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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87240	A letter to the Honorable William Lenthal Esquire, speaker of the Honorable House of Commons: concerning the late successful proceedings of the Lord Inchiquine in the kingdom of Ireland. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published. H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	Inchiquin, Murrough O'Brien, Earl of, 1614-1674.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1647 (1647)	Wing I132; Thomason E409_7; ESTC R202598	2,079	8

A LETTER To the Honorable William Lenthal Esquire Speaker of the Honorable House of COMMONS Concerning The late successful Proceedings of the Lord Inchiquine In the Kingdom of IRELAND ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That this Letter be forthwith Printed and Published H Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. London Printed for Edward Husband Printer to the Honorable House of Commons Sept. 28. 1647. A Letter to the Honorable VVilliam Lenthal Esq Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons SIR BEing constrained by divers necessities of the souldiers to retire about five weeks sithence out of the field where I had been in the Rebels Quarters of the County of Limrick before I could look into the County of Tipperary I did after some short refreshment and the best though but mean provision which I could make for the Soldier apply my self and this Army forthwith again into the field And being for want of Oxen and other carriages unable to draw forth any Artillery or to carry any larger proportion of bread then what the Soldiers Knap-sacks would contain I marched with the Army into this County which I entered upon on Saturday the third of this instant and having taken several Castles therein to the number of ten or twelve putting to the sword the VVarders of such places as stood in opposition to the Army I passed over the River Shewer not far from the Castle of Cahir an ancient and eminent hold of the Rebels environed with two branches of that River which was observed to be in all appearance of that strength as it was both by them and by the Officers of this Army esteemed impregnable notwithstanding which the importancy of the place being seriously considered by us we were occasioned to make an attempt upon it by this accident one of our horse-men being plundering neer the Town was by some of the Rebels wounded and carried a prisoner into the Castle from whence he was admitted to send for a Chirurgion into our Quarters to dress his wounds of which we made this use One Col. James Heppesly who had formerly served the King and was upon some assurance given me by a friend of his doing service admitted to come into our Quarters being an ingenious person skilled in Chirurgery and in Fortifications took upon him to go under a disguise into the Castle and to dress the wounded Trooper which accordingly he did with so good caution and circumspection as that he discovered perfectly the condition of the Castle in each respect the weakness of the VVard and especially some defects in the wall of the outward Bawn which rendred it assaultable by our men the taking whereof would probably induce the surrender of the Castle which he collected from the observed timorousness of the VVarders which sorted to so good purpose as that falling on the place defective with a party lead on by Col. Heppesly himself we carried that outward Bawn and some out Turrets by storm and with in a few hours after had the Castle surrendred unto us on Quarter only for life though upon entry of it we found that the same was by no force of ours to be reduced if the Defendants had not been by Divine Providence deprived of any courage to oppose us The place is justly looked upon by this Army as the most important in the whole Province being of that strength as not to be taken from us so long as we have victual to support a Garrison therein whereby a pass is kept open for us to make daily incursions into this countrey which hath been a principal contributary to the Rebels Army To the performance of which service the Soldier was enabled with no other food then the roots under and corn above the ground all their cattel being driven away before us out of our reach of the latter whereof we had great and abundant store so as we have burned in this County above 20000. l. worth whereof there could be no use made through want of hand-Mills for which I have often and earnestly written the water-mills being for the most part either burned or deserted From Cahir we marched this instant to the city of Cashel formerly the Metropolitans See of this Province where the Citizens and Inhabitants amazed at the reducing of Cahir left open the gates and fled to the Cathedral a large and spacious Pile seated upon a rock neer the wals of the Town and of late very much fortified and at present fully manned with divers companies of the Rebels which will render any attempts we shall make upon it very difficult notwithstanding which we determine by Gods assistance to leave no means unassayed for the reducing thereof after which we design to fall upon the Town of Fethard an eminent walled Town and from thence to march unto Cloumel to reduce which we have yet no great hopes in regard we understand that place to be very regularly fortified and strongly manned so as without Artillery there can be no feisible attempt made upon it But if it shall please God to bless us with success on that place We may then with confidence assert the Parliaments Interest in this Province to be high and the Rebels mean and inconsiderable Sir the Gentry of this county by the reducing of these places and the burning of their Corn begin to make suit that they may be admitted to a contribution which shall be embraced so far as may conduce to the better carrying on of the War and supporting of this Army and advancing as my zeal and duty obliges me of the Parliaments service For which I have no other means then this of keeping the field From whence if I shall be driven to our Garrisons by the violence of the weather or by an over powerful Army I am utterly ignorant how the Army may be preserved from starving without seasonable supplies from the Honorable Houles to whose service I have faithfully devoted my self remaining Sir Your humble servant Inchiquine Cashel 12. Sept. 1647.