"You must not accept their proposal, Count! With just a little more effort, we can end the war!"
"No. This is the opportunity to end the war. Looking at the conditions, we've essentially won, haven't we? Such autonomy and religious freedom... almost all the conditions we wanted have been achieved!"
"..."
A heated debate was unfolding before the Earl of Tyrone, O'Neill.
Some insisted they should hold out until complete independence was achieved.
Others claimed that accepting the proposal itself was equivalent to achieving complete independence and their goals.
And the Earl of Tyrone's own thoughts...
'This is an absurd proposal.'
That's what they were.
It was an absurd proposal.
From the moment he accepted this proposal, some nobles would accuse him of being a traitor who betrayed Ireland to England and cause trouble. Despite the fact that no one had fought against England more vigorously than he had.
