Note 14 — PREFACE.

Elizabeth frequently discovered that her Deputies were carrying the joke too far. On the occasion of the wanton massacre of Smerwick, “The queen (says the Bishop of Chichester) was not pleased at the manner of this execution, and was hardly after drawn to admit any excuse of the slaughter committed.” The “manner” was curious enough,—“It was concluded that only the leaders should be saved, (the leaders were Spanish officers,) the rest slain, and all the Irish hanged up: which was presently put into execution, to the great disliking of the queen, who detested the slaughter of such as yielded themselves.”—Baker’s Chronicle.