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A07032	A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, otherwise called Flanders Wherein, is sett forthe the originall and full proceedyng of the saied troubles and ciuile warres, with all the stratagemes, sieges, forceble takynges, and manlike defenses, of diuers and sondrie cities, tounes, and fortresses of the same, together, the barbarous crueltie and tyrannie of the Spaniard, and trecherous hispaniolized Wallons, [and] others of the saied lowe Countreis. And there withall, the estate and cause of religion, especially, from the yere 1559. vnto the yere 1581. Besides many letters, commissions, contractes of peace, unions, articles and agrementes, published and proclaimed in the saied prouinces. Translated out of French into Englishe, by T.S. ge[n]t.; Chronyc. historie der Nederlandtscher oorlogen, troublen enn oproeren oorspronck, anvanck enn eynde, item den standt der religien, tot desen jare 1580. English.	Stocker, Thomas, fl. 1569-1592.; Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philips van, 1538-1598, attributed name.; Rijckewaert, Carolus, called Theophilus, fl. 1577, attributed name.; Henricpetri, Adam, fl. 1576. General historien der aller namhafftigsten unnd fürnembsten Geschichten, Thaten und Handlungen.; Le Petit, Jean François, 1546-ca. 1615, attributed name.	1583 (1583)	STC 17450.3; ESTC S111524	324,446	432

against the catholike religion for he hoped therby to get into his clouches the counts of Egmont and Horne But after that the Inquisition and the councell of troubles were ordeined instituted the Inquisitors at the first chop caused many to bee imprisoned christened againe the Protestantes children married againe all such as had been married in other Churches in the catholike Churches And some of the fugitiues which returned home to their houses vpon the vaine hope aforesaide were sent to prison by the councell of troubles condemned to death insomuch that blood was there spilt as plentifully as if it had been water For many had their heads cut off some were drowned and some hanged In the beginning of September The Duke of Alua taketh away the keyes from them of Gaunt the Duke of Alua with full power and authoritie tooke from the Lordes and Citizens of Gaunt the keyes of the Citie and deliuered the castle into the handes of Colonel Alfonse a Spaniarde The Gauntois complained hereof to the counte Egmont gouernour of Flaunders which count went to the Duke of Alua in their defence and tolde him that be had done them great wrong The Duke answered him that which hee had done was for the benefite and seruice of his maiestie howbeit this complaint of the Gauntois stuck very neere his heart When the Estates of the lowe countries were met together at the citie of Bruxelles The Estates see the authority of the D. of Alua. the Duke made them partakers of the authoritie and power which the king had giuen him and sent the countes of Egmont and Horne to pryson as followeth The Duke sent for them to come to councell and when they were there he brought them into a little hall or parlor as it were as though hee woulde haue had some secrete conference with them In which hall was his sonne accompanied with certeine spanish souldiers armed who tooke them and kept them prisoners The Dukes sonne caused the Countes weapons to wit their rapiers and daggers to be takē from them telling them that they must become his Maiesties prisoners The Countes of Egmount Horne become Prisoners asking them also if those were the weapons wherewith they had defended the low countryes in great despite and anger threw away their rapiers and Daggers This being done the Duke commaunded the Captayne of the Castle of Gaunt to receiue the Spaniards into the Castle which was done The same day also were taken Prisoners the Lorde of Backezele Iohn Casimbrot a Counseller of the Count Egmount and the Count Hornes Secretary within a few daies after the saide Egmount and Horne were carryed to the Castle of Gaunt by three thousand Spaniardes The same day likewise did the Count Lodron take the Lorde Stralen neere Antwerpe and brought him to Bruxelles and the saide Lodron made an Inuentorye of all his goodes and sealed it with his seale Not long after there were many taken Prysoners in the lowe Countrey whiche caused a great number of the lowe Countrey to gette them ouer into Englande as also into Germanye and the East Countries amongest whom one of the chiefest was the Counte Charles Mansfield with manye Gentlemen Captaynes and other souldiers The 24. of December The buylding of the castle of Antwerpe after that the Duke of Alua was arryued in the lowe Countrey beganne the Castle of Antwerpe to be built so strengthened with Rampares and Platformes as that the like was not to be found The buylder and Engyner whereof was one Pachiotto a Sauoyan whom the Duke had appoynted for that purpose Nowe when this Castle was made defenceable and meet to receiue a garnison the Duke of Alua came to Antwerpe with foure hundreth horse leauing the rest of the Souldiers at Bruxelles But as he was riding towards Antwerpe the munition house at Malynes hadde taken fire When the Duke was come to Antwerpe hee caused fiue Bulwarkes to bee buylt within the castle giuing to euerye of them his seuerall proper name The first was called Duke the Seconde Toledo the Thirde Ferdinande the fourth in the honour of his rase and stocke Toletan the fist in the honour of the Enginare or maister workeman Pachiotto The very same time The Duke of Alua aydeth the French the Frenche desired the Duke of Alua of ayde and assistaunce and because he would continue the amitye betweene the two kinges hee sent vnto them the Count Arenberge with twelue hundred low countrey men and Burgonions and two thousand Spaniardes and Burgonions In the Guydones of the horsemen was a deuise figured with two armed handes thrusting themselues out of an Azure Cloude and out of two blacke ones clipping one another in manner of a Crosse and at the ende of eche Cloude was a kingly Crowne with a crosse And vpon the 2. blacke ones were two hartes and two crownes interlaced and bound together with a silke rybbande and in the middest was a Crosse a Chalice and a singing cake which ribbande houng verye lowe garnished with very riche knottes This deuise was interpreted as followeth The two Cloudes did signifie the Diuinitie The two hartes the amitye and vnitye of the two kinges the armed handes their force and power the Chalice the Catholike religion for defence whereof warres were made in both the Realmes For the building of the saide castle of Antwerpe whiche was made to keepe them of the Citie in obedience and awe it was agreed by the great Counsell of the saide Citie that there should be gathered foure hundred thousand Florins which were taken out of the hundreth pennie two tenthes and two twenties of all the moueable goodes whiche were within the iurisdiction of the same citie for the receipt of which were appoynted for Supertendentes Maister Paul Schuermans Sheriffe M. Frauncis Crosse and M. Giles Smith Merchantes This Castle being as it were almoste finished the Duke caused an Image of Brasse to be set vppe in the middest of the saide Castle very artificiallye wrought by that excellent Woorkeman Iames Ioughelinke of Bruxelles liuelye representing the sayde Duke hauing vnder his feete a body with two heades representing the chiefe Gouernour of the Gueses as hereafter more at large shal bee declared and then the Duke going from Antwerpe returned to Bruxelles In this meane while at the instance of the Attorney general there was by a publike edict of his Ma. proclaymed cited to appeare to wit the nienteenth of Ianuary William of Nassau Prince of Orange who now long time agoe departed out of Brabant kept himselfe within the county of Nassau the tenure whereof ensueth His Ma. beyng enformed by the Attorney general A Proclamation or Citation against the prince of Orange how William of Nassau Prince of Orange being as well by the Emperour Charles the fift of famous memory his Lord father as also by his Ma. aduaunced to high and great dignity as to bee made Knight of the order of the golden fleese

shal be bound to write all those thinges whiche shall fall out and occurre emongest thē and whereon thei shall thinke either the publique welfare or ouerthrowe of the vnited and cōfedered Prouinces doeth depende to suche as are in aucthoritie that maie commaunde to sende that by hym the rest of the Prouinces in this behalfe might be sent for in maner as aforesaied 21 And if herein any obscuritie or doubte is to bee founde whereon any question or dispute might arise that then the Prouinces confedered to haue the interpretation of the true meanyng thereof who by a common aduise and consent shall hereon ordeine as thei shall thinke moste meete and pertinent But if so be thei are not able to agree herevpō that then thei shall haue recourse vnto the Lordes Lieutenauntes of the Prouinces in forme as aforesaied 22 Likewise if so be that it were thought to be a thing necessarie either to augment or alter the Articles of this vnion confederacie or league in any the pointes or Articles that then the same also to bee doen by the common aduise and consent of the saied Prouinces confedered and not otherwise 23 All whiche Poinctes and Articles and euery of theim in perticuler the saied Prouinces haue promised and by these presentes doe promise to obserue and followe cause to be obserued and followed without crossyng or causyng theim to bee crossed neither yet suffer thē directly or indirectly to bee crossed in any maner whatsoeuer And if so be that any thyng be by any one of them doen or attempted to the cōtrary thei pronounce the same to bee nothyng nor of any valure and herein binde them selues and all the enhabitauntes of their Prouinces and respectiuely all the Cities and euery member of them and also all persones and gooddes and that all those whatsoeuer whiche any waie should goe about the crossyng of the obseruation of these presentes and whatsoeuer dependeth thereon might bee arrested and troubled in all places and before all Magistrates Iudges and Iustices where soeuer thei shall bee founde or taken And for this cause might caste of all Exceptions Graces Pri●ledges Releuementes and generally all other benefites of Lawes whiche any wate might serue their tournes contrary herevnto and especially against the Lawe saiyng that a generall forsakyng or castyng of taketh no place where an especiall goeth not before 24 And for the greater confirmation hereof the Lordes Liutenauntes of the saied Prouinces whiche now are or hereafter shall bee together all Magistrates and chief