Lewis was not inferior to James in generosity and humanity, and was certainly far superior to James in all the abilities and acquirements of a statesman.

Lewis had, like James, repeatedly promised to respect the privileges of his Protestant subjects.

Yet Lewis was now avowedly a persecutor of the reformed religion.

What reason was there, then, to doubt that James waited only for an opportunity to follow the example?
He was already forming, in defiance of the law, a military force officered to a great extent by Roman Catholics.

Was there anything unreasonable in the apprehension that this force might be employed to do what the French dragoons had done?
James was almost as much disturbed as his subjects by the conduct of the court of Versailles.