The indulgence, he said, was grossly abused: these Protestant lords were not to be trusted: they were turning their houses into fortresses: his Majesty would soon have reason to repent his goodness.

These representations prevailed; and Roman Catholic troops were quartered in the suspected dwellings, [234] Still harder was the lot of those Protestant clergymen who continued to cling, with desperate fidelity, to the cause of the Lord's Anointed.

Of all the Anglican divines the one who had the largest share of James's good graces seems to have been Cartwright.

Whether Cartwright could long have continued to be a favourite without being an apostate may be doubted.

He died a few weeks after his arrival in Ireland; and thenceforward his church had no one to plead her cause.