«ls HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

CHAP. L X V I..

Schema of the cabal —- Remonstrances of Sir WilliamTemple — Campaign of 1674 —- A Parliament —Pafflve obedience — A Parliament — Campaign of167 ? — Congress of Nimeguen — Campaign of 167 &Uncertain conduit of the king — A Parliament —Campaign of 1677 — Parliament’s distrust of the king— Marriage of the Prince of Orange -mith the LadyMary — Plan of peace — Negociations — Campaignof 1678 — Negociations — Peace of Nimeguen —State of affairs in Scotland.

CHAP.

LXVI.

If'74.

Schemes oftire Cabal.

If we consider the projects of the famous Cabal,it will appear hard to determine, whether theend, which those ministers pursued, were moreblamable and pernicious , or the means, bywhich they were to effect it, more impolitic andimprudent. Though they might talk only ofrecovering of fixing the king’s authority ; theirintention could be no other than that of makinghim absolute: Since it was not possible to regainor maintain, in opposition to the people, any ofthose powers of the crown, abolished by latelaw or custom, without subduing the people,and rendering the royal prerogative entirely un-controulable. Against such a scheme, they mightforesee, that every part of the nation would