He was a steady churchgoer, and his favorite divine, the preacher at his court chapel, was none other than Uytenbogaert.

The very man who was instantly to be the champion of the Arminians, the author of the Remonstrance, the counsellor and comrade of Barneveld and Grotius, was now sneered at by the Gomarites as the "Court Trumpeter." The preacher was not destined to change his opinions.

Perhaps the Prince might alter.

But Maurice then paid no heed to the great point at issue, about which all the Netherlanders were to take each other by the throat--absolute predestination.

He knew that the Advocate had refused to listen to his stepmother's suggestion as to his obtaining the sovereignty.