THE TRUE EXEMPLARY, AND REMARKABLE HIStory of the Earl of Tirone:  
Wherein the manner of his first presumption, affrighting both England and Ireland with his own and the King of Spain's Forces, and the misery of his ensuing dejection, downfall, and utter banishment is truly related:  
Not from the report of others, or collection of Authors, but by him who was an eye witness of his fearful wretchedness, and final extirpation.  
Written by T. G. Esquire.  
LONDON, Printed by G. P. for Ralph Rownthwaite, and are to be sold at the sign of the Flower de-Luce and Crown, in Paul's Church Yard. 1619.   

Est vero ubi silentium sermone potius sit: est porro ubi silentio sermo.  Eurip: Orestes:  

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, THE Earl of Clenricard, Governor of Conach, and Councillor of State in his majesties Kingdom of Ireland.  
RIGHT HONOURABLE:  
I Have myself been an eye-witness of your Loyalty, and general love to our Country, or if you please, the Majesty of England, and can resolve the strangest humor'st; that never man deserved better of the State, than yourself for many employments: But especially, when I saw you Knighted in the Field (and none but yourself) yea the dirty fields before Kinsole, my heart leapt for joy to apprehend, that your Virtue and worth commanded that addition of Honour, without which, let ambitious hastiness imagine what it list, Princes cannot set their best Favourites on a more substantial Seat of glorious eminence: And thus much for the general. For particulars, I was in those days beholding to your Table and Purse, and in a manner the third Officer of your Regiment; as it pleased you to grace and favour me far beyond my desert. All which considered, as I have great reason to be thankful unto you, so could I think of no better means, than this poor Dedication: First, because I am resolved it will outlast a Marble Tomb, and when Death hath undertaken to obliterate our memories, yet shall afterages demand, who this Earl of Clenricard was, and wish from their hearts, that the Noble men of their times would set you before them for a Mirror: Secondly, because it is the remarkeablest Story of Ireland, and a business so well known to yourself, that I submit to your better judgement, if I have failed in any thing: Thirdly, because I am taught by experience, that there is no presenting of Books to any man, without a primordial acquaintance, secret supportation, or (as we call it) Court friendship. Last of all, and I hope the best of all, because it may stand in the stead of Precept, or Caution to detain such worthy persons within their own Circles, or divert them from presuming on any power against such a Prince, as the Monarch of Great Britain, of government, as the Majesty of England: In which assurance, I leave you to the Commander of all Thoughts, Words, and Actions, submitting myself and the work, to your favourable censure, and Honourable acceptation.  
Your Honours humbly devoted, Th. Gainsforde.   

THE EXEMPLARY HISTORY AND Lamentable dejection of the Heart of Tyrone.  
THEY, which writ of the Basilisck, and would seem to dispel the vapours of ignorance, with the strong and swift wind of knowledge: report, that whosoever he looks upon, dies the death, but if he be first discovered, his own venom poisons himself: whereupon Treasons are resembled to his eyes, which of their own nature must needs prevail without prevention, but made apparent by some timely intelligence, they are broken as we say, in the shell; and strangled in the Womb: Notwithstanding, such hath been the secrets of Innovation, and disposition of turbulent spirits, that they ever had a trick to fly to foreign Princes for refuge, when their own designs were unable to stand upright in the frame of government. And although I never read of subject, that returned to recover his estate, or purposes, by the mere coadiutement of a foreign King (except that King projected for himself, to make another's disloyalty the steps to stand more firmly upon, and raise his own ambition to a greater height) yet have they not desisted to follow the deceits of their own hearts, and as the jews found a rotten Reed and broken Staff of Egypt, undertaken impossibilities, to the destruction of infinite thousands, and at the best but the saving of their own lives for a time.  
For although Hadad an Edomite of the King's seed fled unto Pharaoh King of Egypt, who gave him a House, Land, and the sister of his wife, even Taphnes the Queen, whereby it should seem he thrived in his revolt: Yet alas was it so far from prejudicing of Solomon, that he only discovered a willingness, without power or means to disturb the State, and made the great King stand on his guard the better: Although jeroboam fled unto Sisag, continuing there unto the death of Solomon, and so received as it were supportation in his Treasons: Yet it was the revolt of the ten Tribes, and the curse which branded salomon's Idolatry, made Israel rebel against Rehoboam, and settled this Servant in his Master's Throne: Although as Herodotus reporteth, that Harpagus Medus (after Astyages had with great immanity murdered his Son) fled unto Cirus into Persia, in hope of revenge, and so set the East and whole Asia in combustion: Yet alas he only made havoc of his Country, and brought a stranger to possess both the Monarchies.  
If you overlook the story of Hannibal, and would know, what entertainment he had with Prusias King of Bithynia, you shall find him a miserable spectacle of dejection, and that he only opened him the doors of death, scarce affording him leisure to enter, before he was delivered into the hands of scorn, according to their intention to lead him captive to Rome. Look upon Pompey's miseries, who fled unto Ptolemy his supposed friend: but to what end? Even to be brought to the house of slaughter, for fear of the prevailer: What could Cleopatra avail her Anthony, or Lepidus, Sestus Pompeius, and infinite others, sufficiently shroud themselves under foreign shades, when the greater clouds were thickened to rain down shewres of devastation, upon their heads? and Octavius held up his head in the turbulent Sea of those civil wars. And thus could I send you into the wild fields of instances (especially concerning traitors, who were all choked with this Machiavellian Position of admitting the Treason, but not suborning the Traitors) did I not purpose to disclaim an uncivil uncovering the hoary head of Antiquity, and divulge this Principle, that there is no confidence in Princes, further than the revolts of others may second their own business, and the private quarrels of a kingdom weaken themselves for a stranger's admission, which yet must be done by the factions, and coadiutements of the same Nation: Therefore I stand amazed at the fanatical hopes of divers Spirits in our nation, that in those days relied upon the supportation of Spain, & are still confident on the blessings and cursings of the Pope, especially his ridiculous excommunicating of Princes, now laughed at through the World; when they cannot afford me one example, neither domestic, nor foreign; neither obsolete or modern; neither divine nor profane, of any subject stepping awry into the by-ways of rebellion or insurrection, that was established by a foreign Prince, except that Prince (as I said before) projected by such a bridge to transport his own power for his own ends, and private satisfaction; But I would feign disclaim any uncivil opening the graves of the Dead; and content myself with displaying the colours of time, not yet elapsed from our own memories.  
When the children of that worthy Edmond Ironside fled into Hungary from that prevailing greatness of Canutus, I do not read of their triumphant return, nor other establishment against that brave Dane, till the factions of England broke out into flames of their private revenges. When Henry the second had crowned his son King of England, and that the impatient young man could not endure his own Father in the competition, the Story says, the Prince with his brethren fled into France, but how they returned; how they prospered; & how they were supported, it is lamentable one way to report, and remarkable another way to relate. In that deplorable business of Edward the second, when his wife and son presumed on the assistance of the French King; I hope it was not that power which established the young Prince, but the authority of Mortimer that suppressed the misled King: When Henry the fourth prevailed, Queen Isabel fled to her own brother, about the restoring of Richard 2. but to what purpose? To bemoan her remediless griefs, and return, (if ever she did return) without supplement of sufficient assistance: The Earl of Richmond, though afterward Henry the seventh, in the confused times of the Yorkest prevailings, went into Britain, and so into France, but how he had like to have been served, Peter Landoise the Secretary, and the King's gold could then have unveiled the corruption of either, and when that Fortune led him by the hand, to place out the measures of victories, I hope it was no French power, but English Friends and the justice of Divine providence, which seated him so happily in the Throne of greatness: How Perkin Warbeck, for all his exhaled vapouring, went forward assisted by the Scottish policy, Flemish credulity, and inveterat malice of the Duchess of Burgundy, against the house of Lancaster, our stages of London, have instructed those which cannot read: How the Earl of Westmoreland, and numbers of English fugitives, have been entertained abroad, some overthrown with calamitous desperation, some colluded with the incantations of Friars & religious miracles, some distracted with guiltiness of Conscience, some transfounded with ambitious prosecutions, & some prevaricated with an outward glory of Military profession, all men can discover with repining eyes, or else let them overlook a well compacted breviary to the same purpose, discoursing of the entertainment of English fugitives beyond the Seas.  
In the heat of our Enmity with Spain, Don Antonio King of Portugal flies under the covert of a Princely protection, which to the admiration of the World so expanded itself, that we brought him to the gates of Lisbon, but were deceived with his presumptuous weakness, and over-credulous information: Somewhat near the same account, another personating the King Sebastian, supposedly slain in the fields of Barbary, astonished Florence and Venice, with many prevailing probabilities of his life, but the King of Spain was in the strength of a new possession, and the Italians too fearful to raise up a Spirit they knew not how to conjure down again: If you would commiserate the misfortunes of Stukely, I could Catalogue all his proceed, and relate, that the best glory of his entertainment, both with the King of Spain and the Pope, consisted in some poor mercenary allowances, and when it was at the highest, to flourish only with the titular dignity of the marquess of Dubline: but alas it wanted the essential parts and props of such a business, Men▪ and Treasure, so that I may very well conclude against all such exhalations, and infatuated men, with the significant Poet, 
Non ideo debet pelago se credere, si qua  
audet in exiguo ludere cimbalacu.   
What say you to Antonio de Peres? for whom the wars of Arragon burst forth into the reproach of seditious revolts, and tumultuary disobedience? was he not a while suffulciated amongst us! until those unlooked for conditions of peace, hung down the heads of many military and noble minded English, sending him to put his confidence in God, for the Princes of the World had failed him: You have heard how the Duchy of Milan was as it were dilacerated with troubles, and posted over from perplexity to perplexity, until the Emperor Charles the fift made it a meritorious act, to secure it under the strength of his protection: but alas! he quickly left them staggering in their weakness, and widened his own embraces to hug them warm for himself, and keep them close to the Majesty of Spain. What say you to the Duke de Maine, and many of that French League; how did they excruciate themselves, to be shouldered aside from their expectation of foreign coadiutement? and when they had laboured to hide themselves in the Reeds of the archdukes Pools, yet were they feign to make themselves clean again, by a contrary submission in the springs of their own Country, assuring the malcontents of their combination, that no Prince will hazard the peace of his Country, and Treasure of his Commonwealth, for any foreign Subject living, unless as in many places before, the project is contrived for their own glory or benefit.  
