I might in saftie my life and my lande;
No dasterdes nor shrinklinges, but those that would stande.
With these I marched from place unto place;
With these I troubled bothe village and towne ;
With these, in one night, I fired the Nace; †
With these my recisters I spoylde of renoune;
With these I made many a castell come doune ;
With these I yeelded, augmentyng my fame,
The people to sworde, and houses to flame.
With these I wasted the countie of Lease,
The places likewise that bordred it nye;
I made from tillage the farmors to cease,
I made them gladly awaie for to flie,
Inviting them nightly with a freshe supplye,
Givyng my Woodkarne, their states to maintaine,
The fruite that growed of other men's paine.
But God, detestyng this horrible life,
Might not of justice permit me furder
To rage in suche furie, delightyng in strife,
Contemnyng vertue, addicted to murder.
His justice and judgment, meetyng together,
For my demenure, since wilful I swarved,
Awarded me death, long sithence desarved.
And here I lye groulyng, poore wretch, on the ground,
Spoylde of the jewell I cheefly loved.
Thus God of justice doeth traitours confounde,
When from their sinnes thail not be removed;
With shame and confusion I now am reproved,
My hed, from the bodie parted in twaine,
Is set on the castell a signe to remaine.
The town of Naas. Sidney gives this account of the conflagration: "Rorie Oge Omore, and Cormocke Mack Cormocke Oconnor, accompanied not with above 140 men and boyes, on the third of this monethe, bourned betwene vii or viii c. thatched howsies, in a markett towne, called the Naas; they had not one horsewith man, nor one shot with theim; they ranne thorough the towne, beinge open, like haggs and furies of hell, flakes of fier fastened on pooles ends, and so fiered the lowe thatched howsies; and beinge a great windie night, one howse took fier of an other in a moment; they tarried not halfe au howre in the towne, neither stoode they upon killinge or spoylinge of any. There was above fyve hundered mennes boddies in the towne, manlyke enough in apparaunce, but nether manfull, nor wakeful, as it seamed; for they confesse they were all aslepe in their bedde, after they had filled theimselves and surfeyted upon their patrone day; which day is celebrated, for the moste parte, of the people of this country birthe, with glottonye and idollatrye as farre as they dare."
All men that heare this, take warnyng by me,
Least that ye fall in like predicament;
The art of treason see likewise ye flee,
Wisely forecastyng whereto ye consent;
Against the croune royall doe nothyng attempt,
For if against it ye, falyng at odde,
Doe feele as I felt, the strength of the rodde.
Rorie Oge maketh here his conclusion, and giveth wholsome counsel, more better than he ever could take, how they attempt any thyng that might be prejudiciall to the prince, for feare of like destruction.
ALKMAR besieged, 371. The siege is raised, 372
Allen, Dr William, corresponds with Fr. Throck-
morton, 215. Account of him, 433. Disliked
by the English catholics, ib.
Almanack prefixed to the Bible printed in 1577,
98
Alva, Duke of, besieges Rome, 201. Sent to the
Netherlands, 324, 333. His intentions to in-
vade England, 338. Besieges Antwerp, ib. De-
feats Count Lodowick de Nassau, 340. Refuses
battle to the Prince of Orange, 343. His pride,
S45. His forces, 350. Mons surrendered to
him, 352. Besieges Haarlem, 365. Attacks
and defeats the Baron of Battenburgh, 369.
Besieges Alkmaer, 370. In vain, 372. Retires
out of Holland, 374. Returns to Spain, 375
Ambassadors, questions respecting the rights of
ambassadors proposed by Queen Elizabeth's
ministers in the case of the Bishop of Ross, 187
Ancient Patriarch's peregrination; or, a map of
the first inhabited countries, 113
Anjou, Prince of, chosen sovereign by the United
States, 382. Assumes the title of Duke of Bra-
bant, 383
D'Annastro, Jasper, attempts the life of the Prince
of Orange, 582. Intrigues with Jauregui to
kill the Prince, 396. His promised reward, ib.
Letters by him, 401, 402, 403, 406
Antonio, Don, his pretensions to the crown of
Portugal, 169, 241, 242
Antwerp taken by the Spaniards, $26, 410
Ardern, Edward, executed, 203.
Aremberg, Count, defeated at Groningen, 339
Armada, description of its defeat, 431, 439. Pre-
parations against it in England, 434. Further
fate of the Armada, 450. Rejoicings in Lon-
don for its defeat, 451. Number of ships lost
on the coast of Ireland, 452. Another account
of the battle, 466. Number of the English ar-
mies ready to oppose the landing of the Span-
iards, 434
Arthur, Prince, ceremonies at his baptism, 22.
At his marriage, 31 note
Arundel, Thomas de, bishop of Ely, speech to
Richard II. 20
Arundel, Earl of, imprisoned for treason, 446
Auditor-General, office in Ireland, 285.
Austria, Charles, Archduke of, offers marriage to
Queen Elizabeth, and is rejected, 175
Azores, fight of, 466, et seq. Strength of the
fleets, 466, 470
Babington, executed for treason, 436
Bacon, Francis, Viscount St. Albans, notices re-
specting him, 266
Bacon, Sir Nicolas, Lord Chancellor, account of
him, 265. Speech respecting the Queen of
Scots, 226. Another on the same, 232
Baldesso, Francisco de, a Spanish general, enters
the Hague, 373. Attempts Delfe, 374
Balfort, promises to kill the Prince of Orange,
but serves him faithfully notwithstanding, 370..
