by the great and admirable applause and affections of all good men from the highest to the lowest of England And declaring his constant resolution for the maintenance of Religion deferred his Coronation till Saint Iames day In the meane time some vnquiet spirits entred into a conspiracy their vaine hopes for aduancing of their Religion failing their designe as is said was to surprize the King and Prince Henry Of forces they presumed meaning to retaine them prisoners in the Tower and with treasures therin to maintaine their intent or to carry them to Douer Castle and there by violence either to obtaine their owne pardons a tolleration of Religion and a remouall of some Counsellors of state or else to put some other proiect in execution To conceale this treason Watson the Priest deuised oathes for secrecie and himselfe with Clark another Priest taught that the act was lawfull being done before the Coronation for that the King was no King before hee was annointed and the Crowne solemnly set vpon his head The other persons inuolued in this practise were Henry Brooke Lord Cobham Thomas Lord Gray of Wilton Sir Walter Ralegh Sir Griffin Markham Sir Edward Parham George Brooke Bartholomew Brookesby and Anthony Coply All which were apprehended and committed The sicknesse being then rife in London the Tearme was kept at Winchester the place designed for their arraignement whether they were conueied vnder strong guard The first brought to triall was George Brooke brother to the Lord Cobham Sir Griffin Markham Sir Edward Parham Brooksly Coply Watson and Clark The inditement was that they had conspired first to destroy the King then to raise rebellion to alter Religion to subuert the State to procure forraine inuasion These their intents they had made known to the Lord Gray whom they intended to make Earle Marshall of England Watson Lord Chancelour Georke Brookes Lord Treasurer Markham Secretary that with the King the Lords also should be surprized in their Chambers at Greenwich and the Lord Maior and Aldermen of London should be sent for and so shut vp in the Tower George Brooke answered that he had commission from the King to doe that he did onely to trie faithfull subiects but being required to shew his Commission hee could produce none Sir Griffin Markham excepting onely the imputation of bloud confessed his offence penitently alledging it was through a discontented minde and desired the Lords to bee a meane to the King for mercy Watson and Clark the former of which confessed that he had drawne all those Gentlemen into those plots like true Roman Priests auerred that they held the King for no King vntill hee was crowned and therefore it could not be treason alledging that Saul was no King till hee was chosen in Mispeh though hee had beene annointed in Ramoth by the Prophet Samuel Neither Ieroboam who in the dayes of Salomon had beene confirmed by the Prophet to raigne ouer Israel vntill the people made him King vpon the foolish answere of Rehoboam making no difference betweene the mediate and ordinary succession of lawfull Kings in Common-wealths established and those which God himselfe extraordinarily aduanced to be scourges to an vngratefull land It was tould them that in England the King neuer dieth that there is no interregnum that the Coronation is but a ceremony to shew the King to the people Two dayes after was Sir Walter Ralegh brought to the barre hee was indited for combining with the Lord Cobham his accuser as it was said in the foresaid designes he pleaded not guilty and so stood for his purgation Hee pleaded for himselfe a long time and with some admiration of men who thought that a man of such vnderstanding would hardly bee drawne into a plot so foule and so foolish yet hee was found guilty and had sentence of death The like iudgement a few dayes after passed vpon the Lord Cobham and Gray arraigned on two seuerall dayes The former was indited for combining with Sir Walter Ralegh and George Brooke to procure forces from the King of Spaine and the Arch-Duke for inuasion the other for ioyning with the foresaid Priests Knights and Gentlemen in their conspiracies Sir Edward Parham was only acquitted by the Iury. Of the rest onely three died Watson Clark and George Brooke Watson had before in Print laid open at large the treasonable practises of the Iesuites and at his death left this suspition on them that they in reuenge had cunningly drawne him into this action which brought him to his end After this the Lords Cobham and Gray and Sir Griffin Markham were by a Warrant to be executed the Friday next But the King inclined to mercy sent at the day appointed a Pardon for them the manner whereof was such as gaue vnexpected ioy to them that looked for nothing but death The Pardon was brought to the place where they were to be executed by Master Gibb a Gentleman so secretly that none present vnderstood any thing thereof Sir Griffin Markham was first brought to the Scaffold erected in the Castle Greene and made himselfe ready for the stroke of the Axe When secretly Master Gibb deliuered to the High Shiriffe the Kings warrant to the contrary who vnderstanding his Maiesties intent tooke backe the prisoner as if he were first to confront the two Lords vpon some seruice of the King and brought him vnto the Castle Hall Then was the Lord Gray brought forth who hauing poured out his prayers vnto God at length kneeling downe for the stroke of death the Sheriffe bad stay telling the Lord that some further seruice was expected of him and thereupon led him likewise into the Castle Hall The Lord Cobham was last brought forth who being in preparation and prayers the Lord Gray and Sir Grâ—ffin were brought backe againe All the three prisoners appearing together on the Scaffold the Sheriffe notified his Maiesties warrant for the stay of the execution At which example of Clemency vnexpected both of the prisoners and spectators there arose great shoutes of the people crying God saue the King The condemned wished that they might sacrifice their liues to redeeme their faults and to repurchase so mercifull a Prince his loue This attempt seemed to be a matter of lesse danger because there appeared neither strength to act the businesse intended nor heads to carry it But our thankfulnesse must appeare to God for our least deliuerances It is certaine by their confessions that a great mischiefe was intended howsoâ—uer they might seeme vnable to effect it And this we may obserue that no treason was euer attempted without a Romish Priest The treasons attempted in England haue that proper and peculiar marke to haue a Priest in the practise CHAPTER XVI NOw I enter vpon a Narration which may fully open our aduersaries to the world wherein appeareth the profundity of malice and cruelty and vngodlinesse and whereby all men may vnderstand by what spirit these men are led The Histories of former times containe no example
his Prince and sweare that himselfe and his men should fight against the rebells Wherevpon he was dismissed to gather his companies and to returne to the Lord Deputy Iohn Desmond the Earles brother who was by the rebells put in the place of Fiâ—z Morice lying in ambush did intrap Herbert Prise with the bandes which they led and killed them Himselfe being hurt in the face Some supplyes came out of England and Perrot was sent with six warre-ships to defend the coast the Lord Deputy grew so sicke that he was forced to withdraw to Waterford for his healths sake and appointed Nicholas Malbey governour of Connach a famous and approued Souldier to follow the Warres And worthy Sir William Drury soone after died Malbey sent to the Earle of Desmond and often admonished him of his dutie and promise and seeing it not good to linger in such a businesse he brought his forces into Conil a woody Country against the rebells There was Iohn Desmond who in battell array and with the Popes consecrated banner displayed received the forces of Malbey It was sharply fought on both sides But the vertue of the English prevailed Iohn Desmond fled first away and left his men to the slaughter Among them was found Alan the Irish Priest who exhorting them to the battell had promised them the Victory Malbey by a messenger sent for the Earle to come and his forces with him and when he in vaine expected him foure dayes he came to Rekell a towne of Desmond Here the Earle began to shew himselfe plainly for the rebells after that he had a long time vsed dissimulation in his wordes and countenance The same night the rebells set vpon Malbey his tents in the