CONFESSIONS OF SIR FERDINANDO GORGE. 369 



surer ; the earl of NOTTINGHAM, lord High Admiral ; 

 Sir ROBERT CECIL, principal Secretary; and Sir 

 JOHN FORTESCUE, Chancellor of the Exchequer. 



He, the said David Hethrington, riding into the 

 edge of the county of Kildare, about the end of the 

 first cessation, fortuned to meet with one James Oc- 

 curren, one of the horsemen of Master Bowen provost 

 marshal of Lemster, who told him, that the said James 

 Occurren meeting lately with a principal follower 

 of Owney mac Rory, chief of the Moores, Owney s 

 man asked him what news he heard of the earl of 

 Essex ? To which James Occurren answered, that he 

 was gone for England : whereunto he said, Nay, if 

 you can tell me no news, I can tell you some ; the 

 earl of Essex is now in trouble for us, for that he 

 would do no service upon us ; which he never meant 

 to do, for he is ours, and we are his. 



DAVID HETHRINGTON. 



Confessed in the presence of THO. BUCKHURST, 



NOTTINGHAM, 

 Ro. CECIL, 

 Jo. FORTESCUE. 



The first confession of Sir FERDINANDO GORGE, knight, 

 the 16th of February, 1600, taken before Sir 

 THOMAS EGERTON, lord keeper of the great seal ; 

 the lord BUCKHURST, lord High Treasurer ; the 

 earl of NOTTINGHAM, lord High Admiral ; and Sir 

 ROBERT CECIL, principal Secretary. 



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