And if he had, what was that to the Prince or to the States?
Were they his masters?
Were they to sit in judgment on the conduct of foreign sovereigns?
From that time he became desirous to recall his subjects who were in the Dutch service.

By bringing them over to England he should, he conceived, at once strengthen himself, and weaken his worst enemies.

But there were financial difficulties which it was impossible for him to overlook.

The number of troops already in his service was as great as his revenue, though large beyond all precedent and though parsimoniously administered, would support.

If the battalions now in Holland were added to the existing establishment, the Treasury would be bankrupt.