darke but finding them well fortified they went away and did no harme After the death of Sir William Drury William Pelhâ—m was sent Loâ—châ—eâ—e Instice into Ireland with the authoritie of a Deputy vntill a Deputy should be sent the Earle of Ormond was made goueâ—nour of Munster who sent Desmonds sonne which he had with him as a pledge to be kept at Dublin Pelham chiefe Iustice commeth to Munster sends for Desmond but he sending Letters by his wife excuseth himselfe Wherevpon the Earle of Ormond was sent to him to admonish him to deliver into the handes of the Lord chiefe Iustice Sanders the Priest the forrain souldiers and the Castles of Carigofoil and Asketten and to submit himselfe absolutely and turne his forces against his brother and the other rebells Which thing if he would doe he might obtaine pardon of his rebellion otherwise he was to be declared a traytor and enemy to his Country Whilst he held off with delayes and delusions he was declared a traytor in the beginning of December An 1579. That he had dealt with forrain Princes for invading and subverting his Countrey That he had retained Sanders and fitz Morice rebells That he had helped the Spanyards after they were gone out of the fort at Smerwick That he had hanged the Queenes faithfull subiects had advanced the banner of the Pope against the Queene that he had brought strangers into the kingdome After this proclamation the chiefe Iustice appointed the warres against Desmond to be prosecuted by the Eaâ—le of Ormâ—nd The Earle of Ormond with his forces destroyed Conilo the onely refuge which the rebells had he draue away their Cattell and gaue them a prey to be devided among his souldâ—ers He hanged the Balife of Yonghall before hiâ— dore because he had reâ—used to take a band of English into the Towne And then began to besiege the Spanyards in Strangiâ—all but they fearing such a thing had conveyed themselues out of danger Yet the English followed them and killed them all And every way through Munster pressed the rebells most sharply Desmond and his brethren were so hard driven hiding themselues in their lurking holes that they wrote to the chiefe Iustice signifying that they had taken vpon them the patronage of the Catholike faith in Irelanâ— and prayed him to take part with them This shewed their cause was desperate they had no hope vnlesse he that was come purposely against them would helpe them The Chiefe Iustice laughing pleasantly at the motion went to Munster and called the Nobles to him and kept them neither would dismisse them vntill they had given pledges and promised their helpe against the rebels to ioyne with him and the Earle of Ormond They therevpon deviding their bandes sought out the rebells They forced the Baron of Lixnaw to yeeld himselfe they besiegeâ— Carigoâ—oil-Castle which Iulius an Italian with a few Spanyards maintained and breaking the walls by the force of great Ordnance they entred and killed or hanged all that kept the place with Iulius also At this time came Arthur Lord Grey Lord Deputy into Ireland An 1580. Soone after his comming about seaven hundred Italians and Spanyards sent from the Pope and King of Spaine vnder the gouernment of San-Iosephus an Italian came into Ireland vnder the pretence of restoring the Roman Religion but the purpose was to divert the Queenes forces and call her from other cares to Ireland onely They tooke land without any trouble at Smerwick in Kirria for Winter that had a good while stayed in that coast with ships waiting for them was now returned to England thinking they would not come in winter They made the place strong and called it fort del or But as soone as they heard that the Earle of Ormond was comming towards them by the perswasion of the Irish they left the fort and betooke themselues into the valley Glamingell which was compassed about with high mountaines and woods The Earle tooke some of them who being questioned of their number and purpose they confessed that 700. were come that so much armour is brought that may serue 5000. that mo are daily expected out oâ— Spaine that the Pope and King of Spaine are resolved to draw the English out of Ireland that for that end they haue sent an huge sâ—m of money which they haue delivered into the handes of Sanders the Popes Nuntio of the Earle of Desmond and Iohn his brother That night the Italians Spanyards were much to seeke not knowing what way to turne themselues not knowing to hide themselues as the Irish doe in dens and bogs and therefore in the darke they went backe to their Fort neare to which the Eâ—rle of Ormond had pitched but being vnprovided of Ordnance and other things needfull for oppugnation he stayed for the comming of the Lord Deputy Who soone after came accompanied with Zouch Ralegh Denie Maâ—worth Achin and other Captaines At that time came Winter out of Englanâ— with warre shippes much blamed for withdrawing himselfe when there was need of his service The Lord Deputy sent a trumpetter to the â—ort to demand what they were What businesse they had in Ireland Who sent them Why they had fortified a place in the Queenes Kingdome And withall to command them presently to depart
to Neuil whom I entertained at my table and this was done full six moneths before he accused me After this he came to me And let vs dare said he to doe something seeing of the Queene we can obtaine nothing And he proposed some things of the delivery of the Scots Queene I did here interpose O but I haue a greater matter in my head and more profitable for the Catholike Church The next day he came and swearing vpon the Bible that he would keepe my counsell and constantly prosecute whatsoever was vsefull for the Catholike Religion And I sware in like sort Our determination was to set vpon the Queene with ten horsemen as she was riding in the fields and so to kill her Which thing Neuil concealed all this while But when the newes came that the Earle of Westmerland was dead whose inheritance he hoped to haue presently not respecting his oath he opened these things against me These things Parry confessed in the presence of the Lord Hunsdon Sir Christopher Harton and Sir Francis Walsingham privie Councellers and farther by his Letters to the Queene to Burghley Lord Treasurer and to the Earle of Leicester he acknowledged his fault and craued pardon Some few dayes after he was brought to VVestminster hall to iudgement Where the heads of his accusation being read he confessed himselfe guiltie Sir Christohper Hatton to satisfie the multâ—â—de present thought it fit that the crime should punctually be opened out of his own confession Which Parry himselfe acknowledged to be free not extorted and the Iudges intreated that he would reade them But the Clarke of the Crowne read them and the Letters of the Cardinall of Come Parry his Letters to the Queene to the Lord Burghley and the Earle of Leicester all which he granted to be true Yet he denied that he was at any time resolved to kill the Queene He was therefore commanded to speake if he had any thing to say why iudgement should not passe Here he answered with perturbation as one troubled with the conscience of the crime I see I must die because I was not resolved And being desired to speake more plainly if he would say any thing My bloud said he be among you When sentence of death was pronounced against him he ragingly cited the Queene to the tribunall seat of God Being brought to the gallowes he bragged much that he had beene a faithfull keeper of the Queene because he had not killed her Thus like a glorious Roman Catholike never once in one word coÌ„mending himselfe to God he died like a traytor in the court before VVestminster Hall where the Lords and Commons were then assembled in Parliament In this Parliament some lawes were enacted for the Queenes safety against the Iesuites and Priests who attempted daily horrible treasons from the Bull of Pius V. It was therefore enacted that within forty daies they should all depart the Land If any came in againe after that and stayed here they should be guilty of treason that if any received them wittingly and willingly or interteined them nourished or helped them such should be guiltie of fellony that they who are brought vp in the seminaries if they returne not within sixe monethes after warning given and should not submit themselues to the Queene before a Bishop or two Iustices of peace they should be guiltie of treason And they who had submitted if they should within ten yeares come to the Court or nearer then ten miles of the Court that then their