The King promised all the favour in his power, but hinted at what had been irregular in their former government; whereupon Dr.Mather undertook that upon the first word they would reform any irregularities they should be advised of, and Lord Wharton offered to be their guarantee.
The King then said that he would give orders that Sir Edmund Andros should be removed and called to an account for his maladministration, and that the King and Queen should be proclaimed (in Massachusetts) by the former magistrates.

Dr.Mather was a faithful agent, and was unwearied in securing friends for his country.

Besides several of the nobility and principal commoners, he had engaged the dissenting ministers, whose weight at that time was far from inconsiderable."[208] Dr.Mather's earnestness, ability, and appeals made a favourable impression on the mind of the King, supported as they were by liberal Churchmen as well as Nonconformists, and also by the entreaties of the Queen.

The King, on the eve of going to Holland, where he was long detained--which delayed the issuing of the Massachusetts Charter for twelve months--directed the Chief Justice, Attorney and Solicitor-Generals to prepare the draft of a new Charter for Massachusetts.

They did so, embodying the provisions of the old Charter, with additional provisions to give powers which had not been given but had been usurped in the administration of the old Charter.