Essex wrongfully seizes Sir Brian MacPhelin 288 Violent disagreement of Essex and Fitzwilliam 290 The Essex scheme is finally abandoned 294 Profit _versus_ honour 295 Official corruption 296 Arrest of Kildare 297 The revenue--a pestilence 300 General result of the grant to Essex 301 The Rathlin massacre 301 Ulster waste--Sidney's advice 304 Bagenal's settlement at Newry 306 CHAPTER XXXIII. ADMINISTRATION OF SIDNEY, 1575-1577. Sidney and the Butlers 307 Ormonde and his accusers 308 Death and character of Carew 309 Sidney's tour--Leinster 310 Munster 312 Fitzmaurice in France 314 Sidney in Limerick, Clare, and Connaught 316 Sidney on the Irish Church 319 Troubles in Connaught--Clanricarde's sons 321 Sir William Drury Lord President of Munster 322 Essex in England 324 His return, death, and character 325 Leicester and Essex 326 Agitation in the Pale against the cess 327 The chiefs of the Pale under arrest 332 A composition agreed upon 333 CHAPTER XXXIV. LAST YEARS OF SIDNEY'S ADMINISTRATION, 1577 AND 1578. Lord Chancellor Gerard's opinions about the Pale 334 Drury's opinions about Munster 336 Maltby's opinions about Connaught 338 Rory Oge O'More 340 Rory is killed by the Fitzpatricks 344 Sidney's last days in Ireland 347 Character of Sir Henry Sidney 350 CHAPTER XXXV. THE IRISH CHURCH DURING THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF ELIZABETH'S REIGN. The Queen aims at outward uniformity 353 See of Armagh--Adam Loftus 354 Papal primates--Richard Creagh 356 See of Meath--Staples 359 Other sees of the Northern province 360 Province of Dublin 361 Province of Cashel 364 Province of Tuam 367 Spiritual peers--Papal and Protestant succession 367 David Wolfe, the Jesuit 370 INDEX 373 _MAP._ IRELAND ABOUT 1570 _To face p. 149._ _Errata._