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I am compelled, unless I would see the poor men famish, and her Majesty dishonoured, to try my poor credit for them." General Sir John Norris was in the Betuwe, threatening Nvymegen, a town which he found "not so flexible as he had hoped;" and, as he had but two thousand men, while Alexander Farnese was thought to be marching upon him with ten thousand, his position caused great anxiety.
The Prince of Orange, who was stationed with about twenty-two thousand men at Arnhem, and along the banks of the Yssel, instead of concentrating his forces to oppose the passage of the enemy, contented himself with detaching De Montbas to guard the Betuwe, and to throw succors if requisite into Nimwegen.
The Earl had taken some forts in the Batavia Betuwe; or "good meadow," which he pronounced as fertile and about as large as Herefordshire, and was now threatening Nymegen, a city which had been gained for Philip by the last effort of Schenk, on the royalist side.
I am compelled, unless I would see the poor men famish, and her Majesty aishonournd, to try my poor credit for them." General Sir John Norris was in the Betuwe, threatening Nvymegen, a town which he found "not so flexible as he had hoped;" and, as he had but two thousand men, while Alexander Farnese was thought to be marching upon him with ten thousand, his position caused great anxiety.
Batavia, or Batavorum Insula, Holland, a part of which still retains the name of Betuwe; formed by the Meuse and the Wal, G. iv. 10 Belgae, the inhabitants of Gallia Belgica. The original Belgae were supposed to be of German extraction; but passing the Rhine, settled themselves in Gaul.
I am compelled, unless I would see the poor men famish, and her Majesty dishonoured, to try my poor credit for them." General Sir John Norris was in the Betuwe, threatening Nvymegen, a town which he found "not so flexible as he had hoped;" and, as he had but two thousand men, while Alexander Farnese was thought to be marching upon him with ten thousand, his position caused great anxiety.
The Earl had taken some forts in the Batavia Betuwe; or "good meadow," which he pronounced as fertile and about as large as Herefordshire, and was now threatening Nymegen, a city which had been gained for Philip by the last effort of Schenk, on the royalist side.
In the Betuwe the dialect spoken differs from that in the Veluwe, but no distinct line can be drawn to determine where one dialect begins and the other ends. In their mode of dressing, too, there is a great difference between the people of one province and of another, and in Zeeland every island has its own special costume.
The Earl had taken some forts in the Batavia Betuwe; or "good meadow," which he pronounced as fertile and about as large as Herefordshire, and was now threatening Nymegen, a city which had been gained for Philip by the last effort of Schenk, on the royalist side.
I am compelled, unless I would see the poor men famish, and her Majesty dishonoured, to try my poor credit for them." General Sir John Norris was in the Betuwe, threatening Nvymegen, a town which he found "not so flexible as he had hoped;" and, as he had but two thousand men, while Alexander Farnese was thought to be marching upon him with ten thousand, his position caused great anxiety.
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