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A11227	The gouernment of Ireland vnder the honorable, iust, and wise gouernour Sir Iohn Perrot Knight, one of the Priuy Councell to Queene Elizabeth, beginning 1584. and ending 1588 Being the first booke of the continuation of the historie of that kingdome, formerly set forth to the yeare 1584, and now continued to this present 1626. Whereof the rest succeeding this already collected, but not fully perfected, shall shortly follow.	E. C. S, fl. 1626.	1626 (1626)	STC 21490; ESTC S116308	77,201	172

met him in Connaught with Mac Morris Oswilliuan More the Knight of Kerry and certaine Septs of the Galloglasses who accompanied him to Limbrick where there came vnto him all the principall persons of that Prouince sauing the chiefe of the County of Corke as the Lords Barry and Roche Sir Owen-Mac-Carthie and others who did accompany their Sheriffe Sir William Stanley prouided to entertaine him and present themselues vpon the Confines of their owne County but were preuented by the Northerne newes already mentioned the Deputy hauing changed his purpose of visiting those parts Malachias Amalone a Fryar conuerted In this passage thorow Connaught Malachias Amalone brother to Mac William Eughter who had long beene a Fryar was brought vnto him and by him with priuate consultation and dispute made to vnderstand his errours Hee publiquely and before a great Assembly did renounce the Pope and Romish Religion gaue ouer his order and habit and made his Recantation by professing himselfe a Protestant and conformable to the Religion established in her Maiesties Dominions With these courses of Prouidence Iustice ending of Controuersies and taking security for the preseruation of future Peace the people generally seemed to be well pleased and satisfied but in nothing more then with the correction of the Sheriffes corruptions and limiting them to a small number of followers who had formerly vsed with Multitudes to trauaile and Cesse vnder colour of Seruice to the grieuous oppression of the Country so as mixing the peoples case from exaction with their reformation they gladly yeelded to the hardest conditions that colde bee desired to keepe them in obedience and due subiection These parts being left to the care of the Iustices and other selected Commissioners The Deputy retired with as much celerity as hee could towards Dublin and in his way as hee passed through Leix hee tooke Pledges of Fiaugh Order taken with the heads of Lemster for the certainty of their obedience Mac Hugh the Fierbrand of the Mountaines betweene Dublin and Wexford which were his Sonne and Vncle and for the rest of his Sept the Obyms and O-Tooles Sir Henry Harrington the Captaine and Commaunder of that Country was appointed to receiue the li●e The two brethren of the Oconnors who vsed to be followed with great troupes of Sauaging and idle people doing and threatning mischiefe to the Queene and Kings Counties and the parts adioyning submitted themselues there to the Deputy and were by him reduced to a more orderly course by putting away their idle men and bringing their Sept and followers into a smaller proportion according to their quality After the death of Iames More alias Meigh the Mores who challenge dominion in L●ix were deuide into two or three Septs them the Deputy caused to render Pledges for their Loyalties as the Oconnors had done The Cana●aghs not being ready with their Pledges who are the bordering busie men of the Counties of Wexford Catherlogh and Kildare were respited to performe the same to Sir Henry Wallop Sir Nicholas Walsh and other Commissioners appointed for the suruaying the Forts of Mary Burgh and Philips Towne The Forts of Mary-Burgh and Philips Towne built by the Earle of Sussex Philips Towne and the Kings County was assigned to the commaund of Sir George Bourgier and Mary Burgh with the Queenes County to Captaine Warham St. Leger which Forts were built and Counties so named in Queene Maries time by the Earle of Sussex then Lieutenant of Ireland before begun by Edward Bollingham being otherwise called Leix and Ophaly these being the first Counties that The King and Queens Counties diuided by the Earle of Sussex had beene in this Kingdome since King Iohns Reigne at what time the twelue first Shires were established which enlarging of the English Plantation was a Seruice of very great moment those two Irish Septs of Mores and Oconnors possessing these two Countries being the most powerfull Rebels of Lemster at that time and by this good Earle and his Predecessour happily brought vnder The Orealies as wel Sir Iohn as Philip being then in controuersie were thence sūmoned by the Lord Deputy to repaire to him at Dublin which shortly after they performed and submitted their cause to his order who appeased their controuersie by setling an indifferent course betweene them to both their lykings Hauing secured all the Westerne parts in the manner as is declared which was certified vnto England by those of the Priuie Councell that attended him in this iourney he repaired to Dublin vpon the 9. day of August hauing bin absent a moneth wanting two daies where he remained sixteene dayes to make prouision of conuenient power and meanes for his Northerne iourney for to resist the Inuasion of the Scottish Ilanders whereof his intelligence did dayly encrease and to suppresse the rebellious