better understanding to know in what state hee is to send presently unto him and accordingly to proceed There is direction to the Victualler to send three moneths Victuals for fiue hundred Foot to Baltimore and the like proportion for Beare and to the Master of the Ordnance to send to either of those places one Last of Powder with Lead and Match proportionably your Lordship is to call upon the Ministers of those Offices to see the same presently sent away The Powder and Victuall sent for Beare is directed to Baltimore there to stay untill the place bee 〈◊〉 where Captaine Flower resteth and from thenâ—e to bee 〈◊〉 â—â—â—rected by your Lordship When your Lordship hath met with Captaine Flower 〈…〉 from him you are to leaue with him fiue hundred Foot or more if in your judgement you shall thinke it requisite and likewise the like proportion of strength to Captaine Harvie more or lesse as in your opinion shall be thought meet If the Abbey of Bantrey bee the place found fittest for Captaine Flower to remaine in and that the same bee so ruined as of necessity for the safe and well keeping of the Victualls and Munitions cost must be bestowed whatsoever your Lordship shall lay out for the repairing of it upon your bill of disbursements it shall be forthwith repaied unto you alwayes praying you to use as little charge as possible you may money to intelligencers and messengers is likewise allowed For the Garrison at Kinsale Victualls is likewise ordained to bee sent whereof the Victualler must be remembred The capitall Rebells that are to resist you is Osulevan and Tirrell your Lordship must leaue no meanes unassayed to get them aliue or dead the way in my judgement how that service may bee effected I haue already made knowne to your Lordship wherein I pray you to use your best indeavours â—iue all the comfort you may to Owen Osulevan by whose meanes you know the affaires of those parts will be best composed Dermond Moyle Mac Cartie is most assâ—sted by the Ocrawlyes haue a speciall care to prosecuâ—e and plagâ—e him and his assistants and if you can finde any good meanes to worke upon him spare not your endeavour Sir Owen Mac Carties sonnes if they bee well handled will proue the best meanes knowing as you doe that hee stands betweene them and the Lord of the Countrey If Tâ—g Onâ—rsies Castle and Rannell Dâ—ffes shall in your opinion bee meet for the Service doe you take them into your hands and leaue wards in them but let not youâ— intent bee discovered untill you be possessed of them The like you are to doe with 〈◊〉 Sir Fâ—nnin Odrischalls house in the which of necessiâ—ie I thinke the store of Victuals and Munitions for the garrison of Baltimore must be layed for the Castle of Donnelong where Roger 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 too little for that purpose Lastly I pray your Lordship of all your proceedings in giue me as often advertisement as you may and haue 〈◊〉 with Sir Charles Wilmot for betweene your two Forces all the Moâ—nster Rebels remaine The Earle being gone with his Armie 〈…〉 the Abbey of Bantrie about threescore miles 〈◊〉 â—orke and there had notice that Donnell 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and his people by the 〈◊〉 of two Spanyards an Italian and a Fryer called 〈…〉 did still continue their workes about the Castle of Dunboy the Barbican whereof being a stone wall of siâ—teene foot in height they faced with soddes intermingled with wood and faggots aboue foure and twenty foot thick for a defence against the Cannon â— they had also sunke a low Plat-forme to plant their 〈◊〉 for a counter-battery and left nothing undone either within or without the Castle that in their opinions was meet for defence But when it came to tryall it appeared that their Iudgeâ—â—â—â—â—â—aylâ—d as after you shall heare For the Barbican was not aboue six or eight foot distant from the Castle the height whereof 〈◊〉 â—â—ceeding high not remembring that the ruines thereof would quickly fill the voyd space betweene them and make a faire assault when a 〈…〉 whereby all their earth and sodd workes prooved vainâ— and 〈◊〉 not so much as one Cannon shott being bestowed upon them but as neere as the Cannoniâ—rs could take their ayâ—â—â— aboue it â—s the President had directed Tirrell in this meane time with the other â—ownoghs had so well placed themselues in the mounâ—aines of Beare that hee could not with his Armie passe any farther withouâ— apparant danger Heereupon the Earle left with Captaine George Flower besides his owne Company the Companies of Sir Iohn Doâ—dall the Lord Barry Captaine Francis Kingsmill Captaine 〈◊〉 and Captaine Bradbury which were seven hundred 〈◊〉 in List in the Whiddy an Iland lying within the Bay of Bantrie very â—onvenient for the Service and himselfe with the rest of his Forces â—â—â—â—â—ned to Corke where having made relation of the particâ—lars of 〈◊〉 journey it was found necessary that the President without any protracâ—ions or delay should drâ—w all the Forces in the Province to a â—ead against them And altâ—ough the time of the yeere was noâ— so convenient the Spring being newly begun yet present order was taken for all the Armie to repaire unto Corke except those which Sir Charles Wilmott did imploy for the reduction of Kâ—rry Vpon a longâ—r delay a double inconvenience depended First her Majestie should be burthened with a greater charge and secondly though the Spaniards had an intention of sending another Army yet if they might bee certified that the Castle of Donboy was taken which was the onely possession which they had in Ireland and the Countrey reduced to her Majesties Obedience before they were put to Sea it might peradventure perswade them to new Councels and alter the former Determinations But before I proceed any farther it is pertinent to set downe the Forces which the Lord Deputy leâ—t for the prosecution of the warre in Mounster which as they stood in List but very weake by the Pole was as followeth of Horse The Lord President 100 The Earle of Thomond 100 Sir Charles Wilmot 25 Sir Anthony Cooke 50 Captaine William Taâ—â—e 50 Of Foot ☞ The Lord President 200 ☞ The Earle of Thomond 200 The Lord Barry 100 ☞ The Lord Audley 150 ☞ Sir Richard Percy 150 ☞ Sir Charles Wilmoâ— 150 Sir George Thornton 100 Sir Gerard Harvie 150 Sir Franciâ— Barkley 150 Sir Iohn Dowdall 150 Sir Samuell Bagnall 150 Sir Anthony Cooke 150 Sir Alexander Clifford 150 Sir Arthur Savage 150 The White Knight 100 Captaine Roger Harvie 150 Captaine George Flower 150 Captaine William Saxey 100 Captaine Francis Slingsby 100 Captaine Henry Skipwith 100 Captaine Francis Hobby 100 Captaine Francis Kingsmill 100 Captaine William Power 100 Captaine George Kingsmill 100 Captaine Robert Collome 100 Captaine Iohn Bostock 100 Captaine Gawen Harvie 100 Captaine Charles Cooke 100 Captaine William Stafford 100 Captaine Iohn Owsley 100 Captaine George Blundell 100 Captaine Edward Dodington 100
minde Sir Charles Blunt Lord Mountioy And at that time the Presidencie of Mounster being voyd by the unfortunate death of Sir Thomas Norris lately slaine by the rebels shee made election of Sir George Carew Knight who was by his former services experienced in the Irish warres to be the Lord President of that Province The 23 of Februarie these Lords embarqued at Beaumarris and upon the day following they landed at the head of Hothe lodging that night at the Lord of Hothes house and the next day they rode to Dublin where by the relation of the Councell they found a miserable torne state utterly ruined by the Warre and the rebels swollen with pride by reason of their manifest victories which almost in all encounters they had lately obtayned The President although hee much desired to employ himselfe in his government yet he was enforced to make a long stay in Dublin as well to assemble the Forces allotted unto him by order out of England to bee in list 3000 Foot and 250 Horse which were dispersed in sundry remote Garrisons as to procure the dispatch of his Instructions from the State which is usuall and of sundry Commissions under the great Seale of Ireland which of custome is graunted to every President but especially the passing of his Office by vertue of her Majesties Warrant under the great Seale of that Realme the Copies of which Warrant Letters Pattents and Instructions I doe heere insert as ensueth Her Maiesties Warrant RIght Trustie and Welbeloved wee greet you well Our Province of Mounster in that our Realme of Ireland being without a principall Officer to governe it ever since the death of Thomas Norris Knight late President there And the tumultuous state of that Province requiring the government of a person of Iudgement and Experience Wee haue made choise of our servant Sir George Carew Knight Lieutenant of our Ordnance heere To commit to him the charge of that part of our Realme as one whom we know besides his faithfull and diligent endeavours informer services to bee well acquainted with the estate of that our Realme where he is a Councellor and with the condition and nature of that Province Wherefore we require you immediatly upon the taking of our Sword and chiefe charge of that our Realme of Ireland as our Deputie according to our Commission graunted to you To cause a Commission to bee made out vnder our great Seale of that our Realme of Ireland to the said Sir George Carew of the Office and Charge of President of our Province of Mounster in such manner and forme as Iohn and Thomas Norris Knights or any other our Presidents of that Province haue used to haue or with any such other clauses as you shall thinke that the present State of our affaires there doth require Giving him thereby power to rule and governe our people in that Province with the advice of our Councell there according to such Instructions and Directions as haue been given by us or our Councell heere or our Deputies of that our Realme or shall heereafter bee directed to him for the government of that Province The same his power to continue during our pleasure And our further will and pleasure is that he receiue towards his charges all such Allowances Fees Profits and Entertainments of Horse and Foot as Sir Thomas Norris Knight our late President at the time of his death had The same to begin from the day of the date hereof and to continue during our pleasure And these shall be to you and to our Treasurer for the payment thereof sufficient warrant and discharge Given under our Signet at our Mannour of Richmond the seven and twentieth day of Ianuary in the two and fortieth yeare of our raigne c. The Letters Patents ELIZABETH by the grace of God Queene of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all men to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas our Province of Mounster in that our Realme of Ireland being without a principall Officer to governe it ever sithence the death of Sir Thomas Norris Knight late President there And the tumultuous State of that Province requiring the government of a person of Iudgement and Experience Wee haue made choice of our trustie and welbeloved Servant Sir George Carew Knight Lieutenant of our Ordnance in our Realme of England and one of our Privie Councell of our sayd Realme of Ireland and to commit to him the charge and government of that part of our realme as one whom wee know besides his faithfull and diligent endeavours in former services to bee well acquainted with the State of that our realme and with the condition and nature of that Province Knowye that wee reposing our trust in the Wisedome Valour Dexteritie Fidelitie and Circumspection of the sayd Sir George Carew Knight of our especiall grace certaine knowledge and meere motion and according to the tenor and effect of our Letters on that behalfe directed to our right trustie and right welbeloved Councellor Charles Lord Mountioy Knight of the most noble Order of our Garter and our Deputie generall of our realme of Ireland dated at Richmond the seven and twentieth day of Ianuarie in the two and fourtieth yeere of our raigne Haue given and graunted and by these presents doe giue and graunt to our said Servant George Carew Knight the Office of our Lord President of our said province of Mounster And the said George Carew Knâ—ght our Lord President and Governour of the said province by these presents doe make ordaine and constitute and to the said George the government of the said Province and of our people there resident doe commit And further wee doe giue and graunt by these presents to the said George Carew Knight in and for the exercise and execution of the said Office all such Authorities Iurisdictions Preheminences Dignities Wages Fees Allowances and profits whatsoever which Iohn Norris Knight or the said Thomas Norris Knight or any other President of that province haue used to haue And with such other clauses or articles of Authoritie as our said Deputie shall thinke that the present state of our affaires there doth require to bee further graunted unto him the said George Carew Knight Giving him heereby full power and authoritie to rule and governe our people under that province with the advice of our Councell there according to such Instructions and Directions as hath been given by us or our Councell heere or our Deputies of that our realme or shall hereafter bee directed to him for the government of that Province To haue exercise and enjoy the said Office to and by the said George Carew Knight with other the premises and all Authorities preheminences wages fees entertainments and profits to the sayd Office belonging and all such allowances profits entertainments of Horse and Foot as the said Thomas
