           Wo
           to
           him
           that
           makes
           the
           Wife
           a
           Widow
           ,
           and
           the
           Children
           Fatherless
           ,
           but
           after
           they
           began
           to
           resist
           ,
           and
           to
           gather
           into
           Companies
           :
           then
           hear
           the
           Charge
           of
           this
           bloudy
           man
           ,
           Gi●e
           no
           quarter
           ,
           no
           not
           to
           Women
           ,
           though
           Tears
           and
           Prayers
           interpose
           ,
           yet
           know
           no
           pity
           :
           no
           not
           to
           harmless
           Babes
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           death
           enough
           to
           kill
           their
           Parents
           ,
           nor
           spare
           neither
           Man
           ,
           Woman
           ,
           or
           Child
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           reported
           by
           an
           ominent
           Gentleman
           that
           had
           long
           dwelt
           among
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           but
           it
           s
           thought
           fit
           to
           forbear
           the
           names
           of
           those
           that
           gave
           intelligence
           of
           the
           barbarous
           cruelties
           of
           these
           savage
           beasts
           ▪
           because
           they
           threaten
           to
           be
           the
           death
           of
           them
           that
           shall
           unmask
           them
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           by
           this
           Gentleman
           that
           the
           Handlowans
           came
           to
           Town-regis
           ,
           divers
           of
           them
           assaulted
           the
           Castle
           ,
           of
           which
           Captain
           
             Saint
             John
          
           was
           Commander
           ,
           he
           with
           his
           Son
           got
           away
           with
           some
           difficulty
           ,
           leaping
           over
           the
           wall
           ,
           they
           fearing
           they
           might
           setch
           supplies
           to
           recover
           their
           lost
           Castle
           ,
           most
           inhumanly
           took
           the
           Captain
           's
           Wife
           ,
           (
           poor
           Gentlewoman
           )
           and
           set
           her
           on
           the
           wall
           having
           stript
           her
           to
           her
           smock
           ,
           who
           was
           big
           with
           Child
           (
           and
           within
           an
           hour
           of
           her
           delivery
           )
           that
           in
           case
           the
           Captain
           and
           his
           Son
           should
           have
           assaulted
           the
           Town
           ,
           his
           Wife
           should
           have
           been
           the
           white
           at
           which
           he
           must
           have
           levelled
           :
           Oh
           extreme
           and
           unheard
           of
           cruelty
           !
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Ministers
           whom
           they
           surprize
           ,
           their
           cruelty
           is
           such
           towards
           them
           ,
           at
           it
           would
           make
           the
           hardest
           heart
           to
           melt
           into
           tears
           .
           Their
           manner
           is
           first
           to
           strip
           them
           ,
           and
           after
           bind
           them
           to
           a
           tree
           or
           some
           post
           where
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           ravish
           their
           Wives
           and
           Daughters
           before
           their
           faces
           (
           in
           sight
           of
           all
           their
           merciless
           rabble
           )
           with
           the
           basest
           Villains
           they
           can
           pick
           out
           ,
           after
           they
           hang
           up
           their
           Husbands
           and
           Parents
           before
           their
           faces
           ,
           and
           then
           cut
           them
           down
           before
           they
           be
           half
           dead
           ,
           then
           quarter
           them
           ,
           after
           dismember
           them
           ,
           and
           stop
           their
           mouths
           therewith
           .
        
         
         
           They
           basely
           abused
           one
           Mr.
           Trafford
           a
           Minister
           in
           the
           North
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           who
           was
           assaulted
           by
           these
           bloudy
           Wolves
           of
           
           Rome's
           brood
           ,
           that
           know
           not
           God
           ,
           nor
           any
           bowels
           of
           mercy
           .
           This
           poor
           distressed
           Minister
           desired
           but
           so
           much
           time
           to
           bethink
           himself
           before
           he
           took
           his
           farewell
           of
           the
           World
           to
           call
           upon
           God
           :
           but
           these
           merciless
           wretches
           would
           admit
           no
           time
           ,
           but
           instantly
           fell
           on
           him
           ,
           hackt
           and
           hewed
           him
           to
           pieces
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           Tate
           Minister
           of
           Belly-Hayes
           ,
           they
           stript
           starke
           naked
           ,
           and
           then
           wounded
           him
           dangerously
           in
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           him
           go
           towards
           Dublin
           ,
           where
           he
           lay
           long
           sick
           .
        
         
           Sir
           Patrick
           Dunston's
           Wife
           ravished
           before
           him
           ,
           slew
           his
           Servants
           spurned
           his
           Children
           till
           they
           died
           ,
           bound
           him
           with
           rouls
           of
           Match
           to
           a
           board
           ,
           that
           his
           Eyes
           burst
           out
           ,
           cut
           off
           his
           Ears
           and
           Nose
           ,
           teared
           off
           both
           his
           Cheecks
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           his
           Armes
           and
           Legs
           ,
           cut
           out
           his
           Tongue
           ,
           after
           run
           a
           red
           hot
           Iron
           into
           him
           .
        
         
           Many
           Gentlewomen
           they
           ravished
           before
           their
           Husbands
           faces
           ,
           stripping
           them
           first
           naked
           to
           the
           view
           of
           their
           wicked
           companions
           ,
           taunting
           and
           mockings
           .
           them
           (
           after
           they
           have
           spoiled
           them
           )
           with
           bitter
           and
           reproachsull
           words
           ,
           sending
           them
           away
           in
           such
           a
           shamefull
           ,
           or
           rather
           shameless
           manner
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           them
           have
           died
           with
           pain
           and
           grief
           ,
           or
           else
           have
           starved
           with
           want
           and
           cold
           .
           Base
           cruelty
           unheard
           of
           ,
           exceeding
           the
           brute
           beasts
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           
           worse
           because
           they
           are
           reasonable
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           skilfull
           to
           destroy
           .
        
         
           One
           Mr.
           Luttrell
           ,
           dwelling
           within
           three
           miles
           of
           the
           Burrough
           of
           Cavan
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           worth
           by
           report
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           hundred
           pounds
           a
           year
           ,
           with
           a
           very
           great
           stock
           of
           Cattel
           ,
           was
           basely
           betrayed
           by
           an
           Irish
           Boy
           that
           he
           had
           bred
           up
           in
           his
           house
           .
           See
           the
           baseness
           of
           the
           Popish
           brood
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           was
           at
           Dinner
           (
           being
           upon
           the
           thirtieth
           day
           of
           October
           last
           )
           was
           surprized
           by
           threescore
           of
           those
           Irish
           unmercifull
           Villains
           ,
           with
           a
           company
           of
           dirty
           Whores
           and
           Bastards
           that
           followed
           them
           ,
           which
           this
           Boy
           let
           in
           at
           a
           back
           door
           ,
           where
           pulling
           him
           and
           his
           vertuous
           Wife
           from
           the
           Table
           ,
           and
           four
           small
           Children
           ,
           the
           eldest
           of
           them
           being
           not
           six
           years
           of
           age
           ,
           and
           one
           sucking
           at
           her
           breast
           ,
           without
           pity
           or
           humanity
           ,
           stript
           them
           naked
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           prayers
           and
           tears
           to
           have
           let
           them
           kept
           their
           cloaths
           ,
           and
           then
           thrusting
           them
           in
           a
           cruel
           and
           violent
           manner
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           threatned
           to
           kill
           them
           if
           they
           went
           not
           speedily
           away
           .
           Take
           notice
           how
           uncertain
           all
           our
           outward
           comforts
           are
           .
           So
           they
           departed
           ,
           (
           for
           fear
           )
           away
           ,
           being
           ashamed
           to
           be
           seen
           of
           their
           servants
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           running
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           some
           another
           to
           shift
           for
           themselves
           ,
           but
           the
           distressed
           Gentleman
           with
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           youth
           ,
           directed
           their
           course
           towards
           Dublin
           ,
           hoping
           to
           find
           some
           of
           their
           friends
           in
           the
           way
           to
           relieve
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           farther
           they
           came
           the
           more
           miserable
           they
           were
           ,
           meeting
           their
           loving
           Friends
           
