II. The Toleration Act, entituled, An Act for exempting their Majesties’ Protestant subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of certain Laws 465 William Henry, Prince of Orange, was a member of the House of Nassau--the antiquity of which is traced by some historians as far back as the days of Julius Cæsar. Others are content to stop at Count Otho, in the 12th century, whom they regard as founder of the family, because, through his wife, he obtained large possessions in the Low Countries. The immediate ancestors of William Henry are renowned as fathers of the Dutch Republic, and from them he inherited patriotic virtues.…
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