AFter my humble duty remembred, &c. I wrot to you the last weeke by a friend bound for London, inclosed to my Brother Roger Cole, and inclosed a Proclamation set forth by the Lords Ju­stices and Councell here, shewing the names of divers of the Capitall Rebels, and what reward shall be gi­ven unto him that shall bring in the heads of them or kill them, although they shall not be able to bring in their heads, yet a different reward to be given the doers of it, and since which time, Sir Phelom O Neale and the Lords of the English Pale, viz. the antient English Inhabiting divers Counties about Dublin, bestowed on them by the Kings of England, of whom I wrot the names in my former letters, have made a Proclamation on their parts, that whosoever shall bring unto them the head of the Earle of Ormond our Generall, of Sir Charles Coote, Sir Simon Harcourt, and other Collonels and Captaines of ours, shall have a very great reward, and the fine of each is expressed in the Proclamation, as yet they dare doe any thing, for if we count the arme of the flesh to be strength, they are neere 20 to one against us. There is of them gon into the Province of Munster above 30000 men, and some report they are compleat in Armes, and the Commanders are the Lord Montgarret, L. Dunboyne, [Page 3] L. of Icharin, L. Kihare, L. Brittis, and Lord of upper Ossery, and some affirme that my Lord of Muzgrave is Generall, they have driven the Lord Presi­dent into Corke, and 14 or 1500 men with him, and have laid siege to Bandon-bridge, & Kingsale, of which we have certaine newes, but what mischiefe they have done to our English in all the Countrey there about, we know not, but doe grieve to thinke upon. All the Province of Connaght is likewise in rebellion, and Gal­laway taken by them, onely we understand that the Fort there is on our side, but hour long they can sub­sist without provision we know not, that is the most dangerous place in the Kingdom, because it is a good Harbour and lyes open to Spaine, and you know that spain hath ever bin a harbour of Rebels against England, their Religion teacheth men so to be. I wrot you for­merly that if wee have not shipping in all the Ports of this Kingdome, to prevent the comming in of Armes to the Rebels, that all the ayd England can send will doe us little good, for you may please to consi­der the difference betweene their Souldiers and ours, setting their Commanders a part: our men are for the most part poore men and weake in many respects, for he that is of any great meanes and great breeding in England, will not come over to be common Soul­dier here, and those that are here they are (many of them) poore pilledg'd people, the better sort are gon for the most part into England: they are the most wise able and active men of this Kingdome, and in battle they have a very great advantage against us, for they commonly place themselves heare unto some great Bog, and if they be put to the worse in 500 yards running they will get into the Bogs, where no horse [Page 4] can come neare them, neither are our foot skilfull to follow them: if it were possible there to compassd them in, it were to the purpose, but to meet with them on the other side of the Bog, it may be will cost our men (as in many places) 20 or 30 miles march, and by that time they will be far from our Ar­my. The Rebellion is so generall, and their men so many, that if our Army here, which with my Lord Lieut. Regiment now landed, and the 4 or 500 horse now come (as is reported) will make hardly 8000 men, 1000 whereof are Inhabitants, and most of them householders, Marchants and Tradesmen of this City, and their servants, who may not leave this Citty without great danger. I have two servants in the Kings pay, and I stand with my owne Armes upon any service that shall be required, and will God willing, adventure my hearts blood for the cause in hand; I say if our Army here should adventure farre into the Countrey against them one way, they will escape our Army many wayes, and come upon Dublin, which would indanger the losse of the whole Kingdome, for all depends upon this place: For al­though wee have no intelligence out of the North, whereby to write you of it, yet you may please to conceive, that where the Rebellion began, they will make sure something for themselves: I thinke there are none but Scots Inhabitants, very few English left to oppose them, wee have no certaine intelli­gence thence of the landing of any out of Scotland, but what we heare out of England; I wrot you of the going away of shipping from hence with provision for to relieve our Souldiers in Tredath (or Droghe­dath) and was in hope that they had got in safe, but [Page 5] On Saturday we understood that they were not then gotten in, that the Rebels had sunck many boats and chained them together, and that Captaine Bart­let of the Kings Pinasse; intended to try the brea­king of the chaine, or if the spring-tyde would bring water enough to carry them over the chaine, and that Captaine Bartlet had taken one vessell loaden with Herrings, and sunck another being come from Wexford, thither with provision for the Rebels, I trust to heare good newes from thence.

