The Pale was to be no shelter to any person whom he might demand as a malefactor.

If any Irish lord or chief did him wrong, and the deputy failed within twenty-one days to exact reparation, Shane might raise an army and levy war on his private account.

An exception was made on behalf of the loyal O'Donel, whose cause was to be submitted to the arbitration of the Irish earls.

The 'indenture' between the Queen and O'Neill was signed by the high contracting parties, and bears date April 30, 1562.

The English historian indignantly remarks: 'A rebel subject treating as an equal with his sovereign for the terms on which he would remain in his allegiance was an inglorious spectacle; and the admission of Shane's pretensions to sovereignty was one more evidence to the small Ulster chiefs that no service was worse requited in Ireland than fidelity to the English crown.