There was no parity between the cases of the Spanish soldiery and of the troops in service of the estates.

To assemble the estates-general was idle, if they were to be forbidden the settlement of the great question at issue.

With regard to the Spanish inquisition, it mattered little whether the slaughter-house were called Spanish or Flemish, or simply the Blood-Council.

It was, however, necessary for the states' commissioners to consider their reply very carefully; for the royal plenipotentiaries had placed themselves upon specious grounds.

It was not enough to feel that the King's government was paltering with them; it was likewise necessary for the states' agents to impress this fact upon the people.
There was a pause in the deliberations.