To prevent such a catastrophe many cities had enlisted Waartgelders.

By this means they had held such mutineers to their duty, as had been seen at Leyden, Haarlem, and other places.

The States of Utrecht had secured themselves in the same way.

But the mischiefmakers and the ill-disposed had been seeking everywhere to counteract these wholesome measures and to bring about a general disbanding of these troops.

This it was necessary to resist with spirit.