He was to insist on placing there a garrison of 2000 foot and 300 horse, and to permit not another armed man within the walls.

The members of the council of state and of the States of Utrecht accompanied the army.

For a moment the party in power was disposed to resist the forces of the Union.

Dick Kanter and his friends were resolute enough; the Catholic priests turned out among the rest with their spades and worked on the entrenchments.

The impossibility of holding the city against the overwhelming power of the States was soon obvious, and the next day the gates were opened, and easy terms were granted.