CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] 1566
[ CHAPTER IX. ] 1566, Part 1
[ CHAPTER IX. ] 1567, Part 2
[ CHAPTER X. ] 1567
[ CHAPTER I. ] 1567, Part 3
[ CHAPTER II. ] 1568
[ CHAPTER III. ] 1568
[ CHAPTER IV. ] 1568
[ CHAPTER V. ] 1569-70
[ CHAPTER VI. ] 1570
[ CHAPTER VII. ] 1572
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] 1572-73
[ CHAPTER IX. ] 1573[ ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRAND COMMANDER ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] 1573-74
[ CHAPTER II. ] 1574
VOLUME 2, Book 1., 1566
CHAPTER VIII. 1566
Secret policy of the government—Berghen and Montigny in Spain—
Debates at Segovia—Correspondence of the Duchess with Philip—
Procrastination and dissimulation of the King—Secret communication
to the Pope—Effect in the provinces of the King's letters to the
government—Secret instructions to the Duchess—Desponding
statements of Margaret—Her misrepresentations concerning Orange,
Egmont, and others—Wrath and duplicity of Philip—Egmont's
exertions in Flanders—Orange returns to Antwerp—His tolerant
spirit—Agreement of 2d September—Horn at Tournay—Excavations in
the Cathedral—Almost universal attendance at the preaching—
Building of temples commenced—Difficult position of Horn—Preaching
in the Clothiers' Hall—Horn recalled—Noircarmes at Tournay—
Friendly correspondence of Margaret with Orange, Egmont, Horn, and
Hoogstraaten—Her secret defamation of these persons.
Egmont in Flanders, Orange at Antwerp, Horn at Tournay; Hoogstraaten at Mechlin, were exerting themselves to suppress insurrection and to avert ruin. What, meanwhile, was the policy of the government? The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula—dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.