Tell him what I say; and bring him to me that he may hear it from my own lips." Burnet went in quest of William; but William was many miles off after a stag.
It was not till the next day that the decisive interview took place.
"I did not know till yesterday," said Mary, "that there was such a difference between the laws of England and the laws of God.

But I now promise you that you shall always bear rule: and, in return, I ask only this, that, as I shall observe the precept which enjoins wives to obey their husbands, you will observe that which enjoins husbands to love their wives." Her generous affection completely gained the heart of William.

From that time till the sad day when he was carried away in fits from her dying bed, there was entire friendship and confidence between them.

Many of her letters to him are extant; and they contain abundant evidence that this man, unamiable as he was in the eyes of the multitude, had succeeded in inspiring a beautiful and virtuous woman, born his superior, with a passion fond even to idolatry.
The service which Burnet had rendered to his country was of high moment.
A time had arrived at which it was important to the public safety that there should be entire concord between the Prince and Princess.
Till after the suppression of the Western insurrection grave causes of dissension had separated William both from Whigs and Tories.

He had seen with displeasure the attempts of the Whigs to strip the executive government of some powers which he thought necessary to its efficiency and dignity.