He then indicated a plan, which had been proposed by the States of Brabant to the States General, according to which they were to keep on foot an army of 15,000 foot and 5000 horse, with which they should be able, "to Expulse the enemy and to reconquer their towns and country lost, within three months."
"Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete"
John Lothrop Motley
And fluttering feed you with the Sirup, And if thence you put them by They to your white necke will flye, And if you Expulse them there They'll hang vpon your braded Hayre; You so long shall see them prattle Till at length they'll fall to battle, 160 And when they haue fought their fill, You will smile to see them bill These birds my Lirope's shall be So thou'lt leaue him and goe with me.
"Minor Poems of Michael Drayton"
Michael Drayton
In reply to this petition, Scott with two others, was appointed a committee to prepare "a statement of the English title to those lands; with an account of the Dutch intrusion, their deportment since and management of that possession, their strength, trade and government there, and of the means to make them acknowledge and submit to his Majesty's government or by force to Expulse them."
"Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam"
John S. C. Abbott