The prince of Orange has always defended us against your schemes and those of your brother and of people like you, and when we were oppressed by tyranny, he proved that he truly pitied our misery. When he was called in by some of our country to help us, he not only risked his life and used all the means he could lay hands on, but he pledged nearly the whole estate of his brothers, the counts of Nassau. Though God did not at that time allow him to achieve his aims and to deliver us as he hoped, yet he has always remained loyal and full of affection towards us. When there was a new opportunity for helping us, he was again asked to take advantage of it by the States of the country, and he once more brought a large army to our aid. Thanks to that army and to the sympathy he had built up in the country, he was able to take the first step towards our deliverance.