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The
Athenians
,
who
indeed
have
left
behind
them
a
pretty
tolerable
reputation
for
ingratitude
,
have
in
this
respect
to
yield
precedence
to
the
Dutch
.
They
,
at
least
in
the
case
of
Aristides
,
contented
themselves
with
banishing
him
.
John
de
Witt
,
at
the
first
intimation
of
the
charge
brought
against
his
brother
,
had
resigned
his
office
of
Grand
Pensionary
.
He
too
received
a
noble
recompense
for
his
devotedness
to
the
best
interests
of
his
country
,
taking
with
him
into
the
retirement
of
private
life
the
hatred
of
a
host
of
enemies
,
and
the
fresh
scars
of
wounds
inflicted
by
assassins
,
only
too
often
the
sole
guerdon
obtained
by
honest
people
,
who
are
guilty
of
having
worked
for
their
country
,
and
of
having
forgotten
their
own
private
interests
.
In
the
meanwhile
William
of
Orange
urged
on
the
course
of
events
by
every
means
in
his
power
,
eagerly
waiting
for
the
time
when
the
people
,
by
whom
he
was
idolised
,
should
have
made
of
the
bodies
of
the
brothers
the
two
steps
over
which
he
might
ascend
to
the
chair
of
Stadtholder
.
Thus
,
then
,
on
the
20th
of
August
,
1672
,
as
we
have
already
stated
in
the
beginning
of
this
chapter
,
the
whole
town
was
crowding
towards
the
Buytenhof
,
to
witness
the
departure
of
Cornelius
de
Witt
from
prison
,
as
he
was
going
to
exile
;
and
to
see
what
traces
the
torture
of
the
rack
had
left
on
the
noble
frame
of
the
man
who
knew
his
Horace
so
well
.
Yet
all
this
multitude
was
not
crowding
to
the
Buytenhof
with
the
innocent
view
of
merely
feasting
their
eyes
with
the
spectacle
;
there
were
many
who
went
there
to
play
an
active
part
in
it
,
and
to
take
upon
themselves
an
office
which
they
conceived
had
been
badly
filled
,
--
that
of
the
executioner
.
There
were
,
indeed
,
others
with
less
hostile
intentions
.
All
that
they
cared
for
was
the
spectacle
,
always
so
attractive
to
the
mob
,
whose
instinctive
pride
is
flattered
by
it
,
--
the
sight
of
greatness
hurled
down
into
the
dust
.
"
Has
not
,
"
they
would
say
,
"
this
Cornelius
de
Witt
been
locked
up
and
broken
by
the
rack
?
Shall
we
not
see
him
pale
,
streaming
with
blood
,
covered
with
shame
?
"
And
was
not
this
a
sweet
triumph
for
the
burghers
of
the
Hague
,
whose
envy
even
beat
that
of
the
common
rabble
;
a
triumph
in
which
every
honest
citizen
and
townsman
might
be
expected
to
share
?
"
Moreover
,
"
hinted
the
Orange
agitators
interspersed
through
the
crowd
,
whom
they
hoped
to
manage
like
a
sharp-edged
and
at
the
same
time
crushing
instrument
,
--
"
moreover
,
will
there
not
,
from
the
Buytenhof
to
the
gate
of
the
town
,
a
nice
little
opportunity
present
itself
to
throw
some
handfuls
of
dirt
,
or
a
few
stones
,
at
this
Cornelius
de
Witt
,
who
not
only
conferred
the
dignity
of
Stadtholder
on
the
Prince
of
Orange
merely
vi
coactus
,
but
who
also
intended
to
have
him
assassinated
?
"
"
Besides
which
,
"
the
fierce
enemies
of
France
chimed
in
,
"
if
the
work
were
done
well
and
bravely
at
the
Hague
,
Cornelius
would
certainly
not
be
allowed
to
go
into
exile
,
where
he
will
renew
his
intrigues
with
France
,
and
live
with
his
big
scoundrel
of
a
brother
,
John
,
on
the
gold
of
the
Marquis
de
Louvois
.
"
Being
in
such
a
temper
,
people
generally
will
run
rather
than
walk
;
which
was
the
reason
why
the
inhabitants
of
the
Hague
were
hurrying
so
fast
towards
the
Buytenhof
.
