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A89097	An exact relation of all such occurrences as have happened in the severall counties of Donegall, London-Derry, Tyrone, & Fermanagh in the North of Ireland, since the beginning of this horid, bloody, and unparaleld rebellion there, begun in October last. In all humility presented to the Honourable House of Commons in England. By Lievetenant Collonell Audeley Mervyn, the 4 of Iune, 1642.	Mervyn, Audley, Sir, d. 1675.	1642 (1642)	Wing M1880; Thomason E149_34; ESTC R212708	13,173	16

same in these subsequent Occurrences Tullagh and Lisgold Castles being formerly surrendred upon promise of quarters which was performed in this manner they stript old and young and bound them exposing them all night to the frost and snow and next day killed them Moneigh Castle joyned to Sir William Cole and marcht out into the fields to Lowthers-towne where they had intelligence they were drinking upon their march towards Eniskilling and surprised them unawares and pursued them some foure miles with slaughter of above 200. men tooke foure Colours some Drums two Captaines one Mac Mahoun another Mac Guire with store of Armes After this he marcht out with 400. men and having burnt the corne and the enemies garrisons was met in his march homewards by Mac Guire with 800. men with great violence charging his Vanne and unexpectedly 400. more of the Mac Mahouns charged him on the Reare he put them all to flight kild upwards of a 100 men got 60. Muskets and many Pikes he hath taken all their boates upon Loughearne sunke their Cotts and both by Land and water made himselfe a very good passage though I conceive he is now in much distresse This is what I can certainly averre though we heard many other passages of much credit but I am certaine he is not a sleepe when any opportunity shall require I shall now leave Fermanagh in this Discourse and remember it in my prayers and passe to Sir William Stewarts Regiment and Sir Robert Stewarts whom though I but now name have given most brave testimonies of Commanders every way well qualified After the unfortunate and unworthy losse of Strebane these Regiments garrison'd upon such frontier places as might secure the Barrony of Rapho in which the safety of the City of London-dery was highly concerned as also the Barrony of Enishoen in which 2000. able fighting men of the Irish ready then though we conceive better of them now to have fallen upon our backs upon the least invitation of any defeat unto us Sir Ralph Gores Regiment being but 500. foot march'd into the Barronies of Boylagh and Bannagh and Tirhugh being Barronies that had bin wholly wasted by the Rebels where for 13 weeks we had no sustenance but what we pul'd out of the Rebels mouths These two Regiments were for the most part mingled in service and having so great a scope as 36. long Irish myles to guard in the long winter nights and every way passable for the enemies entrance and the charge of so many soules there residing and following their vocations as in the time of peace besides the conflux of thousand of plundered Families I beleeve in a serious construction it will deserve the title of miraculous service for few nights but the enemy attempted in severall places with light-light-horse to burne the Country which they never in the least way prevailed in but many times returned with a weaker master then they went forth Yet Mr. Speaker they spared no labour or industry Sir Robert Stewart march'd to New-Towne and relieved it but the Enemy saved all their heads by their heels but six men afterwards march'd up to Castle-derge burnt all the Enemies Country and killed divers brought 400. Cowes then march'd up over against Gla●fin burnt that Country and kil'd divers afterwards fell over in the night upon the Rebels Quarters above Strebane and kil'd about 80. men Sir William Stewart in the meane time was as busie in the Barrony of Kilmackrenan firing and burning Captaine Maxwell and Captaine George Stewart marcht towards Ramalton with 150 men and killed 90. of the Rebels and brought home 1800. Cowes Captaine Basill about the same time being New-yeares day marcht over into the enemies Countrey with 60. men and encountred 400. men and killed 36. M. Speaker I will not trouble you with retailing of Newes thus in small parcels but I am sure so equally vigilant and difficult was the preserving of their owne quarters and scowring the neighbouring quarters of the enemies that our Regiment on the other side of the mountaines at that present having no intelligence of their continuall defeats having marched 7. dayes and nights upon mountaines where never horsemen rode in a deep snow 