The EARL OF TYRONE.

"The Earl of Tyrone's Answer to the several Instructions delivered to Captain William Warren, 9th of April 1596."

(1.) "To the first, he saith his only desire is to be received into her Majesty's favour, and so to continue." He is ready to perform any agreement made between him and the Lord General (Sir John Norris).

(2.) To the second, that at the Lord General's last being at Dondalke his only request was that a final end might be made then, but the Lord General deferred it until 1st March, when he did not come. [Note in the margin [by Sir John Norris]: "I could not as that time make any full conclusion with him, being expressly forbidden to do it by the Lord Deputy and Council."] He is falsely charged with not having kept his fair promises. He is ready to accomplish whatever has been agreed upon, "so as the like touch be kept with him."

(3.) To the third, that he has received maintenance and favour at her Majesty's hands, for which he is most bound to her, and he is most sorrowful for his faults; therefore he desires her mercy rather than to be pursued with her forces, which he is unable to resist.

(4.) To the fourth, that he cannot present himself before her Commissioners at Dondalke until he has conferred with his brothers and friends.

(5.) To the fifth, that whereas her Majesty has given power to the Lord General and the rest to make a final end for his good, this is his only desire; "so as in the meantime promise be performed unto him for the exchanging of his brother's sons, and the first pledges restored to him."

(6.) To the sixth, as the Commissioners have appointed 2nd April to meet at Dondalke, he will be there. He desires that all who have taken his part may upon their submissions be received to mercy, according to the promise between him and them.

Endorsed.

<p>MS 632, p. 144 Copy of the same.</p>