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REGNARD’S JOURNEY TO LAPLAND, &c, 135
wards fhed fo much blood, and produced the complete rebellion of the Provinces : it is
faid that he deftroyed, by the hands of the executioner, more than eighteen thoufand
perfons. He convoked the States at Bruflells. Count Horn, not withing to appear
ringleader of the mutiny, went thither ; but the Prince of Orange, fearing the Spaniards,
whom he diftrufted, left the States that he might not be obliged to attend. Count
Horn meeting accidentally the Prince of Orange, who abfented himfelf, “ Farewell,
(fays he) Prince without territories?’ to which the Prince replied, “* Farewell, Count
without a head :’? which was afterwards found to be true; for being arrefted at the
meeting of the States, they cut off the Count’s head, together with thofe of an
almoft countlefs number of individuals, who were fuppofed to belong to his party,
or who were fufpected to do fo, it being treafon in the opinion of the Spaniards, to be
an object of fufpicion to the King. The Prince of Orange, being fenfible by the death
of Count Horn and his adherents that he had acted with proper prudence, wifhed ftill
to confult his fafety, and ftrengthening the party of the factious, he put himfelf at their
head, and after many battles, in which he was continually worfted, he at length took
the Brille, from which the Duke of Ava, endeavoured, in vain, to expel him. This
gave occafion to the pictures made of him, in which he is ludicroufly reprefented with
{pectacles on his nofe, Brille in Dutch fignifying fpectacles. Holland is divided into
feven United Provinces, which are denominated Guelderland, Holland, Zealand, Utrecht,.
Friezland, Overyflell, and Groningen, j
We arrived at Rotterdam at midnight, and were obliged to go over the walls, that
we might enter the city, as the gates were fhut. This city is the fecond of the whole
country ; and itis ealy to judge of its richnefs by the number of veflels, which are to
be feen here from every country, and which fill the canal of the city, though it is
extremely large. This cityis remarkable for the extent of its commerce, as well as
the beauty of its houfes, which are poflefled of all that neatnefs fo characteriftic of all
the cities of Holland. The ftatue of Krafmus is placed in the middle of the great
{quare : he was born in this city, and certainly deferved from the repubiic, a ftatue in
bronze upon the bridge which is fituated in the middle of the fquare. We left
Rotterdam, at two o’clock of the afternoon, in boats, which are extremely commo-
dious in all parts of Holland: they fet out, every one at different times, and half an
hour after each other ; in confequence of which, fome of them depart every half hour
both of the day and the night for a hundred different places ; and, {o punctual are they,
that the horfe is yoked to the boat, as foon as the hour is ready to itrike; and before
it has fully ftruck the horfe fets off. We travelled to Delft, a little village at the
diftance of two leagues from the Hague, where we faw the brother of one of our
friends whom we had left in flavery at Algiers. We entered the principal church of
the city, and viewed the tomb of the famous Admiral Tromp. In the evening we
arrived at the Hague, which is the fineft village in the world: it is the Prince of
Orange’s ordinary refidence. He was not here at this time, but had gone to a great
hunt in Germany, upon the lands of — with the ————
The Prince of Orange is denominated William the Third of Naffau. The late wars
have rendered him popular in Holland, and he has, confequently been declared: Stad-
tholder, Captain-General of the Armies belonging to the United Provinces of the Low
Country, andGrand Admiral. The States allow him the fum of a hundred thoufand francs
per annum, befides defraying the expences of his private eftablifhment. Some individuals
wifhed him and tried to entice him, to declare himfelf King of Holland while he was abfo-
lute mafter of the troops. But thofe who had more wifdom pointed ’out to him, not only
the difficulty attending the execution of this project, but the impoflibility of maintaining
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