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 1567-] STATE OF IRELAND. 223 which no other measure could have produced, and alone perhaps made the problem of Irish administration hopelessly insoluble. Notwithstanding the fair speeches of the Mayor of Waterford, neither that city nor any other in Ireland, except Dublin, would receive an Eng- lish garrison within their walls. When they admitted the English Prayer-book, it was with a reluctance which was nowhere concealed. A strong fort, armed and gar- risoned, stood at the mouth of Waterford River, but it was held, as the inhabitants significantly pointed out to Philip's commissioner, for the town, and not for the Queen. 1 The death of Shan O'Neil had for the present put an end to open rebellion. Shan had been the centre round which the disaffection had centred, and when he was gone there was no rallying point left. His many brothers had shared his fortunes and had perished along with him, and the lordship of the 'Neils passed to his* kinsman Tirlogh Lenogh, whose elevation divided the clan and relieved Sidney of further immediate alarm. The Papal Primate Creagh, who had been with Shan before his defeat, was betrayed to the Deputy by one of the O'Shaughnessies. As he had escaped once before, Cecil thought it would be better to make an end of him, and unless Sidney saw objections he recommended that the Archbishop ' should be indicted and ordered to re- ceive that which in justice he had deserved, for ex- ample's sake to restrain the traitoring to Rome.' 2 The ! Narrative of Diego Ortiz : MSS. Simancas. 2 Cecil to Sidney, July 5 ; Eli- zabeth to Sidney, July 22 : MSS. Ireland.