THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, VOLUME III.

MOTLEY'S HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS


By John Lothrop Motley



1855







   Volume II.












CHAPTER III. 1574-1576

   Latter days of the Blood Council—Informal and insincere   negotiations for peace—Characteristics of the negotiators and of   their diplomatic correspondence—Dr. Junius—Secret conferences   between Dr. Leoninus and Orange—Steadfastness of the Prince—   Changes in the internal government of the northern provinces—   Generosity and increasing power of the municipalities—Incipient   jealousy in regard to Orange rebuked—His offer of resignation   refused by the Estates—His elevation to almost unlimited power—   Renewed mediation of Maximilian—Views and positions of the parties   —Advice of Orange—Opening of negotiations at Breda—Propositions   and counter-propositions—Adroitness of the plenipotentiaries on   both sides—Insincere diplomacy and unsatisfactory results—Union of   Holland and Zealand under the Prince of Orange—Act defining his   powers—Charlotte de Bourbon—Character, fortunes, and fate of Anna   of Saxony—Marriage of Orange with Mademoiselle de Bourbon—   Indignation thereby excited—Horrible tortures inflicted upon   Papists by Sonoy in North Holland—Oudewater and Schoonoven taken by   Hierges—The isles of Zealand—A submarine expedition projected—   Details of the adventure—Its entire success—Death of Chiappin   Vitelli—Deliberations in Holland and Zealand concerning the   renuncia                        
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