[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.
[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.