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withdrawal Of tho Ring's favor became moro
lnarkell. Eyon MontiEny Grcw. ,i,oasy. and
prcsacd for permission to rotnrn home. 10 i'll
croaBe thclr alnrn au1 danger. nt h(B time chuan
ulaats IN tho Netherlands. This ofrorstl far
oScMAo to Philip tn sl,ow co1tfuusH anl .tlalruHt Of
tho Envoya. 1t waB In vain t1oy exprcasod .1loir
honor and detcsfation of a,o!l deetla, mud do
violence uf n n,obl led on by fanatics. .li,ov m
Rorte1 that II wns notthor inatigaletl ,ior s,,t,-
ported by tho l.osguc, and llintod that perhaps
the Jchult plotora In rlilip'a Court co,,ll fur
n'fh moro oxact information thau any one e1ao;
Hl'oe tho ond Of tloso ontfagea would givo tllonl
what they n,oHl ardcltly lesircd, control Of
all eccleHasticnl Affairs in tho I.nw Countries.
Tho rupture .botwocn Philip nnd the EnYoya
waH now complete, aud MONO Tho less deadly that
n1lsloly to receive their t1iamsual. as thoy wero
NOW convinced tlloy could ITO longer servo thoir
country by romaining. Iho King evadetl their
rnquest, They prcaeod 1t more firmly. Again
Philip
~. INVADED, gouivooArfp, AMI DELAYED.
Tl,cir frlon,la iu Flandora became alurmcd at
their prolonged absoMco, and wroto, begging
t1lcm to ret,lrn; while thoy impurt,,ued tho
llegcnt with demands to recall for EnbaaBy,
SINCE ts fruitlcastloss waa npparont to all oycs,
und oyol, nho muat neo 1t. Afargorot put ti,c,r,
or with fair promises, hut waH herself In utter
iguora,lco of tho allortlivel lounro on which aho
now hold hor power.
At last, out Of tho cold torpid depths Of Phil
ipa bra, his policy slowly evolved itncf. Mar
s,arot was removed from tho Rogoucy without
ono expression Of gratitude for ber long. !abori-
ouA aorvice1, Alva waa to ho aont to Tho Nethcr-
lands; Grange. Egmottt, at,d Horn "oTo to 10
deatrol1ea civil and religious liberty was 10 90
bo rest,tcsd to tho sou'!eaa, n;ndtcsa waste that
Phitip called "peacu" in Spain. Wllo yet
this T1a1, wan In abpyance, lilo Euyoss wrote to
Margaret asking her to ntorcotlc With ior BROTH
L. -l.,.1k {~AfN U9ht{ {fh&
sho,.Il sl.e refuse, or should her efforts prove
tlnavailing. they would hayo bitter oauso
Of compliant against Her lIighness aud against
thoAo porHons who had pressed this nfasion upon
to llor brother, requesting lcare for them to re-
turn homo. No lcttor Of this purrort can be
found, but ono In which sho asked Philip to koep
them IN Spain until the troubles III F|antiors
woro acttled, IL sitl preserved in tho archives.
1t is hardly probsblo that thoro over was arch y
latter; of, II tl1oro was, tat 1t should bo lost,
whom ali othcra woto Ravcd. is worry strange.
But thcro ia a strong probability that Margaret
In emergencies proved herdcIf \ worthy Bster Of
hcr brother.
Eorgon. who, from tho first, had regarded this
mission viii. miBgsving nnd doubtg,
NOW EEs.I. I'LL.
E1e looked upon tho appointment Of tho Duko
OF Alva TO taHa command h tho Low Countries
ms tho suu, of all OWL. Tho contamination of.
tho horrors h.e native land was doomed 10 ul.-
dergo under Alva'a administration, aud tho re-
peaiod disappointment Of bis hopo OF onco moro
scoi.4g that land, added to hia fosor. lie grow
worae 30 rapidly that 1t began to bo beliovcd that
q fatal Termination wus certatn. IIcre was d
c,,arco tint rhlip might loao ono OF bis victims
by death. As tho Marquis fever incraaEcd with
out aprareut carse. tho phygieiaI,s wisely COLI
eluded that tho disease WIS ci.lony lnontal; aud
they declared to tho King "that, unless tho pa-
bo 10 el,Rnca Of recovery" After hear!ug tl,is
opinion, Of tic phyhcians Philip wrote. with Ills
own hand, 10 Nuy Gatnox, Princo OF Eloli, \ ctl-
roua lettar, which Ia still III tue archives at 81
mancaR. This letter sl,osra, among other things.
thai tho Kin.'a thoughts OIL paper dill not
frishton linlself, and that ho had no fear Of
their effects Oh osslcyB.
