PART III

I. THE CAMP OF THE CONQUEROR 361

II. THE TEMPTERS 375

III. THE ANSWER 389

IV. THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE 404

V. CORNELIUS DE WITT 417

VI. THE RESTORATION 429

VII. “I WILL MAINTAIN” 439

VIII. THE STADTHOLDER 455

IX. IN THE ASSEMBLY 466

X. THE VICTOR VANQUISHED 474

XI. THE FALLEN STATESMAN 482

XII. AUGUST 20, 1672 499

XIII. WILLIAM OF ORANGE 526