The  money,  the  revenues,  the  resources  of  the  country,  however
ancient  they  were,  however  much  they  had  hitherto  been  at  the
disposition  of  the  sovereign,  were  henceforward  to  be  under  the
control  of  ParUament.  If,  it  was  argued,  the  hereditary  revenues
of  the  Crown  were  wasted  prodigally  and  on  unworthy  objects,  the
nation  has  to  make  the  loss  good.  Now  the  English  people  has
never  failed  to  assist  the  necessities  of  the  Crown,  and  it  has  never
failed  either  to  control  a  foreigner's  greed  when  he  has  quartered
himself,  in  appearance  on  the  sovereign's  favour,  in  reality  on  the
public  purse.  And  no  one  thiipughout  his  reign  more  misconceived
the  new  departure  than  Wilham  did.  He  thought  himself  entitled
to  all  the  grants  which  a  packed  Parliament  had  made  to  James.
He  thought  himself  at  liberty  to  appropriate  the  revenue  to  private
purposes  more  largely  than  Charles,  to  the  discontent  even  of  those
who  hated  the  memory  of  Cromwell.  Even  in  the  age  of  un-
reasoning loyalty  they  had  endorsed  the  impeachments  of  Claren-
don and  Danby,  and  included  peculation  in  the  charges  made
against  both.
