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A87085	A letter sent from Sr. Simon Harcourt, to a worthy member of the House of Commons. VVith a true relation of the proceedings of the English army, under his command, to this present March. Whereunto is added the many miraculous deliverances, in the relieving and defending of the city of Tredagh, by the providence of God. Exactly related, by the minister of the same town, who was an eye witnesse thereof, and is still resident there.	Harcourt, Simon, Sir, 1603?-1642.	1641 (1641)	Wing H695; Thomason E140_2; ESTC R212747	5,378	8

most sleeping one thousand of their owne men were there ready to enter and we had bin lost 'T was Gods hand that their shouts gave us the first Allarum to our safety and their destruction In this hot skirmish we lost but few the most being butcher'd by them at their first entrance unarm'd to prevent their giving ●ice only three were lost in fight This was the only night of any neglected which the joy of the present reliefe occasioned but for the future doubled our Watches forty Horse in severall Divislons still riding the Rounds and by their often visits a Sentinel hath scarce time to wink My Lord Moore one night and the Governor another as supervisors of the whole have not failed since constantly to watch in their owne persons The enemy without on the South-side of the Towne seemed to be about 3000 who in severall bodies stayd one houre or two after day believing the Towne to be taken expecting the opening of a Port which we perceiving and having taken a Piper of theirs caused him to play very merily on one of the Plat-formes and to call out in Irish that the Towne was theirs It was good sport to see them shorten the way by leaping ditches and runing themselves out of breath who should be first taken and so were brought in by tens This extraordinary blessing I conceive deserv'd a speciall solemne thankes-giving which wee performed two daies after A faire winde inviting the Pinnace next day to returne past with as many praiers for safety by the Soldiers on the walls as she had bin received with praises But a small Fisher-boate as a full judgement of God for the former nights worke by the unskillfulnesse of the Pilate ranne aground and that nigh● was taken by the enemy with foureteene Prisoners also about three miles off at Alermine Towne the Pinnace fell into the like hazard being most falsely left by the Shallopes to the mercy of the enemy who played upon her on both sides 100 of the Rebells under the shelter of Carre-loads of Furs desperatly approached so neere that they got under the Sterne and with Crowes and Pike-axes began to bulge her neither Pike nor Musquet could offend them in this streight Captaine Stutvile who hath much deserv'd in the adventure of relieving us twice threw some Granadoes amongst them they indured the breaking of six but when the seventh was throwne they ranne away and never attempted their designe after The number of the slaine is uncertaine but by the mighty streame of blood it is conjectured 60. Whilst we saw this danger we ceased not in publique to pray for her safety whose losse was likely to be our ruine That night shee was freed into the Poole and one the Munday with a faire wind bid us farewell We had another friggat which asisting the Pinnace in burning some Barques ranne the same casualitie and lay under the same advantage to the Enemie Who having made a brest worke played on her all night but returned with our any harme save the losse of one man Many Drums were sent by the Rebels for exchange of Prisoners till theirs here being spent they were forced to send for more to Amagh who have beene cherished by the Townes-men as if they had beene Martyrs they giving them good Victuals Caddoes and Capps soe that they make no sute to be realeased In 14. dayes our former supplies were wasted and a great Scarcitie began to grow among us The whole designe of the Rebels we saw was to starve us by burning all the Corne and Hay within two Miles of us they drew often nigh us in the darke Nights and in mockerie asked our Sentinall if we had yet eaten up our Cabidge stalks and Horse hides and indeed the Famine was such at length with the common Souldiers that Horses Catts and Dogs were good meat Some provisions by searching were found hid in Cellors this sufficed not but we were forced to Sallie out which was alwaies blest with some releife and without the losse of any Souldiers February the 7th we sallied out 40. musqueteers and 25. Horse to secure others appointed to bring in provision who were unexpectedly set upon by 400. newly come out of the North we instantly charged them kild 80. tooke two of their Cullors kil'd a Lieutenant and on ensigne and took another and 9. Prisoners one dyed as soone as he came to Towne and being unbuttoned he was begirt with a Saint Francis Girdle next his skin not one of our men being hurt Another time we marched out 100. Foot and a Troope of Horse we were set upon by 500. but we