Officers of euery Prouince Citie or any member of them shall be bounde to promisse to obserue and keepe and cause to be obserued and kepte this vnion and confederacie and euery Article thereof in perticuler 25 All swornemen Brotherhoods Collegiannes likewise who are resiant within any of the Cities or places of this vnion ought by othe to promisse to obserue and keepe them 26 And herevpon shall letters bee made in due forme whiche by the Lordes Lieutenauntes and principall members and Cities of the Prouinces especially required by the reste be sealed and by their Secretarie respectiuely subscribed These poinctes and articles aforesaied A subscribyng of the vnion of Vtright by the Lordes and Deputies of the Cities are subscribed by the Deputies of Geldreland the Count of Zurphen and namely by my Lorde Ihon Count of Nassou Lieutenaunt of the saied Countries for hym self and with the rest of the Substitutes in the name of the common order of Knighthoode of the saied Duchy of Geldrelande and Countie of Zurphen together with the Deputies of Hollande Sealande Vtright and the Countries nere round about Vtright assembled and aucthorized as aboue said finally staied and concluded vpon And thesaied Deputies of the Countries of Geldrelande and Countie of Zurphen for a larger declaration of the Barons of the great and small Cities and of the said Duchy and Countie haue taken a further longer daie vnto the 9. of February next commyng in the Citie of Vtright with the Cōmissioners of the Estates there And this was doen at Vtright the 13. of Ianuary 1579. And for the greater assuraunce emongest the rest was subscribed vnderneath the signature of Mounsieur the Lieutenaunt abouesaid and the said Deputies Ihon Graeffzu Nassou Catzenellebogh c. And on the behalfe of the knightes of the Duchy of Geldrelande and Countie of Zurphen Alexandre de Telight Giles Piec Ioachim de Liere Alexandre Bentink On the behalfe of the Hollanders G. Poelgeest P. Busshe Rene Cant. On the behalf of the Estates of Sealande Willyam Roesius Nieholas Blankis Peter le Riche Iasper Vospergen On the behalf of the Estates of Vtright Ausonius de Galama By the cōmaundement of the Chapter Scorus Iames Verbaer vicedeane of S. Peters Of the Chaplers Mandate Adrian de Suylen Lambert de Bourgh By the cōmaundement of the Chapter F. de Wyen Eng. Reignold de Azewyne Bartholomewe de la Waell Nicholas de la Zuylon A. D. Leyden Lubert de Cleues On the behalfe of the Estates of the Countries nere rounde about Egbert Clants E. Ierges As certaine semed to make some difficultie vpon the 13. Article of this vnion and so staied the 13. of this moneth emongest the Deputies of the Countries of Geldrelande and Zurphen Hollande Sealande Vtright and the Countries nere aboute betweene Eems and Leuwers as if thei had meant to receiue none into the saied vnion but suche as would suffer the peace of the Religion deuised by the Archeduke of of Austriche and his Counsell with the aduise of the generall Estates or at the least whiche of the twoo Religions to witte the Romishe Catholique and the reformed And therfore for this cause haue the saied Deputies whiche are to deale in this vnion and establishyng of the same for the auoidyng of all intended mischief and mistruste meant hereby to declare that thei neuer yet endended nor at this tyme doe entende to barre any Cities or Prouinces who will onely stande to the Romishe Catholique Religion from the saied vnion and league and where the nomber of the Enhabitauntes of the saied reformed Religion is not greate yet that thei maie by vertue of the saied peace of Religion enioye the exercise of the reformed Religion And yet thei shall notwithstandyng the same bee ready to receiue into this vnion all suche Cities and Prouinces whiche will onely stande to the saied Romishe Religion so that thei will be bounde to all the rest of the poinctes and Articles of the said vnion and behaue them selues as good defenders of their Countries seeyng there is none other meanyng but that one Prouince or Citie should not deale and contende against an other in the cause of Religiō and that to bee doen for the better holdyng of the peace and concord emongest the Prouinces and the auoidyng and cuttyng of the principallest occasions whiche might cause diffention and discorde Giuen at Vtright the first of February 1579. An Amplification of the 15. Article Where in the 15. Article here

the Deputies culled out certaine Articles whiche shoulde serue for a full resolution which his Excellencie hauing receiued digested them in order as followeth Articles agreed vpon and signed Articles digested into forme and order TO the ende that all troubles and discordes which haue fallen out within this Citie of Antwerpe by reasō of religion might cease be for euer stayed and that all the Citizens Inhabitauntes thereof might from hencefoorth liue soberlye and peaceablye in all loue and amitte together and the negotiation or traffique bee brought againe vnto the olde trade and this Citie be defended from all further inconueniences So it is that after diuers communications and deliberations heereuppon had and holden and diuers poyntes and Articles propounded both on the one side and on the other my Lorde the Prince of Orange Vicount of this Citie and the appoynted Gouernour thereof in his Maiesties name and the right woorshipfull the Scowte