[1]. Tract by Sir Thomas Smith on the Colonisation of Ards, in Co. Down, 1572.

[2]. Patent Rolls, 1 James I., lxx., 22, Dorso, p. 5.

[3]. See The Broken Sword of Ulster, by R. Cuninghame.

[4]. State Papers, Ireland (1609), p. 330, (1608), pp. 108, 109.

[5]. Plowden’s History, I., p. 341.

[6]. Calendar State Papers, Ireland (1608-10), Preface.

[7]. Broken Sword of Ulster, p. 153, &c. For the earlier plots of Mountjoy against Tyrone, see Docwra’s Narrative, Celtic Society’s Miscellany, Notes, p. 315.

[8]. State Papers, Ireland (1608), p. 31.

[9]. State Papers, Ireland (1608), Preface, p. xli.

[10]. Celtic Society’s Miscellany, Docwra’s Narrative, Notes, p. 315.