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A87239	A letter from the Right Honourable the Lord Inchiqvin and other the commanders in Munster, to His Majestie expressing the causes and reasons of their not holding the cessation any longer with the rebels; with their desire intimated to His Majestie, that he would be pleased to renounce any treatie with the rebels any longer, and that he would againe proclaime them rebels, and would now comply with his Parliament, and make a peace with them. With several other letters from the said Lo. Inchiquin and other the commanders in Munster in Ireland to severall other their friends here in England, advising them of their proceedings, with severall motives and reasons to perswade them also to returne unto their former charges in Ireland, and to joyne with them to oppose the said rebels, and for to vindicate with them therein their obligation unto religon, the preservation of that kingdome, and the honour of the English nation. Published by authoritie.	Inchiquin, Murrough O'Brien, Earl of, 1614-1674.	1644 (1644)	Wing I131; Thomason E8_37; ESTC R18278	10,179	16

of my resolution to fight with the enemies and wrote unto all the Garrisons to let the inhabitants know that if they did not make some shift to furnish the Souldiers knapsacks for the field that they were all lost whereupon they furnished us with five dayes provision so that you and I made a shift with the before mentioned number to get thither by the day that I threatned to fight with them if they were not gone which you know was the soonest that I could be there you being a witnesse of the diligence I used to get the men into the field and certainly if I could have come thither sooner I would have threatned the enemy accordingly but when we were come to Tallow the rebells belike having notice of our weakness continued the seige notwithstanding the promises which I perceiving and being fearefull they might take Lismore offered unto your selfe Lieutenant Colonell Appleyard and the Officers to fall upon them if you should advise whereupon you all advised to send presently for Colonell Mynn and not to attempt any thing till he came This delay after I had threatned to fight with them I I was fearefull would make the enemy contemne us and thinking that it was very likely that before Colonell Mynn who could not in lesse then five dayes time be with us should come that the place must needs have bin lost I bethought my selfe to send Iack fitz Gerald privately to them to let them know that they were very happy in that Mynn was not come yet unto me and that I had received letters from him intimating his being on his march towards me whereof I gave them notice out of my desire to preserve them whom we thought would soone become his Majesties Subjects and servants and therefore let them know that if they did not goe away the next day that I must of necessity fall upon them but all I could doe could not divert them from their owne ends till my Lord of Cork landed and brought me a Letter from the King commanding me to give credit to what he should tell mee who told me that it was his Majesties Command that I should forward the Cossation by all the meanes could whereupon I desired a Conference with my Lord of Muskerie and you know how my Lord of Corke delivered the Message sent unto me there before my Lord of Muskerie and did assure my Lord that if he would with-draw the siege he knew his Majestie would take it well which my Lord thinking that I would have fallen upon them the next day assented unto now let the world judge whether I did intend to give up my Lord of Corks Towns they knowing our wants our condition our strength Nick Mynns being in the West unable to come to us my offering daily to fall on if a Councell of warre should advise it and all other circumstances to be as I have related and let them also that know how we were say if it had not been easie for their 3000 foot and 800 horse to have taken all our Quarters if I had not by this meanes prevented it by giving them occasion to stay where I had provided against their attempts whereas if they had marched on in to our Quarters I could never make head against them knowing the Countrey to be readie to rise and afford them their assistance against us and that we could never bring our Army into a bodie to have given them Battell so that truly I never was so happy in any thing concerning this warre as in that diversion which by my Unkle Edmonds and my Lord of Muskeries ambush it pleased God I gave them and thereby preserved all the poore English that were abroad in our quarters and Sin for confirmation hereof you know we were frequently told that it was a common report amongst the Irish that I had fool'd my Lord of Muskerie and he them then let all the world thinke whether I could be so foolish as to give way that so many of them should know such a secret if I had not my own ends in it or if those ends had been to favour them whether that favour must not proceed from hope of reward of effection to their partie the first of these I am confident no enemis will alleage against me And I hope my Actions have never given Cause to suspect me for the last perhaps my Lord of Corke will say I did it out of malice to him to which I answere that it were strange I should put my safetie into the hands of the Irish onely to doe him a prejudice who I knew durst not affront me not any man that durst strike a knowne Coward unlesse I did intend to become one of the Irish partie which sure now I shall not be suspected for s●eing I have put on a resolution to follow the warre against the Irishe whereunto my selfe and the rest of the Officers here have been induced by the certaine knowledge of their designes being no losse then to extirpate all the Protestant and their Religion and give this Kingdoms into the hands of another Prince who they thinke betten able to assist them against the Parliament then the King of England is Sir we have made this knowne to the King and the world in a large Declaration but we feare that the same instruments that gained such trust for the Irish as that the King condescended to leave this in their power supposing them to be more faithfull to him then that they would doe any such thing will also prevaile to make him discredit our Declaration and disapprove of our proceedings which yet shall appeare to be effectuall for his service But because we knew that his Majestie by reason of the Parliaments strength at sea could not assist us we have applyed our selves to the Parliament also desiring their Assistance against the Irish and have besought both King and Parliament that they would from the knowledge of their treacheries take a rise to beget such an Accommodation as that by their joynt consent this warre might be followed and that in England may surcease I know not what effects this may produce for the good of that Kingdome But I know we shall have large supplies here and good pay for 10000. horse and foot to keepe the field and that it may be an incouragement for our old friends to come over to us againe the Parliament doe undertake to pay the Arreares due unto all the Officers and us in so much Adventure besides which there is no doubt if God make us vanquishers but deserving 01 men will have estates conferred on them in the end of this as it was in the end of the last warres I meane Tyrones warres of Ireland I should thinke it a great happinesse that I might have your Assistance in this businesse promising you that if it lie in my power your condition shall be one of the Chiefe in the Armie but I know your Noblenesse and Uprightnesse to be such as that I shall offer nothing as an inducement to you but that here you may fight in a Cause which first is Gods owne then that we fight against those who are Papists and Rebels and who we know to be enemies to the King and our Religion And lastly I would desire you to consider that if the King should get the upper hand with the help of these men whether it be likely that it will be in his power to establish the Protestant Religion if you think fit to come you must not make knowne your Resolution till you see how the King approves of our Declaration But if that be not come to his hands I would advise you to come without the knowledge of any but such as you thinke will come with you to Milford Haven where the Parliament shipping will receive you and transport hither any that desire to come I pray God direct you for the best which is heartily wished by Sir Your most affectionate Friend and Servant Inchiquin FINIS

