What was now proposed was that England should have two first magistrate, of ripe age and sound mind, waging with each other an irreconcilable war.

It was absurd to talk of leaving James merely the kingly name, and depriving him of all the kingly power.

For the name was a part of the power.

The word King was a word of conjuration.

It was associated in the minds of many Englishmen with the idea of a mysterious character derived from above, and in the minds of almost all Englishmen with the idea of legitimate and venerable authority.