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A90547	A true relation of the passages of Gods providence in a voyage for Ireland. With the additionall forces sent for reducing of that kingdome by His Maiesie [sic], and Paliament [sic]. Wherein every daye worke is set downe faithfully by H. P. an eye-witnesse thereof, under the command of Alexander L. Forbes, Lieutenant General under the L. Brooke for that service; from the 29. of June to the 29. of September. 1642. Likewise, severall observations concerning that kingdome, and the warres there; as also, the interception of the enemies letters. It is ordered by the committe of the Commons House of Parliament concerning printing this 20. day of Octob. 1642. that this booke intituled, A true relation of the passages of Gods providence in a voyage for Ireland, be forthwith printed and published. Iohn White.	Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1642 (1642)	Wing P1722; Thomason E242_15; ESTC R2920	22,626	29

Daniel-o-Brians man was sent to Clare to the Gentrie to come to Bonnattre the next day at nine in the morning some war me speches past betwixt some of our Commanders and Sir Daniel which put him into a shaking fit 13. An answer of the Letter sent wherein the Gentry desired 3. in the afternoone for their apearance which was granted but Sir Daniel went away very early without taking leave out of feare and horror doubtles having been told that wee were desirous hee should make good his Loyaltie before the Parliament over night 100. Rebels lay at my Lords Parke-pale who wee suppose waited to fetch Sir Daniel off These retardings made us advise and conclude to fall upon Sir Daniels Houses and Clare Castle in which we found my Lord of Thomond doubtfull and intruth his case is nice the chiefe of the County being his Kinred and himselfe without power saving 50. Horse in his Stable part of this day was spent in preaching 14. We heard the Gentry would come in but they failed as their manner we heard this night of 300. Rebels againe at my Lords Parke which we would have beene upon and earnestly prest it but my Lord of Thomond would have us yet wait longer on the Gentry ere wee exercis'd hostility against Thomond At last wee made our Propositions to the Castle being about to goe downe to our Ships which came to this That his Lordship continuing a Protestant and loyall his danger must needs be great and that this Rebellion did not distinguish Relation nor Greatnesse and therefore if hee pleased wee would either continue there with all our force and joyne with him at Bonatty and so try what wee might doe in ioyning with himselfe to reduce Clare and Thomond or if he suspected us too weake that he might take all he had and was portable into our best ships together with his owne person and we would adventure our selves in his Castle to maintaine that place and infest the Enemy what wee could this wee left with his Lordship 15. We departed and a few miles from thence we came to an Anchor in the River and landed 300. men on Limrick side where our men fought both with Horse and Foot burnt abundance of Corne and foure of their Castles and amongst others kild the foster Brother of Mr. Steevenson wee lost two sick men that could not follow their Companies but had no armes At night our men retreated safely to their boats from two thousand of them We sail'd downe lower in the River and called at Fitz-Gerralds the Knight of the Valley or Glyn whom my Lord summoned by writing our Messenger at landing met a Letter with a Horse-man at the waters side who had a Letter from my Lord Clinriccard in favour of his Kinsman the Knight of the Valley an answer was sent him and we departed my Lord sent to Sir Tege Macmahun who is a good friend but could not come to us in regard of his weaknesse of body This night the Earle of Thomond came to us and lay aboard the Vice-Admrall with whom three of the chiefe Rebels of Thomond had been and promised to come with the Gentry aboard our Ships 17. Div●rs Letters came from the shore from Sir Daniel-O-brian concerning the comming of the gentry of the Countrey who were under much feare by the 〈◊〉 of Ships scatter'd thorough the River 18. We 〈…〉 from the Shore the Gentry excusing themselves from the distance of their dwelling The Knight of the valley sent my Lord present of Beeves which he would not accept unlesse hee would appeare himselfe and shew his loyalty and to that purpose my Lord went unto him 19. We stayd in expectation of the Gentry from the shore who had their time enlarged two dayes 20. VVe had Letters from the snore from Sir Daniel-O-Brian and th Rebels to my Lord of Thomond answering the propositions proudly enough as will appeare in their Letters hereto annexed VVe had a counsell wherein it was concluded the next day to attempt the Knight of the Valley with 6. Vessels and all things answerable It was also agreed that Captaine Peters and Mr. Daniel should carry away the poore naked people that we found in much distresse being about 500. many of our Souldiers and Seamen grew very sick of the Countrey disease 21. VVe set saile for the Valley being 3. Leagues up and comming by the place in the evening went beyond a mile or two and anchored 22. Early we began to land 15. Horse first and then our Foot who were entertained with 30. Musquettiers of the enemy playing upon them but hurt none but a boy in the Shoulder The Enemy fled into Castle two or three of our Ships playd upon the place till we landed two halfe Cannon