 "The restoration was not what George Monck the apparent engineer of the Restoration had intended – if indeed he knew what he intended; for in Clarendon's sardonic words 'the whole machine was infinitely above his strength ... and it is glory enough to his memory that he was instrumental in bringing those things to pass which he had neither wisdom to foresee, nor courage to attempt, nor understanding to contrive'".On 4 April 1660, Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda, in which he made several promises in relation to the reclamation of the crown of England.Monck organised the Convention Parliament, which met for the first time on 25 April.