or Marshall Boroughmaisters and Sheriffes of the same haue as it were by way of tolleration vntill suche time as his Maiestie with the aduise of the Generall Estates of these lowe Countries shal bee able otherwise to dispose and ordeyne agreed with those of the new Religion and permitted and tollerated these poyntes and Articles hereafter written which they of the Religion haue also promised and are bounde to keepe and follow 1 First of all they maye no way hinder nor trouble the Seruice Sermons nor other Church matters nor yet any of the Catholique religiō nor cause them to be hindred troubled nor indamaged by any manner of meanes soeuer 2 Also they maye not occupie nor yet keepe their Sermons or other exercises of their religion in anye Churches Monasteries or other hallowed places but onelye in some of the three places vndernamed to witte in the voyde or waste grounde of Paule van Gamer in the horse market In the voyde or waste grounde of Maister Lyekercke in Wapper or in the whiting garden in the Hospitall medowes harde by the Garden of the Archers and Arbalisters Prouided alwayes that if they canne gette none of these places aforesaide that then by the consent of his Excellencye they maye in steede of them vse some other places of the like bignesse and scituation and for so many vse those places in the newe Towne whiche heretofore they ware woonted to haue their Sermons in 3 At which places they may all at one time preach on the Sunday and vppon festiuall or holie dayes but vppon none other daies except it be on the Wednesday when there falleth not an holy daye in that weeke And they may haue for euerie preaching place a Minister and another to be ioyned with him who by reason of sicknes absence or other let may supply the others place as an assistaunt 4 Also that all these Preachers and Ministers muste bee borne in the Countries Subiecte to his Maiestie or els bee Citizens of some good Citie or Towne of those lowe Countries And thereuppon shall sweare vnto his Excellencye or in his absence to the Magistrate to bee obedient and faithfull in all matters of pollicie so longe as they shal remayne there 5 They may not haue nor beare to nor fro vnto the Sermons and of assemblie any Harquebusses Pistolles Holbardes or other forbidden weapons Alwayes prouided that no manne shall trouble anye of them for wearing either sworde or dagger 6 Item they shall in all matters of pollicie bee obetient vnto the Superiors and Magistrates and bee contributories to all the common charges of the Citie euen as all the reste of the Inhabitauntes and imploye them selues for the conseruation tranquilitie and common weale therof as wel as they 7 Item that all Preachers of what Religion soeuer they bee shall take heede howe they vtter anye despitefull rayling and iniurious wordes and generally all seditious speeches whether it be against anthority or the magistrate or against those of another religion Alwaies prouided that any thing cōcerning doctrine or the exercise of religion the reprehending of manners and disordered kind of life shall not be taken for seditious wordes 8 Item that his Excellencie may depute any Magistrate to be present at the choosing of any ministers Elders or deacons of their Churches or at their meetings together for the handling of any other cause concerning their Religion to that end he might alwaies make a true and faithful reporte both to his Excellency and to the Magistrate 9 Item that one of them maye not mocke another ueyther yet hinder hurte nor doe violence one to another anye manner of way by reason of the diuersitie of Religion but shal be bound to helpe one another if so be any violence or wrong be done vnto them 10 Item that no person whatsoeuer he be of the one religion or the other may stop the law either in apprchēding punishing or executing of Churchrobbers or offenders either yet in any other cause whatsoeuer but that the malefactors may bee dealte withall according to iustice 11 Item that none may sing in the streets where any people shall assemble or may be assembled 12 Item that his excellency the Magistrate of this citie shal not onely protect those of the religion but also generally all the inhabitants of this citie liuing in obedience peace and politike vnitie without regard whether they be of the Catholike or of this religion 13 All which poynts articles the ministers preachers of their Religion shal in al their sermons declare againe vnto the people admonish them with al speed to order and behaue them selues accordingly 14 Item that all the poyntes heeretofore mentioned shal as it were by way of tolleration bee inuiolably obserued and kepte vntill suche time as his Maiesty with the aduise of the generall estates of this countrey haue otherwise ordeined vnto the whiche ordinaunce those of the religion from thencefoorth shal be subiect and from this present promise to folow and keepe Alwaies prouided that if herein any thing shal bee established contrary to their conscience and religion that in this case there shal be a fit time agreed vpō that they may without impeachmēt freely get them away out of the countrey with their goods whethersoeuer they please 15 Item that the Preachers ministers elders deacons and other seruitours in their Churches with a good number of the best qualified in their Religion shal agree to these articles promise to keepe cause thē to be kept to thevttermost of their power subscribe also for the greater assuraunce of this present act Prouided alwayes that they shall not by reason of this subscribing in time to come be suspected troubled nor hunted after And his Excellencie with a secretary in the name of the Magistrate of this citie shall subscribe also for their safetie vnto this present Acte of whiche two shall bee expedient the one for his Excellency and the Magistrate and the other for those of the religion In witnes wherof this present act is