1t commands 1suy Come. to visit Bergen.
Huould lie find him 10 i'll thatlis life In despalred
OF. lie shall give him his permission to return to
Flanders. II, however, there waa = prospect Of
recovery ho waB only to hold out to him tho
hopo TINT sl1ch leayo wond finally be grsntes.
lie WAS further Directed, In case az tho Marquis
death, to SOC TINT tha funeral obsequics were
performed iii manner suitable to tho RINK Of
lilo toceahed and expressive OF tho grief OF tho
King and l.,s Ministers Al bis loss, we'll ~ Of
His aicssy'a grent respect for tho Lords Of the
Low Countries Tl,ls WAS only part OF tho
l'rincoa duties. lIo wns a!Bo to act as executor
Of the Marquis catates. aud was required to take
measures for their scquostration; for, i'll case
rebellion is proved against him, they would be
forfeited TO the Crown" This attention from
tho King to tho rick mln proved oifcctual. lie
| knew from bitter oSperiencs to dread Philip Is
| pr1'niges.
o., the 21st Of 1iay, nfter an absence Of nearly
| thirteen mouths from the Netherlands. He
could collut himself fortunate to escape Inns
iron, Philips hands. Immediately after l'ia death
lie waB gclArcl guilty of trensot, and his eBtatoA
confpcatcd by Mvn for te Grown.
| Ono victim yet sen,ainad.-the less obnoxious
Count OF A1outigny.. lilo was watched Will, re.
.r1,.t1n xs,
o,, Lila movements. Ttla Governors Of the from
tior pruylcos were ordored to taAo great precast-
| tionh to gnRrd againBt the flight Of the Elcntss
Lord. lii 4 short timo Kiontigny fo1,nat himself,
| to all intonta, prisoner, with all the apnu-
| ;sh olicials IN Gaolcrs, and ali Madrid fol
n priBo1i. III the September following the
| death Of Bergen, n courier arrived in Madrid,
bearing dispatches froln Alya relating to TITO nr
rest OF Egniont and Horn. Ordors wore instantly
issued for: tiiu arrost Of Slonttsny lie was cur
of tho Royal troor4: Here, although not por.
ntitset 10 Icnvs tho Ateazar, Ills confinement waa
nut otherwise strict; and ho was allowed to 70.
tain Ills followers aud household, that 1ao hat
brought will, him from FlandelH Aware Iai
| from this pYiunn tho only avenue vi oBral1t
would te bv the sword OF the exuc,tiouer, Mon,
llKny rofuaDt to timely bllblnit aud determined
MARE AN EFFORT FOR I;B own L1HEnHrIoH.
Tic Won over Hot,a Ut the Spanish guard. l},
I
aud wllateycr was headed onIfeot hln escape from
the fortress. Onco outsi.io, l,nraes we're to b.
provided and ho waA 10 litle tu thu nearest sca
polt whore n vessel would be expecting him
Tho plum was wcl Ibid, anI would llave s,tc
cacdod bilt for the carelcHsucaB OF one Of tt
Bllbortlinntes. Communication with tlioae out
aide OF tho prison was carried OH by noans q
tho loayes of broad sont to tle prisoner. On
Of tliosn oAYes. filed with lcttorH atltl droctions
fell nto tho hAt'ds Of 3 soldier not in tile plot
The letters placed III the care OF tho Captain O
tho Guard woro sent to Philip. h1ontigny'
hope waa entloG, and he mover agai
interrupted to eacapo. Philip conteute
linlbolf with hanging tue Spanish soldiers on
gagetl in thia plot. But ho spnred tho Count
Flemish Horrau!s for q tw0-fod reason First
they wero exclsablo. for tAoy were bound +
obey thor master, aud, secondly, they wol
make ,laoful wi4uesAos againBt him. Tiloy wor
allowed to lauguish in prison for some time
when tloy wefo Hout to tho Low Countries
bearing letters from Montigny to hlH friends, re
questiug that, in consideration Of thoir faitllfu
services, ard tho sufrering they lad untlergon
for his sake. they might 10 provided for. Alva
however, spared Mon!ienys friends all troubl
and expense in tl,oir behalf Ite provided fo
thnm himself in hia usual summary manner. II
had them sezel as soon Ut they landed, al
bnu MI fhn0t FIN rot1,}tru main NJ ;unt