...Such rumors mixed in played a big part. These were stories that would make James foam at the mouth and have a seizure if he heard them. (Of course, it's true that he tried to join hands with the rebels and tried to kill the queen.)
They moved around in thousands, burning gentlemen's houses and destroying the fences they had put up on common land to show their strength, and were finally suppressed only after mobilizing that many troops.
Considering what could have been done by sending those troops to Ireland, it would make James shed tears of blood again, but no one cared about that.
Finally.
"Shh, be careful."
"Is everyone here? Let's start the meeting."
Catholics gathered from various places.
It was a natural phenomenon. After all, their allies, the Spanish, had landed in Ireland and achieved tremendous results.
Even if the Spanish were too busy mediating conflicts in Ireland to support the Catholics within England, they naturally and gradually increased their influence.
