[341] These are mere examples of what was passing all over the kingdom.

The Dutch Ambassador informed the States that at many towns the public functionaries had, within one month, been changed twice, and even thrice, and yet changed in vain.

[342] From the records of the Privy Council it appears that the number of regulations, as they were called, exceeded two hundred.

[343] The regulators indeed found that, in not a few places, the change had been for the worse.

The discontented Tories, even while murmuring against the king's policy, had constantly expressed respect for his person and his office, and had disclaimed all thoughts of resistance.
Very different was the language of some of the new members of corporations.