of Glanely, aged, and unable to bear arms, was roafted to death by Captain Gee of Colonel Crafford's regiment: and in the marches in 1641, 42, and 43, the English army killed all they met in this country, though no murders are charged in the faid county to be committed on proteftants by the abstract. In the Ufurper's time Captain Barrington, garrifoned at Arklow, murdered Donagh O'Dayle of Killearrow, and above 500 more protected by himself; and it is well known that most of the commonalty were murdered. County of KILKENNY. 1641. The English foldiers of the garrison of Ballenakil burned an old woman of 90 years old in her own house in Idough. 1642. The faid foldiers maffacred 180 men, women and children, who were cutting their corn, near the faid garrifon. They dragged Mr. Thomas Shee, an innocent perfon out of his own houfe, with five of his fervants, and hanged them. all at Ballenakil. County of TIPPERARY. 1641. On the 24th of October one Browne and Captain Peafely murdered eleven men, women and children in their own houses at Golden Bridge, before any of the catholics took up arms in that county. About the fame time the faid Captain Peafely going through Cloneulty, Philip Ryan, a peaceable gentleman, and owner of the said town, came out of his house to falute the captain; who pulled out his pistol and shot the poor harmless gentleman dead at his own door. Note, That these two murders occafioned the rifing of the gentry and inhabitants of that county. One John Wife of Ballyowen, an English soldier, came several times in woman's attire upon the road, and committed divers murders upon fimple country people coming from the market. County of CLARE. 1644. Forty families in protection were murdered by the garrison of Inchicronan. 1646. Several refiding near Bunratty were murdered by the foldiers of that garrison under command of Lieutenant Adams. County of CORK. 1641. In Condon's country about 300 labourers, women and children, were murdered by fome of the now Earl of Orrery's foldiers. In the faid county, among others, they gelded one Denis Downy, and pulled out one of his eyes, and fent him in that pofture to his wife. Fifty-fix perfons, or thereabouts, thereabouts, were brought prifoners to Castle Lyons, (most of them labourers, who did never bear arms) were put into a ftable, and the women in that garrifon at night fired their beards, and the hair of their heads, which fo disfigured them, that their nearest friends could not know them next day, when they were hanging. 1642. In the fame county 355 perfons, men, women and children, were murdered with clubs and ftones, being in protection. Mr. Henly, an English gentleman, dwelling in Roche's country, but a Roman catholic, had his wife and children barbaroufly ftripped, and most of his tenants inhumanly murdered by adjacent English garrifons, he the faid Henly, or his tenants, being never in arms: and fuch cruelty was ufed, that they stabbed young infants, and left them for half dead on their mother's dead carcaffes. In the faid Henly's town, and the adjacent villages, at that time, there were murdered about 900 labourers, women and children. 1643. Cloglegh being garrifoned by the Irish, and furrendered upon quarter of life to Sir Charles Vavafor, they were all inhumanly murdered, and the hearts of fome of them pulled out, and put into their mouths; and many other maffacres were committed the fame time there on women and children. At Liflee 24 men in protection were murdered by Colonel Mynn's foldiers. At Bellauere the fame year Teig O'Mungan, and David Broge, blowing by command into piftols, were fhot to death by fome of Captain Bridge's men, and eight poor labourers more killed by them, being in protection, and then employed in faving fome harveft of the English. 1642. At Clogheiulty about 238 men, women and children were murdered, of which number 17 children were taken by the legs by foldiers, who knocked out their brains against the walls. This was done by Phorbis's men, and the garrison of Bandon Bridge. At Garranne, near Rofs, Connor Kennedy, who had protection for himself and his tenants to save their harvest, were murdered by the garrison of Rofs, as they were ditching about their corn. 1641. At Bandon Bridge, the garrison there tied 88 Irishmen of the faid town back to back, and threw them off the bridge into the river, where they were all drowned. Patrick Hackett, mafter of a fhip in Waterford, the Duchefs of Ormond being defirous to be conveyed by him to Dublin, after leaving her fafe with her family and goods there, the lords juftices and Duke of Ormond gave him a pafs for his fafe return, who being driven by a ftorm into Dongarvan, the said master and his men were hanged by direction of the commander in chief there, notwithstanding he produced his faid pafs. The English party of this county burned O'Sullivan Beare's Houfe in Bantry, and all the rest of that county, killing man, woman woman and child, turning many into their houses then on fire, to be burned therein and among others Thomas De Bucke, a cooper, about 80 years old, and his wife, being little lefs; and all this was done without provocation, the said O'Sullivan being a known reliever of the English in that country. Obferve that this county is not charged in the late Abstract with any muxders. County of WATERFORD. 