We heare that there are two Priests at Nantz in France, buying of Powder and Armes for the Rebels, I am much affraid that this South wind hath brought them in unto VVexford, for that Towne is in their owne custody, I cannot heare whether Youghall and Dungarven be taken by them or not; but they have a very great Army gon that way; we are here in a very bad case for want of mony, and we have had good hope to have had store out of England this wind, but there is not mony to pay the Souldiers that are now come over. We have great joy for the blessed agree­ment betweene the King and the Parliament. God who is the Author of peace and Unity, keepe the di­vell and his instruments; the sower of sedition, and his children, from disturbing the same, that the King may be happy, God glorified, his Religion establi­shed, that truth and honesty may be in fashion, and superstition and lyes may be put away from our Land, and the father of lyes and Antichrist utterly banisht. We have reported here, that my Lord Mas­grave hath great forces apart, besides the Army that is with my Lord Mountgarret, but I thinke it is all one Army, and I marvell from whence they have [Page 6] their Armes, except France should furnish them, brought into VVexford.

I have written you what conflicts wee have had about us with the Rebels, I thinke that in severall battles; viz. at Glasnemoccy (so much reported of in the English Currants) was not above 6 men poore Rogues found in houses without fight, at the Grange 6 miles from this, I thinke were some 70 men slaine, and many Armes taken, at Sheourd 4 Colours were taken, and about 100 slaine of them, and there we lost Sir Luciu [...] Cary, brother to the Lord Vis­count Fawkland in England, hee was Lieutenant Col­lonell to Sir Charles Cootes Regiment; at Racoole there was about 50 men slaine of them: at Fingles, about some 30 of them slaine; and wee lost but one ordinary Souldier, and what men have beene slaine at Tredath, or Droghedah, wee heare that this last voyage, wee were like to lose a great boat loade of provision, that went downe to relieve the Towne, by being grounded, but that they had a piece of Ord­nance aboord, which secured them till the Tyde came againe, and slew many of the Rebels both horse and foot, of which I shall write more the next op­portunity; In the meane time I humbly commend you to God, and rest,

MY love remembred to you, I doe much wonder that since you went to London, I never received any Letter from you but one, which I wonder of you, being so long in London.

Your brother Henry the writer hereof is come over with good Newes blessed be our God, for there hath beene two great battels fought betweene the Rebels and our Scotchmen, the one at London-derry, the other at the Nenry, where the Lord hath given great victory; above 15. or 16, hundred slaine of the Enemies in both the battels, Captaine Ellis with his company of 300. hath banisht them from the band-fide, and Captaine Cunnighame met him at Ballachy, in March from the Towne of Coulraine, and with him and Captaine Play, 500. so that they are we hope from these three Counties, for we have intelligence by your brother, that there is brave Commanders be­yond, as Colonell Lestie, Major Lestie, that went from this Towne, Lieutenant Colonell Brothwike, and Captaine Hamilton, who hath beene very valo­rous, there hath beene no losse on our side this great while, onely one Robert Jake, and John Carfell, two of Captaine Ellis Souldiers slaine at the Towne, and your cousin John Vernet is hurt, and one that kept Sir John's Land in the Grange, the Lord of Antrims [Page 8] Country is silent now, but a while agoe they made great stir as you writ, that Glenram and Enver was burnt, but it is not so, they are safe, Murno did not stay in Carikfergus above 48. houres after he landed, but marched towards Belfast, and from thence to Drummore, and as we heare by your brother of a cer­taine, gave battell to one Patricke, Mac Cartane, and one Mac Geere, where he did kill many of them, being accompanied with my Lord of Ardes and his forces, with the losse of 14. men, and your brother sayes they are beaten from the Newrie, and the North part somwhat quieter then it was, blessed be our good God; we heare that England is like to be in a wofull case, and yet you never touch it in your Letter, I pray you doe not so any more, we suspect the Generall himselfe will goe over shortly if he had commission: men are levying very fast heere.

Thus to obey your desire, to write younewes, as you doe not the like to me, but you may thanke the Clarke, I wrot, one to you before as well as I could, your father and mother remembers them, you and all your friends: your father is going over againe, if he heare any further of any settling, your brethren that is with Master Iames Catwarthy are all well, Alexander your brother is newly come over, but is going backe in all haste, he came for more Armes, I pray yon hast you home as soone as possible you can, and let me heare from you by every Post, I commit you to the Lord, and rest,