| richer | international | arts | 
| spend | seventeenth | golden | 
| wealthiest | earth | colonies | 
| was lacking | refugees | calls | 
| restricted | control | French | 
| took | by the way | measures | 
| last names | civil code | left | 
| the southern Netherlands | Belgium | accept | 
| military | action | useless | 
| developed | slowly | realized | 
| spiritual | cultural | 
| kunst | internationale | rijker | 
| gouden | zeventiende | besteden | 
| koloniƫn | aarde | rijkste | 
| noemt | vluchtelingen | ontbrak | 
| Fransen | handen | beperkt | 
| maatregelen | overigens | namen | 
| verlieten | wetboek | achternamen | 
| aanvaarden | Belgiƫ | Zuid-Nederland | 
| zinloos | actie | militaire | 
| beseften | langzaam | ontwikkelde | 
| culturele | geestelijke |