[52] As soon as he was there, he allied himself closely with Castelmaine, Dover, and Albeville.

These men called with one voice for war on the constitution of the Church and the State.

They told their master that he owed it to his religion and to the dignity of his crown to stand firm against the outcry of heretical demagogues, and to let the Parliament see from the first that he would be master in spite of opposition, and that the only effect of opposition would be to make him a hard master.
Each of the two parties into which the court was divided had zealous foreign allies.

The ministers of Spain, of the Empire, and of the States General were now as anxious to support Rochester as they had formerly been to support Halifax.

All the influence of Barillon was employed on the other side; and Barillon was assisted by another French agent, inferior to him in station, but far superior in abilities, Bonrepaux.
Barillon was not without parts, and possessed in large measure the graces and accomplishments which then distinguished the French gentry.
But his capacity was scarcely equal to what his great place required.