Philippe III: in September 1598 succeeds his father as king of Spain, [112]
Pirenne’s Histoire de Belgique: reference to, [42]
Portugal: in 1580 comes under the authority of Philippe II of Spain, [92]
Portuguese: before the close of the sixteenth century cease to be progressive, [35]
Position of the Dutch in India at the time of the conclusion of the truce with Spain, [149]
Protestants: emigration of from the Southern to the Northern Netherland provinces, 98 and [101]
Queen Elizabeth of England: in January 1578 commences to assist the patriots in the Netherlands, [85]; in August 1585 enters into a treaty with the states, giving them material assistance, [101]; on the 24th of March 1603 dies, [115]
Rapid advance of the Dutch in India in 1609, [148]
Reformation, the: spread of in the Netherlands, 49 and [54]
Repudiation of the public debt by Philippe II, [110]