All the saddlers of Amsterdam were hard at work on harness and bolsters.

Six thousand sailors were added to the naval establishment.

Seven thousand new soldiers were raised.

They could not, indeed, be formally enlisted without the sanction of the federation: but they were well drilled, and kept in such a state of discipline that they might without difficulty be distributed into regiments within twenty-four hours after that sanction should be obtained.

These preparations required ready money: but William had, by strict economy, laid up against a great emergency a treasure amounting to about two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling.
What more was wanting was supplied by the zeal of his partisans.