DEDICATION.

And this is the condition of the MOST ILLUSTRIOUS HOUSE OF ORANGE. Let us observe a unique example in history. THE SAME referring to the House of Orange dared to shake off the tyrannical yoke: THE SAME restored liberty to its fatherland: THE SAME successfully defended it once restored.

But what and how much do we owe, or what monuments of a grateful mind shall we exhibit to THOSE who bound their fatherland TO THEMSELVES with such great benefits? Shall we raise signs and statues to THEM, or shall we prepare laurels? No, PRINCE. We shall not entrust the merits of the ORANGE HEROES to marble, which is perishable and transient; but