Cornelius van Baerle’s Will

           Rosahadnotbeenmistaken;thejudgescameonthefollowingdaytotheBuytenhof,andproceededwiththetrialofCorneliusvanBaerle.Theexamination,however,didnotlastlong,ithavingappearedonevidencethatCorneliushadkeptathishousethatfatalcorrespondenceofthebrothersDeWittwithFrance.

           Hedidnotdenyit.

           Theonlypointaboutwhichthereseemedanydifficultywaswhetherthiscorrespondencehadbeenintrustedtohimbyhisgodfather,CorneliusdeWitt.

           Butas,sincethedeathofthosetwomartyrs,VanBaerlehadnolongeranyreasonforwithholdingthetruth,henotonlydidnotdenythattheparcelhadbeendeliveredtohimbyCorneliusdeWitthimself,buthealsostatedallthecircumstancesunderwhichitwasdone.

           Thisconfessioninvolvedthegodsoninthecrimeofthegodfather;manifestcomplicitybeingconsideredtoexistbetweenCorneliusdeWittandCorneliusvanBaerle.

           Thehonestdoctordidnotconfinehimselftothisavowal,buttoldthewholetruthwithregardtohisowntastes,habits,anddailylife.Hedescribedhisindifferencetopolitics,hisloveofstudy,ofthefinearts,ofscience,andofflowers.Heexplainedthat,sincethedaywhenCorneliusdeWitthandedtohimtheparcelatDort,hehimselfhadnevertouched,norevennoticedit.

           Tothisitwasobjected,thatinthisrespecthecouldnotpossiblybespeakingthetruth,sincethepapershadbeendepositedinapressinwhichbothhishandsandhiseyesmusthavebeenengagedeveryday.