The expedient at which Avaux hinted doubtless was that James should waive his rights, and that the Prince of Wales should be sent to England, bred a Protestant, adopted by William and Mary, and declared their heir.
To such an arrangement William would probably have had no personal objection.

But we may be assured that he never would have consented to make it a condition of peace with France.

Who should reign in England was a question to be decided by England alone.

[469] It might well be suspected that a negotiation conducted in this manner was merely meant to divide the confederates.

William understood the whole importance of the conjuncture.