52. The modern bishopric of Liege. This soldier probably
belonged to the Batavian horseguards, who were mostly raised
in the duchy of Gueldres and the neighbourhood, and were
distinguished by their valour, and by the boldness with
which they swam their horses across the broadest and most
rapid rivers. Tacit. Hist. iv. 12. Dion 1. lv. p. 797.
Lipsius de magnitudine Romans, 1. i. c. 4.