. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. in keeping their subjects in order, since liberty is a con-tagious disease, wmich goes on infecting one after another, it the cure be notpromptly applied. But he d;d more than write and complain; he was gatheringan army at Luxemburg. Mansfeld had brought troops from France, and others 58o THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. came from the south, under Prince Alexander of Parma, a nephew and formerschoolmate of Don John. The Spaniards had come back, and would soon beheard from a
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. in keeping their subjects in order, since liberty is a con-tagious disease, wmich goes on infecting one after another, it the cure be notpromptly applied. But he d;d more than write and complain; he was gatheringan army at Luxemburg. Mansfeld had brought troops from France, and others 58o THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. came from the south, under Prince Alexander of Parma, a nephew and formerschoolmate of Don John. The Spaniards had come back, and would soon beheard from after their old fashion. Mondragon and Mendoza Were in the prov-inces again, with over twenty thousand veterans. Thus backed, and with alieutenant who was soon to rival or eclipse his fame, the most admired soldier ofEurope might be expected to carve out a career more creditable to himself, andmore painful to his rebellious subjects, than had been his for the last fourteeninglorious months. On January 25th, 1578, he put forth a proclamation inFrench, German, and Flemish, summoning all to return to their allegiance and. ST. ANTHONYS WEIGH-HOUSE, AMSTERDAM. repeating his intention to maintain the rights of Philip and the pope against and heretics. It was no idle threat. As in 1572, the advance of freedomwas to be followed by disasters, and the work to be done over again or broken topieces and left past mending. It would be too much to expect that a great statesman and a model patriotshould be also a mighty warrior. The place of Orange was in the council-chamber rather than the field; and he had neither the disposition nor the power THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 58r of a tyrant. He did what he could, but he could not repress base jealousies, norignore rank that had little merit to support it; he could not make traitors loyalnor cowards brave. The army of the States was about equal to the enemy innumbers, but inferior in every other respect. Most of the men were mercenar
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