Since they had been called to the direction of affairs every thing had been changed, changed for the better, and changed chiefly by their wise and resolute policy, and by the firmness with which their party had stood by them.

There was peace abroad and at home.

The sentinels had ceased to watch by the beacons of Dorsetshire and Sussex.

The merchant ships went forth without fear from the Thames and the Avon.

Soldiers had been disbanded by tens of thousands.