Calvinism - pagina 148

CALVINISM AND SCIENCE.

144 kind,

matchless

siege

of Leyden,

in

beauty, to which

its

Alva and Prince William about the Alva had

to withdraw,

was enabled to

own

in

and that William the banner

the

unfurl

entered

citizens,

of what

troops

course of

future

of

liberty

Leyden, defended almost exclusively by

over Europe. its

the

of the world; and the result was, that

the history

Silent

is

more than three hundred years ago. Leyden was in fact a struggle between

This siege of

the end

refer,

I

the

upon

looked

w^as

against

lists

best

the

at that time as the

army of the world. Three months after the commencement of the siege, the supply of food became exhausted. A fearful famine began to rage. The apparently doomed citizens managed to live on dogs and rats. This black famine was soon followed by the finest

death

black

or

which carried

the plague,

The Spaniard

part of the inhabitants.

off a third

offered

peace

and pardon to the dying people; but Leyden, remem-

enemy

bering the bad faith of the

in the

treatment of

Narden and Harlem, answered boldly and with pride: If

and

arms,

our

necessary,

is

it

to

we

left

with our right arms our wives,

defend

and our

liberty

ready to consume our

are

religion

against

o tyrant.

thee,

Thus they persevered. They patiently w^aited for the coming of the Prince of Orange, to raise the siege, .

but

.

.

.

the prince had to wait for God.

The

province of Holland had been cut through

surrounding to

hasten

water shallow

Leyden was flooded

to

back, pools.

Leyden's

aid

preventing

God

tried

;

the his

;

but fleet

a

.

.

dikes of the

the country

;

fleet

lay

ready

the wind drove the

from

passing

the

At

last

people sorely.

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