The same wind detained the king's fleet in their station near Harwich, and enabled the Dutch to pass the Straits of Dover without opposition.

Both shores were covered with multitudes of people, who, besides admiring the grandeur of the spectacle, were held in anxious suspense by the prospect of an enterprise, the most important which, during some ages, had been undertaken in Europe.

The prince had a prosperous voyage, and landed his army safely in Torbay on the fifth of November, the anniversary of the gunpowder treason.
The Dutch army marched first to Exeter; and the prince's declaration was there published.

That whole county was so terrified with the executions which had ensued upon Monmouth's rebellion, that no one for several days joined the prince.

The bishop of Exeter in a fright fled to London and carried to court intelligence of the invasion.