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A01404	The true exemplary, and remarkable history of the Earle of Tirone vvherein the manner of his first presumption, affrighting both England and Ireland with his owne and the King of Spaines forces, and the misery of his ensuing deiection, downefall, and vtter banishment is truely related: not from the report of others, or collection of authors, but by him who was an eye witnesse of his fearefull wretchednes, and finall extirpation. Written by T.G. Esquire.	Gainsford, Thomas, d. 1624?	1619 (1619)	STC 11524; ESTC S121075	36,786	60

from so dangerous a faction returned our English Commissioners with some amazement at their oratory and cunning insinuation whereby they might haue excused diuers things if by a wrong course they had not incurred the danger of contesting with Princes yea their royall Souereigne whose incensed Maiesty could not indure such opposition whereupon the truce is ouerpassed and the Trumpet of defiance sounded through the Kingdome foreshewing that the Schoolemaster of reformation was at hand and Sir Iohn Norris as Lord Generall of the Armie in the absence of the Deputy ready to display the colours of correction but it should seeme the Deputy would needes haue a share in the glory of this businesse For contrary to his first appointment hee hasted apace and vnited his troopes with Sir Iohn Norris and so both together attended the successe of the matter and prosperity of the time The beginning was a fortunate terrifying him at Armagh and pressing him so closely that the Earle left Black-water Fort dismantled the Towne thereabouts fiered some houses at Dungannon his owne principall seat and secured himselfe in his chiefest fastnesse winning much time by this politike retreat but we vnexperienced in those dangerous places of his boggs and woods with only proclaiming him Traitor in his country and leauing Garrison in Armagh returned which Tirone audaciously interpreted to his owne aduantage repining at nothing more then our fortification in Monaghan Thus was our businesse kept awhile out of the running current of applause For the Deputy and the Generall of the Armie grew to some impatient contradicting one another as if there had beene a fault committed which was questionlesse to be imposed on one of their shoulders wherefore the Deputy commanded or if you wil wished S. I. Norris to prosecute the seruice in Vlster whilst he retired to Dubline to prouide for the peace of the other Prouinces but it preuailed little to the lifting vp the head of the maine body For he performed nothing worthy the glory of his former reputation or dignity of so eminent a place But whether the emulation of the Deputy or fauouring the Earle to whome hee was as much inclined with respect as the Deputy transported with hate Or whether he suspected the businesse in hand the nature whereof with the basenesse and intricate obscurity of the country was so contrarious to the military proceedings elsewhere and spent all mens spirits without so much as the memory of manhood or whether in inclination of fortune he began to stagger from his first firmenes which in a customary defect dealeth strangely with such Commanders somtimes heaping her fauours and prosperous successes anon againe withdrawing her happy hand and by degrees extenuating both their valour fame and iudgement I dispute not vpon Only this I am sure of that faire errors might lead them both For the Deputy by reason of Sir Henry Bagnols and some others despight was brought to looke vpon a very face of disloialty in Tirone and Sir Iohn Norris commiserated his misfortune as abused with dissimulatory submissiue letters in which the Earle was ready on his knees to any penitent prostitution when yet vnder-hand hee implored the aid of Spaine with warrantise that if an Army were intended against England then to vnite their forces if only warres were proclaymed and protraction vsed then must the Catholike King supply them with men and money wherevpon O Roorck Mac Williams and others openly and the Earle priuately subscribed to a certaine instrument of Indenture like ratification giuing yet notice to the State of all these contracts and determinations to which was added another parley with Sir Iohn Norris and Sir Geffery Fenton Secretary in persons full of very strange promises and colluding protestations to runne a race of obedience and loyalty all which accustomed Leuity hee infringed laying imputation vpon the discrepant humors of the Deputy and Lord Generall but especially that his onely enemy the Marshall was returned from England with new forces and inueterate malice against him Whereupon by way of Apology hee excused himselfe to the Councell of England and vrged many iustifiable reasons as he thought for his discrepant proceedings to which it should seem their answere was both distasting and fearefull vnto him For as it were exasperated rather then forewarned he presently returned to his old courses and taking great aduantage of our slacknesse and ill prepared forces spoiled the country filled all the paces with Rebels Barrocaded the passages and with military excursions ran an vncontroulable iourney of doing what he pleased through the North. Thus was all Vlster and most part of Conach excepting certain Garrisons at his absolute command vntil the Lord Borrough 1597. a man of a great spirit and quick capacity was sent Deputy into