Barneveldt
Americannoun
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In an evil hour, Barneveldt, the Grand-Pensionary, proposed to the States of Holland, that the magistrates of the cities of that province should he empowered to raise troops for the suppression of the rioters.
From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Butler, Charles
Maurice, ambitious of absolute rule and jealous of the influence of Barneveldt, was interested in the continuance of the war, and lost no opportunity of hostile action against the great statesman.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
At a subsequent time, a son of Barneveldt having been condemned to death, his mother applied to Prince Maurice, for his pardon.
From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Butler, Charles
The prince carried the day; Barneveldt was executed, and Grotius imprisoned in this castle, where he was kept nearly two years.
From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Optic, Oliver
On this account, the truce was promoted by Barneveldt and the republican party.
From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Butler, Charles
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