unto him and such Companies as hee had with him Thomas fits Iames Bastard sonne of Sir Iames fits Gerrald late Lord of the Decies and Thomas Power the Lord Powers Cosen Ierman the chiefe Rebels in the Countie of Waterford receiving advertisement that the President was in Waterford fearing peradventure lest some draught might bee drawen upon them and that themselues or followers might receiue some great prejudice by meanes of the Presidents Forces made great instance by the Lord Power and Sir Nicholas Welsh to be received into her Majesties protection promising and protesting not onely that they would reclaime themselues and their followers from committing any outrage against her Majesties Subjects but further that they would indeavour to recompense and requite their former defaults by some acceptable service The Lord President considering that the receiving of them and their Dependants into protection would bee a meanes both to weaken the Traitour Desmond of some part of his strength and to secure and open the passage betwixt Waterford and Yoghall which before was so kept especially by them that there was no way to send but by Sea Vpon the best assurance that could bee gotten for their future loyalties accepted their submissions and graunted protection both to themselues and their followers since which time they haue been good and loyall Subjects CHAP. IV. The encounter of her Majesties Forces with Florence Mac Carty The prey of the Brough taken The state of the Province of Mounster when the Lora President came into it The Lord Barry preyed Redmond Burke defeated by Odwyre Odwyres Countrey harrassed by Redmond Burke THE twentieth of Aprill the Lord President accompanied with the Earle of Thomond the Lord Audâ—â—y the Lo Power the Lord of the Decies Sir Nicholas Welsh Sir Anthonie Cooke Sir Richard Masterson Captaine Roger Harvie Captaine William Taffe Captaine Richard Greame Captaine Fleming Captaine Gifford Captaine Dillon Captaine Oreilly and divers other private Gentlemen with eight hundred Foot and one hundred Horse came that night to Dongarvan where hee found Sir George Cary the Treasurer his Company which the next morning hee tooke along with him to Yoghall The two and twentieth hee received advertisement of an incounter betweene Captaine Flower Serjeant Major of that Province and Florence Mac Carty the performance whereof was as followeth Florence Mac Carty notwithstanding the infinite favours and bounties which hee had received from her Maiestie being wholly Spaniolized had possessed the minds of those in Carbry Desmond with a strange opinion of his worthinesse and having combined with Tyrone and the other Rebels at his late being in Mounster did shew himselfe in open action against her Maiestie Whereupon the Commissioners Sir Warham Saint Leger and Sir Henry Power sent Captaine Flower and Captaine Bostocke into Carbery with twelue hundred foote and one hundred horse which Flower commanded in chiefe to make prosecution against the Rebels of those parts in their way towards Rosse they burned and spoiled the Countrie as they passed they got the heads of thirty seven notorious rebels besides others of lesse note Florence gathered together of the Provincials and Bownoghs for so they call their waged men to the number of two thousand or thereabouts Dermond Oconner as Generall for so they termed him of the Bownoghs These being gathered to a head attended their opportunity to giue some blow to our Forces yet never did encounter them untill they were in their returne within fiue Miles of Corke In the mid way betwixt that Citie and Kinsale there is a foord a bridge over the river called Awneboy Here the rebels lay close in an ambush on the North side of the river in a glynn between two hils and also on the South side in a scrubbie Wood neere the river The Companies comming on not thinking there to expect an Enemy marched scarce orderly and but a few maches burning Captaine Iohn Bostocke riding a good pretty distance before them and past the bridge espied the Morians of some of the suncke ambush in the Glinn presently retiring backe gaue notice of the Enemy and willed them to prepare themselues The rebels finding that they were discovered presently rose and charged our men before they were well ordered Captaine Flower the Commander finding himselfe opprest with numbers drew to the wals of an old ruinous Castle to the Eastward neere halfe a mile distant for his safety in which retrait they being upon the point of routing were charged home both with Horse and Foote Flower to prevent the danger directed Lieuetenant Lane officer to Sir Iohn Barkley to lie in ambush under an old ditch with a squadron of Musketiers Carbry Oconner brother to Dermond aforesaid came on with his Company following the execution of some of our men untill hee fell into the ambush where hearing a volley of shot delivered upon them Carbry with other Gentlemen were slaine At which accident the rebels being amazed the Horse tooke the opportunity and chardged them with such resolution as instantly they rowted and our men fell upon the execution of them In which Charge I cannot but particularly commend Robert Tent Sir Anthony Cooks Cornet who did behaue himselfe with extraordinary valour besides Carbry Oconner ninetie eight were slaine in the place and neere that number hurt whereof divers afterwards died On our part none of note hurt but Greame brother to Captaine Richard Greame and eight Souldiers Captaine Flower who did that day admirably well had two Horses slaine under him and received sundrie wounds both with sword and pike and it was his fortune to encounter with Dermond O Conner at whom hee discharged his Pistoll which lighted upon his Targett whereby he received no hurt That night they marched into Kinelmekagh and encamped beyond the Bridge of Balline Coursie where they stayed with their hurt men two nights the third day in the evening they dispersed their Companies to those Countries where they had Bonaught The same day Captaine Francis Slingsby Commaunder of the Lord Presidents Foot Companie and garrison at Kilmallock where there was the Lord Presidents two hundred Foot Captaine Clares one hundred and fiftie twentie fiue of Sir Anthony Cooke his Troope and twelue of Sir George Thorntons Horse drew foorth in the night part of that garrison to take the prey of the Brough a Castle of Pierce Lacies but three miles from Kilmallocke to expect the comming foorth of the prey to grase which accordingly about an hower after day light came foorth and they tooke it Then presently the crie being raised three hundred Foot and fiftie Horse led by Pierce Lacie skirmished with them for the space of sixe howers but seeing they could not prevaile they gaue over the pursuite There was slaine of our men but one Horseman of Sir George Thorntons Troope and foure or fiue of the Lord Presidents Foote hurt their losses were more whereof Con Oneale Tyrones base sonne was hurt The three and twentieth at night the Lord
Earle of Thomonds Quarter who stood in guard without the Trenches The Enemie sallyed about eight of the clocke in the night being extreame darke and raynie with about two thousand men and first gaue slightly towards the new Trenches upon the West side and presently after with a great grosse upon the trench of the Cannon continuing their resolution to force it with exceeding fury having brought with them tooles of divers sorts to pull downe the Gabions and Trenches and Spikes to cloy the Artillery The Allarme being taken in the Camp the Marshall with Sir Iohn Barkley and Sir William Fortescue Sir Francis Rush and Captaine Roe with some fiue or sixe hundred sallyed presently towards the Cannon for their seconds and Sir Benjamin Berry fell out with some hundred directly towards the Port of the Towne next to the Campe to whose seconds the Lord Deputie sent Sir Oliver Saint-Iohn Vpon the arrivall of the Marshall with his Forces the enemy brake and our men did execution upon them Sir Benjamin Berry fell directly upon the Enemies seconds whom he presently charged and brake killed many of them and tooke the Commander of that body being an ancient Captaine of chiefe account with the enemy At the same time the enemy gaue upon our new Trenches and continued the attempt a long time with great fury till Captaine Flower sallying out and beating backe part of their forces the enemy entred before his returne and were possessed of the Trenches in which time Sir William Godolphin gaue many charges for the seconding of our men which continued fight in the field untill the Earle of Clanricard being sent for their second with Captaine Shipwith Captaine Slingsby Captaine Clare Captaine Boise and Captaine Thomas Burke with some sixtie men for the rest of his Regiment was not advanced so farre charged a grosse of the Enemies without the sort brake them and did execution upon them towards the Towne and returning entered the fort againe which the Enemy abandoned with little resistance and made it good till hee was releeved In this sally the Enemy left behind them aboue sixscore dead bodies besides such as were killed neere the Towne and wee tooke nine prisoners of whom there was a Captaine a Sergeant and a Drum but since wee heard out of the Towne that they lost dead aboue two hundred of their best men and two Captaines and two Alfeeroes and the Sergeant Major being the second Commander to Don Iohn and Don Carloes Carty and aboue two hundred hurt of our part were hurt Captaine Flower Captaine Shipwith slightly in the face the Earle of Clanricards Lieutenant Captaine Dillon killed Captaine Spencer Captaine Flowers Lieutenant and some fiue and twentie private Souldiers the Enemy at the Cannon cloyed a Demy Culvering which being a little crased was left without the fort but the next morning it was made serviceable againe There were some of them killed upon the Cannon and upon the powder and the trenches in some places filled with their dead bodies and in that attempt of the Cannon onely seventy two dead bodies were left in the place of the best men the Spaniards had whereof many of them were found with Spikes and Hammers to cloy the Cannon The Captaines Officers and Souldiers that defended the Cannon acquitted themselues singularly well CHAP. XVIII A supply of Spaniards landed at Castle-haven A Councell of warre held Good service done by a Scottish man Odonnell joyned with the Spaniards at Castle-haven All the Irish in the West of Mounster and some of the English race revolted and adhered to the Spaniards Sundry Castles rendred by the Irish into the Spaniards hands Divers of the Irish had Companies in pay given them by Don Iuan. The Castle of Carigfotle taken and the Ward murdered Tyrones Army discovered neere to our Campe. INtelligence sent to the Lord Deputie that sixe Spanish ships were put into Castle-haven and that sixe more were sent with them from the Groyne but in comming were severed by tempest and no certainetie what is become of them in these were said to bee two thousand Spaniards come with great store of Ordnance and munition and that two thousand more were comming presently after A confirmation of the Spaniards being at Castlehaven and that they were landed whereupon it was resolved in Councell that our Campe should bee strengthned and the Artillery better intrenched and guarded and to leaue battering the other Campe to rise and sit downe close by the Towne betweene the North and the West gate adding one Regiment more to it and all the Horse to be drawen into our Campe a Drum was sent to Don Iohn to offer him to bury his dead bodies which hee tooke thankfully praying that we would bury them and that hee would doe the like for any of ours if they hapned in his power And this day Sir Charles Wilmot with his Regiment was commanded for the better strengthning of the Earle of Thomonds quarter to rise out of the Lord Deputies Campe and lodge there Sir Richard Levison with a good part of the Fleete with towing got out of the harbour to seeke the Spanish fleete at Castle-haven to take them if hee could or otherwise to distresse them as much as hee might A Scottishman that had some eightie of those Spaniards aboard put into Kinsale harbour in the morning and getting a boat acquainted Sir Amias Preston the Viceadmirall therewith and put them into his hands whereupon the said Scottishman and foure of the chiefe Spaniards being Officers were brought to the Lord Deputy and examined before his Lordship the Lord President and divers others of the Councell their examinations were sent into England the Ships were heard to be in fight that day This day our Ordnance was drawen from the old platformes into our Campe the better to intend the service of the Field and to place them more commodiously towards the West side of the Towne if wee should see cause Newes came this Evening that Odonnell was joyned with the Spaniards landed at Castle-haven and that Tirone with his Force was very neere vs. The same day the Ditches and Trenches of the Lord Deputies Campe and the Earle of Thomonds Quarter were cast deeper and higher and it was resolved that two small Forts should bee raysed betweene the Earle of Thomonds Quarter and the water side so that the Towne might bee wholly invested to forbid any accesse to or from it Vntill this time none of the Provincialls of Mounster that had beene either protected or pardoned relapsed but now upon the comming of these seconds to Castlehaven Sir Finnin Odriscall and all the Odriscalls Sir Owen Mac Carties sonnes and almost all the Carties in Carbrie Donnell Osulevan Beare Osulevans Mores eldest son Donnell Mac Cartie the Earle of Clan-Cares base sonne with all the Carties of Desmond Iohn O Conner Kerry the Knight of Kerry all the protected and pardoned men in Kerry