I could begin again, with the unnatural distractions of the Wars between Lancaster and York, when Queen Margaret the Virago of her time, and her faction fled both into Scotland and France, but with what comforts of supportation there, and relief at home, the Catastrophes of her husband and son can delineate her misfortunes, and her own dismission out of England be a sufficient warning to all disastrous Princes, especially seditious Subjects, neither to trust their own strength, & friends in unjustifiable proceed, lest with Phaeton's wilfulness, they find the suns horses too too headstrong for their managing, nor be too confident in the best adversity on the presidiary helps of a Stranger, if once the business tend to draw an Army into the field, and as it were to pull off the Gates of another's Majesty over the hinges: But of all other, the history of Tirone and Terconell, is most lamentable, and remarkable, who while I was in Italy passed by Milan to Rome, but in such a manner, as if Zedechias eyes were put out, and the Princes of juda carried captive to Babylon before the Monarch of the East: for his entertainment with Spain was no better than in a common Inn at Milbane, with a common trick to grace and flatter him with a foolish title of the Prince of Ireland, and at Rome he was the subjects of Charity, and had only a poor supplement from some special Cardinals: yet because I have been a spectator of this flourishing Tree, like the Chaldeans vision, and saw his blasting and fall of Leaves, as the Figtree cursed by our Saviour, give me leave▪ to be beholding to Mr Cambdens' compendious discourse, and with some additions of my own, set him thus on the Stage of fearful admiration.  
Thus much by way of Introduction. The Story follows.   

THE HISTORY OF THE EARL of Tirone.  
I Will here desist from any dilations of Irish business of old, or mention of the great Oneale, who, as they say, before the coming of Saint Patrick possessed Ulster, and most parts of Ireland, shining as the Sun of the same, until the conquest from England obscured his light, and taught his barbarous immanity another manner of obedience, and lesson of submission to a greater Majesty, by which occasion this ambitious family was in a manner suppressed, and lost that seeming lustre, where with it graced the North of Ireland, yea the whole Island, lying close to the shore, and not daring once to launch forth into the Ocean of turbulent dissension, or refractory contesting with England, until Edward de Bruse of Scotland proclaimed himself King of Ireland. Then Dovenaldus Oneale impatient of such indignity, launched forth by degrees into the Channel of a new disturbance, and held up his head, as presuming on his own Greatness equal to bruises, and so in his letters and submission to the Pope, accustomed the titles of heir of Ireland, King of Ulster, and one of the sons of the mother Church: But that trouble appeased, these new Kings were separated, and their united Greatness even in their posterity disjointed, until again, that implacable contention between the two Families of York and Lancaster, not only deformed the prosperity of England, but according to the prevailing of factious Greatness, sent over divers Governors, their particeans into Ireland, who still temporising with the strongest party, and contriving for their private, lest the general cause at random, and were indeed unable to redact to any uniformity of government the disparity of Irish obedience, and so gave way unto this ambitious, insulting, and rude people to hold up their heads, and advance themselves, as high as their own titles, the law Tanist, and liberty of nature could dignify them.  
Whereupon Harry Oneale the son of Oenus or Eugenius, matched himself with the daughter of Th. Earl of Kildare, & his son Con More, or great Con, married the daughter of Gerald Earl of Kildare, his own mother's Niece, whereby united to the flourishing colours of the Geraldines, which many years had been displayed in Ireland, and swelled with the fullness of a most uberant family, they began (besides a strange elation of their spirits) with a tyrannous suppression of their own Nation, and this Con More despised all titles of either Prince▪ Duke, marquess or Earl in respect of the name of Oneale: To this Con succeeded another Con, surnamed Banco, or Lance, whose inveterate hate against the English was such, that he cursed his posterity if either they learned the language, sowed any wheat, or builded houses: This man's greatness bred him envy in the Court of England, & according to the misery of all times, there wanted not private whisperers, yea flatterers of Princes, by whose suggestion that famous King Henry the eight was jealous of his power, especially when it was corroborated by that factious house of Kildare, whose story alone is of worthy memory, and affordeth so many excellent observations, that I wish them folded up, as it were in one carpet, to be spread abroad with handsomeness for our delight and understanding.  
But when the strength of our armies, and fortune of the wars had both overawed their weakness, and reduced to good order those dangerous enemies, bringing them into the school of correction for their misdemeanours, and reformation for their incivility: This Con was compelled to prostrate himself before the Majesty of England, and so disclaimnig the title of Oneale, by Letters-Patents was created Earl of Tirone, his eldest son Matthew (though suspected a Bastard) Baron of Dunganon, and all his Family, as it were incorporated to the new obedience of the King: This Matthew until the age of fifteen year, was imputed the son of a Smith in Dundalk, whose wife being oneale's Concubine, did at the time of death, according to the custom of Ireland, present him with this son, whom Oneale did not only receive with gladness, but accepted him as his own, yea preferred him before his other children to his titles, and possessions.  
But johannes or Shane Oneale, his son by a lawful wife, took it in such indignity, that making a strong faction against his father, he not only supplanted his brother Matthew, cutting off his head, but tormented the old Con with many unnatural assaults, and violent excursions, depopulating his territories, killing his complices, banishing his auxiliaries, and at last brought him with untimely grief unto his grave, and all the country to be affrighted with his tyranny. For he not only stepped forward more gloriously, than his other ancestors, proclaiming himself the great Oneale, but with several expeditions contracted the love and observation of the other Provinces, insomuch that many Rebels both of Conach, Meths, and Munster assisted him in the prosecution of Mathews children, amongst whom Brian (falling into the hands of Maudonel Totan) was cruelly murdered: Hugh & Cormach were under English protection, and hardy preserved, which fell out so crossly against Shanes expectation, and disastrous to his rebellious presumption, that with a loathsome savageness, and traitorous conspiracy he deformed the beauty of Ireland's peace, and made havoc in a strange manner of her prosperity, to which insolency and violent rage of prevailing, Sir Henry Sidney, L. justice of Ireland, in the absence of T. Earl of Sussex Lord Lieutenant made opposition, and cast such blocks in the way, that his fury was somewhat rebated, and a Cataplasm of restraint applied; and when there was no remedy but cutting and fearing the ulcerous flesh of this putrefied body of Rebellion, by force of Arms, he not only propulsed the indignity, lashing the sides of these proud Treasons with the stripes of a revengeful hand, but brought this insulting Lord on his knees, and made him confess the superiority of England's Majesty.  
But first by way of expostulation, the matter was disputed with this Shane, how he durst presume to cast, as it were a defiance into the face of England's Government, and put on his jearean wings to fly higher, than his own Feathers would warrant him. He answered very peremptorily, that he was the true, and lawful heir of Con Oneale, as issuing from a worthy wife and of a noble house, whereas Matthew was the Son of a Smith in Dondalck, and only foisted in to overthrow the families of Oneale, which he neither would nor could be a Pathic unto, as for the King's Letters patents affording Con the honour of a Coronet, and title of Earl, a cunning way to extenuate his worth, and greatness in his country, it was apparent, that Con had no interest, but for term of life, nor could without the consent of the Lords, and Dinastas of Ulster, transfer another's right into the King's hands: Besides, such was the ancient glory of his Family, that the true heir must be certified by the Oath of Twelve Men, which in Mathews case failed, and therefore was the nullity of them very conspicuous, and all such proceed of England against him worthily frustrated, but concerning himself, he had approbation both from God & Man, as the lawful Son of a loving Wife, and was confirmed by the law Tanist, according to the suffrages of the people, and several applauses of the Families of Ulster, and for his since progression, he never admitted of other thought, then to maintain the ancient glory of his unmatchable House, nor usurped other jurisdiction, than his Ancestors by many Precedents, & apparent records had formerly exercised, and confirmed without contradiction, and to which, the other Kings of England had graciously consented, and most indulgently protected them.  
Notwithstanding all this, he ran a contrary course to former protestations, & in the violent race of rebellion, plunged himself, to his utter extirpation & confusion, as by the sequel may appear: For first he audaciously suppressed O really, & quarreling with Callogh O Donel, defeated his complices, tavished his wife, imprisoned himself and children, devasted his Castles, usurped his inheritance, and like the King of Ulster indeed proceeded with all imperiousness, and malicious insulting over his inferiors: but as soon as Thomas Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, prepared our English forces to rebate his pride, and reduce the other Countries, he a little moderated his ambitious courses, and a while procrastinated his former resolutions, wherein the persuasion of Gerard Earl of Kildare his Cousin, whom Queen Mary had restored, was so effectual, that he retired into England, and in all suppliant manner abjected himself before the Council, with promises and strange protestations, not only of being a true subject, but an entertainer of Civility, and fashionable order, both in life and habit: the hope whereof dismissed him home again, and like a cunning strumpet, insinuating with the good opinion of a new deceived Friend, he began reasonably well, shut his ears against the Syren-like temptations of his Bards and Rhymers, undertook to hear the controversies of his people, relieved the wants of the distressed. In a word, demeaned himself with a noble kind of moderation in Peace, and when there was cause of War, expulsed the Scots of Ulster, & cut off the head of james Mac-Connell their captain, and principal occasion of that Innovation.  
In these sweet passages of peace and quietness, he continued a while, and the poor churl thought he beheld a fair shining Planet in a perspicuous Heaven, growing proud of such an alteration, that he now might complain of received injuries, and obtain redress for unsufferable wrongs: But the better sort finding him over-insolent to endure, and misdoubting a project against all their estates and dignities, complotted to overthrow him, suggesting matter against him, and so ordered the business, that Mac-Guier Lord of Fermanagh came in person to Sir Henry Sidney, by this time Lord Deputy, to implore his assistance, for the restraining, or if you will, suppressing this usurping King of the North, which Shane Oneale took so despitefully, and apprehended with such indignation, that drunk with rage, he became unsensible of reason, & forgetting his allegiance with all the former fair promises of loyalty, he prosecuted Mac-Guier at his return, with fire and sword, besieged Armagh, demolished the Church, destroyed the buildings, and came to Dondalk, with purpose to ruin the Country, but was a while intercepted by a worthy expedition of Sir Wil Sercefield Maior, and the Citizens of Dubline, I might add the power of the Country, & the mustered forces of the English Irish about Sordes & Tredagh.  
By this time are the royal arms of the State spread abroad, & the Lord Deputy, after he had shipped 7. companies of Foot, & a troup of Horse for Logh-foile under the command of Sir Ed. Randoll, set forward in person toward the North with the rest of the Army, which when Shane had intelligence of (as what could be done, which some or other made him not acquainted with?) & that he understood there was a purpose with all advantages to press him both behind & before, he raised himself toward the Derry, and with great expedition brought the matter to deciding, so that many skirmishes were but as it were preparatives to that main encounter, which to his perpetual renown cost Sir Ed. Randoll his life, & brought Shane to confusion: For very quickly all his purposes were disannulled, his forces weakened, his Rebels dissipated, & the whole strength of his projects infringed; so that despairing to reintegrate his estate, he determined a strange alteration (O that man dare presume of any thing, being subject to such an alteration!) with a Halter about his neck, to submit to the Deputy: but diverted from so base a course by the advice, and courageous spirit of his Secretary, he made trial of a new confederacy with Alexander Oge and the Scots, who were resident and rebellious in the claud boys.  
But first, as an introduction of peace, he released Surleboy, the brother of Alexander, whom he had long detained in prison: and thus presuming on this new combination with the enforced Odonnels wife, and some few others, he is welcomed into the tent of Alexander, and for the present entertained as the very Prince of the North, or King of Ulster: but after extraordinary drinking, and over-liberal carouses, certain unkindnesses and unfortunate repetitions began between them about his other brother's death, and the honour of his sister, whom Shane had formerly married, but despitefully refused: Wine overcame reason, reason thus entangled was subjecteth to confusion of words, words increased rage; and rage induced revenge; so that Alex▪ Oge, and Mac. Gilaspic his brother took advantage of the time and these occasions, which was performed with such inveterate malice, and offensive digressions, that Shane was set upon, overmastered, and with many wounds slain: that his Secretary was cut in pieces, his wife or rather Concubine surprised, and the company dispersed: that the Rebels of the North were utterly subverted, these Scots made a way to their admission and pardon, and by consequence the peace of Ulster restored.  
