His master, he wrote, had learnt with amazement that King William, Holland and other powers,--for the ambassador, prudent even in his blustering, did not choose to name the King of France,--were engaged in framing a treaty, not only for settling the succession to the Spanish crown, but for the detestable purpose of dividing the Spanish monarchy.
The whole scheme was vehemently condemned as contrary to the law of nature and to the law of God.

The ambassador appealed from the King of England to the Parliament, to the nobility, and to the whole nation, and concluded by giving notice that he should lay the whole case before the two Houses when next they met.
The style of this paper shows how strong an impression had been made on foreign nations by the unfortunate events of the late session.

The King, it was plain, was no longer considered as the head of the government.

He was charged with having committed a wrong; but he was not asked to make reparation.

He was treated as a subordinate officer who had been guilty of an offence against public law, and was threatened with the displeasure of the Commons, who, as the real rulers of the state, were bound to keep their servants in order.