A sudden spasm of liberty gives the whole people gigantic strength.

In an instant they recover all, and more than all, the rights which they had lost.

The cities of Holland, Flanders, and other provinces call a convention at Ghent.

Laying aside their musty feuds, men of all parties-Hooks and Kabbeljaws, patricians and people, move forward in phalanx to recover their national constitutions.

On the other hand, Louis the Eleventh seizes Burgundy, claiming the territory for his crown, the heiress for his son.