Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	advantage_n	army_n	place_n	1,086	5	4.0319	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86067	July 18. 1642. A perfect diurnall of all the proceedings of the English and Scotch armies in Ireland, from the 14 of June to this present. Sent over from Master Godwin, Master of the Ordnance in the English army, to a merchant now dwelling in London.	Godwin, Master.	1642 (1642)	Wing G967; Thomason E107_10; ESTC R20302	2,502	8

JULY 18. 1642. A perfect Diurnall OF All the proceedings of the English and Scotch Armies IN IRELAND From the 14 of June to this present Sent over from Master Godwin Master of the Ordnance in the English Army TO A Merchant now dwelling in LONDON London Printed for Jo. Raworth 1642. A perfect Diurnall of all the proceedings of the English and Scotch Armies in IRELAND From the Fourteenth of June to this present TUesday the Armie marched forth being about 5500 horse and foot and 8 Field Peices under the conduct of the Lord Lieutenant Generall with a designe of supply to relieve the Lord President of Connaught the first night we quartered at Pierstowne where we had notice that Sir Richard Greenfield had besett certaine Rebells in a strong Castle having lost many men before it but for want of Ordnance could not take it whereupon was sent him 3 of our best Field-peices for his assistance On Wedensday the 15 we came within 2 miles of Trym in these two dayes march we passed through an even Champion and rich soile by many pleasant seates too good for so barbarons and wretched a people as inhabited it June the 16. our men having made a breach in the Castle assaulted it but found the Enemie desperately resolute reviling and calling them English doggs Parliament Rebells Puritan rogues and holding up some of their best apparell and linnen at their sword points and topps of Pikes and setting fire unto them burnt them in our sight saying look you here you pillaging Rascals there is pillage for you and when our Gunners shot they cryed shoot home you rogues Captain granadoes part of the house took fire which some of them seeing resolutely burnt their armes goods and and fastly themselves therein others cryed for quarter but none being granted but to the women and children they resolutely defended themselves and kept our men almost two houres at the breach at push of pike throwing stones slates and hot liquor in great abundance on them spoyling many yet our men encouraged by the example of Captain Statu●… seconded him and ●…stantly forced an entrance killing many in the 〈◊〉 and found many that had bin killed by our shot drawn into severall corners the rest crying out and begging for quarter were brought out and stripped by our men and immediatly slain being guessed in the totall at 140 persons besides the women and children who had their liberty we lost about 30 men and many wounded among whom Lieutenant Colonell Kirk is chief of whose recovery there is great doubt lastly having burnt the Castle we lest it and on Thursday marched through Trym a walled Town standing preasantly on the Boyn now fortified by Sir Richard Greenfield the Governour thence we marched five miles to a strong and pleasant Town called Athboy burnt and forsaken by the enemy that might we lay about Del●in Castle likewise forsaken by the enemy about this part of the country wee recovered good store of cattle and other booties On Saturday the 18 day we marched to Rathconnell twelve miles on Sunday the 19 day we marched through Mollingar burnt and forsaken by the enemie in it we found beer corn and wooll hid under ground this day a footman met us with a Letter from the Lord President that night wee came to Ballimere 12 miles 9 miles from Athlone we found the Town and Church newly burnt and a very strong Fort which the enemy had made forsaken to our no small wonder at their cowardise the next day our Generall went to Athlone accompanied with divers Commanders taking with him a Convoy and the succours for the Lord President being 18 companies of foot and one troop of horse with two Field-pieces and store of Ammunition there met him yong Sir Church Coot whose wisdom and courage by Gods mercifull blessing had been the preservation of the English in that part of the country as his deceased Fathers industry and valour had bin in this great was the joy the Townsmen were in upon the arrivall of our succour In our return another way we found two dangerous passages fortified and forsaken the enemy supposing that we would have come that way from Dublin for though they seemed to have Intelligence of our design and forces as they often have had yet they knew not but we would march the usuall and direct rode way which if we had done it had cost us the lives of many of our best men they having placed their forts and redoubts accordingly sometimes they came out of the Bogs and slew the straglers in the Reare and many of our men were in this journey lost by marching disorderly and stragling to pillage the enemie still watching his advantages The 24. being Friday we came to Kilcock 12 miles from Dublin from which place a troop being sent with some carriage to quarter at Menooth a mile from the army passing through the narrow pace in the wood certain companies of the enemie set upon them slew one or two men wounded divers horse put the rest to flight and took the carriage which they conveyed to Welshes Castle their place of retreat where we hope shortly to find them to their cost The 25. we passed through Menooth in which stood a most stately house of the Earl of Kildares lately burnt the Garrison placed therein having their Sentinell stabb'd the house betrayed by the Earls Bailiff an Irish man who suddenly set fire on it and let in the Enemy but Lieutenant Boughton with the Garrison of 34. Musquetiers beat them out and seeing the roof falling over his head made a desperate sally and valiantly retreated maugre their continuall assaults and skirmishes to the next Garrison 4 miles off at Leslipp on Saturday night we arrived safely blessed be God at Dublin though the Papists there had raised reports back'd with particulars that we were all cutt off and defeated we are preparing for another Journey for the performance of some great designe if want of money here and Union in England hinder not on which I doubt not you will pray with us that God will please to continue his gratious blessings and prosper it Amen For other Intelligence there is little at present onely that Sir Francis Hambleton and the Ladie Craig having kept their castles as long as they were able through want of victualls and Ammunition were compelled to take quarter of Phel O Relly all that were with them being about 800. Persons being according to the agreement safely conveyed to the next English Garrison some of them being arrived here We are sending some Culverin and other necessaries for war as is said for Munster but I suppose to meet our Armie at Wexford we have a report that the Irish in the North have had a great defeat by our forces and also in Munster and that the Lord of Ikerins is slaine the first is confirmed that S. Robert Steward fought with 600 two houres and defeated them slaying 5000. at the least this is now written for certaine A Partie of 1500. went hence took in 3 Castles slew 400. men brought 70. prisoners this done chiefly by meanes of the Ordnance not without the losse of some 30. of our men This we esteme very good service FINIS