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Jaureguay had duly heard mass, and received the sacrament, before executing his attempt; and in his pockets were found a catechism of the Jesuits, with tablets filled with prayers in the Spanish language; one in particular being addressed to the Angel Gabriel, imploring his intercession with God and the Virgin, to aid him in the consummation of his object.
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.
The young Count Maurice, William's second son, examined the murderer's body; and the papers found on him, and subsequent inquiries, told fully who and what he was. His name was John Jaureguay, his age twenty-three years; he was a native of Biscay, and clerk to a Spanish merchant of Antwerp, called Gaspar Anastro.
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