where it maketh a poole there lyeth Weisford the chiefe towne it is not of any great bignesse but yet memorable in that being assaulted by Fitz Stephen a valiant Captaine it yeelded it selfe unto his protection and became a Colony of the English so that still it useth the ancient apparrell of the English and their speech but somewhat mingled with Irish Eniscort is seated on the River Slane and Fernes is seated more inward an Episcopal See beyond which River dwelt the Cavenaghs Donels Montaghs and O Moores of Irish race stirring tumultuous-spirits and amongst them the Sinottes Roches and Peppers English Vicount Mount-garretto the Butlers are the men of note on this side Slane many more English of note as most of the common sort English The County of Divelin or Dublin on the East lyeth broad upon the Sea on the west bounded with the County of Kildare on the south on two small territories of Wicklo and Arcklo once the habitation of the O Tools and O Birns and now termed the Glimes and norwest limited with the County of Meth and Nanny a small River It is a very plentifull County both in corne and cattell abounding also with game for pleasure their greatest want is fuell which is a heavie turfe or English sea-coale but in the south side a barren soile hils and woods plenty many hollow valleyes over-run with trees which they call Glinus among which was the Bishoprick of Glandelaw but now annexed to the Archbishop of Dublin All the rest of the County is rich and plentious the people of a stately port and garbe in gentile neatnesse and carriage surpassing all the rest of Ireland and it is divided into five severall Baronies Rath-downe New-castle Castle-knoc Cowloc and Balrodry This whole County is Neptunes neighbor no part thereof being twenty miles distant from the Sea To the south of Dublin Haven standeth Wicklo a narrow Haven over which bends a rocke immured strongly with fortification in stead of a Castle whose command none ought to have but English borne Lord Maynard hath the title of Baron Then from the top of a hill New-castle looketh into the Sea in the sight of the three shelves which they call the south middle and north grounds lying in length yet shall you find betweene them and the shore seven or eight fathome of water A little higher where the River Bray disburdens into the Sea is seene Oldcourt the possessions of the Walshes of Carickmain who are a large and ancient stocke Next are Powers or Poerscourt belonging formerly to a Family of that name since the Wingfeilds have the title of Vicount Powerscourt A little Iland Saint Bennets belonging to the Archbishop of Dublin lyeth in an elbow of land which the River Bray maketh The creeke or bay is called Dublin Haven which is five leagues from Wexford into which Haven the greatest River of this County powreth it selfe called Liffy whose originall being but fifteene miles distance from that place yet through his many windings and turnings he watereth many countries First south by Saint Patricks land then westward after north watering the County of Kildare at length into the east by Castle-knoc and so by Kilmainam Dublin is seated seven miles from the mouth of Liffy it is the most famous towne of all Ireland the Irish call it Bala Cleigh that is the town set upon hurdles for the first foundation thereof was laid upon hurdles by reason of the soft unsetled ground like as Sivil in Spaine is said to bee built on piles Venice on woolsack or such like matter of foundation it is an ancient towne yet was much rent and defaced in the Danish warres after it became subject to Edgar King of England who in his Charter cals it The most noble City of Ireland Then the Norwegians got it in possession and at last it fell to the English who defended it against the Irish and was planted with a Colony of Bristow men on whom King Henry the second bestowed this City and all the liberties and franchises which the men of Bristow have of which City many write in praise and commendation one thus A City in regard of the people noble of the site most pleasant by reason of the Sea and River meeting together rich and plentifull in fish for traffick famous for the green plaines delightfull and lovely beset with woods of mastbearing-trees incompassed about with Parkes of Deere So another Develin a maritine towne is the mother City of all Ireland having to it an Haven passing well frequented for traffick and enter course of Merchants matchable with our London There are many Keyes and Wharfs along the River jetting out to stop the violence of the water A very strong wall of rough building stone reacheth along by the sides of it which openeth at six gates from whence there runne forth suburbs of great length Towards the east is Dammes gate and neere it the Kings Castle very strong both by art and nature and an Armory or storehouse built by Henry Lounders Archb. 