concluded vpon and subscribed as aforesaid the 12. of September 1566. And signed by William of Nassau Mandato commissorum Polities AND although there were two or three poyntes heerein whiche the Deputies woulde gladlye haue altered or at the leaste haue hadde them more playnely sette downe yet neuerthelesse beeyng satisfied with the woordes of his Excellencies owne mouth this accorde was signed by the Ministers and Gouernors of the Church with a good number of the beste qualified and other members thereof The first day of the said conference and communication with his Excellencie the saide deputies hauing vnderstood of the slaunders that they of the religion were still more and more charged with and that the chiefe Officers made shew to beleeue them First that the people had beene excited and stirred vppe by the Sermons to pull downe Idolles as hauing beene taught to thrust out all Idolles not onelie from their heartes but from their eyes also and not onelye to breake them in peeres but also to burne them to ashes that the memorye of them might cleane bee quenched out Moreouer that the say●e Suppliantes had hyred certaine people to pull downe the Images Item that the ministers had also taught that they were no more bounde to paye the Assyses or custome or at the least not so greate as heeretofore they had done Item that they had concluded to take the Towne house chaunge the Magistrate and expulse all such out of the citie as were not of their religion Item that they should bragge that they would not once suffer any exercise of the Romish religion in this Citie and many such other like leasings whereupon they were inforced for the purging and iustifiyng of them selues to exhibite a supplication as well to his Excellencie as also to the Magistrate and Counsell of the Citie of Antwerpe conteyning ouer and beside the saide Iustification a graunt of certayne Churches built within the sayde Citie so greate and so manye as shoulde bee thought necessarie for the greatnesse and multitude of the people Moreouer the saide Suppliants of the religion prayed to haue a good answere vnto their supplication of euery act with a copie therof foorthwith a graunt that they might cause the same to bee imprinted for the benefite vnity and quiet of the citie of Antwerpe Now there was no answere vnto their supplication because the chiefe Officers presupposed that the Articles whiche were ready to be concluded vppon shoulde bee a sufficient prouiso for the whole And as for that poynt of the burying of the dead it was sayde vnto them that they might bury them in the publique churchyardes of the Citie There was also at that time published the abolition of the Spanishe Inquisition and commissions in manner and forme as followeth A Proclamation proclaymed and set foorth by Syr Iohn of Imersele knight Lorde of Bowdrie the Scoute or Marshall the Boroughmaisters Sheriffes and Counsell of the Citie of Antwerpe the last of August 1566. BE it knowen vnto all men on the behalfe of my Lorde the Prince of Orange The abolishing of the inquisition and commissions as geuernor and chiefe of thie Citie of Antwerpe appointed thereto by his maiestie and also on the behalfe of the Lordes of the saide citie First that our soueraigne Lorde the kings most excellent maiestie according to his greate clemencie and natur all goodnes tender affection hauing had regard and consideration to and of the quiet benefit and prosperitie of the lowe countries his true and lawfull inheritance hath expresly agreed declared and consented that the inhabitants and citizens of this citie and of all the lowe countries shall bee deliuered and for euer continue acquited discharged and vtterly disburdened of the Inquisition which not manie monethes sithence hath beene so muche spoken of and muttered at through out al the sayde lowe Countreys And hencefoorth shall bee and so still continue franke and free vtterly discharged of all the ordinaunces and Commissions sette downe and graunted about the cause of heresies and controuersies in religion which haue any way heretofore been had and published And that for and vntill such time as by newe and generall Commissions which by his Maiestie with the aduise of the generall Estates of the said countreys about the state of religion shall bee ordeyned and established it bee generally otherwise purueyed for and ordeyned according to which from that tyme forwarde euery man oughte to behaue and gouerne himselfe and whereon they must relie and be assured A Grapheus AND to the ende that they of either the religion might bee more assured and rest the quietlier there was another edict published by which the chiefe Magistrates tooke vppon them to procect both the one and the other forbidding eyther of them not to seeke to wronge and deale cruelly one with