"...above all, I must recommend to you the Care of the Navy, the Strength and Glory of this Nation, that you will put …"

"[T]he King sayd he...hoped we would join with him in making a magna Carta for Conscience as well as properties and ot…"

"James II was neither so clever, nor so subtle as his brother. As we have seen, he was incapable of dissembling the Ca…"

"In short, James II may have been an excellent administrator, but he was a terrible politician. A soldier since youth …"

"Finally realizing the seriousness of William's preparations, in late September James tried to back-pedal, abolishing …"

"James's Catholicising policy might seem insane; it can be explained only by his naive and grossly inflated expectatio…"

"In particular, the ruling elite seems to have taken a wait-and-see attitude to William's invasion. But as James hesit…"

"At this point the king decided that the game was up. He abandoned his army and hurried back to London by coach. Once …"

"King James the Second; who was a sour, cruel, and tyrannical disposition, and a zealous Papist. He resolved at once t…"

"I fully declare my Opinion concerning the Principles of the Church of England, whose Members have shewed themselves s…"