The Silent Prince

by Hattie Arnold Clark

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“Junius dealt the animal a powerful blow.” Page 20.

the

silent prince

A Story of the Netherlands

BY

Mrs. HATTIE ARNOLD CLARK,

AUTHOR OF “PRO CHRISTO,” “FATHER JEROME,”

ETC.

“For Fatherland and Conscience.”―Motto of William the Silent.

“His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him that nature might stand up
And say to all the world: This was a man.”—Shakespeare.

AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY

150 Nassau Street, New York

This little volume

is dedicated to the memory of

my beloved father,

Daniel Woodward Arnold,

and to my mother,

Frances Fay Arnold,

whose living presence has ever

been a source of

inspiration.

Copyright, 1900,

BY AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.

CONTENTS

 

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Introduction		5
CHAPTER
I.	The Deathbed of a Princess	10
II.	The Adventure	19
III.	The Huguenot Preacher	25
IV.	The Silent Prince	33
V.	A Singular Friendship	45
VI.	The Burgomaster's Daughter	52
VII.	The Burgomaster's Rebuff	64
VIII.	A House Divided Against Itself	71
IX.	A Game of Chess	76
X.	A Prince of the Church	83
XI.	An Unexpected Visitor	90
XII.	In the Snare	95
XIII.	The Minstrel's Message	101
XIV.	Making an Enemy	109
XV.	The Lady Abbess	113
XVI.	The Riot	120
XVII.	The Burgomaster's Promise	127
XVIII.	What the Stars Saw at Oosterweel	135
XIX.	Hero or Coward?	143
XX.	A Cancelled Debt	149
XXI.	The Flame Scorches	160
XXII.	A Foretaste of Terror	167
XXIII.	A Grim Page of History	174
XXIV.	What the Morrow Brought	181
XXV.	Doña Isidore	188
XXVI.	A Woman of Tact	196
XXVII.	A Watch in the Night	202
XXVIII.	A Life for a Life	208
XXIX.	Leaves from a Journal	213
XXX.	Pluming for Flight	219
XXXI.	“Not as to a Fleming, But as to a Traitor”	227
XXXII.	The Fugitives	234
XXXIII.	Under Sentence of Death	241
XXXIV.	The Midnight Assassin	249
XXXV.	Shut In	256
XXXVI.	The Prince to the Rescue	264
XXXVII.	The Death of the Silent Prince	271

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

The author begs to acknowledge the following sources of information or suggestion:

"The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Motley.

"In Troubled Times."

"The Liberation of Holland." Charles.

"History of Philip II." Prescott.

"History of the Netherlands." Young.

"How They Kept the Faith." Raymond.

"The Exiles." Dupuy.

"History of the Reformation." D'Aubigné.

"The Key to the Holy House." Lee.

"History of Spain." Harrison.