           robbed
           (
           by
           others
           )
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           which
           struck
           in
           them
           such
           amazement
           and
           fear
           ,
           that
           their
           hearts
           failed
           them
           ,
           so
           that
           being
           naked
           and
           hungry
           ,
           helpless
           and
           hopeless
           ,
           the
           poor
           Infants
           crying
           in
           their
           Ears
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           kill
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           they
           went
           not
           far
           but
           sate
           down
           under
           a
           Hedge
           or
           Ditch
           ,
           and
           there
           died
           :
           being
           not
           at
           that
           time
           above
           six
           miles
           from
           his
           own
           house
           ,
           for
           this
           little
           youth
           that
           he
           had
           bred
           up
           (
           being
           an
           English
           Boy
           )
           forsook
           not
           his
           Master
           when
           the
           rest
           ran
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           continued
           with
           him
           till
           death
           :
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           some
           Horsemen
           or
           Troopers
           riding
           that
           way
           to
           coast
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           met
           this
           youth
           ,
           unto
           whom
           he
           told
           this
           sad
           story
           ,
           and
           being
           not
           far
           from
           the
           place
           led
           them
           to
           this
           lemantable
           sight
           ,
           where
           they
           beheld
           the
           true
           love
           of
           Man
           and
           Wife
           ,
           embracing
           each
           other
           in
           their
           death
           ,
           the
           three
           eldest
           Children
           dead
           ,
           but
           the
           suckling
           Child
           was
           preserved
           through
           heat
           ,
           being
           between
           them
           both
           ,
           and
           grabling
           and
           gaping
           for
           the
           dead
           Mothers
           Breast
           .
           So
           the
           Troopers
           took
           up
           the
           Child
           ,
           carrying
           it
           to
           a
           Nurse
           ,
           for
           they
           knew
           the
           Parents
           well
           ,
           and
           bestowed
           some
           Cloaths
           upon
           the
           English
           youth
           ,
           who
           came
           to
           Dublin
           within
           few
           days
           after
           ,
           and
           related
           the
           story
           in
           my
           hearing
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           County
           of
           Roscommon
           ,
           near
           the
           Town
           of
           Roscommon
           ,
           there
           fled
           into
           the
           Parish
           Church
           ,
           eleven-score
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           ,
           where
           they
           remained
           three
           Days
           and
           Nights
           without
           any
           sustenance
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           almost
           starved
           ,
           so
           that
           at
           last
           (
           what
           with
           the
           cries
           of
           their
           Children
           and
           their
           
           own
           wants
           )
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           commit
           themselves
           to
           the
           cruelty
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           who
           according
           to
           their
           usual
           manner
           first
           stript
           them
           naked
           ,
           after
           drove
           them
           through
           the
           Town
           like
           so
           many
           harmless
           Sheep
           and
           Lambs
           over
           a
           Bridge
           at
           the
           Towns
           end
           ,
           having
           before
           broke
           down
           one
           of
           the
           middle
           Arches
           where
           a
           strong
           Water
           runneth
           ,
           so
           that
           either
           they
           must
           leap
           in
           or
           come
           back
           ,
           their
           intent
           being
           there
           to
           murther
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           ;
           For
           the
           poor
           wretches
           being
           Sickly
           ,
           Weak
           and
           Faint
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Food
           and
           Sleep
           (
           yet
           unwilling
           to
           hasten
           their
           own
           ends
           )
           some
           returned
           back
           whome
           they
           killed
           without
           mercy
           ,
           others
           they
           thrust
           into
           the
           Water
           who
           were
           drowned
           ,
           some
           that
           could
           ,
           did
           swim
           towards
           the
           shoar
           ,
           and
           there
           Inhumame
           Villians
           ,
           Bruitish
           Furies
           ,
           ran
           and
           met
           them
           before
           they
           got
           to
           Land
           ,
           and
           knock'd
           them
           in
           the
           head
           in
           the
           Water
           ,
           some
           few
           escaped
           that
           did
           swim
           to
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           where
           the
           Irish
           could
           not
           come
           at
           them
           ,
           having
           before
           broken
           down
           the
           Bridge
           themselves
           ,
           and
           so
           escaped
           to
           Dublin
           ,
           to
           be
           sad
           witnesses
           of
           this
           lamentable
           Tragedy
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Blandry
           a
           Minister
           they
           hanged
           ,
           after
           pulled
           his
           flesh
           from
           his
           bones
           in
           his
           Wifes
           sight
           .
        
         
           Many
           Ladys
           and
           Gentlewomen
           (
           which
           they
           have
           surprized
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           Vlster
           )
           being
           great
           with
           Child
           ,
           they
           have
           turned
           them
           out
           of
           their
           houses
           naked
           into
           the
           fields
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           been
           delivered
           without
           the
           help
           of
           any
           Women
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           ended
           their
           misery
           ,
           others
           that
           have
           escaped
           death
           in
           Child-bearing
           ,
           
           they
           have
           mercilesly
           carred
           away
           upon
           Carts
           (
           lying
           in
           lowsie
           and
           stinking
           straw
           naked
           ,
           )
           to
           places
           where
           they
           and
           their
           poor
           Infants
           have
           been
           destroyed
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           one
           Gentlewoman
           which
           was
           Wife
           to
           Mr.
           King
           ,
           a
           Dean
           ,
           (
           Brother
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Glogue
           )
           and
           Parson
           of
           Dundalke
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Lowth
           ,
           who
           having
           three
           thousand
           Inhabitants
           in
           his
           Parish
           ,
           had
           but
           thirty
           Communicants
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Party
           ,
           the
           rest
           being
           all
           Irish
           and
           Papist
           ,
           and
           although
           this
           Gentleman
           did
           for
           many
           days
           together
           (
           by
           his
           own
           relation
           to
           me
           )
           sollicite
           his
           Wife
           to
           go
           to
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           to
           remove
           his
           goods
           thither
           living
           at
           a
           place
           about
           two
           miles
           from
           Dundalke
           ,
           she
           being
           great
           with
           Child
           ,
           yet
           would
           not
           be
           persuaded
           ,
           although
           she
           knew
           the
           Rebels
           were
           at
           the
           Newry
           within
           eight
           miles
           of
           Dundalke
           ,
           whereupon
           he
           left
           her
           and
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           going
           to
           a
           Friend's
           House
           within
           two
           miles
           of
           his
           own
           (
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           multitude
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           that
           lived
           about
           his
           own
           House
           )
           he
           remained
           there
           but
           two
           days
           when
           tidings
           was
           brought
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Irish
           had
           seized
           upon
           his
           Wife
           and
           all
           that
           he
           had
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           fly
           away
           for
           his
           Life
           with
           his
           Friends
           ,
           who
           was
           pursued
           by
           the
           Rebels
           about
           twelve
           miles
           ,
           but
           through
           God's
           mercy
           he
           escaped
           with
           his
           precious
           Life
           (
           which
           they
           hunted
           after
           )
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           his
           whole
           estate
           ,
           and
           Wife
           whom
           they
           turned
           out
           of
           (
           doors
           having
           first
           abused
           her
           )
           where
           she
           was
           delivered
           in
           straw
           ,
           without
           the
           heip
           
           of
           any
           Woman
           ,
           and
           so
           perished
           .
           She
           was
           a
           charitable
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           and
           in
           her
           life
           time
           had
           relieved
           many
           hundreds
           of
           the
           poor
           Irish
           ,
           and
           this
           mercy
           they
           afforded
           her
           for
           her
           Charity
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           Blany
           escaped
           their
           cruelty
           ,
           being
           forced
           to
           ride
           fourteen
           miles
           upon
           a
           poor
           carrion
           Jade
           ,
           without
           either
           Bridle
           or
           Saddle
           to
           save
           his
           Life
           ,
           his
           vertuous
           Lady
           being
           surprized
           by
           these
           Villains
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           and
           his
           Children
           ,
           who
           use
           her
           most
           ignobly
           and
           cruelly
           ,
           neither
           regarding
           her
           Nobleness
           of
           Birth
           ,
           nor
           her
           Lord
           ,
           but
           forced
           her
           to
           lodge
           in
           straw
           with
           a
           poor
           allowance
           of
           two
           pence
           a
           day
           to
           relieve
           her
           and
           her
           Children
           :
           and
           to
           add
           affliction
           to
           the
           good
           Ladys
           misery
           ,
           slew
           a
           Kinsman
           of
           hers
           ,
           and
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           hanged
           up
           before
           her
           face
           two
           days
           and
           two
           nights
           in
           the
           Room
           where
           she
           lay
           to
           terrifie
           her
           ,
           telling
           her
           withall
           ,
           she
           must
           expect
           that
           end
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           County
           of
           Tir-Oen
           (
           even
           in
           that
           rebellious
           part
           )
           whith
           is
           above
           all
           other
           inhabited
           by
           those
           Romish
           Locusts
           and
           Wolves
           ,
           which
           in
           Nature
           differ
           not
           from
           the
           Dog-Wolves
           that
           breed
           amongst
           them
           ,
           was
           the
           cruellest
           murther
           (
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           )
           committed
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           belonging
           to
           Sir
           
             Philem
             Oneal
          
           ,
           that
           Tyronish
           off-spring
           ,
           and
           
             Rory
             Mack-Guire
          
           ,
           the
           Lord
           
           Mack-Guire's
           Brother
           ,
           who
           are
           known
           to
           be
           the
           most
           eminent
           Rebells
           in
           this
           Treason
           ,
           upon
           the
           Bodies
           of
           one
           Mr.
           
