After all the depositions had been taken, James with great solemnity declared that the imputation thrown on him was utterly false, and that he would rather die a thousand deaths than wrong any of his children.
All who were present appeared to be satisfied.

The evidence was instantly published, and was allowed by judicious and impartial persons to be decisive.

[493] But the judicious are always a minority; and scarcely anybody was then impartial.

The whole nation was convinced that all sincere Papists thought it a duty to perjure themselves whenever they could, by perjury, serve the interests of their Church.

Men who, having been bred Protestants, had for the sake of lucre pretended to be converted to Popery, were, if possible, less trustworthy than sincere Papists.