first entire give in the names of all and every the aforesaid Souldiers to the Clearke of the Cheque to bee entred in his booke and from time to time shall certifie the deaths and alterations of the same to the Lord Deputy and Cleark of the Checque in convenient time as the same may reasonably be done having regard to the distance of the place and as other Captaines of the army are bound to doe Item the said Iustice Saxey shall have for his stipend yearely one hundred pounds sterling and the said Iames Gold assistant or second Iustice one hundred markes sterling and the said Clark of the Councel twenty pounds sterling and which stipends and wages shall be payed quarterly by the hands of the Treasurer at warres or Vice-treasurer here of this Realme of Ireland And if the said Iustice or assistant and secondary Iustice shall depart out of the Limits of the Commission aforesaid without the speciall licence of the said Lord President or having leave shall tarry longer out then the time granted then without reasonable cause of excuse the said Lord President shall deduct and defalke out of their said severall entertainments so much as the said wages of so many dayes doth amount unto to the use of her Majestie towards her other charges to be extraordinarily sustained in the execution of their Commission at the discretion of The said Lord President Item for further reputation and honour of the same Office the said Lord President shall have continually attending upon him a Serjeant at Armes who shall beare the Mace of the Queenes Majesties Armes before him in such manner as the Serjeant at Armes doth beare the Mace before the President in Wales which Serjeant may at all times be sent by the said Lord President and Councell for th'apprehending and bringing in of any disobedient person receiving of every such person being of the degree of a Gentleman so commonly knowen and having yearely liuelihood by any meanes of tenne pounds for his arrest ten shillings and for the arrest of every particular person six shillings eight pence and six shillings eight pence for every dayes travell and not aboue Hee shall also haue his dyet in the Household of the said Lord President and towards his maintenance the ordinary wages of one of the thirtie Horsemen And forasmuch as there must bee of necessitie one Officer to whom all offenders and malefactors are to bee committed during the time of their Imprisonment it is thought meet that the said Lord President shall appoint one Porter to haue charge of the Goale who shall haue his dyet in the househould of the said Lord President and bee accounted as one of the twentie Footmen and receiue the wages due for the same and also such other profits upon every prisoner as ensueth viz. for the entry of every prisoner so to him committed having liuelihood of tenne pounds by the yeare three shillings foure pence and twelue pence by the day for his dyet during his abode in prison and for every other person of inferiour condition two shillings for his entry and six pence by the day for his dyet Item the said Lord President and Councell if oportunitie may serue monethly or once every two moneths at the least advertise us the Lo. Deputie and Councell here of the State of the Country within their Commission or oftner if they shall see cause And where the said Lo President and Councell shal haue by their Commission sufficient authoritie to heare and determine by their discretions all manner of complaints within any part of the province of Mounster as well guildeable as franchise yet they shall haue good regard that except great necessitie or other matters of conscience conceived upon the complaint shall moue him they shall not hinder nor impeach the good course and usage of the common Lawes of the Realme but shall to their power further the execution thereof nor shall without evident cause interrupt such Liberties and Franchises as haue lawfull commencement and continuance by the warrants of the Law other wayes then where any speciall complaint shall be made unto them of any manifest wrong or delay of Iustice done or used by the owners Officers or Ministers of the said Franchises or Liberties In which cases the said Lord President and Councell shall examine the said defaults so alledged by way of complaint to be counted in the Franchises and shall send for the Officers against whom complaint shall be made and finding the same to be true they shall not only heare and determine the particular principall causes of the parties complaints but shall also reforme punish according to their discretions the defaults of the said owners and Ministers of the said Liberties and if the matter shall so serue upon due information to be made to us of the abuses of the said Franchises and Liberties so as the same may be done by order according to the lawes tryed and upon just causes the Liberties resumed into the Queenes Majesties hands Item where the said Lo President and Councell shall haue Commission power and authoritie by Letters Patents under the Great Seale of this Realme of Ireland and of Oyer Determiner and Goale deliverie in as large and ample manner as any such Commission or Authoritie is graunted to any Commissioners for that purpose within the Realmes of England or Ireland Wee the said Lord Deputie and Councell doe earnestly require and charge the said Lord President and Councell that hee and they doe diligently and often severely and justly sit heare and determine by vertue of the same such causes as shall bee brought before them in such severall places as best may agree with the necessitie of the cause and the commoditie of the people Item where also the said Lord President hath full power and authoritie by Letters patents under the great Seale of this realme to execute the Martiall law when necessitie shall require in as large and ample manner as to any other it hath beene accustomed to bee graunted within this realme of Ireland The said Lord President shall haue good regard thereunto that no use be made of the Martiall lawe but when meere necessitie shall require for the exercise thereof is onely to bee allowed where other ordinarie administration of Iustice cannot take place foreseeing alwayes that no person having fiue pound of Freehold or goods to the value of tenne pound shall not bee tried by the order of the Martiall Law but by order of the common Law And yet if necessitie for service and terrour to others shall at any time require the Martiall Lawe to be executed vpon any one person or moe being of greater value in lands or goods then aboue is expressed the President in such speciall causes may use his discretion and thereof and of the causes that mooved him shall make us the Lord Deputie and Councell privie Item
hee weekely present to the Lord President and Councell to be considered And because her Maiestie meaneth principally to benefit her Subiects not onely with the fruites of Iustice but with the delivery of them from all unnecessary burdens The Lord President and Councell shall foresee that no manner of extraordinary or excessiue charge bee put and layed upon any person against their Wils and Agreements by finding or sustaining of any Horsman or Footman or Horse-boy or Horse belonging of the said Lord President or any of the said Councell on any belonging to them And in the like manner shall see that the Subiects bee not oppressed with the like by any other contrary to the Lawes of the Realme for such causes provided Item considering the Queenes Maiestie hath title and right to no small quantity of possessions within Mounster aswell of auncient revenew of the Crowne and of other Seigniories devolued to the Crowne And also of the dissolved Monasteries and other Houses of religion the which are not duely answered to her Maiestie as reason would The said Lord President and Councell shall from time to time imploy their Labours by all their good discretions to procure that her Maiesties Officers or Farmors appointed for that purpose may peaceably and fully from time to time possesse and receiue the profits of the same The Oath to bee ministred by the Lord President to such as shall be admitted to bee of the Councell of Mounster being not already sworne of her Majesties Privie Councell in Ireland as well the oath provided in the Statute for swearing of Officers as also this heereunder written viz. You shall sweare to the uttermost of your power will and cunning you shall be true and faithfull to the Queenes Majestie our Soveraigne Lady and to her Heires and Successors You shall not know nor heare any thing that may in any wise be prejudiciall to her Highnes or the Commonwealth peace and quiet of this her Hignesse Realme but you shall with all diligence reveale and disclose the same to her Highnesse or to such other person or persons of her Majesties Privie Councell in Ireland as you shall thinke may and will soonest convey and bring it to her Highnesse knowledge You shall serue her Maiestie truely and faithfully in the roome and place of her Maiesties Councell in Mounster You shall in all things that bee moved treated and debated in any Councell faithfully and truely declare your mind and opinion according to your heart and conscience In no wise forbearing so to doe for any respect of Favour Meade Dreade Displeasure or corruption Yee shall faithfully