Walsh 199 O Earle of Ormond taken prisoner 24 O Sulevan repaires with Tirrell into Muskrey 352 Remaines in Beare 392 O Sulevan More sent by the Lord Deputie to the Lord President 84 Prisoner by the practice of Florence Mac Cartie 49 Olerie slaine 95 Owen Mac Eggan the Popes Viccar slaine 366 His qualitie and condition 367 P. Lord Presidents Letters Patents 3 His letter to Iames fits Thomas 51 Sent against O Donnell 210 Surprised with a Feaver 280 His opinion of a defensiue Warre in Ireland 348 Sends 1000. foot to the Lord Deputie 377 Meets the Earle of Ormond at Clonmell 105 Proclamation for publishing the new Money for Ireland 149 Principall men in Tyrones and O Donnells armie 212 Propositions made by Don Iuan. 241 Patrick fits Morris L. of Lixnaw died 71 Preyes taken from the enemy 293 R. Roger Harvey 29 Sir Richard Masterson 29 Sir Robert Gardiner 199 Sir Richard Levison his service at Castlehaven 225 Sir Richard Greame 232 Roger Harvey died of sorrow 257 Richard Power 43 Regiment sent by the L. President into Connaght 159 Reply of Don Iuan to the propositions of the Lo. Deputie 241 Reasons mooving the Lo. Deputie and Councell to a Composition 244 Sir Richard Percie 40 His Service 111 Robert Tent. 30 Rincorran Castle battered by the Lord President 206 Yeelded and the Spanyards received to mercie 208 Lo. Roche coÌ„mended for his loyalty 377 Andrew Roche 144 Richard Ailward knighted 279 Rancoliskey Castle taken 324 Rathmore Castle rendred 68 Rahane taken 297 Ratho Abbey burnt by Sir Charles Wilmot 101 Redmond Burke defeated by O Dwyre 33 Richard Owen comes to Corke with a Message from Tyrone 254 Sir Richard Wingfield 199 S. Spanish Fleet discovered at sea by Captaine Lâ—ue. 189 Spaniards land at Kinsale 190 Spaniards make severall fallies 230 Spaniards make a great sally 221 Spaniards beateÌ„ out of their treÌ„ches 219 Spaniards landed at Castlehaven 223 Spaniards how many transported out of Ireland 248 Spaniards imbarqued at Kinsale 268 Spanish letters intercepted 258 Spanish Hostages licensed to depart 326 Spaniards make three sallies 236 Spaniards defeated at Kinsale in the time of Richard the second 359 Spanish ship arrived neere Ardea 306 Spanish money distributed amongst the Rebells ibid. Shandon Castle 333 Sessions held at Limerick Cashell and Clonmell 105 Selby a Lieutenant 363 Supplies of 1000 foot from England 323 T. Tirlogh Roâ— Mac Swiny 318 Tyrone comes into Mounster 20 Tyrone writes to the Lord Barry 20 Returnes into Vlster 23 Sir Thomas Norris 2 Townes of Mounster required to send Companies of foot to the campe 200 Earle of Thomond commands the Garison at Askeiton 75 Comes with supplies to the camp 216 Marches with an army into Carbry 287 Returned to Corke 289 Thomond spoyled by O Donnell 55 Sir George Thornton left a Commissioner of Mounster 383 Tirrell desires a Parley with the Earle of Thomond and fayles 307 His men executed at Donboy 320 Flies out of the Province 362 Tho. Taylor hangd in chaines at Cork 320 Tho. Oge makes his Submission 361 William Taffe Captaine 29 His Service against the Rebels in Carbery 366 V. Victuals delivered to Don Iuan. 248 Victuals money arrived at Corke 118 W. Warrant for the L. Presidents Patent 3 Sir Warham Saint Leger slaine by Mac Gwyre 〈◊〉 William Saxey Chiefe Iustice of Mounster 6 William Power Captaine his Service at Donboy 318 A Catalogue of the severall MAPPES contained in this HISTORIE In the first Booke 1 A Map of Mounster Page 1. 2 A Map of the Earle of Ormond taken prisoner between pa. 24. 25. 3 A Map of Cahir Castle betweene pag 42 and 43. 4 A Map of Askeiton Castle page 52 and 53. 5 A Map of Glin Castle page 62 and 63. 6 A Map of Carigfoyle Castle page 66 and 67. 7 A Map of Castle Mange page 96 and 97. 8 A Mapp of Limerick Castle pag 108 and 109. In the second Booke 9 A Map of the Siege of Kinsale betweene page 188 and 189. 10 A Map of the Fort of Hallibolyn pag. 252 and 253. In the third Booke 11. A Map of the Army in Beare betweene page 292 and 293. 12. A Map of the Siege of Dunboy page 310 and 311. 13 A Map of Muskrey page 330 and 331. 14 A Map of Castle-nigh-parke page 352 and 353. 15 A Map of Limerick page 362 and 363. 16 A Map of Yough-hall page 376 and 377. 17 A Map of Corke page 382 and 383. PACATA HIBERNIA THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE WARRES IN IRELAND CHAP. I. The Lord Deputie and the Lord Presidents landing in Ireland The Warrant for passing the Lord Presidents Patent The Patent The Lord Deputie and Councells Instructions to the Lord President THE Warres of Ireland having received their originall foundation in the North proceeded like unto a strong poyson which having infected one member without speedie prevention doth spred the contagion over the whole bodie for the Irish perceiving the prosperous successe of those first Rebels even beyond all expectation and hope of those that were ill affected and that her Majesties Forces had sustained many disasters which were never feared untill they happened the neighbour Provinces of Connaght and Leinster following the current of the present time begin to dismaske themselues of that cloake of subjection which before they pretended and to shew themselues partakers in that wicked action and furtherers of the rebellion And these being united in a strict Combination did verily perswade themselues that it would bee a matter very feasible to enable them to shake off the English Government and to make themselues absolute Commanders of all Ireland if the chiefe Lords of Mounster with their friends and followers would joyne with them to banish the English out of that Province They did account that Province to bee the key of the Kingdome both by reason of the Cities and walled Townes which are more then in all the Island besides the fruitfulnesse of the Country being reputed the garden of Ireland and the commodious Harbors lying open both to France and Spaine They devised many plots cast many projects and used many perswasions to animate the Provincials to begin to enterprise But currenti quid opus est calcaribus they were not so ready to yeeld reasons as those were to heare and their eares no more open to heare then their hearts to consent and their hands nothing backward in the execution thereof The Earle of Essex at his being in Ireland with his Army made a journey into Mounster in hope to compose the troubles thereof all that he performed at that time was the taking of Cahir Castle and receiving the Lord of Cahir and the Lord Roche with some others into protection Who after his departure did either openly partake or secretly combine with the rebells againe Her Majestie being resolved to send a new Lord Deputy into Ireland made choise of a worthy and noble Gentleman endued with excellent parts as well of body as
and goods which all are in hazard through your folly and want of due consideration Enter I beseech you into the closet of your Conscience and like a wise man weigh seriously the end of your actions and take advise of those that â—an instruct you and informe you better then your owne private judgement can leade you unto Consider and reade with attention and setled minde this Discourse I sende you that it may please God to set open your eyes and graunâ— you a better minde From the Campe this instant Tuesday the fixt of March according to the new Computation I pray you to send mee the Papers I sent you assoone as your Honour shall reade the same O Neale The Lord Barries Answer to Tyrone YOur Letters I received and if I had answered the same as rightfully they might be answered you should haue as little like therof as I should mislike or feare any thing by you threatned against me which manner of Answere leaving to the construction and consideration of all those that are fully possessed with the knowledge of the Law of duetie to God and Man You may understand hereby briefly my mind to your obiections in this manner How I am undoubtedly perswaded in my conscience that by the Law of God and his true religion I am bound to hold with her Maiestie Her Highnesse hath never restrained me for matters of religion and as I felt her Maiesties indifferencie and clemencie therein I haue not spared to releeue poore Catholikes with duetifull succour which well considered may assure any well disposed mind that if duety had not as it doth yet kindnesse and courtesie should bind me to remember and requite to my power the benefits by me received at her Maiesties hands You shall further understand that I hold my Lordships and Lands immediately under God of her Maiestie and her most noble Progenitors by corporall service and of none other by very ancient Tenour which Service and Tenour none may dispence withall but the true Possessor of the Crowne of England being now our Soveraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth And though yee by some over weening imaginations haue declined from your dutifull allegeance unto her Highnesse Yet I haue setled my selfe never to forsake Her Let fortune never so much rage against me shee being my annointed Prince and would to God you had not so farre ran to such desperate and erronious wayes offending God and her Maiestie who hath so well deserved of you and I would pray you to enter into consideration thereof and with penitent hearts to reclaime your selues hoping that her Highnesse of her accustomed clemency would be gracious to you wherein I leaue you to your owne compunction and consideration And this much I must challenge you for breach of your word in your Letter by implication inserted that your forces haue spoiled part of my countrey and preyed them to the number of foure thousand Kine and three thousand Mares and Gerrans and taken some of my followers Prisoners within the time by you assigned unto mee to come unto you by your said word if yee regarde it I require restitution of my spoile and Prisoners and after unlesse you bee better advised for your Loyalty use your discretions against mee and mine and spare not if you please for I doubt not with the helpe of God and my Prince to bee quit with some of you hereafter though now not able to use resistance And so wishing you to become true and faithfull Subiects to God and your Prince I end at Barry Court this twenty sixe of February 1599. While Tyrone was in Mounster a disasterous action hapned upon the day of February Tyrone with his Hell-hounds being not farre from Corke Sir Warham St Ledger and Sir Henry Power who after the death of Sir Thomas Norris Lord President of Mounster in the vacancie of a President had beene established Commissioners for the government of the Province riding out of the Citie for recreation to take the aire accompanied with sundry Captaines and Gentlemen with a few Horse for their Guard not dreaming of an enemie neere at hand carelesly riding every one as he thought good within a mile of the Towne or little more Sir Warham St leger and one of his servants a little stragling from his companie was in a narrow way suddenly charged by Mac Guire who with some Horse likewise dispersed had spread a good circuit of ground in hope either to get some bootie or to haue the killing of some Subjects they charged each other Sir Warham discharged his Pistoll and shot the Traytor and hee was strucken with the others Horsemans staffe in the head of which wounds either of them dyed but none else on either side was slaine Tyrone having dispatched his busines in Mounster turned his face towards Vlster The Earle of Ormond the Lord Lieuetenant generall of Her Maiesties Forces with a competent Army was before him with a purpose to fight with him in his retreat But by what accident hee missed of his intention I know not being a hard matter to fight with an enemy that is not disposed to put any thing in hazard He went through Ormond and stayed not untill he had passed through a part of Westmeth betweene Mollingar and Athlone The Lord Deputie on the 5. of March had intelligence that hee meant to passe through Westmeth Whereupon with all the force hee could presently aâ—â—emble hee marched from Dublin but his endeavour was fruitlesse for Tirone was past before his comming CHAP. III. The Lord President leâ—â—t Dublin The Earle of Ormond taken prisoner by Owny Mac Rory Omore A joynt Letter from the Lord President and the Earle of Thomond to the Lords of the Councell in England The manner of the Earle of Ormonds taking prisoner The narrow escape of the Lord President and wounding of the Earle of Thomond The order taken for the 〈◊〉 of the Countâ—ey after the Earle of Ormonds disaster The submission of Tho Fitz Iames and Tho Power THE Lord President having attended long at Dublin about his dispatches afore mentioned wherein he lost no time upon the seventh of Aprill being accompanied with the Earle of Thomond the Lo Audley Captaine Roger Harvy Captaine Thomas Browne Captaine Garret Dillon and some other Captaines and Gentlemen with seven hundred Foote and one hundred Horse Hee tooke his leaue of the Lord Deputie who with all the Councellors and Captaines then in the Citie to doe him honour rode with him about two miles out of the Towne and that night he lodged at the Naas the next night at Catherlogh and the day following hee came to Kilkenny to visit the Earle of Ormond being a noble man whom he much respected aswell for the honorable parts that were in him as for the long and familiar acquaintance which had beene betweene them After salutations and complements were past the Earle told the President that the next day hee was to parlie with the Rebell Owny Mac Rory
