His fierce, haggard face thus vanishes for the present from our history.
The King had taken his ground, from which there was no receding.

Envoys or agents of Emperor, Pope, King of Spain, Archduke at Brussels, and Archduke at Julich, had failed to shake his settled purpose.

Yet the road was far from smooth.

He had thus far no ally but the States-General.

He could not trust James of Great Britain.