"If the Prince acted with spirit he would crush Alva; if Alva acted with spirit, he would crush the Prince."
— William the Silent

January 1, 1970

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An observer remarking on the Battle between William and Alva, as quoted in William the Silent (1897) by Frederic Harrison, p. 63