Captain M^Manns, being deputed by the prifoners itt
ihe gaol, was condttflcd to confult with lord Kingfbo^
rough, who accordingly wrote a letter to the lord lieir-
tenant, in the name of all the prifoners, (among whom
there w'ere thirteen officers, befides fevcral yeomanry '
officers and principal gentlemen of the county,) inti-
mating their great danger, but that they had hitherto,
been well treated, and, in every lefped, as prifoner%
of. war, and therefore hoping .that the prifoners taken
by the army might meet the like good treatment with
them, for that otberwife they feared reprifals might be
made and their deft ruflion prove inevitable. This let»
ter, along with any others that the officers chofe to fend
to their friends, was to be fj)rwarded Xo the next com*-
manding officer of the army, and the meflenger was to
return with ari anfwer with all convenient fpeed. Lieu*
tenant Bourkc of the North Cork militia was appoint-
ed to carry the remainder of this fcheme into execu-
jtion, andaccordingly^nthe evening of the 14th day of
June, he fet out from Wexford, accompanied by Mr.