and unrightly to the best of your power cause Iustice to bee duely and indifferently ministred to the Queenes Maiesties Subiects that shall haue cause to sue for the same according to equity and order of Lawes Finally you shall bee vigilant diligent and circumspect in all your doings and proceedings touching the Queenes Maiestie and her affaires All which points and Articles before expressed with all other Articles signed with the hands of the Lord Deputie and Councell of this Realme and delivered to mee the Lord President of her Highnesse Councell established in these parts You shall faithfully obserue keepe and fulfill to the uttermost of your Power Wit Will and cunning so helpe you God and the contents of this Booke THE NAMES OF THE COVNCELLORS TO BEE ASSISTANT to the Lord President of Mounster as they are directed under the hand of the Lord Deputie The Earle of Ormond The Earle of Kildare The Earle of Thomond The Vice-Co Barry The Lordâ—Audley The Bishop of Corke The Bishop of Limer Sir Nicholas Welsh Iustice Saxey Sir Francis Barkley Sir George Thornton Iustice Golde The Queenes Sergeant The Q. Attorney generall The Q. Solicitor Sir Charles Wilmot Garret Comerford Esquire Hugh Cuffe Esquire Adam Dublin Thom. Midens George Cary. Rich. Wingfield Anth. St leger George Bourcher Geof Fenton â—ra Stafford CHAP. II. The Earle of Tyrone in Mounster and his Actions there The White Knight Tyrones prisoner Florence Mac Carti made Mac Carti More and Donell Mac Carti displaced The Lord Barry spoyled Tyrones letter to the Lord Barry with the Lord Barry's answere Sir Warham Saint leger and Mac Guyre slaine Tyrones returne into Vlster A Little before the landing of the Lord Deputie in Ireland as is said the Arch-traytor Tyrone to unite the Rebels of Mounster and especially to conferre with Iames fits Thomas the titulary Earle of Desmond and Florence Mac Cartie at whose intreatie he made a journey into Mounster Those whom hee found obstinate in rebellion hee incouraged from such as hee held doubtfull hee tooke pledges or detained prisoners of which last sort was the White Knight and his sonne in law Donogh Mac Cormocke Cartie whom in hand-lockes he carried away with him And whereas Donell Mac Cartie the Earle of Clancares base sonne had been by the Mac Carties of Desmond advanced to the Stile title and authoritie of Mac Cartie More Him hee displaced and in his roome Florence Mac Cartie was surrogated being a man as hee conceived of farre more use then Donell Such as were or reputed good Subjects these hee prosecuted with sword and fire Amongst others which felt his heavie hand the Lord Barry was one upon whom when hee could not worke his desire to draw him into actuall rebellion by the perswasion of the Provinciall rebells him hee preyed burned and spoyled to make it manifest that hee was sollicited to enter into Rebellion both the Letters of Tyrone and the Lord Barries Answere are heere truly set downe the tenors whereof doe ensue Tyrones Letter to the Lord Barrie MY Lord Barry your impietie to God crueltie to your soule and body tyrannie ingratitude both to your followers and country are inexcusable intolerable You separated your selfe from the unitie of Christs mysticall Bodie the Catholike Church You know the Sword of Extirpation hangeth over your head as well as ours if things fall out other wayes then well you are the cause why all the Nobilitie of the South from the East part to the West you being linked unto each one of them either in affinitie or consanguinitie are not linked together to shake off the cruell yoake of Heresie and Tyrannie with which our Soules and Bodies are opprest All those aforesaid depending of your resolution and relying to your Iudgement in this common cause of our Religion and Countrey you might forsooth with their helpe and the rest that are combyned in this holy Action not onely defend your selfe from the incursion and invasion of the English but also by Gods assistance who miraculously and aboue all expectation gaue good successe to the cause principally undertaken for his glorie exaltation of religion next for the restauration of the ruines and preservation of the Countrey expell them and deliver them and us from most miserable and cruell exaction and subjection enjoy your religion safetie of Wife and children life lands
omitt because it may bee an Instruction to others whensoever the like accident should happen The Peece being thus cleared the President having the Knight of the Valleyes eldest sonne a childe of sixe yeares olde in his hands to terrifie the Warders hee caused the child to be set upon the topp of one of the Gabions sending them word That they should haue a faire marke to bestow their small shott upon The Constable returned answere That the feare of his life should not make them to forbeare to direct their Volleyes of shot to the batterie for said he in undecent termes not fit for me to write the place is open where he was borne and the Knight may haue more sonnes The President not intending as hee seemed caused the Infant to bee taken downe from the Gabion knowing that the discharging of the Cannon would haue shaken the poore childes bones in sunder and then presently hee commanded the battery to begin and the small shott did so incessantly burne powder as the Warders durst not stand to their fight untill a breach was made assaultable into the Seller under the great Hall of the castle all this was done with the losse of one onely man a Cannoniere Then was Captaine Flower commaunded by the President with certaine Companies assigned vnto him to enter the breach which hee valiantly performed and gained the Hall and enforced the Ward to returne into a Castle close adjoyning unto it where from out of a Spike they slewe foure of our men then hee ascended a paire of staires to gaine two turrets over the Hall in which attempt Captaine Bostocks Ensigne was slaine by the winning whereof they were in better securitie then before and there were our Colours placed and because it was by this time within night Captaine Slings by who was there with the Presidents Companie was commaunded to make it good till the morning during which time some whiles on either side small shott played but little or no harme done about midnight the Constable seeing no possibilitie to resist long and no hope of mercy left thought by the favour of the night in a sally to escape but the Guards were so vigilant as they slew him and some others neverthelesse two escaped the rest which were unslaine returned into the Castle and the Constables head was as the President formerly had told him put on a stake Early in the morning the Ward was gotten into the Tower of the Castle wherunto there was no comming unto them but up a narrow stayre which was so strait as no more then one at once might ascend and at the staire foot a strong wooden doore which being burnt the smoke in the staires was such as for two howers there was no ascending without hazard of stifling when the extremitie of the smoake was past one of the Rebels presented himselfe and said in the behalfe of himselfe and his fellowes That if their liues might be saved they would render but before any answere was made he voluntarily put himselfe into our hands The smoake being vanished a Muskettier and to his second a Halbardier Then Captaine Flower and Captaine Slingsbie Lieutenant Power Lieutenant to Sir Henrie Power Ensigne Power Sir Henry Powers Ensigne Lieutenant Nevill Lieutenant to Sir Garratt Harvie which was after killed in Connaght seconded by others ascended the staires in file where they found no resistance nor yet in the upper roomes for the Rebels were all gone to the Battlements of the Castle with resolution to sell their liues as deare as they could Our men purâ—ued the way to the Battlements whereunto there was but one Doore Captaine Flower entred upon one hand and Captaine Slingsbâ—e upon the other the gutters were very narrow betweene the Roofe of the Castle and the Battlements In conclusion some were slaine in the place and others leapt from the top of the Castle into the water underneath it where our Guards killed them In this Service eleven Souldiers were slaine whereof one was an Ensigne and one and twentie hurt of which number the Serjeant Major who served admirably well was one hee received three or foure wounds but none of them mortall there was also the Lieutenants of the Earle of Thomond and Sir Henry Powers hurt of the enemy of all sorts were slaine 80 or thereabouts whereof 23 were naturall borne followers to the Knight of the Valley in whom hee reposed greatest confidence The reasons which mooved the Knight thus obstinately to persist was partly the strength of the Castle which hee ignorantly thought defensible against the Cannon and also 〈◊〉 â—anifold oathes and protestations made unto him by his fellow Rebells that with their whole Forces they would giue reliefe and raise the Siege but how much hee fayled in expectation of the one and they in the protestation of the other yee haue already heard whereof if the protesters had had any feeling of their promised faith the provocation they had was great for they were eye-witnesses when the Castle was assaulted and wonne This Castle is a place of great importance and ever since the beginning of the rebellion one Anthony Arthur a