burghers-five

Updated: January 25, 2026

Stanley had filled the great square with his troops, but he found that the burghers-five thousand of whom constituted the municipal militia had chained the streets and locked the gates. At seven o'clock Pelham proceeded, to the town-house, and, followed by his train, made his appearance before the magisterial board.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete

Stanley had filled the great square with his troops, but he found that the burghers-five thousand of whom constituted the municipal militia had chained the streets and locked the gates. At seven o'clock Pelham proceeded, to the town-house, and, followed by his train, made his appearance before the magisterial board.

John Lothrop Motley - PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete

Stanley had filled the great square with his troops, but he found that the burghers-five thousand of whom constituted the municipal militia had chained the streets and locked the gates. At seven o'clock Pelham proceeded, to the town-house, and, followed by his train, made his appearance before the magisterial board.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands, 1587a

Stanley had filled the great square with his troops, but he found that the burghers-five thousand of whom constituted the municipal militia had chained the streets and locked the gates. At seven o'clock Pelham proceeded, to the town-house, and, followed by his train, made his appearance before the magisterial board.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)