The matters of the releyvinge, succouringe, and sendinge away the Spanyardes, he knoweth thes to be true, in maner as the Artecle supposeth, but for the said secret advertisementes sent by O'Rork into Spayne he knoweth nothinge thereof but by comon fame.

18. Item, the said Sir Bryan O'Rourk most contemptuously refused to come to the Lo. Deputie, Sir William Fytz William, at his Lp being at Sligo, when he went the Northen jorney, howbeit that his Lp sent unto hym severall tymes by severall messingers.

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true.

19. Item,-about this tyme divers of the septe of the O'Hartes, in the county of Sligo, beinge in action of rebellion, the said Sir Bryan did anymate and encourage the said rebells, and from tyme to tyme did relyve them within his contrey, as also after they had burned Ballymoat and comytted great spoyle upon Sir George Byngham, they were relyved and mayntayned chiefely by the said Sir Bryan.

This Article he knoweth to be very true, and so deposeth.

20. Item, the Lo. Deputie havinge appoynted Robte McPeter pryncipall officer in the county of Leatrim for this presente yere, and givinge hym chardge of the county and exercise [of] the said office, the said Sir Bryan did resist him, and in all that yere would not suffer hym to execute the same.

This he deposeth to be true.

21. Item, the said Sir Bryan O'Rourk received letters about May, 1589, by a Fryer from the Kinge of Spayne, givinge hym thankes for the good service don to hym when his shypps were

distressed, as Fardocgh O'Kelly and Robert McPeter did at that tyme severally advertise unto us.

Of this Sir Rich. knoweth nothinge, but by the advertisementes mentioned in the Article, which he is sure once he had, and promyseth to send unto us.

22. Item,-in Aprill, 1589, the said Sir Bryan most traytorusly did send his sonnes, Owen O'Rourke and Bryan O'Rourke, with his brother, Ternon O'Rourke, and all the force of his contrey, both horsemen and footmen, into the countie of Sligo, and then entringe most traytorusly into the Barrony of Tyreraghe, did burne, pray, spoyle, and kill her Maties faythfull subjectes; and from thence have taken and led away, besides other spoyle, the nomber of 3000 cowes, and 1000 mares and garrans, with an inumerable nomber of sheepe, and goates, and swyne, to the worth and value of 4000li ster. ; and the said pray and spoyle did dryve and leade to the said Sir Bryan to his house of Dromheare. This was sufficiently proved by thinhabitantes of Tyreragh. This was don when the Lo. Prymat, the B. of Meith, Sir Robert Dillon, Sir Nicholas Whyte, Sir Thomas Lestrange, were at Gallway treatinge upon a pacification of Sir Moroghnedo and the Boorks of Maio, where Sir Richard Bingham was also, and at that tyme was restrayned from makinge any warr of hostilitie upon the said Sir Brian, or any ells within the province, untill the said pacification should be ended.

He knoweth O'Rorks sonnes made the pray, and O'Rork received the same, as the Article setteth downe, but the certen nomber of the cattall taken he cannot depose, but they were thousands, at least, which fact was don about May, 1589.

23. Item, the said rebells, by thadvice and procurement of the said Sir Brian, entred into the Barrony of Corran, in the aforesaid month and yere, and ther prayed and burned her Maties

good subjects, and killed to the nomber of xxxtie of them, and led away 600 cowes, viije garrans and mares, besides sheepe, goates, and swyne, to the value of 2,400, and the same led to the same Sir Bryan, as was likewise proved before us by the inhabitantes of Corran. This was likewise comytted within the tyme of the aforesaid treaty of pacification.

This Article was sufficientlie proved before Sir Rich. Bingham and others, in sort as the Article purporteth, and more he cannot depose.

24. Item,—in Maie, 1589, the said Sir Bryan sent his sonne, Owen O'Rourke, with diverse notorious malefactors of his followers and servantes, with banners displayed, most traytorously to invade the countie of Roscomon, and there prayed, burned, and killed diverse of her Maties good subjectes, and being encountered by Richard Maypowther, gent., then Sherif of the said countie, the pray was reskewed with some losse of men on both sides. At this tyme Sir Richard Byngham was in the county of Mayo, in service against the Boorkes, whoe were then in action of rebellion.

