Louis, “nevertheless, since it has otherwise pleased the good God, we must conform ourselves to His divine will.  I take the same God to witness that I have done everything according to my means, which was possible, to succor the city.”  A few days later, writing in the same spirit, he informed his brother that the Zealanders had succeeded in capturing the castle of Rammekens, on the isle of Walcheren.  “I hope,” he said, “that this will reduce the pride of our enemies, who, after the surrender of Harlem, have thought that they were about to swallow us alive.  I assure myself, however, that they will find a very different piece of work from the one which they expect.”

ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS: 

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience
Envying those whose sufferings had already been terminated
Leave not a single man alive in the city, and to burn every house
Not strong enough to sustain many more such victories
Oldenbarneveld; afterwards so illustrious
Sent them word by carrier pigeons
Three hundred fighting women
Tyranny, ever young and ever old, constantly reproducing herself
Wonder equally at human capacity to inflict and to endure misery

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