02.34 - The Cessation of Arms
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
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The Cessation of the Confederate War in England
A cessation of hostilities with the royalist forces would be invaluable to the confederates. It took ano five more months of negotiation, during which the war between confederate and royalists continued. Despite the objections of the papal envoy, pierre francesco scarampi, who warned that any cease fire the king offered would be a double edged sword. On the fifteenth of september 16 forty three the cessation was finally signed. A month later, the first contingent of troops disembarked in england. In the short term, charles's irish policy had borne fruit. But the cessation caused as much trouble for the king as it solved. Protestants in ire
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