Those who saw him in private knew that his feelings had been cruelly lacerated.

His body sympathised with his mind.
His sleep was broken.

His headaches tormented him more than ever.

From those whom he had been in the habit of considering as his friends, and who had failed him in the recent struggle, he did not attempt to conceal his displeasure.

The lucrative see of Worcester was vacant; and some powerful Whigs of the cider country wished to obtain it for John Hall, Bishop of Bristol.