Inhoudsopgave
Preface
Introduction
1 Philip II to the duchess of Parma, 17 October 1565
2 A brief discourse sent to King Philip, our prince and sovereign
lord, for the interest and profit of His Majesty and in particular of his
Netherlands, in which are expounded the means that should be applied to
obviate the troubles and commotion about religion and to extirpate the sects
and heresies that abound in the Low Countries, 1566
3 Compromise, January 1566
4 Petition of 5 April 1566
5 The description of the events which happened in the matter of
religion in the Netherlands, 1569
6 Philip II to the duchess of Parma, 31 July 1566
7 The prince of Orange to the duchess of Parma, Antwerp, 4
September 1566
8 Second letter of the prince of Orange to the duchess of Parma, 4
September 1566
9 A true narrative and apology of what has happened in the
Netherlands in the matter of religion in the year 1566. By those who profess
the reformed religion in that country, 1567
10 Request of those of the new religion to the nobles confederated
in the Compromise, 1567
11 The prince of Orange's warning to the inhabitants and subjects
of the Netherlands, 1 September 1568
12 Faithful exhortation to the inhabitants of the Netherlands
against the vain and false hopes their oppressors hold out to them, 1568
13 Direction for the deliverance of the Netherlands from the
Spaniards. To William of Nassau, prince of Orange, 1571
14 Remonstrance of William of Nassau, prince of Orange etc.,
redeemer of the freedom of the Netherlands, to the States and the people,
1572
15 Instruction and advice for the Honourable Philip Marnix, lord of
St Aldegonde etc., delegate of my gracious lord and prince, the prince of
Orange, to go to the town of Dordrecht on behalf of His Highness and to
address the assembly of the States as directed and charged by His Highness,
1572
16 Missive from the knights, nobles and towns of Holland to the
States of the country, 12 September 1573
17 A missive in the form of a supplication to His Royal Majesty of
Spain, on behalf of the prince of Orange, the States of Holland and Zeeland,
etc., 1573
18 The prince of Orange to Philip Marnix, Delft, 28 November 1573
19 The prince of Orange to Count John of Nassau, Dordrecht, 7 May
1574
20 A kind admonition to the States of Brabant, Flanders etc. on
their supplication handed to Don Luis de Requesens, 1574
21 Discourse of John Junius de Jonghe, 1574
22 Brief and true account of what happened at the peace negotiation
of Breda, 20 March 1575
23 Pacification of Ghent, 8 November 1576
24 First Union of Brussels, 9 January 1577
25 Advice and answer of the prince of Orange and the States of
Holland and Zeeland to some articles concluded in the form of a Perpetual
Edict, 19 February 1577
26 Letters written by His Highness to the States, prelates, nobles,
towns and some private persons of the provinces of the Netherlands, 14
August 1577
27 A short account of the true causes and reasons which have forced
the States General of the Netherlands to take measures for their protection
against Don John of Austria, 1577
28 Articles by which Archduke Matthias was accepted as governor and
captain-general of the provinces in the Netherlands, 1577
29 Second Union of Brussels, 10 December 1577
30 Answer to a pamphlet entitled ‘Declaration of the opinion of
lord Don John of Austria’, 1578
31 Answer from the States General of the Netherlands to a
proposition from His Imperial Majesty, 1578
32 A letter containing an advice concerning the state of affairs in
the Netherlands, 1 June 1578
33 A supplication to His Highness and to members of the Council of
State handed in by the inhabitants of these Netherlands, who protest that
they desire to live according to the reformation of the Gospel, 22 June 1578
34 Cry of the watchman. A warning to all lovers of the glory of
God, the fatherland and its privileges and freedoms, 1578
35 The true patriot to the good patriots, 1578
36 A discourse upon the permission of freedom of religion, called
Religions-vrede in the Netherlands, 1579
37 Treaty of the Union, eternal alliance and confederation made in
the town of Utrecht by the countries and their towns and members, 29 January
1579
38 A discourse containing a true understanding of the Pacification
of Ghent, of the Union of the States and other ensuing treaties in the
matter of religion, 1579
39 Discourse of Elbertus Leoninus, councillor of State, to the
States General at Antwerp, 11 April 1579
40 Letters from the States of the Netherlands to the Electors and
other commissaries of His Imperial Majesty sent to Cologne to make peace, 10
September 1579
41 A brief discourse upon the peace negotiations which are now
taking place at Cologne between the king of Spain and the States of the
Netherlands, 1579
42 Advice and counsel of the prince of Orange on some articles sent
to His Excellency by the deputies of the Union, 28 September 1579
43 About the constraint upon conscience practised in Holland. A
conversation between D.V.C. and N.V.L., 7 November 1579
44 Proceedings of the peace negotiations at Cologne, in the
presence of the commissaries of His Imperial Majesty, 1581
45 Remonstrance made to the deputies of the States General at
Antwerp, by the prince of Orange, 9 January 1580
46 The return of harmony in the Netherlands by the return of
Madame, 1580
47 Emanuel and Ernest. Dialogue of two persons on the state of the
Netherlands, 1580
48 Apology or Defence of His Serene Highness William by the grace
of God prince of Orange etc. against the ban or edict published by the king
of Spain, 1581
49 Edict of the States General of the United Netherlands by which
they declare that the king of Spain has forfeited the sovereignty and
government of the afore-said Netherlands, with a lengthy explanation of the
reasons thereof, and in which they forbid the use of his name and seal in
these same countries, 26 July 1581
50 A true warning to all worthy men of Antwerp, 1581
51 A fraternal warning to all Christian brethren, who have been
ordained by God to elect the authorities and magistrates in the towns of the
united provinces, in which the Holy Gospel is preached and the reformed
religion is exercised, 6 August 1581
52 Remonstrance of His Excellency at Antwerp to the States, 1
December 1581
53 Advice of the prince of Orange as to which course to take in the
critical situation in which the Netherlands find themselves, 7 February 1583
54 Answer from a good patriot and citizen of the town of Ghent to
the notorious pamphlet entitled: Advice of a citizen of the town of Ghent,
who has become embittered by the calamities in his town, 1583
55 A discourse outlining the best and surest form and frame of
government to be established in the Netherlands in these times, 1583
56 An explanation of the advice published in the name of the prince
of Orange with a corollary, 1583
57 A warning to all honest inhabitants of the Netherlands, who are
united and allied to protect the freedom of their religion, and all persons,
privileges and old usages against the tyranny of the Spaniards and their
adherents, 1583
58 A humble discourse and simple exposition of the only means of
protecting from now on these poor oppressed Netherlands from further
destruction and how to end soon this deplorable war, 1583
59 About the present condition of government in the Netherlands,
1583
60 A missive from the States General to the towns of Ghent and
Bruges, 15 March 1584
61 A remonstrance to the States General about the restoration and
the maintenance of the State of the Netherlands (by a nobleman of Flanders),
1584
62 Discourse of a nobleman, a patriot partial to public peace, upon
peace and war in these Low Countries, 1584
63 A short instruction by one who has at heart the prosperity of
these Netherlands, in which it is clearly shown that it is lawful to resist
a king or lord of the country, 1586
64 Prouninck's Apology, 10 March 1587
65 Thomas Wilkes' Remonstrance to the States General and the States
of Holland, March 1587
66 A short exposition of the rights exercised by the knights,
nobles and towns of Holland and West Friesland from time immemorial for the
maintenance of the freedoms, rights, privileges and laudable customs of the
country, 16 October 1587
67 Adrian Saravia: The reasons why some of the magistrates of
Leyden have conceived a bad opinion of me and caused me to be suspected by
the States of Holland, 6 October 1588
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