Already the glory which he had won by conducting to a successful issue the most important enterprise of that age was becoming dim.

Even his friends had begun to doubt whether he really possessed all that sagacity and energy which had a few months before extorted the unwilling admiration of his enemies.

But he would endure his splendid slavery no longer.

He would return to his native country.
He would content himself with being the first citizen of a commonwealth to which the name of Orange was dear.

As such, he might still be foremost among those who were banded together in defence of the liberties of Europe.