They had been the settlers of thirteen separate and distinct English colonies, along the margin of the shore of the North American Continent; contiguously situated, but chartered by adventurers of characters variously diversified, including sectarians, religious and political, of all the classes which for the two preceding centuries had agitated and divided the people of the British islands-and with them were intermingled the descendants of Hollanders, Swedes, Germans, and French fugitives from the persecution of the Revoker of the Edict of Nantes.
"Orations"
John Quincy Adams
If it he revoked later, the Revoker must pay a viertel.
"The Student-Life of Germany"
William Howitt