His wife had given an unprecedented proof of conjugal submission and affection; and the very least return that could be made to her would be to bestow on her the dignity of Queen Regnant.

William Herbert, one of the most zealous of the Prince's adherents, was so much exasperated that he sprang out of the bed to which he was confined by gout, and vehemently declared that he never would have drawn a sword in His Highness's cause if he had foreseen that so shameful an arrangement would be made.

No person took the matter up so eagerly as Burnet.

His blood boiled at the wrong done to his kind patroness.

He expostulated vehemently with Bentinck, and begged to be permitted to resign the chaplainship.