The Adventurers for land--Lord Forbes 36 Forbes at Galway and elsewhere 38 A pragmatic chaplain, Hugh Peters 40 Forbes repulsed from Galway 41 A useless expedition 42 Siege and capture of Galway fort 43 O'Neill, Leven, and Monro 44 The King will negotiate 46 Dismissal of Parsons 47 Vavasour and Castlehaven 48 The King presses for a truce 48 Scarampi and Bellings 49 A cessation of arms, but no peace 50 Ormonde made Lord Lieutenant 51 CHAPTER XXIV AFTER THE CESSATION, 1643-1644 The cessation condemned by Parliament 53 The rout at Nantwich 54 Monck advises the King 55 The Solemn League and Covenant 55 The Covenant taken in Ulster 57 Monro seizes Belfast 59 Dissensions between Leinster and Ulster 60 Failure of Castlehaven's expedition 60 Antrim and Montrose 61 The Irish under Montrose--Alaster MacDonnell 62 Rival diplomatists at Oxford 64 Violence of both parties 66 Failure of the Oxford negotiations 68 Inchiquin supports the Parliament 69 CHAPTER XXV INCHIQUIN, ORMONDE, AND GLAMORGAN, 1644-1645 The no quarter ordinance 72 Roman Catholics expelled from Cork, Youghal, and Kinsale 73 The Covenant in Munster 74 Negotiations for peace 75 Bellings at Paris and Rome 76 Recruits for France and Spain 77 Irish appeals for foreign help 78 Siege of Duncannon Fort 80 Mission of Glamorgan with extraordinary powers 84 Glamorgan in Ireland 87 The Glamorgan treaty 88 CHAPTER XXVI FIGHTING NORTH AND SOUTH--RINUCCINI, 1645