“I have arrested twenty-two Reformers at Grammont,” he said, “and if their preachings come to an end, and if punishment is meted out to the iconoclasts, the anger of the King will be appeased.”
But William said:
“These are mere hopes.”
“Let us arm ourselves with trust,” said d’Egmont.
“Let us arm ourselves with trust,” echoed de Hoorn.
“It is cold steel rather than trust that should be our weapons,” replied de Hoogstraeten.
Whereupon William the Silent made a sign to the effect that he wished to depart.
“Adieu, Prince without a country,” said the Count d’Egmont.
“Adieu, Prince without a head,” answered William.
“The sheep are for the butcher,” said Ludwig of Nassau, “but glory waits the soldier that saves the land of his fathers.”