whereof the earl doth
verily persuade himself--which his surmise was afterwards confirmed
in time, by the credible report of many--that some of the State
were sorry for his escape, but specially Sir Oliver Lambert, who had
purposely drawn the plot of the earl's ruin.'

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original]

[Footnote: Meehan's Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel, pp. 192-224.]

CHAPTER IX.

THE CONFISCATION OF ULSTER.

Sir Toby Caulfield, accompanied by the sheriffs of Tyrone and
Tyrconnel, followed quickly the proclamation of the lord deputy to
the people of Ulster, and took possession of the houses, goods, and
chattels of the fugitive earls. Sir Toby was further empowered to act
as receiver over the estates, taking up the rents according to the
Irish usage until other arrangements could be made. His inventory
of the effects of O'Neill in the castle of Dungannon is a curious
document, showing that according to the ideas of those times in the
matter of furniture 'man wants but little here below.' The following
is a copy of the document taken from the memorandum roll of the
exchequer by the late Mr. Ferguson. It is headed, '_The Earl of
Tyrone's goods, viz._' The spelling is, however, modernised, and
ordinary figures substituted for Roman numerals.

_The Earl of Tyrone's Goods, viz._

L. s. d.

Small steers, 9 at 10 s. 4 10 0

60 hogs, at 2 s. 6 d. 7 10 0

2 long tables, 10 s.
2 long forms, 5 s.; an old bedstead, 5 s.
An old trunk, 3 s.; a long stool, 12 d.
3 hogsheads of salt, 28 s. 6 d.; all valued at 4 12 6

A silk jacket 0 13 4

8 vessels of butter, containing 4-1/2 barrels 5 17 6

2 iron spikes 0 2 0

A powdering tub 0 0 6

2 old chests 0 4 0

A frying-pan and a dripping-pan 0 3 0

5 pewter dishes 0 5 0

A casket, 2 d.; a comb and comb case, 18 d. 0 1 8

2 dozen of trenchers and a basket 0 0 10

2 eighteen-bar ferris 0 6 0

A box and 2 drinking glasses 0 1 3

A trunk 1; a pair of red taffeta cur