THe Rebells under the pretence of saving the En­glish, Phillip of Relley, told the people of Belturbet that hee came to save them from the enemy, and wished them to see what weapons every man had, and to bring them to him, which the poore people did, and when hee had gotten the weapons, he caused them presently e­very man to goe into their Houses and not to stirre till hee called on them, but as soone as they were in, they caused the doores to be made fast, and a guard at every doore, and then the false villaines began to pillage them, but still promising them faire quarter, and that they should have their goods againe, and carriages to carry them away which he did, but no sooner had they put up their goods, but presently it was taken from them, and every man wo­man and child stripped naked and sent away towards Dub­lin, where they told them that they should have but cold entertainement for it was taken, but they lyed I thanke God: but when they heard the plott was discovered, the Rogues were ready to hang themselves, which no good [Page 2] time past I hope they will be hang'd or killed. There did come in one company at least 1500 men, women and chil­dren, and they all were starke naked as my poore Vnckle Swamson told me, and no sooner did they get a ragg to co­ver their nakednesse, but a Rogue of ten yeares old would search them, and if it were worth the taking they would have it, and had their skenes in their hands to kill any that did resist, and were robbed 22 times before they came to the Cavane, and many killed and starved with the cold, the like damnable and inhumane doing was never heard of before they tooke the sucking children, and stript them and flung them with pitchforkes into the River, and they tooke above a hundred of the distressed soules and broke a wodden bridge that they were to goe over, & made them goe over the broken bridge that they were all drowned, and such as could swimme, they went on both sides of the River and killed them with stones and clubs: in that com­pany was Master Follerton my Lord Primates Chaplaine, and he would not sting himselfe into the River, but suffe­red himselfe to bee cut in peeces, and one more with him, such as they got with them to Masse for feare, the next day they would tell them, now that wee have saved your soules wee will hang you, and did one Master Midleton; they killed my cosin Francis Sullian in his wives armes, and had almost cut her fingers off because shee would not let him goe, and after dragged him in the dirt, they tooke one, Trafford a Minister at Longford, and ripped up his bel­ly, this your Vnckle Iohn told mee, who scaped very nar­rowly from them; they got one Sharpe a Minister at the Navane, and cut him in peeces, and his poore wife think­ing to gather them againe to burie him, the Rogues had like to have killed [...] did meddle with them, but let the doggs eate him; they tooke Master Pullen the Bishop [Page 3] of Derry his brother in law at Cashell and stripped him, and whipt him about the streets, and after put him in the stockes, and there he remained starke naked till they were going to Masse, then they put an old ragg about him, and pricked him behind with their swords and skenes into Masse, and whether hee be dead or alive it is not knowne, this Deane Thrope told me: nay there is a more inhumaine thing then all this, the damned Rogues did serch the wo­mens privie parts for money, and would make the poore good women to dance naked with a bagpipe, and beeing neere a Thatcht house the poore soules would catch of the straw, and hold it before them, but the Rogues would catch it from them: againe I could send you ten times more of their damnable wicked doings, but time would not permit me.