| PART I | ||
| THE NETHERLANDERS | ||
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | The Alchemist | [3] |
| II. | Fräulein Anne | [13] |
| III. | Louis of Nassau | [26] |
| IV. | The Saint Bartholomew Wedding | [36] |
| V. | William of Orange | [48] |
| VI. | The Crystal Gazers | [58] |
| VII. | Brussels | [71] |
| VIII. | Margaret of Parma | [81] |
| IX. | Cardinal Granvelle | [91] |
| X. | The Rhetoric Play | [101] |
| XI. | The Jesters and the Rhetoric Players | [111] |
| XII. | The Grandees | [121] |
| XIII. | The Departure of the Cardinal | [131] |
| XIV. | The Regent, the Prince, and the Cardinalist | [140] |
| PART II | ||
| THE HOLY INQUISITION | ||
| I. | The Pigeon | [151] |
| II. | The Loyalty of Lamoral Egmont | [160] |
| III. | The Amusements of the Princess of Orange | [170] |
| IV. | Philip's Mandate | [180] |
| V. | The Knight-Errant | [189] |
| VI. | The Edicts | [198] |
| VII. | The Petition | [206] |
| VIII. | The Banquet | [216] |
| IX. | Montigny's Wife | [226] |
| X. | Antwerp | [236] |
| XI. | The Prince Resigns | [251] |
| XII. | Orange and Egmont | [260] |
| XIII. | The Coming of Alva | [270] |
| XIV. | Philip's Avengers | [279] |
| PART III | ||
| THE HOUSE OF NASSAU | ||
| I. | Dillenburg | [287] |
| II. | Juliana of Stolberg | [296] |
| III. | Heiliger Lee | [305] |
| IV. | The First Battle | [313] |
| V. | News from the Netherlands | [322] |
| VI. | The Prince at Bay | [332] |
| VII. | The Action on the Geta | [341] |
| VIII. | The Anabaptist Preacher | [350] |
| IX. | Winter Time | [361] |
| X. | The Abbess | [369] |
PRINCE AND HERETIC
"Soevis tranquillis in undis"
Motto of William of Orange
PART I
THE NETHERLANDERS
"On respondera qu'il est Roi: je dis au contraire que ce nom
de Roi m'est incognu. Qu'il le soit en Castille ou Arragon, à
Naples, aux Indes et par tout où il commande à plaisir: qu'il le
soit s'il veult en Jérusalem, paisible Dominateur en Asie et
Afrique, tant y a que je ne cogni en ce pais qu'un Duc et un