13. miles the least dayes march where and when the best Commander never tasted bread beere wine salt or Aqua-vitae and at every night fought with the Rebels for his bed-cloathes God be praised with strange successe and being in the sight of the enemy and for the most part upon the Ice notwithstanding the weather stript in our shirts upon our marching homewards met such a packe of them drawne out by the other two Regiments that they beset us in our quarter at night which we expecting appointed a near Fort for our Alarum place for two Companies to draw unto and the other two Companies into a wood where if by Gods mercy we should have the better of them we were assured they should passe all happened accordingly for our Sentenels giving a timely Alarum the two Companies tooke the Fort beat them off untill they fled the right way where the two Companies unexpectedly met them with sharp fire and the other two sallyed out of the Fort upon their Reares and did very terrible execution Immediately after which we marched away in the night and surprised many in the neighbouring houses and lastly burnt the quarters and all the corne in the whole march which was out of command And truly Sir Ralph Gore his zeale was very earnest for the most tempestuous nights he would alwayes chuse to fall upon their quarters which at last were upon every hand of our garrison for he having placed for the safety of those parts one Company at Kilbegge another at Castle Rabin and one being left to maintaine our owne quarters we had but two Companies for the Field yet at divers times we would march out to them being at the least 13. Colours and overnight having taken the ditches with Musketeers drew them in with counterfeit retreats untill we had discharged at 40. yards distance sometimes a 100. Musketeers sometimes more every Musket charged with 10. Pistoll Bullets But M. Speaker our good successe ended with our Ammunition for all being spent to one Roll of Match and sending a Letter for some supply the traytor run to the Rebels delivered my Letter and what I had but modestly put into the Text concerning our wants he being a souldier in the Regiment made a large Comment upon which heartened the Rebels so much that we were like to perish for want of food and certainly had if Sir Robert Stewart with his Regiment and three of Sir Will. Stewarts Companies had not marcht over to our reliefe who in his march over Barnesmore was assaulted by some loose Files of the enemies shot which he beat off and so without much danger secured the march of the entire Body But now M. Speaker the Countrey being wasted by the enemy and our selves the dayes beginning ●o grow longer we thought best to joyne

all three Regiments leaving Ballishannon Castle of Donegall and Castle Rahin well manned and as well as we could provided otherwise and so betooke our selves with what strength we could spare unto the Fields And now M. Speaker if I can borrow your patience I presume I shall acquaint you with very good service In our march over the mountaines of Barnesmore homewards to the Barrony of Rapho this Barnesmore being knowne to every Inhabitant in Ireland to be as dangerous a place as Art and Nature could devise When the Van-guard of our Army entred the wood we sent 60. loose shot upon each of our flankes halfe Calliver shot from our Body through the woods where they skirmisht with the enemy having taken the wood overnight in very hot service upon both sides The Rebels had placed 13. Colours in a hollow halfe a mile above us who when they heard our shot shewed themselves thinking as they confest to draw us out whilest 13. Colours more lay hidden in another hollow that should suddenly fall in upon the remaining party and had likewise placed 9. Colours below to fall in upon the baggage which was at least 3000. soules who travelled below almost a mile off in a narrow passe We drew out suspecting the worst onely some commanded Musketeers skirmisht and beat away their first body that appeared when immediately the other 9. Colours fell in upon the baggage to which we assigned 48. Musketeers who held them up couragiously in a strait passe We that were with the maine body perceiving it having a wood and bogge under us drew with more haste then order as requisite it was to their reliefe so that we likewise put them to flight In the meane time the 13. Colours in ambush all this while fell into our Reare and all their forces in the twinkling of an eye fell round upon us which we with countercommanded Musketeers opposed and during the space of 7. houres and a halfe by a watch fought and kild 400. of their men besides what fell in our march of sixe miles where