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tise Don John for his insidious treaty of peace, 

 wherewith ye had abused the States at his first 

 coming. And the fortune of the day, besides the 

 testimony of all stories, may be the better ascribed 

 to the service of the English and Scotish, by com 

 parison of this charge near Rimenant, where the 

 English and Scotish in great numbers came in 

 action, with the like charge given by Don John half 

 a year before at Glemblours, where the success was 

 contrary : there being at that time in the army but 

 a handful of English and Scotish, and they put in 

 disarray by the horsemen of their own fellows. 



The first dart of war which was thrown from 

 Spain or Rome upon the realm of Ireland, was 

 in the year 1580; for the design of Stukely blew 

 over into Afric; and the attempt of Saunders and 

 Fitz-Maurice had a spice of madness. In that year 

 Ireland was invaded by Spanish and Italian forces, 

 under the pope s banner, and the conduct of San 

 Josepho, to the number of seven hundred or better, 

 which landed at Smerwick in Kerry. A poor number 

 it was to conquer Ireland to the pope s use ; for 

 their design was no less : but withal they brought 

 arms for five thousand men above their own company, 

 intending to arm so many of the rebels of Ireland. 

 And their purpose was, to fortify in some strong 

 place of the wild and desolate country, and there to 

 nestle till greater succours came ; they being hastened 

 unto this enterprise upon a special reason of state, 

 not proper to the enterprise itself; which was by 

 the invasion of Ireland, and the noise thereof, to 



