HAving nothing of that waight and conse­quence that befits mee to accommodate your Honour withall worthy of your Lordships acceptation, I am inforced to present your Honour with what I can, as a small signe of the great observance in many respects I owe to your Lordship for the noble favours I have had the honour formerly to receive from your Lord­ship, and the mutuall correspondencie that hath been betweene your honour and my selfe, which when opportunity may permit, I humble thank­fulnesse acknowledge.

It is a great sorrow to me, my name and ho­nour should be so much defamed and scandali­zed by false and slanderous reports, nay permit­ted to be published in print, that I have revolt [...]d from my King and turned Rebell, the very name wounds mee sore, which never had the least thought of treason against my Soveraigne or dis­loyalty to my Country, I am so farre from such imaginations, that I will rather perish at his Ma­jesties feet, and suffer any punishment what ever shall be thought requisite to bring a period to my life and fortunes, then live stained with such a horrid denomination as Traytor: And am so farr incensed against these reports, that I vow to God I will to the uttermost of my power maine­taine the rightfull power and prerogatives of his sacred Majesty, to whom I desire to approve my selfe an obedient subject and servant, and his Go­vernment as the undoubted and lawful King over his Maiesties Kingdomes of England, Scotland, and Ireland: I desire not to be di [...]obedient to any the Lawes and Ordinances of his Parliament for the good Government of his Kingdomes, that may not abridge and restraine the free exercise of the Roman religion, which I am devoted to and am ingaged to maintaine in duty to God and respect of my future happinesse and salvation. Her Maiesty, my Gracious Queene, I will to my power endeavour to obey, and her rightful raign [Page] in his Maiesties Dominions under his Governe­ment endeavour to uphold and maintaine to the uttermost of my life and Fortune: And such re­spect and honour I owe to my Lady, whom my prayers are daily for, and to whom I recommend my dearest affections, that she may be confident I will intermeddie with any affaires that may I hope prove destructive to my selfe or Family, or in defamation to mine or her Honour, which I humbly desire your Honour to certifie her, and to present his Maiesty with my unchangeable and dutifull Intentions.

Some passages of the affaires here in Ireland I thought good to present you with all which is necessary to be taken notice of. There was a grea [...] Battell fought before the City of Dublin, where was slaine 4000. English and Scotch, and Sir Edward Denny one of our Captaines with his forces of 400. Souldiers hath Slaine Thomas Eger with five hundred more of his Souldiers, and put all the rest (besides some prisoners taken) to Flight. This is the greatest overthrow to the English as yet hath been: And Sir Edward Denny having the Victory, on the next morning being by his Souldiers saluted in a most Noble manner, for their better encouragement, gave to each Souldier five pounds, and in vindication of his reputation made a royall Feast to entertaine his Souldiers, in a deriding and scoffing man­ner to the English. There was also another skir­mish on saturday last, which continued some 8. houres betweene the Forces under the command of the Lord Osmond Neterfield and others, and the Forces under the Command of Sir Simon Harecourt, Sir William Cootes, Mr. Moore of the English; the L. Douglas, Sir Charles Bland, Mr. Henry Stewart, and others of the Scots, where were Slaine 2000. Irish, and about 100. Scotch and English, the rest of the Irish being forced to retire, great spoyles being left by them as a prey to the English of Ammunition and provision of [Page] Victuall, sufficient to furnish and maintaine 500 men for 6. months, which was a great weakning to the Catholike party: And thus having no more at this present, I will not be troublesome to your Honour, but humbly take my leave.