my own dulness, or else to convince you that other places have their share of it as well as the Hague.
Queen, and, on the removal of the Earl of Rochester, was again made one of the Commissioners of the Treasury. He was one of the three Commissioners sent by James to treat with the Prince of Orange. He voted for the Regency; nevertheless, he was appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and a Privy Councillor; and, in 1690, he was made First Lord of the Treasury.
On the accession of Queen Anne, he became the Lord High Treasurer, a post which he had refused to accept till pressed to it by the Duke of Marlborough, who declared that he could not go the continent to command the armies, unless the Treasury were put into his hands. He filled this office with high honour and ability, and it was Lord Godolphin who prevailed upon Queen Anne to settle her revenue of the first fruits and tenths for the augmentation of small livings.
In 1704, he was made Knight of the Garter; and, in 1706, he was created Earl Godolphin. He was removed from his office of Lord High Treasurer in 1710, and died two years afterwards. Bishop Burnet says "that he was the silentest and modestest man who was perhaps ever bred in a court. He had a clear apprehension, and despatched business with great method, and with so much temper that he had no personal enemies. But his silence begot a jealousy which hung long upon him. His notions were for the Court, but his incorrupt and sincere way of managing the concerns of the Treasury created in all people a very high esteem for him. He loved gaming the most of any man of business I ever knew, and gave one reason for it, because it delivered him from the obligation to talk much. He had true principles of religion and virtue, and never heaped up wealth. So that, all things laid together, he was one of the worthiest and wisest men who was employed
