RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, 1579-80 by Motley[#32][jm32v10.txt]4832

All the majesty which decoration could impart

Amuse them with this peace negotiation

Conflicting claims of prerogative and conscience

It is not desirable to disturb much of that learned dust

Logical and historical argument of unmerciful length

Mankind were naturally inclined to calumny

Men were loud in reproof, who had been silent

More easily, as he had no intention of keeping the promise

Not to fall asleep in the shade of a peace negotiation

Nothing was so powerful as religious difference

On the first day four thousand men and women were slaughtered

Power grudged rather than given to the deputies

The disunited provinces

There is no man who does not desire to enjoy his own

To hear the last solemn commonplaces

Word-mongers who, could clothe one shivering thought

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