een seen here by the space of these thirty
years past_, God be thanked, and your gracious provision!" It also
states that Maurice O'Keating, chieftain of his nation, traitor and
rebel, did on the Monday in Whitsun-week, (_i.e._ May 31st, not a
month before the date of the memorial,) "for the great fear which he
had of the Lieutenant, for himself and his nation, yield himself (p. 239)
without any condition, with his breast against his sword's point, and
a cord about his neck, delivering without ransom the English prisoners
which he had taken before; to whom grace was granted by indenture, and
his eldest son given in pledge to be loyal lieges from henceforward to
you our sovereign Lord." This memorial, dated June 26th, "in the fifth
year of your gracious reign," 1417, must have reached Henry on the
very eve of his setting out on his second expedition to Normandy.

[Footnote 180: It is remarkable, that among the
many names affixed to this memorial, not one
savours of Irish extraction. They all betray their
Saxon or (some) their Norman origin.]

[Footnote 181: This John Talbot, called by courtesy
Lord Talbot by right of his wife, was appointed
Lieutenant in Ireland in the first year of Henry's
reign. He had been employed in the wars of Wales,
and was the person against whom the Mayor of
Shrewsbury shut the gates. He was conspicuous also
as a warrior in the reign of Henry IV.]

[Footnote 182: Lord Furnival had petitioned in the
spring of the preceding year, 1416, for the payment
of one thousand marks disallowed by the then late
treasurer, the Earl of Arundel. Henry, who presided
himself in council, gave his decision that the
question should be submitted to the Barons of the
Exchequer, who, after examining the indenture made
between the King and the said lord, should ordain
what the justice of the case required.

The Lieutenant had also applied for a reinforcement
of men-at-arms and archers, and for a supply of
cannon. The King allows him to make such provision
with regard