To this my Lord of Egmont made answer:
“I have too much respect for the King to think that it is right that we should take up arms against him like rebels. Let those who fear his wrath retire before it. I shall remain where I am, for I have no means of living if I am deprived of his help.”
“Philip knows how to avenge himself most cruelly,” said William the Silent.
“I trust him,” answered d’Egmont.
“You would trust him with your heads?” asked Ludwig of Nassau.
“Head, body, and soul,” replied d’Egmont.
“Friend, faithful and true, I will do likewise,” said de Hoorn.
But William said:
“It behoves us to be far-sighted, and not to wait for things to happen.”
And then my Lord of Egmont spoke again, very excitedly.