He allowed probably too much weight to the Catholic party as a motive power at that moment, and he was anxious both from that consideration and from his honest natural instinct for general toleration; his own broad and unbigoted views in religious matters, not to force that party into a rebellious attitude dangerous to the state.
"Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete"
John Lothrop Motley
Erasmus, who was an unbigoted Roman Catholic, was transported with this passage.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown