I received some valuable hints from my friend, the late C. Litton Falkiner, whose untimely death is a loss to Ireland. MARLFIELD, CLONMEL: _December 26, 1908._ CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME CHAPTER I MOUNTJOY AND CAREY, 1603-1605 PAGE Accession of James I. 1 Agitation in Irish towns 2 Insurrection at Cork 8 Reform of the currency 14 Chichester made Lord Deputy 15 CHAPTER II CHICHESTER AND THE TOLERATION QUESTION, 1605-1607 The laws against Recusancy 17 Proclamation against toleration 19 Cases of Everard and Lalor 21 Attempt to enforce uniformity--the Mandates 23 Bacon on toleration--Sir P. Barnewall 27 The Mandates given up 29 CHAPTER III THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS, 1607 Tyrone at Court 30 O'Cahan's case 31 Death of Devonshire 33 Earldom of Tyrconnel created 34 Departure of Tyrone, Tyrconnel, and Maguire 37 The fugitives excluded from France and Spain 39 Reasons for Tyrone's flight--Lord Howth 41 Uncertainty as to the facts 42 Lord Delvin's adventures 44 Royal manifesto against the Earls 47 Tyrone leaves the Netherlands 48 He reaches Rome 49 CHAPTER IV REBELLION OF O'DOGHERTY, 1608 The settlement at Derry 51 O'Dogherty and Paulet 53 Derry surprised and sacked 54 Flight and death of O'Dogherty 56 A 'thick and short' war 58 A Donegal jury 60 Forfeitures 61 CHAPTER V THE SETTLEMENT OF ULSTER