Note 247 — Chapter XLV
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Privy Council to Russell, Sept. 12, 1595; Tyrone and O’Donnell to Philip II, and to Don Carlos, Sept. 27. Piers O’Cullen, the priest, on whom the letters to Spain were found, broke his neck trying to escape from Dublin Castle (Fenton to Burghley, Jan. 12, 1596). Copies of the above are in Carew. Norris’s letters to Burghley on Sept. 8, 10, and 27, and the abstract of his letters sent by Sir Henry, with Burghley’s remarks.