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There was little doubt entertained as to the opinions held by the rest of the aristocratic party, then commencing their manoeuvres in Ghent. Their sentiments were uttered with sufficient distinctness in this remarkable session. Hessels, the old Blood Councillor, was then resident in Ghent; where he discharged high governmental functions.
Orange invited to visit Brussels His correspondence upon the subject with the estates general Triumphant journey of the Prince to the capital Stop put by him to the negotiations with Don John New and stringent demands made upon the Governor His indignation Open rupture Intrigue of Netherland grandees with Archduke Matthias Policy of Orange Attitude of Queen Elizabeth Flight of Matthias from Vienna Anxiety of Elizabeth Adroitness of the Prince The office of Reward Election of Orange to that dignity His complaints against the great nobles Aerschot Governor of Flanders A storm brewing in Ghent Ryhove and Imbize Blood- Councillor Hessels Arrogance of the aristocratic party in Flanders Ryhove's secret interview with Orange Outbreak at Ghent Arrest of Aerschot, Hessels, and others of the reactionary party The Duke liberated at demand of Orange The Prince's visit to Ghent Rhetorical demonstrations The new Brussels Union characterized Treaty with England Articles by which Matthias is nominally constituted Governor-General His inauguration at Brussels Brilliant and fantastic ceremonies Letter of Don John to the Emperor His anger with England An army collecting Arrival of Alexander Farnese Injudicious distribution of offices in the States' army The States' army fall back upon Gemblours, followed by Don John Tremendous overthrow of the patriots Wonderful disparity in the respective losses of the two armies.
Perhaps it was invented, but genuine or fictitious, it was circulated extensively among the popular leaders, and had the effect of proving Madame de Hessels a true prophet. It precipitated the revolution in Flanders, and soon afterwards cost the Councillor his life. "We have already brought many notable magistrates of Flanders over to the aide of his Highness Don John," wrote Hessels.
It was he, as it will be remembered, who habitually fell asleep at that horrible council board, and could only start from his naps to-shout "ad patibulum," while the other murderers had found their work less narcotic. A letter from Hessels to Count de Reux, late royal governor of Flanders, was at the present juncture intercepted.
He had been ordered out from Ghent to oppose a force of Malcontents which was gathering in the neighbourhood of Courtray; but he swore that he would not leave the gates so long as two of the gentlemen whom he had arrested on the twenty-eighth of the previous October, and who yet remained in captivity, were still alive. These two prisoners were ex-procurator Visch and Blood-Councillor Hessels.
"Heretici fraxerunt templa, boni nihili faxerunt contra, ergo debent omnes patibulare," was the comprehensive but barbarous formula of a man who murdered the Latin language as ruthlessly as he slaughtered his contemporaries. Among the ciphers who composed the rest of the board, the Flemish Councillor Hessels was the one whom the Duke most respected.
Blood-councillor Hessels, whose letter genuine or counterfeited had been so instrumental in hastening this outbreak, was most carefully guarded, and to him and to Senator Fisch the personal consequences of that night's work were to be very tragic. Thus audaciously, successfully, and hitherto without bloodshed, was the anti-Catholic revolution commenced in Flanders.
"Heretici fraxerunt templa, boni nihili faxerunt contra, ergo debent omnes patibulare," was the comprehensive but barbarous formula of a man who murdered the Latin language as ruthlessly as he slaughtered his contemporaries. Among the ciphers who composed the rest of the board, the Flemish Councillor Hessels was the one whom the Duke most respected.
"Heretici fraxerunt templa, boni nihili faxerunt contra, ergo debent omnes patibulare," was the comprehensive but barbarous formula of a man who murdered the Latin language as ruthlessly as he slaughtered his contemporaries. Among the ciphers who composed the rest of the board, the Flemish Councillor Hessels was the one whom the Duke most respected.
Champagny wrote to the Prince of Orange that, even if the letter of Hessels were genuine, it proved nothing against Aerschot, and he urged the necessity of suppressing such scene of licence immediately, through the influence of those who could command the passions of the mob.
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