Her lover was obstinate, and himself forced the patent into her hands.

She at last accepted it on one condition, which shows her confidence in her own power and in his weakness.

She made him give her a solemn promise, not that he would never quit her, but that, if he did so, he would himself announce his resolution to her, and grant her one parting interview.
As soon as the news of her elevation got abroad, the whole palace was in an uproar.

The warm blood of Italy boiled in the veins of the Queen.
Proud of her youth and of her charms, of her high rank and of her stainless chastity, she could not without agonies of grief and rage see herself deserted and insulted for such a rival.

Rochester, perhaps remembering how patiently, after a short struggle, Catharine of Braganza had consented to treat the mistresses of Charles with politeness, had expected that, after a little complaining and pouting, Mary of Modena would be equally submissive.