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degree; it was within these conditions that Catholics looked favorably upon the
ascension of James. Their hopes were not unfounded as it is known that James
had agents in Rome encouraged to spread rumors of his conversion to
Catholicism to help ensure his ascension (Fraser, 17). Following his ascension,
however, all pretenses were abandoned; by playing politics and hinting at
tolerance for the English recusants,