Merchant of Limricke lay in it as a generall Factor for the citie to vent commodities to the Rebels CHAP. X. A Ward put into the Castle of Glynne by the Lord President Carrigfoyle rendred by O Conner Kerry Victuals and Munition sent out of England into Mounster Maurice Stacke sent into Kerry The Bâ—noghs obtained the Lord Presidents Passeport to depart the Province Sixty of the Bonnoghs slayne by the Lord Burke The Lord Presidents returne to Limericke The Castle of Corgrage rendred A garrison left in Aâ—keiton The Castle of Rathmore rendred A garrison placed at Kilmallock The Rebels enforced to rise from the siege of Lyskaghan Florence Mac Carrie's perswasions to the Ward to quit Lyskaghan Florence attempts againe to corrupt the Constable of Lyskaghan A Letter from Iames fits Thomas to Florence Mac Cartie THE President was constrained to stay heere fiue dayes after the taking of the Castle to place a Guard therein which was left to the charge of Captaine Nicholas Mordant with one and twentie Souldiers and to repayre the breach and ruines made by the Cannon which being finished hee intended to draw the Cannon to Carrigfoyle fiue miles distant from the Glinne which Castle was held then against her Majestie as it was in anno 1580 and wonne by Sir William Pelham the Lord Iustice under whom at that time the President was a Captaine of Foot But O Conner Kerry being advertised hereof desired a protection and for assurance of his future loyaltie offered to surrender his sayd Castle to bee kept unto her Majesties use His profer the Lord President accepted and a Ward of Sir Charles Wilmot his Company was placed therein The Earle of Thomond in his good affection to the service gaue unto Iohn O Conner during the Warres a Castle and thirteene Plow Lands for his Tenants
necessary for the sustenance of our Troopes because there came not such a quantitie of Bisquet as his Majestie commanded and was not more then for two Moneths or little more It is likewise convenient that there come a great summe of monie for it imports much to pay well for want whereof there rise no disorders that of friends wee gaine not enemies That others may come in the place of the Accounter and overseer that brought us to the Groyne It is convenient to send two Doctors because there is none in the regiment of Spaniards Likewise that an Auditor Generall bee sent to serue here because there is none It behooveth also to send Carpenters and Smiths or Farriers being very necessary And that his Majestie bee served that there might remaine here three or foâ—re ships to giue advise of whatsoever shall succeed there being none left here at this present The next day after Don Iuan was landed Sir Charles Wilmot sent Captaine Francis Slingesby with his â—oote Company and Sir Anthony Cooks Horse with directions to take the best view hee could of their fleete and forces who at his comming thither found them possessed both of the Towne of Kinsale and of the Castle of Rincorran neere adjoyning unto it and to bid him welcome they drew forth a Company or two of Foote and a skirmish for a little space was entertayned wherein there were some hurt but none slaine Captaine Slingsby having performed his directions returned to Corke CHAP. XI Second Letters from Sir Charles Wilmot of the arrivall of the Spaniards in Kinsale Debate in Councell what wâ—â— meetest for the Lord Deputy to doe The Lord Deputy assented to the Lord Presidents advise The Lord Presidents providence A dispatch into England of the Spaniards arrivall The Lord Deputy goeth with the Lord President into Mounster None of the Provincials of Mounster did adhere to the Spaniards as their first landing The report of a Master of a Scottish Barque concerning the strength of the Spaniard Captaine Flower sent to view Kinsale Direction given for the burning of the Corne neere Kinsale A Letter from the Archbishop of Dublin and Don Iuan de Aquila unto Tyrone and O Donnell The Lord Deputy and Lord President c. went to view the Towne of Kinsale The Lord Deputy with the Army marched towards Kinsale AT the instant when Sir Charles Wilmots Letters of the Spaniards arrivall came to Kilkenny which was upon the three and twentieth of September as afore mentioned the Lord Deputie the Earle of Ormond the Lord President Sir Richard Wingfielde Marshall of the Army of Ireland and Sir Robert Gardiner the chiefe Iustice were in Councell advising what course was fittest to take if the Spaniards should land But now Sir Charles Wilmots Letters gaue them cause to advise what should be done they being landed to confirme the same while they were in Councell second Letters came from Sir Charles Wilmot and the Major of Corke that the Spaniards had quitted the harbour of Corke and were all at an Anchor in the haven of Kinsale The question was then what the Lord Deputy should doe The Earle of Ormond the Marshall and the chiefe Iustice were of opinion that hee should doe well to hasten to Dublin and there to assemble his forces together and whilest they were drawing to a head to giue order for supplyes of victuals and munitions to bee sent to Corke and that the President should presently bee dispatched into the Province to defend the Citie of Corke untill the Lord Deputie came to his reliefe wherein all expedition was to bee vsed for their reasons were that if the Lord Deputie presented himselfe in the Province with small forces it would encourage the Enemy and put distrust and feare in the Provincials which were either well affected or neutrals The Presidents advise was opposite to theirs beseeching the Lord Deputy to goe presently into Mounster although hee had no more then his Page with him for said he if the Provincials shall see that you turne your backe towards them they will conceiue it proceeds of want of force and then undoubtedly a generall revolt will ensue but when they shall see you personally amongst them that doubt will be removed and besides the Armie now dispersed will make more haste after you then they would doe if you attended their comming to Dublin The Lord Deputy inclined to the Presidents Councell but said he what should I doe there not being able to mainetaine the Armie with victuals for the space of a weeke nor to furnish it with munitions of both which there is no remaine in the Magazines in Dublin The President willed him to take no care for those wants for hee would furnish him and the whole Armie for two or three moneths which indeed hee was able to doe for hee had spared the expence of victuals not consuming so much as a Bisquet for more then sixe moneths giving the Souldiers money and having beene evermore confident of the Spaniards arrivall had procured good supplyes of munitions which were frugally and sparingly issued The Lord Deputy like unto one that was overjoyed with such unexpected provisions rose from his Chaire embraced the President and said that if hee had not beene more then provident that himselfe did not know what to haue done and that his honour had beene indangered and ascribed to him what hee well deserved In conclusion the foure and twentieth the Marshall Sir Henry Davers and Sir Iohn Barkley were dispatched into Linster and to Armaghe to assemble the Army and to bring it withall possible expedition into Mounster and Letters were dispatched to Sir Charles Wilmot to bee well upon his guard and dispatches sent into England by Captaine Iohn Roberts of the Spaniards arrivall All things being thus ordered doubt was made how the Lord Deputy could be conveyed safely to Corke being attended by no other then his household servants in that dangerous time which was satisfied by the President who had then with him there one hundred Horse and for the furnishing of the Lord Deputies house at Corke with stuffe and vtensils hee undertooke the care The same day the Lord Deputy and President Sir Robert Gardiner departed from Kilkenny and the same night they lodged at Kilkenan the Lord Dunboynes house the next night at Clonmell the sixe and twentieth at Glanogher the Lord Roches house and the next day following they came to Corke Now are wee come to siege of Kinsale a place ordayned wherein the honour and safetie of Queene Elizabeth the reputation of the English nation the cause of Religion and the Crowne of Ireland must bee by Armes disputed for upon the successes of this siege as these great and important consequences depended And here the malice of Rome and Spaine if they had prevailed would not haue ceased for their purposes did extend it selfe Ireland having beene conquered to make it their bridge to haue invaded England the
