They declared that they liked the Spanish King's will better than William's partition.

France, they argued, would gain much less by a dynastic alliance with Spain, which would exist no longer than their common interests dictated, than by the complete acquisition of the Spanish provinces in Italy.
William lost no time in summoning a new Parliament.

An overwhelming majority opposed the idea of vindicating the Partition Treaty by arms.
They pressed him to send a message of recognition to Philip V.Even the occupation of the Flemish fortresses did not change their temper.

That, they said, was the affair of the Dutch; it did not concern England.

In vain William tried to convince them that the interests of the two Protestant States were identical.