There another crowd met him, for many dealers had hurried thither to save their property in the ships.

Men and women pressed past bales and wares, that were being rolled down the narrow wooden bridges to the vessels.

A woman, a child, and a rope-maker's cart had been pushed into the water, and the wildest confusion prevailed around the spot.

But the burgomaster reached the place just at the right time, gave directions for rescuing the drowning people, and then made every exertion to bring order out of the confusion.
The constables were commanded to admit fugitives only on board the vessels bound for the places where they belonged; two planks were laid to every ship, One for goods, the other for passengers; the constables loudly shouted that--as the law directed when the alarm-bell rang--all citizens of Leyden must enter their houses and the streets be cleared, on pain of a heavy penalty.

All the city gates were opened for the passage of wheeled vehicles, except the Hohenort Gate, which led to Leyderdorp, where egress was refused.