THE PARLIAMENT OF 1634 Wentworth's parliamentary policy 211 Wentworth and the Irish nobility 213 How to secure a majority 214 Parliamentary forms and ceremonies 215 Wentworth's speech 216 Supply voted 219 Wentworth refused an earldom 220 The 'graces' not confirmed 221 Parliamentary opposition overcome 222 Judicial functions of Parliament--Gookin's case 223 Taxation 226 Parliament dissolved 227 Convocation 227 The Thirty-nine Articles adopted 228 Wentworth successful in all directions 229 CHAPTER XIII STRAFFORD AND THE ULSTER SCOTS Rise of Presbyterianism in Ulster 231 Wentworth, Laud, and Bramhall 232 Bishop Adair's case 233 The Covenant 236 The Black Oath 238 Repression of the Presbyterians 239 A 'desperate doctrine' 242 Wentworth wishes to drive out the Scots 243 CHAPTER XIV WENTWORTH'S PLANS OF FORFEITURE AND SETTLEMENT Defective titles 245 Large colonisation schemes 246 Roscommon, Sligo, and Mayo submit 247 Resistance of Galway 249 Treatment of the Galway people--Clanricarde 250 Injustice of Wentworth's policy 251 Attack on the Londoners' plantation 252 CHAPTER XV CASES OF MOUNTNORRIS, LOFTUS, AND OTHERS Lord Wilmot's case 255 The Mountnorris case 256 Martial law in time of peace 257 Hard treatment of Mountnorris 261 Case of Lord Chancellor Loftus 264 Judgment of Royalist contemporaries 267 Wentworth and Lord Cork 268 Vindictive action of Wentworth 270 Sir Piers Crosbie's case 271 Wentworth and Trinity College 273 Provost Chappell 274 The Irish lecture abandoned 275 CHAPTER XVI STRAFFORD'S GOVERNMENT, 1638-1640