This business thus settled and determined, a Parliament was called in Ireland, in which Shane Oneale with all his followers was proscribed, the name of Oneale interdicted, the Lands and territories of the North or Ulster incorporated to the Crown of England, and all occasions of innovation removed, had not Turlogh Leignogh brother's son to Con More Oneale assumed the title: a man of declining age, and more quiet than the rest of his name, suspecting indeed, that according to their law Tanist, either Shane oneale's sons, or Hugh Baron of Dunganmon might intercept his claim, and prevent his right, as he supposed, which compelled him to this audacious enterprise, contrary to the edict and prohibition of the same: notwithstanding, to salve the sore of his suspected loyalty, he kept correspondency with us in all his other actions, and in her majesties service, not only encountered Odonell, but overthrew the Scots Islanders, and at last destroyed Alexander Oge, the murderer of Shane Oneale.  
All this while Hugh the son of Matthew stood on his guard, and lived warily: sometimes under the security of his own faithful followers, sometimes under the trust of English protection, (for so in his younger time he trooped in the streets of London with sufficient equipage, and orderly respect) and sometimes as a Soldier he commanded a company of horse under the Deputy in Munster, against the Earl of Desmond, with a pension beside of one thousand mark a year out of the Exchequer, which orderly proceed with the trust conceived of his loyalty drew the bow for him, wherewith he hot the mark of his own aim, and so by new Leters-Patents, having divers restraints and reservations, he was admitted to his Grandfather's titles, and inheritances, nor should it seem that Turlogh Leignogh stomached his advancement, but rather upon hope of his virtues, which gave a lustre to his actions, surrendered his titles and Lordships into his hands: But oh the ambition of men? or unconstancy of manners? these proceed with him in this fair and gentle manner, made him either proud of his own greatness, or presumptuous that the State was afraid to displease him, or superstitious after the Priests had insorcered him. For presently against the Queen's absolute prohibition, this new Tirone takes upon him the title of Oneale, excusing the fact, lest some rebellious spirit according to their warlike custom of maintaining that Character in their Family, might assume the same, taking advantage of his negligence, protesting to disclaim the honour, so he might not be urged by oath: and from hence arose the first motive of Unsteadfastness fastness.  
At this instant was that memorable defeat, and admirable discomfiture of the King of Spain's formidable Armado, or if you will according to Mendozas own words (than Embasdor Leaguer in Paris) invincible Navy, whereby in their return by Scotland and Ireland, many of them perished, but the better sort were kindly entertained by Tirone after the manner of Irish Hospitality, and unexpectedly welcome, considering, that any relief to men in distress, and cast on a strange shore by Shipwreck, is as Balm and Oil powered into wounds: In requital whereof such a Loom of mischief was set on work, that at the last the cloth was woven of his corruption, and folded together to keep his treasons warm in his own bosom, till a strong supposed, and yet presumptuous hand, spread it abroad to his utter destruction, and shameful disgrace by reason of his deformed filthiness.  
For when then these straggling Spaniards perceived his natural inclination to ambitious willingness, concerning the maintaining some turbulent faction in Ireland, and demonstration of a stirring spirit for the glory of his Ancestors, they quickly added fuel to the fire, and with all the baits of prosperity and incantations to flattery choked his loyalty, & cast dust into the eyes of his faithfulness: Some promising, that their great Master should recompense his humanity, and noble respect: Some repining at their misfortune, laid many slanders on the shoulders of our country: Some under colour of religious obedience assured, that the Pope himself should gratify him: Some more dangerously cunning crept within him by that imposturing art of commendation, inferring he was more worthy of a Crown, than a subjects prostitution, & some more plainly with demonstrative reasons led him as it were by the hand to the chair of presumption, and possibility, that it might be so, if he durst attend his own fortunes, and prosecute the times in their several changes: By which occasion this man's irresolute love to his Prince and country was first envenomed and tainted: Afterward it rankled more and more in his declining from himself and first soundness by contracting a league with Spain. Thirdly, it swollen apace with the oath and allegiance of many followers, and particians, to coadiute him in any enterprise whatsoever; and last of all, it restred incurably in consenting (and putting the same in practice) to be an opposite to the government of England, and a famous Rebel against the peace of our country, which yet was neither so cautelously disposed of, nor firmly compacted, but Hugh ne Gauclock, his brother, fearing the fearful consequence of the downfall of his house, discovered the same, for which the Earl found a time to strangle him, colourably prosecuting the Actors, that durst lay hands on any of the blood of Oneale: but alas it served not his turn: For not only this barbarous Fratricide, but all his other refractory courses were laid open to the peering eyes of England's Majesty: but such was his prevailing fortune, that upon his reasonable justifications, and seeming penitency, our gracious Elizabeth not only remitted those offences with favour, but continued him in his Greatness with Honour.  
In this manner he moved awhile in the highest orb of prosperity, and from our English supportation commanded his country, as a Prince of the North, and except an open displaying of the colours of Rebellion, performed, what he durst, and durst do any thing, which tended not to manifest treason, and dangerous innovation. For not long after, under colour of corroborating the peace of his country and insinuation with some English affinity, he made Sir Samuel bagnol's sister believe, that the great Oneale of Ireland was captivated to her love, and in which, if the time could have served, he would have showed himself as brave and complete an Amorist, as the formallest Courtier in England: To this the Lady seemed no great opposite, only with some show of modesty depending on her brother, she referred the success to his approbation, who some what too stubborn, interposed as it were a negative, not without exprobration of the barbarous customs of the North of Ireland, which Tirone interpreted disgracious to his exaltation, and finding no other remedy to appease his wilfulness, in a manner by force of arms took her to his wife; whereupon he was denied her dowry, and that exasperated his displeasure: to which when the Deputy added the suppressing of Mac Mahond his neighbour, I am afraid it exulcerated his loyalty. For when he perceived he was forbidden the title, to the abasing of his Family, and saw his inheritance distributed to the impoverishing his estate, he quickly startled up, and many displeasures discovered themselves against his former establishment, so that the Earl, by occasion of reckless booke-keepers cast up his untoward account in this manner:  
First, that the State had a purpose to suppress the flourishing eminence both of himself, and all the Lords of the North: Next; that they should be compelled to alter their Religion, and disclaim the Pope's usurped authority over the Church: Thirdly, that the Marshal Sir Henry bagnol had not only prosecuted him with despiteful and malignant enmity, but justified Articles of Treason against him: Fourthly, that he was denied the fruits of his own labour, and honour of his industry, after he had (as he objected) with the loss of much blood, and expending of great Treasure of his own, reducted the Province of Ulster: And last of all, that Sir William Fitz-William Lord Deputy, had not only given way to the malice of the Marshal, but possessed the Court of England with many untruths against him; all which were quickly capitulated to the Dinastas of the North, his kinsmen, favourites, and dependants, & they as quickly commiserated his discontents, and merely out of inveterate hate against us all, contracted themselves to the maintaining the Romish Religion, and obedience to the house of Oneale, keeping yet an open correspondency with us, though in covert their hearts (as the Lapwing crieth farthest from her nest) stored up as it were all provocations of disloyalty, lying yet in wait for some advantageous excuse, if they once were discovered.  
The first that broke the Ice of their ill contrived Rebellions was Mac Guier, a turbulent young man, crafty, and revengeful, who seduced by Gauranus a Priest, confirmed Primate of Ireland by the Pope, invaded Conagh, and in insulting manner usurped the Country as he went, with full confidence, that the holy Father's blessings should in a manner make security, and success attend them: But the doors of Heaven were barred on the inside, excluding them as yet from any entrance, and the virtue of Sir Richard Bingham so counterchecked Mac Guiers fortunes, that he fled discomfited, the Primate slain, and all his forces dispersed: Yet after a while the scattered limbs of Pelops are gathered together, and as if Anteus should recover by touching the Earth, Mac Guier maketh a stronger party, and with some deceivable beginnings, goes into more open Action, against whom the Earl of Tyrone himself was compelled to join with the Marshal his only suspected enemy, and received a wound in that service: But his heart, as it should seem, was worse hurt with private discontentments: For you must understand that before he set forward in her majesties service, order was taken for the safe keeping of Shane oneale's children, whose delivery he had denied to the State, inferring by way of complaint, that the Lord Deputy and Martial picked nothing but quarrels against him, and by new occsiaons of unkindness determined to supplant him.  
Now is Sir William Fitzwilliam recalled, and Sir William Russell constituted Deputy in his stead, to whom of his own accord the Earl of Tyrone came to submit himself, with all those promises, that might induce a generous spirit to believe him: but the Marshal bagnol then present audaciously articulated. ¹ That he countenanced Mac Guier and the primates Rebellion: ². That he supported Odonell, and the rest of that conjuration: ³. That by the advice of Cormach Mac Baron, his Bastard Son Con had coadiutement from him in the devastation of Monaghan, and besieging of Inigkellin: ⁴. That he corrupted the Faith and Obedience of the Captains of Kilulto and Kilwarney: ⁵. And that all his protestations were counterfeit and dissimulatory fictions. These were heinous objections, and indeed divided the Council: For the Deputy and Martial would have detained him prisoner, but the greater part either by vain fear, or corrupted respects, interceded until a more fit opportunity, to whom as men better acquainted with the affairs of Ireland the Lord Deputy hardly condescended.  
So Tyrone returned home, and indeed turned as the Dog to his vomit, to his former impressed resolutions to disturb the State, if the State disturbed him: whereupon understanding of an Army raised in England with new supplies of 1300. Low-countries Soldiers against him, whom that worthy and renowned Sir john Norris by the famous name of General Norris brought out of Britain, he not only stood on his guard, but mustered his followers (by this time reasonably disciplined in the open fields, and whilst the English went against Balishanon and Belike, Castles at the further end of Logh Erne, he approached Black-water Fort, and coming on the sudden, had it surrendered into his hands, but not with that confidence, that either he relied on the security of the place, or power of his own Army: whereupon he very politicly one way attempted the Earl of Kildare to support him against the manifest injuries of the Deputy and Martial, and another way promised the Earl of Ormond and Sir Henry Wallop Treasurer, to remain within the limits of justifiable obedience: To this he added the unclasping the book of these occurrences to Sir john Norris General of the Army, imploring his commiseration, and as it were begging at his hands, that he might not be enforced to such exorbitant actions, as necessity and the law of Nature would and could contrive; but the former Letters the Marshal intercepted, and these too General Norris quite suppressed, which he sparingly misliked, though it fell not to his turn absolutely to find fault withal: But when Tyrone understood of these calumnious and dangerous proceed against him, he was put quite out of patience, exclaiming, that his destruction was now on the web, and in the hands of a pestilent workman, yea his adversary wanted only means to his will to contrive his utter destruction indeed.  
