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A76938	A remonstrance of divers remarkable passages and proceedings of our army in the kingdome of Ireland, being an extract of a letter, sent out of Dublin from Doctor Arnold Boat, doctor to the state, and Physitian Generall to the army, to his brother Doctor Gerard Boat, doctor to the Kings Majestie, living in Aldermanburie. As also the certaine death of Sir Charles Coote, and the manner thereof. May 18. Ordered to be printed and published.	Boate, Arnold, 1600?-1653?; Boate, Gerard, 1604-1650.	1642 (1642)	Wing B3371; Thomason E148_8; ESTC R212718	5,419	9

ordered by the State that one thousand foot should be sent thither not any whole Regiment but companies out of the three severall Regiments of my Lord Lievtenant sir Simon Harcourt and Colonell Crafford which forces are to march thither to morrow Saturday 7. May. The taking of the Nevvrie and Carlingford The joyfull newes of Sir Charles COOTS prosperous proceedings brought to us on Tuesday Evening the third of May was the next day seconded with as good newes from the North. For on Wednesday Evening came to Towne Captaine Cadogan with twelve Horse being that morning come from Dundalke and brought along a Message from the Newrie sent by my Lord Conway to the Lords Iustices and Counsell Whereby wee undestood that my Lord Conway with an Army of partly English and partly Scotch being come to the Newrie on Saturday 19. April found the Towne empty the Rebels being fled out of it upon the approach of our forces and fired it before they went The Castle was kept by a Garrison but the Ordnance being placed against it they were soone daunted out of their resolution and came to Parley Wherein at first they talked very bigge and of marching out not onely with their goods but with their Armes also their pieces charged their matches burning bullets in their mouthes and their Colours flying but were glad to come to a composition for their lives onely and to march out with nothing but white staves in their hands And thus much it selfe would not have beene granted them but in regard of our Prisoners with them Sir Edward Trevor Sir Charles Po●ns and a many more both men and women most of them of good qualitie whom all they would have knocked on the head if they could not have obtained quarter for themselves About this same time the Rebels left Carlingford a Towne seated neer the mouth of that Bay whereunto the little River running by the Newrie dischargeth it selfe and fired it leaving a Garrison in the Castle under which Castle a Ship sent from Knockfergus by My Lord Conway at the ●ime of his comming away with command to waite on him in that haven coming to Anchor the same time that the Newrie was taken they hung ou● French Flags Whereupon some of the Rebels being come abord they told them that they were sent by the French Cardinall to relieve them with Armes and Amunition and that they would deliver it if some of their principall men would come to receive it This newes being brought to the Castle the Commanders of the garrison went abord whom the Captaine having laid by the heeles went a shore with a good number of his Souldiers to take the Castle now deprived of its Commanders Iust as he was landed and putting his men in order there appeared Sir Henry Tichburne comming downe the Hill with an Army who knowing nothing of what was past either there or at the Newrie was come thither with an intent to make himselfe Master of that place The Captaine ●artled at that sight as thinking they had beene enemies began to retreate and went to get himselfe to his ship againe When Sir Henry still approching they perceived them to be their friends and so both met with great joy on both sides and mutuall congratulations and having put a garrison into the Castle the Captaine returned to his Ship and Sir Henry to Dundalke An Ext●act of a Letter from Deane Barnard to me dated at Droghda 28 of April of some exploits there about The last weeke Sir Henry Tichburne marched out from Dundalke three or foure miles to Bates Wood where he had bin informed of Collo Macbrians lurking with a hundred men burnt the Towne and killed about one hundred and fiftie Rebels without the hurt of one man of ours Yesterday Captaine Gibson with some foote and horse marched out from hence neere a dozen miles killed about a hundred fired all the Countrey and returned without the least dammage to any yet they appeared in diverse little bodies We have now setled another Garrison at Mellifont and make some worke that wayes also Of the proceedings of Connaught The same day that we heard the Newrie was taken news also came out of Connaught whereby wee understand that matters there also begin to goe very well on ouo side and that my Lord President about Atl●ne Sir Charles Coote the younger old Sir Charles his eldest sonne about Castle-Coote and the Garrison of Elfin did bestir themselves bravely had beaten the Rebels severall times and with small numbers had given to great bodies of theirs man● a notable overthrow so that now they dare not come neere them in many miles but our people many times march out against them The Citie of Gallowa having temporised a great while at last run into open Rebellion and besieged the Fort upon notice whereof the State sent a ship from hence to go and relieve it with amunition and other necessary provision this ship safely arrived there and put those things into the For● the Townes-men vaine in having indeavoured to hinder it with their Ordnance and while they were discharging their Canon at her one of the peeces broke asunder and few the matter of Twenty men of their owne and amongst them one Sir Thomas Blake a man of great note at Galoway This s●me weeke wee also heard out of Mounster and of the brave ●ats which Sir Charles Vavasour and my Lord of I●chequeen had done upon the Rebels and how fallying out of Corke with only 300 men they had put my Lord of Muskerrie with an Army of 3000. men to the worst and killed a great many of the Rebels whereof I will say no more because I know you have had that newes in London a good while since and before we had it here in Dublin From Dublin the Eleventh of MAY. 1642. THese occurrences have hapned and come to our certaine knowledge first out of Connaght That the Noble Earle of Clan●c●ard standeth loyall and right to the King and hath relieved the Fort of Galolway 2 Out of Munster that Muskerry hath been met with by our forres and is shot into the shoulder and that Captaine William Iephson hath relieved the CASTLE of Rothgogan upon whom 500. of the rogues approached supposing to devoure him but he by a dissembling flight drew them into a plaine and slew 240. of them and tooke the Lievetenants and Ensignes Prisoners Thirdly Out of Vlster and the parts of Lynster bordering upon it That the Lord Conway attended with the Scottish Major together with their forces have taken the Newry and a Castle adjoyning thereto called Narrowater Castle whence were delivered Sir Edward Trever S. Charles Peynes Captaine Smith and others c. And that an English Sea Captaine by a witty policie putting forth the Spanish Colours hath gained Carlingford when they saw the Colours twelve of the chiefe Commanders of the Rebels went aboord in hope to have Ammunition but as soon as they were aboord they put them in hold and sending his Musketiers on shore took the town Sir Henry Tichborne being in Dundalke having intelligence that there were 300 Rebels in a Wood call d Babes Wood beset the Wood with Horsemen and Pikemen and sent his Muskettiers into the Wood and some of the Rebels got into Trees and others fled out but there did not escape above fifty men Fourthly That the Lord Lisle and others marched with Troopes of Horse a small number of Dragoneers and a few Firelockes to Philips-Towne in the Kings County they tooke the Fort and sacked the Towne and burned it In their returne Sir Charles Coote closed with them at the Naas where he hath beene since the battaile they all marched to Tryme where the Lords of the Rebels were namely the Earle of Fingall Gormonston Slany Trimbleston and Nettervyle who upon their approach fled but without losse onely of foure men Mackham is slaine with some few that went with him The Lord Ravellogh hath slaine O Connor Dunne his eldest sonne and taken foure Colonels and hath got good store of Corne and hath got two hundred pound for ransoming a Merchant of the worshipfull Towne of Athlone Sir Charles Coote junior who followes his Fathers steps met with his forces and made his worke with fire and sword amongst the enemies on that side Since which time Sir Charles Coote is killed accidentally by one of his owne Lievtenants who when hee perceived the accident hee would have runne himselfe upon his owne Sword had not a Captaine prevented him FINIS