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"Well, now, by my soul, he is mad, this new De Witt," he cried, "but all those De Witts have the devil in them." "Master, master," cried Cornelius, seizing the jailer by the arm and dragging him towards the window, "master, what have I read down there?" "Where down there?" "On that placard."
No country has of late been less productive of great men than Holland. The Van Tromps, the Russel, and the William III. all died without leaving any posterity behind them; and the race of Batavian heroes seems to have expired with them, as that of patriots with the De, Witts and Barneveldt.
The two De Witts, wrongly judged and wrongly punished in a moment of popular error, were two great citizens, of whom Holland is now proud." The Prince, after these last words, which contrary to his custom, he pronounced with a voice full of emotion, gave his hands to the lovers to kiss, whilst they were kneeling before him. Then heaving a sigh, he said,
Did little business with the Duke of York, and then Lord Brouncker and I to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw "Love in a Tubb;" and, after the play done, I stepped up to Harris's dressing-room, where I never was, and there I observe much company come to him, and the Witts, to talk, after the play is done, and to assign meetings.
Outside, in the market-place, the bodies of the De Witts were hanging, and Van Baerle read with horror the inscription, "Here hang that great rascal John de Witt and the little rascal Cornelius de Witt, enemies of their country." Gryphus laughed when the prisoner asked him what it meant, and replied, "That's what happens to those that write secret letters to the enemies of the Prince of Orange."
Sidney Montagu and Sheres, a small invitation served their turn to carry them to London, where I paid Sheres his L100, given him for his pains in drawing the plate of Tangier fortifications, &c., and so home to my house to dinner, where I had a pretty handsome sudden dinner, and all well pleased; and thence we three and my wife to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw "The Witts," a medley of things, but some similes mighty good, though ill mixed; and thence with my wife to the Exchange and bought some things, and so home, after I had been at White Hall, and there in the Queen's withdrawing-room invited my Lord Peterborough to dine with me, with my Lord Sandwich, who readily accepted it.
For heaven's sake, don't think of me, but fly from this place, Take care, it bears ill luck to the De Witts!" "Halloa!" cried the jailer, recovering his senses, "who is talking of those rogues, those wretches, those villains, the De Witts?" "Don't be angry, my good man," said Cornelius, with his good-tempered smile, "the worst thing for a fracture is excitement, by which the blood is heated."
State of the Republic after the Peace of Munster State of England William II. Stadtholder His ambitious Designs and Violent Conduct Attempts to seize on Amsterdam His Death Different Sensations caused by his Death The Prerogatives of the Stadtholder assumed by the People Naval War with England English Act of Navigation Irish Hostilities Death of Tromp A Peace with England Disturbed State of the Republic War with Denmark Peace concluded Charles II. restored to the English Throne Declares War against Holland Naval Actions Charles endeavors to excite all Europe against the Dutch His Failure Renewed Hostilities De Ruyter defeated Peace of Breda Invasion of Flanders by Louis XIV. He overruns Brabant and Flanders Triple League, 1668 Perfidious Conduct of Charles II. He declares War against Holland, etc., as does Louis XIV. Unprepared State of United Provinces William III. Prince of Orange Appointed Captain-General and High Admiral Battle of Solebay The French Invade the Republic The States-General implore Peace Terms demanded by Louis XIV. and by Charles II. Desperation of the Dutch The Prince of Orange proclaimed Stadtholder Massacre of the De Witts Fine Conduct of the Prince of Orange He takes the Field Is reinforced by Spain, the Emperor, and Brandenburg Louis XIV. forced to abandon his Conquests Naval Actions with the English A Peace, 1674 Military Affairs Battle of Senef Death of De Ruyter Congress for Peace at Nimeguen Battle of Mont Cassel Marriage of the Prince of Orange Peace of Nimeguen.
But it was more easy to displace one set of men for another than to find proper ones to occupy a situation in which, if they do their duty as patriots, they must offend France; and if they are our tools, instead of the independent governors of their country, they must excite a discontent among their fellow citizens, disgracing themselves as individuals, and exposing themselves as chief magistrates to the fate of the De Witts, should ever fortune forsake our arms or desert Bonaparte.
The rabble, incited to fury by the calumnies spread against these two virtuous citizens, broke into the prison, forced the unfortunate brothers into the street, and there literally tore them to pieces with circumstances of the most brutal ferocity. This horrid scene took place on the 27th of August, 1672. The massacre of the De Witts completely destroyed the party of which they were the head.
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