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Title: The age of Elizabeth
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Creighton, M. (Mandell), 1843-1901
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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iatory in a little matter, sent-orders that the Netherland pirates were no longer to besupplied with provisions. Forced by hunger, the littlefleet of twenty-four ships, under the command of a rudeFlemish noble, William de la Marck, set sail from Eng-land for a foray. They were driven by stress of weatherto enter the mouth of the Meuse, and came opposite thecity of Brill. More in bravado than with any serious ex-pectation of success, this handful of men, not more than250, sent a message demanding the.surrender of Brill. Apanic seized the magistrates and citizens ; they fled andleft their fortified city to the * water beggars, who tookpossession of the city in the name of the Prince of Orange,stadtholder of the king. The failure of an attempt to regain Brill for theSpaniards gave additional courage to the Netherlanders.Flushing was the first to expel its Spanish government.The example was followed by all the chief cities of Hollandand Zeeland, and many of the cities of Gelderland, Ober-
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landort: Zorupnarvs &. Co. JSdw* Weller a. d. 15 72. Revolt of the Netherlands. 113 yssel, and Friesland. By the middle of 1572 a large por-tion of the Netherlands was in open revolt against Alva. Meanwhile Count Louis of Nassau had been busyin France, where he enlisted the sympathies of theHuguenots, who sent out forces under Genlisto aid him in a bold scheme which he had totheNe-formed, of surprising Mons, the chief city of therlands-Hainault. His surprise was successful, and Alva sawhimself assailed on two sides. In the north the land wasin rebellion; in the south a rising was being promoted byFrench help. When it was too late he abolished his taxof the tenth penny. The revolt had now taken shape.Representatives of the Estates of Holland met at Dortin July, and recognised the Prince of Orange as thekings lawful stadtholder in Holland, Zeeland, Friesland,and Utrecht. There was no talk of throwing off theirallegiance to Philip II.; but against the despotic systemof government int

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