submission should be voyd They who sent any money by any means to the Students of the seminaries should be guiltie of Praemunire If any of the Peeres of the Realme that is Dukes Marquesses Earles Vicounts Barons of the Parliament should offend against these lawes he should be tryed by his Peeres They who know any Iesuites and Priests to lye lurking in the Realme and within twelue dayes doe not detect them shall be fined at the Queenes pleasure and put in prison If any be suspected to be one of those Iesuites or Priests and shall not submit himselfe to examination for his contempt he shall be imprisoned vntill he submit He that shall send any Christian or any other to the Seminaries and Colledges of the Popish profession shall be fined an hundreth pounds They that are so sent shall not succeed in inheritance nor inioy any goods what way soever they may chance And so shall it be to them that within a yeare returne not from those seminaries vnlesse they conforme themselues to the Church of England If the keepers of havens permit any to passe the seas without the Queenes licence or the licence of six Councellers except Mariners and Merchants they shall be remoued from their places the Ship-master that carries them shall loose the Shipp and all the goods in her and be imprisoned a whole yeare The severitie of these lawes which were no lesse then necessary for such times and such mischiefes made the Papists in England afeard and among others Philip Howard Earle of Arundell in so much as fearing least he might offend against those lawes he purposed to leaue his countrey He had his bloud restored by the Queenes favour three yeares before And after that being dis-favoured by reason of some secret suggestions of certaine great personages against him he secretly gaue himselfe to the Popish Religion and made choice of an austere life Surely if good instructours might haue beene admitted to him he might haue beene easily and happily confirmed in the truth He was once or twice called before the Councell table and refuted the things obiâ—cted to him Yet was he commanded to keepe his house Six moneths after he was set at libertie and came to the Parliament but the first day whilst the Sermon was preached he withdrew himselfe out of the company The Parliament being ended being as then resolved to depart he wrote to the Queene a long and a mournfull complaint which Letters he commanded should be delivered after his departure he complained of the envie of his potent adversaries wherevnto he was forced to yeeld seeing they triumphed over his innocency He recounted the vnfortunate destinies of his ancestors of his great grandfather condemned his cause not being heard of his grand-father who for matters of small moment was beheaded and of his father whom he affirmed to be circumvented by his adversaries who yet never had an evill minde against his Prince nor Countrey As for himselfe least he should succeed the heire of his fathers infelicitie said he to the end that he might serue God and provide for the health of his soule he had forsaken his Countrey but not his alleagance to his Prince After these Letters were delivered he went into Sussex and having provided a shippe in an obscure corner and now being ready to take ship he was apprehended by the meanâ—s of those whom he trusted and by the master of the ship discovered and was sent into the Tower as a prisoner CHAPTER
September seven of the conspiratours being brought to iudgement confessed themselues guiltie and were condemned of treason Other seven came the next day who denied that they were guiltie and coÌ„mitted themselues to God and their Country yet were they condemned by their former confessions Onely Polly though guiltie of all yet when he affirmed that he disclosed some of those matters to Sir Francis Walsingham was not called to iudgement The twentieth of that month the first seven were hanged and quattered in S. Giles fields where they vsed to meet Ballard the contriver of all the mischief asked pardon of God and of the Queene conditionally if he had sinned against her Babington who without feare beheld Ballards death whilst the rest were vpon their knees in prayer freely confessed his sinnes and after he was taken downe from the Gallowes cryed out in Latin Parce mihi Iesu the rest in their order likewise were hanged and quartered After the punishment of these Navus a French man and Curlus a Scot Secretaries to the Scots Queene were called into question vpon the Letters that were taken in the lodging of the Scots Queene and freely confessed that those Letters were of their owne writing dictated by her in French and so taken by Navus turned into English by Curle and written in secret Characters whereby she was at last brought into question which brought her also to her end The thing which we obserue vpon this Narration is to continue our complaint of these gracelesse instruments the Priests and Iesuites that by their wicked suggestions bring Princes Nobles Gentlemen of good place which might haue done good service to their Prince and Country such I say doe these wicked instruments bring to ruine and seeme to take a pleasure in the destruction of men May we not see how they come in secretly and scraule in corners like Serpents It is true the enmity is of old set betweene the Womans seed and the Serpents seed and the Church which is the Womans seed haue felt the experience hereof at all times But never had any Church in the world a more liuely experience hereof then this Church of England against whom all this hath beene wrought The Church is the house of God and this Church of England is here with vs Gods house It is apparant that this house was built not vpon the sand but vpon a rocke for the windes haue blowne fiercely vpon it the waters haue risen against it the great and huge tempests haue beaten vpon it and yet it standeth And for this we prayse Gods name that it standeth still And for this purpose is this small Worke vndertaken to giue the watch-word to all them that feare God and loue the comming of our Lord to giue most humble and most hearty thankes vnto God for this inestimable favour of God that after all these assaults which haue beene greater in danger moâ—e in number then any Nation in the world at this day can number that after all I say our Church standeth and flourisheth this is our reioycing in God in his goodnesse and mercy But now consider who oppugne vs the serpents seed for can any man with any reason deny these men to be the seed of the serpent I meane the seminary Priests lesuites Are not these the seed of the serpent They plot and practise treasons they raise rebellions their heads and hands are full of bloud and murther And what can the serpent his seed doe more They are men acquainted with the deepenes of Satan they lay snares and wicked plots for desâ—ructions of States and least men should descry their mischiefe they set a cleane contrary countenance vpon their actions giving out that their weapons are Preces lachrymae Prayers and teares and that it is vnlawfull for them to vse any other weapons even then when they are about their most bloudy designes and what can the serpents seed doe more Can the seed of the serpent proceed more maliciously more cruelly more deeply in bloud then these haue done Then let them be knowne to be the seed of the serpent As for vs we reioyce to be the seed of the Woman the true Church of God we suffer we are reviled standered called Heretikes We learne of our Master to indure the crosse to despise the shame We run with patience the race which he hath set before vs. And we serue God not in vaine for we see that there is a reward for them that serue Him CHAPTER X. THE a next yeare following which was the yeare 1587. the Scots Queene being before condemned but yet reserved aliue discontented persons like evill spirits did continually haunt her though she her selfe would haue beene quiet yet would not they let her rest vntill their busie and pernicious working brought her to her graue for l. Auâ—â—spinaeus the French Ambassadour Leiger in England a man wholly devoted to the Guysian faction went about to helpe the captived Queene not by faire meanes but by treason First he conferred secretly to kill the Queene with William Stafford a yong Gentleman easie to be drawn to new hopes whose mother was of the Queenes bed-chamber his brother was the English Leiger in France at this time Afterward he dealt more plainly with him touching this proiect by his secretary Trappius Who promised to Stafford if he would