purpose of the Vlster Confederates making the greater hast to keepe them from vniting His force which hee could on such a suddaine make was the Earle of Ormond and his Rising out The Earle of Thomond and his The Army for the North. From Mounster the Lord Barrys his Rising out sent by his brother The Lord Roche and Fitz Gibon called the white Knight with theirs The rising out of the County of Kildare The Lord of Trimelstowne with the rising out of Meathe The Vice-Count Gorm●nstowne and the Lord of Heathe with other rising out of the English Pale being such of the olde English discent as were tyed by their tenures and custome of Seruice to leauy certaine Horse and Foote called Risings out to attend the Deputy or chiefe Gouernour for a time without the Princes charge in all Seruices of importance when hee went himselfe in person To these were added ten English Companies of Foote of one hundred in each Company vnder the Command 1 Sir Henry Wallops Company commanded by his Lieutenant 2 Captaine Rees ap Hugh the Prouost Marshall 3 Captaine Thomas Lea. 4 Captaine Bethell 5 Captaine Randal Brewerton 6 Captaine Merryman 7 Captaine Mince 8 Captaine Parker 9 Captaine Collum 10 Captaine Bangor These Companies Risings out and some halfe Companies of Kerne brought by particular Irish Lords being ready The Deputy accompanied with the afore-named Lords Generall Norreys Lord President of Mo●nster Sir Nicholas Bagnall then Marshall of Ireland Captaine Iaques Wingfield then Master of the Ordnance Sir George Bourchier Sir William Stanley Mr. Thomas Norreys Sir Henry Harrington all Gouernours Commanders and most of them ancient Captaines well experienced with him likewise went Sir Robert Dillon chief Iustice of the Common Pleas Sir Lucas Dillon chiefe Baron of the Exchequer Sir Nicholas White Master of the Rolls Master Ieffrey Fenton Secretary of the State Master Henry Bagnall Sir Edward Denny Sir Iohn Tyrrell of Farrtallaugh Master Dudleigh Bagnall Sir Henry Cooley Sir Thomas More Sir Anthony Brabauson Warham Saint Leger Henry Warren and William Warren his brother set-forwards from Dublin the fiue and twenty day of August and came to the Newry the 29. thereof where

diligence and tooke in good part all his doings as proceeding from a speciall zeale to doe her seruice yet finding or suspecting a taxe withall to bee layde on his iudgement in some matters which did arise as he conceiued from the perswasion of his Euemies his nature would not suffer him to The Deputy writeih to the Queene suppresse or conceale his griefe Hee therefore wrote ouer vnto her as hee had already done vnto the Lords of her Counsaile shewing the good successe of his late Northerne iourney with the necessity thereof and the content of the Councell thereunto and to his proceeding in tendering the Oath of obedience hee pleaded warrant and pollicie of State and to all the other allegations as of Nouelties and supposed inconuemencies hee replyed that they were malicious furmises and without cause of doubt therein as his Aduersary pretended alleadging a dangerous consequence to breede feare doubt and disquietnesse in the Natiues which were but suggestions to hinder such seruices as would easily be performed without perill finding now the pride and power of the euill affected Irish to be altogether abated and the people enclined to yeeld conformity vnto his commandements Therefore it seemed fit to him to take the opportunity which the time offered to worke that which former time could not compasse But finding all this how necessary so euer crossed by them which should rather haue giuen furtherance to it construing his actions astending to innouation likely to stirre dissention and produce danger He confessed that he was much disconraged but yet would pursue his course in the best manner he could being so restrayned For the view of mens Charters wherewith hee was charged hee denied that euer he intended much lesse practised the Accusers malice and slander Hee confessed that hee had vrged some of them to take the Oath of obedience and gaue his reason for it for finding their obstinacie and repugnance to reason in Parliament he held this the best meanes to try their sidelily by concluding with all humility which tasted something neuerthelesse of passion and griefe for it must needes trouble him to see his zealous care to assure all things to the good of his Prince mistaken by the malice of his Aduersaries whose whole ayme being but at their owne particular were not so sensible as they should haue beene how they euerted the publique by pudling the water wherein their fish lay And to strengthen this their information to the end hee might be made the more distastfull to her Maiestie and the Lords of her Counsell Some of the Lords of the English Pale are incited The Lords of the English Pale write against the Deputy to write vnto the Queene 15 Iuly 1585 in complaint against the Deputy that ouer and besides a composition of two thousand pounds yearely reuennew formerly made in lieu of Cess and other charges claimed to belong by Prerogatiue vnto the State from the fiue Counties of the English Pale hee intended to impose a second charge of fifteene hundred pound per Anum sterling so making the yoake of her Gouernment to appeare heauie and insupportable But not long after some of those Lords finding themselues abused as the Vicount Gormanstowne the