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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Volume IV

(Chapters XVIII-XXII)

by Thomas Babington Macaulay




CHAPTER XVII

William's Voyage to Holland--William's Entrance into the Hague--
Congress at the Hague--William his own Minister for Foreign
Affairs--William obtains a Toleration for the Waldenses; Vices
inherent in the Nature of Coalitions--Siege and Fall of Mons--
William returns to England; Trials of Preston and Ashton--
Execution of Ashton--Preston's Irresolution and Confessions--