What, then, prompts them to apply to the prince ?
Not the continuation of the tyranny of James, but his
leaving them without remedy, by withdrawing from
the exercise of his power. Herein, being finally
disappointed (not by the continuation of the tyranny,
but the desertion of the king) "we presume," they
say, " to make your highness our refuge^^ and they

• Echard, iii. 931. f Ibid. 931,



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accordingly, invite him (to assume the crown? No !)
to repair to the city, where he will be received with
joy and satisfaction.
No doubt of it, when the government seemed broke
up, and there was no other refuge at hand.
It is remarkable that the address of the lieu-
tenancy was infinitely more pointed, and spoke more
decidedly than either that of the thirty lords or the
city magistrates. They are concerned, they say,
that they had not before an opportunity of testifying
their resolution to venture all to attain the glorious
ends which the prince had proposed for settling these
destracted nations.
