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bigram	frequency
don john	1500
united provinces	953
prince maurice	947
de la	802
hundred thousand	776
van der	736
thousand men	685
one hundred	657
soon afterwards	635
united netherlands	607
two thousand	577
two hundred	552
three thousand	546
one day	544
next day	541
five hundred	541
three hundred	534
reformed religion	531
queen elizabeth	507
great britain	492
dutch republic	472
philip ii	472
four thousand	448
th august	444
catholic religion	442
state council	440
four hundred	439
five thousand	430
two years	424
sainte aldegonde	416
every one	406
long time	405
french king	395
civil war	388
de ville	380
took place	378
sir john	373
thousand florins	371
sir francis	366
one side	366
whole country	357
alexander farnese	349
set forth	346
ten thousand	344
every day	341
thousand foot	337
john lothrop	330
religious liberty	329
sixteenth century	329
lothrop motley	327
henry iv	327
every man	323
three days	317
well known	317
will never	316
many years	314
count louis	312
henry iii	309
let us	305
thousand crowns	304
seigneur de	299
sir william	293
obedient provinces	293
two great	284
six hundred	281
six thousand	280
lewis william	280
two days	280
next morning	273
united states	272
three months	272
th july	270
taken place	269
days afterwards	260
roman catholic	254
english government	252
spanish troops	251
eight hundred	250
don frederic	248
days later	245
french court	245
ever since	245
three years	245
thirty thousand	244
la motte	244
make use	241
saint aldegonde	240
thousand pounds	236
madame de	236
van den	235
sir philip	235
first time	233
whole population	231
notre dame	229
one occasion	227
th september	226
low countries	225
fifty thousand	223
twenty years	223
forty years	221
th may	220
thousand horse	218
one man	216
whole world	216
one great	208
catholic majesty	208
long since	208
count egmont	207
five years	207
spanish government	207
french government	207
spanish army	207
count maurice	202
six months	201
one thousand	200
john norris	200
motley jm	200
twenty thousand	199
grand commander	197
take place	194
strong enough	194
per cent	193
military operations	192
religious freedom	191
hundred men	189
great nobles	189
years later	188
archduke albert	188
cautionary towns	188
old man	188
important city	187
reformed church	187
du maurier	186
whole army	185
spanish inquisition	185
religious peace	185
king james	184
th october	183
religious matters	182
th june	182
count john	182
twelve hundred	181
states general	180
de rosny	180
obedient netherlands	180
following day	179
sir thomas	177
la marck	177
history united	176
page illustrations	174
seven thousand	173
will make	173
twelve thousand	173
den berg	172
ancient church	172
made use	171
almost every	171
india company	171
golden fleece	171
th january	170
human beings	169
two months	169
th april	168
following year	168
der myle	168
might well	168
two centuries	168
four years	167
civil authority	165
take possession	165
count horn	164
new religion	164
eight thousand	163
seven years	162
german troops	162
lord treasurer	161
will soon	161
national synod	161
great war	161
roger williams	160
count lewis	160
spanish ambassador	159
good faith	159
thousand infantry	159
greater part	158
fifteen thousand	155
whole force	155
young man	155
hotel de	154
philip sidney	154
ghent treaty	152
de loo	152
years long	152
whose name	151
religious toleration	151
ten years	150
count de	150
town hall	150
hundred years	149
eldest son	149
spanish soldiers	148
medina sidonia	148
emperor charles	148
little doubt	147
th march	147
great deal	146
th february	146
many others	145
general assembly	145
french ambassador	145
little army	144
ever ready	144
english queen	144
majesty will	143
francis vere	142
man whose	142
fifteen hundred	141
large number	141
walloon provinces	141
special mission	140
three centuries	139
old age	139
thousand dollars	139
short time	139
new governor	139
young prince	138
spanish king	137
thirty years	137
