[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.

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[95] Narratives of Roberts and Kirkby in _Confederation and War_, vi. 119-130; Rinuccini's letter, August 22, _ib._ 96; _Embassy_, p. 200.

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[96] Carte's _Ormonde_, i. 580-587; Remonstrance of the bishops and clergy, August 13, 1646, _ib._ ii. appendix No. 471.

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[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.

[101] The negotiations between Ormonde and the Parliamentary commissioners are given fully in _Rushworth_, vi. 418-444. Bellings (vi. 28-35) gives the correspondence with the Ulster Scots. Digby to Ormonde, October 13, 1646; Ormonde to Digby, October 12 and November 20, in Carte's _Ormonde_, vol. iii.

[102] Preston's letters, of which the dates are in the text, are all in _Confederation and War_, vol. vi. Ormonde to Digby, October 22, 1646, and all Digby's letters at this time in Carte's _Ormonde_, vol. iii.

[103] Preston and O'Neill to Ormonde, November 2, 1646, and the answer, November 4, in _Contemp. Hist._ i. 713; Ormonde to Digby, November 10, in Carte's _Ormonde_, iii. 512, and all the letters there till November 26. Negotiations between Preston and Clanricarde in _Confederation and War_, vi. 151-162. Preston's letters to the mayor of Kilkenny (from Lucan), November 24, _ib._ 162; Theobald Butler to Ormonde, _ib._ 165.