President lodged at Barriscourt the Lord Barries house and the foure and twentieth he came to Corke upon the way being mett by Sir Henry Power the Commissioner of the Province and the Captaines that there were garrisoned The first thing that the President intended after hee was come to Corke was throughly to understand the state of the Province as then it stood the greatest part whereof although it was knowen to him before yet hee calling the Councell of that Province together desired to bee certified by them in the particulars thereof to the intent that hee might addresse his actions accordingly Sir Henrie Power being sole Commissioner since the death of Sir Warham St Leger reported the same much after this manner I know not how more fitly to describe unto your Honour the estate of this Province then by comparing the same to a man that is diseased of a languishing and almost incurable sicknesse the Head so sore and the Heart so sicke that every member refuseth his naturall Office in so much that I dare boldly affirme that since the Conquest of Ireland this Province of Mounster was never more distempered then now it is for all the inhabitans of the countrey are in open and actuall rebellion except some few of the better sort who though themselues in their owne persons attend the state yet all their Tenants Friends and Followers yea and for the most part either their Sonnes or Brothers publikely professed in the devilish action as for example the Lord of Cahir Cormocke Mac Dermond Lord of Muskry Gerald Fits Iames Lord of the Decies Mac Carty Keugh The computation and number of the rebels how many they are especially of the Province by reason that they are dispersed in so many severall countries and commanded by so many heads we can giue no certaine iudgement but for strangers meaning Connaght men that receiue bonnaght amongst them we are certainely advertised from divers that are well acquainted with their affaires that they are in List fiue thousand men which strength added to the Rebells of the Province doeth make them absolutely Masters of the field and her Majesties Forces heere garrisoned in Cities and walled Townes for their safetie by reason of their weaknesse before your comming were in condition little better then besieged Furthermore all this might seeme more tollerable if the Cities and walled Townes were in these times of extremitie a safe and well assured retreat for them but all of them are so besotted and bewitched with the Popish Priestes Iesuites and Seminaries that for feare of their Cursings and Excommunications they are ready upon everie small occasion to rise in Armes against them and minister all underhand ayde and succour unto the Rebells so that considering the generalitie of the Inhabitants that are in open rebellion the infidelitie of those that pretend subjection the multitude of Connaght men that defend the Action and the little confidence that may be reposed in Cities by reason of their contrary religion wee may very well conclude that the estate of this Province is like a man sicke of a most dangerous and desperate disease The Lord President having heard by his former advertisements concerning the same matter thus confirmed He told the Councell that hee much doubted of any good successe that could suddenly bee expected and the rather because his Forces were farre inferior to the rebels being in list but three thousand Foote and two hundred and fiftie Horse Yet remembring the old Proverbe that Ardua virtutis est via and relying upon the iustnesse of the Warre more then upon the number of his Forces resolved to try the uttermost of his witt and cunning without committing the matter to the hazard of fortune to quench the fire that now raged with such extreeme fury The same day Iohn Fits Thomas accompanied with one hundred Kerne or thereabouts came into the Lord Barry his countrie neere Castell Lyons and there tooke from him and his Tenants a prey of three hundred Cowes and ten Horses The morrow following being the twentie sixth intelligence was brought from Cormocke Oge Carty called by the English Charles Carty Sonne to Sir Cormocke Mac Teg that the Arch-traitor Tyrone had sent Letters to Florence Mac Carty to encourage both him and his adherents to persist in the action Assuring them that within one moneth namely in May next hee would bee with them againe in Mounster and for that Iourney his Munition Victuals c. were already prepared The twnety seventh as Dermond Odwire informed the President by his Letters Redmond Burke with six hundred men entred into his countrie to burne and prey the same which to effect he divided his Forces into three sundry parts Odwire having assembled as many men as that short warning would permit fell upon one of the Divisions afore mentioned which consisted of two hundred Foot of them he slew one hundred and twenty and many hurt In revenge wherof Redmond Burke upon the sixth of May following having gotten as many men as hee could assemble entred the second time into the aforesaid countrie where he slew Man Woman and Child burnt all the houses Castles excepted and droue away all the Cattle of the countrie CHAP. V. Loghguyre preyed The submission of Barrett and Condon The submission of Florence Mac Cartie Florence Mac Cartie's demaunds The submission of Nugent The Broughe burnt by Pierce Lacie Redmond Burke departed out of Cownologhe Tenne of the Bonoughs slaine by Sir Richard Percy A Letter from Iames Fits Thomas to Florence Mac Cartie The Army set out from Corke toward Limericke The submission of the white Knight THE twentie ninth Captaine Francis Slingsby drew forth one hundred and fiftie Foot and twenty Horse of the Garrizon of Kilmallocke in the night to take the prey of Loghguire fiue miles distant from his Garrizon a place which much anoyed the passage betweene Kilmallocke and Limericke in the morning when the Cattle were put forth to grase hee tooke it the Warde to recover it sallied but after a short skirmish being hopelesse to doe any good with some losse returned About this time also the Lord president began to giue forth speeches of a Iourney that he speedily intended towards Limricke with a purpose to burne and spoile all the Rebels Houses and Corne and to take the prey of the countrie neere adioyning through which his Armie should passe whether it were the bruite of this Iournie or the hard measure that hee had lately received at the hands of the Arch-traitors Tyrone and Desmond the white Knight whose countrie lay neere to the way as the Armie should march sought by the meanes of Sir George Thornton to bee received into protection promising to repaire and recover the credit hee had lost by his lewd and disloyall courses which afterwards he performed accordingly as shall be shewed in its due place About this time also William Barrett of Ballencolly and Mac Mawghe Condon both
best Commanders amongst the Irish rebels By meanes whereof he had now the command of foureteene hundred men in his owne Bonaght and besides that might strike a great stroke with the other being by Tyrone at his departure out of Mounster ordained chiefe Commander of them all This man did the President make choise to deale withall for these reasons First because hee knew that the said Dermond being a meere Mercenary and serving in Mounster onely for pay might be induced by large Summes of monie to serue the Queene aswell as the rebels Secondly hee had a very fit Instrument whereby the more easily to worke him to his will namely his Wife who being brought up some part of her time amongst the English had not only learned the language but stood reasonably well affected to the English governement and likely it was that shee would use all her industry to advance the service in hope that if it succeeded well it would proue a good step or Ladder to procure the liberty of her Brother Iames Fits Gerald Sonne and Heire to Gerald Earle of Desmond slaine now Prisoner in the Tower and to raise his fortunes Lastly it was publikely knowen that the Sugan Earle would never doe service upon the Bownoghs except he might haue both the title and possessions of the Earle of Desmond confirmed unto him which her Maiestie would never condiscend unto Vpon these grounds in very secret manner hee provided and sent a fit agent to sound the inclination of the Lady Margaret for so was Dermonds Wife named and finding her fit to bee wrought upon the Conditions should be propounded viz. That if her husband would take Desmond Prisoner and deliver him into the hands of the President he should incontinently receiue one thousand pound sterling and that he should haue a Company of men in pay from the Queene and other conditions of satisfaction to her selfe and her Brother The Messenger was â—o sooner sent about these important affaires but that another occasion offered it selfe unto the President of no lesse moment then the former to aduance the service for immediately hereupon one Iohn Nugent sometimes servant to Sir Thomas Norris late President of Mounster pretending some wrongs and iniuries to be offered unto him by the State ioyned with the Rebels and became to his power the most malitious and bloody Traitor in all these parts At last having as it should seeme spit his poyson and spent his Venome sought to Sir Warham Saint Leger and Sir Henry Power the Commissioners to be received into protection who more for feare of the hurt that hee might doe then hope of the good that hee would doe granted the same untill the Lord Presidents pleasure who was now ready to depart from Dublin towards Mounster were further knowen At this time therefore Nugent came to make his submission to the President and to desire pardon for his faults committed Answer was made that for so much as his crimes and offences had beene extraordinary hee could not hope to bee reconciled unto the State except hee would deserue it by extraordinary service which saith the President if you shall performe you may deserue not onely Pardon for your faults committed heretofore but also some store of Crownes to releeue your wants hereafter Hee presently promised not to bee wanting in any thing that lay in the power of one man to accomplish and in private made offer to the President that if he might bee well recompenced hee would ruine within a short space either the Sugan Earle or Iohn Fits Thomas his Brother And indeed very likely hee was both to attempt and performe as much as he spake To attempt because hee was so valiant and daring as that he did not feare any thing and to execute because by reason of his many outrages before committed the chiefe Rebels did repose great confidence in him The President having contrived a plot for Iames Fits Thomas as is before shewed gaue him in charge to undertake Iohn his Brother But because the matter might be caried without any suspition upon the next morrow the Councell being set and a great concourse of people assembled Nugent renueth his suite for the continuance of his protection But the President rehearsing in publike audience a Catalogue of his mischievous outrages lately committed told the Councell that having farther enquired and better considered of Man and Matter for his part hee thought it an action of very ill example to receiue unto mercy such a notorious Malefactor the Councell were all of the same opinion who reviling him with many biting and bitter speeches and assuring him that if it were not for a religious regard that was holden of the Queenes word hee should pay a deare price for his former misdemeanor and so with publike disgrace was he dismissed their presence The promised submission of the white Knight the jealousie which the rebels conceived of Florence Mac Carty by his comming to the President and the Presidents Iourney being now blazed through the Province it caused Pierce Lacy who all the time of the Warres untill now had kept a ward in the Castle of the Brough three miles from Kilmallocke despayring to hold the same against her Majesties Forces And knowing it was a convenient place for a Garrison pluckt downe some part of the Castle burnt the rest and by the light thereof ran into the Woods Redmond Burke also with fiue hundred Bonoghs about this time which was in the beginning of May withdrew out of Connillogh and kept himselfe for a little time about the borders of Ownhy where being pressed with want of Victuals he intended to leaue the Province The Sugan Earle Pierce Lacy and some other hearing of this sudden departure dispatched Messengers unto him with earnest entreaties and large promises for increasing his Bonnoght if hee would returne but to no purpose The cause of this his unexpected departure was a trafficke betweene him and the President who did uphold him in certaine faint hopes about the obtaining of the Barronie of Lettrim which he claimed as his inheritance For this is most true that not long before this time one Richard Burke Vncle to the said Redmond wrote unto the President that his Nephew would be very glad of his Lordships favour that he would withdraw both himselfe and his Bownoghs out of Mounster so that hee would not send any Forces to molest him in Connaght Whereunto was answered that it became nor a Governour no not a private Subject to make any such agreement with a man in his condition And farther that hee might assure himselfe that by strong hand he could never invest himselfe in the Barrony of Lettrim nor be in secure possession of his Fathers Lands But if he would reclaime himselfe and doe service to her Majestie the President would use the best friends that hee had either in England or Ireland that his cause might bee respected with all favour according to the equity thereof Not
