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, so they battered it all that day, all the next, and in conclusion took it by composition, that they should depart with their lives and [Page 7] their cloathes on their backes. The next day my Lord sent me with forty horses through the Roch his Country, into the Quon­dams where we saw the enemy, tooke away their cowes, sheepe, and horses, so we brought them all home safe, they never once offering to assault or hinder us: within two dayes my Lord In­chiquin drew the horse and foot together and sate downe before the Lord Roch his Castle, and battered it all that day and that night, the next day they begd quarter, which my Lord denyed. I was sent with my Lords troope to pillage round about, I brought above a thousand sheep and three hundred cattell: that night our troop was commanded to lie at the foot of the moun­tain to stop any reliefe from comming to the Castle we lay there two nights, which hath bred a great sicknesse amongst them I brought out of Yorkeshire, all this whole night and day the Castle was battered and no quarter would be given them, untill such time as newes was brought, that the enemy was gathered together and fallen upon our quarters at Dona-royall, so that we were forced to give them quarter, and turne them out of the Castle with their lives, and to haste to our owne Towne, which we did, we tooke great store of Corne, many Arms, and much other provision in the Castle, there were seven or eight hundred people in it besides old women and children, who fled into the mountaines, where we shall be sure to have them the next Castle we take, and then they may certainely expect a generall hang­ing. The 27 of Iune about 12 of the clocke at night my Lord Inchiquin sent me out with forty horse and fifty foot to releive Liscarroll and Newmarket, which I did, and drove the Cattle away from the Castle Anno and beat 300 of their men from the prey and came safe home. Vpon Saint Peters Eve, my Lord Inchiquin received intelligence that eighteen colours were come from the county of Limbrick, and were set down before a place called Castle Dodd, in the hands of one Master Munck a friend unto our Army, and a good subiect, my Lord as he hath beene alwayes ready to relieve such, advised with Sir William Oagle and Sir Iohn Paulet, who suddainly concluded to march: which wee did betwixt eleaven and twelve a clocke that night, and found them not there, but heard they were gone: unto a place called New towne alias Shaudrum, in the County of Cork, from [Page] whence they intended the next night with other forces to fall on our quarters according to their pretence: they had heard of our comming by that time we marched toward them, for most of our neighbours here are Traytors, in the same condition with the rebels, wee found them at the end of a Champiane in Battalia, a little bog being betweene them and us, the troopes iust behind them, and under the towne a great morosse and wood: we presented them battaile, but they immediately drew out of the plaine into the lanes, and the a soresaid townes, so that our horse could no way helpe us or offend them, upon which we drew up the musquetiers, who disputed the businesse with them, for an houre, untill such time as the horse found out a little way through the wood & incompassed the enemie round, which as soone as they perceived, they retreated, but in such, disorder, that our horse having some convenient ground to charge them, fell upon them, and so absolutely routed then whole body; the businesse after that was nothing, but the execu­tion I beleeve was as great as any hath beene since these warrs began: the number could not be certainely knowne, because the execution was so dispersed, & the enemie throwing downe their weapons and running, gave us encouragement to fight disbanded, so that the slaughter was over all the fields, both bogs and ditches; the generall vote is, that there were slaine about foure or five hundred men, but if you will have my opi­nion, having the command of the horse that day, and saw what were slaine, both by the horse and foote, there was slaine six hundred; we tooke sive colours, some prisoners, where­of I tooke my selfe a Lieuetenant prisoner, we tooke all their baggage, and many armes, two daies after this battle my Lord President died, and without question poysoned by the popish Doctors.