To return in the face of the wind was impossible.

Plymouth was the next port.

But at Plymouth a garrison had been posted under the command of Lord Bath.

The landing might be opposed; and a check might produce serious consequences.

There could be little doubt, moreover, that by this time the royal fleet had got out of the Thames and was hastening full sail down the Channel.
Russell saw the whole extent of the peril, and exclaimed to Burnet, "You may go to prayers, Doctor.