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E times what any of his predecessors had been able to collect. This, of
course, pleased King Charles and his government extremely; for it was at
a time during which the king was attempting to govern without a
Parliament, and every accession to his funds was of extreme importance.
Laud, too, the archbishop, was highly gratified with his exertions and
his success, and the king looked upon Laud and Wentworth as the two most
efficient supporters of his power. They were, in fact, the two most
efficient promoters of his destruction. Of course, the people of the
north hated him. While he was earning the applause of the archbishop and
the king, and entitling himself to new honors and increased power, he
was sewing the seeds of the bitterest animosity in the hearts of the
people every where. Still he enjoyed all the external marks of
consideration and honor. The President of the North was a sort of king.
He was clothed with great powers, and lived in great state and splendor.
He had many attendants, and the great nobles of the land, who generally
took Charles's side in the contests of the day, envied Wentworth's
greatness and power, and applauded the energy and success of his
administration. Ireland was, at this time, in a disturbed and disordered
state, and Laud proposed that Wentworth should be appointed by the king
to the government of it. A great proportion of the inhabitants were
Catholics, and were very little disposed to submit to Protestant rule.
Wentworth was appointed lord deputy, and afterward lord lie