I would oppose nothing in which the Prince seemed to be concerned, as long as I was his servant.

And therefore I desired to be disengaged, that I might be free to oppose this proposition [to offer him the crown] with all the strength and credit I had.

He answered me, that I might desire that when I saw a step made: But till then he wished me to stay where I was .-- _Swift._ Is all this true?
P.819.

_Burnet._ I heard no more of this; in which the Marquess of Halifax was single among the peers: For I did not find there was any one of them of his mind; unless it was the Lord Colepeper, who was a vicious and corrupt man, but made a figure in the debates that were now in the House of Lords, and died about the end of them .-- _Swift._ Yet was not the same thing done in effect, while the King had the sole administration?
P.819.

_Burnet._ The Princess continued all the while in Holland, being shut in there during the east winds, by the freezing of the rivers, and by contrary winds after the thaw came.