The Enemy in great numbers appeared on the side of the hill with whom our Horse fought with the losse of one of ours and many of theirs multitudes of them comming on wee strengthened our guards and kept them waking all the night with Demi-culverin in one of our Ships the night was very rainy 23. Our Cannon plaid up upon it but none from the Ships tore downe part of the maine house and tooke very good effect the Enemy shot faintly After dinner my Lord resolved to storme it but first march'd round and fought the enemy on the side of the hill who appeared in three Bodies of Horse and Foot ours put them soone to their wonted posture of flight Some commanded men were appointed to enter where the sea-men had much honour they presently came to push of pike at a narrow hole a gunner of ours with a cantridge of powder blew off two or three of them the rest would not take quarter one leapt out of the Castle window twenty five of them were slaine upon the place this is remarkeable that most matters fell out as at the last siege forty yeares since but that we lost fewer men and won it in lesse time with lesse meanes we took the knights sisters son prisoner who acquainted us with the knights flying away two daies before and calling in the force of the country upon us not thinking the castle should bee taken so soone The place is rich pleasant and profitable for all the merchandize of the river of Lymrike it having sixteene hundred pounds per annum about it in faire lands we found the place furnished with all utensils and provisions for a family The plate and silver was gone for Lymrike which receives most of which is in Ireland it seemes they wanted bullets in the Castle by their shooting window-lead and small stones in the siege we lost but foure men 25. Being Sabboth we spent on shore and some of us aboard the weather was rainy and windy 26. We stript our cannon and landed two Sakers for defence of the place 27. Councell was taken what garrison to leave there and how to dispose of our sicke men 28. Our men went aboard and burnt much corne fought with many hundreds

sufficiency remitting all further I rest as I desire to remaine From Mount-hay Road July 2. 1642. Your affectionate friend to serve you For Sir William Saintleger Lord President of Munster FORBES The next day we had the winde west and west and by North much winde we lost part of our fleet viz. Captain Richardson and Captaine Thompson the younger We had the winde west very fresh and after tempestuous we lost sight of Captaine Clark who had brought us newes of the land he had made which was Dongarvan The winde South west and west South west thicke weather we saw the high land and at night we were only five left of our fleet Captaine Zachary left us the day before and so did Mr. Daniel Being Sabboth we kept as we might thicke weather and stormy the winde West South West one of our small vessels made land againe This day in the morning we discovered the head of Kinsale though our Rendevous were long in land on Baltamore-hay yet not able to fetch either we went in that morning to Kinsale where we found the Swallow and the Bonaventure of the Kings Captain Kettleby commanding in the Admiral Sir Henry Stradling in the Vice-Admiral the day grew foggy and rainy and such weather is very frequent in that cuntry and coast we went on free to the castle and spoke with the commanders there three companies we also found appointed in that Towne by the Parliament for a garrison there every where we had spectacle sad enough the greater part of the Towne Irish and under much just suspicion others fled thither living in miserable holes and huts there we found Captaine Zachary Richardson and young Thompson of our fleet there we spake with some of Bandon being 8. miles from Kinsale and with some of Corke also by which we intimated our arrivall thither came Sir Edward Denny by whom we heard of his defeat at Trelee where in landing he lost forty or fifty men and was forced to retreat and craved our aid My Lord Kynalmachy one of my Lord of Corks sons Governour of Bandon came to see my Lord Forbes and promised to come againe next morning to speake further for the attempting something about Bandon since God by his providence had called us to these parts who by his Letters desired helpe of us 13. This day my Lord Kinalmachy came early and then was a Sermon preached by the Preacher of our Fleete after which Consultation was taken to march with our men to Raph-barry where one Mr: Freake with many English were beseiged and in greate danger wanting Foode and Ammunition c. and wee being possest with our duty though six of our Vessells were not yet arrived not to be wanting in any thing wherein such Forces as we had might be usefull and not knowing Raph-barry to be further than five myles beyond Bandon we were willing to strech our mens leggs though we suppose wee marched neere 25. miles out right of English miles 14. We marched to Bandon with 8. Colours and about 600. men whereof 100. Seamen commanded by the Captaine of the Admirall this whole number went to the worke most cheerefully two small brasse Pieces and our Ammunition with some Victualls were brought up by our Barges neere Bandon and so by Cart brought to the Towne where that night we were received with much joy and great acclamations houses and hearts open unto us and the rather because with our Fleete the Parliament had sent that Towne a good portion of Ammunition and provision for the Towne there were 7000 Soules