Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . s which marked thetemper of the time as stronglyas the demolitionary enthusiasmof other cities. The Estatesformally invited the Prince ofOrange to visit the capital andassist them with his counsel.The man whom the Viceroycalled in his letters an arch-rebel and heretic was entreated by the representatives of thepeople of the Netherlands to aid them in their negotiations withthe representative of the King. The invitation was conveyed tothe Prince by four commissioners, of whom Champagny, a zealousCathol

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Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . s which marked thetemper of the time as stronglyas the demolitionary enthusiasmof other cities. The Estatesformally invited the Prince ofOrange to visit the capital andassist them with his counsel.The man whom the Viceroycalled in his letters an arch-rebel and heretic was entreated by the representatives of thepeople of the Netherlands to aid them in their negotiations withthe representative of the King. The invitation was conveyed tothe Prince by four commissioners, of whom Champagny, a zealousCatholic and brother of Granvelle, was the chief. They were, itis true, bearers of a memorial which, however respectful andflattering in tone, nevertheless bore marks of the hand of thatparty which was the great stumbling-block and the final obstacleto the complete liberation of the Netherlands. The Prince wasasked to repair at once to Bruxelles, to give the Estates thebenefit of his singular prudence, experience, and patriotism. Butas it was constantly and calumniously asserted that the nobles. 262 DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA. chap. viii. and the Provinces were urged by the Prince to change both theirsovereign and their religion, he was likewise asked to make someauthoritative declaration of a contrary tendency, and to the effectthat he and the Estates of Holland and Zeland would faithfullyobserve all their obligations; that these Estates and the placeswhich had more recently joined the Prince would allow of theexercise of the Catholic religion within their territories ; and thatthat religion should never be molested, nor any other worshipintroduced in the other Provinces of the Netherlands. In the face of the cessation of persecution and the consequentspread of reformed doctrines and observances into almost all partsof the country, these were pledges which it was impossible andwould have been absurd for the Prince to give. He thereforegave none, beyond a promise to abide by the Ghent Treat