[1] During his abode in the duke his houſe, O|neyle, and Oconor,

1528

The Iriſh in rebellion.

and all their friendes anda|lyes, watching their time to annoy the pale, made open inſurrection agaynſt the Earle of Oſſorie then Lord Deputie of Irelande, inſomuche that the nobleman miſtruſting the ſickleneſſe of Deſ|mond on the one ſide, and the force of theſe newe ſtart vp Rebels on the other ſide, ſtood halfe ama|zed, as it were betwene fire and water. For re|medie wherof, letters thicke and three folde were addreſſed to the Counſaile of Englande, purpor|ting that all theſe late hurly burlies were of pur|poſe rayſed by the meanes of Kyldare,Kildare a freſh impeached. to the ble|miſhing and ſteyning of his brother Oſſorie his gouernment. And to put the matter out of doubt, it was further added, that Kildare commaunded his daughter Elice Fitz Gerald, wife to the baron of Slane, to excite in his name the aforeſaid trai|tours to this open rebellion.