CHAPTER VII.

Spirited remonstrance: anecdote of a regicide: interesting anecdote of Frank Hals and Vandyke: a Dutch Bloomfield: delightful passage to the Hague: Dutch discussion of Desdemona’s wish: Ryswick: approach to the Hague: Dutch review: old and new constitutions compared: brief review of the ancient constitution of Holland: also of the political history: remarks on the Princes of the house of Orange 66