Craven swore that he would rather be cut in pieces: but, when the King, who was undressing himself, learned what was passing, he forbade the stout old soldier to attempt a resistance which must have been ineffectual.

By eleven the Coldstream Guards had withdrawn; and Dutch sentinels were pacing the rounds on every side of the palace.

Some of the King's attendants asked whether he would venture to lie down surrounded by enemies.

He answered that they could hardly use him worse than his own subjects had done, and, with the apathy of a man stupified by disasters, went to bed and to sleep.

[603] Scarcely was the palace again quiet when it was again roused.