vndertake that matter not onely great glory great store of money but especiall grace and favour with the Pope with the Guises and with all the Catholikes Stafford his conscience grudging at so great a wickednesse refused to vndertake it Yet he commended one Moody a cut-throat a man fit for such a businesse that if money were given him would vndoubtedly vndertake and dispatch the businesse To him went Stafford where he found him kept in prison in London and told him that the French Ambassadour would gladly speake with him He answered that he was willing so that he might be freed out of prison In the meane time he intreated that Cordaliâ—n another of the Ambassadours secretaries might be sent to him with whom he had familiar acquaintance The next day Trappius was sent to him with Stafford Who when Stafford was remoued conferred with Moody of the manner of killing the Queene Moody proposed a course to doe it by poison or by a sacke of twentie pound of Gun-powder to be laid vnder the Queenes chamber and to be fired secretly These courses pleased not Trappius but he wished that a man of such courage might be sound as was that Burgonian who killed the Prince of Orange These things were presently revealed to the Queenes Councell by Stafford Wherevpon Trappius now purposing to goe into France was intercepted and examined of these things Afterward the Ambassadour himselfe the twelfth of Ianuary was sent for vnto the house of Secretary Cecill and came in the evening where were together by the Queenes command Cecill Lord Burghley Secretary the Earle of Leicester Sir Christopher Hatton and Dauison another secretary
time was rather spent in taking of booties and friuolous parlies then in any memorable exploit The one looking still for fitter opportunities and the other expecting daily his promised succours from Spaine To spare the shedding of bloud the Queene commanded her Commissioners the Treasurer and chiefe Iustice to conferre with Tyrone who complained of wrongs offered to him by Sir Henry Bagnall Marshall and thereupon exhibited a petition in humble manner containing that himseâ—fe and all his followers might be pardoned and be restored to their former estates that they might freely exercise their Romish Religion that no Garrison souldiers Shirriffe or other officer should intermeddle within the iurisdiction of his Earledome that the company of fifty Horsemen with the Queenes pay might be restored to him in the same state that formerly he had led them that the spoilers of his Countrey and people might be punished and that Sir Henry Bagnall should pay him a thousand pound promised in dowry with his Sister whom Tyrone had married and who was now deceased Others also laid out their grieuances conceiued such were Odonell Brian Mac Hugh ogâ— Mac Mahun and Euer Mac Conly They receiued reasonable answers to their demands But vnto them the commissioners proposed certaine Articles That they should forthwith lay downe their Armes disperse their forces submâ—ssiuely acknowledge their disloialties admit the Queenes Officers in their gouernment re-ediâ—ie the forts they had defaced suffer the Garrison to liue without disturbance make restitution of spoiles tâ—ken confesse vpon their oathes how far they had dealt with forraine Princes and renounce all forraine aid These propositions the Rebels liked not but departed with a resolution to maintaine their owne demands Which moued Generall Norrice aided with the Lord Deputy to march with his Army to Armagh when Tyrone heard of his approach in great perplexity he forsooke the Fort of Blacke-water set on fire the villages about and plucked downe the towne of Dungannon with part of his owne house bewailing his state to be past reâ—ouery The countrey thus wasted and no victuals to be had Norrice set a Garrison in the Church of Armagh strengthned Monahan and proclaimed Tyrone Traitor in his owne territories Tyrone to gaine time presented to him a fained Petition signed with his owne hand cast himselfe downe at the Queenes Pictures feet vngirâ—â—s sword and craued pardon vpon his knees And in the meane time dealt for aides out of Spaine wherein hee preuailed so farre that King Philip sent messengers with capâ—tulations that at a praefixed time hâ—â— would send him a competent Armie to ioyne with the Irish that all conditions of Peace with the English should be reiected and that the Rebels should be furnished with munition from Spaine Hereupon though there was a cessation from Armes he began to hurry and wast the country and burne villages and driue away booties And hauing done this put on the vizard of dissimulation againe sued for pardon which to effect hee sent the Letters of King Philip his promises to the Lord Deputy with the causes of his owne discontents so he shuffled that by his dissimulation or by the negligence of others most part of Connaught and all Vlster were reuolted and in a rebellion In which estate Thomas Lord Burrough was sent Lord Deputy into Ireland he was no sooner arriued but Generall Norrice being crossed at the Court or discontented died as was thought through griefe The Lord Deputy set presently forward to meet with the Rebels whom hee encountred at Moiry and defeating them tooke the Fort of Black-water The enemies seeking to rescue it were defeated by the Earle of Kildare but Tyrone thinking all his hope was gone if he lost that Fort beleaguerd it The Lord Deputy preparing straightway to rescue the place was suddenly taken with sicknesse and died Tyrone lay still before the Fort of Blacke-water for the raising of his siege Sir Henry Bagnall was sent with fourteene Ensignes of the choisest troupes These the Earle met neare to Armagh being most eagerly bent against S â— Henry by his exact care and diligence or by the others negligence he got the victory wherein Sir Henry lost his life the English had not receiued such an ouerthrow since their first setting foot in Ireland 15. Captaines were killed and 1500. Souldiers were routed and put to flight The Garrison of Blacke-water hereupon surrendred and the Rebels were thereby furnished with Munition and Armour and Tyrones glory extolled By this the strength of the rebellion was increased In this desperate estate stood Ireland when Robert Earle of Essex was sent thither Lord Lieuetenant and Lord Gouernour Generall he led twenty thousand Soldiers sixteene thousand foot the rest horse-men as soone as hee came he called a councell touching the affaires It was thought fittest that Monster should bee first cleared of those petty Rebels lying nearest whereupon contrary to his owne opinion and his directions receiued from the Queene hee made first to Monster and cleared those parts though with more losse of time and men then was well liked of the state here from thence he went into Leâ—nster against the O Conars and O Neiles whom he vanquished Thence he sent Sir Coniers Clifford against Orork himselfe taking another way to distract the Forces of Tyrone Sir â—â—niers Clifford was defeated and slaine whereupon the Lord Generall made towards Vlster and came to Louth Tyrone shewed himselfe vpon the hills on the other side of the Riuer And falling vnto his wonted vaine of dissimulation desired a parley with the Lord Lieuetenant but hee reiected it answering that if hee would conferre with him hee should finde hâ—m the next morning in the head of his troupes on which day after a light skirmish a horseman of Tyrones troupes cryed with a loud voice that Tyrone was not willing to fight but to parley vpon peace with the Lord Generall which thing was againe denied The next day as the Lord Lieuetenant was in his march forward one Hagan sent from Tyrone met him and declared that the Earle most humbly desired to haue the Queenes mercy and peace and besought that his Lordship would be pleased to afford him audience which if hee would grant then would he with all reuerence attend at the foord of the Riuer not farre from Louth To this motion at last he consented and sent to discouer the place and hauing a troupe of horse vpon the next hill came downe alone to the Riuer Tyrone attending on the other side as soone as he saw his approach rode into the Riuer vp to the Saddle and with semblance of reuerence saluted the Lord Lieuetenant And hauing had some conference together the space of an houre both returned to their companies after this Tyrone making suit for a further conference the Lord Lieuetenant taking with him the Earle of Southampton Sir George Bourchier Sir Warram Saint Leger Sir Henry Danâ—ers Sir Edward Wingfield and Sir William Constable went to the Foord where Tyrone with his