having conveighed our baggage between two divisions were still charged in our Reare and the extremities of our flankes that had thicke shot returned by 200. Musketeers of ours so that as by a prisoner of theirs taken the next day that was present at the battell 700. was confest to be slaine in which we lost but nine men and some hurt That night we marcht into our quarters in the Barrony of Rapho This occurrence happened about eight weeks since Now M. Speaker omitting the issuing of severall parties both of horse and foot into the enemies Countrey returning home both with the prey and slaughter of the enemy I shall onely trouble you with what occurrences since the 17th of May untill the 27th when I left London-derry Sir Philim O Nele drew downe to Strebane about 5000. men besides horse intending to burne Rapho and to raise Enishoen and we being as he absolutely conceived deseated to draw the other forces on the contrary side of Loghfoyle and to assault the Derry Our Regiments assisted with two strong Companies of Captaine Pitts and Captaine Lawsons of the City of London-derry drew over before day into the Rebels Countrey where presently the battels were ordered upon both sides and so stood about a quarter of a miles distance we drew out to them one Battalion and a ●00 commanded Musketeers to try how they would answer them The Rebels left their ground and drew out to a wood which they fil'd with their Musketeers we likewise by the carnest intreaty of our souldiers were contented to lose the advantage of our present embattelling and marcht over to them beat their Musketeers out of the wood and to omit circumstances killed about 500. of their men and put them to their flight in which day was great circumspection and discipline used by the Commanders and as much obedience and resolution by the souldiers M Cathcart Cornett to Sir Robert Stewarts troop and Lieutenant Colase one of his Lieutenants and Lieutenant Galbraith one of our Regiment about 17. years of age doing very strange service with their commanded Musketeers In pursuance by Gods mercy of this victory though we returned weary unto our quarters yet by breake of day the Regiments were upon march an unusuall way to Strebane thinking to have beset him and his forces which quartered there visibly To this purpose horse and foot entred the Towne upon all quarters but Sir Phelomy was newly departed with his forces onely the Castle he committed to Captaine Hugh Murragh O Devyn a bloudy fellow and one hundred of his choise Musketeers and a 100 Pikes to guard much of his owne baggage and my Lady Strebanes goods but we easily forced the Castle put the men to the sword onely Captaine O Devins life respited who is now in the Derry Gaole The Castle we left-a garrison in commanded by Captaine Wisher a discreet Gentleman under the command of St. Wil. Hammilton who though formerly a strong rooted Papist if any root can be in that titular Religion hath renounced the same and conforming himselfe unto the Protestant Church judging upon this reason as I have heard from himselfe that neither faith civill conversation secure commerce found loyalty much more Religion ought to be expected where such bloudy traiterous inhumane designes are or must be the propagators of it From Strebane we having left 500. men to guard the Barrony of Rapho we marched up on the ô Canes country on the other side of Loghfoyle and comming over against Derry quartered in the fields that night foure Companies of the Derry joyning with us to relieve Lymmavaddy Castle and Bally Castle which had beene ten weekes before strongly beleager'd by great forces and yet had sallied forth and killed many hundred of the enemies being commanded by a resolute young Gentleman Captaine Thomas Philips his Elder brother M. Dudly Philips in the meane time being gone about with 3. Botes for to carry their provision from Derry That night we were welcome guests to the two Castles who dispaired of all succour and having conducted their provision in the next Morning assisted with very resolute Horse out of the two Castles we advanced our march into the Enemies country where at Magiligan wee encountred the Enemy the ô Canes the Magilligans the ô Hagans and the ô Neales being joyned together for our utter ruine God be praised we killed upwards of 500 of them and scattered the rest Though we were now too farre in discretion engaged from our own Quarters yet having received late Letters from Colrane of their miserable wants and narrow beleagure we continued our march up towards the Mountaines to find some prey that we might be the welcomer to almost famish'd Colrane we met with 3000. Cowes but with thrice as many men the Rebell having strengthened himselfe from the Army that beleagured Colrane and other parts Our Commanders cherished the Souldier and the Souldier the Commander but the Rebels

