gentry of the land for his dexterity in such sports.  To Count Charles was awarded upon this occasion the silver cup from the lady of the lists.  Count Bossu received the prize for breaking best his lances; the Seigneur de Beauvoir for the most splendid entrance; Count Louis, of Nassau, for having borne himself most gallantly in the melee.  On the same evening the nobles, together with the bridal pair, were entertained at a splendid supper, given by the city of Brussels in the magnificent Hotel de Ville.  On this occasion the prizes gained at the tournament were distributed, amid the applause and hilarity of all the revellers.

Thus, with banquet, tourney, and merry marriage bells, with gaiety gilding the surface of society, while a deadly hatred to the inquisition was eating into the heart of the nation, and while the fires of civil war were already kindling, of which no living man was destined to witness the extinction, ended the year 1565.

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     All offices were sold to the highest bidder
     English Puritans
     Habeas corpus
     He did his best to be friends with all the world
     Look through the cloud of dissimulation
     No law but the law of the longest purse
     Panegyrists of royal houses in the sixteenth century
     Secret drowning was substituted for public burning
     Sonnets of Petrarch
     St. Bartholomew was to sleep for seven years longer
     To think it capable of error, is the most devilish heresy of all

MOTLEY’S HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS, PG EDITION, VOLUME 10.

The rise of the Dutch republic
John Lothrop Motley, D.C.L., LL.D.
1855
1566 [Chapter VI.]

Francis Junius—­His sermon at Culemburg House—­The Compromise—­ Portraits of Sainte Aldegonde, of Louis ’Nassau, of “Toison d’Or,” of Charles Mansfeld—­Sketch of the Compromise—­Attitude of Orange—­ His letter to the Duchess—­Signers of the Compromise—­Indiscretion of the confederates—­Espionage over Philip by Orange—­ Dissatisfaction of the seigniors—­Conduct of Egmont—­Despair of the people—­Emigration to England—­Its effects—­The request—­Meeting at Breda and Hoogstraaten—­Exaggerated statements concerning the Request in the state council—­Hesitation of the Duchess—­Assembly of notables—­Debate concerning the Request and the inquisition—­ Character of Brederode—­Arrival of the petitioners in Brussels—­ Presentation of the Request—­Emotion of Margaret—­Speech of Brederode—­Sketch of the Request—­Memorable sarcasm of Berlaymont—­ Deliberation in the state council—­Apostille to the Request—­Answer to the Apostille—­Reply of the Duchess—­Speech of D’Esquerdes—­ Response of Margaret—­Memorable banquet at Culemburg House—­Name of “the beggars” adopted—­Orange, Egmont, and Horn break up the riotous meeting—­Costume