The Nevvest intelligence from the army in Ireland in tvvo letters the one from the apothecary, formerly to the late Earl of Strafford, now to the said armie : and the other from a good hand, both dated in Dublin, Febr. 1, 1642. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B25882 of text R232455 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 9KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B26368 Wing L3571A ocm 12184492

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 eng Ireland -- History -- Rebellion of 1641. eebo The Nevvest intelligence from the army in Ireland : in tvvo letters the one from the apothecary, formerly to the late Earl of Strafford, now to the sa n/a 1642 8 1662 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.02 B The rate of 6.02 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-06 Sampled and proofread 2014-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

THE NEWEST INTELLIGENCE FROM THE ARMY IN IRELAND .

IN TWO LETTERS : The one from the Apothecary ( formerly to the late Earl of Strafford ) now to the said ARMIE .

And the other from a good Hand .

Both dated in Dublin , Febr . 1. 1642.

LONDON : Printed February 17. 1642.

Dublin February 1. 1642.

WE have had hopes every wind would have brought us the glad tydings of a Peace be twixt King and Parliament , now we are left to our selves to stand or fall , our Army is and hath been much discontented for want of pay , and Officers going over continually from us , yet amidst all these feares , wants , and troubles , the Lord hath not forsaken us , he still goes out with our Armies , and fights our Battailes , and blesseth us beyond expectation : the Lord blesse our Army that went eight dayes since to relieve Athlone in Connaught , some fiftie miles from us , lately Generall Preston , who commands the Rebells forces , hath taken a Towne called the Burre or Parsons Towne , being remote from us , and never relieved but once since the Rebellion , where were eight hundred persons , men , women , and children , who fought eight dayes with the Rebells , and then approaches came neere to the walls , being no remedie , they had good Quarter ; halfe their goods , money , plate , &c. and so are come to us : but it is reported , that Generall Preston intends to fight with our men ( who are neere a thousand horse and foot ) the Lord blesse them . Lately we received ill Newes for us from the King , viz. a Commission from the King to Treat with the Rebells , to heare the grievances : which causeth great discontent amongst us , and will , we feare , be the utter undoing of us : We are in great want , provision very scant : Our Armie of seaven hundred horse and foot , going a Cow-catching into Wicklow amongst the mountaines and bogges , brought us home three thousand sheep , and six hundred head of Cattle , to the great joy of us all ; Fresh-meate being wondrous scant ; a quarter of small Mutton at ten shillings , egges two pence a piece , and so all other things ratably .

Now the Lord Lyle , and Coronell Muncke , have undertaken to maintaine two thousand men abroad in the Rebells Countrey , and put the State to no charges , but the setting of them forth , and so to remaine out all this Summer , which they may doe : they are providing for it , and hand-Mills are making to grinde Corne for their men , and other things necessary for them : This designe many are against , and would hinder it , if they could : We are afraid this Treatie of peace will hinder it , No peace , no peace , to these rebellious Miscreants : This is our estate for the present : The Lord send you an end , which we feare are but begun .

Another from Dublin , Feb. 1. 1642.

I Cannot but let you know our present misery , our Magazine for the Armie is almost spent , our money quite gone ; no pay for Souldiers , but what we ( more then halfe pillaged people ) doe weekly pay ; and the Merchants that have corne and herrings , deliver in ; our plate ( what is not sold ) halfe is to be given in , and the rest , I suppose , will shortly be cald for ; and the next will be worse . The Enemy hath gotten the Burre from our men , but have given them a faire quarter ; some report that they are come away with half their money ; it is thought there was not so little as 20000 li. in money there , all was lost for want of reliefe . I wrote you in my last , about 14. dayes since , that Colonell Gibson , and Colonell Crafford , were abroad with 500. men , or thereabouts , each , and their Armies went two wayes ; Colonell Gibson about the Countrey of Kildare , and that way ; and returned home the 18. Jannar . without doing any thing ; and Colonell Crafford came home the 20. out of the County of Wicklow , bringing with him 5. or 600 Cowes , and 2000. sheepe , he got that journey which he spent , and brought home at twice ( it is thought ) neer 5000 sheepe from the Rebells : Never had battell with the Rebells , although their Army being about 700. Musketiers , 300. pike , and 300. horse , as it is reported , being often in sight of our Army , but as I am informed , they appointed a day to fall on our army suddenly , which was under command of Collonell Crafford , ( for Colonell Gibson was far from him ) but the night before ( unawares to our Army ) they were drawne very neer , and lay all within a small compasse together , and Captain Devalier with some 18. horse went forth and came in the morning on a Towne where were 300. foot , besides horse , of the Rebels that lodg'd there , and coming unawares ( for they had no Sentinels abroad because they knew their plot was not known to our men ) fell upon the town , and as many as could got away , supposing all our souldiers were come upon them : but finding the contrary , returned ; notwithstanding Captaine Devalier got 5. or 6. good horses sadled with their holsters but not their pistols , and kild some men , and took a prisoner or 2. which told him all their plot ; after that they were discouraged from giving battell to our men , had not God wrought his work , our army had been indangered , and the last prey of cattell been lost . Collon . Crafford sent most of his men home , before he came himself , and the report was that he was coming himself : but in the night he and some 150. horse and foot , got to Sir John Hoys house , which the Rebels espied , but assoone as he and the foot were gotten in , he caused all the Musketiers to cut off a part of their lighted matches , & gave to the Troopers , and they marcht away with them burning in their hands , whereby the Rebels thought they were all gone , whereupon divers came to that house , and still as they came in they were cut off by our Souldiers there , so they were not discovered ; so that all the cattell which they had sent over the River of Arklowe into the County of Welford for safety , they brought back again to feed in the County of Wicklowe , but the next night after came back again Captain Marrow with his troop toward the River of Arklow , and Col. Crafford from Sir John Hoyes house made forward the same way ; coming very early in the morning towards Arklowe river they found the cattell that last c●me home , which was a great releef for the present , but that plentie is almost forgotten , being so many mouthes that gapt for it ; God knows what we shall do hereafter ; I doubt not but others have written of our present estate , but the future is like to be worse God knows . The 25. went forth a Convoy to releeve my Lord President of Connoght , and to bring home what men are left alive , onely they will leave a small Garrison in the Castle of Athlowe , with my Lord , as many as may onely keep the Castle .

Our Armie went forth hence not above 500. foot , and 150. horse , but some say that they were to have more men by the way from our garrison at Trym , they have a great charge with them of Ammunition , I pray God send them his speciall help from the Enemie , they are much to be fear'd , Generall Preston being so strong at the Burr ; I should think our miserie should move England to make peace , sure I am that there is ( in some that hinder it ) a good affection to the Irish Rebellion ; I pray God their counsell may not be followed , it is an easie matter to deceive an honest heart , who think others like himself : we are much annoyed by the Rebels that lie at Manoth , in sight of Kildares Castle , and in the woods about it , we hear that Generall Preston hath sent up 1000. men to assist them that had it before , and to have the charge of that place ( being but 10. miles from this place ) but our Welch that hath kept it before , will not part with it to the Generals men , upon which there is some discord between them ; In the meane time ( had not this ill news come from England ) our army should have this day gone thither to take up the matter , for it is good fishing in troubled waters ; we had need make better use of our time then we have hitherto done .

FINIS .