FOOTNOTES:
[156] Articles with Sir Brian MacPhelim O’Neill, Oct. 8, 1568; Sidney to Cecil, Nov. 12; Sidney’s Summary Relation, 1583, in Carew.
[157] Sidney to Cecil, Nov. 12, 1568; same to same, Nov. 8 (in the Sidney Papers); Argyle to Queen Elizabeth, Aug. 24 (in the Sidney Papers).
[158] Lord Roche to the Lords Justices, Sept. 14; Wingfield to Cecil, Nov. 12; Sidney to Cecil, Nov. 8 and 12; Hamlet’s warning to Ophelia is applicable to all Irish Governors.
[159] Lady Dunboyne to Luke Dillon, A.G., Nov. 22; Carew to Cecil, Dec. 26.
[160] Hooker, in Holinshed; for the state of Athenry, see Sidney to the Queen, April 20, 1567.
[161] Hooker, in Holinshed; Weston to Cecil, Feb. 17 and March 18, 1569. The Parliament 11 Eliz. sat almost continuously from Jan. 17 to March 11, 1569, but three sessions are counted within this period. On March 11, a prorogation took place till Oct. 10.
[162] Hooker, in Holinshed; two letters of Weston to Cecil already quoted; Sir N. White to Cecil, March 10; and Sidney’s Summary Relation in Carew, 1583.
[163] Cecil to Sidney, Nov. 5, 1568; Queen to Sidney, Feb. 10, 1569; Peryam’s Petition, Feb. 19; Tremayne to Pollard and to Cecil, July 7.
[164] Letters to the Lord Deputy, June 17 to 20, from Lady St. Leger, J. Horsey, the Mayors of Cork, Waterford, and Youghal, and Andrew Skiddy. St. Leger to Sidney, February 14; see Froude, vol. x. p. 495, from Simancas.