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Paradoxically, relieving Sir Simon of his chains (that is, Ireland of her total slavery to England in matters of government), which are symbolic of his prison term as a ghost, only makes him more a slave than ever, which is reminiscent of the phrase from The Young King, where the slaves are in ''chains, though no eye beholds them''. Like Sir Simon, Ireland could only look to England for her release from her ''prison term''.