He had many popular qualities.

Even his vices were not those which excite public hatred.

The people readily forgave a courageous openhanded sailor for being too fond of his bottle, his boon companions and his mistresses and did not sufficiently consider how great must be the perils of a country of which the safety depends on a man sunk in indolence, stupified by wine, enervated by licentiousness, ruined by prodigality, and enslaved by sycophants and harlots.
The sufferings of the army in Ireland called forth strong expressions of sympathy and indignation.

The Commons did justice to the firmness and wisdom with which Schomberg had conducted the most arduous of all campaigns.

That he had not achieved more was attributed chiefly to the villany of the Commissariat.