and many ministers and very many poore they had foure Companies of Foot and one Troope of Horse whereby they had not onely held their owne but had taken 4. or 5. Castles from the Enemy The Towne is walled about and a fresh river runs thorough it but commanded by the hils about it three gates it hath beyond what greater Cities have for statelines and strength the water abounding with Salmon and other fish is no small refreshing to the Inhabitants by which and Mr. Pennoyers care we found the Town in a chearfull way This morning we intended early to march but were hindred partly with our owne provision not comming early enough partly through want of horse and accommodations to draw our Cannon and Baggage so that we march'd that day but two miles from the Towne and when it was late in the day we were in some measure fitted for our march but we drew to Councell the next day being Sabboth what we should doe and it being considered what a burden we might be to the Towne so full of poore and some of our Officers urging the dishonour of retreating being ingaged that it was thought meet to proceed especially since we were intreated by my Lord Kinalmaky and Bandon thither to come and doe somthing for the enlargement of them and their comfortable saving their harvest and Macchanty Reugh threatning the beleaguering of them that weeke our marching into the Countrey might be very usefull that night we had some horse from Bandon and two Foot-Companies and in the safest order we could we continued that night upoin a boggy hill The next morning we set forward in a great fogg and resolved to leave an old English Towne called Clonotikelty on the left hand and so on to the reliefe of Rafe-Barry but upon the way some of Bandon advised us of a great prey of Cattell at that Town which we should misse if we stopt it not in our back-returne because the Countrey would soone be upon knowledge of our passing that Towne and heard of 5 or 6 hundred of the Enemy lying in the way the chiefe Leaders of them were Maccharty-Reugh Tiege Douning Adonovaut one Arundel and some others but we saw none though it seems we marcht close by their Cabins before we came to the Towne we found divers Irish whom before their death wee examined by whom we were informed that the aforesaid Army were bound for the assistance of my Lord Muskerry against my Lord Encheqine Sir Charles Vavasor and our Army at Mallo and glad we were that we might so divert them when we came to Clono●●kelty we made an halt and many were taken and slaine there we found store of Cattell which were put into a pen and after lesse than an houre we marched on the Towne having onely poore people in it but a common Rendevous for the Enemy and those that were not suddenly surprized went out of their houses and hid themselves in Corne and bushes and tops of houses we had not marcht out a mile out of the Towne but the Commanders of the Bandon Companies whose counsell we depended upon being strangers assured us that all our Cattell would be driven away before our returne by a company of people that attend every Army and Force that march out they call pillagers who though not soldiers yet with some light Armes they follow the Campe on horse and

foot and whilst the Soldier must keepe his order they run into the houses lade their horses with what they can get drive away the Cattell and vvholly discourage the Soldiers These have beene the occasions generally of all the losse amongst the English these spare neither woman nor child as we saw before our eyes which sudden'd some hearts of these wee had above an hundred attending us our Lieutenant Generall made an Order for these that they should not ride under the command of a Captaine who came to attend his Lordship one Captaine Brookes who had lost his Ship of 400. Tun at Kinsale and had done especiall Service upon the Land and deserved very well and now entertained amongst us for the leading of our little Trope but these Pillagers would know no command but of their owne advantages and though prest with many arguments scattered at pleasure stript the slaine made havock of all and most of them staid behind us at Clonokelty attending their prey which knowne and observed by our Bandon friends they perswaded wee should leave one Company behind to attend the Cattle for of them our selves had need not having our Ships of Provision come to us it was objected one Company was too little because the Enemy might fall on wee having still heard something of them as wee went my Lord commanded three Companies back Bandon men assuring us it were too much and that no Enemy would looke upon such a number Captaine Weldon was sent back with his Company which was about 60. men the rest of them not come Captaine Price with his being about 80. divers of his being not well abbard the Ship and a Company of 80. more of Bandon commanded by one of their Lieutenants with advice given them to keepe in a Body or take some Church or strong house if assaulted they returned we marched on and tooke about 100. Cattle foure or five hundred sheepe and divers horses and brought them to Ralfe Barry to Mr. Freake who met us with much joy where wee came to see many English pent up in a considerable Castle and after praising God and prayer we refreshed our selves with such food as he had and our Soldiers began to make ready sheep hoping they might have quartered there all night But as soone as we had dined we had three Posts came to us from our three Companies that the Enemy was