Further intelligence from Ireland,: declared in a letter sent from Captaine Muschampe, Captaine of the castle of Corke, to an especiall friend of his in this city of London: with some other newes from other parts of the said kingdome.

NEWES FROM ABOUT DVBLIN TREDAM AND KILKENNY

WE have 4000. men, and 500 horse that are now marching up to a place caled Jal∣low-Hill, where the Rebels do make us beleeve, that they wil bid us a battell: But we can scarse credit it, that they will be as good as their words, wee rather think they will not abide the shocke, when it comes to triall. For they are very much afraid of our great Gunnes. We have six small peices of Ordinance, and 2. great Peeces: and they doe not love to heare the roaring of the Cannons; our Cannoneers playing upon them

with our great Gunnes is a dismall sight to them.

There hath arrived here from Bristow, 500. Men, and 1000. Men are come over from Minyard, and my Lord President of Munster, came downe to meet them, and went along with them up to a place called Killkenny which was in the hands of the Rebels, and he with his forces set upon them and forced them out of it; and the English and Protestant forces have slaine of the Rebels, nigh 2000. and taken 60. Priso∣ners of good Ranke and Qualitie.

Also within 5. Miles of Tredah, or thereabout our forces set upon the Rebels and slew many, took my Lord Netters-feild, and Colonell Reade, which Reade perceiving how hard it was like to goe on their side, seeing his men drop downe so fast in ear∣nest, thought it good policy for him to drop down amongst the slaine in jest, and thereupon he fell downe and did lie still among the Souldiers that were dead: that so they might thinke him to be dead also and passe him by, and thereby he thought, when he had opportunity, to make use of his leggs to save himselfe. But one Souldier among the rest of our Souldiers, seeing so goodly a fine Belt upon a Gentlemans shoulders lying on the ground, and pro∣bably thinking that the Belt might be his, as well as anothers if he were dead, he did make triall whe∣ther he was dead or no, and gave him a good kicke with his foote on the hinder parts: the Gentleman having his sense of feeling quicke, lying downe ra∣ther upon policy then impotency, got him up, and a∣way he ran with all the speed he could, but all to

little purpose, for he was quickly taken, and is now fast. Also Philom Oneale was put to his shifts, and necessitated to escape over into a feild of furses, and it being knowne that he had made an escape that way, they set the feild of furses an fire, and so they ferrited him out: but he did steal away in the smoke, and whether he is yet taken or no, we have no cer∣taine Intelligence.

FINIS.