1563.] SHAN O 1 NEIL. i$i we should have taken more if we had had galloglasse. ' April 1 6. We return to Armagh.
- April 17, 1 8, 19. We wait for the galloglasse. At
last we send back to Dublin for them, and begin to fortify the churchyard. ' April 20. We write to M'Connell, who will not come to us, notwithstanding his promise. ' April 21. We survey the Trough Mountains, said to be the strongest place in Ireland. ' April 22. We return to Armagh with the spoil taken, which would have been much greater if we had had galloglasse, ' and because St George's even forced me, her Majesty's lieutenant, to return to Divine serv- ice that night. 1 April 23. ' Divine service.' ' The three weeks had now all but expired ; the pro- visions were consumed ; it was necessary to fall back on the Pale, and if the farmers had kept their word, if he could obtain some Irish horse, and if the Scots did not assist Shan, which he thought it likely that they would do, Sussex trusted on his next advance that he would accomplish something more. Conscious of failure, he threw the blame on others. ' I have been commanded to the field,' he wrote to Cecil, 'and I have not one penny of money ; I must lead forth an army and have no commission ; I must continue in the field and I see not how I shall be victualled ; I must fortify and have no working tools/ 1 Sussex to the Council, April 24 ; Sussex to Cecil, April 24 : Irish MSS.
