But no good effects were found to result from these restraints, and in King James's reign they were taken off by parliament.
Lord Clarendon tells us, that, in 1665, when money, in consequence of a treaty, was to be remitted to the bishop of Munster, it was found, that the whole trade of England could not supply above a thousand pounds a month to Frankfort and Cologne, nor above twenty thousand pounds a month to Hamburgh: these sums appear surprisingly small.[*] * Life of Clarendon, p.

237.
At the same time that the boroughs of England were deprived of their privileges, a like attempt was made on the colonies.

King James recalled the charters, by which their liberties were secured; and he sent over governors invested with absolute power.

The arbitrary principles of that monarch appear in every part of his administration.
The people, during these two reigns, were in a great measure cured of that wild fanaticism by which they had formerly been so much agitated.
Whatever new vices they might acquire, it may be questioned, whether by this change they were, in the main, much losers in point of morals.
By the example of Charles II.

and the cavaliers, licentiousness and debauchery became prevalent in the nation.