This victory so unusual to the Irish, roused their
courage, supplied them with arms and munitions of war, and raised the
renown of Tyrone, who was hailed as deliverer of his country and patron
of Irish liberty."[22]
The unfortunate Essex was afterwards appointed to the command; but his
troops were so terrified at the reputation of Tyrone that many of them
counterfeited sickness, and others deserted, fearful of encountering the
forces of that daring chief. Finding himself in a great measure
deserted, "he hearkened to a message from Tyrone, who desired a
conference; and a plain near the two camps was appointed for this
purpose. The two generals met without any attendants. A river ran
between them, into which Tyrone entered to his saddle-girth, but Essex
stood on the opposite bank."
At this meeting where "Tyrone behaved with great submission to the
lord-lieutenant, a cessation of arms was agreed on.[23] Essex also
received a proposal of peace, into which Tyrone had inserted many
unreasonable and exorbitant conditions; and there appeared afterwards
some reason to suspect that the former had commenced a very
unjustifiable correspondence with the enemy.
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