General lost his way into that office, and was as much surprised at
his having got that employment, as we were to see him in it. His
ignorance was so great, it past for his Religion; for never any that
saw him draw up the Army, but concluded he relied on Providence
for the Victory, he made so little use of the means for the
obtaining of it. He has now done that too, which he never did
to his Regiment, I mean exercised; and the word of commaud
is, As you were, that is, reduced to his primitive existence, which
affords him the Stoicks Motto, Omni a mea mecum porto. This Makes
me that I believe he will think these last eight yeers a dream, and
that he was never really wak'd out of it, but when these rude
fellows of cork presumed to do it.
There was besides in Cork the Right Reverend Father the Bishop
of Derry: and though he were immediately commanded to
leave the Town, yet, in spight of the Officers noses, he did his
BUSINESS first, nay carried it away with him too. This is a man
of so unfortunate a behaviour, that he left an ill odour behinde
him, both amongst his friends and enemies: yet thereby he rendered
one Branch of the Covenant unperformable, as to his particular;
for though he were a limb of the Hierarchy, yet it was
impossible to take him CLEAN away.
His Excellency being assured of the Declaration of Cork, to improve
that great mercy, sent away Col. Phair for Munster with 500.
Foot in a fleet, that took another whilst the first was waying Anker;
but as these Forces were sayling by Dungarvan, newes was
brought them that Yoghal was declared too, which made them
land there. In a short time, as one shoulder of mutton drawes
down another, so one Town did the like unto another, where-by
in less then a fortnight, the Parliament recovered their former
Interest in that Province, and with as little blood as they
had lost it.
By this ormonde and owen Roe O Neale had shooke hands, his
Excellency hoping they would think themselves strong enough
to be beaten (for he never desires a higher certainty of a Victory
then to come to a battle) march't over the Barro upon a bridge