[staatsvormen] - Dat eene volks-regeering seer schadelick, eene monarchale doodelijck; ende eene aristokratike - 1684

Provides a sharp analysis of three forms of government that were under discussion in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
A popular or people's government that is very harmful to the inhabitants of Holland.
A monarchical or single-headed government is even called 'deadly'.
An aristocratic government, composed of noble and elected citizens, which would be 'very healthy'.

That a popular or common government for the general inhabitants of Holland is very harmful, a monarchical or single-headed government is deadly; and against an aristocratic government, consisting of many respectable Holland noblemen and citizens chosen for that purpose, it is very harmful, deadly, and harmful — Amsterdam, Jan Rieuwertsz, 1684 - 12 pages - 20 x 15 cm

The text is therefore a clear defense of the regent-oligarchic system that characterized the Republic during this period.
Both democratic experiments and monarchical power — especially that of the House of Orange — are portrayed as dangerous and disruptive.

The pamphlet fits into the political tensions after the Rampjaar of 1672 and the renewed rise of the House of Orange.
The author clearly positions himself on the side of the pro-state regents, who aimed for governance by a limited, wealthy elite.