Walsh had offered to intercede with Ormonde for Archbishop O'Reilly. This was soon after the Restoration, and the Primate reminded the friar of his promise when he left Rome in 1665. After some correspondence O'Reilly addressed the Lord Lieutenant in a very submissive tone. He 'was the publican standing far off and not daring to lift his eyes to heaven, who begged for a share of His Majesty's unparalleled mercies and solemnly promised compliance with his will as became a faithful subject.' If otherwise, he concluded, 'who am I? but a worm, the reproach of mankind, the vilitie of the people, a dead dog, a flea.' This was written before the Congregation was decided on, and after the invitations had gone out Ormonde gave leave to Walsh to let the Archbishop know that he might come home safely provided that he would sign the Remonstrance. Walsh transmitted this assurance in four separate letters, but only in the second did he mention the condition. O'Reilly expressly says that this second missive was never received by him, otherwise he would not have come to Ireland. As it was he wrote to Walsh wishing success to the expected gathering and enclosing a letter to the members. The latter was purposely left open, and Walsh never presented it, for it avoided any approval of the Remonstrance and suggested that they should devise a fresh one. Walsh, he said, nevertheless deserved thanks for his pains, and he proposed to subscribe 13_l._ towards the expenses out of his slender revenue.[56] Bishop French, as coadjutor to the Bishop of St. Jago, was living at Compostella in 1665 'well looked upon and enjoying a subsistence competent and decent for his quality.' Having been a party to the Jamestown declaration, where all Ormonde's supporters were excommunicated, and a prime mover in the invitation to Charles of Lorraine, he did not think it safe to visit Ireland without the Lord Lieutenant's special leave. Charles II. had refused to see him at Paris. Walsh liked and respected him though their opinions were irreconcilable, and Ormonde admitted that he was 'a good man, good priest, and good bishop, candid and without cheat.' He justified the Jamestown proceedings though very civil to Ormonde personally, and regretting former strong language. In refusing to deny the Pope's deposing power, he was, he said, supported by 'seven saints, including St. Thomas, seven cardinals, one patriarch, three archbishops, ten bishops, and thirty-one classical authors with other eminent divines,' and he challenged Walsh to match this array. Failing to find a passage from Galicia, he began his journey homewards by land, but a letter from Walsh reached him at St. Sebastian in which he was advised not to visit Ireland without having made a complete submission. Expressing surprise that leave had been given to O'Reilly and refused to him, he went on to Paris and thence to Belgium, where he spent the rest of his life.[57] [Sidenote: The Congregation meets, June 1666.]