In the violent political struggle of which his administration consisted, he was foiled and thrown by the superior strength of a man whose warfare was open and manly, and who had no defence against the poisoned weapons of his foe.
His literary accomplishments were very great.

His fecundity was prodigious, and he wrote at will in seven languages.

'This polyglot facility was not in itself a very remarkable circumstance, for it grew out of his necessary education and geographical position.

Few men in that age and region were limited to their mother tongue.

The Prince of Orange, who made no special pretence to learning, possessed at least five languages.