He expressed the hope that he and the Prince "should be but two heads under one hat;" but he would have done well to ask himself whether his own contribution to this partnership of brains would very much enrich the silent statesman.

Orange himself regarded him with respectful contempt, and considered his interference with Netherland matters but as an additional element of mischief.

The Duke's right hand man, however, Peter Peutterich, the "equestrian doctor"-- as Sir Philip Sydney called him--equally skilful with the sword as with the pen, had succeeded, while on a mission to England, in acquiring the Queen's favor for his master.

To Casimir, therefore, had been entrusted the command of the levies, and the principal expenditure of the subsidies which she had placed at the disposition of the states.
Upon Casimir she relied, as a counterweight to the Duke of Alencon, who, as she knew, had already entered the provinces at the secret solicitation of a large faction among the nobles.

She had as much confidence as ever in Orange, but she imagined herself to be strengthening his cause by providing him with such a lieutenant.