3.
Nothing could be more obviously pernicious to the king's cause than the Irish rebellion: because it increased his necessities, and rendered him still more dependent on the parliament, who had before sufficiently shown on what terms they would assist him.4.The instant the king heard of the rebellion, which was a very few days after its commencement, he wrote to the parliament, and gave over to them the management of the war.

Had he built any projects on that rebellion, would he not have waited some little time, to see how they would succeed?
Would he presently have adopted a measure which was evidently so hurtful to his authority?
5.

What can be imagined to be the king's projects?
To raise the Irish to arms, I suppose, and bring them over to England for his assistance.

But is it not plain, that the king never intended to raise war in England?
Had that been his intention, would he have rendered the parliament perpetual?
Does it not appear, by the whole train of events, that the parliament forced him into the war?
6.

The king conveyed to the justices intelligence which ought to have prevented the rebellion.