Complex sentence: At Kilmallock he consulted the president, Thomas Norris, but conditions had begun to deteriorate, and it was reported that the soldiers "went so coldly on" that Essex had to reproach their baseness.
Split into simpler sentences: At Kilmallock he consulted the president, Thomas Norris, but conditions had begun to deteriorate. It was reported that the soldiers "went so coldly on" that Essex had to reproach their baseness.