1220. Saint Andrews Church stands in the east suburbs not farre from which is Trinity Colledge which queene Elizabeth honoured with the title and priviledges of an University The north gate openeth at the Bridge built by King John of Arch-worke and this uniteth Oustmans towne to the City for here the Easterlings that came out of Norway placed themselves about 1050. In the south quarter of the City stand two gates Ormonds and Newgate the common prison These lead into Saint Thomas street being large and long where there stands a great Abbey of that name founded by Henry the second for the expiation of the murder of Thomas A Becket as some say Into the south openeth Pauls gate and Saint Nicholas which maketh a way into Saint Patricks suburbs wherein standeth the Archbishops Palace called Saint Sepulchers and a stately Church dedicated unto Saint Patrick having an arched roofe of stone and a tall steeple It maintaines a Deane a Chaunter a Chauncellor a Treasurer two Archdeacons and 22 Prebendaries the only light and lampe as the Parliament of that Kingdome said of it of all godly and Ecclesiasticall discipline and order in Ireland There is another Cathedrall Church standing in the very heart of the city called Christ-church neere the south side of which standeth the towne Hall built of square stone and called the Tolestall where the Sessions of the city are kept The chiefe Officer was a Provost but Henry the fourth gave them liberty to choose a Major and two Bayliefes after King Edward the sixth changed the two Bayliefes into two Sheriffes No inconvenience save only that the ebbing and flowing of the Sea doth much choake the mouth of Liffy that hinder great vessels from going up and makes them to observe the high water for transporting of goods Where Liffy dyeth in the Ocean Houth standeth compassed in a manner round with the Sea of which those nobles Saint Lawrence hold the Barony Not farre off is Malehide or
Bishops See together with the See of Clumi annexed to it The river both roundeth and runneth through the middest of the towne not passible but by bridges lying in length in one broad street having a bridge over it It is a towne of great resort and populous but formerly subject to the injury of the Rebells which made them keep a carefull watch against them That religious and devout man Brioc who flourished among the Sauls was borne and bred here Below Corke the parting of the river maketh a sweet and pleasant Iland over against the chiefe dwelling house of the Barries called Barry Court derived from Robert de Barry an Englishman who behaved himselfe valiantly in the Irish warres and was the first that manned and brought the Hauke to hand in Ireland he had the title of Baron Barry but after of Vicount Beutiphant The former river empties into the Sea below Barry Court neare Imokelly a faire possession long since of the Earles of Desmond and containes a safe road in the mouth of it As this supplyes the lower part of the country so Black-water called anciently Even-more the great river moystneth the upper part upon which dwelleth the Noble familie of Roeh who went out of England and flourished there and enjoyed the title of Vicount Fermoy and were Parliament Barons in Edward the 2. time Yoghall standeth on this rivers mouth a Major town nor great but walled about builded in length and divided into two parts the upper reacheth Norwest and hath a Church in it and the lower part Southwest the commodiousnesse of the Key makes it much frequented by Merchants The County of Waterford lyeth in the East side of Ireland stretching out it self between the rivers Broadwater West and Shour East the Main on the South and Tipperary Norwest both delightsome and very profitable When Broadwater hath out-run the County of Cork behinde it Lismore presently sheweth it self an Episcopall See where Christian once sate that was of the same Cloyster with Saint Bernard and Pope Eugenius but now annexed unto Waterford The Lumly's are Vicounts of Waterford At the mouth of which river standeth Aidmore a small town so called because it standeth near the Sea Not far from hence standeth Dungarvan having a strong hold of good force It is a Tide-haven 8 leagues from Waterford full of rocks and deep within the harbour Vicount Dessee together with the Barony of Dungarvan King Henry the sixth granted to Iohn Talbut Earl of Shrewsbury but afterward seeing it lay conveniently to that part of Mounster that was to bee brought under and reduced into order it was by a Parliament annexed to the Crown of England On the side of the river Shour Waterford the principall City of this County maketh a fair shew the Irish and Britains call it Porthlargie the English Waterford 37 leagues from Englands end It was built by certain Pirats of Norway the ayr is grosse and unhealthy the soil not fertile the streets pent and narrow yet by reason of the commodiousnesse of the harbour which is fair and wide 10 or 11 fathom deep going in it is much frequented and of great resort driving a quick trade so that it is esteemed the second City in the Kingdom and hath continued alwaies true and loyall to the Crown of England ever since Richard Earl of Pembroke wan it first and hath received many favours and priviledges from the Kings of England for their good services