Sidney in England--Desmond and Ormonde 124 Cecil's plans for Ireland 126 The Scots in Ulster 127 Massacre at Mullaghmast 130 The Desmonds--James Fitzmaurice 131 Starving soldiers 132 Miserable state of the North 133 Abuses in the public service 134 Desmond in London--charges against him 134 Charges against Kildare 138 Sir Peter Carew and his territorial claims 139 He recovers Idrone from the possessors 144 James Fitzmaurice's rebellion 145 The 'Butlers' war' 146 CHAPTER XXVI. 1568-1570. Sidney's plans for Ulster 149 Fitzmaurice and the Butlers 150 Parliament of 1569--the Opposition 152 The Bishops oppose national education 155 Fitzmaurice, the Butlers, and Carew 156 Atrocities on both sides 161 Sinister rumours 161 Ormonde pacifies the South-East 162 Sidney and the Tipperary gentlemen 163 Sidney's march from Clonmel to Cork and Limerick 164 The Butlers submit 166 Humphrey Gilbert in Munster 167 Fitzmaurice hard pressed 168 Ulster quiet 169 CHAPTER XXVII. 1570 AND 1571. The Presidency of Connaught--Sir Edward Fitton 170 Services of Ormonde 171 Thomond in France--diplomacy 172 Session of 1570--attainders and pardons 174 First attempt at national education 176 Commerce--monopolies--Dutch weavers 177 The Presidency of Munster--Sir John Perrott 179 Fitton fails in Connaught 182 Tremayne's report on Ireland 184 Ormonde in Kerry--services of the Butlers 184 Perrott's services in Munster 186 CHAPTER XXVIII. FOREIGN INTRIGUES. Fitzmaurice proposes a religious war 190 Catholics at Louvain--suspicious foreigners 190 Archbishop Fitzgibbon and David Wolfe 192 Fitzgibbon's own story 193 Philip II. hesitates 196 Thomas Stukeley 196 English and Irish parties in Spain 199 Ideas of Philip II. 201 Fitzgibbon, Stukeley, and Pius V. 202 Fitzgibbon negotiates with France and England 205