make war	137
years ago	136
possessory princes	136
paul buys	136
every thing	136
secret negotiations	135
catholic faith	135
knew better	135
make peace	134
middle ages	134
east india	134
now become	134
sent back	133
india trade	133
six years	133
catholic party	130
general government	129
mean time	129
de bethune	129
secret correspondence	129
universal monarchy	128
lord burghley	128
might prove	128
philip iii	128
privy council	128
ghent pacification	128
cardinal granvelle	127
charles ix	127
foreign troops	127
religious question	126
much less	126
every side	126
without delay	125
english troops	125
last time	125
later period	125
holy inquisition	124
spanish fleet	124
long ago	124
th december	124
little commonwealth	124
true religion	123
every city	123
come back	123
ten days	123
grande place	123
great cause	123
soon became	123
divine right	122
spanish court	122
francis aerssens	121
common cause	121
still remained	121
three weeks	120
might perhaps	120
van eyck	120
high rank	119
public affairs	119
high chancellor	118
never seen	118
great powers	118
whole people	118
th november	118
catholic king	118
either side	117
great man	117
several days	117
well aware	117
protestant princes	116
little republic	116
within three	116
duchess margaret	116
came back	115
supreme authority	115
thousand ducats	115
hundred horse	115
buried alive	115
common people	114
twelve years	114
private letters	114
project gutenberg	113
good deal	113
many times	113
years afterwards	113
north sea	112
take care	112
almost daily	112
secret instructions	112
lord leicester	112
passed away	112
french monarch	111
fifty years	111
never heard	111
years old	110
don carlos	110
thousand soldiers	110
early days	109
human nature	109
absolutely necessary	108
et seq	108
des pruneaux	108
fifteenth century	108
still held	108
seventeenth century	108
come forth	108
gutenberg edition	107
new bishoprics	107
christian king	107
four days	107
one hand	106
english ambassador	106
roman empire	106
invincible armada	105
seven hundred	105
right hand	105
every direction	105
four months	105
holy league	104
shall never	104
ere long	104
de groot	104
blood council	104
saint quentin	104
took possession	104
taken possession	103
hugo grotius	103
two countries	102
john van	102
common enemy	102
set fire	102
la noue	101
don pedro	101
north holland	101
may well	101
thirteenth century	101
will find	100
thousand cavalry	100
great commercial	100
catholic church	100
spanish marriages	100
will give	100
doubted whether	100
every possible	99
great danger	99
take advantage	99
king henry	99
besieging army	99
immediately afterwards	98
french envoy	98
spanish party	98
nothing else	97
laid siege	96
van dyk	96
little later	96
holy office	95
throughout europe	95
much longer	95
great enterprise	95
spanish netherlands	95
royal authority	95
prime minister	94
much better	94
religious persecution	94
whole nation	93
even now	93
peter ernest	93
roman church	93
pray god	93
great number	93
last day	93
almost impossible	93
foreign soldiery	92
weeks later	92
nearly every	92
frederic henry	92
seven provinces	92
two men	92
setting forth	92
jesus christ	91
catholic league	91
marshal de	91
whole body	91
marquis spinola	91
mortal combat	91
take part	91
open country	91
short list	91
motley history	90
sir henry	90
christian religion	90
spanish monarch	90
now made	90
forty thousand	89
rue de	89
six weeks	89
sixty thousand	89
great statesman	89
months later	89
antwerp citadel	89
may wish	89
new commonwealth	88
religious equality	88
already made	88
marquis berghen	88
one might	88
william stanley	88
imperial crown	88
ancient religion	88
president jeannin	88
five points	88
already seen	87
one half	87
every year	87
entire meal	87
large portion	87
doubtful whether	87
sir edward	87
long years	87
holy roman	87
flemish coast	87
pg edition	86
one thing	86
catholic worship	86
native land	86
count mansfeld	86
many days	86
every house	86
one must	86
late king	86
five days	85
open field	85