G. George Flower Captaine 198 Sir George Bourcheir sent to Kilkenny 27 Sir George Bourchier comes to Corke 199 Sir George Thornton joynes with the Lord Barry 360 George Kingesmill maymed at Donboy 314 George Blunt 41 Glancoyne castle surprized by Sir Francis Barkley 84 Glin castle besieged and taken 63 64 Gregory Castle taken 297 Geoffrey Galway Major of Limricke fined imprisoned 110 And a new Major elected 111 H. Henrie Skipwith Captaine 15 315 Henry Malbie slaine 365 Sir Henry Folliot 233 Husseyes Report of the Rebellion in Mounster 146 Hopton dyed of a hurt 214 Hostages delivered by Don Iuan and their Names 247 Hugh Mostian 128 Sir Henrie Power 31 253 I. Iames Fits Thomas apprehended by Dermond O Conner 54 Iohn Power 55 Iohn Bostocke 30 Instructions for the Lord President of Mounster 6 Iames Archer Iesuite 26 InstructioÌ„s to the Earle of Thomond 287 Instructions for Capt. George Blunt 256 Iames fits Thomas the titulary Earle taken prisoner 135 His Examination 174 His Relation to the Lord President 139 Iames fits Thomas Dermond Mac Gragh make a narrow escape 106 Don Iuan de Aguila his Declaration at Kinsale 200 His Request to the Lord Deputie for shipping 252 Intelligence of the Spanish Invasion 188 Irish in Mounster revolted to the Spaniards 224 Irish fled into Spaine with their Names 237 Iames Gold second Iustice of Mounster 6 Iohn fits Thomas his practice to deceiâ—e the Lord President 328 Iames fits Thomas the young Earle of Desmond commeth into Ireland 85 Returneth into England 122 Iames Grace 217 K. Kinsale summoned and Don Iuans Answere 219 Kinsale Burgesses desire their Charter 252 Kinsale receiues their Ensignes of Magistracie 359 Kilcow castle taken by Capt. Flower 383 Knight of Kerry protected 299 Defeated by Sir Charles Wilmâ—t 361 Makes his submission ibidem Kilcrey Castle and Abbey rendred 334 Kirton a Lieutenant hurt at Donboy 318 L. Lowghguyrre taken by the Rebells and recovered againe from them 45 Listoell Castle besieged and taken 97 List of the Captaines of the Spanish armie 191 List of the Army in Mounster 290 382 Lixnaw castle taken by coÌ„position 296 Leamâ—con castle taken 321 Lettertinlesse castle taken burnt ibid. Laghlin O Dallic 360 Lord of Lixnaw defeated by Captaine Boys 383 Letters Patents for Sir George Carew to be Lord President of Mounster 3 A Letter from the Lord President and the Earle of Thomond to the Lords of the Councell 24 A Letter from Iames Galde Butler to the Lord President 42 A Letter from Iames fits Thomas to Florence Mac Cartie 40 A Letter from the Mounster Rebells to O Dâ—nnell 58 A Letter from Iames fits Thomas to Florence Mac Cartie 62 A Letter from Iames fits Thomas to Florence Mac Cartie 70 A Letter from Iames fits Thomas to Florence Mac Cartie 48 Two Letters from William Burke and Moroghe ni Moe O Flartie to the Lord President 60 61 A Letter from her Majestie to the Lo President 86 A Letter from Redmond Burke to the Lord President 96 A Letter from Iames fits Thomas to Florence Mac Cartie 80 Letters Patents for Iames fits Gerald to be Earle of Desmond 89 A Letter from Cormock Mac Dermond vnto Tyrone 100 A Letter from the Earle of Clanrickard to Theobald ne long Burke 103 A Letter from the Spanish Archbishop of Dublin to Iames fits Thomas 111 A Letter from her Majestie to the Lord Deputie 116 A Letter from the Lord President to the Lord Deputie 119 A Letter from Redmond Burke to the L. President with his Answers 128 A Letter from Tyrone to Florence Mac Cartie 132 A Letter from the Lords of the Councell to the Lord President 132 A Letter from the Lord President to her Majestie 141 Two Letters from Iames fits Thomas the titulary Earle to the K. of Spaine 154 A Letter from her Majestie to the Lord President touching base Monies 147 A Letter from Thomas Shelton to Florence Mac Cartie 169 A Letter from the Spanish Archbishop of Dublin to Florence Mac Cartie 170 A Letter from Tirone Iames fits Thomas Florence Mac Cartie and Mac Donogh to the Pope 175 A Letter from Mr. Secretary Cecill to the Lord President with Spanish Intelligence 182 A Letter from the Lord Deputie to the Lord President 185 A Letter from the Lord Deputie satisfactory to the Lord President 186 A Letter from Donnell O Sulevan Beare to the King of Spaine 228 A Letter from the Duke of Lerma to the Archbishop of Dublin 260 A Letter from the Duke of Lerma to Don Iuan de Aguila 260 A Letter from the Secretary Ybarra to Don Iuan de Aguila 261 A Letter from the Secretary Franquesa to Don Iuan de Aguila ibid. A Letter from the Duke of Lerma to Don Iuan de Aguila 262 A Letter from the King of Spaine to Don Iuan de Aguila 263 A Letter from the L. Deputy and Councell to the Lords in England 264 A Letter from O Sulevan Beare to the King of Spaine 269 A Letter from Owen Mac Eggan to Richard Mac Goghagan 307 A Letter from Iohn Anias to the Lord of Lixnaw 309 A Letter from Iohn Anias to Dominicke Collins ibid. A Letter from Iames Archer to Dominicke Collins 308 A Letter from Donnell O Sulevan Beare to the Earle of Carazena 27â— A Letâ—er from Donnell O Sulevan Beare to Don Pedro Zubiaur 272 A Letter from the Lo. President to the Spanish Cannoniers in Donboy 294 A Letâ—er from Don Iuan de Aguila to Câ—ptaine Iuan de Albornos Y Andrada 227 A â—etter from her Majestie to the Lo. Pâ—esident 209 A Letter from her Maiestie to the Lord President 339 A Letter from Don Iuan de Aguila to Tirone and O Donnell 227 A Letter from the Lord President to her Majestie 253 A Letter from the Lord President to Don Iuan de Aguila 326 A Letter from Tege Mac Cormock Cartie to the Lord President 330 A Letter from the Lords of the Councell in England to the Lord President 336 A â—etter from her Majestie to the Lord Pâ—esident 339 A Letter from the Lord President to her Majestie ibid. A Letter from Captaine Roger Harvie to Pedro Lopez de Soto 340 A Letter from Don Iuan de Aguila to the Lord President 344 A Letter from the Lord President to Don Iuan de Aguila 345 A Letter from O Donnell to O Conner Kerry 343 A letter from her Majestie to the Lord President concerning the Earle of Clanrikard 378 A Letter from Iohn Burke to the Lord President 379 A Letter from Iohn Burke to Sir George Thornton 380 A Letter from the Lord Deputie to the Lords in England 384 M. Maurice Stack sent into Kerry 67 Treacherously murthered 79 O Mulrians Countrey spoyled 47 Mac Awley spoyled by Sir Francis Barkley 108 Mocrumpe Castle besieged 334 Taken 351 Muskrey-quirke and Arloghe spoyled by the armie 106 Mounster in what state after the Siedge of Kinsale 283 Malachias the Popish Bishop of Kilmakow 380 N. Names of the Councellors of Mounster 19 Sir Nicholas
Norris Knight our late President of the sayd province at the time of his death had or ought to haue The said allowances and entertainments to begin from the date of our said Letters And the said Authoritie and Entertainment to continue during our pleasure And where the said George Carew Knight in respect of our service in other places may haue occasion to bee absent out of the said Province of Mounster and that in such his absence our pleasure is that some meet person may bee substituted to governe that Province as Vice-president Wee doe therefore by these presents by the assent of our Deputie aforesaid and according to the intent of our sayd Letters giue full power and authoritie to the said George Carew Knight to appoynt choose and substitute in his absence such a meet and sufficient person for whom the said George Carew Knight will answer to bee Vice-president of the said Province and the said person so appointed chosen or substituted We doe by these presents authorize to governe and rule the said Province in the absence of the said George Carew Knight to all respects and purposes as if the said George were personally present and might rule and governe by the authority aforesaid And if the said person so chosen appointed and substituted shall chance to dye or shall not governe himselfe to the liking of the said George Carew Knight That then the said George Carew Knight shall from time to time by vertue of these presents during his authority and government aforesaid choose appoint and substitute a Vice-president as aforesaid to governe and rule the said Province as aforesaid And our further pleasure is that the said George Carew Knight shall from time to time certifie our said Deputie or other Governour generall of this our Realme for the time being the name and names of such Vice-president or Vice-presidents as shall bee by him appoynted named or substituted as aforesaid Willing and straightly commaunding all our Officers as well â—ivill as martiall as all and all manner our loving Subjects to bee respectively aiding assistant and obedient in and to the said George Carew Knight or any authorized by and under him as aforesaid in the exercise and execution of the said Office as they will answer to the contrary at their porills Although no expresse mention of the true yearely value or certaintie of the premises or any part thereof or of any other gifts or graunts made by us or any our noble Progenitours to the said George Carew Knight before the date hereof be not expressed in these presents Any Statute act provision restraint proclamation Law vse or custome to the contrary hereof heretofore made ordayned enacted provided used or proclaimed or any other cause thing or matter to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding In witnesse whereof wee have caused these our Letters to be made Patents Witnes our Deputie generall at Dublin the sixth day of March in the two and fortieth yeare of our Raigne Instructions given by vs the Lord Deputie and Councell to our right trustie and welbeloved Sir George Carew Knight Lord President of her Maiesties Councell established in the Province of Mounster to bee communicated by him to her Maiesties Councell of the same Province and to be observed by them and every of them according as the same are particularly declared in these severall Articles following dated at Dublin 7. Martij 1599. FIrst the said Lord President shall at all times when he shall