mness of a Stoic; I shall express no emotion or surprise at the
arrest, as they will naturally expect, because I know it is to take
place--no fear--no agitation when in prison, because I know that I am to
be saved. I shall desire them to bear in mind that I am the syndic of
this town, and must receive that respect which is due to my exalted
situation;" and Mynheer Van Krause lifted his pipe and ordered Koops to
bring him a stone jug of beer, and thus doubly armed like Cato, he
awaited the arrival of the officer with all the stoicism of beer and
tobacco.

About the same hour of night that the letter was put into the hands of
Mynheer Krause, a packet was brought up to Lord Albemarle, who was
playing a game of put with his Grace the Duke of Portland; at that time
put was a most fashionable game; but games are like garments--as they
become old they are cast off, and handed down to the servants. The
outside of the despatch was marked "To Lord Albemarle's own hands.
Immediate and most important." It appeared, however, as if the two
noble lords considered the game of put as more important and immediate,
for they finished it without looking at the packet in question, and it
was midnight before they threw up the cards. After which, Lord
Albemarle went to a side table, apart from the rest of the company, and
broke the seals. It was a letter with enclosures, and ran as follows:--

"My Lord Albemarle,--

"Although your political enemy, I do justice to your merits, and to
prove my opinion of you, address to you this letter, the object of which
is to save your Government from the disgrace of injuring a worthy man,
and a stanch supporter, to expose the villany of a coward and a
scoundrel. When I state that my name is Ramsay, you may at once be
satisfied that, before this comes to your hands, I am out of your reach.
I came here in the king's cutter, commanded by Mr Vanslyperken, with
letters of recommendation to Mynheer Krause, which represented me as a
stanch adherent of William of Orange and a Protestant, and with that
impression I was well received, and took up my abode in his house. My
object you may imagine, but fortune favoured me still more, in having in
my power Lieutenant Vanslyperken. I opened the Government despatches in
his presence, and supplied him with false seals to enable him to do the
same, and give me the extracts which were of importance, for which I
hardly need say he was most liberally rewarded; this has