THE LIFE AND DEATH

OF

JOHN OF BARNEVELD.

OF

JOHN OF BARNEVELD,

ADVOCATE OF HOLLAND;

WITH

A VIEW OF THE PRIMARY CAUSES AND MOVEMENTS
OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR.

BY

JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, D.C.L., LL.D.,

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, ETC.;
AUTHOR OF "THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC," AND THE

UNITED NETHERLANDS."

HISTORY OF THE

IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. II.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW YORK:

HARPER AND BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1874.