truce

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WordNet

Allegory at the end of the Twelve Years' Truce, 1621. On the left the Dutch Virgin in the Dutch Garden, in the center the falling pyramid of the Truce, which is being propped up with sticks by monks in vain. This includes Mars and Victoria. On the right, Treves is lying on her deathbed, for this Mars scatters money and weapons. Printed below the print is a discussion between a citizen and a farmer, in 2 columns, and the legend AL.

(n) truce
a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms

Illustrations

Pyramid of Peace, 1609. Allegory of the Twelve Years' Truce, printed from two plates. High needle-shaped pyramid or obelisk, flanked by the personifications of Piety (Pietas) and Justice (Justitia). In the foreground the seven provincial virgins with weapons seated around the Dutch Lion. Chained to the pedestal, the personifications of War (Mars) and Envy (Invidia). On both sides spectators from all countries of the world. On the right the sprouting orange tree, on the left the Faam near a cartouche with the dedication in Latin. In heaven angels with the coats of arms of France and Great Britain, in the center the radiant tetragrammaton.

Allegory of the end of the Twelve Years' Truce and the resumption of the war, April 10, 1621. The Dutch Lion hands the soldiers the money to resume the battle and build new ships, on the right Prince Maurits. On the left the legend 1-6. Printed on the back with text and music.

Treves is buried, 1621. Allegory at the end of the Twelve Years' Truce. A coffin marked Treves and Peckius's Proposition is carried in a funeral procession by monks. In the procession, which is in the form of a Roman procession, a bishop, pilgrims, beggars, etc. also walk and a statue of Saint Nicholas is carried. The procession walks in the direction of the monument of the Arminian Testament, on the right in the distance the Arminian Funeral, the departure of the exiled Remonstrant ministers. Details in the show are numbered, but the legend is missing.

Monument for peace in the Netherlands, 1609. Allegory of the Truce and the union of all parties and parts of the country, 1609. Monument with the Dutch Virgin (Regina Belgica) seated on a throne with palm branch in hand, eyes raised to the radiant tetragrammatic in the sky. On the steps at her feet the provincial virgins of all 17 provinces of the Netherlands with their weapons. In the middle the arms of the Spanish king, Albrecht and Isabella, Maurits and the Dutch Lion with the bundle of arrows. In the background left the city of Antwerp, right Amsterdam.

Proclamation of the Twelve Years' Truce in front of the town hall in Antwerp, April 14, 1609. Bonfires are lit in the streets. With caption of 12 lines in German. Numbered bottom left: 368. The print is part of an album.

Political allegory on the impending end of the Twelve Years' Truce, 1615. The truce, an old woman, lies in her deathbed surrounded by the Pope and other Roman clergy who beg for her life. She makes her will. Behind her is Death with an hourglass and a death arrow at the ready. On the right the Dutch Lion and the Dutch Virgin in the Dutch Garden that is built against the House of Nassau. To the left, the armored Spanish soldier Mars standing astride the barrel of a cannon. In the caption printed on the page a conversation between the main characters in the performance, in 4 columns in Dutch.

Allegory of the peace achieved in the Truce, April 1609. The personifications of the Dutch provinces and Prince Maurice together with other army commanders kneel in gratitude around a lance crowned with the freedom hat. In heaven the radiant tetragrammaton. Below the scene a quote from the book of Isaiah in French (Isaiah 25: 4). Printed on the back with music.

Proclamation of the Twelve Years' Truce in Antwerp, April 14, 1609. The news is read from a podium set up in front of the town hall. A large crowd has flocked to the Grote Markt, bonfires left and right. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered: 279. Printed on the back with text in Latin.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Truce
(Mil) A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.
Truce
Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet. "Where he may likeliest find Truce to his restless thoughts."

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

(n) truce
An intermission of hostilities; specifically, a temporary cessation or suspension of hostilities mutually agreed upon by the commanders of two opposing forces, generally for some stipulated period, to admit of negotiation, or for some other purpose.
(n) truce
Respite; temporary quiet or intermission of action, pain, contest, or the like.
(n) truce
Reconciliation; peace.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

(n) Truce
trōōs a suspension of hostilities between two armies or states for a period specially agreed upon: cessation

Quotations

Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.

