The hapless and beleaguered Traquair, finally receiving…
January 1638 CE
The hapless and beleaguered Traquair, finally receiving permission to report directly to the king in the new year, tells Charles with commendable frankness that he must either abandon the liturgy or come to Scotland with an army of forty thousand men—instead of an army the king gives him another proclamation.
Charles, still believing after all the turmoil of the previous year that a simple assertion of the royal will is enough to dispel the opposition, takes the most fateful step of all.
He decides to set matters straight; it is he and not Laud or any other bishop who is responsible for the Service Book.
There can be no more pretense about 'evil councilors'.
Charles is offering a direct challenge to the Tables, fully expecting them to stand down.
Sadly for him, they do not.
Traquair endeavors to prevent a conflict by impressing on the king the necessity of caution and the danger of extreme measures against the rioters.
He is, however, compelled to publish Charles's proclamation enforcing the use of the liturgy and forbidding hostile demonstrations on pain of treason.
The English in this year officially abolish the use of torture except peine forte et dure (crushing or pressing).
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