[106] Instructions for Sir H. Sidney, Oct. 5, 1565. [107] _Sidney Papers_, vol. i. p. 7. [108] Shane O'Neill to the Lord Justice and Council, June 30, 1565; Fitzwilliam to Cecil, Aug. 23. [109] Fitzwilliam to Cecil, Aug. 23, 1565. [110] In his 'articles,' Dec. 2, 1565, Oliver Sutton accuses Arnold of frequenting low haunts. Writing to Shane, Aug. 27, Arnold says, 'facta tua non quadrant cum meis laudibus' Yet Fitzwilliam says the Council were not allowed to write the truth about Shane's doings (to Cecil, Nov. 28). The Queen to Sir George Stanley, Oct. 23. CHAPTER XXIV. 1566 AND 1567. [Sidenote: Sidney arrives in Ireland, 1566.] Sidney was wind-bound for nearly two months in Wales and Cheshire. He and his wife were forced to flit about the coast, staying sometimes in places where food, drink, and lodging were alike bad, weary of their lives, and with no news more cheering than that one vessel carrying their horses and furniture had foundered with all hands, and that the cargo of another had been much damaged, though the men were saved. 'God send me a better proceed,' said he, 'and a good end of this froward beginning.' He lost all his wine and other property, worth 1,500_l._, and was inclined to attribute to witchcraft an extraordinary series of storms which shattered nearly all the ships between Liverpool and Chester. William Thwaites, a faithful and useful servant, perished, and Sidney mourned his loss more than any quantity of property. The Lord gave, he said, and the Lord hath taken away. The stone pier at Chester was ruined, and Sidney, not forgetting that he was Lord President of Wales, declared that the city would be irreparably damaged unless the Queen sent help. Yet great as the storm was, he feared lest his jealous mistress should accuse him of loitering, and begged the Vice-President of the Welsh Marches to corroborate his accounts of the weather. He wished Cecil a long life, and himself a speedy departure from 'this hungry head.' Elizabeth afterwards expressed sorrow for Sidney's losses, but it does not appear that she did anything in the way of compensating him. At last the wind changed, and Sidney found himself in charge of a country as unquiet as the sea that washed her shores.[111] [Sidenote: Sidney and Shane O'Neill.]