another as by the tenure hereof ensuing may appeare A Proclamation made and sette foorth before the Towne howse by the Lorde Diericke Vander Meeren vnder the Scowte or Marshall the Boroughmaisters and the Sheriffes and councell of the citie of Antwerpe the 3. of September 1566. TO the end that all troubles and diuisions within this Citie might be preuented withstood therewithall in like sor● that the negotiation and trafficke might be restored to his olde trade and that euery man might vnderstand knowe that hence foorth hee may assuredly without any doubt or feare of empeachment or disturbance most peaceably exercise his negociation and so eftsones the exercise of his religion Bee it knowne and by my Lorde the Prince of Orange c. The appointed gouernour in the name of his maiestie and likewise of the chiefe officers of the citie it is commaunded First That no man whatsoeuer hee bee doe take in hande or vppon him to empeache or trouble the seruice of the Churches Monasteries and of the olde Catholike Religion neyther yet missay or wronge any eyther in woorde or deede in whatsoeuer matter vpon payne of the losse both of bodie and goodes or otherwise to bee punished by arbytrement according to the merite of the facte for an example to all others Item That no man of what Estate and condition soeuer hee bee shall empeach nor trouble the exercise of the other religion at this present permitted by waye of tolleration neyther ill or wronge anye man anye kinde of way eyther in worde or deede for the same vpon the like payne and punishment Ouer and besides declaring that his Excellencie and the Citie doe take in hande to protect and saue harmelesse all the enhabitannts and dwellers of the same in general without respect whether they bee of the Catholike or of the other religion whiche as before is suffered by way of tolleration and hath alredie been treated of and agreed vppon with condition notwithstanding that euery man shall liue peaceabile and quietly and obediently to the Magistrate in all matters of policie without charging huntyng after and molesting anye man eyther of the one religion or the other

thei we dare not once laye handes vpon so holie a thyng and besides that the confession of the Colonell and the rest was to bee heard and should goe to Bruxelles with the saied Coule On Wednesdaie came a messenger from the Lieutenaunt to the Toune Clarke callyng for a Passeport that he might goe out of the Toune whiche made the Toune Clarke suspecte the matter wherefore be was taken and ●eyng examined secret letters were found about hym from the Lieutenant Mepsque conteinyng many secret thinges of greate importaunce This beyng doen there was a staie made of all thynges vntill the retourne of those whiche were sent to Bruxelles for the doyng of all matters accordyngly as the Estates should finde to be necessarie for the peace and quiet of the Countrey When the Estates had set an order about these thynges thei gaue vnto the Count Rennenberg The Count of Renneberge commeth into Friselande the dignitie and office of this Robles and sent hym thether for the orderyng of those affaires whiche he so wisely handeled as that after the Souldiers were paied The Toune of Groenyng and all the Countrey of Friselande submitted them selues vnder the obedience of the Estates And the Castle which was now built for a strength was by the appointment of the Count Rennenberg vtterly defaced and razed In Ianuarie 1577. Anno. 1577. A skirmishe by Liege the Scottes whiche were in paie vnder the Estates vnder the conduct of their Colonell Baufour meetyng at the Foote bale within a myle of Liege were so brauely skirmished withall by the Spanyardes as that a greate sort of them were left dead in the place and the rest fled awaie Whiles the Estates warred againste the Spanyardes the king of Spaine sent into the lowe Countreis Don Ihon commeth in to the lowe Countreis Don Ihon of Austriche to be Gouernour who tariyng a while in the Countrey of Luxenbrough for the confirmation and ratifiyng of the pacification that was made at Gaunt before he came into Brabande there was and accorde thereof made at Marche in Famine betweene Don Ihon and the Estates the 12. of February 1577. The 13. The Castle of Vtright ●endred of the saied moneth the Spanyardes who kepte the Castle of Vtright beeyng besieged by the Count Bossu and Seigniour Hierges for want of victualles rendred thesame by composition into the handes of the Count Bossu The aforesaied accorde that was made by Don Ihon was in maner and fourme of a perpetuall Edict and in the ende proclaimed at Bruxelles the 17. of February and the 27. at Antwerpe The Copie whereof hereafter ensueth A perpetuall Edict made by Dō Ihon Phillip by the grace of God Kyng of Castile Leon Arragon Nauarre Naples Sicile Maiorque Sardigne of the Isles of Indie and of the firme lande of the Ocean Sea Ar●h Duke of Austrich Duke of Burgonie Lothier Brabant Limbrough Luxenbrough Gelderlande and Mylaine Count of Harbsbrough Flaunders Artois and Burgonie Palatine of Haynault Hollande Zealande Namure and Zurphen Prince of Suane Marques of the holy Empire Lorde of Friselande Salines Malines of the Citie Tou nes and Countrie of Vtright Oneryssell and Groenyng Commaunder ouer all Asia and Affrique To all to whom these our Letters Patentes shall come to be seene heard and read Greetyng Where