all good Protestants of that day believed, providentially lulled. A wind of the right direction and denomination sprang up shortly after, and in four hours' time, by noon of the 5th of November, the Prince's fleet was wafted safely into Torbay. FOOTNOTES: [1] In April or May. Macaulay (after Burnet) says May; and the point is of some importance, because if, as Ralph maintains and proves by reference to the date of the Elector of Brandenburg's death (an event referred to by Burnet as still prospective at the date of the conference with Russell), this interview really took place in April, it does prove, as Ralph says, that "measures were forming in England against the King and embraced in Holland before the second Declaration of Indulgence was published, or the Order in Council which was founded thereon, or the Prosecution of the Bishops was thought of; which his lordship (Burnet) holds of such weight for the justification of those measures." Ralph i. 998. [2] One of Russell's arguments for immediate action was that James's soldiers, "though _bad Englishmen_ and _worse Christians_, were as yet such _good Protestants_ that neither were they attached to His Majesty, nor could His Majesty depend upon them."--Burnet _ap._ Ralph, _Hist._ i. 997. [3] It is difficult to see why. Sunderland, in his _Apology_, distinctly says, "I opposed to death the acceptance of them (the ships) as well as any assistance of men, and I can most truly say that I was the principal means of hindering both." Sunderland, no doubt, was not the most veracious of men; but one does not see his precise motive for lying on this matter. [4] To make some capital out of the mischance the Haarlem and Amsterdam Gazettes were ordered (Ralph declares) "to set forth a lamentable relation of the losses occasioned by it," losses which, it seems, included "nine men of war, a thousand horses, and Dr. Burnet." CHAPTER IV 1688 Advance to Exeter--Measures of James--Council of the Lords-- Their proposals--The King goes to Salisbury--Defection of Churchill--James returns to London--Negotiation--Attempted flight of James--His arrest--Advance of William--Entry of Dutch troops into London--Actual flight of James.