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Rh beheld with partial affection in this prince qualities which reminded him of the heroic actions of Maurice and Frederic-Henry of Nassau. At the time when the party most hostile to the house of Orange viewed the other branches of his family with hatred or contempt, this prince was the object of their jealousy and esteem: they saw with pleasure that the measures of the stadtholder were calculated to increase the popular odium which he had already incurred; and the virtues and splendid abilities of his son excited their fears, lest they would revive in the people their ancient attachment to the house of Orange. It is some proof of the regard with which his memory is cherished, that his picture is exhibited with impunity at most of the printshops of the Hague and Rotterdam, while a very severe punishment would be inflicted on the print-seller who would be bold enough to sell portraits of the stadtholder or his surviving family; and the most violent republicans with whom I have conversed concurred in bearing testimony to his character. I saw an elegant engraving of him at the