             Charles
             Davenant
          
           ,
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           two
           young
           Children
           .
           The
           Villain
           which
           first
           entred
           the
           House
           and
           most
           forwardest
           in
           cruelty
           
           was
           known
           by
           his
           name
           ,
           to
           one
           of
           the
           servants
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           to
           be
           sometime
           a
           servant
           to
           this
           Mr.
           Davenant
           ,
           and
           lived
           at
           the
           time
           of
           this
           Tragedy
           not
           far
           from
           Dunxannon
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Tir-Oen
           .
           The
           Servant
           of
           the
           house
           that
           knew
           him
           was
           born
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           in
           the
           City
           of
           Clogher
           in
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           but
           of
           English
           Parents
           ,
           his
           name
           is
           
             Thomas
             Maddin
          
           ,
           but
           he
           could
           speak
           good
           Irish
           ,
           and
           so
           escaped
           ,
           being
           an
           Eye-witness
           of
           these
           passages
           ensuing
           .
           This
           Swillyvane
           and
           his
           rout
           broke
           in
           forcibly
           into
           the
           House
           where
           they
           found
           three
           or
           four
           servants
           that
           made
           no
           resistence
           ,
           in
           the
           Kitchin
           ,
           but
           going
           farther
           into
           the
           house
           they
           found
           Mr.
           Davenant
           ,
           sitting
           by
           a
           fire
           with
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           ,
           two
           young
           Daughters
           ,
           they
           immediately
           seized
           upon
           him
           and
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           bound
           them
           both
           fast
           to
           their
           Chairs
           ,
           making
           a
           very
           huge
           and
           great
           fire
           ,
           after
           they
           stripped
           the
           two
           Children
           ,
           the
           eldest
           being
           not
           seven
           years
           old
           ,
           slew
           them
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           their
           Parents
           ,
           and
           after
           roasted
           them
           upon
           spits
           before
           their
           faces
           ,
           such
           barbarous
           cruelty
           was
           never
           known
           .
           With
           great
           patience
           they
           were
           compelled
           (
           poor
           souls
           )
           to
           behold
           that
           cruelty
           which
           they
           could
           not
           help
           ,
           after
           they
           stript
           his
           Wife
           ,
           forcing
           her
           most
           uncivilly
           and
           unmercifully
           before
           his
           face
           ,
           and
           afterward
           cut
           her
           Throat
           ,
           the
           distressed
           Gentleman
           being
           overpressed
           with
           the
           lamentable
           sight
           of
           the
           death
           of
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           ,
           strived
           and
           strugled
           in
           his
           Chair
           where
           he
           was
           bound
           ,
           and
           held
           ,
           hoping
           they
           would
           have
           killed
           him
           ,
           chusing
           
           rather
           to
           dye
           the
           death
           ,
           than
           to
           live
           any
           longer
           .
           So
           when
           they
           had
           made
           an
           end
           of
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           in
           this
           barbarous
           manner
           ,
           they
           untied
           him
           and
           stript
           him
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           murthered
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           confest
           to
           them
           where
           his
           money
           was
           .
           There
           was
           a
           Letter
           written
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           November
           last
           ,
           from
           Stabound
           in
           the
           said
           County
           of
           Tir-Oen
           ,
           by
           one
           Mr.
           Birrom
           ,
           unto
           one
           Mr.
           Cusack
           dwelling
           in
           High-street
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           which
           Letter
           I
           read
           and
           took
           a
           Copy
           of
           :
           and
           before
           I
           came
           out
           of
           Ireland
           the
           abovesaid
           
             Thomas
             Maddin
          
           ,
           came
           from
           the
           City
           of
           Clogher
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Fermanagh
           unto
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           testified
           the
           contents
           of
           this
           Letter
           ,
           being
           an
           Eye-witness
           of
           the
           certain
           passages
           thereof
           ,
           and
           did
           give
           God
           great
           thanks
           that
           he
           had
           escaped
           their
           hands
           in
           my
           hearing
           ,
           for
           he
           said
           his
           Soul
           could
           not
           endure
           to
           be
           any
           longer
           amongst
           them
           ,
           they
           did
           daily
           commit
           such
           cruelty
           ,
           murther
           and
           outrages
           ,
           upon
           the
           English
           Protestants
           in
           those
           parts
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           Burrough
           of
           Kello
           ,
           or
           ,
           as
           some
           Letters
           report
           ,
           at
           the
           Burrough
           of
           Trim
           ,
           being
           both
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Meath
           ,
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           Vlster
           ,
           the
           Rebells
           surprized
           the
           house
           of
           one
           
             Arthur
             Robinson
          
           ,
           he
           himself
           being
           at
           that
           time
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           which
           was
           upon
           the
           six●h
           day
           of
           November
           last
           ,
           about
           some
           suits
           he
           had
           in
           Law
           ,
           being
           in
           the
           last
           Michaelmas
           Term
           ,
           he
           not
           knowing
           that
           the
           Rebells
           were
           risen
           in
           those
           parts
           there
           ,
           he
           intending
           to
           have
           gone
           home
           to
           his
           Wife
           and
           Family
           ,
           five
           or
           six
           days
           after
           ,
           hoping
           by
           
           that
           time
           to
           have
           ended
           his
           business
           ,
           and
           indeed
           when
           he
           came
           from
           his
           house
           to
           Dublin
           ,
           which
           was
           on
           the
           twentieth
           day
           of
           October
           ,
           the
           Rebellion
           was
           not
           begun
           in
           any
           part
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           but
           before
           his
           appointed
           time
           to
           return
           home
           ,
           a
           Messenger
           prevented
           him
           with
           heavy
           tidings
           ,
           even
           his
           onely
           Daughter
           whom
           he
           quickly
           knew
           ,
           though
           she
           were
           much
           disguized
           ,
           for
           the
           Rebels
           had
           slain
           most
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           robbed
           and
           pillaged
           the
           House
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           stripped
           his
           Wife
           and
           ravished
           her
           ,
           they
           sought
           out
           for
           this
           young
           Virgin
           (
           being
           about
           fourteen
           years
           of
           age
           )
           who
           had
           hid
           her self
           in
           a
           Barn
           ,
           where
           the
           Villains
           quickly
           found
           her
           :
           but
           she
           made
           what
           resistence
           she
           could
           to
           preserve
           her
           Chastity
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Knife
           she
           had
           (
           unseen
           to
           them
           )
           wounded
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           the
           rest
           perceiving
           seized
           upon
           her
           violently
           ,
           stripped
           her
           ,
           and
           then
           bound
           her
           with
           her
           Armes
           abroad
           ,
           in
           such
           manner
           as
           she
           could
           not
           help
           her self
           any
           way
           ,
           and
           so
           like
           hell-hounds
           defloured
           her
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           spoiled
           her
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           their
           unheard-of
           malice
           ,
           were
           not
           herewith
           content
           ,
           but
           pulled
           the
           hair
           from
           her
           Head
           ,
           and
           cut
           out
           her
           Tongue
           ,
           because
           she
           should
           not
           report
           the
           truth
           and
           their
           cruelty
           ,
           but
           the
           Maid
           could
           write
           ,
           though
           she
           could
           not
           speak
           ,
           and
           so
           discovered
           their
           inhumane
           usage
           to
           her
           and
           her
           Mother
           .
           The
           Maid
           was
           sent
           with
           a
           letter
           from
           her
           Father
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           to
           Mynhead
           in
           Somersetshire
           ,
           to
           her
           Uncle
           
             William
             Dyer
          
           ,
           her
           Mothers
           Brother
           ,
           living
           within
           three
           miles
           
           of
           Mynhead
           ,
           which
           Letter
           I
           have
           seen
           here
           in
           Town
           ,
           containing
           the
           Contents
           above
           written
           ,
           being
           Dated
           at
           Dublin
           ,
           the
           twentieth
           of
           November
           last
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           eighth
           of
           Januanry
           last
           ,
           a
           distressed
           Minister
           came
           to
           Dublin
           ,
           that
           had
           left
           some
           goods
           with
           a
           supposed
           friend
           ,
           sent
           for
           them
           ,
           the
           goods
           could
           not
           be
           delivered
           ,
           unless
           He
           or
           his
           Wife
           came
           for
           them
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           go
           ,
           but
           she
           went
           ,
           and
           when
           she
           came
           where
           her
           goods
           were
           (
           as
           if
           that
           were
           too
           little
           to
           lose
           her
           estate
           ,
           but
           her
           life
           must
           go
           also
           )
           they
           hanged
           her
           up
           .
           Was
           there
           ever
           such
           Barbarism
           among
           the
           Heathens
           ?
        