omitt because it may bee an Instruction to others whensoever the like accident should happen The Peece being thus cleared the President having the Knight of the Valleyes eldest sonne a childe of sixe yeares olde in his hands to terrifie the Warders hee caused the child to be set upon the topp of one of the Gabions sending them word That they should haue a faire marke to bestow their small shott upon The Constable returned answere That the feare of his life should not make them to forbeare to direct their Volleyes of shot to the batterie for said he in undecent termes not fit for me to write the place is open where he was borne and the Knight may haue more sonnes The President not intending as hee seemed caused the Infant to bee taken downe from the Gabion knowing that the discharging of the Cannon would haue shaken the poore childes bones in sunder and then presently hee commanded the battery to begin and the small shott did so incessantly burne powder as the Warders durst not stand to their fight untill a breach was made assaultable into the Seller under the great Hall of the castle all this was done with the losse of one onely man a Cannoniere Then was Captaine Flower commaunded by the President with certaine Companies assigned vnto him to enter the breach which hee valiantly performed and gained the Hall and enforced the Ward to returne into a Castle close adjoyning unto it where from out of a Spike they slewe foure of our men then hee ascended a paire of staires to gaine two turrets over the Hall in which attempt Captaine Bostocks Ensigne was slaine by the winning whereof they were in better securitie then before and there were our Colours placed and because it was by this time within night Captaine Slings by who was there with the Presidents Companie was commaunded to make it good till the morning during which time some whiles on either side small shott played but little or no harme done about midnight the Constable seeing no possibilitie to resist long and no hope of mercy left thought by the favour of the night in a sally to escape but the Guards were so vigilant as they slew him and some others neverthelesse two escaped the rest which were unslaine returned into the Castle and the Constables head was as the President formerly had told him put on a stake Early in the morning the Ward was gotten into the Tower of the Castle wherunto there was no comming unto them but up a narrow stayre which was so strait as no more then one at once might ascend and at the staire foot a strong wooden doore which being burnt the smoke in the staires was such as for two howers there was no ascending without hazard of stifling when the extremitie of the smoake was past one of the Rebels presented himselfe and said in the behalfe of himselfe and his fellowes That if their liues might be saved they would render but before any answere was made he voluntarily put himselfe into our hands The smoake being vanished a Muskettier and to his second a Halbardier Then Captaine Flower and Captaine Slingsbie Lieutenant Power Lieutenant to Sir Henrie Power Ensigne Power Sir Henry Powers Ensigne Lieutenant Nevill Lieutenant to Sir Garratt Harvie which was after killed in Connaght seconded by others ascended the staires in file where they found no resistance nor yet in the upper roomes for the Rebels were all gone to the Battlements of the Castle with resolution to sell their liues as deare as they could Our men purâ—ued the way to the Battlements whereunto there was but one Doore Captaine Flower entred upon one hand and Captaine Slingsbâ—e upon the other the gutters were very narrow betweene the Roofe of the Castle and the Battlements In conclusion some were slaine in the place and others leapt from the top of the Castle into the water underneath it where our Guards killed them In this Service eleven Souldiers were slaine whereof one was an Ensigne and one and twentie hurt of which number the Serjeant Major who served admirably well was one hee received three or foure wounds but none of them mortall there was also the Lieutenants of the Earle of Thomond and Sir Henry Powers hurt of the enemy of all sorts were slaine 80 or thereabouts whereof 23 were naturall borne followers to the Knight of the Valley in whom hee reposed greatest confidence The reasons which mooved the Knight thus obstinately to persist was partly the strength of the Castle which hee ignorantly thought defensible against the Cannon and also 〈◊〉 â—anifold oathes and protestations made unto him by his fellow Rebells that with their whole Forces they would giue reliefe and raise the Siege but how much hee fayled in expectation of the one and they in the protestation of the other yee haue already heard whereof if the protesters had had any feeling of their promised faith the provocation they had was great for they were eye-witnesses when the Castle was assaulted and wonne This Castle is a place of great importance and ever since the beginning of the rebellion one Anthony Arthur a Merchant of Limricke lay in it as a generall Factor for the citie to vent commodities to the Rebels CHAP. X. A Ward put into the Castle of Glynne by the Lord President Carrigfoyle rendred by O Conner Kerry Victuals and Munition sent out of England into Mounster Maurice Stacke sent into Kerry The Bâ—noghs obtained the Lord Presidents Passeport to depart the Province Sixty of the Bonnoghs slayne by the Lord Burke The Lord Presidents returne to Limericke The Castle of Corgrage rendred A garrison left in Aâ—keiton The Castle of Rathmore rendred A garrison placed at Kilmallock The Rebels enforced to rise from the siege of Lyskaghan Florence Mac Carrie's perswasions to the Ward to quit Lyskaghan Florence attempts againe to corrupt the Constable of Lyskaghan A Letter from Iames fits Thomas to Florence Mac Cartie THE President was constrained to stay heere fiue dayes after the taking of the Castle to place a Guard therein which was left to the charge of Captaine Nicholas Mordant with one and twentie Souldiers and to repayre the breach and ruines made by the Cannon which being finished hee intended to draw the Cannon to Carrigfoyle fiue miles distant from the Glinne which Castle was held then against her Majestie as it was in anno 1580 and wonne by Sir William Pelham the Lord Iustice under whom at that time the President was a Captaine of Foot But O Conner Kerry being advertised hereof desired a protection and for assurance of his future loyaltie offered to surrender his sayd Castle to bee kept unto her Majesties use His profer the Lord President accepted and a Ward of Sir Charles Wilmot his Company was placed therein The Earle of Thomond in his good affection to the service gaue unto Iohn O Conner during the Warres a Castle and thirteene Plow Lands for his Tenants
for the service of Linster one thousand Foote whereof the Companies of Sir Iohn Barkley and Sir Garret Harvies to bee part and with them Sir Richard Greames troope of Horse According to this direction he assembled them at Clonmell and gaue the Command of them unto the Lord Awdley and as they were ready to march hee received advertisement from the Earle of Thomond that a body of more then three thousand men of Vlster and Connaght were presently to enter into the Province whereupon hee wrote unto the Lord Deputie this ensuing Letter making stay of the Lord Awdley untill he should receiue answer thereof A Letter from the Lord President to the Lord Deputie IT may please your Lordship I am so infinitly distracted betweene the earnest desire I haue to satisfie your Lordships commandements and the present dangers which I see hangs over this Province if I should obserue them as that I stand amazed what Councell to take being in my selfe wholly addicted to obedience and by necessitie in a manner enforced to pause upon the same untill I may receiue your Lordships answer to these and then without farther protraction I will bee ready accordingly to obserue your commandements wherein I humbly pray your Lordship deliberatly to advise being as I take it especially materiall for the furtherance of Her Majesties service The next day after I received your Lordships Letter of the seven and twentieth of Ianuary being the thirtieth of the same for the better expediting of your directions I addressed severall warrants unto the Captaines residing neerest unto me commanding every of them to meete at the Townes of Clonmell and Fetherd by the sixth of this Moneth there to receiue such further directions as the Lord Awdley who I haue appointed to command them should direct The List consists of one thousand and fiftie Foote and Sir Richard Greames Horse Sir Garret Harvie lyes so farre remote in Kerry as I could not conveniently in so short a time draw them to the rest Wherefore for that particular I humbly pray to be excused and for Sir Iohn Barklies Company who are part of the List aboue-said I haue directed them by warrant according to your Lordships former pleasure signified unto me before the receipt of your Lordships last letters to repaire into Connaght but haue now countermanded them and doe hope they are not yet past Thus your Lordship may see my willingnesse to obey your directions which I did as gladly and affectionatly as your Lordship can desire But since having this day received these inclosed Letters from the Earle of Thomond and Master Comerford I doe make humbly bold to present the consideration of them unto your Lordships wisedome before I doe throughly accomplish your Commandements wherein my hope is that your Lordship will both giue me thankes and hold me excuâ—ed because the publike service doth violently urge me unto it In my judgement I am perswaded that this intelligence is true drawne thereunto by many and sundry the like advertisements from all parts and persons lately reconciled whereof I could send your Lordship bundels of papers of divers mens relations and now confirmed in the same by these inclosed Letters which as your Lordship sees threatens the present disturbance of this Province not yet well setled Yet neverthelesse that it may appeare unto your Lordship that I am not backward to accomplish any thing which your Lordship shall require I do yet continue though not without some hazard to this Province if these Northern Forces should presently invade us to send the Companies aforesaid to the Rendevous before mentioned with directions to remaine there until your Lordship shall returne me your pleasure in answer of these and then what you shall prescribe unto me I will dutifully and carefully effect assuring my selfe that your Lordship will haue such a speciall regard to the State of this Province as that you will not withdraw them but upon certaine knowledge of the untruth of these intelligence But as a Councellor to speake my opinion if your Lordship can other wayes follow the prosecution in Linâ—ter without calling Forces from hence it were very expedient to forbeare the same untill this Cloud be overpast which cannot long hold in suspence for all the danger is betweene this and the end of the next Moneth after which time untill the Cattle be strong and giue milke there is little doubt All which humbly referring to your Lordships better consideration I rest Moyallo the second of February 1600. G. C. Not many dayes after the Lord Deputie by his Letters so well approoved of the reasons why the President stayed the Lord Audley as hee thanked him for it and willed him to make Head against the Rebels descent and hereafter when they might be better spared then he prayed him to send them unto him The effect of the Lords of the Councells Letters to the Lord President IAnuary 28. the Lord President received Letters of great comfort from the Lords in England saying That they were exceeding glad to see that in so short a time hee had reduced the Province to such tearmes as that he could indure the cashiering of fiue hundred Foot and spare the Lord Deputie one thousand more of his List which was an evident demonstration of his Labours well spent in the Service and that his holding of Assises and Sessions so long dis-used was a manifest signe of a new life in the Province That they had written to the Lord Deputie to call Theobald ne Long Burke in question for the murdering of Dermond O Conner and had required him to see it punished That notwithstanding her Majesties pleasure was signified unto him that Iames fits Thomas his Brother Iohn the Baron of Lixnaw the Knight of the Valley and Pierce Lacie should not be received to mercie upon any condition but to be left as children of perdition unto destruction yet considering how long Rebells may continue by underhand friendships in Ireland shee was pleased that the Lord President should haue power if he saw cause to induce him thereunto to accept of the last three but with this caution That they should be pardoned for life onely and that not untill they had performed some signall services which might merit such gracious favour Lastly they admonished the President to carrie a strict hand upon the Commissaries of the Musters for by Certificate from Dublin they understood that they were very slacke in their duties The President knowing that it was a matter of no lesse moment to retaine and keepe the Provincialls in subjection and good order then it was at first to reduce them hereunto imployed now a great part of his time in devising such courses as might secure them from a future revolt and therefore first resumed into his owne hands all power of protecting and then protested never to renew any protections already granted whereby they were constrained to use all celerity and haste for the obtaining their Pardons In so much that
