[19] _Bellings_, i. 92; Carte's _Ormonde_, i. 343; Smith's _Hist. of Cork; A most exact Relation of a Victory_, &c., London, October 3, 1642; _Digitus Dei_, or a miraculous victory, London, September 20. The latter writer notes that Stephenson had 'an exceeding rich saddle.' _A Journal of the most memorable passage in Ireland_, London, October 19, 1642, by an eye-witness, notes that 'almost all the Lords of Munster were present'--Roche, Muskerry, Ikerrin, Dunboyne, Brittas, Castleconnell, and one of Ormonde's brothers. As to Ardmore, besides the Journal, see _A True Relation of God's Providence in Munster_, which says between seventy and eighty were hanged. The letter quoted in _Several Passages_, &c., London, September 16, says 116, adding, 'this is most true.'
[20] _A Relation from Viscount Conway_, from June 17 to July 30, London, 1642. This was sent to a worthy M.P., who published it; it is well written, but badly printed.
[21] _A True Relation of the Taking of Mountjoy_, &c., June 25 to July 8, London, August 4, 1642; _A Relation from Belfast_, London, August 17, carries this a little further. A good many cows were caught, and the country, without taking Charlemont, was swept for some twelve miles from Mountjoy.
[22] Bellings in _Confederation and War_, i. 111; Acts of General Assembly, _ib._ ii. 73; Richard Martin's letter of December 2, 1642, in Clanricarde's _Memoirs_, 296.
[23] Acts of General Assembly, _ut sup._ ii. 88.
[24] Letters from the Supreme Council to foreign powers, November and December 1642, _Confederation and War_, ii. 99-129. The oath of association of the Confederates, _ib._ 210; also in _Cox_, appx. xiv. and (omitting the last paragraph) in Walsh's _Remonstrance_, appx. i. p. 31. The latter, dated July 26, 1644, is evidently not the earliest form. In _Vindiciæ Catholicorum Hiberniæ_, Paris, 1650, p. 6, is a much shorter Latin oath, which places the Church first, the King second, and the national liberties third, but is called 'associationis juramentum,' like the others.
[25] _Bellings_, i. 90; _Castlehaven_, 35.
[26] Tucker's Journal in _Confederation and War_, ii. 189, January 30, 1642-3. The Commission, dated January 11, is in Carte's _Ormonde_, iii. No. 117. _Castlehaven._