The queen describes the agreed cessation as…

September 1599 CE

The queen describes the agreed cessation as the "quick end made of a slow proceeding", and it is generally concluded that Essex's presence in Ireland had been superfluous from the start.

Essex reveals only to the queen what had passed between him and O'Neill, having promised to deliver the rebel request verbally.

At first treason is not suspected on his part, but the queen is outspoken about O'Neill: "to trust this traitor upon oath is to trust a devil upon his religion."

She orders no ratification, nor pardon without her authority, but in time she does admit the usefulness of the cessation.

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