Grievances of the Pale 46 Desmond and the Queen 48 Projects of Sussex 49 Elizabeth attends to the Pale 50 Shane O'Neill professes loyalty 51 Shane oppresses O'Donnell and his other neighbours 52 Sir Nicholas Arnold 57 Failure of Sussex 58 He attempts to poison Shane 64 Royal Commission on the Pale 65 Desmond and Ormonde 66 CHAPTER XXII. 1564 AND 1565. Great abuses in the Pale 68 Extreme harshness of Arnold 73 Shane O'Neill in his glory 74 Shane's ill-treatment of O'Donnell 76 Shane and the Scots 79 Nothing so dangerous as loyalty 80 CHAPTER XXIII. 1565. Desmond, Thomond, and Clanricarde 82 Ormonde will abolish coyne and livery 83 Private war between Desmond and Ormonde 85 Shane O'Neill and the Scots 89 Supremacy of Shane 90 Sidney advises his suppression 91 Desmond and Ormonde--Sidney and Sussex 92 Ireland is handed over to Sidney 94 Failure of Arnold 98 CHAPTER XXIV. 1566 AND 1567. Sidney prepares to suppress Shane 102 Who thinks an earldom beneath his notice 103 The Sussex and Leicester factions 105 Mission of Sir F. Knollys 105 The Queen still hesitates 106 Shane's last outrages 107 Randolph's expedition reaches Lough Foyle 108 Sidney easily overruns Ulster 109 Randolph at Derry 110 Sidney in Munster--great disorder 111 Tipperary and Waterford 112 Horrible destitution in Cork 113 Sidney's progress in the West 114 Failure of the Derry settlement 115 Defeat and death of Shane O'Neill 117 His character 118 Sidney and the Queen 120 Sidney and Ormonde 121 Butlers and Geraldines 122 The Queen's debts 123 CHAPTER XXV. 1567 AND 1568.