twenty horse with Master Archibald Hamilton a bold Souldier forraged into the County of Monaghan where they encountred with a strong party commanded by the great Mac Kenna which they encountred very fiercely and at last routed the Rebell killed one of the speciall Commanders that had been a Commander in Spaine slew about 30 horsemen and 20 foot and recovered many of the British cattell having received wounds and dismounted in the skirmish but recovered both life and horse Some three dayes before this Sir William Stewart marcht out with some foote and horse from Newtowne pursued the Rebell and so marcht to the Agher and after some stay retired home with great sto●e of cattell though both he and wee could have wisht if wee had the spirit of prophesie to have kept the fields longer for the O Neils and Mac Gwires who were then with their forces the leaders of the rebellion discomfited by former service sought for protections but animated by Master William Stewarts division and this retiring march though grounded upon warrantable discipline beleagred the Agher Castle Sir Phelomy O Neill and Collonell Rory Mac Gwire being personally present with 4000 men and though they seconded their attempts by promises of honourable quarter reinforced it by bloody threats in case of refusall planted a small field peece to batter and in a darke night stormd the gate and bawne upon all parts Yet by the resolution of Master Erskin and the ready fire of Sir Henry Titchbourns old company beate them from their wals and scaling ladders with the losse of 200 of their resolutest men Sir Phelomy O Neill retired his journey burning along to Dongannon Mac Gwire in his retreat assaulted Agbatyan Castle commanded by Captaine Maxwell who upon sight of Mac Gwires drawing up issued out some few musqueteers into the ditches and beate him off from any further attempt who in his march burnt all Fermanagh towards Eniskillen About that time Captaine Thomas Newburgh with a few men he raised in great hazard of his owne person tooke in Castle Derrick a place of great consequence and strength killed the men possest their armes in his absence being gone for ammunition left the Castle to a young Gentleman Master Durdo when Sir Phylomy O Neill immediately besieged it with 3000 men but Master Durdo with great courage having onely 16 men to man the Castle and Bawne beate him off and slew more than 80 of his men and 9 dayes after sallyed out and killed out one prime Gentleman of the O Neils and tenne more and tooke two Colours and a Drumme with losse of three of his owne men all which and himselfe afterwards for want of ammunition were forced to leave the Castle in a darke night and every one shift for himselfe where some mis-led upon the mountains happened upon the enemies quarters instead of ours and were killed Master Durdo with great hazard lying two nights upon the mountaines escaped unto us Sir William Stewart understanding of a partie of the O Neils in the Kerrilrs woods sent out Captaine Balfour a deserving souldier with 100 men who skirmisht with them killed 50 Rebels lost four of his owne men and brought home 400 cowes Some foure dayes after Sir William Stewart desired Lievetenant Collonell Sanderson my selfe and Serjeant Major Iames Galbraith to march from Newtowne to relieve Agher and Aghatyan with 500 foote and 100 horse the second night in extremity of weather we marcht to the Agher and quartered in Clogher a mile and a halfe distant the enemy fell that night into one part of our quarters but upon the alarum of the Sentinels the maine guard issued out kild some and chased the rest The next morning we marcht out into Fermanagh where in taking 500 cowes as many sheepe and 300 horses we killed 70 Rebels upon our returne wee besieged Collonell Donnogh Mac Gwires Castle being strongly imbattaild and flanckt after many shot past on both sides the wind turning upon the forepart of the house wee fired some out-houses in the smoake whereof we approached the gate set it on fire entred the Castle put the men to the sword and indeed I shall never expect to see more resolution either in Commanders or Souldiers but I shall never insist upon that in this particular let their acts speake for themselves in which march wee relieved 6000 women and children which otherwise had perished In this service Ensigne Long behaved himselfe as if he had beene bullet proofe at hand whilst we were imployed in this service the Rebels drew downe upon Sir Wi●●iam Stewarts Newtowne