If the Dutch sent flags of truce, the first messenger should be dismissed without an answer; the second should be hanged.

[527] In such a mood James set out for Salisbury.

His last act before his departure was to appoint a Council of five Lords to represent him in London during his absence.

Of the five, two were Papists, and by law incapable of office.

Joined with them was Jeffreys, a Protestant indeed, but more detested by the nation than any Papist.