Heneage Finch let fall some expressions which were understood to mean that he wished a negotiation to be opened with the King.

This suggestion was so ill received that he made haste to explain it away.

He protested that he had been misapprehended.

He was convinced that, under such a prince, there could be no security for religion, liberty, or property.

To recall King James, or to treat with him, would be a fatal course; but many who would never consent that he should exercise the regal power had conscientious scruples about depriving him of the royal title.