Brother Cormac Mac Gennis Mac Guiâ— Ener Mac Cowly Henry Ouiâ—gton and O Quin attended their comming And vpon conference it was concluded that certaine Commissioners should the next day meet for a treaty of peace and in the meane time there should be a cessation of warres from sixe weekes to sixe weekes vntill the first of May yet so as it might be free on both sides after fourteene dayes warning giuen to resume hostility afresh And if any of Tyrones confederates would not thereto consent to be prosecuted at the Lord Lieuetenants pleasure CHAPTER XIIII THe Queene was presently informed that in Ireland the Spring Summer and Autumne were spent without seruice vpon the Arch-rebell that her men were diminished large summes of money consumed without doing that for which he was sent that by this meanes the Rebels were incouraged and the Kingdome of Ireland laid at hazard to bee lost Whereupon the Queene wrote somewhat sharpely to the Lord Lieuetenant which mooued him so much as leauing his charge to bee managed by others he came into England hoping to pacifie the Queene When he came he was commanded to keepe his Chamber and soone after was committed to the custody of the Lord Keeper No sooner was the Lord Generall departed from Ireland but that Tyrone notwithstanding the cessation from warre drawing his Forces together tooke the field to whom Sir William Warren was sent to charge him with breach of promise he answered that his doings were according to couenants hauing giuen warning before his cause was iust for that the Lord Lieuctenant was committed in England vpon whose honor he reposed his whole estate neither would hee haue any thing to doe with the Councellors of Ireland Hereupon presuming vpon Spaine hee sent Odonel into Connaught receiued tumultuous persons strengthened the weake glorying euery where that hee would restore againe the ancient Religion and liberty of Ireland and expell the English out of Ireland To which end some money and munition was sent from Spaine and Indulgences from Rome And for an especiall fauour the Pope sent him a plume of Phoenix feathers for a Trophy of his victories Tyrone vnder pretence of deuotion in mid-winter went to the Monastery of Tipperary to worship the Crosse from thence hee sent out Mac Guir with a number of rifeling robbers to spoile and prey vpon the peaceable subiects with whom Sir Warram Saint Leger met and at the first incounter ranne Mac Guir through the body with a Lance and was likewise runne through with his Lance. Whereupon Tyrone made ready to returne from Monster sooner then was expected or himselfe meant At this time Charles Blunt Lord Mountioy was sent Lord Lieuetenant generall into Ireland At his first comming hearing that Tyrone was to depart out of Monster hee hastened to stop his passage in Feriall and there to giue him battell which the Earle preuented by taking another way hauing intelligence of the Lord Generall his designes The spring drawing on the Deputy put himselfe in his march toward Vlster with purpose to driue the Earle to a stand In the meane time Sir Henry Docwray at Loughfoil and Sir Maâ—thew Morgan at Belishanon planted the Garrisons which they effected with small resistance and repressed the Rebels in diuers ouerthrowes The Lord Generall likewise held Tyrone very hard and with light skirmishes euer put him to the worst sothat he now perceiuing his fortunes to decline withdrew himselfe backwards into his ould corners The Lord Lieuetenant entred in Lease the place of refuge and receit of all the Rebels in Leinster where hee shew Ony Mac Rory-Og chiefe of the family of the O Mores a bloudy bould and desperate yong man and so chased out the rest of his companions as that neuer since they were seene in those parts And though winter began to draw on yet marched hee forward to the entry of the Mairy three miles beyond Dundalk The passage into Vlster is euery way naturally cumbersome and it was helped by the Rebels who had fortified and blocked vp the entrance with fences of stakes stucke in the ground with hurdles ioyned together and stones in the midst with turfes of earth laid betweene hills woods and bogges and manned the place with a number of souldiers But the English brake through their Pallisadoes and beate backe the enemy The Lord Deputy placed a garrison eight miles from Armagh where in memory of Sir Iohn Norrice he named the Fort Mount Norrice In his returne he had many skirmishes At Carlingford the enemies were assembled to stop his way but were all discomfited and put to flight In the midst of winter hee entred the Glinnes that is the vallies of Leinster a secure receptacle of the Rebels There he brought into subiection Donel Spanioh Phelim Mac Pheogh and the O Tooles of whom he tooke hostages Then went he to Fereall and draue Tirell the most approued warriour of all the Rebels from his fastnesse that is his bogs and bushes vnto Vlster and after some other good seruices done here the spring approaching he marched into Vlster fortified Armaugh and remoued Tyrone from the Fort of Blacke-water where hee had fortified himselfe In the meane time the Pope and the King of Spaine laboured to maintaine the rebellion in Ireland and to helpe Tyrone Their agents were a Spaniard elected Archbishop of Dublin by the Pope the Bishop of Clowfort the Bishop of Killaloe and Archer a Iesuite These by prayers and promises of heauenly rewards perswaded the Spaniard to send succours into Ireland which hee did vnder the Generall Don Iohn d' Aquila a man that conceiued great hopes and was confident of much aid from the titular Earle Desmond and Florence Mac Carly a Rebell of great power wherein the man was much deceiued for Sir George Carew Lord President of Munster had preuented all his designes and sent them prisoners into England where they were fast Don Aquila with two thousand Spaniards of old trained souldiers with certaine Irish fugitiues landed at Kinsale in Monster the last of October Anno 1600. and presently published a writing wherein he stiled himselfe Master Generall and captaine of the Catholike King in the warres of God for holding and keeping the faith in Ireland this drew diuers distempered and cuill-affected persons on his side The Lord Deputy gathering his companies hasted to Kinsale and incamped neere vnto the Towne on the land side In the meane time Sir Richard Leuison with two of the Queenes shippes inclosed the hauen to forbid all accesse to the Spaniards Then on both sides the Canon played vpon the towne But newes was brought that two thousand Spaniards more were arriued at Bere hauen Baltimor and Castle hauen Sir Richard Leuison was imployed vpon them in which seruice he sunke fiue of their shippes Vnto these new landed Spaniards whose Leader was Alfonso o-campo O-donel ouer the ice by speedy iourneyes and vnknowne by-wayes repaired vnseene of the English And a few dayes after Tyrone himselfe with O Roik Raimund
vrge the Spaniard to helpe the conspiratours and to the end he might the more vehemently stirre him vp he promised if need were himselfe would goe for to helpe them and would ingage all the goods of the Sea Apostolike Chalices Crosses and holy Vestments Declaring that there was no difficultie in it if he would send Chapinus Vitellius with an Army into England from the Low-Countries Which thing the King of Spaine commanded to be done with great alacritie And the Pope provided money in the Netherlands These things were not pleasing to the Duke Dalva both because he enuied Vitellius this glory wherein he rather wished his owne sonne to be imployed and because he feared some hostile invasion out of France and proposed it to be considered whether England being overcome would fall to the Spaniard whether the French would not resist that proiect and whether the Pope were able to bring helpe enough to effect so great a matter Notwithstanding the Spanish King expressely commanded him to set vpon England Ridolf was sent backe with money to the Netherlands But see how God would haue it All the matter was opened to Elizabeth by a stranger without the Kingdome The Duke of Norfolke was apprehended and put to death Which thing the Pope tooke heavily the Spaniard condoled who before the Cardinall of Alexandria the Popes Nephew sayd that never any conspiracy was more advisedly begun nor concealed with more constancy and consent of minds which in all that time was not opened by any of the conspiratours that an Army might easily be sent out of the Low-Countries in