. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. to death ; but he soon discovered his mistake. His most distinguishedvisitors, who were noparties to the plot,freely expressed theirindignation and dis-gust. Marshal Birou,whose two sons werewinning disgrace andperhaps death withinthe wall, cursed himin good round Dukes of Mont-pensier and Rochefou-cauld said that theywere gentlemen, andnot used to such meth-ods of making war. AN AWKWARDSITUATION. Orange lived at theother end of the city,and knew nothing ofthe a


. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. to death ; but he soon discovered his mistake. His most distinguishedvisitors, who were noparties to the plot,freely expressed theirindignation and dis-gust. Marshal Birou,whose two sons werewinning disgrace andperhaps death withinthe wall, cursed himin good round Dukes of Mont-pensier and Rochefou-cauld said that theywere gentlemen, andnot used to such meth-ods of making war. AN AWKWARDSITUATION. Orange lived at theother end of the city,and knew nothing ofthe affair till it wasnearly over. When hearrived at the wall, thetriumphant citizensWere firing their heavyguns at what was leftof their recent he stopped at once. It was a victory for them and for the moment; but thesituation was most embarrassing and threatening for him and for the country. The defeated schemer retired to the southwest, meeting a new disaster onhis way. The people of Mechlin, having heard of his doings, cut a dyke andflooded the country, so that he lost another thousand of his troops. When he. ^fP PRINCE MAURICE OF portrait in the Gallerie Ristorique, Versailles.


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