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A85504	A true relation out of Ireland, of all the passages, and overthrowes given to the rebels, from the 1 of Iune untill the 10 of July, 1642. Sent in a letter from Captaine Iohn Gower, and ordered to be printed.	Gower, John, 17th cent.	1642 (1642)	Wing G1461; Thomason E107_8; ESTC R20272	4,042	8

A TRVE RELATION Out of IRELAND Of All The Passages and Overthrowes Given to the REBELS from the 1 of Iune untill the 10 of July 1642. Sent in a Letter from Captaine IOHN GOWER And Ordered to be Printed London Printed for Richard Best 164● Sir I May be bold to assume thus much to my selfe that I have not ommitted any occasion wherein I might serve you according to your commands I have formerly sent you the relation the good service my Lord of Inchiquin hath done to the state and this Country Ever since our arrivall he hath commanded in chiefe as Generall of these Forces by being vice President to his Father in Law during the time of his long sicknesse in which service I'may modestly say he hath expressed himselfe the only Terror to our Enemies the greatest comfort to the Kings good Subjects and the most absolute next under God and your cares protector of this Province for no man can more certainly relate his continuall care of our distessed and beleagur'd friends his nightly excursitions and incursions upon the enemies quarters his extraordinary Sedulity in procuring spies and intelligencers in all parts of the enemies Countries then my selfe who had the honor to be imployed in some of these expeditions but what will now happen unto us we are both ignorant and have just cause to feare for the Lord President is now departed this World and our Enemy hopes and we feare an alteration of our chiefe Commanders for we cannot hope for any in his place so fit for it as he is himselfe he being acquainted both with the condition of the people speaking their own language and so knowing in the Country that he is of the whole Army the best guide himselfe I will not detract from any of our ancient Officers here for we have Sir William Oagle Sir Charles Vava●●ur Sir John Paulet very gallant men and old Souldiers and so have expressed themselves in these affaires but I am of that opinion that they doe finde this kind of service something new to them for our chiefest expeditions come by camisadoes in the night or sudd●n surpris●lls upon some certaine intelligences of the enemies re●…lls which seldome happens but my Lords spies doe discover and it hath hitherto prooved to the ruine of all or most of them as did appeare in the busines with Sir Edward Fitzharris and the overthrow which he gave to the Lord Roch and the Quond●…s and in our last conflict where we got the victory 〈…〉 thousand five hundred T●…e and Horse with about six hundred and fifty of ours where we slue foure hundred of the enemy tooke five Colours some pri●oners all their baggage and many armes as the relation here inclosed doth further expresse The former of these expeditions were absolutely his own and in this later Sir William Oagle and Sir John Paulet with part of their Regiments were with him yet if I doe ascribe that likewise to him it is no more then their own act because this I must speake of mine own knowledge That when we stood in batalia opposite to the Enemy they seeing the number of the Enemy so far exceeding ours they were unwilling to consent that we should fight and told my Lord that they would doe their Offices as Colonells but the act should be his own upon which my Lord commanded to charge and got the victory without the losse of two men nor doe I imagine but that these Colonells advised my Lord very well considering what service they had formerly been in where one Army equally armed equally valiant had fought this ods of number had been dangerous to us but my Lord by his intelligence certainly knew all the proceedings of their Army how they were Arm'd how strong in foot how in horse and was very certaine that we farr exceeded them in the strength of the horse which was the maine ground that made him in my hearing give this reason why he would fight that with the strength of his horse and the largenesse off the plaine he was able to releeve the foote and bring them off when he pleased This relation I onely make to conduce to that I formerly saide that though we have many brave Commanders yet I conceive I cannot detract from any of them in supposing him the most fit man for this warre I hope and I make no question but you shall heare that we shall goe forwards a pace in our victories so long as he that now commands doth continue in his place for he hath wrought his intendments almost to a full ripeness considering the small forces that we have being not able to march two thousand into the field But thus I will conclude with you and value my Iudg●ment accordingly in other things if it doe not happen according to my sence that the alteration of our chiefe Officer be not the greatest Remorah to our proceedings that can happen but I question not if that greedy beast Ambition be not amongst us our Colonels and great Officers will Petition you for that which we the inferiour officers and the rest of the Armie so much desire I have my selfe had my share in all these businesses it was my fortune to take a Leiutenant prisoner in the last he is able to pay enough for his ●…ans●… if I might be 〈…〉 it but I beleeve he will be hanged ere you receive this Letter if I have done any thing more then ordinary you shall have the relation from Your Servant Iohn Gower Donaroyall Iuly 3. 1642. THE OCCURRENCES Inclosed in the letter aforesaid THe Lord Inchiquin marched over the mountaines with his troopes and 80 footmen to pillage the Country and tooke some Castles that would annoy us but in his returne Sir Edward Fitz-harris came downe with his Army and way-laid them so my Lord fell upon them beat them out of their holdes slew about one hundred and forty of them and came safe home with his prey without the losse of one man Vpon holy thursday our forces marched into the L. Roch his Country but the Quondames who are notable rebels and the Lord Roch had heard of his comming and were drawne into battalia but my Lord fell upon them routed them and killed betwixt two and three hundred and brought away the prey home safe The weeke after Whit sunday Sir Charles V●…saur with his regiment and Captaine Gepsons troop beleagured a place called Drumaneeue and battered it the first day with 2 peeces of ordnance made a breach in the Wall of the Court and entred the breach with the souldiers but were beaten off it with the losse of five or six men the wall being hollow the enemie sets fire on it so that they could not assault there any more next day my Lord appointed me to wait on him thither where they had drawne their approches to the gate but those guns would not bite so that they were constrained to send to Corke to fetch a greater which came in two or three dayes