The bill was therefore suffered to drop.

[184] It is certain that those who in the conference on this bill represented the Commons, did not exaggerate the dangers to which the government was exposed.

While the constitution of the Court which was to try peers for treason was under discussion, a treason planned with rare skill by a peer was all but carried into execution.
Marlborough had never ceased to assure the Court of Saint Germains that the great crime which he had committed was constantly present to his thoughts, and that he lived only for the purpose of repentance and reparation.

Not only had he been himself converted; he had also converted the Princess Anne.

In 1688, the Churchills had, with little difficulty, induced her to fly from her father's palace.