The Covenanters at this time could not have invaded England, could not have supported themselves if they did, and were far from being harmonious among themselves.

The defeat of Charles at this moment would have aroused English pride and united the country.

Charles set out from Berwick for London on July 29, leaving many fresh causes of quarrel behind him.
Charles supposed that he was merely "giving way for the present" when he accepted the ratification by the new Assembly of all the Acts of that of 1638.

He never had a later chance to recover his ground.

The new Assembly made the Privy Council pass an Act rendering signature of the Covenant compulsory on all men: "the new freedom is worse than the old slavery," a looker-on remarked.