le Maire, Isaac: in May 1611 visits Table Bay, [154]
Mandeville, Sir John: note on, [38]
Manufactures: are driven from the Netherlands by persecution, [54]
de la Marck, William: exploits of, [62]
Margaret of Parma: in 1559 becomes regent of the Netherlands, [52]; administration of, 52 to [58]
Massacre of Saint Bartholomew in August 1572: has disastrous effects on the patriot cause in the Netherlands, [65]
Matelief, Cornelis: in May 1605 leaves Holland for India as admiral of a fleet, [138]; attempts to get possession of Malacca, but without success, ib.; builds Fort Orange on the island of Ternate, and places a garrison in it, ib.; in April 1608 calls at Table Bay on his homeward passage, and remains there till June, [139]
Matthias of Hapsburg: in January 1578 becomes nominally governor-general of the Netherlands provinces on the invitation of a party of nobles, but has no real power, [86]; in 1581 returns to Germany, [93]
Maurits of Nassau, second son of William prince of Orange: in 1584 commences his career, [98]
Mechlin: a court of appeal for all the provinces is established here by the duke of Burgundy, [46]; ferocious treatment of the city by the duke of Alva, [65]; on the 19th of July 1585 it capitulates to the Spaniards, [100]