think fit for the service of the Queenes Majestie call together all such as bee or that hereafter shall be appoynted to bee of that Councell And shall with the advice of such of the Councell as shall bee by these Instructions appoynted to assist him with Councell by Letters and Precepts commaund all and every person of the said Councell at all convenient times to doe such things as shall be meet for the service of the Queenes Majestie in administration of Iustice maintenance of the same amongst all her subjects residing or comming into the parts of the Iurisdiction of the said Commission And in his commandements and directions to the sayd Councell he shall haue such regard to their Estates Vocations and other Conditions as the credits and severall estimations of the same Councellours may be in their due actions and well-doings preserved and maintained for the furtherance of her Majesties service And on the other part her Majestie willeth chargeth and commandeth that all and euery of her Majesties said Councellors shall exhibit and vse to the saide Lord President all such Honour reverence and obedience as to their duties appertaineth and to the person having the principall place in the Councell is due and shall receiue and execute in such sort all the precepts and commandements to them to bee addressed in any Processe to be done or served in her Majesties name and shall giue at all times such advice and counsell as appertaineth to the duties of trustie Servants and Councellors to her Majestie and according to their corporall oath And because it shall be convenient that some number shall be continually abiding with the said Lord President or such as shall supply his place with whom he may consult in hearing such matters as may bee exhibited unto him for the better expedition of the same Wee the sayd Lord Deputie and Councell by these presents doe ordaine That William Saxey Esquire Chiefe Iustice and Iames Golde second Iustice of the sayd province of Mounster being of speciall trust appoynted to be of the sayd Councell shall giue their continuall attendance at the sayd Couneell and shall not depart at any time without the speciall Licence of the sayd Lord President Likewise Clarke of the Councell shall make his like attendance upon the Lord President and Councell c. And the said Lord President shall have in consideration of his continuall attendance and great paines to be taken in that Office the wages and entertainments of one hundred thirty three pounds sixe shillings eight pence sterling by the yeare for himselfe and for that the Countreys aforesaid being in such disorder and the people in the same in such disobedience as partly they are whereby it shall be needfull for him to have continually about him some competent number of Souldiers whereby his decrees and orders justly taken and made may the more effectually bee executed It is considered and ordained that the said Lord President shall have for his guard and retinue thirtie horsemen and twentie footmen and two shillings by the day for a petty Captaine and for a Trumpeter and Guydon two shillings each of them the entertainment and daily wages of all which Officers and Martiall men shall runne in the course and pay appointed for the Queenes Majesties ordinary Garisons resident in this Realme Provided always that the said Lord President shall at the
it is and shall bee lawfull for the Lord President and Councell or any two of them whereof the Lord President to bee one to prosecute and oppresse any rebell or rebells with sword and with fire and for the doing of the same to leavie in warlike manner and array and with the same to march such and so many of the Queenes Subjects as to his discretion shall seeme convenient And if that any Castle Pile or House bee with force kept against them it shall bee lawfull for the said Lord President and Councell or two of them whereof the Lord President to be one to bring before any such Castle Pile or House so to bee kept against them any of the Queenes Majesties Ordnance and great artillery remaining within the limits of the Commission And with the same or by some other meanes or Ingine any such Castle Pile or House to batter mine or overthrow as to their discretions shall seeme best Streightly charging and commanding all Archbishops Earles Bishops Vicounts Barons and Baronets Knights Majors Sheriffs Iustices and Ministers of peace and all other Gentlemen and Commons being her Majesties Subjects to helpe aid and assist the said Lord President and Councell in such sort and at such time as by the said Lord President and Councel or two of them whereof the Lord President to bee one they shall bee commanded upon such paines as for the nature and of the defaults shall bee thought meet to the said Lo President and Councell to limit and assesse And it is ordered by us the said Lord Deputy and Councell that if any person complaine to the said Lord President and Councell and that they shall thinke their Complainants worth the hearing that the persons so complained upon shall be sent for by a Letter missive under the Queenes Signet to appeare before the Lord President and Councel at a day and place by them to be appointed there to answer to such things as shall bee laid to their charges and further to be ordered as shall stand with right justice equity and conscience and for lacke of apparance upon such Letters they shall send foorth Letters of alleageance Proclamations or other Processe to bee made directed and awarded by their discretions to the Sheriffe Constable or other Minister whereby the partie complained upon may bee called to come to his answer as appertaineth and if by the obstinacy of the partie complained upon the case so require to sequester his or their lands or goods or either of them by their discretions And furthermore if in case any person or persons having habitation or dwelling or any lands or tenemeÌ„ts by lease or otherwise within the limits of the Commission aforesaid shall by covin fraud or dâ—ceit or otherwise absent himselfe or goe out of the limits of the said Commission That then Letters missive signed with the Queenes Signet shall be delivered at his House Lands or Tenements and the copies of the same shall bee left there so that by most likelyhood the same may come to his knowledge being so sent for And if within a certaine time after limited by their discretion the person or persons so sent for will make default of apparance the said Lord President and Councell or any two of them whereof the Lord President to bee one shall as well proceede to other Processe as to the hearing and determining of the matter or cause in variance according to the Lawes Statues Ordinances made therein or otherwise at their discretions And if in case any Letters missive be sent and addressed from the Lord President and Councel to any person or persons of what estate or degree soever they be to appeare before them at a day appointed the same Letters being delivered to him or them or otherwise left at his or their house as is above specifyed the said Lord President and Councel or any two of them whereof the Lord President to bee one shall cause him or them so contemning or disobeying to be punished by imprisonment and reasonable fine or shall other wayes proceed according to their discretions In which sayd causes if any of the parties commit any resistance or disobedience either of their appearance or contrary to the Commaundements direction decree or determination made or to be made and decreed by the said Lord President and Councell That then the said Lord President and Councell or any two of them whereof the Lord President to be one shall or may command the Sherife Major Serjeant at Armes Constable Bailife or other Officer or Minister to whom it shall appertaine to attach very person so offending contemning or disobeying and to send him or them to the Lord Deputie in ward together with Certificate of his contempt or disobedience or else by their discretions to cause the parties so attached to bee committed to ward there to remaine in safe custodie until the time that the pleasure of us the Lord Deputie and Councell be knowen in the premisses or that the same person or persons assent fulfill and agree to the determination of the said Lord President and Councell or any two of them whereof the Lo President to be one And the said Lord President and Councell shall haue full power and authoritie by these presents diligently to heare and determine and trie all and all manner of extortions maintenance imbracery and oppressions Conspiracies rescues escapes corruptions falsehoods and all manner evill doings defaults misdemeanours of all Sheriffes Iustices of peace Majors Soveraignes Portriffes Bailiffes Stewards Lieâ—tenants Excheators Coroners Goalers Clarkes and other Officers and Ministers of Iustice and other Deputies as well within all the Counties and Countries within the Province of Mounster as within the supposed Liberties of Typperarij and Kerrij and in all Cities other townes corporate within the limits of their said Commission of what degree soever they be and punish the same according to the quality and quantity of their said offences by their discretions leaving neverthelesse to the Lord and owners of all lawfull Liberties such profits as they lawfully claime And it shall be lawfull for the said Lord President and Councell or any three of them whereof the Lord President to bee one to conceave make and cause to be proclaimed in her Highnesse name any thing or matter tending to the better order of her Majesties Subjects within the precincts of their Commission and the repressing of malefactors and misorders after such tenour and forme as they shall thinke convenient and to punish the Offenders then according to their discretions And also wee the said Lord Deputie and Councell have thought meete that the said Lord President and Councell or any three of them whereof the said Lord President to bee one shall and may compound upon reasonable causes by their discretion with any person for all forfeitures growing or comming or that shall grow or come as well by all and singular
