Ten Great Events in History

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Ten Great Events in History
Johonnot James
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Nor werethey more satisfied with the address in which, through the bishop ofArras as his spokesman, he took farewell of them at a convention ofthe states held at Ghent previous to his departure to Spain. Theoration recommended severity against heresy, and only promised thewithdrawal of the foreign troops. The reply of the states was firm andbold, and the recollection of it must have rankled afterward in therevengeful mind of Philip. "I would rather be no king at all, " he saidto one of his mini...sters at the time, "than have heretics for mysubjects. " But suppressing his resentment in the mean time, be setsail for Spain in August, 1559, leaving his half-sister to act as hisviceroy in the Netherlands.
16. At this juncture, while the Dutch were threatened by a completesubjugation of their liberties, a champion arose who in the end provedmore than a match for Philip both in diplomatic fields and in militaryoperations. This was William, Prince of Orange, one of the highestnobility, but with his whole heart in sympathy with the people.


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