was made could not consistently accept it. For in the ordination
service, and indeed in almost every service of the Church,
William and Mary were designated as King and Queen. The only
promise that could be obtained from the deprived prelates was
that they would live quietly; and even this promise they had not
all kept. One of them at least had been guilty of treason
aggravated by impiety. He had, under the strong fear of being
butchered by the populace, declared that he abhorred the thought
of calling in the aid of France, and had invoked God to attest
the sincerity of this declaration. Yet, a short time after, he
bad been detected in plotting to bring a French army into
England; and he had written to assure the Court of Saint Germains
that he was acting in concert with his brethren, and especially
with Sancroft. The Whigs called loudly for severity. Even the
Tory counsellors of William owned that indulgence had been
carried to the extreme point. They made, however, a last attempt
to mediate. "Will you and your brethren," said Trevor to Lloyd,
the nonjuring Bishop of Norwich, "disown all connection with
Doctor Turner, and declare that what he has in his letters
imputed to you is false?" Lloyd evaded the question. It was now
evident that William's forbearance had only emboldened the
adversaries whom he had hoped to conciliate. Even Caermarthen,
even Nottingham, declared that it was high time to fill the
vacant sees.45

Tillotson was nominated to the Archbishopric, and was consecrated
on Whitsunday, in the church of St. Mary Le Bow. Compton, cruelly
mortified, refused to bear any part in the ceremony. His place
was supplied by Mew, Bishop of Winchester, who was assisted by
Burnet, Stillingfleet and Hough. The congregation was the most