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The Advocate in the time of Oldenbarneveldt combined the duties of being legal adviser to the Estates of Holland, and of presiding over and conducting the business of the Estates at their meetings, and also those of the Commissioned-Councillors. He was the leader and spokesman of the Holland deputies in the States-General.
It came, signed by Van Asperen, the president of the Commissioned-Councillors, a strong Orange partisan. On receiving it Tilly is said to have exclaimed, "I will obey, but the De Witts are dead men." Hands were laid upon both with brutal violence; they were dragged into the street; and there with blows of clubs and repeated stabs done to death.
Three companies of soldiers were however drawn up under the command of Count Tilly with orders from the Commissioned-Councillors to maintain order. At the same time the schutterij the civic guard was called out. These latter, however, were not to be trusted and were rather inclined to fraternise with the mob.
The ordinary executive and administrative work of Provincial government was carried out in Holland by a body known as the Commissioned-Councillors Gecommitteerde-Raden; in the other provinces by Deputed-Estates Gedeputeerde-Staten. The Commissioned-Councillors were to the Estates of Holland what the Council of State was to the States-General.
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