         
           In
           the
           County
           of
           Fermannagh
           ,
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           Vlster
           ,
           they
           murthered
           one
           Mr.
           Champion
           ,
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           a
           Burgess
           of
           the
           Parliament
           for
           the
           Borrough
           of
           Iniskillin
           in
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           who
           was
           betrayed
           by
           an
           Irish
           Villain
           his
           Tenant
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           saved
           himself
           twice
           before
           from
           the
           Gallows
           .
           The
           Rogue
           's
           name
           was
           
             Patrick
             Mack-Dermot
          
           ,
           who
           finding
           one
           of
           his
           Companions
           ,
           brings
           him
           to
           Mr.
           
           Champion's
           House
           ,
           and
           tells
           Mr.
           Champion
           that
           he
           found
           this
           Thief
           stealing
           the
           Cattel
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           knowing
           this
           Mack-Dermot
           ,
           said
           unto
           him
           before
           one
           Mr.
           Iremonger
           an
           Attorney
           ,
           I
           am
           glad
           thou
           art
           turned
           from
           Thief
           to
           catch
           a
           Thief
           ,
           whereupon
           he
           returned
           him
           this
           peremptory
           Answer
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           no
           more
           Thief
           than
           himself
           .
           No
           sooner
           had
           he
           uttered
           these
           words
           in
           the
           Court
           before
           His
           House
           ,
           but
           there
           rushs
           in
           upon
           them
           a
           great
           number
           of
           
           these
           Rebels
           ,
           who
           without
           respect
           of
           mercy
           stabbed
           Mr.
           Champion
           ,
           instantly
           before
           he
           could
           get
           into
           his
           House
           :
           so
           that
           he
           fell
           down
           immediately
           ,
           but
           their
           fury
           went
           further
           than
           death
           ,
           for
           they
           wounded
           him
           with
           their
           Skeins
           in
           thirty
           places
           after
           he
           was
           dead
           ,
           and
           then
           cut
           off
           his
           Head
           to
           make
           sure
           work
           ,
           whlie
           the
           rest
           ran
           into
           the
           House
           after
           Mr.
           Iremonger
           ,
           whom
           they
           followed
           so
           close
           that
           he
           had
           not
           time
           to
           lay
           hold
           on
           his
           Sword
           to
           help
           himself
           ,
           but
           falling
           down
           upon
           his
           Knees
           ,
           and
           calling
           upon
           God
           for
           mercy
           ,
           they
           fell
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           ran
           him
           through
           and
           through
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           died
           .
           One
           of
           Mr.
           
           Champion's
           Servants
           escaped
           to
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           reported
           this
           in
           my
           hearing
           in
           December
           last
           .
           A
           third
           was
           likewise
           slain
           ,
           then
           the
           Rebells
           entred
           the
           House
           and
           killed
           more
           :
           his
           Wives
           Sister
           and
           her
           Brother-in-law
           ,
           with
           two
           others
           in
           the
           house
           they
           kept
           prisoners
           ,
           taking
           possession
           of
           all
           they
           had
           within
           the
           house
           and
           without
           ,
           his
           Wife
           was
           down
           upon
           her
           Knees
           to
           beg
           a
           Sheet
           to
           put
           her
           Husband
           's
           dead
           Body
           in
           .
           And
           another
           Gentleman
           with
           other
           Friends
           that
           came
           to
           visit
           him
           over
           Night
           ,
           lost
           their
           lives
           next
           Morning
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           County
           of
           Monaghan
           ,
           within
           two
           miles
           of
           the
           Town
           of
           Monaghan
           ,
           they
           murthered
           one
           Mr.
           
             George
             Foord
          
           in
           his
           Garden
           ,
           a
           great
           company
           having
           gotten
           into
           a
           room
           or
           lost
           over
           a
           Stable
           (
           being
           between
           him
           and
           the
           house
           )
           surprized
           him
           ,
           This
           was
           upon
           the
           one
           and
           twentieth
           of
           November
           last
           ,
           
           being
           the
           Lord's
           day
           ,
           for
           when
           he
           with
           his
           Wife
           and
           Family
           were
           gone
           to
           Church
           ,
           in
           that
           place
           they
           hid
           themselves
           till
           their
           coming
           back
           from
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           watching
           their
           time
           and
           opportunity
           ,
           first
           set
           upon
           him
           without
           any
           words
           ,
           and
           then
           entred
           the
           house
           ,
           for
           the
           house
           was
           strong
           and
           not
           easily
           to
           be
           broken
           ,
           unless
           they
           were
           let
           in
           at
           the
           doors
           ,
           so
           they
           bound
           all
           the
           servants
           being
           some
           English
           ,
           and
           some
           Irish
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           found
           Mrs.
           Foord
           ,
           whom
           they
           stript
           naked
           and
           bound
           ,
           taking
           from
           her
           ,
           her
           Keys
           ,
           having
           also
           with
           them
           her
           Husband's
           Keys
           ,
           who
           lay
           murthered
           in
           the
           Garden
           ,
           and
           risled
           ,
           and
           opened
           every
           Trunk
           and
           Box
           in
           the
           House
           to
           find
           their
           Money
           ,
           where
           they
           found
           but
           little
           to
           what
           they
           looked
           for
           ,
           for
           they
           knew
           that
           Mr.
           Foord
           was
           rich
           and
           well
           monyed
           ,
           wherefore
           they
           began
           with
           threats
           to
           kill
           her
           if
           she
           did
           not
           speedily
           tell
           them
           ,
           but
           alas
           !
           she
           could
           not
           ,
           then
           they
           fell
           to
           torturing
           of
           her
           ,
           heating
           a
           pair
           of
           Tongs
           in
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           clapping
           them
           to
           the
           soals
           of
           her
           Feet
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           palms
           of
           her
           Hands
           ,
           so
           that
           with
           the
           pain
           thereof
           she
           dyed
           .
           After
           she
           was
           dead
           ,
           they
           ript
           her
           Body
           to
           see
           if
           she
           had
           not
           swallowed
           any
           Gold
           into
           her
           Guts
           ,
           and
           so
           when
           they
           had
           pillaged
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           carried
           away
           with
           the
           Gentlewomans
           own
           Horses
           and
           Carts
           ,
           all
           that
           was
           worth
           the
           carriage
           ,
           they
           unbound
           the
           Irish
           servants
           which
           they
           before
           had
           bound
           ,
           and
           murthered
           such
           of
           the
           English
           as
           they
           pleased
           ,
           and
           then
           departed
           .
           I
           heard
           Affidavit
           made
           of
           the
           truth
           and
           
           certainty
           of
           this
           Massacare
           ,
           in
           this
           manner
           before
           recited
           ,
           before
           divers
           of
           the
           Privy
           Council
           in
           Dublin
           in
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           They
           set
           up
           Gallows
           five
           miles
           distant
           in
           divers
           places
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           hang
           up
           the
           Protestant
           Spies
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           accordingly
           ;
           they
           likewise
           cruelly
           set
           Women
           and
           Men
           on
           red
           hot
           Grid
           irons
           to
           make
           them
           confess
           where
           such
           Coyn
           ,
           and
           Money
           ,
           and
           Goods
           as
           they
           had
           ,
           or
           whether
           they
           had
           hid
           or
           sold
           any
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           these
           cruelties
           were
           not
           done
           without
           the
           advice
           and
           animation
           of
           the
           Fryars
           ,
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           their
           religious
           men
           ,
           or
           rather
           Firebrands
           of
           Hell
           ;
           who
           at
           their
           Masses
           ,
           and
           their
           Incendiary
           Sermons
           ,
           stirred
           up
           the
           people
           to
           the
           committing
           of
           these
           Massacares
           ,
           promising
           them
           pardon
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           assuring
           them
           the
           more
           merit
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           they
           exceeded
           in
           their
           villainous
           Cruelties
           :
           they
           themselves
           being
           still
           in
           the
           first
           of
           these
           executions
           .
           For
           no
           stratagem
           of
           War
           ,
           nor
           other
           horrid
           Action
           or
           Dessign
           whatsoever
           ,
           was
           there
           undertaken
           ,
           without
           them
           .
           They
           going
           on
           with
           their
           Soldiers
           in
           the
           head
           and
           front
           of
           every
           Battel
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           mischievous
           Advices
           and
           Counsels
           did
           make
           them
           mad
           ,
           Tyger-like
           ,
           with
           fierceness
           and
           cruelty
           ,
           assuring
           them
           that
           to
           imbrue
           their
           hands
           in
           the
           Bloud
           of
           the
           Protestants
           (
           which
           they
           term
           Hereticks
           )
           shall
           add
           to
           their
           merits
           and
           Canonization
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           gain
           them
           higher
           places
           and
           reward
           in
           Heaven
           .
        
