He was allowed to do so, and without a word the fleet fell into a panic and sailed away.

The day was won.

It might almost be said that that shot--that pot of beer--secured the freedom of the Netherlands.

Let this be remembered when John Barleycorn is before his many judges.
A little later Brill sent help, and Flushing's independence was secure.

Motley describes this band of assistants in a picturesque passage:-- "The expedition seemed a fierce but whimsical masquerade.