and gallant prize for the encouragement of the Loyal Seamen,
who now cast up their Caps for joy, and cry, Long live K.Charls
the II. From Brazen mouths, thundring in smoke and fire,
Till Aryans Harp playes to Apollo's Lyre:
The Waves do smoth their brows, the Mairmaids sing,
And Dolphins dance in honor of our King.
The whistling winds do swell their gentle sails,
Proud to be servants to the Prince of Wales:
The Rebels spring a leak: are Winde bound all,
They sink they sink, and to perdition fall.
Neither is the News so good from Sea, but it is better from
Land; for I told you that the great Crack-foyst of Jones his Victory
would from a Thanksgiving, turn into another day of howling
weeping, and guashing of teeth, and so it has; for since he
he hath received a loss to equal the other, being rowted and
pursued from Droheda towards Dublin, and 700 of his men killed,
his Ordnance and Carriages all taken, and himself wounded;
so that it is a great mercy if he escape with his life; in his
Retreate he was fain to betake himself to Rathfarnham house,
where he sent for Cromwel to fetch him in, who coming out
with two Regiments of Horse, and 500 Foot, were presently in
action Charged one another very desparatly, till the Marques
Comman[unr]ing a party to retreat, which Cromwel. perceiving,
caused his Regiment to pursue with much eagernes but through
a flight hedge the Marques had blinded two pieces of Ordnance
and a Drake laden with Case shot, that made such a murder upon
them that they left 500 dead on the place, and had the pursuit
of their whole Almy at least three mile and a half, rook; so
prisoners, and killed 400 more took four Drakes and a Sacer,
so that now NOL dares not so much as peep out of Dublin; his
Horse are most of them sick and will not stand a fight; they have
sent 350 Maimed Souldiers to Southampton, and some to Milford
haven; His Lordship, ( marry come out)hath sent to Fairfax
for 10000 more, and 5000 horse, with Ammunition and
Money for them: but Fairfax with his long Nose smels a Plot
against his foolish person that Cromwel so sudden withdrawing
was to give the godly Party but an Advantage to gain their
Agreement, or cut him off, that he ( poor fool) is in a pack of