hat no man whatsoever Do walk without the _livery_ of his lord, Either
in cloak or any other garment."

[437] _Irish_.--Four Masters, vol. v. pp. 1678-9. Camden mentions the
capture of O'Neill, and says Essex slew 200 of his men; but he does not
mention the treachery with which this massacre was accomplished.

[438] _Pestilence_.--Memoir or Narrative addressed to Sir Francis
Walsingham, 1583. Ware says he wrote "Miscellanies of the Affairs of
Ireland," but the MS. has not yet been discovered. The Four Masters
notice the pestilence, which made fearful ravages.

[439] _John_.--He was called _Shane Seamar Oge_, or John of the
Shamrocks, from having threatened to live on shamrocks sooner than
submit to the English. John was the younger of the two De Burgos or
Burkes.

[440] _Vileness.--Reign of Elizabeth_, vol. i, p. 458.

[441] _Humanity_.--Dr. O'Donovan, with his usual conscientious accuracy,
has given a long and most interesting note on the subject of this
massacre, in the _Annals of the Four Masters_, vol. v.p. 1695. Dowling
is the oldest writer who mentions the subject, and he expressly
mentions Crosby and Walpole as the principal agents in effecting it.
Dr. O'Donovan gives a curious traditional account of the occurrence, in
which several Catholic families are accused of having taken part.

[442] _Den.--Faerie Queene_, book iii c. 3.

[443] _Disorders_.--"In many dioceses in England (A.D. 1561), a third of
the parishes were left without a clergyman, resident or non-resident....
The children grew up unbaptized; the dead buried their dead." Elizabeth
had to remonstrate with Parliament upon the "open decays and ruins" of
the churches. "They were not even kept commonly clean, and nothing was
done to make them known to be places provided for divine service." "The
cathedral plate adorned the prebendal sideboards and dinner-tables. The
organ pipes were melted into dishes for their kitchens. The organ frames
were carved into bedsteads, where the wives reposed beside their
reverend lords. The copes and vestments were slit into gowns and
bodices. Having children to provide for, the chapters cut down their
woods, and worked their fines ... for the benefit of their own
generation." "The priests' wives were known by their dress in the
street, and their proud gait, from a hundred other women."--Froude,
_Reign of Elizabeth_, vol. i. pp. 465-467.

CHAPTER XXVII.

FitzMaurice obtains Help from Spain and from Rome--T