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Letter Book of Florence Mac Carthy Reagh, Tanist of Carbery, Mac Carthy Mór (Author: Various)

Document 43

Mr. Justice Smyth to Walsingham, 11 March 1589.

My dewti to your Honor most humbly remembred.

Pleasth the same to be advertised, that wee cannot learne as yett whither Clancarty's daughter hath conveyde herself, although eversithens her departure, nowe a monthe paste, her neareste alies, fosterers, and frinds remayne in durance, to make them thereby declare their knowledges of her. It is thoughte by us here to have happened by the practices of Mr. Florence McCarty. She is nowe knowne not to be with chylde, as he untreuly made us belive she was. In my late beinge in Dublin, I heard that Florence was apointed by our foreyne enemyes to be Lord President of Mounster by a Spanish comyssion. He hath forfeyted a Recognizans of £400 by her escape and flight, in which he was bound shea shold remayne trew prysoner, and nott seeke to escape.

J. SMYTHE.
11 March, 1588.