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 1569.] ^ TA TE OF IRELAND. 25 T assumed by the English soldiers towards the people, was of considerable moment in furthering the Devil's purposes. For it seems certain that the patience of Sidney and the patience of England generally was worn out ; that the Irish were no longer looked upon as sub- jects of the Crown, to be reclaimed with severity or tenderness, but as having themselves lost their rights as citizens by their turbulence, and as deserving only to be hunted down and destroyed. Sir Peter Carew has been seen murdering November. women and children, and babies that had scarcely left the breast ; but Sir Peter Carew was not called on to answer for his conduct, and remained in favour with the Deputy. Gilbert, who was left in com- mand at Kilmalloch, was illustrating yet more signally the same tendency. Gilbert's instructions were to tread out 1-he sparks of the fire which Sidney had beaten down. His jurisdiction extended over the west of Cork, Kerry, and Limerick. At the end of two months he sent in a report of his proceedings, which were regarded as emi- nently successful. He supposed himself to have estab- lished profound peace. MacCarty More had been on his knees before him. Fitzmaurice had fled to Kilkenny, and 'Kerry was so quiet that he had but to send his horse-boy for any man and he would come/ ' My manner of dealing/ he wrote, ' was to show them all that they had more need of her Majesty than she of their service ; neither yet that we were afraid of any number of them, our quarrel being so good. I slew all those from time to time that did belong to, feed, ac-