Notwithstanding all this; he put on new wings to his deceivable hopes, and turmoiled all the Kingdom with inficious Rebellion, whereupon he was publicly proclaimed Traitor, and enemy to the Queen, which he professed accordingly with all correspondency of an adversary. For in Ulster his Army consisted of a 1000 Horse, and 7000. Foot. In Conach he had (or if you will, O Roorck and the Conners kept them together at his disposing) 200. Horse, and 2400. Foot: In Lease and Ophaly, the number was as uncertain, as their dispositions, being sometimes violent Rebels, and anon submissive Subjects. In Munster they lived so dispersed, that the Governor found it work enough to find them out, and follow them: The English forces under Sir john Norris equalled their greatest Armies, but nothing was done worthy of so great a Commanders name, and soldiers renown. For under colour of private displeasure between the Deputy and him, many bad offices were performed, and the time spent to small purpose in parleys and conferences, affording Tirone such leisure, that he contracted with Spain, and expected from thence continual supplies.  
But before the matter came to martial deciding, Sir Henry Wallop Treasurer at wars, and Sir Robert Gardner chief justice of the King's Bench, men laid down in the balance of integrity, wisdom and experience, were deligated to hear the grievances of these great Lords of the North, enforced to a defensive war, as they intimated, and yet obscured by the name of traitors against the State: The commiserate hearing of these compulsions, and unquiet discourses from so dangerous a faction, returned our English Commissioners with some amazement at their oratory, and cunning insinuation, whereby they might have excused divers things, if by a wrong course they had not incurred the danger of contesting with Princes, yea their royal Sovereign, whose incensed Majesty could not endure such opposition: whereupon the truce is overpassed, and the Trumpet of defiance sounded through the Kingdom, foreshowing, that the Schoolmaster of reformation was at hand, and Sir john Norris as Lord General of the Army in the absence of the Deputy, ready to display the colours of correction, but it should seem the Deputy would needs have a share in the glory of this business. For contrary to his first appointment, he hasted apace, and united his troops with Sir john Norris, and so both together attended the success of the matter, and prosperity of the time.  
The beginning was a fortunate terrifying him at Armagh, and pressing him so closely, that the Earl left Black-water Fort, dismantled the Town thereabouts, fired some houses at Dungannon his own principal seat, and secured himself in his chiefest fastness, winning much time by this politic retreat, but we unexperienced in those dangerous places of his bogs and woods, with only proclaiming him Traitor in his country, and leaving Garrison in Armagh, returned, which Tirone audaciously interpreted to his own advantage, repining at nothing more, than our fortification in Monaghan: Thus was our business kept awhile out of the running current of applause. For the Deputy and the General of the Army grew to some impatient contradicting one another, as if there had been a fault committed, which was questionless to be imposed on one of their shoulders: wherefore the Deputy commanded, or if you will, wished S. I. Norris to prosecute the service in Ulster, whilst he retired to Dubline to provide for the peace of the other Provinces, but it prevailed little to the lifting up the head of the main body. For he performed nothing worthy the glory of his former reputation or dignity of so eminent a place: But whether the emulation of the Deputy, or favouring the Earl to whom he was as much inclined with respect, as the Deputy transported with hate: Or whether he suspected the business in hand, the nature whereof, with the baseness and intricate obscurity of the country, was so contrarious to the military proceed elsewhere, and spent all men's spirits, without so much as the memory of manhood: or whether in inclination of fortune he began to stagger from his first firmness, which in a customary defect dealeth strangely with such Commanders, sometimes heaping her favours and prosperous successes, anon again withdrawing her happy hand, and by degrees extenuating both their valour▪ fame, and judgement, I dispute not upon.  
Only this I am sure of, that fair errors might lead them both: For the Deputy by reason of Sir Henry Bagnol's and some others despite, was brought to look upon a very face of disloyalty in Tirone, and Sir john Norris commiserated his misfortune, as abused with dissimulatory submissive letters, in which the Earl was ready on his knees to any penitent prostitution, when yet underhand he implored the aid of Spain, with warrantise, that if an Army were intended against England, then to unite their forces: if only wars were proclaimed and protraction used, then must the Catholic King supply them with men and money whereupon O Roorck, Mac Williams, and others openly, and the Earl privately subscribed to a certain instrument of Indenture, like ratification, giving yet notice to the State of all these contracts, and determinations, to which was added another parley with Sir john Norris, and Sir Geoffrey Fenton Secretary in persons, full of very strange promises, and colluding protestations to run a race of obedience and loyalty: all which accustomed Levity he infringed, laying imputation upon the discrepant humours of the Deputy and Lord General, but especially, that his only enemy the Marshal was returned from England with new forces, and inveterate malice against him.  
Whereupon by way of Apology, he excused himself to the Council of England, and urged many justifiable reasons (as he thought) for his discrepant proceed, to which it should seem their answer was both distasting, and fearful unto him. For as it were exasperated rather then forewarned, he presently returned to his old courses, and taking great advantage of our slackness, and ill prepared forces, spoiled the country, filled all the paces with Rebels, Barrocaded the passages, and with military excursions ran an uncontrollable journey of doing what he pleased through the North.  
Thus was all Ulster and most part of Conach (excepting certain Garrisons) at his absolute command, until the Lord Borough 1597. a man of a great spirit and quick capacity was sent Deputy into Ireland, from whose worth some auspicious expectation seemed to comfort us, and new endeavours in a manner to warrant new fortunes: This son of Mars quickly pulled off the clogs of delay, & within two months rolled the stone of Tirones unquietness, making way with great industry and virtue into his country, fortifying the Fort of Black-water, and discovering this secret, that neither his Boggs, Glinns, Woods, Mountains, Paces, Confederates, or any power of Ireland, or Irish coadjutors could hide him from the searching eyes of England. Besides, if we would undertake an industrious prosecution against him, it was neither Spain with her Gold, nor the Pope with his Fulminations against our Country, could secure him. For the far reaching arms of our people would for a need pull him out of the Centre of the Earth: and thus accordingly even at the first skirmishes were his forces dissipated, and the best troops disranked: but as my Lord was giving God thanks with a warlike solemnity, a sudden Alarm set them anew to work, and Henry Earl of Kildare with the Gent. Volentiers had the Fortune to put him again to flight, which yet yielded not so full a satisfaction, as it might have done, because my Lord lost his brother in Law Francis Vaughan and Captain Turner Sergeant Mayor, besides the Earl of Kildare to the sorrow of his heart saw two of his brethren wrapped up in the Bed of blood, all men of worthy expectation, and extraordinary Merit.  
Thus is a way made into his Country, and Black-water Fort strengthened with new trenches, not without some ramparts, and Caffamates, which the enemy so repined at, that between hope, fear, and shame, they resolved to dismantle it, had not the Lord Deputy opened more larger embracings, and with a new manner of wrestling resolved to lay him on the ground irrecoverably: but hinc illae lachrimae! as he was treading the measures of prosperity, an untimely discord of Death sounding Music deceived him of hope, and us of him, whose forwardness and virtue with a little addition of experience, and solid understanding himself, had no doubt effectuated this Herculean labour of Ireland's peace.  
Now is Tyrone putting on his Icarean wings, and the Rebel with accustomed Clamours taking advantage of this Interim, assaulted Black-water Fort, but therein commanded that industrious Captain Th. Williams, who at the same instant by mere valour, and resolution propulsed them, and many times after, by patience and constancy endured all those mischiefs, where by a Soldier is put to the test, and enemy maketh demonstration of his hate and policy. For when the Irish found themselves uncapable of such a business, by way of expugnation, or assault, they took another course by intercepting the passages to famish them; which when the English understood, they were as resolute to affront all mischances, as the enemy was violent in contriving displeasures, and so with noble steadfastness bore up a head against the stream of sickness, and wants, eating Horses and Weeds, and if it had been possible, the very dirt and stones.  
In this time the government of Ireland was in the hands of the Earl of Ormond, as Lieutenant General of the Army: the Lord Chancellor and Sir Robert Gardner justices, to whom the Earl of Tyrone by many dilatory Letters did lay open all his grievances, touching sparingly his breach of promise with Sir john Norris, and all the effectual points of his disobedience, and refractory courses: To these Letters he received answer, which he interpreted displeasing rather then satisfactory, and so accordingly entered into further Rebellious actions, pressing Black-water Fort again with a more dangerous siege, against whom the Lord Lieutenant and justices aforesaid sent Sir Henry bagnol the Marshal, his only reputed adversary, with sixteen Companies of Foot, and four troops of Horse, who advancing forward more malicious than fortunate, as overwrought by a predestinated wilfulness, came to blows, and according to the slippery footing of War, fell to a dangerous Skirmish, in which Tyrone shouldered him with all his strength nigh unto Armagh, determining as it were to punish his Envy, and supposed abuses against him, wherein it should seem the Mistress of success (as we abuse God's providence by the Character of Fortune) was coadiutrix, and displayed all the malign circumstances of revenge against us. For ere night decided the controversy, he triumphed with a notorious victory, whereby in one hour the Marshal ended his bravery, life, and enmity: nor could the Irish ever boast of a more conspicuous triumph since the Conquest, or if you had rather have it so, since we first curbed their immanity: For we lost fifteen Captains, and 1500. Soldiers, over whom the manner of insulting was more barbarous than the accident tyrannous.  
Presently followed the surrendering of Black-water Fort, when the besieged saw all relief debarred them, and heard, how Tyrone was proclaimed the deliverer of his Country and Protector of the Catholic cause, seeming the very darling of prosperity and delight of Bellona, wherein he proceeded accordingly, making all the Kingdom witness his glory and renown. For he presently sent Ouny-Mac Roory Oge, and Tirrill into Munster with four thousand Rebels, against whom the Lord Precedent Sir john Norris (having lost his brother by sickness, or as some suppose, a disastrous Melancholy) with reasonable equipage, and orderly attendance set nobly forward: but the enemy not appearing, he retired to Corck, and dividing his Army into several Garrisons, gave them liberty to take advantage of our wearisomeness and impatience. For presently they proceeded to all hateful courses of savage outrage, and after james Fitz-Thomas a Rebel of that House was proclaimed Earl of Desmond, who thereupon acknowledged Oneale his benefactor, and superior, they returned with ambitious alacrity, and cheerfulness, and sent word into Spain of their admirable successes, wherein Tyrone behaved himself so audaciously, that he interdicted the peace of England, as if there had been a way opened unto an easy conquest of the same, and the first step into Ireland would help them up the degrees of a more illustrious glory, to which purpose the King of Spain should not only be assured of the Pope's blessing, but oneale's Fortunes and assistance, yea the whole power of the Kingdom.  
