"Affairs are going 'a malo in pejus,'" he said.

"They embrace their liberty as apes their young.

To this end are Counts Hollock and Maurice set upon the stage to entertain the popular sort.

Her Majesty and my Lord of Leicester are not forgotten.
The Counts are in Holland, especially Hollock, for the other is but the cipher.

And yet I can assure you Maurice hath wit and spirit too much for his time." As the troubles of the interregnum increased Willoughby was more dissatisfied than ever with the miserable condition of the Provinces, but chose to ascribe it to the machinations of the States' party, rather than to the ambiguous conduct of Leicester.