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42 - Advice and counsel of the prince of Orange on some articles sent to His Excellency by the deputies of the Union, 28 September 1579

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2012

E. H. Kossman
Affiliation:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
A. F. Mellink
Affiliation:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
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After January 1579 when some provinces joined together in the Union of Utrecht the administrative situation became extraordinarily complicated. The prince of Orange stayed with the States General which continued in assembly at Antwerp, but in August he was called to Ghent because of the crisis developing there. In September 1579 some delegates from the Union of Utrecht were sent to Ghent. On 18 September they handed the Prince proposals concerning the peace negotiations at Cologne, the levying of taxes, the negotiations in progress with the duke of Anjou and the government of the country. The prince answered them in the document of 28 September.

As to your third article dealing with the question of the duke of Anjou, His Excellency has this to say. He acknowledges the admirable way in which the provinces and all the subjects have done their duty and sees on the other hand that the king has not displayed the least sign of regard towards his subjects and even less towards the reformed religion. His governors and servants bitterly attack the country, and the articles propounded by those who negotiated with the States in former times and by the duke of Terranova during the recent peace negotiations at Cologne are fallacious.

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Print publication year: 1975

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