[459] While accepting the facts here narrated, so far as they were capable of being observed, one cannot ignore the probability that they were misinterpreted. It is quite possible that the offer of peace was made in good faith, and that Malachy and his friends were unduly suspicious when they "foresaw guile." The prince may have surrounded himself with armed men as a mere matter of prudence.
[460] Susanna, 62.
[461] Luke xvi. 8.
[462] § 23.
[463] Mulctatum in corpore.
[464] Mutatum in corde.
[465] Ps. x. 2.
[466] Jer. xvii. 7, etc.
[467] Plebes.
[468] That is, the church of Armagh.