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Rh procured them no pity, though their blood had been shed, and their health wasted (but ineffectually), for the preservation of the republic. The gates of the place were shut against them, and the armed burghers of the town harshly repulsed the miserable wretches, who solicited shelter, warmth, and food. These unhappy beings were exposed, with their sores and diseases, to the aggravated evils of hunger and cold, experiencing at the hand of their allies a treatment more severe, than would have been their lot had they fallen into the power of the enemy.

Delft is famous in Holland for its beer breweries, as well as for its manufactures of porcelain; and I must acknowledge that London porter is imitated with tolerable success. If, however, it is drank out of the cask it is very inferior, but after it has been in bottles some time its taste is nearly as agreeable as London bottled porter, from which it is difficult to distinguish it.

I should not mention that we were detained about half an hour, in a mean cabaret, on the canal which leads to Leyden, waiting