On the twelfth day of May, sir William Wyndham made a motion for a bill to prevent the growth of schism, and for the further security of the church of England as by law established.

The design of it was to prohibit dissenters from teaching in schools and academies.

It was accordingly prepared, and eagerly opposed in each house as a species of persecution.
Nevertheless, it made its way through both, and received the royal assent; but the queen dying before it took place, this law was rendered ineffectual.
Her majesty's constitution was now quite broken; one fit of sickness succeeded another; what completed the ruin of her health was the anxiety of her mind, occasioned partly by the discontents which had been raised and fomented by the enemies of her government; and partly by the dissensions among her ministers, which were now become intolerable.

The council chamber was turned into a scene of obstinate dispute and bitter altercation.

Even in the queen's presence the treasurer and secretary did not restrain from mutual obliquy and reproach.