in view and a fourth that they had skirmisht thus we were soone taken from any thoughts of ease and Horse and Foet made ready to returne and though many might well be wearied with such a tiresome march yet they would goe to the helpe of their friends and truly this I must affirme more couraged know not where to finde then I saw that day leaving with the Gentlemen of the Castle neere 20. men with Ammunition for his present reliefe and the Castle aforesaid we marcht back and in the way met many that told us all our three Companies were destroyed more came to us still and some even naked of those pillagers we had left behind even to appall us that it was impossible for us to fight it through some of us told them of their Barbarisme in the morning when they were slaying the children blood would have blood againe some of us were thoughtfull about the day being Sabbaoth to which and other objections necessity and present danger afforded some answers and on we went seeing the hills on both sides full of Horse and Foot and which was mercy even to wonder that afternoone proved cleere and faire whereby wee were abundantly comforted comming within a mile of the Towne we saw two Colours one of ours another of Bandon in a piece of ground cast up round like a bull-warke though not so high it proved to be Captaine Price who most valiantly with his worthy Leivetenant 〈◊〉 and some of his company were defending themselves against● 1000. Varlets who had beleaguerd them on the right hand wee saw the Enemy in a square Battle uppon a plaine peece of ground neere the 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Coniours flying standing in very exact order but that their Commaunders sate uppon very good Horses in the Reere which it seemes is their Cowardly custome Vppon velwe of all this my Lord approved himselfe a good Christian and a very stout and skilfull Souldier and won all our hearts by his wisdome and courage of whome much might bee said could I avoid the suspicion of flattery by reason of neere ingagements but certainely let whom it concernes be advised that religion in these choises especially at these times gaine the first place little doe you know the advantages thereby My Lord forthwith ordered a body to encounter the enemy and gain'd his ground close by the water that he could not be intercepted and this he led himselfe then left a good reserve in the reare either to answer assaults or second him if put to the vvorst the two small copper pieces stayed in the reare with the baggage because they could not be drawne over the plowed land where he was forced to march in the front the horse vve had he commanded to attend the right fllanke of the enemy who then had the sea on the one hand of them and the horse on the other the small cannon he gave order upon his march should be shot to try if thereby Captaine Price and the Bandon-company might be relieved all which vvas done my Lord and Major Beaton follovving him led and drew giving the challenge as it were to the enemy and being ask't by the minister how his heart stood profest couragiously that he was perswaded God would give us the day the Peeces were fire● and Price was freed and the rest and joyned to us and after our men had throwne up their caps for joy that they should fight the enemy at the turning of an hand fled and scattered their colours were given to horsemen our horse pursued and made slaughter of them the multitude of horse and foot spread upon the hills were vanished many kild in the water amongst them Arundel and his sons with divers of note two ventured and swam over three or fourscore carried out with the tide and thus the Lord was pleased to glorifie himselfe that the least number to speake in faithfulnesse that fell of them that day was betwixt five and six hundred that night wee march't beyond Clonokelty a mile or two getting the advantage of a dry hill not onely to rest on but also to secure our selves in regard of ambushments and other disadvantages which they wholly attend and there with a prey of two thousand sheep above an hundred cattel and fifty horses of that Country we continued that night But if you shall aske me what became of Captaine Weldon and his company and what they did whilst we were absent at Ralph Barryy to satisfie I got this answer following under the hand of Captaine Price who in the word of a christian assured me of the truth of it

to his utmost knowledge Three companies of us being left at Clinokeltey my Lord gave order that Weldon being the eldest Captaine I should assist him with charge to give account of the pillage till he returne we set our guards upon every point of the Towne and tooke full view of the Towne how we might be upon defence and offence whereupon Weldon answered that we were to guard three streets I told him that was the next way to overthrow us but he would not heare so I view'd the Towne my selfe and found three places fit for offence and defence viz. Sir Will. Hulls-house or the Church-yard or the hill betwixt Rafe-barry and the Towne which after all I retreated unto but hee had not an eare open to counsaile Then I marched to an Island my Lord had sent me unto for 1500. Sheep and other Cattle to keepe a guard on it which I did with twenty Musketteers I met thirty horse of the enemy and sixty foot marching towards the Towne I marched and charged them they ranne away so then from the island I brought off fifteene hundred sheepe twenty cattell and thirty horse twenty two hogges and