This Article he knoweth to be true, and so deposeth, savinge he thinketh the fact was in Aprill, the same yere mentioned in the Interr.

25. Item, the said rebells, in May, 1589, by procurment of the said Sir Bryan as aforesaid, came to the Barrony of Carbery, in the countie of Sligo, and from thence led and caryed away a pray of cowes and garrans, to the worth and value of ve li star., as was proved before us by the inhabitantes of the said Barrony.

The offences mencioned in the Article Sir Rich. deposeth were proved, before hym self and others, to be done in the same maner the Article setteth downe.

26. Item, in Julie, 1589, the said Sir Bryan most traytor

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ously did send his sonne, Bryan Oge O'Rourke, accompanied with iij or iiije rebells, to the mountayne of the Corlewes, and there did sett upon William Taffe, then Sherif of the countie of Sligoe, murdered 17 of his Capen Mostians, soldiers which were attending on hym, and ij gent. of good accompte, the said Sheryf beinge but 40 in company, and put hym in no small danger of his owne life, all which is notoriously knowne. This was don the very same day that the Lo. Prymat, the B. of Meith, Sir Robert Dillon, and Sir Thomas Le Strange, were in plee upon the borders of O'Rourkes contrey with the said O'Rourke; Sir Richard beinge commaunded to Athlone, and wholy restrayned to medle with O'Rourke till the same pacification should be ended.

The contentes of this Article he deposeth of his own knowledge to be true.

27. Item, about the said tyme the said Sir Bryan sent his sonne, Owen O'Rourke, accompanyed with divers other malefactors, to take away, of the goodes of Sir George Byngham, 9 garrans. This was don most traytorously within this tyme of the peace made by the aforesaid Comyssioners with the said O'Rourke.

This Article he affirmeth upon his oath to be true of his owne knowledge.

28. Item, about the said tyme the said Sir Bryan sent his sonn, Bryan O'Rourke, accompanyed with other rebells, into the countie of Sligo, toke the pray of Tollynemulla, and from thence most traytorously led away of the goodes of the townesmen the nomber of clx cowes, besides howshold stuffe, and the same led and carryed away to the said Sir Bryan, as was proved before us by the inhabitantes of the said towne. This likewyse was comytted within the foresaide tyme. Duringe all the foresaid treasons of O'Rourke, Sir Richard Byngham was restrayned from

makinge war upon hym by the Lo. Deputy and the Commissioners, but onely was assigned to lye upon a defensable warre, eatinge out of the good subjectes, and forbiden to prosecut thenemy by sondry letters.

In this he cannot speake any thinge of his knowledge, but he is sure the Article was proved before Sir George Bingham and others.

29. Item, the said Sir Brian most contemptuously did refuse to come to the Lo. Deputy, Sir William Fytz William, and Councell, at his Lp last beinge in Sligoe in Anno 1589, notwithstandinge that he had promysed dyvers tymes before to com in and submyt hym self to his Lp.

This he knoweth and deposeth to be true.

30. Item,—in February, 1589, the said Sir Bryan sent his messingers to the Boorkes, in the countie of Maio, they beinge in action of rebellion and prosecuted by her Maties forces, anymatinge them to hold out, and that hym self would stir in thother parte of the province, whereby the governor should be forced to devid his forces. This was confessed unto us by some of the Bourkes, and that a messinger of the said Sir Bryan's was in company with the Bourkes for that purpose, when they sett upon Sir Richard Bingham and her Maties forces at Barnegie.

This Article he deposeth to be true in maner as tharticle purporteth.

31. Item, at the same tyme, and before and after, the said Sir Bryan did moste traytorusly anymate and procure the Occonor, Roes, and Clandermod Reoghes, his next neighbors, to enter and contynu in action of rebellion, and did from tyme to tyme relyve and succor them in all the tyme of theire late rebellion, as divers of them examyned by us have sythence confessed, and of our