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Don John of Austria, Governor-General, arrives in the Netherlands His Character and Conduct The States send an Envoy to Elizabeth of England She advances them a Loan of Money The Union of Brussels The Treaty of Marche-en-Famenne, called the Perpetual Edict The impetuous Conduct of Don John excites the public Suspicion He seizes on the Citadel of Namur The Prince of Orange is named Protector of Brabant The People destroy the Citadels of Antwerp and other Towns The Duke of Arschot is named Governor of Flanders He invites the Archduke Mathias to accept the Government of the Netherlands Wise Conduct of the Prince of Orange Ryhove and Hembyse possess themselves of supreme Power at Ghent The Prince of Orange goes there and establishes Order The Archduke Mathias is installed The Prince of Parma arrives in the Netherlands, and gains the Battle of Gemblours Confusion of the States-General The Duke of Alencon comes to their Assistance Dissensions among the Patriot Chiefs Death of Don John of Austria Suspicions of his having been Poisoned by Order of Philip II. The Prince of Parma is declared Governor-General The Union of Utrecht The Prince of Parma takes the Field The Congress of Cologne rendered fruitless by the Obstinacy of Philip The States-General assemble at Antwerp, and issue a Declaration of National Independence The Sovereignty of the Netherlands granted to the Duke of Alencon.
Hembyse also, amply confirming the bad opinion in which the Prince of Orange always held him, returned to Ghent, where he regained a great portion of his former influence, and immediately commenced a correspondence with the prince of Parma, offering to deliver up both Ghent and Termonde.
An attempt was consequently made by the Spaniards to surprise the former town; but the citizens were prepared for this, having intercepted some of the letters of Hembyse; and the traitor was seized, tried, condemned, and executed on the 4th of August, 1584. He was upward of seventy years of age. Ryhove, his celebrated colleague, died in Holland some years later.
But the fate of so insignificant a person as Hembyse passed almost unnoticed, in the agitation caused by an event which shortly preceded his death.
The two tribunes immediately divided the whole honors and authority of administration; Ryhove as military, and Hembyse as civil, chief.
Proscription of the Prince of Orange His celebrated Apology Philip proposes sending back the Duchess of Parma as Stadtholderess Her son refuses to act jointly with her, and is left in the exercise of his Power The Siege of Cambray undertaken by the Prince of Parma, and gallantly defended by the Princess of Epinoi The Duke of Alencon created Duke of Anjou Repairs to England, in hopes of marrying Queen Elizabeth He returns to the Netherlands unsuccessful, and is inaugurated at Antwerp The Prince of Orange desperately wounded by an Assassin Details on John Jaureguay and his Accomplices The People suspect the French of the Crime Rapid Recovery of the Prince, who soon resumes his accustomed Activity Violent Conduct of the Duke of Anjou, who treacherously attempts to seize on Antwerp He is defeated by the Townspeople His Disgrace and Death Ungenerous Suspicions of the People against the Prince of Orange, who leaves Flanders in Disgust Treachery of the Prince of Chimay and others Treason of Hembyse He is executed at Ghent The States resolve to confer the Sovereignty on the Prince of Orange He is murdered at Delft Parallel between him and the Admiral Coligny Execution of Balthazar Gerard, his Assassin Complicity of the Prince of Parma.
They were Francis de Kethulle, lord of Ryhove, and John Hembyse, who each seemed formed to realize the beau-ideal of a factious demagogue. They had acquired supreme power over the people of Ghent, and had at their command a body of twenty thousand resolute and well-armed supporters.
Hembyse having renewed his attempts against the public peace at Ghent, the Prince of Orange repaired to that place, re-established order, frightened the inveterate demagogue into secret flight, and Flanders was once more restored to tranquillity. An attempt was made this year at a reconciliation between the king and the states.
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