And Henry the seventh augmented them much for their discreet carriage of themselves against the mock-Prince Perkin Warbeck who counterfeited Richard the third under which colour he couzened a great Peer of Scotland of his fair daughter This County of Waterford together with the City King Henry the sixth gave unto Iohn Talbut Earl of Shrewsbury But by reason of wars in France and the civil dissentions between the houses of York and Lancaster the Kings of England were busied and the Nobles so intangled in those broils that they could not intend the affairs of Ireland so that the Irish grew very insolent and powerfull So that in the 28 year of H. 8. though the fault were committed long before his dayes yet for punishment by Act of Parliament it was ordered That the heirs of many Noblemen as the Earl of Shrewsbury Ormond the Duke of Norfolk and Baron Barkley and all the Abbots and Priors for they were all found liable to this punishment with the rest should forfeit all their lands and demeans in Ireland into the Kings hands for such neglect and absence The County of Limrick is an inland County lying behinde that of Cork Northward between Kerry the river Shanon and the County of Tipperary a very fruitfull and populous place but not eminent for any thing of note The Western part of it is called Conilagh wherein there is Knoc Patrick a very high hill from whence there is a pleasant prospect into the Sea where you may see how Shanon fals in to the Virginian The head City is Limrick which Shanon by parting begirteth round the Irish call it Loumeagh and the English Limrick it is a chief Market-town of Mounster and the See of a Bishop and at this day called two Towns the upper wherein stands the Cathedrall Church and a Castle and hath two gates and each of them a stone Bridge with bulwarks the one leading into the West the other into the East unto which the lower Town joyneth fenced with a wall and a Castle thereto and a fore-gate at the entrance into it Lord Esmond is Baron of Limrick In the South of this County is Kilmallo the next Town to Limrick both in substance and inhabitants incompassed likewise with a wall Vicount Sarsfield of Kilmallo Not far off standeth Adare a little Town hard unto which lyeth Elan Gibbon where dwelt the White-Knight so called for his gray hairs The other inhabitants of note are the Lacyes Browns Hâ—rlyes Chacyes Sapells and Pourcells all of English race also the Mac Shee s Mac Brian O Brien of Irish blood The County of Tipperary is bounded Westward with Limrick and the river Shanon Eastward with the County of Kilkenny with the County of Corke and Waterford southward and North with the territories of the O Carolls The south-part hath much corne and many beautifull buildings and the river Glason runneth with a large course thorow the West-part of it not farre from whose bankes stands Emly or Awn a Bishops See thorow the middest of it glideth that goodly river Shour or Swire which issuing out of Bladin hills hasteth thorow the lower Ossery of which Hen. 8. dignified the Butlers with the title of Earles and thorow Thurles which honoureth the same Family with the dignity of Vicounts and so goeth into Holy-crosse termed the County of the Holy-crosse of Tipp Then Shour goeth besides Cassile honoured with the dignity of an Arch-bishop by Eugenius third Pope of Rome from thence runneth the River down Shreading Ilands here and there and fetcheth a round about Cahir
with his forces who came from Carickfergus at their meeting place his Lordship raised a Forâ— capable of a 1000 foot and 100 horse and called in Mountjoy after his own Barony And his Lordships resolutions were to follow Tyrone from place to place but that a scarcity of victuals hindred him so that he was faâ—â— for 20 days to goâ— elswhere to provide but leaving those Garrisons in the mean time so strong about Tyrone that he should not dare to venture on the plainâ— and they stirring about to seek after him in his fortress he should not feed his Câ—…is abroad Now fresh news came of new supplyes from Spaina and confirmed for that a ship of Spaine arrived at Ardea and brought O Swillivan Beare and other Captaines of the Rebels munition and store of money which made them grow somewhat resolute whereas before they were ready to sue for mercy this caused some obstructions in their proceeding But the Lord Deputy intending to take the field and have the Newry but hearing that Tyrone would send and disturbe the parts about Killultagh to hinder that himselfe should not be prosecuted His Lordship sent some Commanders to invest a strong Fort wherein lay all the goods of such Rebels as were fled into Tyrone called Enishlanghen which was seated in the midst of a great Bog and no way accessable but through thick Woods very hardly passable and the Fort had about it two deep ditches both compassed with strong Pallisado's a very high and thick Rampire of earth and timber and well flanked with Bulwarks and sixty souldiers for its defence who by the industry and valour of our men were made to yield and men brought to his Lordship at