While the new governor, Don Juan of Austria, was en route, William of Orange got most of the provinces and cities to sign the Pacification of Ghent, in which they declared themselves ready to fight for the expulsion of Spanish troops together.
Mentres o novo gobernador, Juan de Austria, dirixíase a Holanda, Guillerme de Orange conseguiu que a maioría das provincias asinasen a Pacificación de Gante, onde se comprometían a loitar xuntas pola expulsión das tropas españolas.