In 1638, tens of thousands of Scots signed the National Covenant, pledging to resist changes imposed by Charles I on the organisation of the Presbyterian church and it's Kirk hierarchy. Following victory in the 1639-40 Bishop's War, the Covenanters came into power in Scotland.
With the outbreak of the English Civil War negotiations began between the English & Scots Parliaments, culminating in an agreement known as the Solemn League and Covenant which brought the Scots into the war south of the border on the side of Parliament.
Meantime the Royalists are looking to make contacts with potential Catholic allies in Ireland.
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