When the Commons next met they sate for a time in profound silence.

At length it was moved and resolved that an Address of Condolence should be presented to the King; and then the House broke up without proceeding to other business.

The Dutch envoy informed the States General that many of the members had handkerchiefs at their eyes.

The number of sad faces in the street struck every observer.

The mourning was more general than even the mourning for Charles the Second had been.