having notice by some of their owne Partie of their intention we made a faire retreate through them and killed many of them of ours not one hurt one was shot through the Dublet and Shirt and had his skin rased At length our store failed us so that from the hartiest nothing could be heard but intentions of desperate courses our Friggatts and our Agents had beene long in Dublin but heard nothing of their returne and by the continuance of contrary winds our hopes wee saw were dashed from thence also in this extremity besides our ordinary meeting on Wensday wee appointed the next Friday as a day extraordinary onely to begg our bread of God for my Subject I tooke the 4th Petition of the Lords Prayer That day we continued in the Church from morning till evening which was blest with much affection and teares wherein some confident passages fell in assuring some present extraordinary answer it might have seemed to have bin without warrant but see the event That very night the winde inclined and the next morning suddenly changed to as fair a wind and weather as we could wish and so continued that evening we received notice that our Supplie aproached on Sunday morning we met at church earlier then we used in the continuance of the same Subject aad Petition and at the couclusion of the Sermon a messenger came into the Church with the glad tidings of our releif within the barre it being so received in Gods house we tooke it as from God himselfe And so with thankes given to him from whom every good gift descendeth we went and saw the salvation of God I must not forget another deliverance the same Sunday morning the Enemy about foure a clock with their whole strength made a bold atempt with scaling Ladders to the wals 2 or 3 were fixed in one place and some were gotten up the sentinall missing fire at one knockt him downe with the butt end of his Musket and crying out to the Guard who was nigh my chamber window I was the first that heard him and the clattering of the Ladders we instantly gave them their fill of Shot and they left their ladders with some of their blood the number of the slaine is uncertain they having drawn them away but an English boy taking this opportunity escaped from them said he saw 3 lying in one ditch by which may be conjectured what was slaine of them on our side not one hurt so that in the word of Psalmist Psalmes 136. verse 24. Wee may praise God for that one day who gives food to all flesh and who delivers us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever And get a farther deliverance we are now quitting the Towne of the Papists who have bin the cause of all this evill some of the Aldermen are parting some have offered to go to Church but it is thought with the same affection as the Capernaites for the Loaues An Inventory of all their goods are taken and such of men and women as have bin suspected to side with the Rebells have their dayly passes to them some sober soules and of good fashion have desir'd to be inform'd in which worke shall be glad to be employed all day and eyery day A prize was also taken by the Pinnace laden with herring Bisquets and other provisions which hath added somewhat to our store we have 4. companies more so that we have in all 2000. Foote and 200. Horse more I could have writ but the unexpected haste of your Pinnaces returne who is now ready to weigh Anchor causes me to breake off FINIS

March 18. A LETTER SENT FROM Sr. Simon Harcourt To a worthy Member of the House of COMMONS With a true Relation of the proceedings of the English Army under his command to this present March Whereunto is added the many miraculous deliverances in the Relieving and Defending the City of Tredagh by the providence of God Exactly Related by the Minister of the same Town who was an eye witnesse thereof and is still resident there LONDON Printed for Joseph Hunscott 1641. A Letter SIR I Hope by this time you are fully satsfied by the receipt of my Letters that I have made it my care to uphold my selfe in your good opinion which I shall ever value at a high rate Therfore I will never prove so great an enemy unto my selfe as to loose by the neglect and omission of the tender of my due respects which shall on all oppertunities attend you in a most affectionate manner And now give me leave to give you a briefe accompt of a piece of service which hath lately bin acted on the Rebels at a place called Killshaughall some seven or eight miles from Dublin where lodged neere upon 2000. as we had intelligence The scituation of the place as naturally strong as I have seen any Castle in Ireland having moorish an● boggy ground on the one side the other invironed with thick Woods quick-set heages high bancks and deep Ditches inaccessible but as we forced our way by Pyoners under the favour of our Musquetiers in the middle of which Woods stood the Castle which had but one Aveneu unto it on that side we approached it on which they had 〈…〉 a reverse or Barricadoe which we beate them from That done I sent