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THE IRISH REBELLION.
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arraigned before the council, overwhelmed with in-
of my servants to the parts beyond the seas to Flanders and France, and the attorneys of the King of England did despoil my servants of the sum of 9000l., and threw them into prison, where they now remain.
'Hereon follows my supplication:—These things premised, I, the aforesaid Earl, do implore and entreat the invincible and most sacred Majesty of Cæsar Augustus that he will deign to provide me with remedy, and I, with all my horses and people, do devote myself to your Majesty's service, seeing that your Majesty is appointed for the welfare of the oppressed, and to be lord paramount of all the earth.'To revenge the injuries done to myself and my family by the King of England, I have the following powers; that is to say, 16,500 foot and, 1500 horse. Also I have friends confederate with me, whose names be these—| 1. | The Prince O'Brien, who | can make | 600 | horse and | 1000 | foot. |
| 2. | Trobal de Burgh | " | 100 | " | 600 | " |
| 3. | Sir Richard Poer | " | 40 | " | 200 | " |
| 4. | Lord Thomas Butler | " | 60 | " | 240 | " |
| 5. | Sir John Galty | " | 80 | " | 400 | " |
| 6. | Sir Gerald Fitzgerald | " | 40 | " | 200 | " |
| 7. | The White Knight | " | 400 | " | 800 | " |
| 8. | O'Donnell, Prince of Ulster | " | 800 | " | 4000 | " |
| 9. | The Knight of the Valley | " | 40 | " | 240 | " |
| 10. | Baron MacMys | " | 40 | " | 500 | " |
| 11. | Captain Macguire | " | 30 | " | 200 | " |
