He felt that it would be madness in him to imitate the example of Monmouth, to cross the sea with a few British adventurers, and to trust to a general rising of the population.

It was necessary, and it was pronounced necessary by all those who invited him over, that he should carry an army with him.

Yet who could answer for the effect which the appearance of such an army might produce?
The government was indeed justly odious.

But would the English people, altogether unaccustomed to the interference of continental powers in English disputes, be inclined to look with favour on a deliverer who was surrounded by foreign soldiers?
If any part of the royal forces resolutely withstood the invaders, would not that part soon have on its side the patriotic sympathy of millions?
A defeat would be fatal to the whole undertaking.

A bloody victory gained in the heart of the island by the mercenaries of the States General over the Coldstream Guards and the Buffs would be almost as great a calamity as a defeat.