“The Rhyngrave’s two lieutenant-generals, John of Weldeven and the Count of Nassau Saarbruck.”
Both these men had always been attached to the House of Orange.
William continued—
“Commander of the Infantry, Frederick of Nassau, Lord of Zuylestein; his lieutenant-generals, Count Königsmarck and William of Aylva; master general of ordinance, Count Hornes; quartermaster general, Moyse Pain et Vin; ‘sergeant majors’ of infantry, Colonel Kirkpatrick and Count Styrum.”
Of these two last the first was a Scotch Calvinist bearing a bitter hatred to the English Government, the second a near relation of the Prince through his grandmother.
“Your Highness has nothing to say against these gentlemen?” asked the Grand Pensionary, with a gentle sarcasm.
William raised his eyes from the paper.
“There are the two commissary generals of the cavalry whom I have not yet named, Mynheer.”
John de Witt’s eyes narrowed.