History of the United Netherlands From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)
History of the United Netherlands From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)
Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877
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In exchange for this work, any thing which youthink proper to offer to him as a reward, will be capital well invested;but it must not be given until the job is done. " But the job was hard to do, and Sainte Aldegonde cared nothing for theoffered bribe. He was, however, most strangely confident of being able toovercome, on the one hand, the opposition of Holland and Zeeland to thehated authority of Spain, and, on the other, the intense abhorrenceentertained by Philip to liberty of conscience. So...on after the capitulation, he applied for a passport to visit those twoProvinces. Permission to come was refused him. Honest men from Antwerp, he was informed, would be always welcome, but there was no room for him. There was, however--or Parma persuaded himself that there was--aconsiderable party in those countries in favour of reconciliation withSpain. If the ex-burgomaster could gain a hearing, it was thoughtprobable that his eloquence would prove very effective. "We have been making efforts to bring about negotiations with Holland andZeeland, " wrote Alexander to Philip.
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