great cities	85
cloth hall	85
high mightinesses	85
english court	85
first step	85
entirely without	85
great queen	85
doubt whatever	85
great importance	85
brief period	85
good service	85
first day	84
edward norris	84
gave orders	84
mutual toleration	84
may easily	84
free commonwealth	84
secret letters	84
considerable force	84
de toledo	84
spanish commissioners	84
set sail	84
marquis de	84
lewis gunther	84
sir robert	84
complained bitterly	83
great numbers	83
well enough	83
archduke matthias	83
large sums	83
whole matter	83
every town	83
dutch ambassador	83
two parties	83
poor people	83
english nation	82
two millions	82
david widger	82
general peace	82
four hours	82
two armies	82
one time	81
ruy gomez	81
de medici	81
good offices	81
de nassau	81
every province	81
times past	81
might seem	81
now necessary	81
came forward	81
many persons	81
leading personages	81
still greater	81
pounds sterling	81
princess louise	80
many thousands	80
previous year	80
will see	80
von der	80
young maurice	80
many cities	80
two hours	79
almost entirely	79
carried away	79
principal cities	79
whole affair	79
second time	79
among others	79
great hall	79
best friends	79
der weyden	79
well disposed	79
first place	79
following morning	79
zuyder zee	79
english coast	78
ever known	78
fast approaching	78
took occasion	78
full powers	78
william lewis	78
critical moment	78
thousand spaniards	78
small number	77
throughout christendom	77
cold blood	77
shall find	77
shortly afterwards	77
lord willoughby	77
west india	77
fifteen years	77
little band	77
much anxiety	77
widger note	77
due de	77
good will	77
van artevelde	77
might easily	77
two sons	77
appointed governor	76
president richardot	76
thousand persons	76
least one	76
unproductive consumption	76
one else	76
will always	76
special envoy	76
german princes	76
now occupied	76
private letter	76
count hohenlo	76
every part	76
good fortune	76
even although	76
high treason	76
human liberty	76
great church	76
always ready	75
thank god	75
don juan	75
whatever might	75
duc de	75
already stated	75
good intentions	75
three times	75
go back	75
de dieu	75
taking place	75
english fleet	74
philip william	74
french troops	74
armed men	74
perpetual edict	74
ever done	74
strong places	74
every point	74
soon found	74
took refuge	74
southern provinces	74
great struggle	74
dutch fleet	74
human creatures	73
don antonio	73
english envoy	73
peace negotiations	73
knew nothing	73
little time	73
private property	73
young count	73
brief interval	73
king might	73
anything else	73
nova zembla	72
worship god	72
came forth	72
will take	72
roman religion	72
seventeen provinces	72
nearly two	72
alonzo de	72
tenth penny	72
whole spanish	72
god according	72
count william	72
martin schenk	72
don bernardino	72
later day	72
de coeuvres	72
way towards	72
lord god	72
great king	72
gold chain	71
two points	71
three points	71
human history	71
preceding year	71
much difficulty	71
elector palatine	71
set foot	71
roman catholics	71
brother john	70
great republic	70
faithful servant	70
john de	70
whose hands	70
god forbid	70
john casimir	70
state papers	69
took leave	69
de coligny	69
hard fighting	69
belgian government	69
every moment	69
now came	69
reformed churches	69
northern provinces	69
might take	69
great affairs	69
every hour	69
without much	69
de mendoza	69
private secretary	69
without cause	69
ready money	69
burned alive	69
marcellus bax	68
german army	68
foremost among	68
german authorities	68
absolute power	68
francis drake	68
human race	68
et de	68
monsieur de	68
noel de	68
de parma	68
french ambassadors	68
eight days	68
hundred cavalry	68
important cities	68
sent forth	68
months long	68
admiral haultain	68
far away	68
imminent danger	68
council chamber	67
henry viii	67
fourteenth century	67
one another	67
now began	67
give us	67
broke forth	67
present day	67
great prince	67
pitched battle	66
thought proper	66
eleven years	66
two provinces	66
eight years	66
old church	66
public worship	66