         
         
           Mr.
           Jerome
           Minister
           ,
           they
           basely
           abused
           who
           lived
           near
           Dublin
           sometimes
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           was
           thus
           murthered
           ,
           he
           lived
           near
           the
           Burrough
           of
           Athie
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Kildare
           ,
           they
           hanged
           him
           ,
           then
           mangled
           his
           Body
           ,
           cut
           off
           his
           Members
           ,
           stopt
           his
           Mouth
           with
           them
           ,
           then
           quartered
           him
           .
           This
           is
           reported
           a
           by
           Citizen
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           now
           in
           London
           ,
           to
           bear
           witness
           of
           this
           truth
           .
        
         
           A
           Proclamation
           was
           made
           that
           neither
           English
           nor
           Irish
           should
           either
           sell
           or
           keep
           in
           their
           houses
           ,
           any
           Powder
           upon
           the
           loss
           of
           Goods
           and
           Life
           :
           except
           with
           license
           ,
           and
           at
           two
           shillings
           the
           pound
           .
        
         
           Ministers
           they
           hate
           ,
           and
           breath
           out
           cruelty
           ,
           Massacaring
           their
           Bodys
           ,
           burning
           their
           Books
           ,
           and
           tearing
           them
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           likely
           where
           they
           can
           light
           on
           them
           they
           use
           them
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           They
           robbed
           all
           English
           Protestants
           ,
           stripping
           them
           starke
           naked
           ,
           and
           so
           turned
           them
           into
           the
           open
           Fields
           and
           Mountains
           in
           Frost
           and
           Snow
           ,
           where
           hundreds
           perished
           .
        
         
           They
           destroyed
           the
           English
           breed
           of
           Cattel
           ,
           out
           of
           malice
           to
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           the
           poor
           dumb
           creatures
           fared
           the
           worse
           and
           were
           spoiled
           ,
           though
           one
           of
           ours
           is
           worth
           four
           of
           theirs
           .
        
         
           They
           cut
           off
           Mens
           Privy
           Members
           and
           stopt
           their
           Mouths
           with
           them
           ,
           (
           like
           cruel
           savage
           beasts
           )
           that
           they
           might
           commit
           such
           horrid
           villanies
           without
           noise
           ,
           and
           lest
           their
           pittiless
           bowels
           might
           be
           moved
           with
           the
           cries
           of
           those
           so
           cruelly
           Massacared
           Protestants
           .
        
         
         
           At.
           Waterford
           ,
           some
           poor
           Protestants
           ready
           to
           be
           starved
           ,
           came
           to
           the
           Town
           for
           relief
           ,
           and
           their
           charity
           threw
           them
           some
           Bread
           over
           the
           wall
           :
           it
           is
           likely
           the
           Dogs
           should
           have
           had
           the
           same
           entertainment
           .
        
         
           These
           bloudy
           Papists
           forced
           the
           Protestants
           to
           pull
           off
           their
           Cloaths
           ,
           and
           then
           killed
           them
           on
           purpose
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           have
           their
           Cloaths
           without
           holes
           .
        
         
           After
           they
           had
           knocked
           a
           man
           down
           dead
           ,
           they
           fearing
           he
           might
           counterfeit
           they
           doe
           run
           their
           Swords
           twenty
           times
           into
           his
           Body
           lest
           he
           might
           revive
           again
        
         
           They
           stripped
           Ladys
           and
           Gentlewomen
           ,
           Virgins
           both
           old
           and
           young
           stark
           naked
           ,
           turning
           them
           into
           the
           open
           Fields
           .
        
         
           Many
           hundreds
           were
           sound
           dead
           in
           Ditches
           with
           cold
           and
           want
           of
           food
           and
           rayment
           ,
           esteeming
           them
           no
           better
           than
           Dogs
           .
        
         
           They
           laboured
           what
           they
           could
           to
           make
           death
           appear
           more
           dreadfull
           then
           it
           was
           in
           it self
           :
           they
           hanged
           up
           Husband
           ,
           Kindred
           ,
           Children
           ,
           before
           the
           faces
           of
           their
           living
           Wives
           ,
           and
           tender
           Mothers
           ready
           to
           dye
           for
           grief
           ,
           a
           death
           worse
           than
           death
           it self
           ,
           and
           this
           they
           do
           on
           purpose
           to
           increase
           their
           dolorous
           pain
           and
           anguish
           .
        
         
           They
           forced
           (
           as
           is
           reported
           )
           some
           to
           turn
           to
           their
           cursed
           bloudy
           Religion
           ,
           and
           then
           persuaded
           them
           that
           they
           were
           fittest
           to
           dye
           ,
           and
           then
           treacherously
           murthered
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           what
           in
           them
           lay
           to
           damn
           their
           Souls
           .
        
         
         
           Debtours
           basely
           murthering
           their
           Creditours
           .
           Tenants
           sheathing
           their
           Swords
           in
           their
           Landlord's
           bowels
           ,
           Servants
           unnaturally
           slaying
           their
           Masters
           ,
           others
           possessing
           themselves
           of
           their
           Lands
           ,
           Goods
           ,
           Plates
           ,
           Money
           ,
           Jewels
           ,
           Houshould-stuff
           ,
           Corn
           and
           Cattel
           ,
           and
           thrust
           them
           out
           of
           door
           naked
           .
           Oh
           inhumane
           cruelty
           !
        
         
           Many
           great
           Men's
           Servants
           ,
           being
           Irish
           ,
           ran
           away
           from
           their
           Masters
           with
           their
           best
           Horses
           to
           the
           Rebels
           .
        
         
           Many
           of
           the
           Protestants
           usually
           took
           into
           their
           Houses
           ,
           Irish
           Boys
           ,
           as
           Servants
           ,
           and
           those
           did
           basely
           betray
           their
           Masters
           ,
           like
           Judas
           ,
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           these
           bloudy
           Wolves
           .
           A
           good
           Caveat
           to
           look
           to
           our
           Servants
           before
           we
           take
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           when
           we
           have
           them
           .
        
         
           Others
           they
           wounded
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           then
           left
           them
           languishing
           ,
           their
           Bellys
           being
           ripped
           up
           and
           Guts
           issuing
           out
           ,
           they
           poor
           wretches
           lying
           on
           Dunghills
           ,
           (
           see
           the
           charity
           of
           cruell
           Papists
           )
           all
           this
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           out
           of
           their
           misery
           too
           soon
           .
        
         
           It
           seems
           it
           was
           their
           delight
           to
           linger
           out
           their
           cruelties
           (
           like
           men
           that
           wanted
           Bowels
           )
           for
           whereas
           the
           primitive
           Persecutions
           were
           exquisitely
           cruell
           ,
           yet
           they
           made
           a
           quick
           Dispatch
           of
           them
           :
           but
           these
           sons
           of
           Belial
           found
           new
           ways
           of
           persecution
           by
           extreme
           Cold
           and
           Hunger
           to
           starve
           (
           which
           aggravates
           their
           cruelty
           )
           tender
           Women
           with
           Child
           ,
           poor
           helpless
           Insants
           and
           sucklings
           .
        
         
         
           An
           Irish
           Rebell
           (
           as
           a
           credible
           friend
           reports
           )
           snatched
           an
           innocent
           Babe
           out
           of
           the
           Armes
           of
           the
           Mother
           ,
           and
           cast
           it
           into
           the
           fire
           before
           her
           face
           ,
           but
           God
           met
           with
           this
           bloudy
           wretch
           :
           for
           before
           he
           went
           from
           that
           place
           ,
           he
           broke
           his
           Neck
           .
        
         
           The
           Rebells
           burned
           all
           the
           Plantation
           Towns
           in
           the
           County
           of
           London-Derry
           .
        
         
           One
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           they
           threw
           into
           the
           water
           by
           force
           ,
           drowning
           some
           that
           could
           not
           swim
           ,
           others
           that
           could
           they
           knocked
           on
           the
           head
           .
        
         
           Many
           rich
           and
           great
           Men
           fled
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           carrying
           their
           Estates
           with
           them
           ,
           they
           left
           no
           relief
           for
           the
           poor
           distressed
           people
           that
           came
           hither
           .
           Thousands
           thus
           fled
           into
           Dublin
           ,
           many
           hundreds
           starved
           to
           death
           with
           Hunger
           and
           Cold
           ,
           the
           poor
           Citizens
           relieved
           them
           beyond
           their
           abilities
           the
           charge
           lying
           on
           the
           poorer
           sort
           .
        
         
           Many
           of
           their
           Wives
           they
           ravished
           in
           their
           sights
           ,
           before
           the
           multitude
           like
           brute
           beasts
           ,
           stripping
           them
           naked
           to
           the
           view
           of
           their
           wicked
           companions
           ,
           taunting
           them
           ,
           scoffing
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           sending
           them
           away
           shamefully
           ,
           that
           they
           died
           with
           Grief
           ,
           or
           starved
           with
           Cold.
           
