DEDICATION.

May the most benevolent DIVINITY grant that the common vows of the entire people be happily satisfied; may He grant that as much may be given to YOU and YOUR descendants to deserve well of Belgium, by the defense of acquired Liberty: as much as WILLIAM I and MAURITIUS Prince Maurice of Orange deserved by its reclamation. Thus may the ORANGE HOUSE thrive and flourish: may all things yield to IT according to its heart's desire: and may ITS most august memory always be dear to the citizens! These things I pray. Utrecht original: "Trajecti ad Rhenum", the Kalends of October, A.D. 1765.