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A29478 A Briefe relation of the proceedings of our army in Ireland, since the tenth of June to this present Iuly 1642 together with the petition of the Parliament there assembled, to the lords, iustices, and counsell. England and Wales. Parliament. 1642 (1642) Wing B4633; ESTC R1605 5,256 12

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A Briefe RELATION OF The Proceedings OF Our Army in IRELAND since the Tenth of June to this present Iuly 1642. TOGETHER With the Petition of the Parliament there Assembled To the Lords Iustices and Counsell LONDON Printed by R. Oulton and G. Dexter for Benjamin Allen. An. D. 1642. A Briefe Relation of the Passages of our ARMIE TVESDAY the 10. of Iune about 12 a clock at noone our Armie departed from Dublin There went 6. companies under the command of Lievtenant Colonell Monke 50. of my Lord of Ormonds Foure under the command of Sir Francis Willowbie Five under my Lord Lamberts under the command of Sir Georg Thylock Foure of Collonell Crafford under his own command Nine of my Lord Iones Regiment 9 of Sir Michaell Herles Regiment and 9. of Collonell Cromwells regiment Of Horse there was my Lord Lieutenants Troop my Lord of Ormonds Troop my Lord Burlase Troop Sir George Wentworths Troop Sir Thomas Lucas Troop Captaine Mawhs Troop Captaine Villers Troop Sir Richard Greenvills Troop Captain Armstrongs Troop Captaine Masons Troop and two other Troops whose Captaines names I have forgot we had like wise 7 Brasse Peeces The first night wee marched about 7. miles from Dublin where wee quartered that night and the next morning being Wednesday there was sent from the Armie Captaine Garners Troop and my Lord of Ormonds Troop Captaine Marrowes Troop Captaine Stuerfi●lds 1000 Compan● and three Peeces of Ordinance that carried about 6 pound bullet wee left the Armie and marched with the foresaid Companie to a Castle wide of Trym a garrison place a Castle called K●ock Linch belonging to one Mr. Linch there we found about 1500 of our men that had besieged the Castle 2. dayes before and had been very fiercely at it wee found at our comming to them that they had lost about 40. men along with the foresaid companies we came with the Ordinance there came also 200 Fire-locks who at our firstcomming placed themselves round about the Castle in the Trenches and Dikes till the orduance were planted which in two houres were planted and plaid upon the Castell for the space of 6 or 8 houres the Rogues within the Castell still defying us saying Be gone yee Parliament Rebells you that fight against your King and many upbraiding words they had fortified the Castell very strongly the Castell likewise being a strong stately place amongst the rest of our men Lievt Colonell Kirke was shot very dangerously with two Bullets in the back but whether he be since dead we know not certaine for hee was left in the Chirurgeons hands at Trime About 6 a clock at night our men entred one part of the Castell very couragiously rushing through great dangers with their beating and throwing downe of stones from out the Castell at last when they had no shot left they fell a throwing of stones and left not so much as the Tiles upon the house and at even when the Castle was most part all on fire they got into a Tower where was a strong Battlement and there did stand the chiefest of them whereof one as wee heare was one Matthew Plunket who stood up and asked if there would be quarter granted to them it was replied there would no sayes hee I will beleeve none of you Let some Honourable man speake as my Lord Lambert or the like or saith hee where is Captaine Grace that I may speake with him hee likewise fetch'd Mistris Boothes Child and shewed it to him alive no perswasion could bring them downe although they had put a great rope out to come downe by they were very timerous the Common Souldiers would fall upon them and so drave away the time till it was darke that night the Souldiers lay about the Castle and next morning did doe as good as dwell with them it was thought there was about 600. in the Castle which were put to the sword very stout fellowes there were Our Armie lay that night hard by Trim where our Forces that lay before the Castell did likewise draw themselves Thursday our men took another Castle called Tremellstowne where the Rogues stole away and left all within to them Friday wee marched through Athboie a Faire Towne which the Rogues had burned to the ground to prevent us from leaving any Garrison there that night we came to the Earl of Westmeaghes the Foot quartered a Mile of this side the Earles house The Earle of ORMOND and many of the Chiefest Commanders lay there that night he bestowed Beare Bread and Meat very plentifully on our Souldiers The next morning we marched and not three miles from the Earles house our Dragoneirs going before came to a Castle which the Rogues had strongly intrenched and cut off the way and made a redoubt or 2 to hinder our passage but our men beat them off and killed about 14. of them the Rogues did run still before us and burnt all the Townes before us that wee might have no houses to lie in Burnt MOLLINGER where the FOOTE was to Quarter the next Night So the Foot were faine to lie in the Field and the Horse lay in Mollinger that night the Townes people ran all away and got all their goods unto on Island hard by The next Day being Sunday morning we marched from Mullinger and about 5 miles beyond Mollinger wee came to a Castle belonging to one Mr. Tinte which wee found verie strongly Fortified and entrenched with mightie Trenches our Men entered the Castle and found no bodie in it but store of provision and abundance of good Beere this Tintes Brother was taken hard by the Castle and killed our Men ransacked the Castle and so left it The same Night wee came to a place called Ballimore which the Rogves had likewise burnt that day next morning following Forces were drawne out to goe for Athlove my Lord President of Connagh Castle my Lord Jones Regiment Sir Michael Herles there went along the Earle of Ormond my Lord Lile Sir George Wentworth and many more And within 5 miles of Ahchalon we met my Lord President of Connagh who came to meet the Earl with about 50 Horse and 200 Foot which was his greatest strength and presently after came young Sir Charles Coote with his Troop of compleat men after an houre or two staied in the Field the Earle of Ormond tooke leave of the President and left with him the 2 foresaid Regiments the Lord of Ormond returned that night to our Armie and my Lord Lile with 5 Troop of Horse accompanied my Lord President to Athalon There wee found good store of everie thing for Sir Iames Dillon who had lai● siege before Athlove ever since Christmas left the siege 2 dayes before wee came there they run away and left all hearing the English Armie was comming that way Them in those parts applauding young Sir Charles Coot very much having done a great deale of good service in the County of Rosecomon and those parts and for releiving Athlove twise whilest it was