Anne offered him a pension of £3000 a year, but this he refused, saying "if he could not have the honour to serve his country he would not plunder it."
Anne bot ihm eine jährliche Pension von 3000 Pfund im Jahr an, die er mit den Worten zurückwies: „Wenn er schon nicht die Ehre habe, seinem Lande zu dienen, würde er es aber nicht plündern.“ („If he could not have the honour to serve his country he would not plunder it“).