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the ship which transports it, and at O’Donnells as long
as it is on land in Ireland. And the cost of the ship and
the crew and their wages to be on O’Donnell from the time
he leaves harbour and port in Scotland till he receives
permission to set out from Ireland.
Further That MacCailin shall protect preserve and
defend O’Donnell and his people and lordship against each
and every man under his [the Earl’s] authority and power
both in Ireland and Scotland as he would do for his son
or brother or the men most intimate to him.
And in return for this the Calvach to wit the Lord
O Donnell with consent of the Lords and nobles and the
good men of TyrConnell binds himself and his heirs and
descendants who shall inherit the strength and Lordship
of Tyrconnell to recompense and pay yearly to MacCailin
and his heirs and descendants who shall inherit the superi¬
ority and Lordship of Argyll the sum of one hundred marks
English that is [four] hundred marks Scots as token of
their submission and service and as a perpetual rent for
ever from O’Donnell and his descendants to MacCailin and
his descendants.
And this tribute to be levied and raised in the whole
patrimony of O’Donnell and in the province of Ulster and
round about throughout the Lordship and possessions of
O’Donnell himself and O’Donnell is to raise it and pay it
with the assistance of MacCailin.
And further it is incumbent on O’Donnell and his
descendants to maintain five hundred billeted soldiers in
his patrimony in Ireland for the said Earl, MacCailin, and
for his descendants whenever O’Donnell [qy. MacCailin]
shall require soldiers and whenever he should not require
them, the decision of the necessity [for them] is to be at
the will and discretion [illegible word] of MacCailin together
with every other point in this contract and indenture.
And further MacCailin is to strengthen and support all
the men of O’Donnell near and far as he would O’Donnell
himself.
This Contract was made and bound originally on the
13th day of July in the year of our Lord 1555 in the presence