lasted till May, 1597. In that month he was succeeded by
Thomas, Lord Borough, who died in August following of
the wounds received in an expedition against Tyrone;
after which the administration remained in the hands of
the Justices till the appointment of the Earl of Essex.

On the arrival of Russell, Tyrone for the last time
ventured to appear within the walls of Dublin. His
influence in the city, and even at the Council table,
must have been considerable to enable him to enter the
gates of the Castle with so much confidence. He came to
explain his wrongs against the previous Deputy, to defend
himself against Bagnal's charges, and to discover, if
possible, the instructions of Russell. If in one respect
he was gratified by a personal triumph over his
brother-in-law, in another he had cause for serious alarm,
on learning that Sir John Norris, brother of the President
of Munster, a commander of the highest reputation, was
to be sent over under the title of Lord General, with
2,000 veterans who served in Brittany, and 1,000 of a
new levy. He further learned that his own arrest had been
discussed at the Council, and, leaving Dublin precipitately,
he hastened to his home at Dungannon. All men's minds
were now naturally filled with wars and rumours of wars.

The first blow was struck at "the firebrand of the
mountains," as he was called at Court, Feagh Mac Hugh
O'Byrne. The truce made with him expired in 1594, and
his application for his renewal was not honoured with an
answer. On the contrary, his sureties at Dublin, Geoffrey,