"Do you not know that I am above the law ?" "Your Majesty may be above the law," replied Somerset; "but I am not; and, while I obey the law, I fear nothing." The King turned away in high displeasure, and Somerset was instantly dismissed from his posts in the household and in the army.

[279] On one point, however, James showed some prudence.

He did not venture to parade the Papal Envoy in state before the vast population of the capital.

The ceremony was performed, on the third of July 1687, at Windsor.

Great multitudes flocked to the little town.