and that night hee lay at Santa Lucia: the Earle of Caraçena being returned, the next day hee went to Saint Lames of Compostella, where he was received with magnificence by the Prelates, Citizens, and religious persons, and his lodging was made ready for him at Saint Martins, but before hee saw it, hee visited the Archbishop, who instantly prayed him to lodge in his house; but Odonnell excused it: The nine and twentieth the Archbishop saying Masse with ponti ficall solemnity, did minister the Sacrament to Odonnell, which done hee feasted him at dinner in his house; and at his departure hee gaue him one thousand duckets: The King understanding of Odonnells arrivall, wrote unto the Earle of Caracena concerning the reception of him, and the affaires of Ireland, which was one of the most gracious Letters that ever King directed; for by it, it plainely appeared that hee would endanger his kingdome to succour the Catholikes of Ireland, to their content, and not faile therein; for the perfecting whereof, great preparations were in hand: Odonnell caried with him to the Court, Redmond Burke, Father Florence, Captaine Mostian, and nine Gentlemen more, where they were nobly received; although the knowledge of the reception of Odonnell in Spaine, was not well known by mee untill after the taking of Dunboy, yet I thought it requisite to insert it in its due place, according to the time of his being at the Groyne: But now let us return to the affaires of Mounster.

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Captaine Roger Harvie (according to his directions) being come to Castlethaven, Pedro Lopez de Soto the Veador, who had the chiefe command thereof, after the receipt of Don Iuan de Aguila his Letters and messages, entertayned him with great humanity, and the twelfth of February rendered the Castle unto him, receiving an acknowledgement under his, and his brothers Captaine Gawen Harvies hands in writing for the receipt thereof, which done they embarqued their victuals, baggage, and Ordnance; lastly their men to the number of one hundred and fourtie by pole, and foure Spanish Captaines; Captaine Roger Harvie delivered the charge of the Castle unto his brother Captaine Gawen Harvie, there to remaine in garrison with his Company of one hundred foote: The same day that Captaine Harvie came to Castle-haven, the Odrischals (who had the inheritance of the same) by a slight got into the Castle, and had made themselues masters of it; the Spaniards to recover it againe assaulted it, and were undermining the same when Captaine Harvie was entering into the Haven ; but upon the sight of his ships the Irish by composition (to depart in safetie) rendered it to the Spaniards, who had lost two of their Souldiers in the attempt. The one and twentieth, Captaine Harvie having in his Company the Veador, and some other Spaniards, set saile for Baltimore, whereupon the three and twentieth they went on land, and were feasted in the Castle of Donelong by the Governour thereof, called Andreas de Aerry, and the next day (by the direction of the

Veador) their Ordnance (being seven in number in the Castle) were shipped: And the sixe and twentieth the said Castle, and the Castle of Donneshed, were with Spanish gravitie rendered to her Majesties use. The second of March following they were all embarqued, and set saile for Spaine: while these things were in doing, Captaine Roger Harvie sent a partie of men to Cape-Cleere, the Castle whereof was guarded by Captaine Terrils men, which they could not gaine, but they pillaged the Island, and brought from thence three Boats; and the second day following, the Rebels not liking the neighbourhood of the English quitted the Castle, wherein Captaine Harvie placed a Guard; at this time Sir Finnin Odrischall came to Captaine Harvie and submitted himselfe : The tenth of the same Moneth, the Lord Barry, Captaine Taffe, and Captaine Iohn Barry, chanced to light upon Donoghe Moyle Mac Carties men, and slew eighteene of the best of them.

From Baltimore Captaine George Flower was shipped in a Hoy of one hundred and twentie Tuns, with two Companies of two hundred in list, (but weake by pole) to receiue from the Spaniards the Castle of Dunboy, but doe all hee could, by reason of fowle weather and contrary winds, hee could never (although hee was at the mouth of the Haven of Beere) recover the Land, and so enforced to returne, effecting nothing, in this short Navigation fiftie of his best Souldiers by infection dyed, and but seven of the Saylers living.

CHAP. XXVIII.

The Spanyards imbarqued at Kinsale. The Spanyards dispossessed of Donboy by Osulevan Beare. A Letter from Osulevan Beare to the King of Spaine. A Letter from Osulevan Beare to the Earle of Carazena. A Letter from Osulevan Beare to Don Pedro de Zubeaur.

THE twentieth of Februarie, twentie Spanish Captaines with one thousand three hundred seventie foure Souldiers, set sayle from Kinsale for Spaine.

The Composition which Don Iuan did make when he surrendred Kinsale, did infinitely grieue and offend the Irish, and especially those who had voluntarily delivered into his hands their Castles, but especially Donnell Osulevan, who considering that if his Castle of Dunboy should bee in the possession of the English, hee was like to be banished his Countrey, not having any hope of favour from her Majestie, unto whose Crowne and Dignitie hee had manifested himselfe to bce a malicious Traytor, resolved to set up his rest in regaining of it out of the Spanyards hands, and afterwards to defend it against her Majesties Forces as well as hee might For accomplishing whereof, they watched a fit opportunitie, and surprized it in this sort: Although the Spaniards were the Masters of the Castle, yet evermore he had recourse into it, & lodged therein with such of his men as hee thought good: In the dead time of the night, when the Spanyards were soundly sleeping, and the key of the

Castle in the Captaines custody, Osulevan caused his men, (amongst the which there were some Masons) to breake a hole in the wall, wherein fourescore of his men entered, for by appoyntment he had drawne that night close unto the Castle, Archer the Iesuite with another Priest, Thomas fits Maurice the Lord of Lixnaw, Donnell Mac Cartie, Captaine Richard Tirrell, and Captaine William Burke, with a thousand men: When day appeared, Archer prayed Francesco de Saavedra the Spanish Captaine to goe with him to Osulevans chamber, unto whom hee made relation, that his men were entred the Castle, that he meant no personall hurt, either unto him, or to any of his, and that he would keepe the same for the King of Spaines use, and also told him, that hee had one thousand Foot within Harquebusse shott of the Castle. The Captaine seeing himselfe surprized, made no resistance, and willed his men to doe the like: But the Spanyards in furie discharged a few Musket shott amongst the Irish, and slew three of them, and hurt one: but by the mediation of Osulevan, and Francesco de Saavedra, the Captaine, all was pacified, Osulevan being very carefull that no hurt might bee done to the Spanyards Afterward Osulevan disarmed them all, kept the Captaine, and a few of the better sort, with three or foure Gunners, in the nature of Prisoners, and the rest hee sent to Baltimore, to be imbarqued into Spaine: He also seazed upon all the Spanish Ordnance, Munitions, and Victualls, which was there in store. The Captaine not long after was set at libertie,