every step	66
fell back	66
supreme power	66
foreign affairs	66
whole course	66
certain number	66
must always	65
well knew	65
will come	65
long enough	65
dry land	65
spanish fury	65
free will	65
last moment	65
six days	65
every effort	65
full well	65
inevitable result	65
war without	65
whole life	65
german ocean	65
main body	65
three millions	64
already indicated	64
good reason	64
william pelham	64
cardinal de	64
foreign tyranny	64
thoroughly understood	64
little town	64
royal government	64
bring back	64
la none	64
fell dead	64
dutch envoy	64
royal brother	64
west flanders	64
majesty may	64
netherland envoys	64
reformed faith	64
separate provinces	64
battle array	64
equal number	64
lord cobham	64
charles mansfeld	64
julian romero	64
deadly hatred	64
god grant	64
holy ghost	63
lord high	63
right bank	63
west indies	63
open war	63
nearly three	63
good friends	63
opposite side	63
several times	63
count charles	63
first interview	63
may see	63
duke john	63
close alliance	63
chief magistrate	63
every age	63
great many	63
two kings	63
taken refuge	62
last drop	62
santa cruz	62
ever existed	62
seven months	62
take refuge	62
virgin mary	62
military genius	62
provinces might	62
whose names	62
great military	62
many months	62
troubled waters	62
left behind	62
emperor rudolph	62
without waiting	62
porte de	62
new sovereign	62
express command	62
honest man	62
sand hill	61
universal empire	61
left alive	61
german empire	61
count van	61
god almighty	61
baron montigny	61
felt sure	61
spanish commander	61
hundred soldiers	61
auxiliary force	61
whole subject	61
many men	61
last year	61
dutch commonwealth	61
hours long	61
certain extent	61
god will	61
holy blood	61
might make	61
shall see	61
leading nobles	61
national existence	61
nine years	61
old woman	61
will also	60
armed vessels	60
day long	60
de billy	60
admiral boisot	60
royal hand	60
english ships	60
lord buckhurst	60
became known	60
de bours	60
german government	60
religious reformation	60
royal wrath	60
german mercenaries	60
great purpose	60
madam league	60
motley chapter	60
great advocate	60
hundred florins	60
much good	60
de bourbon	60
thomas heneage	60
intercepted letters	60
duchess regent	60
secret interview	60
something like	60
daily bread	60
important affairs	59
single man	59
taken prisoner	59
english soldiers	59
imperial majesty	59
will say	59
brought back	59
say nothing	59
large numbers	59
first year	59
german soldiers	59
many places	59
great pains	59
whole fleet	59
done nothing	59
man knew	59
count philip	58
old town	58
ung aultre	58
elder brother	58
go forth	58
french army	58
de justice	58
archduke ernest	58
several months	58
civil liberty	58
great work	58
went forth	58
brave men	58
thousand strong	57
jean de	57
already taken	57
taken prisoners	57
religious houses	57
distinguished personages	57
friendly relations	57
went back	57
broad council	57
public preaching	57
within six	57
eminent personages	57
great part	57
much time	57
even though	57
several years	57
cardinal richelieu	57
subsequent events	57
make good	57
without making	56
religious opinions	56
de thermes	56
least three	56
special embassy	56
absolute government	56
ever seen	56
course pursued	56
different provinces	56
de caron	56
don sancho	56
general engagement	56
much effect	56
early part	56
baron von	56
religious differences	56
far distant	56
single word	56
party spirit	56
confidential friend	56
military force	56
men like	56
obtained permission	56
english commissioners	56
dame de	56
der noot	56
new world	56
great victory	55
single one	55
ancient privileges	55
one province	55
many people	55
palais de	55
became necessary	55
commonly called	55
good hope	55
felt obliged	55
good terms	55
days longer	55
might now	55
hundred feet	55
already begun	55
little longer	55
made good	55
municipal government	55
younger brother	55
joseph ii	55
free states	54
five millions	54
twelfth century	54
royal master	54
spanish infantry	54
nine thousand	54
good people	54
