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In

this

postscript

,

William

of

Orange

,

Stadtholder

of

Holland

,

condemned

Cornelius

van

Baerle

to

imprisonment

for

life

.

He

was

not

sufficiently

guilty

to

suffer

death

,

but

he

was

too

much

so

to

be

set

at

liberty

Cornelius

heard

this

clause

,

but

,

the

first

feeling

of

vexation

and

disappointment

over

,

he

said

to

himself

,

--

"

Never

mind

,

all

this

is

not

lost

yet

;

there

is

some

good

in

this

perpetual

imprisonment

;

Rosa

will

be

there

,

and

also

my

three

bulbs

of

the

black

tulip

are

there

.

"

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But

Cornelius

forgot

that

the

Seven

Provinces

had

seven

prisons

,

one

for

each

,

and

that

the

board

of

the

prisoner

is

anywhere

else

less

expensive

than

at

the

Hague

,

which

is

a

capital

.

His

Highness

,

who

,

as

it

seems

,

did

not

possess

the

means

to

feed

Van

Baerle

at

the

Hague

,

sent

him

to

undergo

his

perpetual

imprisonment

at

the

fortress

of

Loewestein

,

very

near

Dort

,

but

,

alas

!

also

very

far

from

it

;

for

Loewestein

,

as

the

geographers

tell

us

,

is

situated

at

the

point

of

the

islet

which

is

formed

by

the

confluence

of

the

Waal

and

the

Meuse

,

opposite

Gorcum

.

Van

Baerle

was

sufficiently

versed

in

the

history

of

his

country

to

know

that

the

celebrated

Grotius

was

confined

in

that

castle

after

the

death

of

Barneveldt

;

and

that

the

States

,

in

their

generosity

to

the

illustrious

publicist

,

jurist

,

historian

,

poet

,

and

divine

,

had

granted

to

him

for

his

daily

maintenance

the

sum

of

twenty-four

stivers

.

"

I

,

"

said

Van

Baerle

to

himself

,

"

I

am

worth

much

less

than

Grotius

.

They

will

hardly

give

me

twelve

stivers

,

and

I

shall

live

miserably

;

but

never

mind

,

at

all

events

I

shall

live

.

"

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Then

suddenly

a

terrible

thought

struck

him

.

"

Ah

!

"

he

exclaimed

,

"

how

damp

and

misty

that

part

of

the

country

is

,

and

the

soil

so

bad

for

the

tulips

!

And

then

Rosa

will

not

be

at

Loewestein

!

"

Whilst

Cornelius

was

engaged

with

his

own

thoughts

,

a

coach

had

driven

up

to

the

scaffold

.

This

vehicle

was

for

the

prisoner

.

He

was

invited

to

enter

it

,

and

he

obeyed

.

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