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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21067	A letter from a souldier of good place in Ireland, to his friend in London touching the notable victorie of her Maiesties forces there, against the Spaniards, and Irish rebels: and of the yeelding vp of Kynsale, and other places there held by the Spanyards.	I. E., fl. 1602.	1602 (1602)	STC 7434; ESTC S117585	13,991	28

in the behalfe of her Maiestie the Quéene and his owne to kéepe and accomplish this Agréement and ioyntly the Lord President the Lord Marshall of the Campe and thother of the Councell of State and the Earles of Thomond Clanrykard shall sweare and confirme the same in a seuerall writing J promise and sweare to accomplish and keepe these Articles of Agreement and promise the same likewise on the behalfe of his Maiestie Catholique the Kinge my Maister Don John d'l Aquila George Carew Thomond Clanrikard R. Wingfeild Ro. Gardemor Geo. Bourcher Rich. Liueson And so is this troubled Cloud of most likely perillous danger for this time dissolued to her Maiesties most singuler renowme Not so much for the glorie of the euent as for her owne Magnanimitie and Princely resolution to leaue nothing vndone which might preserue that Crowne how deare so euer it cost her to the great honour of our Generall Leaders and Souldiers by land and Sea Actors therein who if it be well considered that after the Enemies arriuall xxviij September it was xxvi October before they could get all things readie to sit downe nere the Towne xxix October before their Ordinance could play And that by j. Nouember they had gottē Ricorren castle And then vij Nouember were driuē shrewdly to diminish their strength by sending the L. President from them with two Regiments of foote and 325 horses against Odonell That hee returned not till xxv Nouember his Companies 26. And then that the Supplyes of Spaine were landed That the most of our shipping that did vs speciall seruice were gone towardes them That Odonell was alreadie come Tyron shortly after and xx December all in sight 24 beaten That xxxj December the Parley begunne ij Ianuarie the Articles were sworne ix the Towne yéelded These thinges I say considered it cannot bée thought they spent any idle time as by the Iournals also which I sent you heretofore doth particulerly appeare Nay let it bée duely considered indéed that the Towne though not regulerly fortified after the moderne sort yet was of strong scituation well walled and rampierd of the old fashion and apt to receiue fit fortification which the Enemie by his skill and leasure had giuen it both within the Towne and without as being accounted of great knowledge in fortification and hauing béene a Moneth in it before our men could come néere much to molest him And it may rather bee maruailed the such an Enemie with such a Companie so prouided not béeing constrained by sickenesse famine or other defect of prouision and expecting shortly as himselfe tearmeth it a Royall supplie frō Spaine should so soone yéeld vp not only it but the other Castles that of Baltymore especially so important so strong so fournished to hould so long out as by his owne acknowledgement appeareth before Well going they are with the loane of ordinarie vessels which they also pay for for whome yea and almost for any enemie of lesse qualitie than these all auncient estate wisedome would haue aduised to haue made and giuen them a goulden bridge to passe ouer rather than they should haue stayed longer vppon any Condition much lesse vpon doubtfull hope of a small contemptible pillage to haue béene gotten of them which must néedes also haue béene bought with much blood and with what further Charge and hazard to the mayne God knoweth And howsoeuer any perticuler humour may take it I thinke Don Iohn all Circumstances considered did aduisedly for his King to leaue it And for our part I take it a Seruice to haue béene most honourably perfourmed with singuler euident profite and all probabilitie of certaine future securitie to our Prince and Countrey and that otherwise it cannot bée conceaued off of any that will indifferently iudge The proofe whereof by the fruite beginneth here presently to appeare by the diminishing of her Maiesties Charge daunting of the Rebels quiet comfort and encouragement of the good and before dismayed Subiect and will I doubt not but be generally felt with you there by sparing your men and monneys and putting you out of feare hereafter of your and our and all Englands potent Enemie for his further attempting this way And this for this of the late victorie and yéelding of the Towne which is my purposed taske vnto you at this time As for that which was done from the first landing of the Spaniards till the fight I referre you to the Iournals sent you before And for the generall course of the noble Lord Deputies whole procéedinges in this Land since his first arriuall héere I leaue it to others to bee treated of more at large hereafter onely this I will now say in generall let it bée but without humour iudicially considered in what estate he found this Land and to what hée hath now brought it and there is none so vnindifferently affected but must bee forced to confesse Quantum mutatus ab illo And héere I end my obiect of the fight and yéelding of the Towne and whole quiting of all the Inuadors with Salmacida Spolia an vnbloudie victorie of our part most befitting a Virgin Quéene and a Bacheler Generall And so doe betake you to the Almightie At Corcke this 13 of Ianuarie 1601. Your assured at commaund I. E.