the space of 24. houres which might suddenly haue taken the Queene and the Citie of London vnprovided restored Religion and set the Scots Queene in the Throne Especially when as Stukley an English fugitiue had vndertaken at the same time with the helpe of 3000. Spaniards to reduce all Ireland vnto the obedience of the King of Spaine and with one or two shippes to burne all the English Navy Thus farre Catena writeth of these things opening some things that before were not knowne to the English The Booke was Printed at Rome An Dom 1588. by the priviledge of Pope Pius V. This is the Narration of a Papist published at Rome by the authoritie of the Pope It may seeme strange to men that haue any feeling of the feare of God that a Pope should so boldly publish his owne shame to all the world The Pope doth practise treason against States sets his instruments to raise rebellions stirreth vp Princes against Princes one Kingdome against another and when he doth this he will not vnderstand that he is in this doing the instrument and servant of the Devill to disorder the world If any would excuse this as being done against an Heretike that excuse will not serue here for I speake not of excommunicating supposed Heretikes but of raising rebellions against Princes to set the subiects to murther the Prince or to stirre vp one Prince to murther another these things be wicked and vngracious practises but the Papists are growne to such an oâ—duration in these sinnes that they iudge these no sinnes to murther or secretly to poyson or by any horrible mischiefe to compasse their owne endes The things that are by the Lawes of God of Nature of Nations wicked and abominable against the ordinances which God hath set in the world must forsooth change their nature if the Pope command them nay if any of their superiours command such things their doctrine of blind obedience sets them vpon any mischiefe and so they doe not onely teach for doctrines mens traditions but make doctrines for mens destructions If the Popes presume that they haue such a priviledge that the things which are horrible sinnes in other men are no sinnes in them this were in effect as much as for the Pope to proclaime himselfe the Man of sinne that runneth into all sinfull courses with greedinesse with an open profession of the same For what can any man of sin doe more then to command sinne to warrant sin to commit sin to glory in sin If all this be done by the Pope who can iustly deny him this title of the Man of sinne But blessed be the name of God that alwayes delivered his Church here from such wicked practises and hath brought the mischiefe that these wicked men haue deuised vpon their owne head Now let all vnderstanding men iudge where God is where godlinesse is where Religion and the feare oâ— God is Whether with them that by bloudy vniust vnlawfull practises seeke their owne endes or with them that are persecuted by this bloudy Nation and in patience suffer all their mischievous and cruell practises committing the matter to God the revenger of bloud and trufting in God reioyce vnder his holy protection being kept in safety by him that commandeth all the world For what power could be able to keepe his Church from being swallowed vp by such cruell adversaries but onely the hand and holy protection of our God Must not we then glorifiâ— his name that hath done so great things for vs And for our adversaries they haue their power limited and they haue their time limited and set forth vnto them beyond which they cannot passe But the soules of them that rest vnder the Altar whose bloud hath beene shed on euery side by this bloudy generation for the testimony of Christ these cry out with a lowd voyce Vsquequo Domine How long Lord holy and true Doest thou not iudge and revenge our bloud on them that dwell on the earth Yet so blind are these bloud-suckers that they labour still to increase this cry but GOD will giue patience to his Saints and in his time cut off this wicked Nation Be not merciful O Lord to them that sin of malicious wickednesse Thus then this rebellion that was so â—â—rongly plotted so secretly carried was by the hand of God disappointed and broken into peices We haue cause to blesse the name of God therefore Praysed be the Lord that hath not given vs as a prey to their teeth Thus can we comfort our selues in God but can our adversaries comfort themselues in their owne mischeifes The issue was the Pope and the Spanyard were disappointed the World wondered how this State was so soone quieted The Earles Northumberland and Westmerland seduced by a Priest that the Pope had sent one Nicolas Morton came to Durham where they had the Masse set vp From thence they marched to Clifford Moore not far from Wetherbie where hearing that the Scots Queene for whose deliverance they tooke armes was carried from Tâ—tbery to Coventry vnder the custodie of the Earles of Shewsbury and Huntingdon and that the Earle of Sussex on the one side had gathered a strong army against them that Sir George Bowes was behind them having fortefied Bernard Castle that the Lord Scroop and the Earle of Cumberland had fortified Carliell gathered an armie there in readines that
the Souldiers of Berwick with the power of Northumberland were in New-castle they turned backe againe and besieged Bernard Castle Sir George Bowes and his brother Mr. Robert being driven by an hard siege and wanting provision yeelded the Castle and they and the souldiers were dismissed carrying their armes with them as it was covenanted vpon the first newes of the feares which the Earle of Sussex brought against them the Earles fled to Hexham from thence seeking by-wayes to Naworth Castle Whence the two Earles flâ—d into Scotland the Earle of Northumberland hid himselfe in the house of Hector of Harlaw an Armstrang having confidence in him that he would be true to him who notwithstanding for money betrayed him to the Regent of Scotland It was observed that Hector being before a rich man fell poore of a sudden and so hated generally that he never durst goe abroad in so much that the Proverb to take Hectors cloake is continued to this day among them when they would expresse a man that betrayeth his friend who trusted him The Earle was afterward delivered into England and condemned of high treason and beheaded Westmerland found meanes to hide him a while with Fernihurst and Bucklough and escaped into the Low-Countries where being susteined by a poore pension of the King of Spain he liued a poore life all his time This is the fruit of Popery It bringeth Noble houses to destruction It pittied their hearts against whom the rebellion was raised to see such Noble persons brought to such a destruction But the Pope is without pitty and mercy the Priests and Iesuites that bring such noble men into such snares haue no pitty nor mercy therefore it behooveth all noble persons to be wise and to avoyd pestiferous waies that is to shut their eares against Priests and Iesuites These be pernicious instruments that secretly convey themselues into great mens favour to bring them to ruine they tell them of the Religion of their Fathers but true Religion bringeth a blessing and Religion that bringeth alwayes a curse is to be suspected And to say truth the Religion of Rome as now is not the Religion of our Fathers For Religion was changed in the Tâ—ent Councell and therefore they cannot say they haue now that Religion which their Fathers had And that Religion was changed in the Trent Synod is by learned men sufficiently proued and we are readie to maintaine it for where the rule of faith is changed there must needs follow a change of Religion and a change of the Church But in the Trent Councell the rule of faith is changed And therefore men may obserue a great difference between these men that are now called Papists and their forefathers God blessed their Fathers because they serued God in sinceritie according to that measure of knowledge which was reuealed to them for he that serueth God truely according to that measure of knowledge which he hath and holdeth the rule of faith is without doubt accepted of God and God doth blesse such But after that God hath reuealed a greater measure of knowledge by the spreading of the savour of his Gospell they who then forsake the truth offred are followed with great curses And therefore we may plainly obserue the curses of God vpon them that forsake God and his truth Where the Pope curseth we see that God doth blesse and no 〈◊〉 followeth where God doth curâ—e we see destruction followeth This