But now the whites are satisfied that slavery was the sole instigator of rebellions, and since its removal they have no fear on this score.

Especially the most pressing among all their wishesthe relief of Potidaeawas in no way advanced; for the Athenians had not found it necessary to relax the blockade of that city, The result of the first year's operations had thus been to disappoint the hopes of the Corinthians and the other ardent instigators of war, while it justified the anticipations both of Pericles and of Archidamus.

It was Saturday afternoon, and they were playing their favourite war game, Teddy, of course, being prime instigator of the whole affair.

In favour of the Vaudois may be consulted Leger, Histoire Générale des Eglises Evangéliques, &c. (he was a principal instigator of these troubles); Stouppe, Collection of the several papers sent to his highness, &c. London, 1655; Sabaudiensis in Reformatam Religionem Persecutionis Brevis Narratio, Londini, 1655; Morland, 326-384, and the papers in Thurloe, iii. 361, 384, 412, 416, 430, 444, 459, 538.

Beyond a doubt they will make themselves the secret instigators for an intervention of their country in the Balkan conflict.