more in his Companie then sixty men and comming to the Wall of the Bawne of the Castle undiscovered by the helpe of Ladders and some Masons that brake holes in some part of the Wall where it was weake got in and entered the Hall before they were perceived the Sergeant named Thomas Quayle which had the charge of the Castle made some little resistance and was wounded Three of the Warde were slaine the rest upon promise of their liues rendered their Armes and were sent to Clonmell Of this Surprize the Lord President had notice when he was at Kilmallocke whereupon hee sent direction for their imprisonment in Clonmell untill hee might haue leasure to try the delinquents by a Marshals Court Vpon the fourth day following Iames Butler who tooke the Castle wrote a large Letter to the President to excuse himselfe of his traitorly Act wherein there was not so many lines as lyes and written by the underhand working of the Lord of Cahir his Brother they conceiving it to bee the next way to haue the Castle restored to the Baron The copie of which Letter here ensueth A Letter from Iames Galdie Butler to the Lord President RIght Honourable hither came unto me yesterday my Lord my Brother accompanied with Mr. Patricke White and Nicholas White of Clonmell Gent. and M. Geonge Lea of Waterford who treated with me as they said by your Honors Commission what might be the causes why I should attempt the surprising of the castle of Cahir being kept as a garrison for her Majestie And albeit my good Lo I may not nor will not justifie what hath been done therein yet will I signifie the truth the which graciously being 〈…〉 mercie I doubt not to excuse whatsoever hath beene 〈◊〉 And therefore my Lord first your Lordship shall vnde◠〈…〉 where heretofore by youthfull instigation and as I must 〈…〉 together without the privitie of my Lord my Brother aforesaid I kept the said Castle untill the same was besieged by her Majesties Forces and battery layd thereunto the which I made choise rather to forsake then stand to the defence thereof which action my good Lord was so much raised to my contempt with the mouthes of her Highnesse enemies whom I then of force obeyed as they imagined nothing else would raise credit but the gaining thereof againe The next that mooved mee to enterprise the same was that publike report was made in the name of the Archbishop of Cassell who is well knowen to bee a professed enemy of my House to haue the keeping of the said Castle Thirdly that it was also reported that the Souldiers of late left in garrison therein purposed for want to sell the same for a piece of money unto Iohn of Desmond whom the Countrey knoweth not to bee my friend for the late killing of many of his men for which service my Lord of Dunboyne had only the thankes being no more assistant thereunto then your Lordship and last my good Lord when I considered the apparant wrongs as I thought proffered unto both my Brethren that your Honour and the State would countenance their knowen and vowed Enemies against them and to make their griefes the more corrosiue to bestow upon them the chiefe and dwelling Castle of the one of them being Cnocknamma to my Lo of Dunboyne which makes my poore brother to goe in a manner a begging and my Eldest Brothers Castle of Dorenlare upon Richard Power These being the principall causes that moveth this my desperate attempt I pray may be construed as if your Lordship or any other Gentleman were in my case and doe also request that your Honour and all others doe suspend to condemne me of my Disloyaltie in mind howsoever my youthfull actions doe deserue And that by example the same may the better appeare consider that having wonne the Castle aforesaid that unlesse it be such as by mischance were slaine I suffered not the blood of any other nor any part of their apparell to bee spilt or taken but send them conducted to the next incorporate Towne And for her Majesties Ordinance that here hath beene left I could wish your Lordship had them only that I know they must be removed by the force of many men the which I dare not adventure to trust as now I stand But let your Honor be well assured they shall be as safely kept as formerly they were for her Majestie Vnlesse your Honour or the State doe driue me to doe that I shall be unwilling Forasmuch therefore my good Lord as not only these but many else the causes of the rebellion of this Province haue hitherto and are well knowen to bee for want of considerate Iustice and clemencie of your Predecessors Governors sheweth liberally the benefit of her Majesties Proclamations and gratious authoritie given you And let the first example thereof be to withdraw the Castles of Darenlare and Cnocknamma aforesaid from the possession of such as the world doe know of pretended malice to haue sought them and to be bestowed wheresoever your Lordship doe thinke fit in Iustice they shall bee given And this much my very good Lord in excuse and as the simple truth of the Premises I am bold to signifie and now it resteth I must complaine against my Lord and Brother who as I suppose ought to maintaine both me and the rest whose wrongs hitherto proffered I will not forgiue nor forget having so sufficient a distresse as now I haue in possession the which I purpose to keepe untill our controversie be decided by friends or your Lordship or the State doe determine betweene us Holding the same with most assured safetie to her Majesties use and no hurt unto my countrey and to your Honours good liking and not otherwise all the premises concluded and considered it resteth now onely how I shall be maintained which my good Lord is to be supplied by that gratious entertainement that her Majestie hath and doeth bestovv upon lesse faithfull more unable to doe her service and not so vvilling as my selfe The vvhich in company vvith the rest I leaue to your favourable consideration Yet all these shall not satisfie me but that it may please your Lordship to forgiue and forget if in ignorance I haue either spoken or vvritten any thing that might giue you cause to be offended And so vvith my humble Duetie I take leaue Caher the tvventie seventh of May 1600. Your Lordships very assured to command Iames Butler The foure and twentieth the Armie encamped at the Brough where the President left a Ward partly to offend the Rebels of Loghguire three miles distant from thence and partly to open the way betwixt Kilmallocke and Limerick which for two yeares space had been impassible for any subject The fiue and twentieth the army passing neere Loghguire which was as yet held by the Rebels the President attended with a Troope of Horse rode to take a particular view of the strength and scituation thereof as also by what way
to my Lord of Thomond and upon this Answere the President rejected both the man and his suit The affaires of Kerry succeeding so well with the Governour it was supposed that the reputed Earle of Desmond would not long remaine in these parts lest the Protectees might offer him some false measure which if it should happen most likely it was that hee would passe the Mountaine and shelter himselfe in the Fastnes of Conniloe and therefore the Lord President intreated the Earle of Thomond to stay with the Garrison at Askeiton both to doe service upon such Rebels as should lurke in those woods as also to secure the goods of those that were newly become Subjects for as the manner of the Irish had they lost but twentie Cowes or tenne Garrans they would haue held it sufficient cause to haue relapsed againe My Lord of Thomond therefore lying there in Garrison received advertisement by certaine espialls whom hee used that Florence Mac Cartie had assuredly made a new combination with the Arch-Rebell Desmond and had sent second Letters to Tyrone about O Sulevan More his enlargement but in trueth the effect thereof was to implore ayde of that Egyptian Reed to underprop their ruinous and almost rotten Building Of this new and late combination the Lord President was also advertised by the Lord Barrie That Iames Mac Thomas to assure Florence unto him did giue him these Lands and Rents following viz. the Querinie Killaha the rents of Beare and Bantrie the Beoves of Carbry Carrigroaghan and Ballinry neere unto Corke all which Florence accepted and their place of meeting where this Agreement was made was at Rahinemroeg bordering upon Slewlogher Vpon this Intelligence the Governour of Kerry by direction from the President received into protection Donnell Mac Carty naturall sonne to the