and the Castle plaid off and kild 50 of their men in the streets and preserved the towne except one house or two at the furthermost end M●ster Speaker be pleased I may put you in remembrance these are the particulars that occurred in Fermanagh and Tyrone before wee received any Commissions I shall now present unto you in the same method the occurrences of Donegall County Collonell Nugent a most seditious instrument that married the Lord of Eniskillens mother drew about 600 men about Ballyshannon Castle a place of great strength and importance against whom my Collonell Sir Ralph Gore and Captaine Maxwell a forward Gentleman drew out some 200 men and 60 horse who encountred them routed them kild upwards of 180 Rebels tooke Collonell Nugents horse who left it and his bootes ript off behinde him besides many that came downe the river by dozens and tennes which were killed by the foote and not one men lost upon our side Divers sallies were made by Captaine Iohn Follyot a Gentleman deserving much commendations for his courage and discretion as also by his Lievetenant William Ancktill Esquire a bold Comrade sometime killing 20. 30. in which Captaine Follyot received a sore wound in his hand being at the sword entred and beset with the Rebels About a fortnight after their defeat at Ballyshannon the Rebels mustered new forces and with assistance of Colonell Manus O Donnell and Colonell Turlogh Mac Caffrye O Donnell they besieged my Colonels Castle he being gone over the mountaines for Ammunition the Rebels fired some out-houses but were beaten off with losse of twenty men who attempted to burne the gate In the Barony of Boylagh about two dayes after the Mac Swynes and the O Boyles were encountred about Kilbegge by Master Andrew Knox a Minister who though very unequall in number to the Rebels held them up at push a pike and killed about 80. of their men and put the whole body to flight and brought home a great prey In which skirmish the best Mac Swyne was killed These Master Speaker are the Occurrences in those three Counties that were precedent unto any Commission granted for raising of Regiments and now I shall according to the rule I propounded unto my selfe first relate the exploites of every Regiment apart and then of such service as was done joyntly and as I began with Fermanagh in what was performed before any Commission so I shall endevour the

confidently affirme that out of the County of Fermanagh one of the best planted Counties with English I could never give an accompt of 20 men escaped except w ch is most improbable they should flye to Dublin as for the chiefest my owne estate meering upon the Marches of that County having inquired from prisoners by name for such and such they have informed me they were all massacred The Blackwater in the County of Tyrone a most fertile soyle and inhabited with the English had its streames dyed in blood there being at one time above 200. soules murthered upon the Bridge and flung downe the River I could instance alike in many places but that we are to allow buryed miserie too timely a resurrection Master Speaker in these two last instances I have onely named the English not but that I please my selfe better in concluding both Enlish and Scotch under the title of Brittish but that there seemeth to be some reason for in the Infancy of this Rebellion the Rebels made open Proclamations upon paine of death that no Scotch man should be stirred in body goods or Lands and that they should to this purpose write over the Lyntels of their doores that they were Scotch men and so destruction might passe over their families nay I read a Letter that was sent by two of the Rebels titulary Collonels Colonell Nugent and Colonell O Gallogher a quarter of an houre before my Colonell Sir Ralph Gore encountred with their forces at Ballyshannon and there slew out-right 180. of their men without losse of one man on our side praised be God which was directed to our Honourable Friends the Gentlemen of the never conquered Scotch-Nation it exprest that they were both of one extraction in former times joynt-assistants that their quarrell if aright understood by them as by the best of Scotland they would be otherwise advised then to joyne with us and many other passages that I may seasonably forget here I onely touch this not as judging where there is smoake there is some fire but to observe their policy which though to some that were suddenly surprized might afford security to retreate into some place of safety yet it was ridiculously entertained and as resolutely scorned by the Scottish Nation Hitherto with your patience is rough drawne the generall estate and condition of the