their Cow to purchase a Pike if they knew where it could be bought; Examinant saith that notwithstanding these declarations many of the said Rebels appeared in the ranks well armed with Pikes; Examinant saith he is convinced in his mind that the said Rebels would have plundered and burnt all the other loyal houses of Prosperous, and would have murdered the remaining Protestant inhabitants thereof, but that a party of the Ancient Britons and the Cork Militia, being a part of the detachment they had murdered that morning, unexpectedly approached the town, and that the said Rebels on their appearance, fled towards the bogs and morasses; Examinant saith he could not refrain from shedding tears at seeing such scenes of savage barbarity, and that a servant who continued faithful to him desired him not to shew any sign of concern, lest he might draw on him the anger and vengeance of the Rebels. (_A true Copy._) ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER. At the breaking out of the late unfortunate Rebellion it was my intention to _note_ every occurrence of any _moment_, and at some future day to arrange and publish the same.--SOME Materials for such a Work I have collected, others I still wait for----Such an Historic RECORD may be found acceptable; when ready it shall be announced to the Public. The present Publication, now offered to the IRISH NATION, while it enumerates the dangers which awaited every loyal Man, must demonstrate to the deluded Creatures (aiding and abetting) the certain Impossibility of succeeding in any similar attempt. To those persons who kindly supplied the Letters, &c. for the foregoing pages, I feel particularly indebted, and beg they will accept my grateful thanks. As I intend continuing an account of the other Engagements down to the French Invasion and their defeat at Ballinamuck, Gentlemen who have been in the different Battles which are not yet come to hand, are invited to forward an account of them as soon as possible previous to the completion of the SECOND PART of this NARRATIVE. With respect, I am the Reader's Obliged Servant, _No. 91, Bride-street_, } JOHN JONES. _June 5th, 1799_. } Transcriber's Note Inconsistencies and variations in punctuation, spelling, hyphenation, capitalization and grammar have been preserved to match the text of the original document published in 1799. Because the original plate for Page 25 made only a partial impression, some words along the left side of the page were cut off and were thus determined from context. Letter XI is listed as an entry in the Table of Contents. However, the original text does not contain any document titled "Letter XI." Four page numbers in the Table of Contents have been changed in this ebook to accurately reflect the location of material in the text. The following additional typographical corrections have been made in this ebook: Page ix: Added missing letter 'i' (sufferings)