I have always known him to be a zealous friend of his religion and his country, and I will bear him this testimony, that his hands and his heart are clean.

Had it been otherwise, I must have known it.

His example has made me regret the less the promise I was obliged to make, never to bear arms again in the Netherlands.

For I have thought that since this man, who has so much credit and authority among your people, after having done his duty well, has not failed to be calumniated and ejected from service, what would they have done with me, who am a stranger, had I continued in their employment?
The consul Terentius Varro lost, by his fault, the battle of Canna; nevertheless, when he returned to Rome, offering the remainder of his life in the cause of his Republic reduced to extremity, he was not rejected, but well received, because he hoped well for the country.

It is not to be imputed as blame to Ste.