Your suppliat Florence McCarthy humblye beseecheth your Honour to be a mean that Her Majestie may consider the number of armed rebells that hath taken the possession of his countrey, through his long stay here; that all his meanes and liuinge is consumed in tuelf yeres imprisoment and suites, whereby he is unable to erect, arme or furnish his people, or to horss any of them without Her Majesty's help; his brother, cousens and people, being kild, taken, and spoyled of their goods, for want of weapon and furniture; and the recovering of his countrey, which is the strength, bak, and fastnes of the rebels of Monster, being the necessariest that can be don for Her Majesty's service there; besids that himself hath lived here this half yere without exhibicion (an allowance of £3 per week which the Queen had for a considerable time allowed him for his maintenance) which brought him greatly indebted; and that it will please your Honour also to be amean that som mencion may be made in Her Majesty's letter to the Lord Liftenant of iij quarters of those lands that stands in the comitatus of Cork, and of those litle duties or provision due unto his father in law within his countrey, signifieing onely in the sayd letter that Her Majesty's pleasure is that his Lordship (uppon knowledge, and informacion of the qualitie therof), may yf he think it good, grant the same; and that where your supliant hath (to enhable him to recouer his countrey) sued for a charge, that Her Highnes hath referred unto his Lordship to grant him what charge he thinkes fit for him, and beneficiall for Her Majesty's service, and yor suppliant, as he is bond shall ever pray for your Honour, &c.60