Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . hehoped to meet them very shortly,^ and by laying it before the 1 Gachard : Correspondance de Philippe II., iv. pp. 285-7. No. i68o.2 Ibid. p. 371. No. 1717. VOL. IL N lyS DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA. CHAP. IV. King, before whom so many similar petitions had been fruit-lessly laid. But it confirmed the opinion, which he had expressedwith tolerable distinctness in accepting the appointment, that thewant of money was the greatest of the difficulties in the Nether-lands ; and it justified his anxiety to come to

Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . hehoped to meet them very shortly,^ and by laying it before the 1 Gachard : Correspondance de Philippe II., iv. pp. 285-7. No. i68o.2 Ibid. p. 371. No. 1717. VOL. IL N lyS DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA. CHAP. IV. King, before whom so many similar petitions had been fruit-lessly laid. But it confirmed the opinion, which he had expressedwith tolerable distinctness in accepting the appointment, that thewant of money was the greatest of the difficulties in the Nether-lands ; and it justified his anxiety to come to Stock Photo
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Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . hehoped to meet them very shortly, ^ and by laying it before the 1 Gachard : Correspondance de Philippe II., iv. pp. 285-7. No. i68o.2 Ibid. p. 371. No. 1717. VOL. IL N lyS DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA. CHAP. IV. King, before whom so many similar petitions had been fruit-lessly laid. But it confirmed the opinion, which he had expressedwith tolerable distinctness in accepting the appointment, that thewant of money was the greatest of the difficulties in the Nether-lands ; and it justified his anxiety to come to a clear understandingon this and other difficulties before plunging into the chaos ofBelgian affairs. The delay of his northern journery may havebeen partly the result and partly the cause of events now to bebriefly sketched, which added fresh perils and troubles to thecareer on which he was entering, and shook to its foundationsthe royal authority in the Low Countries. The military successes of Requesens, by reawakening publicalarm, had considerably increased the influence of Orange. The.

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