        
         
           One
           Mr.
           Wells
           Minister
           ,
           losing
           his
           Notes
           ,
           went
           back
           to
           look
           them
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           returned
           ,
           he
           met
           the
           Rebells
           crying
           ,
           Kill
           all
           ,
           kill
           all
           ,
           the
           head
           Rebells
           command
           .
           Thereupon
           he
           fled
           over
           a
           Mountain
           ,
           was
           up
           to
           the
           Breast
           in
           cold
           Snow-water
           and
           so
           scaped
           to
           Dublin
           very
           hardly
           with
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
         
           Three
           thousand
           six
           hundred
           poor
           souls
           fled
           naked
           into
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           starved
           with
           Hunger
           ,
           came
           to
           eat
           something
           and
           died
           with
           eating
           ,
           twenty
           in
           a
           daylay
           dead
           in
           the
           open
           Streets
           ,
           as
           Men
           smitten
           with
           the
           Plague
           .
        
         
           Sir
           
             James
             Crag
          
           being
           in
           his
           Castle
           ,
           having
           many
           with
           him
           was
           besieged
           with
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           almost
           famished
           the
           Knight
           was
           constrained
           to
           put
           forty
           out
           of
           the
           Castle
           which
           else
           must
           have
           been
           famished
           with
           the
           the
           rest
           :
           behold
           the
           cruelty
           of
           these
           bloud-sucking
           Papists
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           turned
           out
           ,
           and
           lest
           to
           their
           mercy
           ,
           they
           made
           quick
           dispatch
           set
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           slew
           every
           man.
           
        
         
           Another
           came
           into
           an
           English
           Gentleman's
           House
           ,
           and
           found
           him
           a
           Bed
           ,
           and
           there
           began
           to
           cruciate
           and
           torture
           his
           naked
           Body
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           extort
           of
           him
           a
           consession
           where
           his
           Treasure
           lay
           ,
           which
           when
           this
           poor
           distracted
           Gentleman
           acknowledged
           in
           hopes
           to
           be
           eased
           ,
           they
           cruelly
           killed
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           stripped
           his
           Wife
           naked
           ,
           and
           turned
           her
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           would
           make
           all
           savage
           like
           themselves
           :
           and
           lastly
           ,
           Mac-Quire
           took
           his
           Daughter
           being
           a
           proper
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           and
           satisfied
           his
           beastly
           lust
           on
           her
           ,
           deflouring
           her
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           was
           too
           little
           to
           kill
           her
           Father
           ,
           turn
           her
           Mother
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           and
           abuse
           her
           himself
           ,
           but
           like
           an
           inhumane
           Villain
           cut
           off
           her
           Garments
           by
           the
           middle
           ,
           and
           then
           turned
           her
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           common
           Soldiers
           ,
           to
           be
           abused
           at
           their
           pleasure
           .
        
         
         
           Take
           notice
           of
           the
           bloudy
           practices
           ,
           and
           cruelties
           of
           the
           Romish
           party
           ,
           especially
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           Priests
           ,
           those
           fire
           brands
           of
           Hell
           ,
           who
           at
           this
           very
           day
           to
           incourage
           their
           Disciples
           to
           murther
           ,
           as
           is
           afore-written
           ,
           do
           anoint
           them
           with
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Unction
           ,
           assuring
           them
           that
           for
           their
           meritorious
           service
           (
           if
           they
           chance
           to
           be
           killed
           )
           they
           shall
           immediately
           enter
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           escape
           Purgatory
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           get
           from
           the
           Protestant
           party
           ,
           by
           Murthering
           ,
           Robbing
           and
           Stealing
           ,
           the
           one
           half
           shall
           be
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           what
           man
           would
           not
           be
           willing
           to
           venture
           upon
           such
           conditions
           ,
           to
           get
           Wealth
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           and
           purchase
           Heaven
           for
           Murther
           .
           Oh
           damnable
           Doctrine
           and
           Doctours
           .
        
         
           They
           usually
           mangled
           their
           dead
           Carcasses
           ,
           laying
           wagers
           who
           should
           cut
           deepest
           into
           their
           flesh
           with
           their
           Skeins
           .
        
         
           At
           Carvagh
           ,
           near
           Colerane
           ,
           the
           Rebells
           came
           to
           begirt
           the
           Town
           ,
           Mr.
           Rowly
           ,
           Brother
           to
           the
           worthy
           Knight
           Sir
           
             John
             Clotworthy
          
           ,
           came
           forth
           with
           a
           small
           Company
           ,
           about
           three
           hundred
           men
           to
           prevent
           them
           ,
           they
           came
           upon
           them
           with
           a
           very
           great
           company
           ,
           and
           slew
           all
           but
           eight
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           base
           cowardise
           where
           they
           want
           courage
           ,
           they
           make
           it
           up
           with
           heaps
           and
           multitudes
           of
           frighted
           Hares
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           fearfull
           and
           cowardly
           ,
           ever
           the
           more
           cruel
           upon
           any
           advantage
           .
        
         
           All
           their
           cruelties
           were
           usually
           on
           disarmed
           Men
           ,
           in
           small
           Villages
           ,
           where
           was
           no
           strength
           to
           resist
           them
           ,
           there
           they
           have
           tyrannized
           over
           the
           weaker
           Sex
           ,
           
           Women
           ,
           and
           they
           basely
           triumphed
           over
           little
           Children
           ,
           their
           rage
           hath
           been
           exercised
           .
           Oh
           base
           cowardise
           if
           they
           ventured
           sometimes
           on
           our
           Men
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           when
           they
           were
           naked
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           flying
           from
           those
           Furies
           which
           their
           party
           have
           newly
           stripped
           naked
           :
           by
           and
           by
           they
           met
           with
           more
           of
           those
           white-livered
           Villains
           in
           companies
           .
           They
           would
           likewise
           abuse
           those
           poor
           naked
           Protestants
           like
           Dogs
           ,
           adding
           to
           their
           misery
           ,
           beating
           them
           and
           bruising
           their
           naked
           Bodys
           with
           Cudgels
           ,
           breaking
           the
           Heads
           of
           some
           and
           wounding
           others
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           had
           not
           died
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           dangerously
           sick
           with
           the
           inhumane
           usage
           of
           those
           merciless
           wretches
           :
           nay
           ,
           rather
           than
           they
           will
           be
           (
           no
           body
           )
           they
           will
           shew
           their
           manhood
           in
           abusing
           dead
           Bodys
           ,
           as
           this
           story
           declares
           by
           very
           credible
           testimony
           from
           their
           own
           Country-men
           .
        
         
           Here
           I
           shall
           acquaint
           you
           with
           a
           remarkable
           Story
           ,
           which
           I
           received
           from
           a
           Citizen
           of
           
           Dublin's
           testimony
           ,
           of
           good
           repute
           there
           and
           here
           :
           wherein
           you
           may
           behold
           the
           promise
           made
           good
           to
           the
           Protestant
           side
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           himself
           made
           to
           his
           People
           Israel
           ,
           that
           five
           should
           chase
           a
           hundred
           .
        
         
           It
           pleased
           God
           by
           one
           man
           and
           few
           with
           him
           ,
           to
           out-dare
           about
           thirty
           thousand
           of
           those
           cowardly
           Rebells
           ,
           whose
           cause
           is
           base
           ,
           whose
           Religion
           is
           but
           a
           mere
           pretence
           for
           their
           bloudy
           designs
           ,
           and
           thus
           it
           was
           as
           that
           Citizen
           related
           .
        
         
         
           A
           very
           great
           Army
           of
           about
           thirty
           thousand
           Rebels
           besieged
           Drohedah
           ,
           wherein
           was
           that
           valliant
           and
           religious
           Commander
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Tichbourn
          
           ,
           with
           a
           few
           of
           the
           Protestant
           party
           with
           him
           in
           comparison
           of
           those
           multitudes
           of
           Rebells
           ,
           trusting
           to
           their
           great
           Army
           ,
           boldly
           demanded
           the
           Town
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           yield
           ,
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           they
           should
           have
           fair
           Quarter
           :
           But
           Sir
           Henry
           knowing
           them
           (
           its
           likely
           )
           very
           well
           how
           perfidious
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           the
           less
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           swore
           and
           execrated
           themselves
           ,
           resolutely
           replied
           ,
           and
           sent
           the
           Rebells
           this
           Answer
           .
           
