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Sainte Aldegonde's position had become a painful one. The net had been drawn closely about the city. The bridge seemed impregnable, the great Kowenstyn was irrecoverably in the hands of the enemy, and now all the lesser forts in the immediate vicinity of Antwerp-Borght, Hoboken, Cantecroix, Stralen, Berghen, and the rest had likewise fallen into his grasp.
He assumed, in his letters to his master, that the absolutism already existed of right and in fact, which it was the intention of Philip to establish. The estates, he wrote, had usurped the whole administration of the finances, and had farmed it out to Antony Van Stralen and others, who were making enormous profits in the business.
Alexander Farnese, The Duke of Parma Sainte Aldegonde's position had become a painful one. The net had been drawn closely about the city. The bridge seemed impregnable, the great Kowenstyn was irrecoverably in the hands of the enemy, and now all the lesser forts in the immediate vicinity of Antwerp-Borght, Hoboken, Cantecroix, Stralen, Berghen, and the rest had likewise fallen into his grasp.
He assumed, in his letters to his master, that the absolutism already existed of right and in fact, which it was the intention of Philip to establish. The estates, he wrote, had usurped the whole administration of the finances, and had farmed it out to Antony Van Stralen and others, who were making enormous profits in the business.
Alexander Farnese, The Duke of Parma Sainte Aldegonde's position had become a painful one. The net had been drawn closely about the city. The bridge seemed impregnable, the great Kowenstyn was irrecoverably in the hands of the enemy, and now all the lesser forts in the immediate vicinity of Antwerp-Borght, Hoboken, Cantecroix, Stralen, Berghen, and the rest had likewise fallen into his grasp.
Alexander Farnese, The Duke of Parma Sainte Aldegonde's position had become a painful one. The net had been drawn closely about the city. The bridge seemed impregnable, the great Kowenstyn was irrecoverably in the hands of the enemy, and now all the lesser forts in the immediate vicinity of Antwerp-Borght, Hoboken, Cantecroix, Stralen, Berghen, and the rest had likewise fallen into his grasp.
He assumed, in his letters to his master, that the absolutism already existed of right and in fact, which it was the intention of Philip to establish. The estates, he wrote, had usurped the whole administration of the finances, and had farmed it out to Antony Van Stralen and others, who were making enormous profits in the business.
To effect this he succeeded by fair and flattering words in securing the presence of both Egmont and Hoorn at Brussels. At the same time their secretaries and papers were seized, and Antony van Stralen, the burgomaster of Antwerp, was placed under arrest.
He assumed, in his letters to his master, that the absolutism already existed of right and in fact, which it was the intention of Philip to establish. The estates, he wrote, had usurped the whole administration of the finances, and had farmed it out to Antony Van Stralen and others, who were making enormous profits in the business.
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