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&quot; prosper, if the charges we have been put to were 

 &quot; orderly employed.&quot; 



Her majesty in her particular letter written to 

 my lord the 30th of July, bindeth, still expressly 

 upon the northern prosecution, my lord &quot; ad princi- 

 palia rerum,&quot; in these words : 



&quot; First, you know right well, when we yielded 

 &quot; to this excessive charge, it was upon no other foun- 

 &quot; dation than to which yourself did ever advise us 

 &quot; as much as any, which was, to assail the northern 

 &quot; traitor, and to plant garrisons in his country ; it 

 &quot; being ever your firm opinion, amongst other our 

 &quot; council, to conclude that all that was done in 

 &quot; other kind in Ireland, was but waste and con- 

 &quot; sumption.&quot; 



Her majesty in her letter of the 9th of August to 

 my lord of Essex and the council of Ireland, when, 

 after Munster journey, they began in a new time to 

 dissuade the northern journey in her excellent ear, 

 quickly finding a discord of men from themselves, 

 chargeth them in these words : 



&quot; Observe well what we have already written, 

 &quot; and apply your counsels to that which may shorten, 

 &quot; and not prolong the war ; seeing never any of you 

 &quot; was of other opinion, than that all other courses 

 tf were but consumptions, except we went on with 

 &quot; the northern prosecution.&quot; 



The lords of her majesty s council, in their letter 

 of the 10th of August to rny lord of Essex and the 

 council of Ireland, do in plain terms lay before them 

 the first plot, in these words : 



