. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. , promising everything if thegates were opened. Fainting wretches beset the burgomaster with entreatiesand threats : he told them it was better to starve than trust the tender merciesof the wicked and fall by Spanish hands. His words put new courage intotheir hearts ; the citizens mounted the walls and exchanged taunts and defiancewith the besiegers. RELIEF OF LEYDEN. On September 28th a pigeon brought an encouraging letter from the admi-ral, which raised their hopes; sti
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. , promising everything if thegates were opened. Fainting wretches beset the burgomaster with entreatiesand threats : he told them it was better to starve than trust the tender merciesof the wicked and fall by Spanish hands. His words put new courage intotheir hearts ; the citizens mounted the walls and exchanged taunts and defiancewith the besiegers. RELIEF OF LEYDEN. On September 28th a pigeon brought an encouraging letter from the admi-ral, which raised their hopes; still, as Boisot wrote to Orange the next day, alldepended on wind and tide. It was a belated equinoctial storm that saved Ley-den from On the night of October 1st, on a sea that raged amongfruit-trees and chimneys, by the light of their own cannon-flashes, the patriotsdestroyed the opposing vessels of Valdez, and drew near the city. As day dawned,two forts were deserted by their garrisons, who made haste 1o escape Zealanders leaped from-their boats and chased them through the rising ML Ml m mIIII. MONUMENT AT to commemorate the victory of 2, 100 Protestants against 16,000 soldiers, under the Duke of Alva. 558 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 5i9 waters; hundreds were slain or drowned. One obstacle remained: the fort ofLammen, directly between the fleet and the town, was firmly held by a Borgia,and could not be passed. Boisot, brave but prudent, anchored just out of rangeof its guns, and wrote to Orange that he would attack next day, but doubtedthe result. That evening the burgomaster and many citizens climbed Hengists that fort, he said, are bread and meat, and thousands of our we help them ? They agreed, weak and famished as they were, to attackLammen the next morning. That night there was little sleep: the watcherson the towers and mast-heads saw lights moving from the fort over the water,and heard the ominous sou
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