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It
was
a
real
miracle
that
on
that
day
he
escaped
from
the
doom
intended
for
him
.
John
de
Witt
derived
no
advantage
from
his
ready
compliance
with
the
wishes
of
his
fellow
citizens
.
Only
a
few
days
after
,
an
attempt
was
made
to
stab
him
,
in
which
he
was
severely
although
not
mortally
wounded
.
This
by
no
means
suited
the
views
of
the
Orange
faction
.
The
life
of
the
two
brothers
being
a
constant
obstacle
to
their
plans
,
they
changed
their
tactics
,
and
tried
to
obtain
by
calumny
what
they
had
not
been
able
to
effect
by
the
aid
of
the
poniard
.
How
rarely
does
it
happen
that
,
in
the
right
moment
,
a
great
man
is
found
to
head
the
execution
of
vast
and
noble
designs
;
and
for
that
reason
,
when
such
a
providential
concurrence
of
circumstances
does
occur
,
history
is
prompt
to
record
the
name
of
the
chosen
one
,
and
to
hold
him
up
to
the
admiration
of
posterity
.
But
when
Satan
interposes
in
human
affairs
to
cast
a
shadow
upon
some
happy
existence
,
or
to
overthrow
a
kingdom
,
it
seldom
happens
that
he
does
not
find
at
his
side
some
miserable
tool
,
in
whose
ear
he
has
but
to
whisper
a
word
to
set
him
at
once
about
his
task
.
The
wretched
tool
who
was
at
hand
to
be
the
agent
of
this
dastardly
plot
was
one
Tyckelaer
whom
we
have
already
mentioned
,
a
surgeon
by
profession
.
He
lodged
an
information
against
Cornelius
de
Witt
,
setting
forth
that
the
warden
--
who
,
as
he
had
shown
by
the
letters
added
to
his
signature
,
was
fuming
at
the
repeal
of
the
Perpetual
Edict
--
had
,
from
hatred
against
William
of
Orange
,
hired
an
assassin
to
deliver
the
new
Republic
of
its
new
Stadtholder
;
and
he
,
Tyckelaer
was
the
person
thus
chosen
;
but
that
,
horrified
at
the
bare
idea
of
the
act
which
he
was
asked
to
perpetrate
,
he
had
preferred
rather
to
reveal
the
crime
than
to
commit
it
.
This
disclosure
was
,
indeed
,
well
calculated
to
call
forth
a
furious
outbreak
among
the
Orange
faction
.
The
Attorney
General
caused
,
on
the
16th
of
August
,
1672
,
Cornelius
de
Witt
to
be
arrested
;
and
the
noble
brother
of
John
de
Witt
had
,
like
the
vilest
criminal
,
to
undergo
,
in
one
of
the
apartments
of
the
town
prison
,
the
preparatory
degrees
of
torture
,
by
means
of
which
his
judges
expected
to
force
from
him
the
confession
of
his
alleged
plot
against
William
of
Orange
.
But
Cornelius
was
not
only
possessed
of
a
great
mind
,
but
also
of
a
great
heart
.
He
belonged
to
that
race
of
martyrs
who
,
indissolubly
wedded
to
their
political
convictions
as
their
ancestors
were
to
their
faith
,
are
able
to
smile
on
pain
:
while
being
stretched
on
the
rack
,
he
recited
with
a
firm
voice
,
and
scanning
the
lines
according
to
measure
,
the
first
strophe
of
the
"
Justum
ac
tenacem
"
of
Horace
,
and
,
making
no
confession
,
tired
not
only
the
strength
,
but
even
the
fanaticism
,
of
his
executioners
.
The
judges
,
notwithstanding
,
acquitted
Tyckelaer
from
every
charge
;
at
the
same
time
sentencing
Cornelius
to
be
deposed
from
all
his
offices
and
dignities
;
to
pay
all
the
costs
of
the
trial
;
and
to
be
banished
from
the
soil
of
the
Republic
for
ever
.
This
judgment
against
not
only
an
innocent
,
but
also
a
great
man
,
was
indeed
some
gratification
to
the
passions
of
the
people
,
to
whose
interests
Cornelius
de
Witt
had
always
devoted
himself
:
but
,
as
we
shall
soon
see
,
it
was
not
enough
.