This was the lamentable estate of Ireland, when her Majesty taking pity of her Orphan Country, substituted Robert Earl of Essex, whom the success of Cales voyage, and many other memorable designs and prosecutions had worthily renowned, her Lieutenant General of Ireland: But how he had formerly wound himself into the good opinion of his Country, how England looked upon him as a glorious son of comeliness and honour, how his forces, Treasure, and Favours were extraordinary in this project of Ireland, how he proceeded in this military race, how the applause of the people, and the greatest part of the nobility attended him: How a sudden storm, as if some ominous sign from Heaven presaged misfortune, intercepted his jollity even at his first setting out of London: how landed in Ireland he began his business as preposterously: How that brave Sir Coniers Clifford was abused by presumption, and over-credulous opinion, that his bosom friend O Roorck would not have proved such a Traitor, and so not only lost his life at the Curlews a boggy Mountain by the Abbey of Aborle: but was inhumanly after the skirmish mangled, and with great immanity cut in pieces: How the Earl of Ormond, and Sir Henry Harington were surprised and taken prisoners by Harry Oge: Owny mac Roory, and the sons of Feff mac-Heugh rebels united against the peace and flourishing prosperity of Lemster: How he came to a private parley with Tyrone, and was much affected by the Irish: How her Majesty rebuked him, and from incensed indignation challenged both his loyalty, and the wisdom of the Council of Ireland for a contrarious and untoward method of government, and prosecutions in the North: How his glorious celebrating the feast of Saint George in the City of Dubline, considering the times and turmoils of the kingdom, was imputed rather an ostentous bravery, than a necessary honour: How contrary to expectation he comes into England after a private prohibition by her majesties own Letters: How he was commanded to his own House, and his Offices dispensed withal: How his sorrows multiplied: How the people's love increased either from a general commiserating of such men in distress, or particular apprehension of his greatness, and worth: How his fortunes and Life ended: I will leave to a Story of itself, yea if I might say so, to many Stories, in which such infinite observations might be folded, that if a man durst or might spread them abroad, all the passages should be laid open and exposed to public overlooking, of the favour and disfavour of Princes, the dangers of men insatiable of glory, the condition of councillors, emulous of one another's greatness, the mutability and inconstancy of popularity, the peril wherein men plunge themselves, that dare presume to perpetrate unjustifiable actions, and the misery, which an untimely death bringeth to a man projecting high matters to himself. But to our Irish business again.  
When my Lord of Essex troubles were published abroad and divulged in Ireland: the Earl of Tirone with great indignation broke the truce of his Country, raised his forces, mustered his Rebels, rumoured the invasion of England by Spain, and audaciously set open all the passages of war and defiance, whereupon the Traitors increased both in pride and numbers, and those which were mere Irish, expected their pristinate liberty: such again as had settled their estates, either by purchase or gift of the Prince, began to misdoubt themselves, when they perceived such a confluence and concurrence of tumultuary business to the detriment of the Kingdom: yea, I am afraid they were without all hope in their hearts, when Tirone proclaimed himself Protector of Ireland, and Maintainer of the Catholic Religion: nor was this only titular, and a formal trick of vain promises and flattering friends. For he proceeded accordingly, imperiously managing all affairs under his government: the rebellious he moderated, the weak supported, the strong confirmed, the staggering reduced, the wilful punished, and (in a word) applied himself altogether to the extirpation of the English: whereunto he was animated, by assured intelligence of preparations in Spain, and the receiving a competent treasure from thence. Nor wanted there certain indulgences and promises from the Pope, to set his desire on a blaze: but when for a present he had received an hollowed Phoenix plume, with Ixion that boasted of lying with juno, being yet deceived with the shape of a cloud, he presaged good fortune, and ran away with full confidence of success, and the rather, because he remembered, how Vrban the third had sent King john a crown of peacocks feathers at his designation, for the Lordship of Ireland.  
Thus marched he over the Country, with extraordinary prevailing, and unaccustomed pomp, for an Irish Commander, with new publications of his regardable proceed, and Princely confirmations. And to add fuel to that fire, which in his absence was kindled in Munster, he went thither in person, and under colour of visiting a piece of the cross of Christ in Tiperary, attempted further, sending Mac-Guior to forage the country, who chancing on Sr. Warrham Sellinger, fell to blows, and in gallant encounter, charged one another so bravely, that with their staves they equally received their death's wounds through their bodies, which a while kerbed Tirones headstrongness, and peradventure was cause of his sooner retiring home, after he had celebrated Mac-Guiors exequys: but in truth the advertisement of the Earl of Ormonds' coming against him with all the English forces rebated his first forwardness, and made him suspect all was not so well as he wished: but yet animated by many superstitious presages, and giving all credit to his Bards and Rhymers, of which sort of people, especially if I add the Priests, I will be bold to say thus much, that they are the very bane and confusion of Ireland, living in such obscenity and filthiness, that no Gentlewoman thinketh herself happy without them, and supposeth it no disgrace even to be prostituted unto them: Insomuch, that ill custom (besides the intolerable yoke of superstition, to which these people are out of measure addicted) having got the upperhand, these insorcering wretches at marriages, feasts, births of children, contracts, burials, and peradventure all their lives time, challenge certain privileges, immunities and gifts; yea, privacies with the women, and imperious overruling the men: So that as their families increase in mightiness, these damnable creatures prosper in reputation, as if all blessings depended upon their incantations and prayers, & no action could thrive without their cross and sanctifying: So that (in my conscience) the most of the rebels and strumpets amongst them, are the bastards of these rogues and vagabonds: and all the treasons, which have turmoiled our Nation, have received life and original from their imposturing and persuasions.  
By this time is Sr. Charles Blunt Lord Montioy confirmed Deputy of Ireland, on whom long since the Queen had looked with respect for the same purpose: But the Earl of Essex proposing to himself the managing of all military affairs, somewhat covertly impugned the same, extenuated his experience in the wars, and that he only had a view of some skirmishes in the Low Countries: Besides, his spirit was not stirring enough to curb such a Nation, as given over much to his book, and a kind of retired melancholy, rather fit for civil government, then violent hurly-burlies: All which wiped not yet out the print of her good opinion; but she went forward in her choice, and made the election more notable, because her own judgement afforded sufficient reason of his merit: only she proposed before him, by way of caution, my Lord of Essex wilfulness, and in a manner presumption, practising divers things against her liking and prescription, and so alike restrained his commission, and by word of mouth commanded his charines and wisdom, concerning the knighting of men, which must needs be vilipended, brought once to a community; as for any hindrances, by the malevolent aspect of single councillors, she promised on her Princely word, that she would be the Queen of her Kingdom, and no man should contract a brow of mislike, or prevail in any secret information against him: whereupon he was much comforted, and well hoped, that that enmity which was whispered between Mr. Secretary and him, I mean Sr. Robert Cecil, might be easily reconciled, and (as it were) like the sweat of a man's brows wiped away with a gentle hand, which accordingly came to pass. For when certain honest men performed good offices between them, never man observed such a councillor of State, better than my Lord did him, nor such a greatness honoured a person in such an eminent place, than Mr. Secretary did my Lord: so that to their dying days their friendship was indissoluble, and as they loved one another, so both respected the glory of their country before one another.  
Thus without any public ostentation, or great attendancy, in the month of February 1600. he took his journey toward Ireland, and was welcomed to our truehearted English, as you see a famous Physician presented to a sick patient, who hath long expected his coming. For he found Ireland so desperate languishing, that he rather feared her funerals then recovery, which must be so at this instant, considering the very best did droop with despair, and the worst insulted with pride: Tyrone passed and repassed without control, and the Rebel had nothing in his mouth, but the Spanish Invasion, and that Tyrone should be the Prince of their Country under the Catholic King: whereupon to exasperate the new Deputy, and terrify him at the first, they gave an assault to the suburbs of Dublin, and the Alarm rung even to the Castle, where my Lord was resident, which indeed so much incensed him, that he resolved to intercept his return out of Munster, whatsoever chanced; and so gathering together the rest of the dispersed forces, and taking along such Gentlemen as came with him out of England, he marched into Fereall (for you must consider the main army was with my Lord of Ormond in Munster) and determined to see the manner of Tyrones' returning home into his Country, but was prevented by the admirable expedition he made. For certified of all our proceed, not without some ampliation of my Lord's power and authority, as in all such cases it happens, that new Governors are not only extolled, but an army of a thousand by poll, shall be made two thousand by report, he quickly procured a shelter for the storm which was threatened, and even ready to power upon him, and so taking the way of Lease, and the skirts of Meath, posted into the North.  
When my Lord Deputy was thus frustrated of his expectation, he returned to Dublin, and after orderly consultation, concluded to send forces by sea to Logh-Foile and Balishanon, as also to Logh-Erne, to visit Lease and Ophaly, to restore Munster, and fortify Conach, which as they were designs of wonderful consequence; so must as wonderful wisdom of men, and providence of God effectuate the same, and bring to a happy period. Thus was all Ireland, like a turbulent sea full of billows, even to the very shores, and the Rebel vexed both Country and Inhabitants: the country was spoiled, overrun, and in most parts depopulated; insomuch that in divers places, twenty mile together, not so much as a bird appeared; the inhabitants were slain, ravished, enforced, and rob: insomuch that neither house, nor Church, except some few castles and towns in special men's hands, remained upright: but were burnt, ruined, and devasted.  
When my Lord Deputy (to make my first simile hold correspondency) felt the pulses so strong of this disquieted body, and understood the state of the same by outward and inward demostration: his principal care was, to reduce the distemperature, and cool the heat, if it were possible, of this burning fever; for which purpose he conferred with the Council, and after orderly and provident furnishing his army with munition, garons, and several provision: he determined in person, and with all speediness, sometimes the only strength and life of all difficult enterprises, to encounter the enemy; but especially to divert Tyrone from intercepting Sr. Henry Dockeray, at Logh-Foile; and Sr. Matthew Morgan, at Balishanon: whereupon in the beginning of May (an early time to bring an army into the field) he marched toward Ulster, and pressed the Rebel with so many skirmishes, that they were wonderfully dispersed, and against all expectation confounded: Thus had he leisure, in the midst of june, to march back again into Lease, the only refuge of the Rebels of Lemster, where with admirable success he prevailed against that turbulent, cruel, and bloody young man Ony-Mac-Roory-Oge, the chief of the family of O-more, who had so lately disturbed the peace of all Munster; to whom, with other his most pestilent and impious confederates, did our Deputy read a lesson of justice, and taught rebellion other principles of conformity, then either they were willing to learn, or had been before orderly instructed in: by which occasion Bellona began to give us better entertainment, and already there appeared a declining of the others prosperity: Thus was the God of battles propitious unto us, and the sun of comfort by degrees chased away the foggy mists of despair and despite; so that every man's heart was cheered, and they which held down their heads full low in the time of mistrust and affliction, I mean the Irish-English themselves in the pale, began to stand upright for joy, and flocked to the court in troops, to welcome my Lord Deputy home, and applauded the prosperity of his attempts; yea, to speak without flattery, to impute the happiness to his virtue and wisdom.  
