86 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1644-5. 



And in a letter of the 26th of March, he observes : 



44 By intercepted letters of the 16th (Feb.) of this 

 month out of the North, I find it confirmed that Chester 

 held out, and was not delivered on the second, as was 

 confidently written hither out of North Wales by some 

 that desired it should not be relieved ; but it will in 

 fallibly be lost if the succours be not speedily sent.&quot; 



And also writes desiring to be informed when the 

 shipping and men will be in readiness. 



Again the Earl addressed the Lord Lieutenant on 

 the 24th : * 



&quot;MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, 



44 1 am now setting foot in stirrup for Waterford, 

 having made an embargo of all the shipping there, at 

 Wexford, and all other places of that coast, towards 

 the exportation of six thousand men, and have likewise 

 sent an express to St. Ives and Falmouth for shipping, 

 either to convoy or to help to transport these men. And 

 if your Excellency please to inform yourself what may 

 be done to forward this business out of Dublin, I shall 

 not fail to see performed any agreement your Excel 

 lency shall make, whose zeal to the service I know to 

 be such as that it were vanity in me to recommend it 

 unto you. I will, therefore, only desire to know your 

 Excellency s pleasure as soon as may be, and as it is 

 my part, so it is my affection always to obey you, and 

 ever to remain, 



44 Your Excellency s, &c. 



44 GLAMORGAN. 



&quot; Kilkenny, the 24th Feb. 1645.&quot; 



* Bod. Lib. MS. Vol. &quot;Carte Tapers, 1634-1657, Ireland, 63, * Nos. 160 and 16L 



