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elections of the new Parliament-- The Populace were left Masters; they rose in a tumult and destroyed all the Mass Houses and treated Jefferies so severely that he died a little after-- Feversham informed of the Kings flight disbanded his troops--& the universal terror which these steps occasioned rendered the approach of the Prince of Orange to the capital still more greatful Yet one unexpected difficulty remained for William to surmount--James as he was making his escape had been stopped at Rochester, thence he was conveyed by the Gentry to London and was received with shouts and acclamations--Though little attention was paid to him by the Nobility on his return to Whitehall yet his presence Embarrassed William--who to awaken again his fears not only displaced the English Guards at the Palace but sent a message at Midnight to the King ordering him to depart for Nam a seat of the Dss of Lauderdales
