The history of Ireland; from the earliest period of the Irish anals, to the present time . wever, on the 6thof April he renewed his submission to kingJames in the same terms as he had made it toqueen Elizabeth; and at the same time hewrote a letter to the king of Spain, acquaint-ing him with his submission, and requestinghim to send back his son Henry ONeill, who had been for some time resident at the Span-ish court. The lord deputy then gave him anew protection, to serve till he had sued outhis pardon, and he was sent back to his owncountry to settle the same, and to keep hisfriends and forme
The history of Ireland; from the earliest period of the Irish anals, to the present time . wever, on the 6thof April he renewed his submission to kingJames in the same terms as he had made it toqueen Elizabeth; and at the same time hewrote a letter to the king of Spain, acquaint-ing him with his submission, and requestinghim to send back his son Henry ONeill, who had been for some time resident at the Span-ish court. The lord deputy then gave him anew protection, to serve till he had sued outhis pardon, and he was sent back to his owncountry to settle the same, and to keep hisfriends and former confederates in betteiorder upon this change of the state. Thus was the great rebellion, which, tor-menting the latter years of queen Elizabeth,had called for an unexampled expenditureof English money and blood, while it agi-tated every part of Ireland, and reduced itsfinest provinces to a desert, brought at lengthto a close. CHAPTER XVIII. CONDUCT OF THE CITIES OF MUNSTER; ACT OF OBLIVION AND INDEMNITY; SIR ARTHURCHICHESTER; FLIGHT OF THE EARLS OF TYRONE AND HILE the north appear-ed thus tranquillized,new troubles threatenedMunster, where the Ro-man Catholic agents hadbeen active in stirring vipa spirit of religious en-thusiasm. They had beenespecially successful inthe cities and large towns, which had duringthe last two years manifested strong signs ofdisaffection to Elizabeths government. A re-port was widely spread that king James wasprejudiced in favour of the Romish faith, andmany went so far as to believe that his ac-cession to the English throne would be fol-lowed by the restoration of the ancient formof worship. The feeling thus spread abroadin the southern province, where the priestshad been busiest, closely resembled thatwhich was shown on the death of Edward VI.,and the catholic party, which possessed thechief power in several of the cities of thesouth, were rendered so imprudent by theirzeal that they proclaimed the change beforethey had
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