Reginald W. Kaufman

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

Sun Tzu

Our whole life is startlingly moral. There is never an instant's truce between virtue and vice.

Henry David Thoreau

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. trewes, triwes, treowes, pl. of trewe, a truce, properly, pledge of fidelity, truth, AS. treów, fidelity, faith, troth. See True

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary M. E. trewes, treowes, pl. of trewe, a truce; cf. True.

Usage in the news

Kurdish militiamen, rebels maintain truce in northern Syria. latimes.com

Battle rages in Syria despite truce for 4-day Muslim holiday. foxnews.com

More blood flows in Middle East as truce proves elusive. timesleader.com

The school was damaged some days ago, before a truce between Hamas and Israel. edition.cnn.com

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, who is part of the group in the Middle East negotiating a truce, said that the situation was "alarming.". freep.com

Nigeria militants call off truce in oil-rich Niger Delta. csmonitor.com

Colombia rebel group declares truce as peace talks resume. gntv.trb.com

Israel, Militants Begin Talks on Truce Details. ksoo.com

Before Wednesday's truce, eight days of fighting killed 166 Palestinians and six Israelis. jla.com

Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana has for months called for a truce on social is. rko.com

Palestinian envoy hopes truce will hold. orlandosentinel.com

Israel eases Gaza border restrictions after truce. ashingtontimes.com

Another Senate Campaign Could See SuperPAC Truce (Or Not). kunc.org

The Obama administration and two nonprofits that are suing it over millions of missing Bush-era emails have called a truce. motherjones.com

Shaky truce settles in Gaza. detnews.com

Usage in scientific papers

If a white ﬂag of truce was offered, it was a futile act because gravity’s retribution was tremendous.
Single barium ion spectroscopy: light shifts, hyperfine structure, and progress on an optical frequency standard and atomic parity violation

Usage in literature

From the citadel he sent out a flag of truce demanding a parley. "Richard I" by Jacob Abbott

But "Brian the brave" would make no truce with a hated foe. "Historic Boys" by Elbridge Streeter Brooks

There is a truce: the calm before the storm; so let us make the most of it. "My Sword's My Fortune" by Herbert Hayens

The French king, disappointed in his hopes, signed the truce of Nice, 1538. "Belgium" by Emile Cammaerts

Open war, said Vergniaud, is better than a hollow truce. "Lectures on the French Revolution" by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

A truce of three years arranged between England and France by the mediation of the papal legates. "The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07" by Various

Three months of the year's truce had elapsed; as yet, she had learnt nothing. "The Silver Lining" by John Roussel

In time of war it sometimes becomes necessary to hoist a flag of truce. "Marjorie Dean" by Pauline Lester

A truce with Philip was agreed on, and Edward returned to England. "A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3)" by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

Alban could offer no objection to visit Warsaw under such a pleasant guide and he also welcomed the hours of truce. "Aladdin of London" by Sir Max Pemberton

Usage in poetry

All is repose and peace,
Untrampled lies the sod;
The shouts of battle cease,
It is the Truce of God!

"In The Harbour: Decoration Day" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

But could I win the widow's hand,
I'd make a truce 'twixt death and thee;
For thou upon the best of land
Should'st feed, and live, and die with me.

"Abner And The Widow Jones" by Robert Bloomfield

"And have they taen him, Kinmont Willie,
Against the truce of Border tide?
And forgotten that the bauld Bacleuch
Is keeper here on the Scottish side?

"Kinmont Willie" by Andrew Lang

I made a truce last night with Sorrow,
The queen of tears, the foe of sleep,
To keep her tents until the morrow,
Nor send such dreams to make me weep.

"Sorrow's Treachery" by Robert Fuller Murray

Then the blood of the best and the bravest
Had poured like the rain on the sod,—
But the spirit of night stood between them,
Proclaiming the truce of their God.

"The Painter Of Florence" by Ernest Jones

Well did the roofs their solemn secret keep
Of life and death stayed by the truce of sleep,
Yet whispered of an hour when sleepers wake,
The fool to hope afresh, the wise to weep.

"The Passing Show" by Ambrose Bierce