sithens Iulie last to our no small griefe and sorrowe there haue many thynges fallen out in our lowe Countries by reason of certaine alterations whiche haue come to passe betweene our Souldiers of Spayne and other forraine Souldiers seruing there by meanes whereof what chaunges aboute the affaires of the Common weale what troubles together what disorders inconueniences euill dealynges and miseries haue thereon ensued all the world right well knoweth We therefore for the reconciliation peace and tranquillitie of our saied lowe Countries and for the administration and generall Gouernement of the same haue sent into our saied lowe Countreis our moste deare and entirely beloued Brother Don Ihon of Austrich Knight of our order of the golden Fleese after whose arriuall in our saied lowe Countreis our foresaied good Brother dealt and concluded first in our Citie of Luxenbrough with our most deare faithfull and welbeloued the reuerent Father in God Dan Mathewe Abbot of Sain●t Gislaine chosen Bishoppe of Arras Charles Phillip of Croye Marques of Hawriche c. Our Cosine and one of the Gentlemen of our Chamber Charles Hanart Baron of Liekirke Vicount of our Citie of Bruxelles and Adolf Meerkirke a Counsellour and Receiuer of our lowe Countrey of Franque within our Countie of Flanders being all of them Commissioners and Deputies for the generall Estates of our saied lowe Countreis And afterwarde at our Citie of Marche and next at our Toune of Huy in the Countrey of Liege By the entermeetyng and intercession at the saied Towne of Huy of the Lordes here vnder named Ambassadors and Deputies for our moste worthie and right welbeloued Brother Rodolf the seconde of that name chosen Emperour of the Romaines alwaies Augustus c. for the bryngyng to passe and settyng forwarde of the saied reconciliation vnyon and accorde by the aforesaied Imperiall Maiestie especially appointed and sent to witt the most reuerent Father in GOD our deare and good Frende Dan Gerarde of Grossebeke Bishoppe of Liege Duke of Buillon Marques of Frauchimont Count of Loo c. Prince of the holy Empire Lorde Phillip le Alde Fraucq Baron and President of Wineabergh and Andrewe Gaile Doctor of the Lawes one of the Counsell of the saied imperiall Mai●stie Werner Lorde of Gimniche Drossat of the Countrey of Iuliers and Ihon Louwerman a practiser in the Lawes both Counsailours to the high and mightie Prince our moste deare and right welbeloued Vncle Willyam Duke of Iuliers Cleue c. and Prince of the holy Empire as Deputies of the saied Prince and Duke and Ambassador vnto the saied Imperiall Maiestie chosen and appointed to the thing aforesaied by the saied Prince and Duke in his absence with our moste deare and faithfull Counsailours of Estate substituted by vs to the generall and priuate gouernement of our saied lowe Countreis And the aforesaied Dan Mathewe Abbot of Sainct Gislaine chosen Bishoppe of Arras Dan Bucho Ayta Archdeacon of Ypres Lorde Fredericke Perenot Baron of Renay The worshipfull Maister Champigni Gouernour of our Citie of Antwerpe Ihon of Sainet Omer Lorde of Morbecque Gouernour of our Citie and Castle of Ayre Francis de Alewin Maister of Sueuegem chiefe Bayliefe and Captaine of our Towne and Castle of Audenarde Knightes and the saied Adolf of Meerkirke Substitutes and Deputies to the saied Estates and lastly in our Citie of Bruxelles where for the containyng and finishyng of the saied Treatie and Accorde met and ioyned together with our saied Counsell of Estate and with the Counsell of the saied Estates the saied Lordes Ambassadors and Deputies of the Empire and the Subdeleagues of the saied Prince and Duke of Iuliers together our most deare and very faithfull Counsailour the Lorde

aboue rehearsed a Prouiso is made and set done for the relieuyng of some Ecclesiasticall persones who had liued and been brought vp in certaine Monasteries and Colleges and by reason of the Religion forsoke them and maie hereafter also forsake them and because of the same it is to bee feared that some sutes and controuersies maie growe and whiche thei knowe well inough to bee already on foote because suche persones will pretende a right in the succession of the gooddes and possessions of their Parentes Brethren Sisters and the reste of their kinsmen and affinitie whiche are by their deathes lefte vnto theim or yet to bee lefte and also those whom thei had in their life tyme vnder the title of Gifte chaunged or els certaine others might be altered chaunged and alienated or after their deathes be assured For this cause the saied Prouinces confedered for the preuentyng of the saied sutes and controuersies whiche thereon might arise haue thought good to suspende and surcease all the sutes instituted or hereafter to be instituted by reason of the cause aforesaied vntill suche tyme as the saied confedered Prouinces and the reste whiche in this vnion and league maie hereafter ioyne together bee otherwise in this behalfe and that by the aucthoritie of the Magistrate also if neede bee ordeined and declared Giuen also by the faied Deputies the first of February 1579. and subscribed Lantzweerrot The 4. of February 1579. appeared in the assemblie of the saied Deputies at Vtright the Deputies of Gaunt hereafter vnderwritten who saied that after thei had seen and perused the poinctes and Articles of thesaid vnion and that by vertue