The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74)
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74)
Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877
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Hesoon wrote to the King, acknowledging that the impression produced by thepardon was far from favorable. He attributed much evil effect to thesevere censure which was openly pronounced upon the act by members of thegovernment, both in Spain and the Netherlands. He complained that Hopperhad written to Viglius, that "the most severe of the four forms of pardontransmitted had been selected;" the fact being, that the most lenient onehad been adopted. If this were so, whose imagination is powerful ...enoughto portray the three which had been burned, and which, although moresevere than the fierce document promulgated, were still entitled acts ofpardon? The Duke spoke bitterly of the manner in which influentialpersons in Madrid had openly abominated the cruel form of amnesty whichhad been decreed. His authority in the Netherlands was alreadysufficiently weakened, he said, and such censure upon his actions fromhead-quarters did not tend to improve it. "In truth, " he added, almostpathetically, "it is not wonderful that the whole nation should beill-disposed towards me, for I certainly have done nothing to make themlove me.
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