Prologue. It rained hard. The roof had been breached here and there. The Aldermen and Mayor of Bristol had made flowery speech after speech. Praising him, as a second Edward to hammer the Irish, rather than the scots. Calling for good weather and good fortune. Bishops, Parsons, and their fat and dull wives ate like tomorrow would be doomsday. A fool tumbled. Another fool stumbled over the bagpipe while his fellow mishandled a lute His head still felt no better Tomorrow he would be in a leaky cabin, with half the company sea sick. If he was really lucky he would drown, but no he would live and than he would be chasing kernes, in the forests and across the bogs. He was a Devereux, in him was the blood of Kings, True Kings but may as well have been in the gaol waiting the hangman. Tomorrow Troy would fall, as the Gods willed but Virgil's hero had loyal countrymen and friends by his side. Essex was only by slander and whispers. Cut throats and knaves ate his meat and drank