commands I shall in the first place let you know that I forsake a plentifull fortune for the good of this Cause And then I shall desire you to say only to them that if the placing of another person in my roome be thought an advantage for the prosecution of the warre I shall be well-pleased with it and doe most earnestly defire it for truly no preferment or prosit can be so pleasing to me as to see this warre followed with effect against the Irish Rebels I found that having the disposall of what money we had here I lost the favour of many because I could not comply with their particular desires wherefore if I should be thought fit to command againe I would by no meanes meddle with that taske and shall in that case pray the Houses to send one or more Commissioners to see the carriages of affaires and to disburse the treasure as shall be requisite This Course I conceive will give much satisfaction both to the Parliament and us to them in regard of the assurance they shall have that the money is imployed to the best advantage and that they shall have complaint of none but reall wants to us because we shall then expect to be better supplyed then otherwise Another thing that I desire you would offer to the Honourable Houses is that they would take the poore English here into their consideration and to take a course for their satisfaction concerning those debts due unto them from the Army which I conceive may be done out of the Houses and Lands of the expulsed inhabitants as if their money had been given upon adventure for them I could write a volumne of things that would cause your admiration as they have done my Alteration from the course I was in but I know you have been told some of them by your Wife and P.S. and others you will heare from the bearer wherefore I will now say no more but that I am Your affectionate Friend and Servant Inchiquin Cork 20. July 1644. A Copie of a Letter to Sir I. Powlet from the Lord Inchiquin Noble Sir AS I must confesse I had alwaies great inducements to love your person so must I acknowledge an obligation now both to increase that affection and professe my selfe infinitely your servant for I have it from many good hands that you were noble just and friendly zealous in defence of my honour being wounded very much by my Lord of Corks traducing me for betraying his Townes unto the Irish rebells Sir I could wish now that I had tould you somewhat more then I did of that businesse which truly I forbeare because I thought it would be deemed vaine glory in me for if ever I did any thing towards the defence of this Province against the Irish this was that I had cause to bragge off whereof I shall take you for a witnesse for you know that at the time when the enemy came to Lismore we had no provisions in any of our stores and a weeke before their coming that false friend my uncle Edmond came unto me to let me know that the Irish Army were advancing towards our ports and that if I would give way to their taking of Cappoquin and Lismore they would spare the rest of our quarters which he said they would otherwise burne and destroy but before he delivered me this message from my Lord of Muskerie he made me promise him secrecy which as I made good so I made use of what he tould me for my owne advantage for presently I sent all the provision I could get in Corke and Yawhall with all hast to Cappoquin and with it 400 commanded men Lismore was of it selfe well provided but if it had not you know I was not then able to helpe it at that time I communicated to your selfe and the Officers the intelligence I received of the enemyes advancing and after advice taken of what was fit to be done we found our wants and the scarcity that was in all places would make it impossible for us to keepe the field with our Armie part whereof to the number of 1200 were with Colonell Mynn in the West where they had no foode but what corne they cut burnt and drest the same day to eate so that all we were able to doe was only to draw 1600 foote and 250 horse to Tallowe out of the severall garrisons for whom I had not one dayes victualls to march they being onely on billets in their severall quarters when I found that this was all we could doe then I bethought my selfe to make use of the motion made unto me by my uncle and whereas he under pretence of giving me intelligence went about to worke upon me in hope to make me an instrument to betray the English I did in the like manner indeavour to make use of him for the overthrowing the rebells designe Which with Gods assistance I did thus happily effect After I had taken advice with you and found that we could not drawe the westerne forces unto us and that without them there was no fighting I seemed to him to have put on a resolution with your advices presently to gather all our forces together and tould him of a great strength that we were able to make letting of him know that I was glad the Irish were comming into a trap to us for that I knew there would none of them get off againe and then to fetch him about I told him that I was sorry that my Lord of Muskery was not more reall in his professions to the King which I perceived were all but dissilmuations or that otherwise he would not now presse so hard upon our quarters being he expected a cessation soone after and being that then it was professed by them that they would goe into England with forces so soone as that was agreed on I marvailed that they would be so much the Kings and their owne enemies as to seeke the destruction of those people meaning theirs whose assistance I did soone expect in his Majesties service which I tould him was a thing I would vvillingly avoid if I could and then finding by him that they were resolved to come notwithstanding all my threats I tould him that I would not draw our forces together till such a day if they aimed at nothing but my Lord of Corks townes for that I cared not if they tooke them and that therefore I had so ordered it that the forces should be there no sooner to hinder them which would be time enough for them to take them in But said that if they tooke them not by that day that then they must resolve to retreate or that otherwise I must fall upon them this they thought was enough and therefore they promised that they would retreat that day whether they tooke them or not though with as little intention to performe as I expected Now that I might seeme unto him to be able to doe this I presently made all the noise I could