These rested in three-branched iron chandeliers, every portion of which, from the slender central shaft to the intricately-carved and twisted ornaments, had been carefully wrought by Aquanus with his own hand.
Several elderly gentlemen were at one table enjoying their wine, while at another were Captain Van der Laen, a brave Hollander, who was receiving English pay and had come to the city with the other defenders of Alfen, the Musician Wilhelm, Junker Georg, and the landlord.
"It's a pleasure to meet people like you, Junker," said Aquanus.

"You've travelled with your eyes open, and what you tell me about Brescia excites my curiosity.

I Should have liked to see the inscription." "I'll get it for you," replied the young man; "for if the Spaniards don't send me into another world, I shall certainly cross the Alps again.

Did you find any of these Roman antiquities in your own country ?" "Yes.

At the Roomburg Canal, perhaps the site of the old Praetorium, and at Katwyk.