192 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



This last extract seems to tally "vrith Cuellar's statement — 



19. " The very next day at early dawn, I went on board a poor 

 boat in which went altogether eighteen persons." 



It would thus further appear that Sorley Boy (M'Donnell of 

 Dunlnce Castle) was the agent of their escape, and quite probably 

 Dunluce Castle was the place of refuge of the Bishop of Derry and of 

 the Spaniards who escaped with Cuellar. However, it must also be 

 borne in mind that Dunseverick Castle may have been the place of 

 departure of Cuellar and his companions, as having a small inlet or 

 boat harbour beside it, and as being at the time in the hands of Sorly 

 Boy M'Donnell, as mentioned by O'Donovan in his article on 

 Dunseverick Castle in the Dublin Penny Journal, Hay 11th, 1833. 



It would thus appear that the districts which Cuellar traversed 

 were a part of Sligo, a part of Leitrim, probably some parts of 

 Fermanagh and Donegal, and finally a part of Antrim, and that the 

 people whose habits he describes were the Clan M'Clancy and other 

 clans of O'Eoui'ke's country, and of Donegal. 



Teah-slation of ITaeeative. 



^^ Letter of One who tooTc part in the English Armada, mid account 

 of that affair.^ 



" I quite believe that you will marvel greatly on seeing this letter,, 

 considering the faint assurance that you can have entertained of my 

 being still alive, and it is in order to afford you some certainty in 

 that respect that I write, and verily at considerable length, for in 

 very truth there is plenty of grounds for my so doing, considering the 

 great sufferings and misfortunes which I have gone through since the 

 sailing of the Ai'mada from Lisbon for England, and from all which 

 OUT Lord in his infinite providence has delivered me. And because 

 also, I have not found a single opportunity of writing to you during 

 more than a year : In fact I could not do so up to the present moment, 

 when God has conducted me to these States of Flanders, which I 

 reached about twelve days ago, with those Spaniards who escaped 

 from the vessels which were wrecked in Ireland, Scotland, and 

 Shetland, numbering more than twenty, and of the largest of the 



1 Translated from the Original Spanish as given in vol. ii., p. 337, of the- 

 Armada Invincible of Cesareo Fernandez Duro. 



