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

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in the behalfe of her Maiestie the Quéene and his owne to kéepe and accomplish this Agréement and ioyntly the Lord President the Lord Marshall of the Campe and thother of the Councell of State and the Earles of Thomond Clanrykard shall sweare and confirme the same in a seuerall writing J promise and sweare to accomplish and keepe these Articles of Agreement and promise the same likewise on the behalfe of his Maiestie Catholique the Kinge my Maister Don John d'l Aquila George Carew Thomond Clanrikard R. Wingfeild Ro. Gardemor Geo. Bourcher Rich. Liueson And so is this troubled Cloud of most likely perillous danger for this time dissolued to her Maiesties most singuler renowme Not so much for the glorie of the euent as for her owne Magnanimitie and Princely resolution to leaue nothing vndone which might preserue that Crowne how deare so euer it cost her to the great honour of our Generall Leaders and Souldiers by land and Sea Actors therein who if it be well considered that after the Enemies arriuall xxviij September it was xxvi October before they could get all things readie to sit downe nere the Towne xxix October before their Ordinance could play And that by j. Nouember they had gottē Ricorren castle And then vij Nouember were driuē shrewdly to diminish their strength by sending the L. President from them with two Regiments of foote and 325 horses against Odonell That hee returned not till xxv Nouember his Companies 26. And then that the Supplyes of Spaine were landed That the most of our shipping that did vs speciall seruice were gone towardes them That Odonell was alreadie come Tyron shortly after and xx December all in sight 24 beaten That xxxj December the Parley begunne ij Ianuarie the Articles were sworne ix the Towne yéelded These thinges I say considered it cannot bée thought they spent any idle time as by the Iournals also which I sent you heretofore doth particulerly appeare Nay let it bée duely considered indéed that the Towne though not regulerly fortified after the moderne sort yet was of strong scituation well walled and rampierd of the old fashion and apt to receiue fit fortification which the Enemie by his skill and leasure had giuen it both within the Towne and without as being accounted of great knowledge in fortification and hauing béene a Moneth in it before our men could come néere much to molest him And it may rather bee maruailed the such an Enemie with such a Companie so prouided not béeing constrained by sickenesse famine or other defect of prouision and expecting shortly as himselfe tearmeth it a Royall supplie frō Spaine should so soone yéeld vp not only it but the other Castles that of Baltymore especially so important so strong so fournished to hould so long out as by his owne acknowledgement appeareth before Well going they are with the loane of ordinarie vessels which they also pay for for whome yea and almost for any enemie of lesse qualitie than these all auncient estate wisedome would haue aduised to haue made and giuen them a goulden bridge to passe ouer rather than they should haue stayed longer vppon any Condition much lesse vpon doubtfull hope of a small contemptible pillage to haue béene gotten of them which must néedes also haue béene bought with much blood and with what further Charge and hazard to the mayne God knoweth And howsoeuer any perticuler humour may take it I thinke Don Iohn all Circumstances considered did aduisedly for his King to leaue it And for our part I take it a Seruice to haue béene most honourably perfourmed with singuler euident profite and all probabilitie of certaine future securitie to our Prince and Countrey and that otherwise it cannot bée conceaued off of any that will indifferently iudge The proofe whereof by the fruite beginneth here presently to appeare by the diminishing of her Maiesties Charge daunting of the Rebels quiet comfort and encouragement of the good and before dismayed Subiect and will I doubt not but be generally felt with you there by sparing your men and monneys and putting you out of feare hereafter of your and our and all Englands potent Enemie for his further attempting this way And this for this of the late victorie and yéelding of the Towne which is my purposed taske vnto you at this time As for that which was done from the first landing of the Spaniards till the fight I referre you to the Iournals sent you before And for the generall course of the noble Lord Deputies whole procéedinges in this Land since his first arriuall héere I leaue it to others to bee treated of more at large hereafter onely this I will now say in generall let it bée but without humour iudicially considered in what estate he found this Land and to what hée hath now brought it and there is none so vnindifferently affected but must bee forced to confesse Quantum mutatus ab illo And héere I end my obiect of the fight and yéelding of the Towne and whole quiting of all the Inuadors with Salmacida Spolia an vnbloudie victorie of our part most befitting a Virgin Quéene and a Bacheler Generall And so doe betake you to the Almightie At Corcke this 13 of Ianuarie 1601. Your assured at commaund I. E.
