Wentworth's account of his services 276 His power practically unchecked 278 Country life and game laws 279 Wentworth chief minister 281 Made Lord Lieutenant and Earl of Strafford 282 Meeting of an Irish Parliament 283 Supply voted 283 Declaration in praise of Strafford 284 CHAPTER XVII STRAFFORD'S ARMY Lord Antrim's plot against Scotland 285 Wentworth garrisons Carlisle 287 The new Irish army 288 Muster and disbanding 291 Danger from disbanded soldiers 292 Recruits for France and Spain 293 Owen Roe O'Neill and Preston 295 CHAPTER XVIII TRIAL AND DEATH OF STRAFFORD Wandesford as Strafford's Deputy 297 The Irish Parliament refractory 298 Strafford commander-in-chief 299 Strafford at York 300 His arrest 301 The Irish Parliament repudiate Strafford 302 Death of Wandesford 303 Trial of Strafford 304 Death and character of Strafford 308 CHAPTER XIX THE REBELLION OF 1641 Parsons and Borlase Lords Justices 312 Roman Catholic majority in Parliament 313 Apprehensions of a rising 315 Rory O'More, Lord Maguire, and others 317 The plot to seize Dublin is frustrated 319 Outbreak in Ulster 320 The government weak 321 Ulster fugitives in Dublin 323 State of the Pale 326 Ormonde made general--Sir H. Tichborne 327 The Irish Parliament after the outbreak 329 The news reaches the English Parliament 330 And the King 330 Relief comes slowly 331 Monck, Grenville, Harcourt, and Coote 332 CHAPTER XX PROGRESS OF THE REBELLION