[1] [2] The sixtéenth of August, Walter earle of Essex, accompanied with the lord Rich,Erle of Essex and the lord Rich with o|ther sailed in|to Ireland. and diuerse other gentlemen, imbarked themselues in seuerall ships at Leirpoole, and the wind sitting verie well, tooke their voiage towards Ireland. The earle after manie and great dangers on the sea, at length woone Cope|mans Iland, from whence in a pinnesse of capteine Perses he was brought safe to Knockfergus. The lord Rich with the like danger landed at castell Kil|life, [page 1259] where being met by capteine Malbie, maister Smith, & master Moore pensioners, he was conduc|ted to Inch abbaie maister Malbies house, where he had in a readinesse on the morrow morning a hun|dred and fiftie horssemen for their safegard to Knock|fergus, beside fiftie Kerns which went a foot through the woods: there was among these a thirtie bowes with a bagpipe,Bowes, bag|pipes & darts among the Irish. the rest had darts. Sir Brian Make|phelin had preied the countrie, and taken awaie what was to be carried or driuen, but on the sixt of Sep|tember he came to Knockfergus, to the earle of Es|sex, and there made his submission: the number of kine were estéemed thirtie thousand, besides shéepe and swine.