Tyrone was fifty and Mabel twenty, which makes the romance rather less romantic, and Bagenal may have been right in saying that he did 'by taking advantage of her years and ignorance of his barbarous estate and course of living, entice the unfortunate girl by nursing in her through the report of some corrupted persons an opinion of his haviour and greatness.' At all events she probably liked the idea of being a countess. Tyrone's intentions were so far honourable, in spite of Bagenal's insinuations to the contrary, and the marriage was celebrated at William Warren's house near Dublin, by no less a person than the Bishop of Meath, who declared that he was chiefly actuated by regard 'for the gentlewoman's credit.' And, as Tyrone well knew, regard for Bishop Jones's credit would prevent the marriage from being seriously questioned. But Bagenal's hostility was unabated, and even in his sister's presence Tyrone openly declared that he hated no man in the world so much as the Knight Marshal. There is no evidence that he ill-treated her, as Shane ill-treated his victim, but there is some that she was not altogether happy in the wild life which she had chosen, or with her crafty and unscrupulous mate. She died after less than five years of matrimony, and so did not live to see her brother killed in conflict with her husband.[213] FOOTNOTES: [187] Fitzwilliam to the Privy Council, Dec. 31, 1588; to Burghley, Aug. 20, 1590; Robert Legge to Burghley, Feb. 17, 1590; _Four Masters_, 1588; Fynes Moryson, 1589; compare Captain Lee's account in _Desiderata Curiosa Hibernica_, i. 129. Sir John O'Gallagher is called Sir Owen O'Toole in some English accounts, but this is wrong and misleading; the Christian name is _Eoin_ not _Eogan_. Fynes Moryson was not in Ireland in 1588, and very probably copied Lee's story. [188] Fitzwilliam to the Privy Council, Dec. 31, 1588; Tyrone to Walsingham, Feb. 5, 1589; Patrick Foxe to Walsingham, Feb. 12. [189] Book of the proceeding of Commissioners for 'aryer' claims in Munster, Sept. 3, 1588, of which there is a copy or rather a version (Aug. 29-Sept. 14) at Hatfield, with many details. Most of the facts in this and the two preceding paragraphs are from Mr. Hamilton's Calendar 1588-1592. See also No. 128, 1591, in _Carew_. In 1597 Sir Nicholas Browne prophetically described the settlers as 'fowls fatted in mews, to be spoiled at the pleasure of the country people' (MS. _Cotton_, privately printed by Mr. Hussey.) [190] Everything about Florence MacCarthy may be read in his _Life and Letters_ by Daniel MacCarthy, a book of much research, but unfortunately even more chaotic than the common run of family histories. [191] The documents are collected in Shirley's _History of Monaghan_, pp. 80-91. The notes in O'Donovan's _Four Masters_ are very incorrect in this case, though they have often been copied. Essex was much pressed to surrender his patent for Farney, but steadily refused.