[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._ [27] Tucker's Journal in _Confederation and War_, ii.; Creichton's faithful account, _ib._ ii. 248. [28] Creichton's _Faithful Account_ and that of Bellings, p. 130, give the official views on the two sides. The _Aphorismical Discovery_ is much to the same effect, adding the usual bad language, and describing Preston as 'either drunk, a fool, or a traitor.' Creichton exaggerates the number of Preston's army; while Bellings unduly diminishes the number of slain. 'Scarce one hundred slain upon the place' takes no account of the pursuit. See also _Truth from Ireland expressed in Two Letters_, London, April 22, 1643. [29] _Bellings_, i. 149-151; _Aphorismical Discovery_, i. 65; _Castlehaven_, p. 36. [30] Clanricarde to Gormanston, December 21, 1642, in Carte's _Ormonde_, iii. No. 115; O'Hartegan (Paris) to Wadding (Rome), November 7, 1642, in _Roman Transcripts_, R.O. CHAPTER XXIII THE WAR TO THE FIRST CESSATION, 1642-1643 [Sidenote: The Adventurers for Irish land.]