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A97166 A brief narration of the plotting, beginning & carrying on of that execrable rebellion and butcherie in Ireland. With the unheard of devilish-cruelties and massacres by the Irish-rebels, exercised upon the Protestants and English there. Faithfully collected out of depositions, taken by commissioners under the Great Seal of Ireland. Hereunto are added observations, discovering the actions of the late King; and manifesting the concernment of the Protestant-army now imployed in Ireland. Published by special authority. Waring, Thomas, 17th cent. 1650 (1650) Wing W873; Thomason E596_2; ESTC R204016 31,881 70

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the Papists Whereupon though too many were there before yet great swarms of Priests Friers flew into the same three lands out of Spain Italy France Flanders and other places Who were so intent sollicitous close and subtile in their courses as men long bred versed therein That upon their secret and subtile surmises of danger there threatned by the Puritan party as they call them to the Protestant party to their the Romish Religion whose as they pretended subversion was their principall aim much dissention and differences arose and for a long time boiled and burned in the breasts of great numbers some naturally wicked others perhaps onely seduced and surprized ignorantly following the time and their acquaintances that on a sudden after several years spent in broaching and sowing of these jealousies and in preparing of the other provision while the harmelesse Protestant thought least onely hoped to be quiet there were sent out of Spain a strong fleet of ships fully manned with great numbers of Commanders Souldiers and Mariners and as well fraught and furnished with Artilery Arms Amunition Money and all other necessaries for Warre all which were designed for Ireland One half to be landed at Kinsale in the South-west the other half at Killabegges in the North. Howbeit a fierce and strong wind carrying them perforce past the Coast of Ireland into the Narrow Sea the Hollanders fell upon them and as it is well known sunk many took divers yet some escaped This plot thus farre by the great Providence prevented the Rebellion could not then begin in Ireland as indeed it should have done had the fleet as was intended landed there Whereupon afterwards it was further plotted and agreed amongst those Machivillian Factors of Spain and Rome and many other Lay-Papists of England Scotland and Ireland all sworn to secresie and still notwithstanding that their high disaster as much as they could keeping their former plot and resolution on foot That in all those three Lands See the deposition of M. Thomas Crant of the County of Cavan amongst others the Papists should generally rise up in arms upon one set day then to surprise the tower of London in England the Castle of Edenburgh in Scotland and the Castle of Dublin in Ireland with as many more Castles Forts Holds and places of strength as they could possibly feaze upon in all the three Lands And the better to enable themselves to surprise the Castle and City of Dublin it was concluded that twenty Popish Souldiers out of every County of the Land should the night before the time appointed for the taking of Dublin privately make their addresses to that City the Suburbs and other places there about to be in readinesse to assist the taking and spoyling of the same Castle and Citty and to do execution upon the Protestants which numbers of men and many more came thither at the time appointed a great part whereof crept into the City and Suburbs the night before the residue remained about the Ditches Hedges obscure places there as fully appeared on the Greens of that Citty the next morning to the great terror of the honest Citizens And also because they might not want full strength to perform and bear out their design they took occasion to make use of another force raised there upon pretence to be sent to forreign service some of which they practised should be brought up to take shipping at Dublin and thereabout lye in readinesse and the rest to lye in other parts near the Port towns of Ireland all to countenance and back the businesse They taking the advantage of certain Commissions all dated about May 1641 granted by the King to severall Commanders viz. One to Colonell Garret Barrie another to Colonel Tibbot Taaff now Lord Taaff another to Col. Iohn Barrie another to Sir Jeames Dillon all Irish Papists for raising levying for each of these Colonells 1000. menin Ireland out of those men formerly raised in that land by the Earl of Strafford and then lately disbanded The same Commissions purporting that they should be transported for the service of any Forreign Prince in Amitie with the King the rather to free Ireland of them These Commissions were in Iuly afterwards which was about three moneths before the breaking out of the Rebellion brought over and delivered by these Colonels to the Lord Justices and Councel of Ireland whereupon four thousand of the disbanded souldiers aforesaid were raised one Regiment whereof under the comand of the said Colonel Iohn Barrie was brought to the parts near Dublin the rest to other Ports of Ireland and there for a seeming defect of transportation and provision they hanckered and stayed for a good time yet seeming daily to prepare but the Irish Popish Knights and other Burgesses of the Parliament finding the Lord Justices and Councel forward to send them away moved extreamly in the Parliament House that they might not go out of the Land till the Kings pleasure should be further known The Lord Justices and Councel being thus extreamly importuned by the Parliament then grown strong in Irish were drawn to write into England signifying the Parliaments earnest desire therein yet gave no impediment to the going of those Regiments who in truth were sufficiently retarded by the vehement labour of Priests and Jesuites and some of the Parliament Papists amongst those Commanders so as they continued there for the most part till the Rebellion brake out And then perceiving their plot for surprizing of Dublin to be prevented Many Irish and other stangers hovered in England and London and the Suburbs the same time as I have been credibly informed they and all those before mentioned which came out of all the Counties as aforesaid unto and about Dublin dispersed and afterward became dexterous and ready actors in the insuing rebellion And although by divine providence this Plot were prevented in England and Scotland yet how it began and took effect in Ireland is too well known to those many eye witnesses who were inhumanly turned out of their estates and exposed to all the miseries of cold wet and hunger if not for increase of their miseries sharply wounded and maimed and was too well felt by others whose lives were torn and rent from them in this day of visitation appearing by the numerous examinations And before I make mention of the other things which you shall find in the ensuing tract give me leave to say somewhat of that delivered upon Oath by that Reverend and learned Preacher Henry Iones Doctor in Divinity as he heard it expressed and confessed unto him by two Friers Who relateth See the examination of Dr. Henry Iones Com. Dublin 337. dep that howsoever the first breaking out of the fire of this rebellion into a flame began but the 23 of October 1641. yet was it smoaking many years before God having given many glimpses for the discovery of it had they been duly considered or prosecuted to a discovery For