             
               Be
               it
               known
               to
               you
               I
               am
               a
               Soldier
               bred
               ,
               and
               will
               never
               yield
               but
               upon
               Three
               Conditions
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Before
               I
               Surrender
               I
               will
               kill
               all
               the
               Papists
               in
               the
               Town
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               I
               will
               destroy
               all
               the
               Nunneries
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               I
               will
               fire
               the
               Town
               ,
               and
               march
               in
               the
               light
               of
               it
               ,
               by
               the
               help
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               Dublin
               .
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               rather
               than
               I
               will
               give
               up
               ,
               I
               will
               feed
               on
               a
               piece
               of
               a
               dead
               Horse
               ,
               and
               if
               that
               fail
               ,
               I
               will
               eat
               the
               Soulders
               of
               an
               old
               Popish
               Alderman
               .
            
          
           This
           Bone
           he
           threw
           among
           those
           hungry
           Dogs
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           imagine
           how
           they
           relished
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           remarkable
           instance
           which
           was
           published
           by
           order
           of
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           House
           of
           
           Lords
           ,
           concerning
           this
           Noble
           and
           Religious
           Knight
           ,
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Tichbourn
          
           ,
           how
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           honour
           him
           with
           a
           successfull
           Victory
           against
           the
           Rebells
           ,
           they
           being
           driven
           in
           Drohedah
           ,
           to
           eat
           Horse-flesh
           for
           want
           of
           other
           provision
           .
           The
           Rebells
           having
           chained
           up
           the
           River
           in
           hope
           to
           keep
           out
           provision
           by
           Sea
           ,
           that
           no
           relief
           might
           come
           from
           Dublin
           ,
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           raise
           such
           a
           storm
           that
           broke
           the
           Chain
           ,
           and
           scattered
           the
           Enemies
           Boats
           ,
           and
           opened
           a
           free
           passage
           from
           Dublin
           ,
           whereby
           they
           were
           relieved
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God.
           Thus
           the
           Lord
           Fought
           for
           them
           by
           Winds
           and
           Seas
           .
        
         
           Pulling
           them
           about
           the
           Streets
           by
           the
           hair
           of
           the
           Head
           ,
           dashing
           the
           Childrens
           Brains
           against
           the
           Posts
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             These
             are
             the
             Pigs
             of
             the
          
           English
           Sows
           .
        
         
           And
           also
           by
           Land
           an
           Army
           lying
           before
           the
           City
           ,
           assaulted
           them
           in
           hopes
           to
           famish
           them
           :
           whereupon
           this
           Noble
           Captain
           ,
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Tichbourn
          
           ,
           sallied
           out
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           but
           with
           forty
           Musquetiers
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           Horse
           ,
           beat
           off
           four
           hundred
           of
           the
           Enemies
           ,
           killed
           above
           threescore
           of
           them
           ,
           recovered
           fourscore
           Cows
           and
           Oxen
           ,
           and
           two
           hundred
           Sheep
           ,
           burned
           four
           Towns
           and
           brought
           home
           two
           of
           their
           Colours
           .
        
         
           Here
           take
           notice
           of
           their
           cowardise
           again
           attempted
           on
           a
           Noble
           Lady
           ,
           by
           a
           Letter
           sent
           from
           seven
           of
           the
           grand
           Rebells
           ,
           with
           her
           resolute
           and
           undunted
           Answer
           to
           them
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   THE
                   Rebells
                   Letter
                   To
                   the
                   LADY
                   OFFALIA
                   In
                   her
                   Castle
                   at
                   Geshel
                   .
                
                 
                   TO
                   The
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   and
                   thrice
                   Vertuous
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   Lady
                   Digby
                   ,
                   these
                   give
                   .
                   
                     Honourable
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   WE
                   His
                   Majesty's
                   Loyal
                   Subjects
                   being
                   at
                   the
                   present
                   employed
                   in
                   his
                   Highness
                   Service
                   for
                   the
                   taking
                   of
                   this
                   your
                   Castle
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   therefore
                   to
                   deliver
                   unto
                   us
                   free
                   possession
                   
                   of
                   your
                   said
                   Castle
                   ,
                   promising
                   faithfully
                   ,
                   that
                   your
                   Ladyship
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   the
                   rest
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Castle
                   restant
                   shall
                   have
                   a
                   reasonable
                   composition
                   ;
                   otherwise
                   upon
                   yielding
                   of
                   the
                   Castle
                   ,
                   we
                   do
                   assure
                   you
                   that
                   we
                   will
                   burn
                   the
                   whole
                   Town
                   ,
                   kill
                   all
                   the
                   Protestants
                   ,
                   and
                   spare
                   neither
                   Man
                   ,
                   Woman
                   nor
                   Child
                   ,
                   upon
                   taking
                   the
                   Castle
                   :
                   Consider
                   (
                   Madam
                   )
                   of
                   this
                   our
                   offer
                   ,
                   and
                   impute
                   not
                   the
                   blame
                   of
                   your
                   own
                   folly
                   unto
                   us
                   ,
                   think
                   not
                   that
                   here
                   we
                   brag
                   :
                   your
                   Ladyship
                   upon
                   submission
                   ,
                   shall
                   have
                   a
                   safe
                   Convoy
                   to
                   secure
                   you
                   from
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   your
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   lead
                   you
                   where
                   you
                   please
                   .
                   A
                   speedy
                   reply
                   is
                   desired
                   with
                   all
                   expedition
                   ,
                   and
                   thus
                   we
                   surcease
                   :
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Henry
                         Dempsy
                         .
                      
                       
                         Charles
                         Dempsy
                         .
                      
                       
                         Andrew
                         Fitz-Patrick
                         .
                      
                       
                         Conn
                         Dempsy
                         .
                      
                       
                         Phelim
                         Dempsy
                         .
                      
                       
                         John
                         Vicars
                         .
                      
                       
                         James
                         Mac-Donel
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   
                     The
                     Lady
                  
                   OFF
                   ALIA
                   
                     her
                     Answer
                     to
                     the
                     Rebells
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   For
                   my
                   Cosin
                   
                     Henry
                     Dempsy
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   rest
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   Received
                   your
                   Letter
                   ,
                   wherein
                   you
                   threaten
                   to
                   sack
                   this
                   my
                   Castle
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majestys
                   Authority
                   ;
                   I
                   am
                   and
                   ever
                   have
                   been
                   a
                   Loyal
                   Subject
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   good
                   Neighbour
                   amongst
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   cannot
                   but
                   wonder
                   at
                   such
                   an
                   Assault
                   ;
                   I
                   thank
                   you
                   for
                   your
                   offer
                   of
                   a
                   Convoy
                   ,
                   wherein
                   I
                   hold
                   little
                   safety
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   my
                   resolution
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   being
                   free
                   from
                   offending
                   His
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   or
                   doing
                   wrong
                   to
                   any
                   of
                   you
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   live
                   and
                   dye
                   Innocently
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   doe
                   my
                   best
                   to
                   defend
                   my
                   own
                   ,
                   leaving
                   the
                   issue
                   to
                   God
                   ;
                   and
                   though
                   I
                   have
                   been
                   ,
                   and
                   still
                   am
                   ,
                   desirous
                   to
                   avoid
                   the
                   shedding
                   of
                   Christian
                   bloud
                   ,
                   yet
                   being
                   provoked
                   ,
                   your
                   threats
                   shall
                   no
                   whit
                   dismay
                   me
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Lettice
                     Offalia
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           These
           Stories
           I
           relate
           that
           all
           true-hearted
           Protestants
           may
           take
           heart
           ,
           and
           likewise
           take
           notice
           that
           God
           is
           vindicating
           his
           own
           Glory
           against
           these
           desperate
           Atheists
           that
           began
           to
           insult
           ,
           and
           to
           ask
           (
           as
           we
           are
           credibly
           informed
           )
           what
           is
           become
           of
           the
           God
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           likewise
           what
           spirit
           and
           courage
           God
           is
           able
           to
           put
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           those
           that
           fight
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           cause
           against
           his
           bloud-thirsty
           enemies
           .
           And
           therefore
           be
           not
           dismaid
           you
           Protestants
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           great
           honour
           to
           fight
           under
           the
           Banner
           of
           Christ
           ,
           they
           fight
           under
           the
           banner
           of
           Anti-christ
           ,
           the
           Lord
           is
           with
           you
           while
           ye
           are
           with
           him
           .
           See
           the
           blasphemies
           and
           cruelties
           of
           these
           bloudy
           men
           :
           it
           is
           that
           their
           names
           (
           as
           Amalek
           )
           may
           be
           blotted
           out
           from
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           for
           surely
           the
           day
           of
           recompence
           is
           comming
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           make
           his
           Arrows
           drunk
           in
           their
           bloud
           ,
           they
           love
           bloud
           ,
           and
           therefore
           God
           will
           give
           them
           bloud
           in
           great
           measure
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           I
           shall
           relate
           you
           a
           bloudy
           story
           of
           one
           of
           those
           cruell
           beasts
           .
           The
           Protestant
           Troopers
           ,
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           Febr.
           1641.
           marched
           out
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           as
           they
           used
           to
           do
           ,
           to
           view
           the
           Coasts
           ,
           they
           espied
           a
           cruell
           Rebel
           hewing
           and
           mangling
           a
           Woman
           in
           so
           horrid
           a
           manner
           that
           it
           was
           impossible
           to
           know
           her
           ,
           having
           acted
           his
           Devilish
           part
           he
           triumphed
           over
           her
           dead
           Corpse
           ,
           and
           washed
           his
           hands
           in
           her
           bloud
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           Troopers
           apprehended
           this
           barbarous
           Villain
           in
           the
           very
           act
           of
           cruelty
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           to
           Dublin
           with
           his
           hands
           all
           bloudy
           ,
           and
           was
           adjudged
           
