Still less could it be supposed that the prisoner had uttered untruths in order to avoid the torture.

For, though it was the universal practice in the Netherlands to put convicted assassins to the rack in order to wring out from them the names of their employers and associates, William had given orders that, on this occasion, the rack should not be used or even named.

It should be added, that the Court did not interrogate the prisoner closely, but suffered him to tell his story in his own way.

It is therefore reasonable to believe that his narrative is substantially true; and no part of it has a stronger air of truth than his account of the audience with which James had honoured him at Saint Germains.
In our island the sensation produced by the news was great.

The Whigs loudly called both James and Lewis assassins.