Brittish who were now betaking themselves to better resolutions in opposition to the enemies fury I shall beginne with the County of Fermanagh where those that had escaped the fire and sword of Rory Mac Guyre the Arch-Rebell in that County brother to the Lord of Eniskellen drew themselves into Eniskillen a place fortifyed by nature under the Command of Sir William Cole Colonell The Inhabitants of that County of the other side of the L●ughearne resorted to Master Catheart then High Sheriffe of the County and Garrison'd in the Castle of Moneigh Lilgold and Tullagh Mac Guire having without any opposition in that Country wasted burnt killed and pillaged betooke himselfe with the united forces thereof to beleagre Eniskillen which divers times with great bodies and threates equall but with fictions exceeding them both as that all Ireland was taken which for a great while we might all of us easily but with griefe beleeve Howsoever ●t pleased God that Colonell Cole with great resolution and valour maintained the same and made divers fallyes in the night upon his Quarter doing very good execution Insomuch that Mac Guirc thought it an unseasonable aire to Quarter so neare Eniskillen and then began to adventure his fortunes upon the other side of the Lough where Master Catbcart and many brave Scotch Cavillieres against so great a body though not able to maintaine a field by divers resolute and discreete Sallies chased and slaughtered the enemy One I will particularize though not crowned with successe of execution equall to the former where 800. of the enemies being drawne up into three bodyes before their Quarter they Sallyed out with 60. Horse routed their Battalions and killed 35. of their men further execution being prevented by a contiguous wood There was two Castles called Tullagh and Lisgold which by an over-weaning affiance in the enemies promises yet indeed very much prest by personall wants delivered themselves upon composition which taught succeeding Garrisons to sticke unto their old Creed for after the surrender they were all massacred Master Speaker Having no notes of remembrance and much prest by my Friends unto this disorderly Discourse or were it not that the reverence of the place countenanced it I should esteeme it like a tale beginning once upon a time I shall a while leave the County of Fermanagh because these are passages precedent to the Commission for raising its Regiment of 500 foot and recollect my memory in what posture the County of Tyrone stood most part of the Brittish of the Barony of Omagh made their escape towards Newtowne and Strebane both places being of the Barony of Strebane in the same County The Barony of Clogher resorted to the Agber The remaining Barrony being the Barony of Dongannon were marcht up by Sir Thomas Staples and Lieutenant Colonell Saunderson forth of that Barony to New-Towne nigh twenty miles through the barbarous Mountaines of Monterlynny one of the greatest fastnesses of Jreland to joyne with Sir William Stewarts forces there where they were joyfully entertained and after 2 or 3 dayes stay there in a very unseasonable time of the yeare marcht to Agber being 600. in number but contrary to the perswasions of that Noble Liev. Colonell and the High Sheriffe Captaine Maxwell a Gent. of singular forwardnesse were divided by one Master William Stewart of Fiagh a man of good parts but very unfortunately applyed into Dongannon backe againe where the greatest part of them were slaine by two and three without satisfaction of one drop of Rebels blood in requitall of theirs and those Gentlemen that remained with Lieutenant Colonell Saunderson this unfortunate division happening in the face of Sir Phelomy O Neill encouraged the numerous Rebell so farre that he and his Company was forced to retreate towards the Omagh and so to New-towne the Towne of Agher being entred by the Rebels and burnt immediately Yet I must not here forget the resolute attempt and manfull defending of the Agber Castle by Master Archibald Aerskin Clarke Sonne and Heire to Sir James Aerskin a Gentleman of 1000. pound per annum of temporall estate who being beleagred a few dayes before by 2000. men with the assistance of Archibald Hamilton Esquire and his Tenants Sallyed out with 80. Horse and twelve Musketeers upon a body of the Rebels being about 600. and routed them with the execution of above 100. of which some were considerable as any in those parts with the losse onely of Captaine Barkley a young Gentleman much lamented Master Archibald Hamilton afterward a zealous Gentleman both before and during his continuance in the Kingdome wounded with some others of note About two dayes after some