Good and true NEWES FROM IRELAND BEING The Copy of a Letter sent from Mr. Rodger Buttock, one of the chief Ministers in the City of Dublin, to a Brother of his a Merchant, living in Alderman-Berrie in London.
SHEWING In a true and reall Relation, how 400. foot, and 100 horse sent from Dublin, under the Command of Sir Charles Coot marched towards Ardes 8▪ miles from thence, and beat them out of their Quarters, defeating the whole Army. Also, how they slew 1100 men at Dundalk, 15, Officers, took 4 pieces of Ordnance, and great store of good pillage, with the losse of 20. men.
Dated from Dublin the 4 of Aprill, and received here the 12. 1642.
LONDON. Printed for Andrew Coe. 1642.
GOOD NEWS FROM
IRELAND.
YOurs of the 12. of March I received, with another from my Brother Thomas, both Testimonies of your loving affections, to your Sister and her Children; unto you both under God, I do commend the care of them; as for my self, I am no better then my companions, as a Snail crept out of the shell, subject to death daily, among the Instruments of death the Lord prepares us for his heavenly Kingdom; for our sufferings, I doubt not but they [Page] have wrought much good in many of us. We were doting before on Rome and her Idolatries; now her cruelties cause a generall loathing of her and her Doctrines.
Before we were wedded to the world, now weaned from it: and I hope they shall work a greater measure of Grace here, and glory hereafter.
The Lord who is the Author of peace in all the Churches of the Saints keep the Church of England from Factions and Dissensions, to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.
You desired to know how things slood with us; as long as I am in Dublin, I shall endeavor to satisfie you by the Post weekly.
Droghedah is releived, her gates opened, and a great market comes in dayly and to relate the manner how tis the the Lords doing and it is marvilous in our eyes▪
From Drogheda the Army their with [Page] some fiue hundred foote and a hundred horse, sent from Duhlin▪ to them, marched the last week to Ardee eight miles thence, and there defeated the enemy.
From thence they marched to Dundark, sixteeue miles from Droghdah, and their defeated the enemy, slew above eleven hundred of them: fifreen officers, tooke fowre Pecce of Ordinance from them: and great store of good pillage in both these two waled Townes, and which is Gods doing, Wee lost not twenty men.
Our Army from Dublin, have burnt and forraged all along to Drogheda: twenty miles. To the hill of Tarah sixteene miles. To the Naas ten miles, But to the Southward (on the mountaines) of vs the enemy lies strong near us. On Friday last an Army of them came down from the mountains, within four miles of Dublin. Our horse went to meet them, on Saturday very early, put them all to flight, and pursued [Page] three hundred of them, into the Castle of Carrigmayne, six. miles from Dublin, by nine of the clock in the morning, Messengers came to Dublin, for two peeces of Ordnance, to batter the Castle; but with Consultation, and advising with long delayes of a Cunctator maximus in our state, Saturday was passed over, and that might have bin esily done, that day was passed over to the Lords day; So that the taking of that Castle that day cost dearly, the losse of but a few, not past ten men, but five of them were Officers of great note on whose name my pen is loath to write the slower of the English Army, Our dearly beloved for his Valour, Discretion and Religion, Sir Simon Harcott, chief Commander that day, slaine by a bullet shot of the Castle, as he was overseeing the planting of the Ordinance, a man much lamented. But I doubt not but God will provide others for his place. I wrote formerly to venter for lands in [Page] these parts, I hope you have done it: Ishould be sorrow you should let slip such an ofler. Your Sister remembreth herself unto you: to her sister, and to all yours. So doth hee who commends you to God and rests.