atholic ▁h yst eria ; ▁jud ges ▁and ▁jur ies ▁across ▁the ▁land ▁condem ned ▁the ▁supposed ▁consp ir ators ; ▁numerous ▁innoc ent ▁individuals ▁were ▁executed . ▁ ▁Later ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 8 , ▁Dan by ▁was ▁im pe ached ▁by ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons ▁on ▁the ▁charge ▁of ▁high ▁tre ason . ▁Although ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁nation ▁had ▁sought ▁war ▁with ▁Catholic ▁France , ▁Charles ▁had ▁secret ly ▁negoti ated ▁with ▁Louis ▁XIV , ▁trying ▁to ▁reach ▁an ▁agreement ▁under ▁which ▁England ▁would ▁remain ▁neutral ▁in ▁return ▁for ▁money . ▁Dan by ▁had ▁public ly ▁prof essed ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁host ile ▁to ▁France , ▁but ▁had ▁reserved ly ▁agreed ▁to ▁ab ide ▁by ▁Charles ' s ▁wishes . ▁Unfortunately ▁for ▁him , ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons ▁failed ▁to ▁view ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁rel uct ant ▁particip ant ▁in ▁the ▁sc andal , ▁instead ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁policy . ▁To ▁save ▁Dan by ▁from ▁the ▁im pe achment ▁trial , ▁Charles ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁Caval ier ▁Parliament ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 6 7 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁English ▁Parliament , ▁which ▁met ▁in ▁March ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁was ▁quite ▁host ile ▁to ▁Charles . ▁Many ▁members ▁fe ared ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁intended ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁standing ▁army ▁to ▁suppress ▁diss ent ▁or ▁imp ose ▁Catholic ism . ▁However , ▁with ▁ins u fficient ▁funds ▁voted ▁by ▁Parliament , ▁Charles ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁gradually ▁dis band ▁his ▁troops . ▁Having ▁lost