the Newly This done his Lordship took the field Aug. 20 marched towards Armagh and so spoyled Tyron's Country who was fled into Fermanagh from whence he went to a Fortresse at the bottome of Lough Earne so that hee could not be approched so that making wast thereabouts leaving Garrisons at the end of SuÌ„mer his Lordship returned to Dublin About October 20 many Rebels offered submission especially many of Tyrones Captains and Tyron himself writes an humble letter to the Lord Deputy Who begins a journey into Connagh to take the submission of other Rebels and to view the Towne of Galloway where he continued all Christmas and caused a fort to be built there The Lord President of Munster went to surprize the castle of Dunbay which Oswillivan Bear got from the Spaniard at Bearhaven where in were sixty Warders and three peeces of Ordnance neere unto which his Lordship pitched his camp having a rising hil between it the castle there were within it some Spaniards Italians But our battery making a breach was entred by the English and possessed part of it but the Rebels defended the rest all the day and night and part of the next day untill our men wonne it by force and slue and executed 134 men sparing 12 of good account which were kept to worke upon Tirrill Spanish Ordnance taken in this Fort one Demyculvering two Sacres and one Falcon all of brasse and two Sacres five Minions and one Falcon of iron the Castle was blown up and his Lordship returned to Corke Sir Samuel Bagual with a Regiment fell by night into Tirrils Campe lying in Muskerry killed 80 of his men made him flie away in his shirt took a thousand cattell 60 horses and hackneys and much rich spoyle And Sir Charles Wilmot brake by night into the quarters of the Knight of Kerry killed 40 of his men tooke 500 Cows 200 Garrais and two moneths provision of meale and meeting with other Rebels he took in all 2000 Cows 4000 sheep and 1000 Garrais so that the Rebels as bâ—oken men flew towards Pale About this time Captain Taffe commanding our Irish in Carbery assaulted a band of Rebels led by a Priest the Popes Nuntio who killed the Priest with most of his men and got his cattell Upon whose death Mac Carties all Cerbery submitted So the Lord President from Connagh returned to Munster and leaving two Commissioners to governe Munster in the beginning of March sailed into England And now Tyrone himself sues for the Queenes favour which she is very unwilling to grant supposing him not worthy to live who had cost so many lives and caused he so much charge and trouble yet the Deputy earnestly mediates but it doth not appeare that ever shee did yield unto it yet willing he should come in But Tyrone had little left but the grudging of the common people which alwayes followes disasters and exclaymed that he had ingaged the ruine of his whole Nation for his owne private discoâ—tents and that these warres howsoever beneficiall to him yet were they most peâ—nicious to them Thus Tyrone having almost if not altogether worne out and wasted his friends and fortune found it high time to seek â—avour and accept it upon any terms Which the Deputy having secret intelligence of the Queens death not yet publikely knowne made some haste to accept of his submission lest another should have taken the beast out that he had taken in his toyle And so March 30 1603 at Meâ—ifont hee made his humble submission to the Deputy sitting in a Chaire of State on his knees and in the company of the Deputy rode to Dublin April 4. At which time open tydings came of the death of that victorious Queen and the happy comming in of K. James do the Earle of Tyrone made a new submission to the Deputy as to King James King of England And now upon this change divers of the Towns and Cities as Cork Waterford and Wexford through the â—educing of the Priests and Jesuits had set up the Idolatrous Masse and brought in Popish superstition by force and violence on a â—aâ—â—e suggestion that K. James was a favourer of the same So the Deputy was â—ike to have a new businesse in hand by those that had not shewed themselves all this time who seeing their hope of gaine gone the rebellion growing to an end themselves will venture to continue it rather then let it â—â—â—ke As Limrick and Galloway but especially Corke grew exceeding insolent and by force to advance to the height the Romish Religion And for prevention hereof his Lordship first writes to the Maior and then drawes towards them with the Kings forces Hanged some of the Ring-leaders at Corke sware the other Cities to obedience leaving strong Garrisons in them Left Sir George Carem the Kings Deputy sent for Tyrone and carried him into England where he was joyfully welcomed and graciously entertained at the Court created Earle of Devonshire and made a privy Counsellour Tyrone having procured his pardon of the King and a Proclamation for his safegard in his return to Ireland being grown exceeding odious to our Nation there he stayed awhile but after being disloyall fled into Spain and there died The War ended the army List horse 1000 foot 11150 and