The British nation a history / by George MWrong . 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 NATION of this young prince, who would be reared a Roman Catho-lic, destroyed this hope of a Protestant succession andintensified Protestant alarm. Keen was tlie suspicion ofJamess designs, and it was generally believed, but withou
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . 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 NATION of this young prince, who would be reared a Roman Catho-lic, destroyed this hope of a Protestant succession andintensified Protestant alarm. Keen was tlie suspicion ofJamess designs, and it was generally believed, but withoutfoundation, that the infant was not really the son of thequeen. England was now ripe for revolution. On the veryday of the acquittal of the seven bishops, leading EnglishThecomins statesmen joined in sending an invitation toof William of William of Orange to save England. WilliamOrange. ^^^^ ^^^^ husbund of Jamess eldest daughter, and, like her, a grandchild of Charles I; and he had becomethe leader of Europe against the designs of James^ ally,. Embarkation of William of Orange at Helvoetsluts. Louis XIV of France. On September 30, 1G88, Williamissued a public declaration to the people of England thathe was coming to champion their rights and to insure theholding of a free Parliament. His preparations were ex-tensive. About 500 ships, carrying a force of 14,000 men,left the shores of Holland; they sailed down the Channelin magnificent array, and, on Xovember 5, AVilliam landedat Torbay, in Devonshire. It looked as if England was THE RESTORATION AND THE REVOLUTION 425 once more to see civil war; but the nation had lost confi-dence in James, and few would fight for him. At last,but when it was too late, he made concessions. As Will-iam slowly advanced towards London, Jamess followers,including even his own daughter Anne, slij^ped away,and he was in fear for his own life. His mind turnedto France, with whose aid he felt sure of re-establishinghis power, and sending the queen and
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