"Having been informed," said he to the magistrates of Ghent, "that Master Peter Dathenns has been denouncing me as a man without religion or fidelity, and full of ambition, with other propositions hardly becoming his cloth; I do not think it worth while to answer more at this time than that I willingly refer myself to the judgment of all who know me." The Prince came to Ghent, great as had been the efforts of Imbize and his partisans to prevent his coming.

His presence was like magic.

The demagogue and his whole flock vanished like unclean birds at the first rays of the sun.

Imbize dared not look the Father of his country in the face.

Orange rebuked the populace in the strong and indignant language that public and private virtue, energy, and a high purpose enabled such a leader of the people to use.