notorious inconvenience aforesaid cannot bee prevented without there bee a due observation of such Lawes of this Realme of England as heretofore haue beene made restrayning the transporting of the monies currant in England into that Realme of Ireland in Specie wherein great disorder hath beene of late yeares committed and thereby great inconveniences ensued Her Majestie doth straightly charge and command all Magistrates and Officers to whom it shall appertaine to see severe execution of such Lawes as doe prohibit the transportation of her Coyne of England into Ireland and namely one Statute made in the nineteenth yeare of the raigne of Her Majesties Grandfather of famous memory King Henry the seventh Her Majesties purpose being by this Proclamation to admonish all her Subjects of both her Realmes and all others trading in her Realme of Ireland that they shall from henceforth forbeare all transportation of monies of England into Ireland for that Her Majestie will cause the former Lawes prohibiting the said transportation of money to be so straightly looked into and executed as the penalties thereof shall fall heavy upon the Offenders against the same without any hope of remission The Copie of certaine Articles contained in the Indentures betweene Her Majestie and Sir George Cary Treasurer of Ireland touching the Exchange established upon the alteration of Monies ITem the said Sir George Cary doth covenant c. That hee shall and will mainetaine for the better exercise of the said Exchange according to her Majesties princely meaning three Officers at the least within the Cities of London Bristoll and Westchester or so many and in such convenient places as hee shall thinke meete discreete persons to be there continually residing by themselues or their sufficient deputies to attend the said Exchange and to performe the same according to the establishment And other officers also in other parts of this her Majesties Realme of England if cause shall require and likewise to place and mainetaine at fower severall port Townes within her Majesties Realme of Ireland viz. Dublin Corke Galway and Carâ—igfergus or at such of them as shall bee found requisit other officers who shall be there continually resident by themselues or their sufficient deputies to attend her Majesties subjects for the exchange of their monies according to the establishment and if cause shall require other officers also or under ministers in other places of the said Realme of Ireland for the ease of her Majesties subjects Item the said Sir George Carie doth covenant c. to discharge and acquite her Majestie of all Fees Allowances and wages needfull for any of the sayd Officers or Vnder-ministers aboue mentioned and them to maintaine entertaine and wage at his owne costs and charges for and in consideration of a summe of two thousand pounds of the Moneys of this new Standerd of Ireland mentioned in another Article of this Indenture to bee by her Majestie allowed unto him for the Fee of himselfe and all other Officers necessarie to bee had and used for and about this Exchange as well in England as in Ireland The sayd allowance of two thousand pound per annum to take beginning and to bee due unto him from the first day of May now next ensuing the date hereof and to continue during the time of the Exchange And the Queenes Majestie our said Soveraigne Lady doth covenant and agree to and with the sayd Sir George Carey that hee as 〈…〉 of her Highnesse sayd Exchange shall haue full power authoritie and libertie to make choyce of all Officers and under officers needfull to bee had and imployed for and about the exercise and maintenance of his Exchange as well within this her Highnesse Realme of England as in Ireland and them and every of them to nominate and place and to them to assigne such Fees and entertainments as hee shall thinke convenient and all and every the sayd Officers to remooue alter or displace as often as to him shall be thought good and others in their places and roomes to substitute without any interruption of her Highnesse in or concerning the same Item our said Soveraigne Lady doth covenant and agree to aâ—d with the sayd Sir George Carey and by these presents doth giue him power and authoritie in and for performance of one breach of her Highnesse Proclamation aboue specified whereby all persons are invited to bring in all manner of sterling Moneys or of any other Standerds or like finenesse or better into her Exchange in Ireland that hee the sayd Sir George Carey shall and may allow to all bringers in of such Money Plate or Bullion aboue the just and true value thereof the â—umme of eighteene pence currant money of England upon every pound weight or sixpence upon every twentie shillings by tale the â—ame to bee taken defaulked and allowed by the sayd Sir George Carey out of such profits as doe arise unto her Highâ—esse upon this Exchange And our Soveraigne Lady doeth covenant and agree to and with the sayd Sir George Carey and by these presents doeth warrant and authorise him that to all her subjects of her Realmes of England and Ireland and to all Strangers Merchants or others being subjects of such Princes or States as are in amitie with her Highnesse which shall bring to any place for the Exchange appoynted within the Realme of Ireland any Moneyes of this new Standerd of Ireland and desire to receiue for the same moneyes currant of England heere within this Realme of England That the sayd Sir George Carey may deliver unto them and every of them here in England moneys currant of this her Realme by tale for tale viâ— twentie shillings sterling for every twentie shillings of her new Coyne detaining only and rebating to her Highnesse use twelue pence sterling upon every twentie shillings so to bee delivered for twentie shillings of her sayd new Coyne and after the same rate for more or lesse in quantitiâ— Item our sayd Soveraigne Lady doeth covenant and agree c. That hee shall and may to all persons which within her Highnesse realme of Ireland shall at any of the places for the Exchange appoynted deliver to him or his Deputies the value of twenty shillings sterling in money plate or bullion and desire to receiue for the same moneys Irish of this new coyne for every value of twenty shillings the summe of one and twenty shillings eight pence Irish by tale and after the same rate for more or lesse in quantitie And our Soveraigne Ladie c. That hee or his Assignes shall or may to all and every persons which at any of the places for the Exchange appoynted heere within this Realme of England shall deliver any Moneys Plate or Bullion of the Standerd of England to the end to receiue for the same within the Realme of Ireland moneyes of the new Coyne of that Realme pay or deliver unto them for the value of euery twenty shillings sterling one and twenty shillings Irish by the tale and
after that rate for more or lesse in quantitie Item our said Soveraigne Lady c. That hee shall and may to all and every persons bringing into any place for the exchange appointed in Ireland monies of base allay heretofore currant or now vsed within the Realme deliver by himselfe or his deputies like quantities by weight of the monies of this new Coyne as he or his deputies shall receiue of any such old base monies by weight Item our said Soveraigne Lady doth c. That she wil allow unto the said Sir Gâ—o Cary or his Assignes for the charges of transportation of the monies of this new Coyne from her Tower of London into her Majesties said Realme of Ireland aswell to the Citie of Dublin as to any other places where Exchanges are to be established or payments to bee made for her service after the rate of twentie pounds of this new Standard upon every thousand pound of the same coyne the same to bee allowed unto him upon his account as her Majesties Treasurer at warres in Ireland Item our said Soveraigne Lady doth c. That whensoever and as often as any of the monies of this new Standard of Ireland after their first uttering in payment to her Highnesse Armie there being brought backe againe to the Exchange to be converted in sterling or otherwise shall by her Majesties commandement bee 〈◊〉 againe for her Highnesse service in payment of her Armie or otherwise That so often her Highnesse will allow to the said Sir George Cary or his Assignes after the 〈◊〉 of ten pounds of this new Standard upon every thousand pounds of the same coyne by tale the same to bee allowed unto him upon his account as Treasurer of her Highnesse warres in Ireland Item our said Soveraigne Lady doth c. That shee will allow unto the said Sir George Cary for all such summes of money as shall by her Highnesse from time to â—ime beâ— sent or delivered out of her Exchequer for the furnishing mâ—intenance of this Exchange after the rate of 〈…〉 â—pon every thousand pounds by â—ale The said Sir George Câ—â—y taking upon him the charges and expence of conveying her Majesties said Treasure unto the placâ—s where the same shall bee vsed for the exchange Item our said Soveraigne Lady doth c. That all hazard and danger hapning in the transportation of this her Majesties monies out of her Realme of England into Ireland either by wrecke of Sea or tempest or by violence of enemies shall bee at the only perill of our said Soveraigne Lady her Heires and Successors as heretofore it hath beene in like cases the said Sir George Cary making proofe that hee his deputies or Assignes having charge of the said transportation haue vsed all such care heed and diligence for the safe conveyance thereof as they would or might haue done for the assurance of their owne goods or as heedfull provident men use to doe for the safetie of their goods in like adventures Item our sayd Soveraigne Lady doth c. That shee shall and will from time to time furnish and deliver to the said Sir George Carey or his Assignes all such summes of money as shall bee requisite and needfull for Exchanging and converting of this new Irish Coyne into moneys of the Standerd of England according to her Majesties Proclamation after the rate of one fourth part at the least of such quantities of this Irish moneys as her Majestie shall cause to be coyned from time to time or after a greater rate if it shall appeare by experience that a greater portion then a fourth part of the same shal be returned to the Exchange Item our sayd Soveraigne Ladie doth c. That if at any time heereafter her Majestie shall thinke good to cease the Exchange and not to continue the converting of Irish moneys into sterling and that it shall happen that at such time there shall bee remaining in the hands of the sayd Sir George Carey any quantities of Irish Monies great or small not issued for her Majesties service that in such case her Highnesse will accept and allow unto the said Sir George Cary upon his account all such summes of money at such raâ—e and valew as the same were delivered unto him to bee issued in payment for her service And further her Majestie doth covenant c. That for the defraying of all Wages Fees and Stipends as well to him the said Sir George Cary as 〈…〉 of the Exchanges as also to all other Officers needfull to bee established for the exercise of the same either within the Realme of England or in Ireland wheresoever her Highnesse doth and will allow unto the said Sir George Cary the summe of two thousand pounds of the monies of this new Standard by the yeare to bee taken unto him and stayed in his owne hands out of such profits as upon the exchange doth arise unto her Majestie The said allowance of two thousand pounds per annum to take beginning the first day of May now next ensuing the date hereof and to continue during all the time that the Exchange shall be upheld CHAP. V. A Regiment sent by the Lord President into Connaght Intelligence of the Spanyards comming for Ireland brought to the Lord President sundry wayes Iames fits Thomas his report of Florence Mac Cartie Dermond Mac Awlies report of the Counsell held in Vlster for the Spanyards landing THE Affayres of Mounster thus digested the President according to the Lord Deputies directions expedited with munition and victuals one thousand Foot into Connaght under the command of Sir Francis Barkley The List of the Captaines and Companies were as followeth viz. Sir Francis Barkley 100. Foot Sir Richard Percie 150. Sir Gerrard Harvie 150. Sir Edward fits Gerald 100. Sir Iohn Dowdall 100. Captaine Iohn Bostocke 100. Captaine George Kingsmill 100. Captaine George Blunt 100. Captaine William Power 100. Besides fiftie Horse under the command of Captaine Richard Greame which Regiment was sent to giue countenance unto the service of Ballishanon intended by Sir Henry Docwray although the President was very loath to spare them at this time for the rumour of Spanish preparations for Ireland which had been secretly whispered all this Spring was now strongly conceited and confidently beleeved by all the Irish And moreover certaine Advertisment hereof was daily brought unto the President from the Irish Merchants Factors in Spaine from the Priests in Italy to the Irish Lords from the English in France to their private friends all of them agreeing in one adde heereunto the constant Asseverations of Iames fits Thomas the titulary Earle then a condemned prisoner who after his apprehension and condemnation being often examined was still confident of the Spanyards comming and being demaunded his cause of knowledge answered That the Spanish Fryer Don Matheo de Oviedo whom they call Archbishop of Dublin did assure him of the Kings pleasure therein and to hasten the same hee tooke his journey from Spaine
