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

Document 99

Earl of Ormond to Elizabeth I, 12 October 1598.

At my coming to this province (Munster) I found that all the undertakers, three or four excepted, under your Highness correction, had most shamefullye, forsaken all their Castells, and dwelling plases, before anie rebell cam in sight of them, and left their Castells with their municions, stuff, and cattell to the traytors, and no maner of resistance made, &c.