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| | THE WONDERS OF THE MOST HIGH (A 125 YEAR HISTORY OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS 1550-1675) by ABRAHAM VAN DE VELDE |
 | | The Lord gave us such great and deciding victories, delivering us from the power of the enemy by giving their armies, cities, strongholds, fleets and ships into our hands, that the nations of the world wondered greatly when it was told them. |
 | | But the Lord, in spite of that, during the first part of the war, which was fought with the utmost violence, helped us in such a way, that we were only not destroyed, but exhausted the riches of the mightiest potentate of Christendom, the King of Spain, Philip III. |
 | | The Prince had risen to such high esteem, that they were of the opinion there was no counsel if he did not know of any, his presence was like a safe harbour, and no sea of adversity went too high while he was in our midst. |
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