id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 4833 Motley, John Lothrop The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 31: 1580-82 .txt text/plain 22815 962 63 Holland and Zealand offer the sovereignty to Orange--Conquest of accepted by Orange--Tripartition of the Netherlands--Power of the states' forces under Sonoy, Hohenlo, Entes, and Count John of Nassau's way," said the Cardinal, "and, as the Prince of Orange is a vile coward, The enclosure was a letter from the Prince of Orange to the Duke of the provinces might be brought to acknowledge the Duke of Anjou as their and solemn manner, requested the Prince to accept the "entire authority states, as representing the provinces, declared that because the King of crowning measure of tyranny--the ban against the Prince of Orange. the distrust so, generally felt in Anjou, the Prince; nevertheless, held by which the states soon afterwards accepted the new sovereign. members of the Brabant estates, with the Prince of Orange at their head, Michael, the Prince of Orange as well as all the great French lords being ./cache/4833.txt ./txt/4833.txt