History of the United Netherlands, 1586d

History of the United Netherlands, 1586d

[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.] Should Elizabeth accept the Sovereignty?The Effects of her Anger Quarrels between the Earl and the StatenThe Earl's three CounsellorsLeicester's FinanceChamberDiscontent of the Mercantile ClassesPaul Buys and the OppositionBeen Insight of Paul BuysTruchsess becomes a Spy upon himIntrigues of Buys with DenmarkHis ImprisonmentThe Earl's UnpopularityHis Quarrels with the StatesAnd with the NorrisesHis Counsellors Wilkes and ClerkeLetter from the Queen to LeicesterA Supper Party at Hohenlo'sA drunken QuarrelHohenlo's Assault upon Edward Norris Ill Effects of the Riot. The brief period of sunshine had been swiftly followed by storms. The Governor Absolute had, from the outset, been placed in a false position. Before he came to the Netherlands the Queen had refused the sovereignty. Perhaps it was wise in her to decline so magnificent an offer; yet certainly her acceptance would have been perfectly honourable. The constituted authorities of the Provinces formally made the proposition. There is no doubt whatever that the whole population ardently desired to become her subjects. So far as the Netherlands were concerned, then, she would have been fully justified in extending her sceptre over a free people, who, under no compulsion and without any, diplomatic chicane, had selected her for their hereditary chief. So far as regarded England, the annexation to that country of a continental cluster of states, inhabited by a race closely allied to it by blood, religion, and the instinct for political freedom, seemed, on the whole, desirable. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 4849
Author: Motley, John Lothrop
Release Date: Jan 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English