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A81959	A letter from Sir Levvis Dyve: to the Lord Marquis of New-Castle giveing his Lordship an account of the whole conduct of the Kings affaires in Irland [sic], since the time of the Lord Marquis of Ormond, His Excellencies arrival there out of France in Septem. 1648. Until Sr. Lewis his departure out of that Kingdome, in June 1650. Together with the annexed coppies of sundry letters mentioned by Sr. Lewis Dyve as relating to the businesse he treats of from the Hauge 10. 20. July 1650.	Dyve, Lewis, Sir, 1599-1669.	1650 (1650)	Wing D2979; Thomason E616_7; ESTC R206730	54,200	79

A LETTER FROM SR. LEVVIS DYVE to the Lord Marquis of New-Castle giveing his Lordship an account of the whole Conduct of the KINGS affaires in Irland since the time of the Lord Marquis of Ormond His Excellencies arrivall there out of France in Septem 1648. Until Sr. Lewis his departure out of that Kingdome In June 1650. Together with the annexed Coppies of sundry Letters mentioned by SR. LEWIS DYVE as relating to the Businesse He treats of From the Hague 10. 20. July 1650. HAGVE Printed by SAMUELL BROUN English Bookeseller 1650. MY LORD NOt long after my arrivall at the Hague intimation was given me by a noble freind upon some casuall discourse with him of the affaires of Ireland that your Lordship had a great desire to be satisfied as well in some particulars touching the conduct of that businesse since my Ld. Leiut. last went thither as in what condition the Kingdom stood at the time when I came from thence Wherupon not knowing whether the necessitie of my occasions or indeed the usuall thwartnesse of my fortune in what I most covet would allow me so great a hapiness as personally to waite upon you before I left this country I held it my duty in that case to leave some testimony behind me of my obedience and readinesse to serve you wherin rather then faile I have adventured to ingage my selfe in this relation though conscious of mine owne disability to performe it in such sort as the subject requires the unpollished rudenesse of so plaine and course a stile affording no lustre of ornament or beauty that may render it worthy to be presented to a person of your eminency which may the easier in my behalfe admit of excuse whose profession and practice hath all wayes bin accustomed rather to use a sword then a pen the only plea I have therfore to offer to your Lordship for this presumption is the candor and integrity where with it is written which I have religiously observed through the whole body of the discourse endeavouring to vindicate truth which I find highly suffering by the world either through the malice and malignity of these unhappy times or for want of cleare and impartiall information which I am confident your Lordship and all who rightly know me will expect from my hands and which sincerely I promise to afford without suffering the Biasse of any passion or privat respect or interest whatsoever to sway me in the least circumstance contrary to truth unlesse by misaprehension and want of judgment or by the misrepresentation of the ablest and best knowing persons I may unhappily have bin misled But that I may the better do it it will be necessary a little to look back and take a short view of the desperate time wherein his Ex cy the Marquesse of Ormond under tooke this worke and to reflect upon the sad face that was then upon His MAjESTIES affaires in all his three Kingdomes In England as your Lordship may well remember the King was not only made a close prisoner his Crowne his life and the succession of his posterity declared against but also all those parties that stood for him there or had declared in his behalfe and taken armes for his rescue were wholy dispersed and subdued yea and all other men whose parts honesty or publique interest made them worthy of a suspition either imprisoned banisht or utterly disarmed In Scotland the army raised for the freedome and restauration of the King having bin unfortunatly lost under the leading of Duke Hamilton in Lankashire all that acted by the Kings commission were not only compelld to lay downe armes but after being declared incapable to sit any more in Parliament or to have any share in Government som of them proscribed and expelled the land whilst Cromwell for having countenanced them in these proceedings was saluted at Edenburgh Preservator of the nation thus you see there are two Kingdoms wherin is neither Garrison nor army left at the Kings devotion nor any person scarce at liberty that durst owne either him or his quarrell Ireland only remaines to be considered and that God knowes a wofull spectacle cantonized into severall sundry factions drawing all divers waies and driueing on severall interests there was Iones Monke and Coote playing an Independant game as eagerly as might be there were the Scots Patronizinge the Covenant and Presbitery there was O Neale and the Nuntiated party of the Cleargy that with might and maine under the colour of Religion were promoteing a forraigne interest in case they could not make a Prince at home there was the counsell of the confederats together with all the auntient English and some of the Irish their adherents who being more moderat and averse to such desperat courses awakened also with the miseries that opprest them already the ruin that menaced them out of England made fresh applications into France unto the Queene and the Prince his highnesse that my Lord Leiut. and the Kings Authority might againe be sent amongst them wherupon these two factions grew to so great a fewde that the latter were all excomunicated by the first and the first proclaimed Traytors by the latter Besides all these there was Inchiquin who having recollected himselfe at last dislikeing the revolutions in England had prevailed with his party to declare for the King Wherupon he made a cessation with the counsell of the confederats in expectation of my Lord Leiu ts coming over which cessation being violently opposed both by the spirituall and temporall sword of the Nuntio and O Neale induced finally my Lord Marquess of Clanricard who from the time of my Lord Leiu nts going to sea from Dublin had retired himselfe and his family to a place convenient to ship away assoone as he should despaire of being able to serve the King by his further stay to take armes and drawe together his army to countenance the cessation and to make way for my Lord Marquess of Ormond with the Kings Authority to which he did highly contribute by awing and curbing the towne of Galloway at that time the seat of the Nuntio and the principall receptacle of the most factious people in the Kingdome as also by his succesfull reduceing of Fortfaukland Athlone Iames towne and the greatest part of the Province into his power But to the end that you may see with what steadinesse that Honorable Person in the depth of all these revolutions hath still adhered unto the service of the King and the Interests of the Crown even against those that couloured al their designes and practises over with the artificiallest and most deludeing pretences of Religion since it is an example fit to be recommended to posterity and truly worthy your lordships knowledge you may please to read the particular conduct of this his undertakeing in the Coppy of a Letter I send you herewithall writ from the Marquis himselfe to Mr. Walsingham then in France In this posture was Ireland when my Lord Leiut. came