           to
           be
           hanged
           immediately
           ,
           he
           ascended
           the
           Ladder
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           stay
           till
           the
           Executioner
           turned
           him
           off
           ,
           but
           desperately
           leaped
           off
           and
           hanged
           himself
           .
           This
           was
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           February
           ,
           and
           was
           credibly
           reported
           by
           a
           Citizen
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           who
           saw
           him
           thus
           hanged
           with
           his
           hands
           all
           bloudy
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           remarkable
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           rise
           of
           this
           bloudy
           act
           ,
           it
           was
           thus
           .
           A
           Fryar
           and
           this
           Villain
           was
           drinking
           together
           in
           a
           Village
           ,
           the
           Fryar
           hearing
           a
           poor
           English
           Woman
           there
           ,
           he
           commanded
           this
           Rebel
           to
           murther
           her
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           read
           ,
           attested
           by
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           of
           good
           credit
           .
        
         
           Thus
           these
           poor
           deluded
           wretches
           gull'd
           with
           their
           Jesuits
           damnable
           Doctrine
           ,
           who
           assure
           them
           on
           their
           words
           ,
           that
           the
           
             more
             cruel
             ,
             the
             more
             meritorious
             .
          
           An
           Article
           no
           where
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Devil's
           Creed
           .
        
         
           Would
           any
           man
           believe
           that
           these
           Villains
           should
           take
           Children
           and
           toss
           them
           with
           pitch-forks
           like
           Dung
           into
           Rivers
           ?
           one
           was
           an
           Eye-witness
           (
           who
           lost
           a
           great
           Estate
           there
           ,
           but
           since
           received
           relief
           from
           the
           Parliament
           )
           who
           saw
           a
           cruel
           wretch
           ,
           throw
           a
           Woman
           crying
           with
           tears
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           her
           Child
           with
           a
           pitch-fork
           another
           way
           .
        
         
           They
           cruelly
           murthered
           Women
           great
           with
           Child
           ,
           and
           then
           left
           them
           in
           Ditches
           ,
           to
           the
           fury
           of
           their
           Dogs
           ,
           who
           learned
           to
           be
           cruel
           from
           their
           bloudy
           Masters
           ,
           for
           they
           eat
           the
           Children
           out
           of
           the
           Bowels
           of
           the
           Mother
           .
        
         
         
           At
           Lesgoole
           Castle
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Fourmanagh
           ,
           they
           burned
           fifty
           Scots
           ,
           Men
           ,
           Women
           and
           Children
           .
        
         
           Sixteen
           Scots
           more
           they
           barbarously
           hanged
           at
           Cloynes
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Monaghan
           .
        
         
           Thirty
           Scots
           they
           burned
           in
           Tolagh
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           remarkable
           that
           they
           dealt
           thus
           cruelly
           with
           those
           Noble
           Scots
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           renowned
           through
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           for
           their
           zeal
           against
           that
           Antichristian
           Rabble
           ,
           that
           these
           Rebells
           would
           wish
           they
           had
           but
           one
           neck
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           cut
           them
           off
           at
           one
           blow
           ,
           but
           the
           Protestant
           Cause
           shall
           stand
           in
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           when
           they
           and
           their
           Babel
           shall
           be
           cast
           into
           the
           bottomless
           Pit.
           
        
         
           
             Rory
             Mack-Quire
          
           at
           New-Town
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Fourmanagh
           ,
           above
           four
           hundred
           poor
           Protestants
           fled
           into
           the
           Church
           to
           shrowd
           themselves
           under
           its
           roof
           ,
           for
           safety
           from
           the
           rage
           of
           those
           men
           of
           bloud
           ,
           where
           they
           might
           have
           been
           famished
           ,
           but
           the
           mercy
           of
           this
           merciless
           beast
           affords
           them
           quarter
           to
           go
           away
           with
           their
           Cloaths
           to
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           vows
           he
           will
           not
           hurt
           them
           :
           before
           they
           got
           out
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           the
           Soldiers
           stript
           some
           and
           killed
           others
           like
           base
           perfidious
           wretches
           .
        
         
           The
           Irish
           Lieutenant
           pretending
           they
           came
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           perfidiously
           come
           under
           favour
           ,
           pretends
           to
           borrow
           the
           Arms
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           as
           they
           said
           ,
           to
           quell
           the
           Rebells
           ,
           then
           break
           into
           their
           Houses
           ,
           and
           turn
           their
           weapons
           against
           themselves
           ,
           made
           havock
           ,
           taking
           their
           feather-beds
           ,
           and
           throwing
           out
           their
           
           feathers
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Ticks
           ,
           put
           up
           what
           pretious
           things
           they
           could
           find
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           carried
           all
           away
           ,
           and
           so
           turned
           them
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           the
           next
           company
           taking
           away
           their
           cloaths
           ,
           and
           cloathing
           them
           with
           their
           rags
           .
           The
           next
           company
           thinking
           they
           may
           have
           Money
           in
           those
           rags
           ,
           take
           them
           also
           ,
           search
           their
           Mouths
           ,
           and
           those
           parts
           which
           modesty
           will
           not
           admit
           of
           an
           expression
           :
           if
           they
           can
           find
           none
           ,
           they
           set
           their
           Skeins
           at
           their
           Breasts
           ,
           to
           try
           if
           they
           can
           extort
           any
           thing
           when
           the
           poor
           Protestants
           are
           naked
           .
           Blush
           ,
           O
           Sun
           !
           to
           behold
           the
           inhumane
           cruelties
           and
           beastly
           usages
           of
           these
           unheard
           of
           Cannibals
           .
        
         
           They
           enslaved
           the
           poor
           Protestants
           under
           them
           ,
           making
           them
           work
           like
           Horses
           all
           day
           ,
           digging
           and
           delving
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           shut
           them
           up
           all
           Night
           ,
           not
           knowing
           what
           wages
           ,
           whether
           life
           or
           death
           should
           be
           allotted
           ,
           and
           so
           every
           Night
           lay
           trembling
           and
           praying
           that
           they
           might
           be
           delivered
           from
           their
           cruelties
           .
        
         
           Some
           Ministers
           they
           whipped
           ,
           others
           they
           set
           in
           the
           Stocks
           ,
           and
           made
           others
           to
           go
           to
           Mass
           against
           their
           wills
           ,
           then
           told
           them
           ,
           now
           that
           they
           had
           saved
           their
           Souls
           ,
           they
           would
           hang
           they
           Bodies
           .
        
         
           A
           Minister
           seeing
           his
           Wife
           abused
           ,
           and
           his
           Children
           roasted
           ,
           and
           desiring
           them
           to
           put
           him
           out
           of
           his
           extremity
           of
           anguish
           ,
           which
           he
           suffered
           by
           seeing
           such
           cruelty
           committed
           on
           those
           so
           near
           him
           ,
           they
           most
           inhumanely
           cut
           his
           Tongue
           out
           of
           his
           Head.
           
        
         
           And
           for
           a
           conclusion
           of
           this
           dreadfull
           Tragedy
           ,
           it
           is
           related
           from
           one
           of
           the
           last
           Letters
           from
           Ireland
           ,
           
           that
           seventeen
           of
           those
           barbarous
           monsters
           came
           to
           a
           Minister's
           house
           ,
           where
           they
           violently
           fell
           on
           him
           and
           his
           Wife
           ,
           stript
           them
           naked
           ,
           bound
           them
           back
           to
           back
           ,
           then
           cut
           off
           the
           Ministers
           privy
           members
           ,
           afterward
           ravished
           his
           Wife
           on
           his
           back
           ,
           and
           then
           inhumanely
           cut
           their
           Throats
           :
           transcendent
           cruelty
           ,
           exceeding
           Pagans
           and
           Atheists
           .
        
         
           
             
               For
               the
               Oppression
               of
               the
               Poor
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Sighing
               of
               Needy
               :
               now
               will
               I
               arise
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               set
               him
               at
               liberty
               from
               him
               that
               Oppresseth
               him
               .
            
          
           
             Psal
             .
             12.
             5.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .