History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1586c

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1586c

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] Forlorn Condition of FlandersParma's secret Negotiations with the QueenGrafigni and BodmanTheir Dealings with English Counsellors Duplicity of FarneseSecret Offers of the English Peace-Party Letters and Intrigues of De LooDrake's Victories and their Effect Parma's Perplexity and AnxietyHe is relieved by the News from EnglandQueen's secret Letters to ParmaHis Letters and Instructions to BodmanBodman's secret Transactions at Greenwich Walsingham detects and exposes the PlotThe Intriguers baffled Queen's Letter to Parma and his to the KingUnlucky Results of the PeaceIntriguesUnhandsome Treatment of LeicesterIndignation of the Earl and WalsinghamSecret Letter of Parma to PhilipInvasion of England recommendedDetails of the Project. Alexander Farnese and his heroic little army had been left by their sovereign in as destitute a condition as that in which Lord Leicester and his unfortunate "paddy persons" had found themselves since their arrival in the Netherlands. These mortal men were but the weapons to be used and broken in the hands of the two great sovereigns, already pitted against each other in mortal combat. That the distant invisible potentate, the work of whose life was to do his best to destroy all European nationality, all civil and religious freedom, should be careless of the instruments by which his purpose was to be effected, was but natural. It is painful to reflect that the great champion of liberty and of Protestantism was almost equally indifferent to the welfare of the human creatures enlisted in her cause. Spaniards and Italians, English and Irish, went half naked and half starving through the whole inclement winter, and perished of pestilence in droves, after confronting the less formidable dangers of battlefield and leaguer. Manfully and sympathetically did the Earl of Leicesterwhile whining in absurd hyperbole over the angry demeanour of his sovereign towards himself- represent the imperative duty of an English government to succour English troops. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 4846
Author: Motley, John Lothrop
Release Date: Jan 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English