Beside such a refinement the rack is a mere trifle and the Gevangenpoort's branding irons and thumb screws become only toys.

A block, retaining the cuts made by the axe after it had crashed through the offending neck, is also shown; and the names of prisoners written in their blood on the walls may be traced.

The building is a monument in stone of what man can do to man in the name of justice.
I referred just now to the Nieuwe Kerk, the resting-place of the De Witts.

There lies also their contemporary, Spinoza, whose home at Rynsburg we shall pass on our way to Katwyk from Leyden.

His house at The Hague still stands--near his statue.