Lords of Slany The Lords by another Letter recanted their errour Heathe and Trimelstene by another Letter recanted their errour expressing sorrow for mistaking the Deputies meaning acknowledging his fatherly care of them the Country for those were the words of their Letter and that they would not haue written against him neither for the former particular nor for the suspension of Poynings Act if they had discerned or vnderstood what they now found of his disposition to doe them and the Country right This shewes in what a slippery seare they fit that gouerne that Kingdome for Innocencie is not alwayes safe though it be euer best for it cannot bee free from imputation when it is free from corruption the vnder-Instruments of State aduauncing themselues thereby Notwithstanding these complaints crossings and backbitings the Deputy like a carefull Common-wealths man and iust seruant to his Prince professed he would proceede on to the discharge of his duty as long as he held that place esteeming it better to be disgraced for doing well then to be remiss in doing well Therefore care is had to settle a Composition in Cannaught sutable to that in Vlster begun for the encrease of the Crownes reuennew and setling of some certainty in that Prouince betwixt the Lords and their Tenants for the preuention of such mischiefes as had happened formerly there by their disagreement and for the reformation of such enormities as were frequent by the dependencie of the mean person vpon the chiefe Lords To this purpose in the same yeare so soone as the late begun troubles of Vlster were pacified and the other Prouinces of Ireland began to be plyable and conformable to Iustice and Peace A commission is directed to Sir Richard Commission sent into Connaught for making the composition Bingham the Gouernour of Connaught Sir Nicholas White Master of the Rowles Sir Thomas Lestrange Charles Calthorpe the Queenes Attourney Generall Thomas Dillon Chiefe Iustice of Connaught Gerard Comeford Attourney there and Francis Barkeley to enter into a course for procuring a composition with the principall Lords spirituall and temporall The Chiefetaines of Countries Gentlemen and Free-holders of that Prouince of Connaught to passe vnto the Queenes Maiesty her Heires and Successours a graunt of tenne shillings English or a marke Irish vpon euery quarter of land containing 120 Acres manured or to be manured as the phrase went and was significantly set downe that beares either horne or corne that was with tillage or cattell in lieu and consideration to bee discharged from other Cess taxation or tallage excepting the rising out of Horse and Foote for the Seruice of the Prince and State such as should be particularly agreed vpon and some certaine dayes labour for building and fortifaction for the safety of the people and Kingdome According to which Commission and the directions therein contained These Commissioners did trauaile through the seuerall Counties of Connaught first calling and conferring with the Lords Chiefetaines Gentlemen and Free-holders in their seuerall Precincts and Possessions to finde their dispositions how farre they were willing to condiscend and yeeld to such a course for the satisfaction of their Prince and freedome of themselues from further burthens to make their charge certaine and that but small These things well The Commissioners handled the Commission discreetly propounded and discreetly prosecuted most and in a manner all the principall possessours of land in that Prouince as they were generally dealt withall did assent to this contribution for their owne ease as well as for the satisfaction and seruice of the Prince of the first themselues were sensible of the other they had onely aduertisement from the Commissioners being well chosen for that purpose especially Sir Richard Bingham the Gouernour then

within a mile of the Towne met him Tirlogh Leynaughs first comming to the Deputy Tirlogh Leynaugh the chiefe man of Vister whose rebellious spirit as well by the report was giuen of the Deputies Iustice and sincerity as the aduise of his Mounster friends being quieted he presented himselfe to the Deputies fauour without either pardon or protection for his late seditious Conspiracie whom the Deputy entertained with a louing but graue countenance accepted his submission and promise to the State of duty and obedience for the performance whereof he willingly put in Pledges During his stay and abode here there came vnto him vpon his commandement The heads of Vister come to the Deputy vpon his word and word of safety Magenize Mac Mahone Tirlogh Braselogh and the Irish Captaines and Commanders of the Phews Farry Clancarrol Kilwarlen Killultagh and those of Clanyboys side and others the chiefe borderers from whom appointing Pledges to be taken he assured their Countries So as no doubt of Insurrection behinde him could happen when he should be aduanced to the Enemie and Rebels abroad From whence hee marched forwards with his Forces towards Surleboys and his inuading Ilanders who hearing of his approach with more power and speede then they expected celerity being the onely aduantage to a Commaunder and the greatest dismay to an vnresolued Enemy were much appalled withall vnderstanding that the Deputy had sent Shipping to surprise their Gallies lying at Loghfoyle as hee had secured the whole Country those men attending him