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enemy_n	great_a	horse_n	regiment_n	1,065	5	9.4647	5	false

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A63718	A trve relation of the proceedings of the Scottish armie now in Ireland by three letters / the first sent from General Major Monroe to Generall Leslie his excellence ; the second writ by the Major and aldermen of London-Derry to Generall Major Monroe ; the third sent by the Earle of Antrvm to Generall Major Monroe ; which letters were sent by Generall Major Monroe to Generall Leslie his excellence.	Monro, Robert.; Leven, Alexander Leslie, Earl of, 1580?-1661.; Antrim, Randal MacDonnell, Earl of, 1609-1683.; Thornton, Robert, 17th cent.	1642 (1642)	Wing T3026; ESTC R4135	7,868	12

thousand must li●e on one hundred mens allowance of bread a day so that meale must be the provision which will fit us best to goe to the fields In all our journey we could not rammasse ten serviceable horse for Cannon or baggage but above eight hundred colts and fillies were rammassed together out of the Mountaines and Woods by the poore contemptible robbed people and plunderers which I followed the Army which I could not in pity take from them The most of our carriage that was weighty at this time was drawne by Oxen our baggage horse were scarce and weake But I hope when grasse growes up wee may get some horses from them if wee could be served meanly for the present which no man can supply so wel as my Lord Clunnebowies and my Lord Arddis Master Arthur Hill and James Edmistoun of Broad Iland and Ylemagies and this is all the helpe your Excellence may expect for transporting of Baggage or Amunition except it be brought from Scotland for the time I must intreat your Excellence to cause send one Copie of this Information to our Commissioners and another to my Lord Chancellour since I cannot have time to write to them please your Excellence to receive the letter that came from London-Derry the 27. of Aprill as also the Earle of Antrums letter from Dunluce the last of Aprill directed to my selfe So having no further to acquaint your Excellence with for the time wishing your Excellence an happy arrivall here I remaine Your Excellence humble and obedient servant ROBERT MONROE Carrickfergus this 13. of May 1642. The Major and Aldermens Letter of London-Derry to Generall Major MONROE Right honourable and noble Sir WEE of this Citie of London-Derry and other parts have either bin forgotten or given over for losse as we conceive for al other parts of the Kingdome are plentifully supplied and yet thogh we have made our wants and miseries knowne divers times to Dublin and to England and Scotland yet no reliefe ever came to us but onely thirty barrels of powder brought by Captaine Bolline from Dublin long before Christmas which was partly upon the arrival thereof disposed to all needfull parts and want of powder and arms here hath bin our ruine It is the great providence and goodnesse of God that we are hitherto preserved having bin so ill armed and provided for all the arms within his Majesties store here were shipt to Dublin the last summer and nothing left here but old decaid Calivers which we have hitherto made a shift with and trimmed them up to our great charges We have raised seven hundred men for the defence of this Citie and keepe them hitherto at our owne charges in expectation of mony and other supplies but there is not one hundred good swords amongst them and their armes but meane Sir William Steward Sir Robert Steward and Sir Ralph Gore had Commissions from his Majesty out of Scotland in November for raising their Regiments and two horse troops they lye in the County of Tyrone and thereabout and so have done all this winter to oppose the enemy but being unprovided for and not one penny to pay them they could never attempt any great service It is much that they keepe the enemies from our wals to this houre now our powder is gone our victuals is beginning to faile and these three Regiments had bin starved long since if we of this Citie had not relieved them with Biefe Butter Heri●s and other necesaries to a great value but this will hold out no longer for we have not now victuals enough for our owne men in the Citie And if a Ship of Bristow had not arived here with some Peas Meale and Wheat we could not have shifted longer and all that will not last the Regiments fourteene dayes for the provision of the Cou●trey is destro●ed by the enemy or de●oured by our owne men and we a●e in●●●ed to feed multitudes of unserviceable people that are fled hither for reliefe so if the enemies sword spare us famine will dispatch us except God in mercy provide for us But this is not all for now at this very houre Sir Phileme O. Neal having gathered from al parts what forces he can make is with a very great Army of Horse and fo●t at Siraband and the foord of within ten or twelve miles of this Citie intending by all the intelligence we can get to set up his rest and despirately to breake in upon us where all the forces we can make are ready to bid him welcome Sir Philome on the one side of the River and ours on the other in sight one of the other so as we of this Citie were enforced not onely to send a great part of our men out of the Citie to joyne with the● but also unfurnished and parted with that little powder was left us which with a little we gat out of the Bristow ship we have sent to encounter this Irish Rebell And now to revive our fainting spirits God hath provided for our reliefe and sent this bearer Captaine Strange into Lochfoyle who being in his Majesties service and sent for the comfort of his Majesties distressed Subjects into these parts we have made a true relation to him of our despirate estate and the great danger we are in for want of powder and other provi●●on that we have not onely prevailed with him to lend us for the present six barrers of powder but also to set sail for us to Carrik fergus to present our wants and dangers we are in to your Honorable consideration most earnestly praying that for the love of God and honour of our King and the safety of this place and people ye will dispatch him back againe to us with a good and large proportion of Powder Match and head Muskets Swords Pikes some Spades and Shovels whereof we have not any and of these or what else may be had as much as ye can possibly spare us for we want all things fit to defend a distressed Countrey and offend a despirate Enemy We also pray that you will restore the Captaine the six barrels of Powder we have borrowed of him and if there be any Bisket Cheese or any other victuals to be spared to send us some good proportion thereof So being at present in great haste and perplexity with our service presented to your honour we remaine London Derry the 27. of Apill 1642. Your humble servants Robert Thornton Major Henry Asburne Ian. Pha● The Earle of Antrims Letter to Generall Major MONROE Noble Colonell I Was glad when I heard you were to be employed in this Kingdom but now more pleased to heare that you and others of your name are safely arrived I hope you beleeve I have not beene ignorant of the relation that has bin betweene your Family and mine and still continued by those of my name in Scotland especially by Sir Donald I shall be very ready to keepe the same correspondency if I had the opportunity And now having the occasion by your journey into Ireland I shall be as willing to give you a beliefe of it as any other friend whatsoever And I am very confident to receive a return from you accordingly I cannot so easily expresse any particulars as I should be centent to doe by word of mouth and if you please to doe me the favour to meet me at Glenarme and to signifie to me the time I shall take it as a great argument of your respects and friendship to me and you may be there as much Master of the place as my selfe I shall not go attended in the posture of a Souldier but in my accustomed manner that the lookers on may take notice of our familiar meeting and respect to each other And I hope we shall agree in the maine point for his Majesties service and the quieting of my Countrey and I shall strive to relieve Coleraine with victuals very shortly I am sorry that in my absence my people were so unfortunate as to doe any hostile act though in their owne defence being compelled to it for safety of their lives which they say they can make appeare in a convenient time and the relation of the manner of the one and the other I must refer to our meeting and then I shall be better able to tell your honour how much I am Your affectionate friend and humble servant ANTRIM Dunluce the last of Apil 1642. 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