rebellion was scarce extinguished when another little flame rose from this greater combustion Leonard Dacres the second sonne of William Lord Dacres of Gillestand whose eldest brothers sonne was killed with a Valting horse was much grieued to see so great a patrimony to goe from him to the daughters of the Baroâ— whom the Duke of Norfolk their Father in law had ioyned in marriage with his sonnes This so troubled Leonard Dacres that having no other way to revenge himselfe he tooke the course of impatient and discontented men to revenge all vpon himselfe and ioyning himselfe to the rebells striued but in vaine to deliver the Scots Queene When they were in armes then was Leonard Dacres at Court and offred the Queene all his helpe against them and for that service was sent home But as it came to light afterward in his iourney by messengers with the rebels he had communication and incouraging them vndertooke to kill the Lord Scroop and the Bishop of Carliell Which when he could not effect he tooke Grastocke Castle and other houses of the Lord Dacres and fortified Naworth Castle holding it as in his owne right and gathered souldiers about him Against him came the Lord Hâ—nsdon with the trained souldiers of Berwick Leonard not trusting to his fortified places came to meet the Lord Hunsdon and meeting him when he passed the Riuer Gelt after a sharpe battell finding himselfe put to the worse his men killed he fled into Scotland And so went into the Low-Countries and in a poore estate died at Louaine The Queene by Proclamation pardoned the multitude which he had drawne to take his part This man run a strange course When he might haue beene out of danger he run into a quarrell which he might evidently see to be lost before he came to it But he was drunke with the cup of Rome for who would run such courses but drunken men It may teach others to beware of those that bring such poysoned and intoxicating cuppes from Rome CHAPTER III. TO proceed and to declare the pestilent fruit of the Popes excommunication which wrought still to the confusion of them that served it At this time in Ireland Edmond and Peter Botlers brethren to the Earle of Ormond ioyning with Iames fitz Morice of Desmondes family and with others â—ought to doe service to the Pope and Spanyard against Religion and with a purpose to draw Ireland away from the obedience of Queene Elizabeth To this end they made a league among themselues To inflame this rebellion Iohannes Mendoza came secretly out of Spaine and to extinguish the flame the Earle of Ormond went out of England into Ireland who laboured so effectually that he perswaded his brethren to submit themselues They were put in prison but that they might not be brought to iudgement the Earles daily intercession prevailed with the Queene It grieued the Earle exceedingly to see such a blot vpon so noble a family And the Queene was willing to preserue the honor of the house as for the reliques of that rebellion they were in short time dissipared by the wisedome of the Lord Deputy and the industry of Sir Humphrey Gilbert This was but a small motion but it sheweth the restles spirits of the Pope and Spanyard against our Church and State And we render thankes to God for breaking the purposes of our adversaries before they grew great This is his goodnes toward his Church and his iudgement vpon the adversaries The King of Spaine never rested to stirre vp troubles to Queene Elizabeth pretending the
deliverance of the Scots Queene but it appeareth that his intention was for himselfe as the Duke Dalva vnderstood it This is evident by that which we haue mentioned out of Catena For Duke Dalva was in some feare that if Queene Elizabeth were overthrowne yet the Kingdome of England might not fall to the Spanyard but to the French So that it was in their intention certainly to be cast vpon the French or Spanyard and here was no reckoning made of the Queene of Scots So that howsoever the pretence was for her deliverance yet there was another thing intended For seeing Queene Elizabeth was excommunicated and deposed if she could once be ouerthrowne then they made no other reckoning but that England would fall to the strongest Now the Spanyard thinking himselfe the stronger sought this prerogatiue for himselfe and therefore he ceased not to raise troubles to the Queene and the rather because he held it a thing impossible for him to recover the Low-Countries vnlesse he had England But because he found it a matter of great difficultie to set vpon England his first enterprise was to set vpon Ireland But when that succeeded not at last with all Forces that might be raised with many yeares preparations he set openly vpon England But these things are to be spoken in order Onely this I premise that we may know from whom all our troubles haue proceeded Many conspiracies brake out one after another vnder pretence of delivering the Queene of Scots To effect this thing Thomas Stanly and Edward his brother the yonger sonnes of the Earle of Darby Thomas Gerard Rolston Hall and other in Darâ—yshire conspired But the sonne of Râ—lston which was Pensioner to the Queene disclosed the conspiracy And they were imprisoned all except Hall who escaped into the 〈◊〉 of Man From whence by the commendation of the Bishop of Ross he was sent to Dumbrâ—toâ— Where when afterward the Castle was wonne he was taken and brought to London where he suffred death Before the Duke of Norfolk was beheaded there were that conspired to deliver him out of Prison The Bishop of Ross at this time a dangerous instrument against England and as dangerous against the Scots Queene for whom he laboured gaue desperate counsell to the Duke that with a choice company of Gentlemen he should intercept the Queene of a suddain and â—rouble the Parliament To shew that this was â—asâ—e he gaue some reasons But the Duke abhorred to heare of that counsell as pernicious and dangerous Sir Henry Percy at that time offred to the Bishop of Ross his helpe to free the Scots Queene so that Grange and Carr of â—ernihurst would receiue her at the borders and his brother the Earle of Northumberland might be delivered out of Scotland But when he was suspected for the inward faâ—iliaritie which he had with Burghly and deâ—erâ—ed the matter a longer time this counsell came to no effect As did also that of Powell of Samford one of the Gentlemâ—n Pencioâ—ariâ—s and of Owen one that belonged to â—he Earle of AruÌ„dell These two vndertooke the same busines also for the Scots Queenes deliverance but the Bishop of Ross stay'd that because he tooke them for men of a meaner ranke then to be â—it for â—hat busines After the Duke was the second time imprisoned many were for this matter imprisoned also The Earles of Arundell Southampton the Lord Luâ—ly the Lord Cobham Thomas his brother Sir Henry Percy Banister Lowther Godier Powell and others were committed who in hope of pardon told that they knew Barnes and Muthers ioyned with Herle in a bloudy practise to deliver the Duke and kill certaine of the Privy Councellers But Herle being the châ—efe in the villany opened the Proiect. When Bâ—rnes was brought before him found Herle to be the accuser he smiling vpon him said Herle thou hast prevented me if thou hadst stayed but one houre longer I should then haue stood in thy place the accuser and thou in my place to be hanged When Iohn Duke of Austria came into government of the Low-Countries he found the States strong The cruelty that the Duke of Dalva and others had vsed was so farre from bringing them into a servile subiection that it rather armed them with resolution to defend their liberties their lawes their religion and their liues Which may admonish great Princes to vse moderation in government for much hath beene lost by crueltie nothing gotten by it but nothing can serue to moderate restlesse spirits such a spirit brought Don Iohn with him into the Low-Countries who beholding the vnlucky ends of them that stroue to deliver the Queene of Scots he notwithstanding sought to worke her deliverance and to marry her and so to enioy both England and Scotland But to hide his purpose the better he made show of a perpetuall Edict for Peace as he called it and for that purpose sent Gastellus to Elizabeth Who throughly vnderstanding the Dukes meaning yet as if she had beene ignorant sent Daniel Rogers to Don Iohn to congratulate for his perpetuall Edict of Peace Albeit she certainly knew that he had resolved to deliver and marry the Scots Queene and in his conceit had devoured the Kingdomes of England and