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With eight armed men in the house for four of the porters engaged in the merchant's warehouse slept on truckle beds placed in the hall Rupert thought that they ought to be able to repel any assault which might be made. It was on the fourth night after Rupert's coming to Dort, that he was aroused by a touch on his shoulder.
Among others, his orders were, as the Dort drew much less water than the admiral's ship, to sail ahead of him during the night, that if they approached too near the land as they beat across the Channel, timely notice might be given to the admiral, if in too shallow water.
Dort did a large export trade in hides and in meat to the towns lying below them, and it was clear that it was from the butchers and skinners that the mob was chiefly drawn.
Having acquired some name in polemical divinity, and being long accustomed to disputations, the King made choice of him to go to the Netherlands, and assist at the synod of Dort, in settling the controverted points of faith, for which that reverend body were there convened.
Such was the mischievous intention ascribed to a petition, which Champagny and his friends had as much right to offer however narrow and mistaken their, opinions might now be considered as had the, synod of Dort to present their remonstrances. Never was a more malignant or more stupid perversion of a simple and not very alarming phrase.
They had written begging him to come and see them; and a postscript which Maria had put in her last letter to him, to the effect that she had reason to believe that her old persecutor was in the neighbourhood, and that her father had taken renewed precautions for her safety, added to his desire to visit Dort.
"Well, my boy, I stopped each time something like a month at Dort, and, as a matter of course, I fell over head and ears in love with Maria van Duyk.
Let them by special license keep the Tragfaetti intact, with their shuttles of gondolas crossing bade and forth then, perhaps, the catastrophe may be deferred for a few decades. As it was in Dort and Papendrecht so it is in Venice. Except these beastly, vile-smelling boats there is nothing new, thank God.
"If they take me to Dort," thought Cornelius, "I shall see, in passing my house, whether my poor borders have been much spoiled." Wherein the Reader begins to guess the Kind of Execution that was awaiting Van Baerle The carriage rolled on during the whole day; it passed on the right of Dort, went through Rotterdam, and reached Delft.
"The third, where is it?" "I have it at home," said Boxtel, quite confused. "At home? Where? At Loewestein, or at Dort?" "At Dort," said Boxtel. "You lie!" cried Rosa. "Monseigneur," she continued, whilst turning round to the Prince, "I will tell you the true story of these three bulbs.
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