so many men and other necessarie deductions could not but bee very néere wasted and that little remaynder more fit for a prey to the poore souldiour after his tedious trauell than for a clause in the composition Furthermore how needfull it was to embrace this accord may clearely bee seene by whosoeuer considereth the state of our Armie almost vtterly tyred how full of daunger and difficultie it was to attempt a breach defended by so many hands how long time it might haue cost vs if wee had lodged in the Breach before wee could haue carried the Towne it beeing full of strong castles how her Maiesties ships and others lying in the harbour should haue béen forced spéedily to forsake vs for want of victuals how by a long contrarietie of winds our selues were not prouided for aboue sixe daies at the time of this parley though within fewe dayes after good store arriued it being indéed worthy of obseruation that by her Maiesties great care the dilligence of her ministers so good prouidence was vsed as though this descent of Spanyards drew into that quarter all the forces of the kingdome which could be spared all which were onely to liue by prouision out of England notwithstanding all the difficulties of transportation in so vnseasonable a time no notorious wants were found in the Armie but that which is vnseparable from a Winter siege in that Climate that we had neyther munition nor Artillerie left but for one batterie in one place at once fiue of our péeces being before crazed and finally that if we had missed of our purpose the whole countrey had béen hazarded Furthermore that which seemeth of greatest consequence to induce his Lordship to this agréement was That the Spanyards in Baltymore Castle-hauen and Beerehauen by vertue of this contract were likewise to surrender those places and depart the countrey which would haue prooued a matter of more difficultie and haue drawne on a long warre in a corrupted kingdome to root them out béeing strongly fortified and well stored with victuals munition and artillerie for that of necessitie the Armie for some space must haue rested and in the end haue beene constrained after a new supplie of al necessaries to her Maiesties intollerable charge to transport themselues thither by sea the way by land being altogether vnpassbale In which time their succours out of Spaine in all likelyhood would haue béene come vnto them the king being so farre ingaged in his honour to second his enterprise and we barred of that prosecution of the Rebels which now by this Agréement we may wholly entend The Treatie therefore was thus concluded as by the Articles ensuing signed on both parts appeareth Mountioye IN the town of Kynsale in the kingdome of Ireland the second day of the month of Ianuarie 1601 betwéen the noble Lords the Lord Mountioye Lord Deputie and Generall in the kingdome of Ireland for her Maiesty the Quéen of England ●and Don Iohn d'L Aquila Captaine and Campe-maister Generall and Gouernour of the Armie of his Maiestie the king of Spaine the said Lord Deputie being encamped besieging the said towne and the said Don Iohn within it for iust respects and to auoid shedding of blood these conditions following were made betwéene the said Lords Generals and their campes with the Articles which follow First That the said Don Iohn d'L Aquila shall quit the places which he holds in this kingdome as well of the towne of Kynsale as those which are held by the soldiers vnder his command in Castle-hauen Baltymore and in the castle at Béerhauen and other parts to the said Lord Deputie or to whome he shall appoint giuing him safe transportation and sufficient for the saide people of Ships and victuals with the which the sayd Don Iohn with them may go for Spain if he can at one time if not in two shippings Item that the Souldiers at this present being vnder the commaunde of Don Iohn in this Kingdome shall not beare armes against her Maiestie the Quéene of England whersoeuer supplies shall come from Spaine till the said souldiers be vnshipped in some of the Ports of Spaine being dispatched as soone as may be by the Lord Deputie as hee promiseth vpon his faith and honor For the accomplishing whereof the Lord Deputie offereth to giue frée passeport to the said Don Iohn and his army aswell Spaniards as other nations whatsoeuer that are vnder his commaund and that he may depart with all the things he hath Armes Municions Money Ensignes displaied Artillery other whatsoeuer prouisions of warre and any kind of stuffe aswell that which is in Castlehauen as Kynsale and other parts Item that they shal haue ships and victuals sufficient for their money according and at the prices which here they vse to giue That al the people and the said things may be shipped if it be possible at one time if not at two and that to be within the time aboue named Item that if by contrary windes or by any other occasions there shal ariue at any Port of these kingdomes of Ireland or England any shippes of these in which the said men goe they be entreated as frendes and may ride safely in the harbor and be victualed for their mony and haue moreouer things which they shall néed to furnish thē to their voyage Item during the time that they shall stay for shipping victuals shal be giuen to Don Iohns people at iust and reasonable rates Itē that of both parts shal be cessation of armes and security that no wrong be offred any one Item That the Ships in which they shall goe for Spayne may passe safely by any other Ships whatsoeuer of her Maiestie the Quéene of England and so shall they of the sayd Quéene and her Subiects by those that shall goe from hence the sayde Shippes being arriued in Spaine shall returne assoone as they haue vnshipped their men without any impediment giuen them by his Maiestie or any other person in his name but rather they shall shewe them fauour and helpe them if they néede any thinge and for securitie of this they shall giue into the Lorde Deputies handes Thrée Captaines such as hee shall choose For the securitie of the perfourmance of these Articles Don Iohn offereth that hee will confirme and sweare to accomplish this Agreement and likewise some of the Captaines of his charge shall sweare and confirme the same in a seuerall writing Item that hee in person shall abide in this Kingdome where the Lord Deputie shall appoint till the last shipping vpon his Lordshippes word and if it happen that his people be shipped all at once the sayde Don Iohn shall goe in the same Fléete without any Impediment giuen him But rather the Lord Deputie shall giue a good Shippe in which he may goe and if his sayd men be sent in twoo shippinges then he shall goe in the last And in like sort the saide Lord Deputie shall sweare and confirme and giue his word