The adulation which he had received; the triumphal marches, the Latin orations, the flowers strewn in his path, had produced their effect, and the Earl was almost inclined to assume the airs of royalty.

The committee waited upon him at Leyden.

He affected a reluctance to accept the "absolute" government, but his coyness could not deceive such experienced statesmen as the "wise old Leoliinus," or Menin, Maalzoon, Florin Thin, or Aitzma, who composed the deputation.

It was obvious enough to them that it was not a King Log that had descended among them, but it was not a moment for complaining.

The governor elect insisted, of course, that the two Englishmen, according to the treaty with her Majesty, should be members of, the council.