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In any case I was never one of those who were in the Archduke's confidence, and my call to the Ballplatz came as a complete surprise. At my first audience, too, we conversed at great length on Roumania and on the question whether the war with Bucharest could have been averted or not. The Emperor was then still under the influence of our first peace offer so curtly rejected by the Entente.
And Armitage answered, quite simply and in the quiet tone that he had used throughout: "I am Frederick Augustus von Stroebel, the son of your sister and of the Count Ferdinand von Stroebel. The Archduke's son and I were school-fellows and playmates; you remember as well as I my father's place near the royal lands.
As he stood breathless and entranced, she seemed to him like that picture by Fiesole, of the angel that comforts the dying. This picture had always been, above all others, the archduke's favorite, and now it stood embodied before him, a living, breathing divinity.
Much effect had been produced, however, by the operations of the archduke's little naval force. The galley of that day, although a child's toy as compared with the wonders of naval architecture of our own time, was an effective machine enough to harass fishing and coasting vessels in creeks and estuaries, and along the shores of Holland and Zeeland during tranquil weather.
When he arrived there the van of the archduke's infantry had already charged the States' advance under Vere, while just behind and on the side of the musketeers and pikemen a large portion of the enemy's cavalry was standing stock still on the green. Without waiting for instructions Lewis ordered a charge. It was brilliantly successful.
If calamity must come, he at least would be held blameless. Such vehement remonstrances from so eminent a source produced the needful effect. Royal letters were immediately sent, placing full powers of treating in the hands of the marquis, and sending him a ratification of the archduke's agreement.
The Earl of Tyrone at that very moment was receiving enthusiastic hospitality at the archduke's court, much to the disgust of the Presbyterian sovereign of the United Kingdom, who nevertheless, despite his cherished theology, was possessed with an unconquerable craving for a close family alliance with the most Catholic king.
No one at the archduke's court knew of the mysterious negotiations save the monk himself, Spinola, Richardot, Verreycken, the chief auditor, and one or two others. The great Belgian nobles, from whom everything had been concealed, were very wroth, but the Belgian public was as much delighted as amazed at the prospects of peace.
On the left was Van der Noot's Zeeland infantry, garnished with four companies of riders under Risoir, which stood near St. Mary's church. The passage from the stream to the downs was not more than a hundred yards wide, being skirted on both sides by a swamp. Here Ernest with his two thousand men awaited the onset of the archduke's army.
Protraction of the siege of Ostend Spanish invasion of Ireland Prince Maurice again on the march Siege of Grave State of the archduke's army Formidable mutiny State of Europe Portuguese expedition to Java Foundation there of the first Batavian trading settlement Exploits of Jacob Heemskerk Capture of a Lisbon carrack Progress of Dutch commerce Oriental and Germanic republics Commercial embassy from the King of Atsgen in Sumatra to the Netherlands Surrender of Grave Privateer work of Frederic Spinola Destruction of Spinola's fleet by English and Dutch cruisers Continuation of the siege of Ostend Fearful hurricane and its effects The attack Capture of external forts Encounter between Spinola and a Dutch squadron Execution of prisoners by the archduke Philip Fleming and his diary Continuation of operations before Ostend Spanish veterans still mutinous Their capital besieged by Van den Berg Maurice marches to their relief Convention between the prince and the mutineers Great commercial progress of the Dutch Opposition to international commerce Organization of the Universal East India Company.
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