They repaired to the other House.

The bills were passed; and Bridgewater, by the royal command, prorogued the Parliament.

For the first time since the Revolution the session closed without a speech from the throne.

William was too angry to thank the Commons, and too prudent to reprimand them.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The health of James had been during some years declining and he had at length, on Good Friday, 1701, suffered a shock from which he had never recovered.

While he was listening in his chapel to the solemn service of the day, he fell down in a fit, and remained long insensible.