1641. In Decy's country, the neighbouring English garrisons of the county of Corke, after burning and pillaging all that country, murdered above 3000 perfons, men, women and children, before any rebellion began in Munster, and led 100 labourers prifoners to Caperquine, where being tied by couples, they were caft into the river, and made fport of, to fee them drowned. Obferve that this county is not charged with any murders to be committed on protestants. NUM B. VII. Extract of the Acts of the General Congregation of the Roman Catholick Bishops and other Clergy, held at Kilkenny on the 10th, 11th, and 13th Days of May, 1642. [From Borl. Hift. of the Irish Rebellion, f. 122.] [See Review, vol. i. p. 222.] A&t I. IN which war, if fome of the catholicks be found to proceed, out of some particular and unjust title, covetousness, cruelty, revenge, or hatred, or any fuch unlawful private intention, We declare them grievously to fin, and therefore worthy to be punished, and refrained with ecclefiaftical cenfures, if advised thereof they do not amend. -Act IX. Let a faithful inventory be made in every province, of the murthers, burnings, and other crueltys, which are committed by the puritan enemies, with a quotation of the place, day, caufe, manner, and perfons, and other circumftances, fubfcribed by one of public authority. Act X.--In every parish let a faithful and sworn meffenger be appointed, whereby fuch crueltys, and other affairs may be written, and fent to the neighbouring places; and likewife from one province to another: let fuch things be written for the comfort, inftruction, and carefulness of the people. -A& XVIII. We ordain and decree, that all and every fuch, as from the beginning of this present war, have invaded the No. VII. the poffeffions of goods, as well moveable, as unmoveable, spiritual or temporal, of any catholick, whether Irifh or English, as alfo of any Irish proteftant, being not an adversary of this caufe, and do detain any fuch goods, fhall be excommunicated; and by this prefent decree, We do excommunicate them, if, admonished, they do not amend. And with the like censure, We do bind fuch, as henceforward fhall invade or detain such goods Act XIX. We command all and every the churchmen, as well fecular as regular, not to hear the confeffions of the aforefaid excommunicated perfons, nor to administer unto them the holy facrament, under pain of excommunication ipfo facto. Act XX. We will and declare, all thofe that murther, difmember, or grievously ftrike, all thieves, unlawful spoilers, robbers of any goods, extorters, together with all fuch as favour, receive, or any ways affift them, to be excommunicated; and so to remain until they compleatly amend and fatisfy, no lefs than if they were namely proclaimed excommunicated; and for fatisfaction of fuch crimes, hitherto committed, to be injoined, We leave to the discretion of the ordinarys and confeffors how to abfolve them. -Act XXVI. We command all, and every the general, —Act XXVI.--We colonels, captains, and other officers of our catholick army, to whom it appertaineth, that they severally punish all tranfgreffors of our aforefaid command, touching murtherers, maimers, ftrikers, thieves, robbers; and if they fail therein, We command the parish-priests, curates, and chaplains refpectively, to declare them interdicted, and that they fhall be excommunicated, if they cause not due fatisfaction to be made to the commonwealth, and the party offended. And this the parish-priests, or chaplains, fhall obferve, under pain of fentence of excommunication given ipfo facto. -Act XXIX. Moreover, We pray and require all noblemen, magiftrates, and other martial commanders, that with their helps and fecular forces, they affist and set forward in execution the aforefaid ftatutes in their feveral precincts respectively as often as it fhall be needful. NUMB. NUM B. VIII. Intelligence from his majesty's army in Scotland, to be presented to the most honourable the lord lieutenant-general of Ireland; written at Inverlochy in Lochaber, the 7th of February, 1644; by an Irish officer of Alexander Macdonnel's forces. From Carte's Collection of Original Letters and Papers, concerning the Affairs of England, and Ireland, found among the Duke of Ormond's Papers, vol. i. p. 73 [See Review, vol. i. p. 304.] WHEN the Irish forces arrived in Argyle's bounds in Scot land, our general-major, Alexander Macdonnel, sent such of his majesty's commiffions and letters to those to whom they were directed, although for the present none was accepted of; which caused our general-major and thofe forces to march into Badenoch, where they raised the country with them; and from thence to Castle-Blaire in Athol, where the Lord Marquess of Montrose came unto, and joined them with fome other small forces. From thence they marched to St. Johnston, where the enemy had gathered together 8000 foot, and 800 horse, with nine pieces of cannon, his majesty's army not having so much as one horse; for that day, the Marquefs of Montrose went on foot himself with his target and pike; the Lord Kilpunt commanding the bow-men, and our general major of the Irish forces commanding his three regiments. The armies being drawn up on both fides, they both advanced together; and although the battle continued for fome space, we loft not one man on our fide, yet still advanced, the enemy being three or four to one: howfoever, God gave us the day; the enemy retreating with their backs towards us, that men might have walked upon the dead corps to the town, being two long miles from the place where the battle was pitched. The chace continued from 8 o'clock in the morning till 9 at night: all their cannon, arms, ammunition, colours, drums, tents, baggage, in a word, none of themselves nor baggage efcaped our hands, but their horse, and fuch of the foot as were taken prisoners within the city. This battle, to God's glory, and our prince's good, was fought the firft day of September. From thence we marched ftraight to Aberdeen, only furprifing fuch as withstood us, with little or no fkirmishing, till the 13th of the fame month: at Aberdeen, the covenanters of the North had gathered themselves together, to the number of 3000 foot and 500 horfe, with three pieces of cannon. We had then about 80 horfe: the battle being fairly pitched, it con |