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The siege of Zuriczee was continued; but speedy dissensions among the members of the government rendered their authority contemptible, if not utterly extinct, in the eyes of the people. The exhaustion of the treasury deprived them of all power to put an end to the mutinous excesses of the Spanish troops, and the latter carried their licentiousness to the utmost bounds.
Requesens had long fixed his eyes on Zealand as the scene of an expedition by which he hoped to repair the failure before Leyden; and he caused an attempt to be made on the town of Zuriczee, in the island of Scauwen, which merits record as one of the boldest and most original enterprises of the war.
Character of Requesens His conciliating Conduct Renews the War against the States Siege of Middleburg Generosity of the Prince of Orange Naval Victory State of Flanders Count Louis of Nassau Battle of Mookerheyde Counts Louis and Henry slain Mutiny of the Spanish Troops Siege of Leyden Negotiations for Peace at Breda The Spaniards take Zuriczee Requesens dies The Government devolves on the Council of State Miserable State of the Country, and Despair of the Patriots Spanish Mutineers The States-General are convoked, and the Council arrested by the Grand Bailiff of Brabant The Spanish Mutineers sack and capture Maestricht, and afterward Antwerp The States-General assemble at Ghent and assume the Government The Pacification of Ghent.
The rearguard, in this extremity, cut off from their companions, was obliged to retreat; but the rest, after a considerable loss, at length reached the land, and thus gained possession of the island, on the night of the 28th of September, 1575. Requesens quickly afterward repaired to the scene of this gallant exploit, and commenced the siege of Zuriczee, which he did not live to see completed.
Zuriczee, admitted to a surrender, and saved from pillage by the payment of a large sum, was lost to the royalists within three months, from the want of discipline in its garrison; and the towns and burghs of Brabant suffered as much from the excesses of their nominal protectors as could have been inflicted by the enemy.
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