late Earle of Clancare and Brother to Florence his wife whom the Countrey in the beginning of this Rebellion saluted Mac Cartie More or chiefe Lord of Desmond But at Tyrone his late being in the Province he was deprived of that promotion and both the Title and Lands by him conferred upon the said Florence wherefore they thought this man to be a speciall fit Instrument of whom there might bee very good use when the President should beginne his prosecutions against Florence CHAP. XII The Castle of Mayne in Connologh taken Omaghon and the O Crowlyes protected Cahir Castle rendred Supplyes of Horses and Money sent for Mounster Dermond Mac Owen O Keefe and Mac Awley make suite to bee received as subjects The submission of the Knight of Kerry Iames fits Thomas and Pierce Lacie defeated by the Knight of Kerry THE Rebell that next bordered upon this Garrison of Askeiton was Garret fits Nicholas and some few Kerne that followed him whom Sir Francis Barkley so haunted and hunted that hee got from them all their prey their owne riding Horses and at last the Castle of Mayne held by them vvherein there was provision of Corne for all that yeare The President having disposed of his Garrisons in such sort that they were lodged either in the Rebels Countries or very neere thereunto sent unto them severall Letters willing the Commanders to imploy their Companies at this time especially about the standing Corne now ready for the Harvest to gather in for their owne vses what lay most conveniently for them and the rest to destroy with Man and Horse which was performed accordingly and this no doubt was one principall cause that they were unable to hold up their Heads the next yeare for presently hereupon Omaghon and the O Crowlies in Carbery sought to Sir Richard Percy lying at Kinsale that hee would bee a meanes to the Lord President for Her Majesties protection which being granted they remained Loyall Subjects with their Tenants and Followers untill the landing of the Spaniards In this interim the Lord President laboured with Cormuck Mac Dermond partly by promises and partly by menaces to frustrate the intended Mariage betweene Iames fits Thomas and his Sister which at last with some difficultie was frustrated by câ—using the said Cormuck to undertake for his Sisters apparance whensoever he or the Councell should call for her Towards the later end of this Moneth of August the Lord Deputy writing to the President about some other oâ—casions it pleased him to remember Cahir Castle which was lost as before you haue heard signifying that hee much desired to haue that Castle recovered from the Rebels the rather because the great Ordnance a Cannon and a Culverin being left there by the Earle of Essex were now possessed by the Rebels This Item from the Lord Deputie spurred on the President without further delay to take order therein and therefore presently by his Letters sent for the Lord of Cahir to repaire unto him who as before you haue heard was vehemently suspected to haue some hand both in the taking and keeping thereof The Barron of Cahir being come the Councell perswaded him to deale with Iames Butler nicknamed Iames Galde his Brother about the redelivering thereof to Her Majesties use but his Answer was that so little interest had hee in his Brother as the meanest Follower in all his Countrie might prevaile more with him then himselfe for hee was unwilling to haue the Castle regained by the State except it might againe be left wholly to him as it was before the first winning thereof which the President surmising told him that if it might speedily be yeelded up unto him he would become an humble Suiter to the Lord Deputie in his behalfe for the repossessing thereof otherwayes hee would presently march with his whole Armie into those parts and taking the same by force he would ruine and raze it to the very foundation and this he bound with no small protestations Hereupon Iustice Comerford being dispatched away with the Lord of Cahir they prevailed so farre with young Butler that the Castle upon the twentie nineth following was delivered to the State as also all the Munitions and the great Ordnance conveied to Clonmell and from thence to Watterford The nine and twentieth the Lord President among other things in his dispatch made for England advertised the Lords of the Councell that there was lately arrived at Limerick tenne thousand pounds in monie for the Armie in Mounster and that also at Corke thirtie sixe Horse for the supply of his Horse Troopes were landed at Corke for the which hee gaue their Lordships humble thankes The Horse sent were fourtie but the Conductor delivered no more then aforesaid While these things were in handling it hapned that a French Barke arrived at Dingle laden with Wine and some Munition which they sold to the Rebels and thereby ministred unto them no small reliefe being before in great want thereof Whereupon the President wrote his Letters to the Lords of Her Majesties Privie Councell intreating that it would please them to procure Her Majesties Letters to be directed to her
neweâ— of these parts are that the Sonne of Geralt the late Earle is arrived unto whom his Fathers old Followers doe much resort hee is an Heretike yet neverthelesse by the helpe of the English he will doe us great harme The right Earle of Desmond is forsaken of all men and not able to make Head and the lesse hope of his rising againe by the comming of young Iames who is the Queenes Earle and hath a Patent for his Earledome I pray your speedy Answer in the meane time I will dissemble with the President who deales sharpely with us the Letter which you sent with these to Mac Carty More I haue sent unto him by a Messenger of my owne who is lately agreed with the President and so we are deceived in him and therefore he is not to be firmely trusted with the commandement of all the Clan Carties Cormocke Cartie Sir Charles Wilmot in the meane time maâ—ching to an Abbey in Kerry called Ratho neere unto Lixnaw assoone as his Colours were descried was fired by the Enemy that lodged there from thence with his Horse onely he marched â—o Tralie where hee found one hundred Bonoghs of the Oâ—â—â—llies among whom was Moriertagh Mac Shighie and three or foure more of the lurking Earles chiefest Followers on horsebacke our Horse charged them the Horsemen by flight saved themselues but of the â—ooâ—e there was slaine about fourtie dead in the place the rest by the â—avour of a neighboâ—ring bogge and the Mountaine at hand escaped but all their Armes were left to our shares The perpetuall juggling which Florencâ— Mac Cartie continued towards the Lord President I haue so often touched as it needs no other proofe but for the better Testimonie of his ill â—ffection to the State even now when the Sugan Earle was in the estate of a fugitiue hiding himselfe from the sight of men Florence as the Lord President was advertised from Sir Charles Wilmot had raysed one thousand Bownoghs to bee placed upon Desmond foure hundred uâ—on Kerry and sixe hundred upon Carbry and concludes with these words Viz. assuredly hee purposeth to bee a Villaine though hee could be contented to liue in neutralitie as he doth if he could cary it cleanely Also at that time the Baron of Lixnaw who was banished Kerry was by him relieved in Desmond but obserue well I beseech you this wavering and unsetled companion who not knowing which way either to be a Subject or Rebell not many dayes afterwards as shall bee said came to the President with a smooth countenance full of Loyaltie but inwardly the same man hee had ever beene Nothing was more common now in Mounster then a bruite of the strangers from Connaght and Vlster comming to invade the Province with two thousand men and hereof the President received daily advertisement from the Earle of Thomond the Lord Barry Iustice Comerford and others and to verifie the same Pierce Lacy was come into the borders of Kilquig and had preyed Glanogre a Towne belonging to Sir George Bourchier Master of the Ordnance being a parcell of his Signiory and then in farme to Alexander Fitton this caused the President to assemble the greatest part of his Forces to Kilmallock attending there to behold what should become of this Cloud which threatned such a dangerous Tempest which at length vanished without any great disturbance for about the midst of this Moneth they withdâ—â—w themselues into Ormond within the Libertie of Tipperarie the cause why they departed before they had made any Bonfiers in Mounster which was their arrand as I haue since learned was two fould First because Redmond Burke could by no meanes bee drawen into the Province being in expectation of great favour from the President as appeareth by his Letters sent about this time which because it is but short and yet apparantly declareth this truth I thought not unfit here to bee recited in his owne words RIght Honourable I would long ere this be a Subject and will now shew my selfe worthy to be accepted if I be entertained and my Fathers Lands seized into your Honours hands till my Title bee tried this Countrey of Ely O Carrell being in your Honours Province is a parcell whereto I make claime wherein I would expect your Honour to right me first and thus requesting your Honour to accept my service and favour my right I take leaue this ninth of