Protestantism in Scotland - James Aitken Wylie

should ever after be put in execution, that no new
laws should ever hereafter be made against them,
and that the prince should endeavor to the utmost
of his power to procure the ratification by
Parliament of these articles; and that, further, the
Parliament "should approve and ratify all and
singular articles in favor of Roman Catholics
capitulated by the most renowned kings." The
marriage came to nothing; nevertheless, the
consequences of the treaty were most disastrous to
both the king and England. It filled the land with
Popish priests and Jesuits; it brought over the
titular Bishop of Chalcedon to exercise Episcopal
jurisdiction; it lost King James the love of his
subjects; it exposed him to the contempt of his
enemies; and in addition it cost him the loss of his
honor and the sacrifice of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Extending beyond the bounds of England, the evil
effects of this treaty were felt in foreign countries.
For the sake of his alliance with the House of
Austria, James sacrificed the interests of his son-inlaw:
he lost the Palatinate, and became the
immediate cause, as we have seen in a previous
part of this history, of the overthrow of
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