Moreover, the biggest preoccupation of such places as an emerging Prussia, a nervous Poland or a mercantile Dutch Republic was always with their neighbours, any one of which might invade them at almost any time.

• 此外，作品中最让人入迷的便是蒸蒸日上的普鲁士、机四伏的波兰和重商主义的荷兰共和国与其邻国之间的关系，这些邻国中任何一国在任何时候都可能对它们进行侵犯。