The Prince of Orange, said the cunning minister, would never dare to engage in an expedition beyond sea, leaving Holland defenceless.

The States, remembering what they had suffered and what they had been in danger of suffering during the great agony of 1672, would never incur the risk of again seeing an invading army encamped on the plain between Utrecht and Amsterdam.

There was doubtless much discontent in England: but the interval was immense between discontent and rebellion.

Men of rank and fortune were not disposed lightly to hazard their honours, their estates, and their lives.

How many eminent Whigs had held high language when Monmouth was in the Netherlands! And yet, when he set up his standard, what eminent Whig had joined it?
It was easy to understand why Lewis affected to give credit to these idle rumours.