Oudewater

A few miles out of den Haag, the professor turned off the motorway, drove slowly through Gouda and took a secondary road through Oudewater, where he stopped the car to tell her about the witches 'weighing scales there.

The Chain Of Destiny Neels, Betty 1989

Dimphena agreed that it was dull, but added, "Let's take George to Oudewater and weigh her on the witch's scales, and we can go to Gouda too."

Damsel In Green Neels, Betty 1970

Oudewater, in our own names, and in the names of our two sisters,

The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1 1560-1609 1956

Son of John David, painter and illuminator, b. at Oudewater, South

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

In the campaign of 1575 the Spanish army again achieved great things, taking Oudewater, Schoonhoven and other places.

The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910

No barrier remained, as it appeared, to oppose the progress of the enemy; the army of the Prince had dwindled to about thirteen thousand men; two of the frontier towns, Woerden and Oudewater, had solicited safeguards from the invaders; and Naarden was surprised by the Count of Rochefort.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

They believed that they had the right to protect and that they were bound to protect their ancient city from sudden assault, whether by Spanish soldiers or by organized mobs attempting, as had been done in Rotterdam, Oudewater, and other towns, to overawe the civil authority in the interest of the Contra-Remonstrants.

Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845

On the 19th of July, Oudewater, entirely unprepared for such an event, was besieged by Hierges, but the garrison and the population, although weak, were brave.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845

On the 19th of July, Oudewater, entirely unprepared for such an event, was besieged by Hierges, but the garrison and the population, although weak, were brave.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845

The expulsion by an armed mob, in the past year, of a Remonstrant preacher at Oudewater, the overpowering of the magistracy and the forcing on of illegal elections in that and other cities, had given him and all earnest patriots grave cause for apprehension.

Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845