[91] The battle is described by Bellings and in the _Aphorismical Discovery_. In _Contemp. Hist. of Affairs in Ireland_, i. 676-686, are printed (1) a short notice from _Carte Papers_, xvii. 25; (2) Monro's despatch to the Scotch estates; (3) a London tract dated June 15, 1646; (4) Rinuccini's account (Italian) published as a tract at Rome and Florence; (5) the 'British Officer's' account from _Hist. of the Wars in Ireland_. An eighth account is in Colonel O'Neill's journal, _ib._ iii. 204. A ninth--not the least valuable--is in Young's _Old Belfast_, being a translation from the Irish of O'Mellan the Franciscan, who was chaplain to Sir Phelim O'Neill. The Rev. W. T. Latimer, in his _Hist. of Irish Presbyterians_ (Belfast, 1893) identifies the localities from O'Mellan and from his own local knowledge. I have satisfied myself by actual inspection that he is right. A tenth account is in O'Neill's letter (Latin) to Rinuccini printed in _Confederation and War_, v. [92] Officers of Preston's army to the Supreme Council, July 27, 1646; Ormonde to Preston, August 3, and to Bellings, August 10--all in _Confederation and War_, vi. Rinuccini's _Embassy_, pp. 173, 181, 189; _Bellings_, v. 16; O'Mellan's _Narrative_. [93] William Roberts, Ulster, to Ormonde, August 11, 1646; Declaration of William Kirkby, pursuivant; Letters by Scarampi--all in _Confederation and War_, vi. 67, 110, 126. Rinuccini in _Embassy_, pp. 192, 197; _Bellings_, vi. 16. [94] Decree of Ecclesiastical Congregation, August 12, 1646, in _Confederation and War_, vi. 69; _Bellings_, _ib._ 17; Roberts to Ormonde, August 17, _ib._ 115; _Embassy_, p. 198. [95] Narratives of Roberts and Kirkby in _Confederation and War_, vi. 119-130; Rinuccini's letter, August 22, _ib._ 96; _Embassy_, p. 200. [96] Carte's _Ormonde_, i. 580-587; Remonstrance of the bishops and clergy, August 13, 1646, _ib._ ii. appendix No. 471. [97] _Bellings_, vi. 18; Decree of Excommunication, September 1, 1646, in _Confederation and War_, vi. 132; Sall, Mayor of Cashel, to Ormonde, September 10, _ib._ 134; Preston to Ormonde September 5 and 17, _ib._ 132, 139. [98] _Castlehaven_, p. 66; _Bellings_, vi. 19; _Aphorismical Discovery_, i. 125; Carte's _Ormonde_, iii. 580-583. [99] _Bellings_, vi. 21. Order by Rinuccini and the generals, September 26, 1646, in _Confederation and War_, vi. 144; Carte's _Ormonde_, iii. 583. [100] Rinuccini's letters, September 21 to December 29, 1646, in _Embassy_, pp. 204, 224 _sqq._ The nuncio was with the two generals at Lucan on November 11. Sir Robert Talbot to Ormonde, September 10; Captain Cadogan to same, September 12; Ormonde to the Council, October 11--all in _Contemp. Hist._, i. 703-713. Digby to Ormonde, October 13, in Carte's _Ormonde_, iii. 506. _Bellings_, vi. 22, 36.