Ireland from whose worth some auspicious expectation seemed to comfort vs and new endeuours in a manner to warrant new fortunes This sonne of Mars quickly pulled off the clogs of delay within two moneths rolled the stone of Tirones vnquietnesse making way with great industrie and vertue into his country fortifying the Fort of Black-water and discouering this secret that neyther his Boggs Glinns Woods Mountaines Paces Confederats or any power of Ireland or Irish coadiutors could hide him from the searching eyes of England Besides if we would vndertake an industrious prosecution against him it was neyther Spayne with her Gold nor the Pope with his Fulminations against our Countrey could secure him For the farre reaching armes of our people would for a neede pull him out of the Center of the Earth and thus accordingly euen at the first skirmishes were his forces dissipated and the best troopes disranked but as my Lord was giuing God thankes with a warlike solemnity a sudden Alarum set them anew to worke and Henry Earle of Kildare with the Gent. Volentiers had the Fortune to put him againe to flight which yet yeelded not so full a satisfaction as it might haue done because my Lord lost his brother in Law Francis Vaughan and Captaine Turner Sergeant Maior besides the Earle of Kildare to the sorrow of his heart saw two of his brethren wrapped vp in the Bed of blood all men of worthy expectation and extraordinary Merit Thus is a way made into his Countrey and Black-water Fort strengthened with new trenches not without some ramparts and Caffamates which the enemy so repined at that betweene hope feare and shame they resolued to dismantle it had not the Lord Deputy opened more larger embracings and with a new manner of wrestling resolued to lay him on the ground irrecouerably but hinc illae lachrimae as he was treading the measures of prosperity an vntimely discord of Death sounding Musike deceiued him of hope and vs of him whose forwardnes and vertue with a little addition of experience and solid vnderstanding himselfe had no doubt effectuated this Herculian labour of Irelands peace Now is Tyrone putting on his Icarean wings and the Rebell with accustomed Clamors taking aduantage of

compelled to alter their Religion and disclaime the Popes vsurped authoritie ouer the Church Thirdly that the Marshall Sir Henry Bagnoll had not onely prosecuted him with despightfull and malignant enmity but iustified Articles of Treason against him Fourthly that he was denied the fruits of his owne labor and honor of his industry after he had as hee obiected with the losse of much blood and expending of great Treasure of his owne reducted the Prouince of Vlster And last of all that Sir William Fitz-William Lord Deputy had not only giuen way to the malice of the Marshall but possessed the Court of England with many vntruths against him all which were quickly capitulated to the Dinastas of the North his kinsmen fauorites and dependents they as quickly commiserated his discontents and meerely out of inueterate hate against vs all contracted themselues to the maintaining the Romish Religion and obedience to the house of Oneale keeping yet an open correspondency with vs though in couert their hearts as the Lapwing cryeth farthest from her nest stored vp as it were all prouocations of disloyalty lying yet in waite for some aduantagious excuse if they once were discouered The first that brake the Ice of their ill contriued Rebellions was Mac Guier a turbulent yong man crafty and reuengefull who seduced by Gauranus a Priest confirmed Primate of Ireland by the Pope inuaded Conagh and in insulting manner vsurped the Countrey as hee went with full confidence that the holy Fathers blessings should in a manner make security and successe attend them But the doores of Heauen were barred on the inside excluding them as yet from any entrance and the vertue of Sir Richard Bingham so counterchecked Mac Guiers fortunes that hee fled discomfited the Primate slaine and all his forces dispersed Yet after a while the scattered limbs of Pelops are gathered together and as if Anteus should recouer by touching the Earth Mac Guier maketh a stronger party and with some deceiueable beginnings goes into more open Action against whom the Earle of Tyrone himselfe was compelled to ioyne with the Marshall his only suspected enemy and receiued a wound in that seruice But his heart as it should seeme was worser hurt with priuate discontentments For you must vnderstand that before he set forward in her Maiesties seruice order was taken for the safe keeping of Shane Oneales children whose deliuery hee had denied to the State inferring by way of complaint that the Lord Deputy and Marshall picked nothing but quarrels against him and by new occsiaons of vnkindenesse determined to supplant him Now is Sir William Fitzwilliam recalled and Sir William Russell constituted Deputy in his stead to whom of his owne accord the Earle of Tyrone came to submitte himselfe with all those promises that might induce a generous spirit to beleeue him but the Marshall Bagnoll then present audaciously articulated 1 That he countenanced Mac Guier and the Primats Rebellion 2. That hee supported Odonell and the rest of that coniuration 3. That by the aduice of Cormach Mac Baron his Bastard Sonne Con had coadiutement from him in the deuastation of Monaghan and besieging of Inigkellin 4. That hee corrupted the Faith