History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete

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John Lothrop Motley. History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete

History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete

Table of Contents

CHAPTER IX. 1586

CHAPTER X. 1586

CHAPTER XI. 1586

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII. 1587

CHAPTER XIV. 1587

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI. 1587

CHAPTER XVII. 1587

CHAPTER XVIII. 1588, Part 1

CHAPTER XVIII. 1588, Part 2

CHAPTER XIX. 1588, Part 1

CHAPTER XIX. 1588, Part 2

CHAPTER XX. 1588–1589

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John Lothrop Motley

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The answer given, or imagined, was that Commander Kloet had been sound asleep, but that he now much regretted this untoward accident. The explanation was received with derision, for it seemed hardly probable that so young and energetic a soldier would take the opportunity to refresh himself with slumber at a moment when a treaty for the capitulation of a city under his charge was under discussion. This terminated the negotiation.

A few days afterwards, the feast of St. James was celebrated in the Spanish camp, with bonfires and other demonstrations of hilarity. The townsmen are said to have desecrated the same holiday by roasting alive in the market-place two unfortunate soldiers, who had been captured in a sortie a few days before; besides burning the body of the holy Saint Quirinus, with other holy relics. The detestable deed was to be most horribly avenged.

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