The British nation a history / by George MWrong . William Penn (1644-1718).Tlio foiimler of Pennsylvania. THE RESTORATION AND THE REVOLUTION 423 going too fast. In the autumn of 1687 he made a prog-ress through the country, and had he possessed discrimi-nation, he could have seen danger in the coldness with. The Seven Bishops going to the Towek. which he was received. But signs of opposition madeJames only the more resolute, and in April, 1688, heordered the Anglican clergy to read the Declaration ofIndulgence in their churches on two successive , Archbishop of Canterbury, with
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . William Penn (1644-1718).Tlio foiimler of Pennsylvania. THE RESTORATION AND THE REVOLUTION 423 going too fast. In the autumn of 1687 he made a prog-ress through the country, and had he possessed discrimi-nation, he could have seen danger in the coldness with. The Seven Bishops going to the Towek. which he was received. But signs of opposition madeJames only the more resolute, and in April, 1688, heordered the Anglican clergy to read the Declaration ofIndulgence in their churches on two successive , Archbishop of Canterbury, with six other bishopspresented to him a petition which was really a refusal toobey the order, and in only a few cases was the declarationread. In a rage, James threw the seven bishops into theTower, and had them tried for seditious libel in present-ing their petition. There was intense interest in the case,and when, on June 30, 1688, a verdict of acquittal wasgiven, it was received with outbursts of Joy, which oughtto have revealed to James his danger. As the king hadno male heir, the nation expected that one of his Protes-tant daughters, Mary or Anne, should succeed him, butjust at the time when excitement was high over the trialof the bishops, Jamess queen bore him a son. The birth 424 THE BRITTSn NAT
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