In the midst of this jollity, new supplies out of England gave more air to success, which had been so long smothered between malignant circumstances of time, and ill conditions of men devoted to private ends. For this is most certain, that in the uncertainty of our prevailing, when the government of Ireland seemed laid at the stake, however the better sort kept correspondency with us, and professed a kind of glory in participating with our misfortunes, yet did they underhand not only relieve Tyrone, but contracted for their own security, if any alteration should chance; yea, in some of our extremities, they behaved themselves so audaciously, and yet with an untoward policy, that when they were sent for to march with the army, they made dilatory excuses, and many times denied such attendance, as if they had business sufficient to keep their own territories from robbery and spoils. But our worthy Deputy again, with these new troops, he undertook the journey of the Moiry, three miles beyond Dondalk: and attempted an impetuous assault, which continued with many dangerous and violent skirmishes. For his horse was shot under him, his Secretary slain by him, his friends wounded, and divers Commanders hurt; yet he endured all, and the God of heaven endured him, so that at the last, with a memorable slaughter and fortunate victory, he enforced them from his fastness.  
Presently finding sweet beginnings to breath life into actions, he marched to Armagh, and tumbled those hindrances on to side, which had made that passage so noisome, and because he would maintain an old position: 
Non minor est virtus, quam quaerere, parta tueri:  He built a fort called Mount Norris, within eight miles of the Newry, and in a manner the midway to Armagh, in honour of that worthy General, under whom he was introducted on the martial theatre. In his return (passing over many light skirmishes) near unto Carlingford, he prevailed with a memorable defeature of the rest, and so stored the castles with strong wards, making the narrow water passable, and sending the pestilent Kern lurking in every corner, to seek for better shelter. For these new and terrible storms, had shattered their old coverts, and almost beaten them to pieces over their heads.  
Not long after, in the midst of winter, he coasted into the Glins by Dublin, where Donnell-Spaniah-Phelin, and Raymond-Mac-Feugh, with that pestilent rabble of O-Tooles, held such a quarter, that no man before him had either leisure to disrank them, or sufficient forces to raise them from their firmness: these yet he subdued, reduced, and led them by strong hand to such a way of obedience, that Sir Henry Harrington under him went quietly to Newcastle, and had the principal command over them; yea, I can assure you were glad to be invited to the pleasures of his peace and entertainment, and Raymond-Mac-Feugh, as I take it, was his tenant for Baltinglas, and gloried in nothing more, then that he had sworn himself a true subject to the Majesty of England.  
Lastly, he hasted into Feriall, where the Rebel Tirrell was pulled out of his dark corners into the open light of discomfiture, and in the end compelled into Ulster, to the great Commander of their facinorous enterprises, whither his Lordship followed with admiration, and prevailed with all the advantages of a fortunate Captain. For, in truth, he attempted nothing▪ but prevailed: and with the Centurion in the Gospel, said to this man, go; and he went: to that, do this; and he did it: so that if a man would then have catalogued his particular, he might thus have set down the Items of his account, which I am the bolder to do, because I cannot incur the imputation of flattery, not a man remaining, that I know, to reward me, nor will not obscure the worthiness of virtue in a General so complete and well assisted by all the properties of honour and renown.  
First then, (yet I do not presume of order, nor tie myself to the strictness of time) he conquered the Feriall, by the death of the two sons of Euer-Mac-Codey. He subdued the Rebels of the Fuse, and received to grace Turlogh-Mac-Henry: he laid open the Breny, and taught us a way to march over their bogs, yea to bring our cannons over their deepest mires, as myself was an eye-witness in Conagh before O-Kellies own castle: he restored Tredagh, and made those unconstant people ashamed of their willingness to become hispaniolized: he reduced Leiale, pardoning Magennis that usurped there, and set open their proudest fastness: yea, their paces and mountains were made easy, in despite of nature's difficulties and men's policies: he took to mercy Mac-Mahond, and the O-Realies, knighting that old Sr. Patrick O-Hanland, and corroborating all their loves as far as he went: he expelled the Rebels from Armagh, fortifying the same with English, and came to Blackwater Sconce, where Tirone was very cunningly encamped: but arsdeluditur arte, and he removed him in despite, casting up more sufficient trenches, and left it once again in the fast holding arms of Captain Th: Williams: he made Lease and Ophaly proud of their peace and prosperity: so that the Inhabitants still gathered themselves under the covert of English protection: he set open the Glins, and made the Brens and tools, with other inficious Rebels ashamed to put any confidence in devices, or reaches of men's brains. For God had ordained the pride of life, to be subject to alteration, and the presumption of men to be patible of counterchecking. To conclude, in a word, however other men were vertue-worthy, and valiant enough: yet this our Lord Montioy was questionless more fortunate, as we are sensible of that term, than any man since Sr. Henry Sidney's times, yet I may not overpass that memorable Lord Grey, whose noble spirit seemed to fly in the face of his enemies, and dimmed the sight of the Spaniards in Smirwick and other places of Ireland, who had in those times a determination to pry into every corner of the Country, and settle the authority of their great Master amongst us, if it were possible. Thus Fortune ashamed of her first churlish entertainment, welcomed him to the pleasures of a more convenient lodging, and gave us all hope of his perpetuity in the palace of reputation, which in that manner, as you have heard, he took possession of.  
Tirone, notwithstanding, was not altogether exanimated: for what he could not with the lions, her performed with the fox's skin, and according to an old filthy principle: 
Tutum per scelera sceleribus est iter:  He cared not what course he took, or track he paced in, so England might be disturbed, and his own fortunes and greatness maintained: whereupon, as in many places you have heard, he tampered with Spain for the corroborating his power, and employing many Agents, who brought the Pope's letters to the same purpose, effected thus much; that money was sent him, as a preparation, and money should follow, as a full purgation of the diseases of his discontentment, which made him stand the more remote from reconciliation, & vilipend my Lord Deputy, as the Substitute of England, whom yet he honoured and admired, as the indefatigable servant of honour, which Epitheton I must needs use, because however jolly spirits, viewing only city musters, cry out, 
Dulce bellum inexpertis,—  Yet in the worthiness of fearful employment, is this an occupation beyond report, and no Labourer, Pioneer, or Artificer in any mechanic trade, did ever take such pains, as my Lord: but I may well say with the Poet, 
Hectora quis nosset? foelix si Troia fuisset?  
Ardua per preceps gloria tendit iter:  For amongst other virtues in a General, patience and perseverance are the true touchstones of the currantness of the rest: now because fortune would needs search him thoroughly, to make trial of his constancy, or to increase his glory, the certainty of the Spaniards landing in Munster, and only life of Tirones whole actions, taxed him with further business, and fixed all the eyes of the Kingdom, both honest and irresolute, upon his proceed herein, and hopeful success to prevail unexpected.  
But how in this negotiation a Spaniard designed by the Pope to be Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Clenfart, the Bishop of Killalow, and Arthur a jesuite, with Owen were employed: How the landing at Carlingford, or some ports of the North only advantageous to the project of the conquest of the whole Kingdom, was proposed most befiting this purpose: How Don john de Aquila Zerigo, and 6000. soldiers, attempted this invasion, the first taking Kinsale by composition, the other fortifying Beerhauen, Castlehaven, and Baltimore: How they sent away their own ships, either fearing our surprising, or assuring their company, there was no means of escape, or retiring back again: How all Ireland was amazed, and those which wished us well in their hearts, were yet confounded with the report of Spain's overprized greatness: How we thickened ourselves into a cloud of opposition, by gathering all the airy vapours of our forces, or at least so many, as might be spared to make the storm the greater: How we encamped before Kinsale, and at one time (when Sr. George Cary Lord Governor of Munster, was appointed to intercept, or (if you will) to overview Tirones passages, coming forward with great jollity to join with these Spaniards) were not so many in our trenches without, as the enemy numbered in Kinsale within: How at last Tirone (Tirone I say) with 6000. foot, & 600. horse, came forward within the view of our camp, to unite their forces together, & exasperated our displeasure with many outcries & branadoes: How Sr. Henry Davers General of our horse, made a gallant sally against him, till according to their accustomed shuffling, they retired into a wood: How the Queen's ships blocked up the haven at Kinsale, and Sir Richard Luson in person assaulted Zerigo & 2000 Spaniards, stuffed in the several castles and harbours of Beerhauen, Castlehaven, and Baltimore, as formerly recited, and battered the walls so forcibly from his ships (the havens lying so commodiously for the purpose) that the enemy wondered at his worthiness, and thought that their Lady of Heaven was willing to affect us on earth. However fourteen several sallies and skirmishes to block up our cannons, and defeat our approaches, impetuously drove us to encounters, on Christmas even a most memorable victory chanced on our side: How, for many days together, it lightened and thundered accordingly, as if the stones from heaven should fall on Sisera's head on our behalf: How that worthy Earl of Clenricard was knighted only of all the army before the walls of Kinsale, when the Spaniards colours formerly surprised, were flourished as a token of thanksgiving for so prosperous success: How my Lord of Tomond, and many worthy Gentlemen of his Country lay close unto the town, and in our last approaches, sued for the honour-poynt, as we term it, to assault the same after the battery: How the Spaniard on the Newyears day following, sent their Drum Mayor to entreat a parley, and afterward grew to a composition: How at last they departed, and were shipped by us under the overlooking of Captain Cotes, who set safe on shore Don john de Aquila, and the rest at the Groin: How the Irish retired, dispersing themselves into their several fastness and coverts: I will not here enlarge, because you have many discourses, and a journal written to the same purpose.  
You shall only now be certified, what this angry jonas did, after his gourd was withered, and how with others of that sort, he drenched himself in the whirlpool of confusion, when his Spanish props were shrunk, or bladders taken away. His first retreat was into such countries, and to such persons, as he was sure of relief, both from the nature of charity and commiseration, and the bond of duty and former gratuity; from whence with some ado, (because his soldiers were rather men looking after a prey, then subject to the disaster of a defeat) he got home again with little interception of our side, the army as yet resident at Corcke, or thereabouts, but when he came to Dungannon, the walls seemed to weep for his disaster, that well hoped to have been new coloured with the trophies of his rebellion.  
My Lord Deputy returned to Dublin. and as it was requisite and most necessary, celebrated St. George's Feast, and by way of thanksgiving welcomed all the Gentlemen of the Pale, who durst not but give God the praise, and him the renown of the victory: by which occasion Tirones proceed had no such coverture, but they all (as it were) in a glass, saw the change and alteration of fortune, making this use thereof, that there is no confidence in worldly prosperity; Nor must a man be too much elated, though terrestrial blessings seem to make his cup to overflow. For the man, that of late proclaimed himself Protector of the ancient liberty of Ireland, and Defender of the Romish Religion, that for the same purpose led whole armies into the field, and displayed the colours of a most dangerous innovation: that posted and reposted through the Kingdom at his pleasure, as if Majesty meant to kiss him in the chair of success: that was glorious in the eyes of his own people, famous to other Nations, and a very terror to the English Inhabitants of Ireland: that was coadiuted with the purse, navy, countenance, and an army of six thousand well appointed soldiers from a mighty Prince: that was emboldened with the love and admiration of his own followers: that took advantage of our first slack proceed to debilitate his insolence, and that promised himself the very harbour of felicity, as being in the high way of establishment; was now subject to distress, and bowed under the burden of mischance, and untoward alteration.  