Bards, Irish, account of them, 590, 591.
Barland, baillie of Flushing, $53.
Battenburgh, Baron of, the Prince of Orange's
lieutenant, 366. Arrives before Haarlem, ib.
Defeated by sea, 367. Slain, 369
Bayliff, Charles, servant of Mary Queen of Scots,
apprehended at Dover, 186. Confesses some
things respecting her, 187
Bazan, Don Alphonso, a Spanish captain, takes
the Revenge, captain Grenville, in the fight of
the Azores, 470.
Beaufort, Edward, earl of Worcester, account of
him, 282.
Beavoir, a Spanish commander, 354. Is defeat-
ed at Southland, 362. And at Romer's-wall,
where he is slain, 381
Bellum Grammaticale translated from the Latin,
Bible, ancient editions of the English translation,
86. Prolegomena to the same, ib. et seq.
Boiset, a French admiral, defeats the Spanish
navy, 378. Again at Romer's-Wall, 381
Bossue, Count, surprizes Rotterdam, 357
Bracamont, Gonsalvo de, a Spanish commander,
Bradford, John, executed, 483.
Brand, Norris, admiral to the Prince of Orange,
366. Defeated by the Spanish, $68
Brandon, Sir T. value of the chain he wore at
the marriage of Prince Arthur, 31, note
Briant, Alexander, is put to the rack, 210. Par-
ticulars respecting him, ib.
Briel surprized by Count la Marke, $56
Bruce, Robert, a minister of Edinburgh, 529.
Exiled by King James, 532
Buchanan, George, letter on his Detectio Maria
Regina, 183
Bullen, Queen Anne, her ancestry, 251.
character, 252
CR. letter to the Earle of Leicester, 225
Calderwood, account of the conspiracy of Gowry,
Campeius, Cardinal, speech at Queen Katharine's
trial, 35
Campion, Edmund, sent by the Pope into Eng-
land, 196. Disputes with the divines of the
English church, ib. The authority given by
Pope Gregory XIII. to him and Robert Par-
sons, 197. Particulars respecting his being
put to the rack, and his life, 209, 210
Carey, Sir Henry, Lord Hunsdowne, account of
him, £72
Carey, Sir Robert, his account of the defeat of the
Armada, 445, note
Carlo, general of horse to the Prince of Orange,
slain, 369
Carmarden, anecdote of an officer in the custom-
house of that name, 256
Caronne, Sir Nowell, agent for the States at
London, 490
Catholics, penal statutes against them, 189. De-
fence of them, probably by royal command, ib.
Bishops not otherwise molested in Queen Eli-
zabeth's time, than by being removed from
their respective sees, 193. They are confined
in Ely during the threat of the Spanish inva-
sion, 435
Cecil, Sir William, probably author of the device
for the alteration of religion, 61. His first me-
morial, 163. Advice to Queen Elizabeth in
matters of religion and state, 164 Declara-
tion of the favourable dealing of her Majesty's
commissioners, appointed for the examination
of certaine traytors, &c. 1588, 209. Account
of him, 260
Cecill, Robert, Earl of Salisbury, account of him,
279. Letter to Lord Mountjoy, 280. His death,
Charles V. (I. of Spain,) ceremonies at his entry
into London, 32. He besieges Rome, 201
Charles II. King of England, warrant creating Sir
John Grenvill, Earl of Bath, 473
Chester, Captain, defends Delft, 374
Chettle, Henry, tract respecting the funeral of
Elizabeth, 248
Chiffero, Baron of, attacks the Prince of Orange's
army, 369
Chronographia, a description of time, 115-148
Church of England, device for the alteration of
religion, 61. Injunctions by Queen Elizabeth
to the clergy, 64. General grievances in the
church, 85
Cinque-Ports, Barons of the, sent to parliament, 8
Clanricard, Earl of, his rebellion put down by Sir
Henry Sidney, 559
Clement, Pope, ransomed from the power of
Charles V. 201
Clerk of the Pipe, office in the Irish exchequer,
286
Clerks of parliament, regulations respecting them
in Richard II's time, 9, 10, 77
Codoman, Lorenzo, account of him, 115, note
Extract from his Chronology, 115-148
Corby, Alexander, taken prisoner by Rorie Ogg,
and is rescued, 607
Cormac MacCormac O'Connor, an Irish rebel, 603
Cornellys, a Scottish captain at Alkmaar, 371
Coverdale, Miles, dedication to the English Bible,
86. Account of him, ib., note
Craigenvelt, George, attendant on the Earl of
Gowry, hanged, 532
Cranmer, Archbishop, letter to Cromwell, on the
accusation of Bishop Gardner, 48. Accused
of inconsistency by Feckenham, 83
Cranstoun, Thomas, hanged for being engaged
in Gowrie's conspiracy, 532
Crundal, extracts from the parish registers of
Crundal in Kent, 108
Cuffe, secretary to Essex, 276
Dacre, Leonard, rebels, 217
Davis, William, 217
Davison, Secretary, apology respecting the execu-
tion of the warrant for Queen Mary's death, 224
Delfshaven fortified, 374
Derrick, John, the Image of Ireland, 558. Ac-
count of him, ib. Dedication to Sir Philip
Sidney, 559, to the inhabitants of Ireland, 560.
Plan of the Poem, 559. To the English na-
tion, 561
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