occasion of extremitie defend himselfe and Iames fits Thomas against the English and also wherein hee might giue succour to such Spanyards as should come to their ayde c. Whereby the indifferent Reader may perceiue with what prepared hatred and prepensed malice this Gallant was affected even in this first scene of his devillish Tragedie that there might bee no indecorum his subsequent proceedings were in all poynts correspondent to these timely beginnings For having now left Corke and gotten footing in his supposed Countrey of Desmond hee wrote severall Letters to the Gentlemen neere adjoyning namely the O Sulevan Mac Finnin the two Odonoghs and others to assemble at a time and place appoynted to create him Mac Cartie More and whosoever he was that refused to come he persecuted as his mortall enemie and hereof Owen Osulexan eldest sonne to Sir Owen Osulevan deceased had wofull experience for upon his absence from his meeting hee caused the Bonoghs which hee had now entertained to prey and rob the said Owen and some of his Tenants taking one Iohn Oge prisoner and when the sayd Owen made suite unto him for release of the prisoner hee answered that hee would keepe him as his Pledge to be true to him as Mac Cartie More to follow his war and keepe his peace But when hee found that this course would not establish and secure unto him that Dignitie and high Title after which hee so greedily gaped then hee solicited Tyrone by frequent Letters and importunate Messengers to come for Mounster pretending many furtherances that thereby should arise to the Catholique cause but desiring the same chiefly to his owne end that hee might bee by him and the Romish Clergie saluted Mac Cartie More and therefore Tirone comming into the Province about the first day of March Florence posted with all speed to his Campe and the fourth of the same hee combined with him and was sworne upon a Masse Booke to bee true to Tirone and prosecute all hostilitie and cruell warre against the English Ex examinatione Owen Osulevan And to the intent it may appeare that this was no fained or counterfeit Narration of Owen Osulevan you shall in part perceiue by his owne Letters written to Donogh Moyle Mac Cartie upon this occasion This Donogh whether growne weary of the warrs or for some other cause I know not determined to continue himselfe and his followers in subjection and for the same cause had submitted himselfe to Sir Warham St ledger and Sir Henry Power Commissioners appointed for the government of that Province untill the comming of Sir George Carew to be President Florence Mac Cartie either to advance the Catholike cause or else desirous that all his neighbours should run with him to the like excesse of ryot joyning with Owen Mac Eggan a Popish Priest and most infamous rebell and Odonevan sent Letters to the said Donogh Mac Cartie as followeth The Letter COusen Donogh wee haue us commended to your selfe and to your brother Florence I haue I assure you taken the paines to come hither to Tyrone not so much for any danger of my owne as to sauâ— the Countrey of Carbery from danger and destruction which if it bee once destroyed your living in my opinion will growe very scarce These two Gentlemen your Brother Odonevan and Owen Mac Eggan are verie carefull with mee of your good Therefore if ever you will bee ruled by us or tender the wealth of your selfe and your Countrey wee are heereby earnestly to request you to come and meete us to morrowe at Cloâ—dghe and so requesting you not to fayle heereof in any wise to Gods keeping I commit you Oneales Campe at Iniscare Martij 2. 1599. subscribed Your very loving Friends Florence Mac Cartie Owen Mac Eggan Donnell Odonevan Tyrone finding that Florence was not onely forward in his owne person but also a fartherer of others making new Proselites the children of perdition aswell as himselfe by the consent of all the Popish Bishops Fryers and Iesuits and all the Irish Nobilitie there assembled created him Mac Cartie More vsing in this creation all the Rites and Ceremonies accustomed amongst the ancient Irish. Tyrone having left the Province in the latter end of March this new Mac Cartie More did so well remember his vowes made to Tyrone although hee quite forgot those that hee formerly made to her Majestie as in the very next Moneth namely in Aprill 1600. he vsed all his policie power and industrie to defeate the Queenes forces under the command of Captaine Flower but because I have formerly touched his proceedings therein I will not trouble the Reader againe with vaine tautologies and needlesse repetitions In the Moneth of May immediatly following by the importunate mediation of the Earle of Thomond and Iohn fits Edmonds hee came to the President at Corke but he had no sooner left the Towne but hee sent present word to the Arch-rebell Iames fits Thomas aswell of his particular proceedings with the President as of all such intelligence as hee could possible understand to giue impediment to the service all which may appeare by a Letter remised from the said Iames unto him the true Copie whereof here ensueth Iames fits Thomas his Letter unto him MY good Lord and Cosen your Letters of the eighteenth of May I received the fiue and twentieth of the same wherein you relate the manner of your proceedings with the President at Corke and also of his determination towards the West of my Countrey I thanke God I prevented that which hee expected here for all the good pledges of the Countrey are committed to Castlemange for their constant behaviour in this our action the President with his force is come to Limerick and intended presently to draw towards Askeiton where I purpose with my Armie to resist him I pray you the better to further the service and the more to coole the bloody desire of our Enemy let mee intreate you to put in effect the meaning of my last Letters by drawing your forces to joyne with mee here which being done I doubt not under God to performe service that shall redound to the generall quiet of our Countrey and so referring the due consideration hereof to your Lordships carefull vsage I commit you to the most Mighty From the Campe at Adare this first of Iune 1600. Your very loving Cosen Iames Desmond In the foresaid Moneth the said Florence sent Teg Oholloghan and Donoghe Offaly to Owen Osulevan vsing many strong Motiues and forcible perswasions to him that hee should joyne with them in action against her Majestie assuring him that all the Osulevans would presently shew themselues publikely for the Catholike cause if they might perceiue that hee would partake with them and afterwards Iames fits Thomas being taken Prisoner by Dermond O Conner towards the latter end of this said Moneth Florence came in person to his rescue unto Castle Lyshin Also Owen Osulevan being with Florence Mac Cartie
to bee done in the Earle of Thomonds quarter and that from thence they should draw out three hundred choise men betweene that quarter and the Fort built upon the West hill neere a Barricado made crosse a high way to stop the Enemies suddaine passage in the night and himselfe accompanied with the President and the Marshall advanced forwards towards the scout and having given direction to Sir Henry Davers who commanded the Horse under the Marshall for the ordering of the Troopes sent the Marshall to take view of the Enemy who brought him word that Horse and Foote of theirs were advanced whereupon the Lord Deputie with Sir Oliver Lambert rid to view a peece of ground betweene that and the Towne which had on the backe of it a Trench drawen from the Earle of Thomonds quarter to the West for t on the front a boggish Glyn and passable with Horse onely at one ford which before hee had intrenched the ground whereupon the Enemy must haue drawen in grosse to force the passage was flankerd from the Earles quarter by the Cannon it was resolved to make that ground good being of greater advantage for Horse and Foote both to bee imbattled and to fight upon view whereof the Lord Deputie sent the Marshall word that on that place hee was resolved to giue the Enemy battaile and sent the Sergeant Major Sir Iohn Barkley to draw out Sir Henry Folliots and Sir Oliver Saint-Iohns Regiments to that place O Campo that commanded all the Spaniards that came last out of Spaine desired Tyrone that hee might imbattle his men and presently giue on to joyne that way with Don Iuan for their purpose was at that time by that meanes to haue put into the Towne all the Spaniards with Tirrell and eight hundred of their chiefe men and the next night from the Towne and their Army to haue forced both our quarters of the successe whereof they were so confident that they reckoned us already theirs and were in contention whose prisoners the Lord Deputie should bee and whose the President and so of the rest But Tyrone discovering the Marshall and Sir Henry Davers to bee advanced with all the Horse and Sir Henry Powers squadron of Foote retired beyond a ford at the foote of that hill with purpose as he fained till his whole Army were drawen more close instantly the Marshall sent the Lord Deputie word by Sir Francis Rush that the Enemy retired in some disorder whereupon the Lord Deputie came up unto him and gaue order that all the Foote should follow when we were advanced to the Ford but our Foote not wholly come to us the Enemy drew off in three great bodies of foot and all their horse in the reare The Lord Deputie asked of some that understood the Countrey whether beyond that ford there were neere any ground of strength for the Enemy to make advantage of but being answered that there was none but a faire Champion he drew after the Enemy and then desired the Lord President to returne from thence and secure the Campe and attend the sallies of Don Iuan which hee did with whom the Lord Deputie sent the Earle of Thomonds Horse Sir Anthony Cookes and Sir Oliver Lamberts and only tooke with him betweene three or foure hundred Horse and under twelue hundred Foote but being drawen out some mile farther we might perceiue the Enemy to stand firme upon a ground of very good advantage for them having a bog betweene us and a deepe ford to passe and in all apparance with a resolution to fight the Marshall being advanced with the Horse neere unto the Ford sent unto the Lord Deputie that hee perceived the Enemy in some disorder and that if hee would giue him leaue to charge hee hoped to giue a very good account of it the Lord Deputie left it to his discretion to doe as he should find present occasion out of the disposition of the Enemy whereupon the Earle of Clanrickard that was with the Marshall importuned him exceedingly to fight and the Lord Deputie sent to draw up the Foote with all expedition close together who marched as fast as it was possible for them to keepe their orders the Marshall assoone as a wing of the Foote of the Vaunt-guard was come up unto him and Sir Henry Power with his Regiment drawen over the Ford advanced with some hundred Horse accompanied with the Earle of Clanrickard and gaue occasion of skirmish upon the bog side with some hundred hargubisheers the Enemy thereupon put out some of their loose shot from their battle and entertayned the fight their three battalions standing firme on the other side of the bog at the first our shot were put close to the Horse but with a second they beat the enemies loose shot into their battle and withall the Marshall with the Earle of Clanrickard and Sir Richard Greame offered a charge on a battle of one thousand Foote and finding them to stand firme wheeled a little about by this time Sir William Godolphin with the Lord Deputies Horse and Captaine Mynshall with the Lord Presidents Horse who were appointed to keepe still in grosse to answer all accidents was come up and Sir Iohn Barkley with two of our three bodies of Foote whereupon the Marshall with the Earle of Clanrickard vnited themselues with Sir Henry Davers Captaine Taffe and Captaine Fleming charged againe the Horse and the reare of the same battle who presently thereupon both Horse and Foote fell into disorder and brake All this while the Vantgard of the Enemies in which was Terrill and all the Spaniards stood firme upon a Bog on the right hand unto whom within Calievers shotthe Lord Deputie had drawen up our Reare upon a little hill and willed them to stand firme till they received direction from him but perceiving the grosse drawing betweene our men that were following the execution and the other Bodies of foot he drew up that squadron commanded by Captaine Roe to charge them in Flanck whereupon they presently drew off and in a great grosse marched to the top of the next hill and there for a little time made a stand the Reare of the Enemy beeing in â—heir retreat the Van went off with few slaine but with the losse of many of their Armes their Battell being the greatest Body was put all to the sword and not aboue some sixtie escaped The Vantguard who went last off were broken on the top of the hill the Irish for the most part quit the Spanyards who making a stand were broken by the Lord Deputies Troopes and most of them killed O Campo the chiefe Commaunder taken prisoner by the Cornet Iohn Pykman two Captaines 7. Alferoes and 40. Souldiers taken prisoners by such as followed the execution which continued a mile a halfe and left there onely tyred with killing There were of the Irish rebells twelue hundred dead bodies left in the place and as we heard from themselues about eight hundred hurt whereof many
