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Champagny, brother of Granvelle, and royal governor of the city, wrote in haste to apprise Requesens of the approaching danger. The Grand Commander, attended only by Vitelli, repaired instantly to Antwerp.
To these manifold evils was now added one more terrible, in the appearance of the plague, which broke out at Ghent in the month of October, and devastated a great part of the Netherlands; not, however, with that violence with which it rages in more southern climates. Requesens, overwhelmed by difficulties, yet exerted himself to the utmost to put the best face on the affairs of government.
Numbering at least three thousand, they encamped on the esplanade, where Requesens appeared before them alone on horseback, and made them an oration. They listened with composure, but answered briefly and with one accord, "Dineros y non palabras," dollars not speeches. Requesens promised profusely, but the time was past for promises.
Early in the following year, the provinces still remaining under martial law, all the Utrecht charters were taken into the possession of government, and deposited in the castle of Vredenberg. It was not till after the departure of Alva, that they were restored; according to royal command, by the new governor, Requesens.
He attempted immediately after his arrival in the Netherlands to bring about a peace through the mediation of St. Aldegonde, but Orange was too suspicious to enter into it. Requesens put down robbery and murder, but he was neither able to abrogate the Council of Blood nor to alleviate the oppressive taxes.
Bartholomew Ill effects of the crime upon the royal projects Hypocrisy of the Spanish government Letter of Louis to Charles IX. Complaints of Charles IX. Secret aspirations of that monarch and of Philip Intrigues concerning the Polish election Renewed negotiations between Schomberg and Count Louis, with consent of Orange Conditions prescribed by the Prince Articles of secret alliance Remarkable letter of Count Louis to Charles IX. Responsible and isolated situation of Orange The "Address" and the "Epistle" Religious sentiments of the Prince Naval action on the Zuyder Zee Captivity of Bossu and of Saint Aldegonde Odious position of Alva His unceasing cruelty Execution of Uitenhoove Fraud practised by Alva upon his creditors Arrival of Requesens, the new Governor-General Departure of Alva Concluding remarks upon his administration.
Requesens himself came to Schouwen to give directions concerning this important enterprise. Chiapin Vitelli also came thither in the middle of the winter, and was so much injured by a fall from his litter, while making the tour of the island, that he died on shipboard during his return to Antwerp.
Till the 27th August of the following year the executioner never rested, and when Requesens, successor to Alva, caused the prisons of Mons to be opened, there were found still seventy-five individuals condemned to the block, and awaiting their fate. It is the most dreadful commentary upon the times in which these transactions occurred, that they could sink so soon into oblivion.
Alba, discouraged, left the Low Countries in December and was replaced by a Spanish aristocrat, Louis de Zuniga y Requesens. Philip was at last resigned to make some concessions, but remained adamant with regard to religion.
In this despatch he instructed Requesens to inform the Pope as to the recent royal decisions upon the three points, and to state that there had not been time to consult his Holiness beforehand.
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