with their Forces whom they expected to be their partakers So as their hoped for friends were now become their assured Enemies They made a quick retreate to Loghfoyle and The retreat of the Scots to Loghfoyle and their escape thence escaped away in their Gallies before the approach of the Shipping who came ere they were passed Kenne So as for a while they gaue chase to them though to no purpose This vnhappy escape of the Ilanders was imputed to the negligence of the Sea Commanders the Deputy hauing prouided against it sending the Shipps in good time fore-seeing what these barbarous Sauages were likely to doe vpon his approach but it was excused by the suddaine springing of a leake which enforced their stay till it was mended These fugitlues by this aduange being escaped made the danger of Surlcboys Confederacie seeme small Neuerthelesse as well to answere her Maiesties charge as to punish the Animatours of this Inuasion Surleboye Ocane Bryan Caraugh and others standing yet vpon ill terms encouraged by the strength of their fastnesse and their hope to hold out till the approach of vnseasonable weather Winter hastening on The Deputy proceeded on to the Riuer of Bande where hee diuided his Force into two parts to pursue them vpon both sides The Deputy deuides his Army of the Riuer Himselfe with the Earle of Ormond and the rest of the Nobility kept the side of Claniboy the other part of the Army hee put vnder the Conduct of Generall Norreys which notwithstanding his great Command ouer great Armies in the Low-Countries where he had achiued famous Victories he tooke no skorne of willing to expresse his readinesse to serue his Prince and Countrey in any kinde who accompaned with the Baron of Donganon kept vpon Tyrone The Baron of Donganons insinuating with Generall Norreys side Where this wyly Serpent Donganon so behaued himselfe to this braue hearted Norreys as it bredd such an affection that after was the cause through the treacherous Nature of this Rebell of much mischiefe to the State and dishonour to the neuer enough praysed Norreys such force hath fawning seruility oftentimes to catch hold of a Noble Nature and indeed so great was the witt of this fatall Villany as to diue into and apply himselfe satisfactorily vnto all dispositions and to change himselfe like Proteus into all shapes that might bring aduantage to his Treasons hatched with him in his Cradle The Deputy spoyled Bryan Caraughs Countrey and forced him and Surleboy to fly into Glancom-K●ne with their Criaghts and Cowes which is the strongest and The Preying of Ochane by Generall Norreys greatest fastnesse in the North. Generall Norreys ouerslipping Surleboy fell vpon Ochane and tooke from him a Prey of two hundred Cowes which gaue the Soldier good reliefe Bryan Canaughs falling vpon the Horse-Boyes but a hundred Horse-boyes and Lacqueis belonging to his Troopes Scauaging abroad and ranging loosely as their manner is being carelesse of a flying enemy were cut in pieces by Bryan Caraughs men Vpon this their stragling through their cry when the Rebell light vpon them some of the Forces flew into their reskue Where laques Sir William Stanleys Lieutenant was hurt with a Skottish Arrow and Ouenton the Baron of Donganons Lieutenant likewise Thus Boyes follies sometimes procure mens harmes but if these two had then lost their liues the losse had beene small if not gaine they after proouing bad members to their Countrey Vpon the reuolt of Sir William Stanley in the Low-Countries and in the late and great Rebellion of Tyrone wherein Ouenton was a principall Firebrand At this time Master Master Thomas Norreys hurt and Mr. Lambart taken prisoner Thomas Norreys was hurt in the knee with an Arrow and Master Oliuer Lambart then a priuate man but since a speciall Commander was taken Prisoner in Ochanes Countrey Captain Merrymans preying the Rebels Captaine Merryman the day before brought a prey of Cowes out of the Rebels fastnesse vnto the Deputies Campe. The day after Generall Generall Norreys preying Bryan Caragh Norreys hauing passed the great woodes of Glancom Kewe preyed Bryan Caraughs country at the bottome of the Glimes and slew them that were put to defend them Ochane finding his Country harrowed his Ochanes submision men destroyed and himselfe straightly pursued sued for mercy and obtayned it wherevpon his submission and putting in pledges he receaued a graue but sharpe admonition from the Deputy being the first pardoned man that had committed acte of hostillity since his comming to the gouernement where the reproofe was notso great to Ocane as it was a lesson to the standers by who might in time prooue little better affected to the State then he had bin Surleboys prosecuted by Generall Norreys Surleyboyes flying the Lord Deputies side betooke himselfe into his strong fastnesse which he trusted to but the Deputy desirous to bring him into a straight sent ouer more Horse and Foote with most of the Kerne from his owne side to Generall Noris conceiuing that hee by deuiding his force with such draughts as might be made by espialls might doe good Seruice vpon this sugitiue by forceing him into such extremity as hee should not escape without death or yeelding In the meane time himselfe with the rest of his Force besieged the strong Castle of Don Luce which though but a small Pile Don Luce besieged yet in respect of the Seate is one of the most