A petition, similar to that which had been entrusted to Lovelace, was brought into the House of Commons, but was contemptuously rejected.

Maynard was foremost in protesting against the attempt of the rabble in the streets to overawe the Estates of the Realm.

William sent for Lovelace, expostulated with him strongly, and ordered the magistrates to act with vigour against all unlawful assemblies.

[655] Nothing in the history of our revolution is more deserving of admiration and of imitation than the manner in which the two parties in the Convention, at the very moment at which their disputes ran highest, joined like one man to resist the dictation of the mob of the capital.
But, though the Whigs were fully determined to maintain order and to respect the freedom of debate, they were equally determined to make no concession.

On Saturday the second of February the Commons, without a division, resolved to adhere to their resolution as it originally stood.
James, as usual, came to the help of his enemies.