Like all men, here he was bound, and here he was free.
Baltimore's desire was for "enlarging his Majesty's Empire," and at the same time to provide in Maryland a refuge for his fellow Catholics.
These were now in England so disabled and limited that their status might fairly be called that of a persecuted people.

The mounting Puritanism promised no improvement.

The King himself had no fierce antagonism to the old religion, but it was beginning to be seen that Charles and Charles's realm were two different things.

A haven should be provided before the storm blackened further.

Baltimore thus saw put into his hands a high and holy opportunity, and made no doubt that it was God-given.