For my Lord Deputy presently followed him into his own country, and, as I remember the bravery of Charles the fifth, upon his writing of Plus ultra, when the West Indies were discovered, where as before the great Hercules had set up his pillars at Gades in Spain, with this inscription: Non plus ultra: so may I apply it unto this our General, who coming now to Blackwater Fort, cried Plus ultra, whereas before none of our Deputies could ever step three miles beyond: But Montioy mounted with joy even to the walls of Dung●nnon, and pitched his tents in the fields of Tirone, expelling the great Rebel from his own house, and taking possession of the same, and all the territories, for the use of the Queen his Mistress: and although in a perilous encounter by the Lough, attempting to sap the strong castle of the same, well stored with Rebels, he lost that valiant kinsman of his Sr. john Barkley Sergeant Mayor, of whose worthiness one of the stars of our Country, George Earl of Cumberland, had good experience in his voyage to St. Port Ricco: yet apprehending the chance of war, and condition of mortality, he was no whit affrighted or troubled; but rather exasperated to revenge: whereupon he set fire of their cabins and towns, entered the very castle of Dungannon, rifled the same, and although he was wronged with a strange report of obtaining great treasure, yet I believe he brought home one little guilt basin and eure of silver, a madder tipped with silver and guilt, and some rotten hangings, more memorable for a trophy, then serviceable for any glorious use. In the fullness of this prosperity, he built the Fort of Mountioy, & fortified in many places of this dangerous country, driving him with the rest of his followers into more remote places▪ and the obscure corners of his Glan Cancones, to which when he added the cutting up of the corn, which the cheerful soldiers performed with their swords, and taking away their cows, of which they had good store, it is admirable to tell you what miseries followed, and the whole people endured. For their swordmen perished with sickness and famine the next year following, and the poor Calliots devoured one another for mere hunger, and showed us the lamentable effects of a calamitous war and afflicted Country.  
Thus was Tirone made the tennis-ball of fortune, and abandoned of Spain's overprized greatness: thus did he see the loss of his armies, and the miseries of his people: thus was he dejected from the pride of his possessions, and repined to behold his adversary seated in his castles and towns: thus was he forsaken of his friends, kindred, and complices, and confined into the uncouth and remote places of his bogs and woods: thus was he afraid of betraying, even of those which leaned on his bosom▪ especially when the state bandited him, and valued his head at a thousand pound sterling, and his body alive at two thousand pound: and thus was he made the scorn of alteration, and spectacle of human condition, having nothing left but a poor disconsolate life, which it should seem the Law of nature assisted him to maintain, otherwise a Roman spirit, in spite of mischance, had overcome distress with a glorious death.  
But time had not fully ripened as yet his fruit, nor brought forward the harvest, that should gather in this dispersed corn: For this great tormented Rebel, with strange demisnesse, sought his peace at the hands of his long abused Sovereign, & with new tears begged a new life, nor was this submission ordinary after the custom of a soldiers misfortune▪ but (as it were) blotted with the spots of a guilty conscience, & interlined with a strange manner of fearful penitency, replete with execrations against the cause of his misleading, and terrors of his offence, not without tears from his eyes, drops of blood from his heart, and curses from his very soul, in demonstration of his remorse, with protestations of better conformity, with vows and dangerous oaths for his loyalty, with confident assurances for his obedience, and with all the cunning that art, means, circumstances, and insinuation accustometh in attracting pardon.  
This strange news was nothing acceptable to her Majesty: For she had rather have seen his body on the ground headless, than himself succourless and on his knees begging of pardon, because my Lord of Essex had promised as much, and out of her own greatness, she scorned to be so affronted with a subject, and naked Rebel, as she might well term him: yea, the Council of her State had many times urged the facility of the matter, and suggested against my Lord of Essex, by way of exaggerating his offences, with this one slackness in the midst of his troubles: so that now to take him to mercy, after so much treasure disbursed, so many subjects slain, so untoward disturbance renewed, so wonderful reports dispersed, so famous an action discredited, and in a word, the whole frame of her government abused; was an unsavoury demand, & absolutely contrary to her expectation, especially when she had been wrought to the permission of her copper treasure in Ireland, esteemed the breakneck of the rebels designs, and a mere demonstration of our wants in England.  
But when the Council urged the necessity of the time, the situation of the Country, the fearfulness of further mischief, the inconveniences of new troubles, the threatening of the Spaniard, the new intercession of the Papists for another invasion, the discontents of the Irish themselves, for all these triumphs: her princely disposition was overwrought to a reflecting commiseration▪ so that against the customs of incensed Majesty, she admitted of his prostituted homage, and with some wonderment at the wretchedness of Traitors, and vicissitude of all things, she gave way to his restitution, with directions to the Deputy, to entertain him accordingly, so he made suit for the same, and that it might appear to the world, she was an absolute Queen of her Kingdoms, and however Rebels might have ttayterous hearts supported by foreign coadiutement, yet could no subject have powerful hands to pull the peace of her kingdoms in pieces, or touch the skirts of her throne to disturb her in her established mightiness.  
When Tirone understood, that he must alter his compass, and turn his sails to another coast, he then employed his brother Arthur Mac Baron, and others of the best of his family, and nearest of his affinity, as Agents of his peace and protection, who divers times repulsed, when remembrance laid open his former exorbitant actions, desisted not yet from excuses of precedent occurrences, and forcible intimation of the necessity of his present actions, nor left they out the true manner of his now penitency, and all their willingness to make him, as it were, a new creature, and unite themselves in one combination for the acknowledging the superiority of England: whereby at last that obdurate heart of our Deputy, which at first seemed impenetrable, was deflected and cast in a more gentle mould, so that he appointed Mellifant by Tredagh, where Sir Garret Moor was resident, to be the school house of his conformity, and place without other condition, then submitting to the Queen's mercy, to admit of his repentance: whither, at the time appointed, resorted our noble Lord Deputy well attended, for the better grace of his eminent greatness, and the person he presented: thither came also Tirone with some few Lords of the North, a spectacle of mischance and terror to the pride of man, who supposeth glory and ostentation the felicity of this world, or presumeth on wealth and authority, the very poison of our best endeavours: Nor was it with him, as I remember the excusing Poet in his distich touching offenders cries out: 
Confugit interdum templi violator ad aram,  
Nec petere offensi niminis horret opem:  For, as the case stood, his offence and fault was the more heinous and condemnatory, because his Prince was a woman, and one to whom he had divers times been beholding for his life, and in the doubtfulness of his first admission to his inheritances, saw the door of her treasury and magnificent bounty set open for him. But to the purpose.  
At the first entrance into the room, even at the threshold of the door, he prostrated himself groveling to the earth, with such a dejected countenance, that the standers by were amazed, and my Lord Deputy himself had much a do to remember the work in hand. For whether the sight of so many Captains and Gentlemen, whether ashamed of himself, when he saw such a number of his own nation spectators of his wretchedness, whether the consideration of his fortunes, that had thus embased him contrary to expectation: whether the view of my Lord to be his judge, whom once he reputed to be at his mercy: whether he repent this course of submission, and degenerating begging of life, when a noble death had been both honourable, and the determiner of misery: or whether man's natural imperfection, to be confounded and altered with affliction, depressed his spirits, I know not, but it was one of the deplorablest sights that ever I saw: and to look upon such a person, the author of so much trouble, and so formerly glorious, so dejected, would have wrought many changes in the stoutest heart, and did no doubt at this instant raise a certain commiseration in his greatest adversary.  
After a while the Deputy beckoned him to come near: believe it, he arose: but with such degrees of humility, as if misfortune had taught him cunning to grace his adversity. For he passed not two steps, before he yielded to a new prostitution, which might well be called a groveling to the ground, and so, by divided ceremonies, fell on his knees, beginning an apology for some of his actions, but at every word confessing, in how many treasons he had plunged himself, offending God and her Majesty, how he had abused her favours, disturbed her Kingdom, disobeyed her laws, wronged her subjects, abandoned all civility, and wrapped himself in the very tarriers of destruction; so that nothing remained, but to fly to the refuge of her Princely clemency, which had so often restored both his life and honour.  
Hear my Lord Deputy intercepted his oratory, with disclaiming all circumlocution, or defence of the courses he had so disorderly undertaken; nay, he would not hear a word of justifying his dependency on Spain, or admission of that enmity toward England, withal applying some instructions worthy so great a Commanders name, intermingled with reprehensions full of authority & eloquence, he admitted him to stand nearer, and (after an hour or more) gave him leave to be covered, using him with honourable respect, both at his board & private conferences, and so within two days brought him as a trophy of his victories into Dublin, with a full resolution to carry him into England, and present him to her Majesty.  
But now is the Sun of that glory eclipsed, and the Divine providence thought it meet to take her into his own protection. For after she had lived and reigned, to the admiration of all nations, and filled the world with the fame of her virtues four and forty years, and renown of life threescore and ten, she was ordained for a better Kingdom, and the four and twenty day of March 1602. went to take possession of it. My Lord had notice long before of her decaying, which peradventure was an incitation the rather for the taking in of Tirone, though he understood not so much. So this great Queen, the Wonder of Time, the Admiration of her Sex, the Help of all Nations, the Princess of Fame, the Mistress of Honour, the Terror of Antichrist, and the Commandrix of Fortune, left her name everlasting, and dignity unmatchable. For (believe it) what foreign Prince soever, more than to admire her, shall strive to imitate her, will but wrong Majesty, and discover this imperfection, that emulation is comitant to virtue, and when we cannot attain to the transcendency of another's excellency, we fall to vilipending the worth, and malicious calumniation of the goodness: and herein let England rejoice, that the star of dignity, and fame of those times, was set under her climate by her death, and in her life she treasured such jewels of estimation, that the storehouses of other palaces could not discover, or show the like.  
As for Rome, and some defamatory inventions of Spain; the poison hath returned to their own prejudice, like him which spitting against the wind, found his face besmeered with the reflection. For, the better sort both misliked Parsons and other English Priests, in their degenerating invectives, and stopped the mouths of inferiors, for once breathing amiss against her Majesty, which makes me remember a worthy reprehension of Count Mansfield toward Captain Rowland York, forbidding him some looseness of speech against his Queen, and when he transgressed further in undecencies of faultfinding, both with the government and life of her Majesty: in plainer terms he assured him, that the customs of his table would admit of no irregular behaviour against Princes: Nor can I forget Duke Byron's admiration, who at his return into France, plainly divulged, that the Court of England spread abroad the colours of Majesty indeed, and all others were but a heap of confusion, and diseased mixture of unseemly familiarity. But this is a digression: for mine own part therefore I will only bless her unimitable renown, and end with the Poet: 
O quam te memorem virgo! Namque haud tibi vultus  
Mortalis! nec vox hominum sonat ô Deo certè.  And so to our Irish business again.  
