Nithisdale and Clydesdale were the only regions in which there was the least chance that the Roman Catholics would make head; and both Nithisdale and Clydesdale were soon occupied by bands of armed Presbyterians.

Among the insurgents were some fierce and moody men who had formerly disowned Argyle, and who were now equally eager to disown William.

His Highness, they said, was plainly a malignant.

There was not a word about the Covenant in his Declaration.
The Dutch were a people with whom no true servant of the Lord would unite.

They consorted with Lutherans; and a Lutheran was as much a child of perdition as a Jesuit.