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Rh, sympathized with them sincerely in their fresh trouble, and how he deplored the fact  that they had not followed his suggestion to  lay in large stocks of provisions and fortify  their city while there had been time in the  months before the siege. The Prince reminded them that they were now about to contend, not for themselves alone, but for all  future generations of their beloved land. The eyes of the world were upon them. They would reap eternal glory, if they exhibited a courage worthy of the cause of their liberty and religion. He implored them to hold out for three months, in which time he  would surely devise means for their deliverance.

He warned them to take no heed of fair promises from the Spaniards if they would  surrender the city, reminding them of how  these same soldiers had behaved at the sieges  of Naarden and Haarlem, when, in spite of  their declaration to let the citizens go out in  peace, they had rushed in and murdered