They which writ of the nature of things, say plainly (which also experience confirms) that as there is a sympathy and sweet agreement in many creatures, as beasts, plants, and divers of that sort: each thriving the better by the others proximity and conversation: So there is a kind of antipathy and eternal loathsomeness between creature and creature, and many times such an abhorrency, that the very sight and intermixture of things breedeth death, or other mischief: Thus is it apparent in divers plants growing near the Yew tree, which either perish immediately, or whither by degrees, without any prosperity: they which are skilful in music say, that the strings of wolves & sheep make a discord, and will never effect either Diapason or harmony. It is recorded, that when Eteocles and Pollinices the sons of Oedipus were burned, after they had slain one another, according to the solemnity of sacrifices in those days, the very flame divided itself, showing that the hate lasted in death, which could not be reconciled in life, and if in any thing it ever appeared, it was and is most probable in the nature and condition of the Irish, and ourselves. For though they have been many times reduced by conformable persuasion, and as many times corrected by powerful castigation: yet nothing could detain them within the circle of obedience, or fasten them to the dore-post of love and duty: nor was this the error and enmity of the North, or (as you term it) the wild Irish only, but the inficious disposition of the whole Nation, against whom Tirone himself, in the behalf of our country, hath gone in person, as in the excursions of Munster, Lease, Ophaly, Meths and Conach may appear: yea, at this instant, for all the back of rebellion seemed broken, and that this great prop of supportation, Tirone, was taken from them, whereby they were past all hope of coadiutement, either from him or Spain: yet did the poison of their malice and despite burst out into boils and botches of deformity, by rebellion against the King himself, to welcome him the better, even the first year of his establishment in an uncontrollable Majesty: all which did questionless arise from an inveterate hate, and innated antipathy against us.  
Again: whereas no venomous beast will live, nor is bred in Ireland, insomuch that Beda reporteth, that in those days, when the I'll of Man bred a controversy, to which Kingdom it did appertain, whether England or Ireland, the deciding of the same consisted in this, to carry certain snakes and toads into the Country, which if they agreed in the same, and did live, would easily approve it English: but if they died and miscarried, then questionless, by natural probability, Ireland had the propriety: wherein the Divine Providence was much glorified, that would not altogether over-poyson a nation with noisome creatures and beasts, considering the people were bad enough of themselves, and had their very bloods corrupted with the venom of malice, envy, disdain, pride and revenge, even against one another; and against us (if it were possible) the very stones and houses seemed to swell with mislike, and grow bog again with the tumours of ambitious rebellion, which more apparently appeared in the treasons of divers towns, by name Waterford, Corcke, and Limricke, who upon the false alarm of Sr. james Gouths' warrantise from England, for the toleration of religion, went as freshly to mass, as if the Pope himself had established his superstitious canons in the same: Nor was this done out of zeal or indirect devotion, according to the simplicity of divers, who were willing to maintain the Catholic cause; but with fury, rage, and military directions, these strong towns entertained a presumption of fortifying themselves against the power of England.  
Whereupon my Lord Deputy was compelled to leave Tirone to himself, with a kind of confidence of his loyalty, and politic directions for the superuizing of his actions, and in person went forward to the suppressing these insolences, unfolding again to his great grief and unquietness the wound up colours of defiances which he had supposed had been laid aside for ever: so that whole summer was spent in unheard of hurly-burlies: and his return into England procrastinated for a time: nor was the business so soon determined, or the intricateness of this disturbance so easily untied, as many imagined. For Waterford shut the gates, stood upon their guard, and denied him entrance with his army, until exasperated with the displeasure, he read them such a lesson of martial discipline, that they well understood a patard could blow open their gates, a mine or battery overthrow their walls, and such a Commander would not be dallied withal, when he determined indeed to whip their treasons with an imperious authority, and so he proceeded accordingly, pulling this high-looking head of innovation on her knees, depressing the glory of their Mayor and government, forfeiting their liberties to the State, and establishing Sr. Richard Monson in the full authority of the city, who most judiciously for the time committed the keys of the gates to the care and valour of Captain Meres.  
At Corcke they began more roughly, demolishing the new Fort which was a building, turning their ordnance against the castle of Shandon, which they shot through, when my Lady Carey was in it, mustering their townsmen, to the number of two thousand, one or other, with whom they resolved to man their walls and defend their ports, and proceeded with a savage immanity against divers, even to the shedding of blood, that seemed to intercept, or be angry with their jollity: and for all they had heard how Waterford was served, yet they durst say, that Corcke was a stronger town, better manned, and so well fortified, that they knew my Lord Deputies preparations were not able to surprise them, which hastened his speediness, and increased his anger, so that they found their abused presumption quickly overmastred, and besides those, which were slain in the encounters, my Lord hanged divers, and arraigned both the Mayor and Recorder upon high treason, setting upright again both Shandon and the new Fort, who at either end of the town overlook the same, and can by this time batter their houses about their ears, if they do but repine, or whisper against them.  
From hence he marched to Limricke, but they growing wise by other men's harms, according to that good council of Foelix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum, welcomed him that would have welcomed himself, and submitted to such directions, as he enforced against them, not without imprisoning certain Priests and factious Citizens, whom he detained in prison, as he had done in the other places. From hence he determined to visit Galloway, but understanding of their conformity, he put it in the accounts of true subjects, and reputed her as a daughter of fair conditions and good behaviour: notwithstanding, he came to Athlone, and wiping away all aspersions of rebellion, as he went, he left them with fairer faces, than they accustomed to have: to look more cheerfully on his Deputy Sr. George Cary the Treasurer at wars, who enjoying both places, did proceed judiciously in the civil administration, as little troubled with any remarkable innovation, the rest of the time of his commorance in the Country.  
The next year our Deputy prepareth for England, as made one of his majesties Privy Council, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and within a while created the Earl of Devonshire, with some donation of land, and contribution of pensions, to the eternal honour of such a Majesty, that would not let virtue shed a tear for sorrow, that she was unrespected; & comfort of all the monarchy, that were the better animated to generous performances, when they saw the Prince would regard them. Thus is Tirone carried into England, as the trophy of his former endeavours and victories. But what a terrible reckoning the accounts of his treasons and undutiful proceed summed together, every man can tell which overlooked the same. For the people's hate (as he passed through Wales and other places) was so inflamed against him, that the women presumed to throw dirt and stones at him, and the spreading tree which covered him, had much ado to overshadow and secure him from the malice and threats of such as railed upon him: yet with some ado hath he safe conduct to the Court, and our worthy King looking on him with the eyes of a noble commiseration, quickly welcomed him with cheerfulness, and as quickly, by the favour of Cyrus, returned him; as the jews to build up the walls of broken and desolate jerusalem: so he, to reintegrate his estate, repair his castles and towns, and settle himself in his inheritance, as Lieutenant of the Country under the King, and to govern the same after the manner of England.  
By this time is Sr. Arthur Chichester Lord Deputy, who watched these parts of the North more narrowly, than any other before him. First, because of his long experience and residence amongst them, as being Governor of Knogfergus, and a laborious searcher of Logh Con, with all the territories adjacent. Secondly, in regard of the way open to the flourishes of peace▪ when the Lords of the North saw such a unity and consent of goodness by Tirones remission. Thirdly, in regard of his private love in these parts, to which was united a kind of fear & observation of his virtue, he had so demeaned himself before, & continued ever since. Last of all, by reason of strait directions from England, to have the Shires divided with their orderly officers of Lieutenants and justices of peace, even amongst the mere Irish, who never heard of such names and government before, to send out judges of Assize, whose absolute authority was for the time supereminent above all others, and to punish malefactors after our Law and fashion of England, even to the terror of the greatest, who vilipended the same, or durst oppose against the inhibition to the contrary: which when Tirone perceived must be done indeed, he lived more discontented then ever, and freighted (as it were) with old stowage of malice and envy, studied every hour how to cast off this intolerable yoke of obedience, and not to suffer (as he termed it) another to sit paramount in the tribunal of his judicatures.  
So that according to our first simile of Cyrus returning the jews to jerusalem, you shall see how he kept correspondency in the same. The jews surfeited of ease, forgot their captivity, & returned to lick up the filth, that their excess had vomited; yea, so exasperated the displeasure of their great and good God, that at last he forsook them indeed, and stretched the strong arms of Vespasian and Titus, to unplume their jays feathers, and throw them forsaken over the world like dispersed vagabonds.  
Tirone returneth home, as you heard, liveth at ease and pleasure, surfeiting of the same, entertaineth his Priests, hearkens to his Bards and Rhymers, is seduced to mislike this new government, denieth the judges of Assize entrance into his Country, contesteth with the Deputy about the same (although he ever acknowledged his worth, and confessed that Sr. Arthur Chichester had united many virtues to a soldiers name) secondeth the Earl of Terconnel in his repine, and alloweth of Sr. Caher Odohordies' contentions, maligning our forwardness and success, when he saw him lie bleeding on the ground, and verily supposed that the burning of the Dery, with the coming forward of Odonnell to forage the Country, would have made another Gordian to trouble all the Country again to untie the knot. But, as God would have it, there is another Alexander to fulfil the prophesy, or Oedipus to dissolve the riddle, who with a sword in his hand can cut it in pieces, so that these new Rebels are discomfited, and such a blast of displeasure is blown against Dungannon, as the north-east wind, that struck the four corners of jobs eldest sons house, and quite overthrew it, to the destruction of the people within. For when my Lord Deputy saw no other remedy: but that Tamberlaines black flag must needs be set up, (the white and the red quite refused) he hasted with fire and sword into the North, and not only tertified this rebellious Lord with all his Complices, but compelled them to abandon their castles, houses, and inheritances, taking absolute possession for his new Master the King of Great Britain, and incorporated them to the Crown so firmly and perpetually, that no fine and recovery of their rebellious power should or could disannul the contract, or frustrate the deed: for England presently seized on the same, and like a true Lord and powerful Commander, placed better tenants, and divided the Country into several men's hands; yea, enfeoffed the City of London with such a right, that I am persuaded all the Irish in the world, or Irish Coadjutors will never be able to wrest it out of their hands.  
Tirone being thus made the spectacle of misery, by the incitement of certain Priests, flieth into Terconnell, and contriveth with that Earl to forsake their Country, and repair to Rome, where they might be sure to be shrouded under the angels wings of the Castle St. Angelo, and blessed with the holy father's entertainment, from the affronts of all disturbance, which accordingly with all conveniency they could, they put in practice, gathering together what treasure the Country afforded, and so with his wife and children, Terconnells wife and young son, and some fifty persons or attendants they shipped themselves, and found sufficient friends and means to escape.  
Thus like exiles forsaken, dispersed and abandoned, full of horrors of a guilty conscience, vexed in soul by strange excruciations, tormented with fear of being betrayed at home, abashed at the shame of being entertained abroad, and affrighted with the disaster of their lamentable dejection: they are at length compulsed to hide themselves amongst the rotten reeds of Egypt, even the Pope and his Consistory of Cardinals, as in their former determination: where, how his afflictions increased, and with what vexation of spirit he eateth the repining bran of other men's corn, that might have fed on the fine flower of his own threshing; I believe most travelers know, but am assured some tremble to behold the alteration: so that for myself, well acquainted with all his entertainments abroad, and misfortunes at home, as knowing him in Ireland, and meeting him in Italy: I may lawfully conclude: 
Heu cadit in quenquam tantum scelus! tanta iniquitas!   
FINIS.