The English colony in Ireland regarded him as a friend and patron; and he felt that on the confidence and attachment of that great interest much of his importance depended.

To such considerations as these the principles, which he had, during his whole life, ostentatiously professed, now gave way.

He repaired to the Prince's closet, and represented the danger of leaving the King at liberty.

The Protestants of Ireland were in extreme peril.
There was only one way to secure their estates and their lives; and that was to keep His Majesty close prisoner.

It might not be prudent to shut him up in an English castle.