Scotland by the perswasion of the Earle of Westmerland and of other â—ugitiues and by favour and countenance of the Pope and the Guyses And that Don Iohn had a purpose out of hand to surprise the â—le of Man in the â—rish Seas that he might haue a fitter opportunitie to invade England out of Ireland and the North coast of Scotland where the Scots Queene had many at her deuotion and the opposite parts of England as Cumberland Lankyshire Cheshire Northwales had many that as he was informed favoured Popery The truth is Don Iohn of Austria as it was knowne from Peresius Secretary to the King of Spaine being before this carried away with ambition when he was disappointed of the hope which he had of the Kingdome of Tunis practised secretly with the Pope for the ouerthrow of Queene Elizabeth marrying of the Scots Queene and subduing of England That the Pope might excite the King of Spain to warre against England as out of a desire of the publique good Don Iohn before he came out of Spain to goe to the Netherlands did fâ—rward this motion in Spaine what he could and afterward sending Esconedus out of the Netherlands to Spaine did desire to haue the havens in Bisâ—ay whence a Navie might invade England But King Philip happily reserving England as a morsell for his owne mouth neglected Don Iohn as a man too ambitious Queene Elizabeth vnderstood not these things vntill the Prince of Orange opened them to her Don Iohn in the meane time prosecuteth the matter of the marriage with secresie And to dissemble the matter sent messengers to Queâ—ne Elizabeth to hold her with a tale of perpetuall peace but of a sudden brake out into warre and tooke divers Townes and
Burk Mac Mahun Randall Mac Surly Tirrell the Barron of Lixnawe with the choise of the Nobles making sixe thousand foot and fiue hundreth horse All confident of victory being fresh strong and more in number then the English who were out-wearied with a winter siege with scarcity of victuals their horse weake with fore trauell In this hope Tyrone vpon an hill not a mile from the English campe made a brauado two dayes together intending to haue put these new supplies of Spaniards with eight hundreth Irish by night into Kinsale as did appeare by letters intercepted from Don Aquila To preuent this the Lord Deputy appointed eight Ensignes to keepe watch and himselfe with the President of Monster and the Marshall at the foot of the hill chose out a conuenient plot to giue the Earle battell who the next morning seeing the English so forward by his bag-pipers sounded the retreat whom the Lord Generall followed and forced them to a stand in the brinke of a bogge where their horsemen were disordered and routed by the Earle of Clan-Ricard The maine battell was charged by the Lord Deputy himselfe who discharged the parts of a prouideâ—t Captaine and of a valiant souldier The rebels not able to withstand him brake their arrayes and fled confusedly in disorder In the pursuit many were slaine Tyrone O-donel and the rest flung away their weapons and shifted for themselues by flight Alfonso Ocampo and sixe Ensigne bearers were taken prisoners nine of their Ensignes were born away by the English and twelue hundreth Spaniards slaine This victory obtained dismaied both the Spaniards in Kinsale and the rebels Tyrone was forced into his starting holes in Vlster O-donel fled into Spaine The rest of the Rebels were driuen to hide themselues The Lord Generall returning to the siege of Kinsale began to raise Rampires and to mount his Cannons nearer the towne in which worke sixe dayes were spent without any impeach from the Spaniards Don Aquila seeking now to get cleare and be gone sent his Lieuetenant with the Drum-maior to the Lord Deputy wherein hee craued that some Gentleman of credit might bee sent into the towne with whom he might parly for peace The Lord Deputy sent Sir William Godolphin to whom Don Aquila signified that hee had found the Lord Deputy though his eager enemy yet an honourable person the Irish of no valour rude and vnciuill yea and that which hee sore feared persidious and false That hee was sent from the King of Spaine his Master to aide two Earles and now he much doubted whether there were any such in rerum natura considering that one tempestuous puffe of warre had blowne the one of them into Spaine and the other into the North so as they were no more to bee seene willing therefore he was to treate about a pace that might bee good for the English and not hurtfull to the Spaniards Albeit he wanted nothing requisite to the holding out of the siege and expected euery day out of Spaine fresh supplies to finde the English worke and trouble enough The matter thus proposed the English being weake and wearied with a winter-siege the Lord Deputy consented to an agreement vpon these Articles 1. That Iohn d'Aquila should quit the places which he held in the Kingdome of Ireland as well in the towne of Kinsale as in the Forts and Castle of Baltimar Berâ—hauen and Castle-hauen and should deliuer them vnto the Lord Deputy or to whom hee should appoint 2. That Don d' Aquila and his Spaniards should depart with armes money munition and banners displayed The souldiers notwithstanding to beare no Armes against the Queene of England till such time as they were vnâ—hipped in some part of Spaine 3. That Ships and Victuals should be granted to them in their departure for their money at such reasonable prises as the country could afford 4. That if contrary windes inforced them into any other part of Ireland or England they might bee intreated as friends with safety of harbour and prouisions necessary for their money 5. That a cessation should be from warre a security from iniuries 6. That the Shippes in which they should be imbarked might freely passe by other English Shippes without molestation and the Shippes arriuing in Spaine might safely returne backe againe without any impeachment of the Spaniards For security whereof the said Don d' Aquila should deliuer for hostages such three of their Captaines as the Lord Deputy would choose Tyrone seeing his hopes gone his men slaine his restlesse conscience gaue him no repose hee shifted from place to place in much feare and perplexity In the meane time the Lord Deputy refreshed his weary and winter-beaten souldiers repaired the decayes renewed the Garrisons in Monster This done hee departed for Dublin From thence toward the spring by an easie march well appointed hee returned into Vlster meaning to belay the enemy on euery side by planting his Forts so to take him in his toile thus comming to Blackwater hee transported his Army ouer the Riuer vpon floats and beneath the ould Fort he erected a new which thing so terrified the Rebell that he set on fire his owne house at Dunganon and got himselfe fartheâ— from danger The Lord Deputy followed him close spoiled the Corne-fields and burnt the villages and booties were brought in on euery side The Forts in Lough crew Lough Reogh and Magher lecond were yeelded vp and Garâ—isons placed in Lough Neaugh or Sidny and in Mâ—naghan whence with their continuall sallies they kept the enemies in such feare that they hid themselues in woods complaining and exclaiming against Tyrone that had brought them all to ruine for his priuate discontents and began to repent them so farre as they made hast who should first come in to the Lord Deputy The Earle seeing how the world went thought good to preuent the worst by his submission which in humble letters he sent to the Queene who gaue the Lord Deputy authority to pardon his life though hardly drawne to remit his offences his friends daily solicited the Lord Deputy for his peace which at last was granted to put his life and reuenues without any condition to the will of the Queene Whereupon all Mellifont accompanied with two persons and no more he had accesse to the Chamber of Presence where the Lord Deputy sate in a Chaire of Estate Tyrone in base and poore array with a deiected countenance at the first entrance fell downe vpon his knees and so rested till hee was commanded to arise and comming neerer stepping two paces he fell downe prostrate and with great submissâ—on acknowledged his sinnes against God and his fault against her Maiesty The next day the Lord Deputy departing from Dublin tooke Tyrone thither meaning to transport him for England But the death of Queene Elizabeth staied that designe and King Iames succeeding and being receiued with admirable loue of all sorts at his first entrance â—ardoned Tyrone And Ireland hath beene since held in greater peace