November 1600. Your Honours as you please Redmond Letrim The President to hold Redmond as I conceiue in some hope that hee might not joyne with the Northerne Forces then expected to come into Mounster returned him answer to this effect That his Demaunds seemed to bee somewhat reasonable and that hee was very sorry that it was not fully in his power to accomplish his request Notwithstanding there was no doubt but upon his Letters already dispatched to the Councell of England and to the Lord Deputie in his behalfe such order should bee taken as hee should hold himselfe well satisfied and surely whether the President dealt plainely and bona fide vvith the said Redmond or whether hee fed him vvith good vvords onely like a Courtier to serue his owne turne I know not but if I might deliver my poore opinion I thinke him to haue received some hard measure I meane in respect of his Fathers Lands upon whomsoever the fault lyeth but to returne This Redmond commanding the greatest part of the Forces now assembled depending this much upon the Presidents favour as by his Letter appeareth could by no allurements of these Mounster Rebels bee inticed to commit any outrage within that Province An other cause why these Rebels thus assembled came no further up into Mounster was because the wandring Earle Iames fits Thomas who should haue given them Bonnaght in the Province knowing that Lixnaw Redmond Burke Pierce Lacie and all of them were growen wearie of the Rebellion and that the President had commerce with all those durst not commit himselfe into their power they being so strong and hee so poore and weake fearing left they should haue delivered him being the marke the President chiefly aymed at to worke their owne peace Dermond O Conner having now heard that the young Earle of Desmond his Brother in law was arrived in Mounster according to the Presidents promise to him made that he should come was desirous that hee should repaire thither with intent to doe some acceptable service for her Majestie which being made knowen by the Lady Margaret his wife the Lord President sent him a Safe-conduct for himselfe and his followers and procured the like from Sir Arthur Saâ—age the chiefe Commissioner in Connaght and also from the Earle of Clanrickard to secure his passage through his Countrey and for his better safetie he sent an hundred Foot to guard him as soone as hee should enter into Thomond Hee being now past Clanrickard and comming to Oshafnesses Countrey within seventeene or eighteene miles of Limerick Theobald ne Long Burke who
that Redmond Burke and Captaine Mostian went likewise without his consent Which done being sorry as he protested of his traytorly life hee humbly craved her Majesties gracious protection promising to merit the same with future loyall service which being graunted hee departed Vpon the fourth of this moneth as aforesayd having beene in the meane time with Tyrone hee made his second addreffe to the President the Lord Deputie then being in Corke and being called before the Lord Deputie and the President he dlivered unto them a Message from Tyrone the effect whereof was that he would be glad to be received into her Majesties mercie being heartily sorry that hee had given her so just a cause of offence and likewise grieved in his soule that hee had been the cause of the effusion of so much blood the exhausting of her Majesties Treasures and the ruine of his natiue Countrey Neverthelesse this pretended griefe and humilitie was farced with some exorbitant conditions unmeet for him to demaund from his Soveraigne whom hee had highly offended or for a Monarch to graunt to a vassall Notwithstanding it was thought good to take hold of the occasion for although it should not worke the end desired which was to settle the Kingdome in tranquillitie yet a motion onely of submission proceeding from the capitall Rebell would worke in the mindes of the inferiour Traytors a mistrust of their estates and seeke by his Example to sue for grace while there was time wherein they might hope to obtaine it Vpon these considerations the Lord Deputie was willing after hee had shewed his dislike to the Conditions to embrace the motion And because that he might be assured to haue a true report returned Captaine George Blunt who had been a familiar and inward friend unto Tyrone when hee was a Subject was imployed in this businesse and for his manner of treating with him hee had these Instructions following subscribed by the Lord Deputie and the Lord President When you speake with Tyrone you shall tell him that you understand that Richard Owen came from him to the Lord Deputie with Commission from him to tell his Lordship that hee desired to bee received into the Queenes mercy if his life might be secured Whereupon you finding in him such conformitie out of your ancient loue which in former time you bare him were glad of the alteration and therefore as his friend did now undertake this long Iourney to perswade him to those courses which might best answer his dutie to his Prince and repayre his estate which in your opinion is desperate If you find him desirous to bee received to mercie you shall giue him hope of it and promise him furtherance for the effecting of it upon these conditions That he shall in token of his penitency and according to the dutie of a Subject to his Naturall Prince first under his hand write a letter of submission to the Lord Deputie humbly craving in the same her Majesties mercy with promise to redeeme his errours past by his future service That likewise he shall write a publique Submission to her Majestie imploring at her hands forgiuenesse of his faults and likewise promise amendment of his life with a willing desire to doe her some acceptable service in recompence of his transgression in the same protesting to serue her Majestie against all men either of Ireland or Forreiners that shall endeavour the disturbance of this Countrey That he shall put into her Majesties hands his eldest Sonne for the assurance of his future loyaltie and foure principall Gentlemen of his blood as he formerly promised That hee shall at his charge finde workmen to build such Forts in the Countrey of Tyrone and in such places as the Lord Deputy shall thinke fit That he shall permit throughout Tyrone her Majesties Officers of Iustice as the Sheriffes and others to haue free liberty to execute their Offices as is accustomed in other Provinces and Counties of the Realme and answer all other duties formerly promised That hee shall onely undertake for himselfe and his Pledges to lye for no more then those that dwell upon that land onely that is contayned in his Letters Patents not any way undertaking for the rest of Tyrone as Tirlogh Brassiloes sonnes Mac Maghon O Canâ— Mac Guire Mac Genis the two Clandeboyes and all of the East side of Ban. That if any of his neighbours shall continue in rebellion none of their people shall be harboured in Tyrone and likewise that none of Tyrone shall by his consent or knowledge succour any Rebell or giue assistance to them and if any such offendor shall happen to be discovered either by himselfe or any other her Majesties Officers upon knowledge thereof that hee shall doe his best endeavour to prosecute the parties offending and either take them whereby they may be tryed by the Lawes of the Realme or kill them if they may not otherwise bee had and shall assist her Majesties Officers in taking to her use the goods and chattells of the Offenders and their retinues That he shall not onely truely pay all her Majesties Rents and Duties from this time forward due unto her out of Tyrone but also pay the Arrerages that for many yeares haue been by him detayned That in respect of the great charges that hee hath put her Majestie unto although it bee not the thousand part of her disbursements In nomine paenae which in all such great offences is accustomed towards the victualling of her Majesties Garisons hee shall pay two thousand Cowes within sixe moneths That the Countrey of Tyrone may bee limited and no more by him to be possessed then is contayned in his Letters Pattents That the territory of Tyrone might bee divided into shieres and haue Goales as hee hath formerly desired That hee put at liberty the Sonnes of Shane Oneale and all other prisoners English and Irish These things you shall only propound as from your selfe yet as conceiving that they will be demanded at his hands if hee be received and to draw as large an overture from him of what hee will agree unto as you can perswade him telling him that the greater assurance he doth giue the estate of his loyaltie the greater will bee his safetie for wee shall conster his good meaning by his free offer thereof and after wee shall haue the lesse reason to bee jealous of him Mountioye George Carew CHAP. XXVI The King of Spaines Letters intercepted A Letter from the Duke of Lerma to Don Iuan de Aguila A Letter from the Duke of Lerma to the Archbishop of Dublin A Letter from the Secretary Ybarra to Don Iuan de Aguila A Letter from the Secretary Fragursa to Don Iuan de Aguila A Letter from the King of Spaiâ—e to Don Iuan de Aguila ABout the tenth of February Dou Iuan de Aguila residing in Corke whilest his Troopes were preparing to bee embarqued for Spaine In this interim a Spanish Pinnace landed in the Westermost