This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...foote, and kept them at his own charges for above a year and a half, all saving such provisions of corne and cattell which he and they took from the rebells. And in that tyme this deponent and his souldiers executed by martiall lawe, and slew above three score notorious Rebells within the said Countie of Downe and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...foote, and kept them at his own charges for above a year and a half, all saving such provisions of corne and cattell which he and they took from the rebells. And in that tyme this deponent and his souldiers executed by martiall lawe, and slew above three score notorious Rebells within the said Countie of Downe and other places adjacent, drove many other Rebells out of those parts, took divers preys of cattell, horses, sheep, and corne from them and Did Other Acceptable Service to the often hazarding of himself and souldiers; and did till, plow, and sow within the territory of Lecale, a good quantity of come and graine. And there contynued until about May last, 1644. Mr. Peter Hill's munificence is as noteworthy as his valour. Having heard this statement about the great numbers outlawed--over a hundred at one of the five Quarter Sessions by him held for the purpose--and his inability to arrest an individual of them, we may well ask, Who were these "notorious rebells," whom he executed by martial law, or otherwise slew, not to speak of the many he drove out of the country--into the sea, perhaps? One may almost surmise that he found the said "notorious rebels" at their spinning-wheels, or playing marbles at the cottage and cabin doors. And we have to remember that then, or about the same time, Sir James Montgomery's "tygers" were giving proof of their "spight" in Lecale and the country adjacent. Does anyone wonder that some cases of crime and outrage occurred on the other side? There is indeed, room to wonder that "rebel atrocities" were so few while all this was going on against their families and friends. Then comes a pretty quarrel. Sir James Montgomery, and all the Montgomerys were royalist. Hill, the high ...
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