Of these Lord Russel and Lord Hollis alone refused to touch any French money: all the others received presents or bribes from Barillon.

But we are to remark, that the party views of these men, and their well-founded jealousies of the king and duke, engaged them, independently of the money, into the same measures that were suggested to them by the French ambassador.

The intrigues of France, therefore, with the parliament, were a mighty small engine in the political machine.

Those with the king, which have always been known, were of infinitely greater consequence.

The sums distributed to all these men, excepting Montague, did not exceed sixteen thousand pounds in three years; and therefore could have little weight in the two houses, especially when opposed to the influence of the crown.