De Dieu.—"He has very often broken his faith."
The Queen.—"He shall no longer be allowed to do so. If he does not keep his word, that is my affair, not yours. It is my business to find the remedy. Men would say, see in what a desolation the Queen of England has brought this poor people. As to the freedom of worship, I should have proposed three or four years' interval—leaving it afterwards to the decision of the States."
De Dieu.—"But the majority of the States is Popish."
The Queen.—"I mean the States-General, not the States of any particular
Province."
De Dieu.—"The greater part of the States-General is Popish."
The Queen.—"I mean the three estates—the clergy, the nobles, and the cities." The Queen—as the deputies observed—here fell into an error. She thought that prelates of the reformed Church, as in England, had seats in the States-General. Daniel de Dieu explained that they had no such position.
The Queen.—"Then how were you sent hither?"
De Dieu.—"We came with the consent of Count Maurice of Nassau."
The Queen.—"And of the States?"
De Dieu.—"We came with their knowledge."