162 HISTORY OF THE OUTER HEBRIDES. 



Errol, with a much inferior force, met them near Glenlivat, 

 where a battle was fought which resulted in the total 

 discomfiture of Argyll. A son of Macneill of Barra, who 

 is described as " ane of the most valiant men of the party," 

 was killed by a discharge of artillery, which is said to have 

 " bred a confused tumult " among the Islesmen. Maclean 

 of Duart, who commanded the van of Argyll's army, 

 proved, with all his faults, a brave and capable captain. 

 If properly supported, it is probable that he would have 

 succeeded in changing the fortunes of the day. As it was, 

 he stood firm amid the general confusion, and retired from 

 the field in good order with his Hebrideans. The victory 

 of Huntly and Errol did not save them from the conse- 

 quences of their contumacy. Vigorous measures were 

 directed against them by the Crown, and they were forced 

 to fly the country. They were soon afterwards permitted 

 to return to Scotland, and were received into the Royal 

 favour. 



While these events were taking place, Donald Gorm of 

 Sleat, who was again forfeited in 1594, and Roderick 

 Macleod of Harris (Rory Mor) were busy in another 

 direction. These chiefs, each with 500 men at his back, 

 passed over to Ulster to assist Red Hugh O'Donnell, who 

 was then in open rebellion against Queen Elizabeth, in 

 which he was afterwards joined by Hugh, Earl of Tyrone. 

 On their way to Ireland, the Hebrideans were attacked 

 and worsted by English ships of war. This defeat so 

 rankled in the breast of Macleod of Harris, that after the 

 Macdonalds had returned to Scotland, he remained in 

 . Ireland to revenge himself on the English for the losses 

 sustained by him. Throughout this Irish campaign, the 

 chiefs of the Hebrides were divided by their sympathy 

 with the Irish, and their readiness to accept English gold 

 for their services to Queen Elizabeth. Lauchlan Mor 

 Maclean of Duart was particularly active in the service 

 of England, his exertions being probably stimulated by 

 a gift of 1,000 English crowns and the promise of a 

 pension. In conjunction with Argyll, he was largely 