Capta●ne Congrave with 100. Musquetiers to fall on them in the Church-yard in which they were 〈◊〉 and stood opposite unto the Castle gate he found the● 〈…〉 all resc●t●ce and then in great disorder fledde taking their way 〈…〉 unto the bogge ground Those which betooke themselves unto the 〈…〉 Borlasles Troop in chase of them who had the cutting of some 60 or 70 of 〈…〉 and about as many more were killed in the in the W●●● by the 〈◊〉 The Castle was maintained against us some of their best men have 〈…〉 o●fer Sanctuary And we having no pieces of Battery were forced to leave it In this expedition was my Lord of Ormond the Lord Lambert in Charles Coote and my selfe having with us 500. foote and 300 Horse 〈◊〉 lest one Captaine Rochford who led the forlorne hope being of Sir Charles Coote his Regiment with some five or six of my Rigiment and as many bu● And this is all that for the present I can acquint you with only that to morrow we make a visit unto the Lords and Gentry of the Pale with 3000. Foot and between 5. and 600 Horse and this we are forced to doe for the reliese of our Souldiers who have bin kept this tenne weekes upon a meane allowance of salt Beef and Herring which had caused great sicknesse and mortality amongst them But I hope that your care of this poore Army here wil be such that the may be speeddy supplyed with M●ney Clothes and Victuals for them I speake of their misery as briefly as I can but the Lord Iustices better will more 〈◊〉 informe you I am confident you will doe all the friendly offices in your power 〈◊〉 Souldiers here whereby you shall ing●ge t●em and me most faithfully and affectionately to remain Dubl●n 6. Martii 1641. Sir your humble Servant HARCOURT An Abstract of Newes Since our reliefe Ianuary 11. to the 20th of February AFter much misery we were relieved by the Pinnace with some Bisquet and Ammunition extremity of want drawing on of both that it was not unobserved that where we had bin solemly praying for it The Rebells had sunck a Barque in the Channell but two or three daies before the winde and tide had driven her out to Sea they had hoysted an iron chaine but that hindred not her passage over it 1000 shot were sent from either side the River and had double returnes from ours yet not one of our men lost with what joyfull acclamations the Pinace and her Shallope were received within the Bay what mutuall salutations of shot were given and answered how the Streets rang againe with thanks and Prayers to God from all sorts those who were eye and eare witnesses can never forget at this reliefe the countenances of the Townesmen told asmuch upon second thoughts towards night they seemed to be very glad and for an expression were very kinde to the Souldiers offering them drinke upon every guard on free cost the poore men not using to receive so liberally without their Officers knowledge two parts of the Watch were drunke about mid-night most being asleepe a breach was made in the wall in an our orchard betwixt St. James gate and the water in which as was confessed by one hanged the next day an Officer had a chiefe hand in about 3 of the clock 500 entred and continued an houre or two undiscovered till being marched upon the key they shouted which was either for asureance of victory or to invite the Towne to their promised assistance some of them had adventured up to the Millmount and killed the first Centinell others had entred the Bridge This shout being our first Allarum the Governour ran out unarmed and was the first that caused a Drum to beat and in that hast was compelled to take the maine guard who were his owne company and commanded men from by-guards these were his present strength first posted downe some Pikes commanded by his Ensigne to make good the Bridge untill the Musqueteeres could make ready we met the enemy upon the first entry and finding them resisted by a guard of ours charged home and soone compelled them to retreate the Governor immediatly relieved his Ensigne with Musqueteeres who met not farre from the Bridge another company of the Rebells but being in the darke tooke them by their an swere to be friends untill hee found the contrary by a shot made at him which went throw the brims of anothers hat next him As soon as we gave fire it proved so effectuall that they instantly scattered were chased through the strees leaving their dead bodies as stumbling blocks in our way And now my Lord Moore with what Horse he could make ready came to his assistance who chased the residue of them up the Hill where they dropped a pase but where the breach was could not yet be found till they directed us by their flight through which 100 escaped and now each Captaine had got together Forces and environ'd them in each quarter and with ease layd them on heapes in every corner so that the slain within the walls and prisoners taken without were 200. This deliverance the worst of men acknowlege to be the hand of God for had they marched towards the next Port and cut the guard off there who were