and Obedience of the Captaines of Kilulto and Kilwarney 5. And that all his protestations were counterfet and dissimulatory fictions These were hainous obiections and indeede deuided the Councell For the Deputy and Marshall would haue detayned him prisoner but the greater part eyther by vaine feare or corrupted respects interceded vntill a more fitter oportunity to whom as men better acquainted with the affaires of Ireland the Lord Deputy hardly condiscended So Tyrone returned home and indeede turned as the Dog to his vomit to his former impressed resolutions to disturbe the State if the State disturbed him whereupon vnderstanding of an Army raysed in England with new supplies of 1300. Low-countrey Souldiers against him whom that worthy and renowned Sir Iohn Norris by the famous name of Generall Norris brought out of Britany hee not onely stood on his guard but mustred his followers by this time reasonably disciplin'd in the open fields and whilst the English went against Balishanon and Belike Castles at the further end of Logh Erne he approched Black-water Fort and comming on the suddaine had it surrendered into his hands but not with that confidence that eyther hee relied on the security of the place or power of his owne Army whereupon he very politiquely one way attempted the Earle of Kildare to support him against the manifest iniuries of the Deputy and Marshall and another way promised the Earle of Ormond and Sir Henry Wallop Treasurer to remaine within the limits of iustifiable obedience To this hee added the vnclasping the booke of these occurrences to Sir Iohn Norris Generall of the Army imploring his commiseration and as it were begging at his hands that hee might not bee enforced to such exorbitant actions as necessity and the law of Nature would and could contriue but the former Letters the Marshall intercepted and these too Generall Norris quite suppressed which he sparingly misliked though it fell not to his turne absolutely to finde fault withall But when Tyrone vnderstood of these calumnious and dangerous proceedings against him hee was put quite out of patience exclayming that his destruction was now on the webbe and in the hands of a pestilent workeman yea his aduersary wanted onely meanes to his will to contriue his vtter destruction indeede Notwithstanding all this hee put on new wings to his deceiueable hopes and turmoyled all the Kingdome with inficious Rebellion whereupon hee was publikely proclaymed Traytor and enemy to the Queene which hee professed accordingly with all correspondency of an aduersary For in Vlster his Army consisted of a 1000. Horse and 7000. Foote In Conach he had or if you wil O Roorck and the Conners kept them together at his disposing 200. Horse and 2400. Foote In Lease and Ophaly the number was as vncertaine as their dispositions being sometimes violent Rebels and anon submissiue Subiects In Munster they liued so dispersed that the Gouernour found it worke enough to finde them out and follow them The English forces vnder Sir Iohn Norris equalled their greatest Armies but nothing was done worthy of so great a Commanders name and souldiers renowne For vnder colour of priuate displeasure betweene the Deputy and him many bad offices were performed and the time spent to small purpose in parlies and conferences affording Tirone such leisure that hee contracted with Spaine and expected from thence continuall supplies But before the matter came to martiall deciding Sir Henry Wallop Treasurer at warrs and Sir Robert Gardner chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench men layd downe in the ballance of integrity wisedome and experience were deligated to heare the grieuances of these great Lords of the North enforced to a defensiue warre as they intimated and yet obscured by the name of traytors against the State The commiserate hearing of these compulsions and vnquiet discourses

were blotted with the spots of a guilty cōscience interlined with a strange manner of feareful penitency repleat with execrations against the cause of his misleading and terrors of his offence not without teares from his eyes drops of bloud from his heart and curses from his very soule in demonstration of his remorse with protestations of better conformity with vowes and dangerous oaths for his loyalty with confident assurances for his obedience and with all the cunning that art meanes circumstances and insinuation accustometh in attracting pardon This strange newes was nothing acceptable to her Maiesty For shee had rather haue seene his body on the ground headlesse then himselfe succourlesse and on his knees begging of pardon because my Lord of Essex had promised as much and out of her owne greatnesse shee scorned to bee so affronted with a subiect and naked Rebell as she might well terme him yea the Councell of her State had many times vrged the facility of the matter and suggested against my Lord of Essex by way of exaggerating his offences with this one slacknesse in the midst of his troubles so that now to take him to mercy after so much treasure disbursed so many subiects slaine so vntoward disturbance renewed so wonderfull reports dispersed so famous an action discredited and in a word the whole frame of her gouernment abused was an vnsauoury demand absolutely contrary to her expectation especially when shee had beene wrought to the permission of her copper treasure in Ireland esteemed the