A wild-fire plot found out in Ireland shewing how the rebels vvould have consumed the city of Dublin with wild-fire. Also how three Lords were taken prisoners, and committed to the castle. Also how the Scots have joyned battell against the rebels. Together with the names of those Lords which led the forces, and tooke the rebels prisoners, with their number of forces, both of horse and foote. With the exact coppies of two letters, sent from two marchants in Ireland, one to Mr. Walterhouse, citizen in London, and the other to a worthy divine, concerning all the proceedings of the plots, which the rebels ever did intend to this very day.

A WILD-FIRE PLOT found out in Ireland.

IF there were ever found deadly enemies to true Christian Religion, they are now found out in Ireland, that Mother of all treachery, and Nurse of treason. For their inveterate malice is now grown to the full perfection of disloyalty: and what they could not perfect in one nefarious plot, they did now intend to performe in another. Their late pre∣tended Gun-powper plot is not unknowne to all men, which they being frustrated of (having much powder by that meanes ready by them) did make therewith many balls of wild-fire, with which they intended to burne the whole city of Dublin with a vast inflation. The number of all the Rebels are con∣ceived to be for certainty about 30000. and their multitude increaseth daily: many of them lye in Caves of the earth, some others are in Dandalke, which they tooke the 30 day of October, others are in the counties of Ʋester, Canney and Cavin, but e∣specially in the county of Manahom in great num∣ber: But not to wander thus from my intent, I will

speake more largely of the wild-fire, which they plotted very lately for the tuine of the whole King∣dome. About the dead time of Thursday night, be∣ing th 11. of Nov▪ 500 of them or thereabout, came out of the Caves in the earth with balls of wild-fire in their hands, casting and tossing them over the city walls of Dublin. There were five houses burnt downe thereby equall to the ground, & the fi••e took hold of many other houses, but (as it was Gods great mercy) they were suddainly quenched by the great labour of the people, and thankes be to Almighty God, no more hurt was done by them.

There was an English Merchant lived in one of those houses, that were burnt, whose estate, was sup∣posed to be no lesse then 35000l & he lost most part of his estate there. The rest were all Protestants, men of very good fashion, and reputation: but by the reason of that calamity, now scarse worth any thing: all whose estates we do much deplore, and commi∣serate. But there are a 1000, men doe guarde the Ci∣ty day and night: who hearing of this combustion, did immediately march out of the Gates, and tooke three Lords, Lord Casmahawne, L▪ Mackamaveire, L. Bohoune, with about the number of fifty other Rebels, whom they committed all to the Castle, the other fled, and ran about the fields and woods, & rai∣sed a great number of the Rebels presently; whowere about nine thousand the next day, and marched a∣gainst the city: but the Lords and Iustices having some suspition before thereof, did that very night send a Post into Scotland, & some English colonels, who very lovingly did assist them. There came from Scotland, & the Northern parts of England▪ 4000 foot men, & 400 horsemen, who did in some manner qua∣lifie

them. Sir Francis ƲƲilloughby Governor of the Castle com∣man••ed 50 pieces of Ordinance to be brought out, which were discharged against the Rebels, he had 200 men under him. My Lord Moore ••ame from Broghed•• vith 700 foot men, Sir H. Iuckbourne with ten foot Companies in compleat Armes, Sir Charles Coot with 1000 foot. So that in all the number of the Rebels that were slaine, were about 3000 and 80, besides many Armss, which the English, Scottish, and Irish protestants did take from them.

The rogues are very resolute, for they put both man, women, and children to the sword, wheresoe're they meet them, without any distinction of sex with cruell tyranny. But they very sildome appeare ar∣med; so that sometime they are not knowne, and so under pretence of Protestants, they cut their throats; for they bury all their armor in Caves in the woods, Wherfore all things are most excessive deare in the city, neither can they scarce buy any thing for their money, for the Country dare not venture to bring in any Commodities to the City, for feare the Rebels should assault them, wholy in ambush almost eve∣ry where thereabout. They dare nor travell in the day, much lesse in the night, for then the Rebels are most obvious, and doe range more frequently about. So that things of meere necessity can scarce be had in the city to the great reliefe of the Inhabitants thereof.

O egregious treachery! or rather treason to the King, and Kingdome! These things would make a very Democritus to cry out in dolefull exclamations. But let those that delight thus in such fire, feare lest they fall into an everlasting fire: and let them take heed lest a sudden fire descend from heaven, & consume them Praecipitiously, like as the fiery Ser∣pents did the Israelites.