The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria

by Eleanor E. Tremayne

[139] A medal was struck in honour of the peace, having on one side three 'marguerites,' and on the other two hands joined, surmounted by a caducus, with this inscription: 'Pacis ego studiosa, quater bella horrida pressi.'

[140] This mantelpiece, in perfect preservation, is in the Palais de Justice, Bruges.

[141] Calendar of Spanish State Papers, vol. iv.

[142] Calendar of Spanish State Papers.

[143] W. Bradford.

[144] E. Armstrong.

[145] In the Bibliothèque Royale, Brussels.

[146] Régretz de la dame Infortunée.

[147] Now in the Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels.

[148] The Mother Superior was called 'la Mère Ancille,' a term of humility, from 'Ancilla,' servant.