CHAPTER XIX.
FROM THE PEACE OF MUNSTER TO THE PEACE OF NIMEGUEN A.D.

1648--1678 State of the Republic after the Peace of Munster--State of England--William II.

Stadtholder--His ambitious Designs and Violent Conduct--Attempts to seize on Amsterdam--His Death--Different Sensations caused by his Death--The Prerogatives of the Stadtholder assumed by the People--Naval War with England--English Act of Navigation--Irish Hostilities--Death of Tromp--A Peace with England--Disturbed State of the Republic--War with Denmark--Peace concluded--Charles II.

restored to the English Throne--Declares War against Holland--Naval Actions--Charles endeavors to excite all Europe against the Dutch--His Failure--Renewed Hostilities--De Ruyter defeated--Peace of Breda--Invasion of Flanders by Louis XIV .-- He overruns Brabant and Flanders--Triple League, 1668--Perfidious Conduct of Charles II .-- He declares War against Holland, etc., as does Louis XIV .-- Unprepared State of United Provinces--William III.

Prince of Orange--Appointed Captain-General and High Admiral--Battle of Solebay--The French Invade the Republic--The States-General implore Peace--Terms demanded by Louis XIV.