02.34 - The Cessation of Arms
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
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Confederates and the Confederacy
The confederates made their position known at trim on the seventeenth of march. They criticized the wide ranging legal discrimination which catholics faced under the law and denounced the adventurers act. The cone racy suggested that they could offer military and financial assistance to charles in his current difficulties. These negotiations took a long time, and neither the confederates nor ormond were going to sit on their hands. As we discussed there, heavy handed rule helped spark the rebellion and fan the flames. But you know what did get in the way of negotiations? Lord justice sir william parsons who had served as lords justices since february 16 forty one. He saw no distinction between loyal and
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