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for them, Onele should send him eight thousand men 

 out of Ireland. The said Wood asked the baron, how 

 he knew that ? He answered, that the earl of Des 

 mond had written to him so much. 



THOMAS WOOD. 



Confessed in the presence of THOMAS BUCKHURST 



NOTTINGHAM, 

 ROBERT CECIL, 

 JOHN FORTESCUE. 



The confession of JAMES KNOWD, taken the 

 16th of February 1600, before Sir ANTHONY 

 SAINTLEGER, master of the Rolls in Ireland, 

 and ROGER WILBRAHAM, master of the Re 

 quests. 



OWNEY MAC RORY having secret intelligence of 

 the friendship between the earl of Essex and Tyrone, 

 wrote to Tyrone, desiring him to certify him thereof, 

 whereby he might frame his course accordingly, and 

 not do any thing contrary to their agreement : which 

 letter myself did write by Owney s appointment, for 

 then I was in credit with him ; in which letter he also 

 desired Tyrone to send him some munition. The let 

 ter, with instructions to that effect, was in my pre 

 sence delivered to one Turlagh mac Davy o Kelly, a 

 man of secrecy, sufficiency, and trust with Owney ; and 

 he carried it to Tyrone : before whose return Owney 

 grew suspicious of me, because I sometimes belonged 

 to Mr. Bo wen, and therefore they would not trust me, 

 so as I could not see the answer : but yet I heard by 