thereof had long before been needefull and by theim thought to bee good by vertue of their letters of trust their especiall procuration and instructiō dated the 27. of Ianuary 1579. had allowed and ratefied theim promisyng with the reste of the confedered Prouinces to keepe obserue and followe the said Articles and euery poincte and tittle of theim In witnesse whereof the saied Drputies haue here vnderneath sette to their handes the daie moneth and yere aforesaied And in the behalfe of the Gantois was subscribed Adolf de Grutere Leuyn Tayart Christofer de la Becque and Lucas Mayart The 5. of Marche 1579. appeared in the assemblie of thesaid Deputies at Vtright the Deputies of the ordenarie knighthood in Nymegue quarter and those also of the Citie of Nymegue who declared that thei had seene and perused the poinctes and Articles of the saied Vnion and whatsoeuer els by vertue thereof is further needefull and thought to be good and necessarie wherevpon by vertue of their instruction thei haue sealed them with the priuie signet of their saied Citie of Nymegue dated the 12. of February 1579. and by these presentes allowed and ratefied the same c Promisyng with the reste of the confedered Prouinces to keepe obserue and followe all those poinctes and euery parte and parcell of thē in particuler In witnesse whereof the saied Deputies together with the ordenary knight hood of the Citie and quarter of Nymegue haue hereunto set to their owne handes the daie monethe and yere aforesaied And subscribed Giles Piec Ihon Kelsken Arnold de Seller Thierry Flemmyng Lambert Ihonson Ihon de Hans The 9. of Marche appeared in the assemblie of the said Deputies of the vnited Prouinces the ordenarie knighthood in the quarters of Arnhem who declared that thei had seen and perused the poinctes and Articles of the said Vnion and whatsoeuer els by vertue thereof was further needefull and thought to bee good and the same by vertue of their letters of trust dated the 18 of February and accordyng to certaine instruction dated the 16 of the same monethe 1579. bothe sealed with the secret signet of the Citie of Arnhem haue by these presentes after lōg and ripe consideration allowed and ratefied and the same doe also allowe c Promisyng vpon the condition as aforesaied to keepe obserue and followe them and euery parte and parcell of theim in perticuler In witnesse whereof the saied Deputies of the Court of the ordenary knighthood in Arnhem quarter haue vnderneath set to their hande the daie moneth and yere abouesaid And subscribed Alexandre Bentincq The 13. of Marche 1579. appeared in the assemblie of the saied Deputies of the vnited Prouinces assembled at Vtright the Deputies of Leewardē Sneecq Franiquer and of certaine places called Grietmans and Grietenien with certaine perticuler Gentlemen of Friselande whose names are sett doune in their procuration Who saied that thei had seen and perused the poinctes and articles of the saied Vnion and whatsoeuer els by vertue of theim was further needefull and whiche thei thought to bee right good who by vertue of their procuration dated the 12. of March 1579. had allowed approued ratefied by these presentes did also allowe approue and ratefie them promising with the rest of the confedered Prouinces to keepe obserue and followe those poinctes and euery parte and parcell of theim in perticuler In witnesse whereof the saied Deputies of the saied Cities of Leewarden Sneecque Franiquer and of certaine places called Grietmans and Grietenien with certaine particuler Gentlemen of Friselande haue here vnderneath sette to their handes the daie monethe and yere aforesaied and subscribed B. Idzaerde lelle Sibess The 11. of Aprill 1579. appeared in the assemblie of the said Deputies of the Vnited Prouinces at Vtright assembled the Deputies of the Citie of Venlo namely Gerard de Loha Harman de Laet Cornelissen Sheriffes Iames Goris a Counseller and Ihon de Groot as ordenary Deputies for the same place Who there saied that thei had seen and perused the pointes and Articles of the saied Vnion and whatsoeuer by vertue thereof was further needefull thei thought to be good and had allowed approued and ratefied by these presentes did allowe approue and ratefie them to be suche by vertue of their instruction dated the 3. of Aprill 1679 Promisyng with the rest of the confedered Prouinces to keepe obserue followe them and euery part and parcell of them in perticuler In witnesse whereof the said Deputies of the saied Citie of Venlo haue here vnderneath sett to their handes the daie monethe and yere abouesaied And subscribed Girard de Lohn Herman de Laet Cornelissen Iames Goris Ibon de Groot Where his Excellencie for the conseruation and maintainaunce of the Common weale the Lawes and franchises of the lowe Countries thought it alwaies verie profitable and necessarie that all good amitie vnion and concord betwene the Prouinces of the saied Countries Cities and perticuler members of the same was to be kept whereby the comon Enemie might with greater force common power and mutuall assistaunce bee not onely resisted and repulsed But also to cut of all meanes of sowyng and procuryng any entended unschiefe or dissentiou emongest the same Prouinces Cities or their members aswell by reason of the difference that is in Religion as otherwise and therefore his Excellencie hauyng seene a