in the Warâ—es of the Low-Countreys is most chargeable and of greatest import unto him and for the which he may thanke your Queene of England for had not shee assisted those Traytors they long since had borne the yoke of their deserts and neither Ireland nor England had ever been looked into or offended by us Harv Why then I perceiue it is not Religion or Conscience that hath brought you hither to releeue the Irish but onely Revenge for ayding of the States of the Low-Countreyes against the Cardinall Soto But did you ever thinke otherwise I know you did not and if you say so I know you dissemble with me for the place where you haue been brought up in hath better discipline Har. Why where haue I been brought up Soto I heare that you are neere in blood unto the President and that from a child you haue followed him and I know that you are better instructed then you make shew of Har. I must thanke you for your good opinion of me but haue you ever seene the face of the President Soto I assure you no and which I am very sory for for I heare that he is a worthy Gentleman and one of the wisest men in Ireland and if I would take the Irish opinions for my beliefe of him they confidently beleeue that he hath a familiar for they say he knows all things and that nothing can be hidden from him besides he is so inward with the Secretary of England as his power thereby is the greater which strengtheneth much my beliefe of his worth but I pray you Sir is it so Har. Truely I must confesse that I am neerely allyed unto him and that I am wholly his Creature from my Childhood But for your better satisfaction of what you haue heard of him unlesse in modestie I should wrong him I cannot doe lesse then maintaine the same opinion which the world holds of his worth and sufficiencie but for any familiar that he hath more then a noble Spirit and Iudgement and as the long experience of this Nation may sufficiently giue him understanding I assure you he hath not any and therefore the Irish in that doe wrong him And as for the greatnesse with the Secretary of England I know in his Affections he hath been very neere him these many yeares and to his uttermost hath wholly devoted himselfe unto him and in any reasonable matter I thinke Master Secretary will assoone hearken unto his Counsell as unto any if he were in England Soto But why would not the Secretary keepe him still with him but suffer him to spend his time among this Nation Harvie I cannot say but you object well but I assure you the necessitie of his comming hither was such as for the publike good hee was enforced unto it besides her Majesties opinion of his experience is such as shee knew he was able to end all the warres in these parts with Expedition which in foure Moneths my selfe can testifie hee had finished and had not your Armies comming hither caused a new rupture hee had good hopes to haue beene called long since home againe which I know nothing under Heaven hee desireth more Soto That makes me thinke that hee is weary of the warres and would be contented now to liue in peace Harvie I thinke not so unlesse it were a very happy peace otherwise warres is farre more welcome unto him although I thought not the Irish warres but I thought a Spanish Iourney royally undertaken would please him so much almost as to be seven yeares younger Soto Since your President loues a hote Clymate so well I would to God hee would bee a meanes to make a peace betwixt the two Kingdomes and then hee might take his choise in whether of them he would liue and be a welcome man unto both but was not he in France with Master Secretary when that businesse was a treating Harvie Yes Soto And were you there likewise Harvie No. Soto I assure you there was excellent jugling of your side and will be still where great personages are the Actors otherwise I imagine there had fallen out better successe but wee haue some Spirits in Spaine will never rest untill they haue either ruined the kingdome or themselues but dare you Sir impart this Conference unto the President Harvie I promise you if I liue I will Soto It may bee out of this may proceed some good effect for of lesse beginnings then this haue greater matters risen Harvie I beleeue you although I haue small hopes of this Soto And why Cannot England stand without the Low Countries Harvie Yes against all the earth but not so quiet if that were yours Soto Why wee will not aske any assistance from the Queene but onely haue her stand a Neuter and for her safetie and the kingdomes wee will put in pledge twentie of the best houses in Spaine such as your State will choose and if the State of England will 〈◊〉 looke judicially into it they shall find the offer honest and fit to bee accepted Considering that the Queene of England is by nature as mortall as others of lesse quality and if shee were dead I know the next that shall succeed will afford it and bee glad of it upon lesse conditions or else I am deceived Harvie But God bee thanked wee haue no cause in England to dreame of succession but hope shee shall be eternall unto us Soto That were ill newes unto him who lookes to succeed Harvie But Sir to the matter because I haue promised you to impart this conference unto the President let mee intreat you to haue somewhat under your hand to justifie it Soto You shall haue a Passe either for your selfe or any other from me to come into Spaine touching this busines The effect whereof I most humbly referre unto God and so bid you farewell Pedro Lopez de Soto Overseer generall of the Army of my Soveraigne the Catholike King c. For certaine due respects behoofull for his Majesties service this free Pasport in his royall name is assured for any English Ship which shall bring any dispatch from Roger Harvie Governour of the Garisons at Castlehaven and Baltimore directed and superscribed to mee which shall happen to arriue in any Port in Spaine from the date hereof unto the end of Iuly next By vertue whereof his Majesties chiefâ— Officer that shall governe the Province or port where the said Ships shall arriue shall giue commandement for the service of his Majestie that both it the Sâ—â—fâ—ring men and all other persons with their goods shall be freely received and entertayned and accommodated to their liking and content untill the dispatch in the said ship directed unto me bee sent unto Don Pedro Franquesa the said ship with her men and goods may not only freely returne to these Northren parts without any impediment but rather to bee intreated with all possible curtesies And if any of his Majesties ships of warre or any of his Subjects
and Desmond and all else from Kinsale and Limericke westwards joyned with Odonnell and the Spaniards whereat little wonder is to bee made considering what power Religion and Gold hath in the hearts of men both which the Spaniards brought with them into Ireland The supplies of Spaniards were but seven hundred but more were promised to follow which mooved the wavering Irish to conceiue that now the time was come for their deliverance from the English Government whereupon they cast themselues into the Spanyards armes and for testimonie of their truths Donogh Odrischall delivered unto them his Castle at Castle-haven which commanded the Harbour Sir Finnin Odrischall who never in the course of his whole life had beene tainted with the least spot of disloyaltie rendred unto them his Castle of Donneshed at Baltimore and his Castle of Donnelong in the Iland of Inisherkan betweene which Castles all entrances into that Haven was debarred and Donnell Osulevan surrendred unto them his strong Castle of Dunboy which absolutely commaunds Beare Haven these three Harbours beeing without all exception the best in the West of Mounster For the guard of those places Don Iohn assigned that one hundred of the late supplies should remaine at Castle-haven with a Magazine of Victualls and Munition and eight Peeces of Ordnance unto Donneshed and Donnelong hee sent one hundred Foot fiftie for each of the Castles and two Peeces of Artillerie and unto Dunboy hee also sent one hundred Foot and ten great Peeces And to confirme these revolters by liberality unto his Master the King of Spaine hee bestowed upon Donnell Osulevan two hundred foote in the Kings pay unto Donoghe Moyle Mac Cartie sonne to Sir Owen Mac Cartie Reughe one hundred upon Finin Mac Cartie his brother one hundred and twentie and upon Phelim Mac Cartie one hundred and to Odonevan one hundred in all sixe hundred and twentie in the Kings entertainement and upon others hee bestowed certaine summes of money About this time also not many dayes after this defection Iohn O Conner Kerry found the meanes to betray the Castle of Carrigfoyle which was his and then guarded for her Majestie by a Sergeant and twelue Souldiers of Captaine Saxies company The other Campe strengthned their trenches and a resolution to make two small forts beyond the Campe Westward wholly to invest the Towne the forts and the Campe one to flancke another The Artillery was planted in severall places of the Campe for the best defence thereof and a fort almost made neere the Towne a slight skirmish towards night wherein Sir Francis Barklies Ancient and some other were hurt In the evening the rebels Horse were descried about two miles off and after supper all the Army drawen into Armes upon notice given us by the skout that the rebels were discovered CHAP. XIX A briefe report of the good service done by Sir Richard Levison upon the Spanish fleete at Castle haven A Letter from Don â—uan de Aquila to Tyrone and Odonnell A Letter from Don Iuan to Captaine Iuan de Albornes y Andrada A Letter from Odonnell Osulevan Beare to the King of Spaine THIS night late Sir Richard Levison returned into the harbour of Kinsale and the next day came to the Lord Deputie unto whom hee imparted that the sixth day with the Warrespit the Defiance the Swiftsure the Marlin one Merchant and a Carvill he arrived at Castle-haven about ten of the clock in the forenoone before foure a clock the same day one ship of the Enemy was suncke the Spanish Admirall with nine foote water in hold droue to the shore upon the rocks the Viceadmirall with two others droue likewise a ground most of the Spaniards quitting their ships the seventh of December the wind being extreamely at South-east hee rode still at Castle-haven the night following with wind at West South-west hee warped out with the ships the eighth at night hee returned as aforesaid Since wee are informed by the Lord Coursie that they are all sunck but one ship and great harme done both to their provisions and men The Spaniards after their comming to Castle-haven understanding the Queenes fleete was at Kinsale expecting their comming thither to make themselues as strong as they could landed fiue Peeces of Ordnance which they planted close by the water side for the securing the harbour but Sir Richard Levison did so ply the shipping that hee suncke and driue a shore as is related and having effected as much as might be done by Sea was willing to haue left the harbour and returne to Kinsale but the wind being contrary hee was not able to get forth but was forced to ride foure and twentie houres within the play of those fiue Peeces of Ordnance and received in that time aboue three hundred shot through Hulke Mast and Tackle being by no industry able to avoid it untill some calmer weather came where by the helpe of some warpes layed forth by their boats not without great danger and some losse hee came to set saile and returned for Kinsale All the shot were made particularly at his ship except some few at a Pinnace of the Queenes wherein Captaine Flemming was Commander All the time spent upon the nine ten and eleaven was in erecting the two forts formerly resolved upon also in casting up of trenches betweene the Earle of Thomonds quarter and the said forts being more then thirtie score in length and making of trenches neere to the Lord Deputies Campe The Spaniards as well to interrupt as to view our workes made certaine light sallies but they were easily beaten backe without any hurt on our side The twelfth the Enemy sallied againe but altogether fruitlesse The thirteenth the weather fell out to be extreame fowle and stormy and because of Tyrones drawing neere with all his forces it was thought meet not to attempt any thing of great moment more then the removing of some Peeces of Ordnance to a new platforme made on the West side of the Towne close unto it to play upon the Castles which might most hinder our workes when wee should resolue to make a breach The fourteenth fowle weather wherein nothing was performed The fifteenth our Artillery on the West side of the Towne did much annoy the enemy in breaking downe the houses wherein many were slaine The sixteenth the Ordnance played into the Towne as the day before The seventeenth fowle and stormy weather neverthelesse at night the Enemy sallied and brake downe a new platforme which wee had made The eighteenth the Cannon as in former dayes played into the Towne and annoyed the Enemy very much And the same day a Letter was intercepted written from Don Iohn to Tyrone and Odonnell which is here inserted And also a Letter to Captaine Iuan de Albornoz y Andrada both which were thus translated A Letter from Don Iuan de Aquila to Tyrone and Odonnell I Was confident your Excellencies would haue come upon