brought them to the Towne by that time the enemy approached upon the hill rounding the Towne being five or six thousand in three companies to come downe upon the severall streets I advised Weldon and the other officers as before to which all agreed but himselfe his owne Lieutenant said that else we were undone where upon he said we were all cowards and of the three streets I wished him to take his choice and he should not finde us cowards I march't out towards the enemy my souldiers flung up their caps and gave a shout and gave fire bravely with a brace of bullets and made their foot and two troops of horse retreat without any losse of ours but some hundred of theirs as themselves after confest Then they assaulted Bandon men which when I saw I went to their reliefe and comming on their reare they of Bandon ran away without shooting one shot and came through the Towne with confusion with divers pillages and so disordered us I in the reare with ten Muskettiers charged the enemy then pursuing at hand who dividing to compasse me forced me to retreat out of the Towne to a little old brest-worke and there we gathered in our forces and held them play till my Lord brought up his Regiment We march't to Bandon in much raine and carried our two thousand sheep horse and cattell to that Towne which was a great refreshing to them there We rested at Bandon the weather being very foule and there my Lord received letters from my Lord Inchiquine and divers officers from Don-o-reale and the letters you may finde hereafter marked by letters A. my Lords answer B. We marched to Kilbritton Castle three or foure miles from Bandon with two of Bandon companies with a purpose to goe to Timilege which we heard was an harbour to our enemies the Castle belonging to my Lady ●shafnesse this night we lodged at Kilobutton and sent out for the best intelligence we could get We march't to Timelege with assurance from our friends of Bandon that my Lady would willingly take in a garrison when we came my Lord summon'd the Castle and she answered we were strangers but she vvould yeeld it to my Lord Kinalmachy or Sir William Hull whereupon we burnt the Tovvn brought avvay neere an hundred cattell and five hundred sheep and returned that nigt to Kilbritton We march't to Kinsale to our ships One of our vessels wvich was sent to Baltamore of vvhich Captaine Clark was Commander came in having taken fourteen Rebels under colour of a Dunkirk and they comming to buy powder whereof some vvere hanged some drovvned and three of the chiefe taken prisoners one of them Dermon Mac-Carti who took in Crook-haven and these parts That same day the Katharin came from Falmouth divers passages there were betvveene my Lord Forbes and my Lord Consey Lord of Kinsale vvho came himselfe at last and offered to take into his castle a garrison to his Majesties use and service This day being sabboth and faire weather vve kept on shore We sayled from Kinsale in the evening and left some ships to bring avvay our horses and other things We came into Castle-haven in the afternoone and saw aboundance of Rebels about the hills the chiefe of them there is Adonovant In the morning our barges went a shore to Adonovants Castle which they were nevvly fled from and fired where our souldiers burnt many houses and a mill of much concernement to them spoyled corne fired many boates and with one barrell of powder blew up his Castle dividing it selfe into tvvo parts and vvas 60. foot high and very thick as thick as their castle it use to be thereappeared a thousand of the enemy but would not give us fight called us Parliament dogs Puritan-dogs sayd wee fought against the King and the Church c. Here my Lord committed a Priest of my Lord Castlehaven to the custody of Mr. Salmon the chiefe man there We sayled to Baltamore and there found Captaine Bennet in the Castle with many English vvho before had been vvith us and Mr. Salmon of Castle-haven succored in divers things they wanted the wind North-east we expected our fleet out of England and those left behinde us we sent a shore to vievv a Castle and saw many of the enemies horse and foot Some of our vessels came from Kinsale Our men vvent a shore and fired Adriscoles Castle spoyled much come and burnt divers houses We man'd out our boats to search the islands and got some horses hogs c. this day Captaine Rainsborough came to us from England and Captaine Brooke in one of the Kings ships with letters from Waterford-side viz. the Fort of Duncannon my Lord of Corke C. and my Lord Corks to my Lord Forbes D. then we heard of the story of Captaine Astons losse of sixty men by Don-Cannoun being cut off in a fogge we had letters from Captaine Ashly E. and Captaine Willoughby from Galloway requiring helpe this day we savv Captaine Cunstable Captaine Cole and others comming from Limrike leaving the River wholly unguarded This day being Sabboth we kept it on shore most of us together We heard of the Achilles at long island our Sergeant Major comming aboard us so that now all our first fleet that came out of the Downes were on this side and neere but a smal vessell sent to Dublin with a Scotch-man under much suspicion that his ship was furnished for the Rebels of which ship we had a long time no tydings this day our men were all mustred by Captaine Rausborough one of the Committee We had taken a counsel of Warre whither to go to Doncannou or Galloway and finding by all advise that if we took not this season we could not go to Galloway at all and