On the west, stretching to that white cape where the waves roar among the Needles, lay the armament of France.
It was on the twenty-sixth of June, less than a fortnight after William had sailed for Ireland, that the hostile fleets took up these positions.
A few hours earlier, there had been an important and anxious sitting of the Privy Council at Whitehall.

The malecontents who were leagued with France were alert and full of hope.

Mary had remarked, while taking her airing, that Hyde Park was swarming with them.

The whole board was of opinion that it was necessary to arrest some persons of whose guilt the government had proofs.

When Clarendon was named, something was said in his behalf by his friend and relation, Sir Henry Capel.