breake-necke of the Rebells designes and a meere demonstration of our wants in England But when the Councell vrged the necessity of the time the situation of the Countrey the fearefulnesse of further mischeefe the inconueniences of new troubles the threatning of the Spanyard the new intercession of the Papists for another inuasion the discontents of the Irish themselues for all these triumphs her princely disposition was ouerwrought to a reflecting commiseration so that against the customes of incensed Maiesty shee admitted of his prostituted homage and with some wonderment at the wretchednesse of Traytours and vicissitude of all things she gaue way to his restitution with directions to the Deputy to entertaine him accordingly so he made sute for the same and that it might appeare to the world she was an absolute Queene of her Kingdomes and howeuer Rebells might haue ttayterous hearts supported by forrain coadiutement yet could no subiect haue powerfull hands to pull the peace of her kingdomes in peeces or touch the skirts of her throne to disturb her in her established mightinesse When Tirone vnderstood that he must alter his compasse and turne his sailes to another coast hee then imployed his brother Arthur Mac Baron and others of the best of his family and neerest of his affinity as Agents of his peace and protection who diuers times repulsed when remembrance layd open his former exorbitant actions desisted not yet from excuses of precedent occurrences and forcible intimation of the necessity of his present actions nor left they out the true manner of his now penitency and all their willingnesse to make him as it were a new creature and vnite themselues in one combination for the acknowledging the superiority of England whereby at last that obdurate heart of our Deputy which at first seemed impenetrable was deflected and cast in a more gentle molde so that he appoynted Mellifant by Tredagh where Sir Garret Moore was resident to bee the schoole house of his conformity and place without other condition then submitting to the Queenes mercy to admit of his repentance whither at the time appointed resorted our noble Lord Deputy well attended for the better grace of his eminent greatnesse and the person he presented thither came also Tirone with some few Lords of the North a spectacle of mischance and terrour to the pride of man who supposeth glory and ostentation the felicity of this world or presumeth on wealth and authority the very poison of our best endeauours Nor was it with him as I remember the excusing Poet in his disticke touching offenders cries out Confugit interdum templi violator ad aram Nec petere offensi niminis horret opem For as the case stood his offence and fault was the more hainous and condemnatory because his Prince was a woman and one to whom he had diuers times been beholding for his life and in the doubtfulnesse of his first admission to his enheritances saw the dore of her treasury and magnificent bounty set open for him But to the purpose At the first entrance into the roome euen at the threshold of the doore hee prostrated himselfe groueling to the earth with such a deiected countenance that the standers by were amazed and my Lord Deputy himselfe had much a doe to remember the worke in hand For whether the sight of so many Captaines and Gentlemen whether ashamed of himselfe when he saw such a number of his owne nation spectators of his wretchednesse whether the consideration of his fortunes that had thus embased him contrary to expectation whether the view of my Lord to be his Iudge whom once he reputed to be at his mercy whether hee repented this course of submission and degenerating begging of life when a noble death had beene both honourable and the determiner of misery or whether mans naturall imperfection to bee confounded and altred with affliction depressed his spirits I know not but it was one of the deplorablest sights that euer I saw and to looke vpon such a person the author of so much trouble and so formerly glorious so deiected would haue wrought many changes in the stoutest heart and did no doubt at this instant raise a certain commiseration in his greatest aduersary After a while the Deputy beckned him to come neere beleeue it hee arose but with such degrees of humility as if misfortune had taught him cunning to grace his aduersity For he passed not two steps before hee yeelded to a new prostitution which might well bee called a groueling to the ground and so by diuided ceremonies fell on his knees beginning an apology for some of his actions but at euery word confessing in how many treasons hee had plunged himselfe offending God and her Maiesty how hee had abused her fauours disturbed her Kingdome disobeyed her lawes wronged her subiects abandoned all ciuility and wrapped himselfe in the very tarriers of destruction so that nothing remained but to flie to the refuge of her Princely clemency which had so often restored both his life and honour Heere my Lord Deputy intercepted his oratory with disclaiming all circumlocution or defence of the courses he had so disorderly vndertaken nay he would not heare a word of iustifying his dependancy on Spaine or admission of that enmity toward England withall applying some instructions worthy so great a Commanders name intermingled with reprehensions full of authority eloquence he admitted him to stand neerer and after an houre or more gaue him leaue