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having made his repair about the same time to Ty 

 rone, to right him in a cause of land ; saving that 

 Bremingham delivers the like speech of Tyrone to 

 himself; but not what Tyrone hoped, but \vhat 

 Tyrone had promised in these words, That he had 

 promised, it may be thought to whom,, ere long to 

 shew his face in England, little to the good of 

 England. 



These generalties coining immediately from the 

 report of Tyrone himself, are drawn to more parti 

 cularity in a conference had between the lord Fitz- 

 Morrice, baron of Liksnaw in Munster, and one 

 Thomas Wood, a person \vell reputed of, imme 

 diately after Essex coming into England. In which 

 conference Fitz-Morrice declared unto Wood, that 

 Tyrone had written to the traitorous titulary earl of 

 Desmond to inform him, that the condition of that 

 contract between Tyrone and Essex was, That 

 Essex should be king of England ; and that Tyrone 

 should hold of him the honour and state of viceroy 

 of Ireland ; and that the proportion of soldiers 

 which Tyrone should bring or send to Essex, were 

 8,000 Irish. With which concurreth fully the testi 

 mony of the said James Knowd, who, being in 

 credit with Owny Mac Roory, chief of the Omoores 

 in Lemster, was used as a secretary for him, in the 

 writing of a letter to Tyrone, immediately after 

 Essex coming into England. The effect of wiiich 

 letter was, To understand some light of the secret 

 agreement between the earl of Essex and Tyrone, 



