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thpy disavriwed the re5nstion in a11 respects "being sri injnrioue to the
pow~r crimmitted tii ~hern, the lnterest of tliis Kinpdiini, and the
Adventniers therein, destrnctive to religion. . ."'3i
Clarendon, ihongh approviiig of the Cessaticiii, termeci it "tlie rnost
Britti Hiluse3 of Parlia-
unpopnlar net the King liad ever iione. . ."""J
meiit eoiidemned tlie Kingm-' ar:tion. One ui the worst festnres of the
Ccssation, they deelared. was that "il will. . . rnake nnll tlie Acts and
Ordiiianees of Parliarnerit, rnarle for ilie Ii>rIpi~ing iiI Relitls lands. . ."
For some weeks a parliarneniary comiriitiee pndered tlie probletns
posed by the Cessation. &lanu (if the trt>iiIis irhieh hsd fiIl iiow fringlit
sgainsk the rebela liad agreed tri the Ce~sation. Ho~v tri keep the
remainder loyal to Parliarrierit ? The sciIntinn wns cliarncteristie: "tliat.. .
Psrliament. . . proride. . . ior [lie mointenanre of iliose of their aririy- in
that Kingdom.. . arid that when God pleasetli to crown their erideavrinrs
with snceess. . . every one. according to hi5 condition and rnerit. sliall
bz plentifully iewarded in lanrl. . ."[ll)
A~Y advantage accruing to Ring Charles through ~he Cessation
in Irelnnd was more thon eonntered Lv the Seottish invasion of Lngland
in supplirt oi Parliament, iii Jannar); 1G.Li.. But Charles' action had
touchecl the Parliameiitarians rin the rsw stid ilie feeIing aroused rvas
still n faetor \*-hieh afiected tlie iintrottie iii the peaee negotiations
lietiveen Kin; and Parlianient at LTxliridgc tiiiire than a )-ear later.
The importanee of an? single issue during the Exbridge negotiations
niust not be ovei.stiessed It is elear, hiiwever, that the qnestion of
Jreland was one of the niost jrn1ioriaiit ai tlir eonfereiiee and it rvas tlie
issue on whieh the King was leasi \riIlin5 tr> i:i,ncede to the Parliainentary
demands. One observer ivriirc ili~i slihouEh it ivns liopd tIiat asrce-
ment eonld be reached lin iirher issues, the King wonld probaLly not
yieId to the parliarnentar! iirinsnils loi Ireland. "If Iie eiintrnis not
10 the snppressing of thrsr rehells, doubtless he frnstratea al1 gcinil
intentions, and brinps hirnsirlf and al1 that side to ruin.. ."(12)
The ~arliarnentarians rlaimed that the Cessation w ith tIie Iris11
was illegal beeanse hy it the inierests of the IrisIi Adventureis ivrre
endangered. "We do afiïrm". tliey said, "tIiat several great sunis of
.
money ivere paid Ily ~iartieular ~rsons. . wIio aecording to the trur
intent of ihe Statute ou~ht to Iiave the heriefit of tIie fiariie."(ld) Thr
Cessatirin niusl be tnsde void. they declared, aiid the King iriust agree
to pass whateier acis the Psrlianient subrnitted to Iiini for tIie rednetion
(9' 1ournal~ VI I!IE Houje cit Liitiia, vi, 11. 297.
(101 EJu-3rd H?de, E3rl ot (:llrrnJtin, An Ili~~oricnl Vieit oj Aflnirr cil
Irt-inrrd. 1.rindon: 1. Willord. 131. Sec aIso Clare::cion, Hisror) rit th? Grer:
Rrb~i:ior:, cd. W. Liuuii Ilacrdy, Oxirird, Clsreiidon I're,u. 1U8, i~il. 111.
p. 2h9.
(11) Jo:1rn3l+ DI flic 14f~u~e Ci)mmorLs, iii, p. 2'J$.
(121 Heiin Yciiiey tri Sir Rsl~ih Vrrnçy, Fch. 13. lblJ'5, H.iM.C.R. Rsrort Y
