Protestantism in Scotland - James Aitken Wylie

considerable hazard, for it was uncertain how the
Earl of Bath, who commanded there, might receive
them. Besides, Plymouth was not nearly so
commodious for landing as the Bay of Torquay,
which they had passed in the haze. While the
prince was deliberating, the wind shifted; there
came a calm of a few moments, and then a breeze
set in from the south-west: "a soft and happy gale,"
says Burnet, who was on board, "which carried in
the whole fleet in four hours' time into Torbay."
Scarcely had the ships dropped their anchors
when the wind returned, and blew again from the
east.[12]
The landing was safely effected; the Peasants
of Devonshire flocked in crowds to welcome their
deliverer and supply his troops with provisions; the
mild air refreshed them after their sea-voyage. The
landing of the horses, it was feared, would be a
matter of great difficulty; but they were shown a
place, says Burner, "so happy for our landing,
though we came to it by mere accident, that if we
had ordered the whole island round to be sounded
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