But the Dutch, whatever resentment the Hollanders bore against the Orange dynasty, were unwilling either to court civil war or to abandon their dearly won independence in a union that would make them junior partners to the English.
Yet many of these families refrain, unwilling to bear the economic cost of a second child.
Desire itself is good, but not desire unwilling to bear the difficulties, as well as the joys, of commitment.
"Our host was unwilling to bear responsibility for possible deaths in a venue full of children and old people.
After all, financing infrastructure, especially regional projects, entails major risks that the private sector is unwilling to bear.
The Bretton Woods system broke down because America was unwilling to bear the burden of being the linchpin of the system.
People in rich societies are having fewer children as they are unwilling to bear the cost of child-rearing in terms of marital commitment and lost wages.
Around the country, hospitals say they are cutting services both because the high cost of their own insurance is overwhelming and because specialists, unwilling to bear the new costs for insuring their practices, are becoming scarce.
Marie H. Soldo, executive vice president of Sierra Health Services of Las Vegas, the largest managed care company in the state, said: "Insurers are unwilling to bear the entire financial risk of drug coverage.
Nearby, waving the flag of her municipal workers union, Emine Ozden, 40, said the sharp prices increases had left her unable to provide for her two children and unwilling to bear additional sacrifices.
