The Dublin council advised Essex to attack O'Neill's confederates in the province of Leinster adjacent to Dublin, an area in which the rebels in arms were reckoned at 3,000 plus 800 mercenaries sent from Ulster.
The Dublin council advised Essex to attack O'Neill's confederates in the province of Leinster adjacent to Dublin. Dublin was an area in which the rebels in arms were reckoned at 3,000 plus 800 mercenaries. These 800 mercenaries were sent from Ulster.