Characters
William, Prince of Orange, afterward William III. King of England.
Louis XIV, King of France.
Cornelius de Witt, inspector of dikes at the Hague.
Johan de Witt, his brother, Grand Pensionary of Holland.
Colonel van Deeken, aide-de-camp to William of Orange.
Dr. Cornelius van Baerle, a tulip-fancier, godson of Cornelius de Witt.
Mynheer Isaac Boxtel, his rival.
Marquis de Louvois.
Count Tilly, Captain of the Cavalry of the Hague.
Mynheer Bowelt, deputy.
Mynheer d'Asperen, deputy.
The Recorder of the States.
Master van Spenser, a magistrate at Dort.
Tyckalaer, a surgeon at the Hague.
Gerard Dow.
Mynheer van Systens, Burgomaster of Haarlem and President of its Horticultural Society.
Craeke, a confidential servant of John de Witt.
Gryphus, a jailer.
Rosa, his daughter, in love with Cornelius van Baerle.
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