him, where we having put a Company, advanced the Army
to a passage over the River Slane, which runs down to Wexford,
and that night marched into the fields of a Village called Enifcorfy,
belonging to Mr. Robert Wallop, where was a strong Castle
very well manned and provided for by the Enemy, and close under
it in a very fair House belonging to the same worthy person,
A Monastery of Frantiscan Fryers, the considerablest in all Ireland,
they run away the hight before we came; wee summoned
the Castle, and they refused to yield at the first, but upon better
consideration, they were willing [unr] deliver the place to us, which
accordingly they did [unr] leaving [unr] Guns, Arms, Ammunition,
and provisions behinde the [unr]
Upon Munday the first of October wee came before [unr]
into which the Enemy had put a Garison consisting of their Army,
this Town having until then been so consident of their own
strength, as that they would not at any time sulter a Garison to
be imposed upon them, The Commander that brought in those
Forces was Coll. David Synnot, who took upon him the Command
of the place, to whom I sent a summons, a copy whereof
is here inclosed, between whom and mee there passed Answers
and Replies.
Whilst these Papers were passing between us, I sent the Lieu,
Generall with a party of Dragoons, Horse and Foot, to indeavour
to reduce their Fort, which lay at the mouth of their Harbour,
about ten miles distant from us, to which he sent a Troope
of Dragoons, but the Enemy quit their Fort, leaving behinde
them about seven great Guns, be took themselves by the helpe of
their Boat to a Frigot of 12 Guns lying in the Harbour, within
Canon shot of the Fort.
The Dragoons Possessed the Fort, and some Seamen belonging
to your Fleet, comming happily in at the same time, they
bent their Guns at the Frigot, and the immediately yeelded to
mercy, both herselfe, the Souldiers that had been in the Fort,
and the Seamen that manned her : And whilst our men were in
her, the Towne not knowing what had happened, sent another
Vessell to her, which our men also tooke : The Governour of
the Towns having obtained from me a safe conduct for the
foure persons mentioned in one of the Papers, to come and treat