To the success of William's vast and profound scheme of policy it was necessary that James should ruin himself by rejecting conditions ostentatiously liberal.

The event proved the wisdom of the course which the majority of the Englishmen at Hungerford were inclined to condemn.
On Sunday, the ninth of December, the Prince's demands were put in writing, and delivered to Halifax.

The Commissioners dined at Littlecote.

A splendid assemblage had been invited to meat them.

The old hall, hung with coats of mail which had seen the wars of the Roses, and with portraits of gallants who had adorned the court of Philip and Nary, was now crowded with Peers and Generals.