know nothing	54
within reach	54
fresh troops	54
tableau de	54
emperor maximilian	54
important post	54
now became	54
seemed probable	54
spanish armada	54
general terms	54
triumphal arches	54
religious worship	54
time forth	54
good cause	54
large force	53
nothing came	53
common sense	53
john baptist	53
first appearance	53
will go	53
whole garrison	53
five months	53
many weeks	53
spanish tyranny	53
commercial capital	53
many things	53
great personages	53
bear arms	53
body politic	53
four times	53
whose life	53
main force	53
now set	53
dutch vessels	53
public exercise	53
daily increasing	53
national independence	53
leading members	53
sent word	53
gain time	53
years longer	53
absolute necessity	53
modern times	53
set aside	53
well understood	53
just received	53
great events	53
great advantage	53
general war	53
private affairs	52
sister provinces	52
human freedom	52
deep regret	52
last days	52
medina coeli	52
thousand human	52
greater number	52
philip nassau	52
comptroller croft	52
french frontier	52
military events	52
feet high	52
gave notice	52
way back	52
light horse	52
netherland people	52
never failed	52
great religious	52
leopold ii	52
protestant union	52
louis nassau	52
supreme court	52
peace party	52
great galleons	52
must take	52
roland york	52
show whether	52
many respects	52
secret mission	52
neither party	52
made great	52
saint bartholomew	52
knew well	52
cousin lewis	52
thousand troops	52
obtain possession	52
count bossu	52
dudley carleton	52
every street	52
french envoys	52
public opinion	52
french revolution	52
wrote aerssens	52
henry ii	52
men whose	52
still continued	51
general massacre	51
make sure	51
next year	51
one party	51
news reached	51
hundred yards	51
never entered	51
arbitrary power	51
two brothers	51
seemed almost	51
royal family	51
now come	51
fighting men	51
human progress	51
old gentleman	51
now thoroughly	51
prince might	51
highest bidder	50
comparatively easy	50
holy father	50
chief cities	50
spanish cabinet	50
every individual	50
many thousand	50
dozen years	50
every imaginable	50
made manifest	50
protestant party	50
seemed likely	50
place among	50
sentiments towards	50
famous siege	50
let loose	50
five miles	50
important position	50
forlorn hope	50
ancient charters	50
declare war	50
netherlands might	50
swept away	50
safe conduct	50
great guns	50
hundred crowns	50
many millions	50
expressed great	50
revolted provinces	50
native country	49
another letter	49
foreign powers	49
far less	49
spanish dominions	49
eternal friendship	49
sixteen thousand	49
commercial metropolis	49
city gates	49
de coninck	49
nearly half	49
strangely enough	49
whose cause	49
small force	49
lasted two	49
spanish garrison	49
earlier day	49
taken away	49
large proportion	49
young republic	49
false position	49
without money	49
almost unlimited	49
pedro de	49
well received	49
flemish towns	49
annual income	49
normal condition	49
still maintained	49
might still	49
just concluded	49
colour painted	49
every occasion	49
chapter ii	49
certainly never	49
never known	49
old men	48
obstinately refused	48
large majority	48
great spanish	48
english counsellors	48
faithful service	48
peace negotiation	48
already laid	48
de beauvoir	48
liberal party	48
still less	48
now called	48
admiral de	48
great principle	48
justinus de	48
important place	48
took care	48
might almost	48
thrown away	48
protestant germany	48
good friend	48
precious stones	48
rich enough	48
lord henry	48
eighty thousand	48
taking advantage	48
marquis havre	48
cardinal albert	48
count hollock	48
spanish envoy	48
netherland commonwealth	48
religious hatred	48
long period	48
solemn embassy	48
lord north	48
much money	48
royal mind	48
already received	48
doubt whether	48
money enough	48
every nerve	48
without success	48
month later	48
relieving force	48
spanish soldiery	48
without reason	48
made peace	48
sir roger	48
french regiments	48
supreme moment	48
little city	48
spanish marriage	48
chapter iii	48
don eugenio	48
cateau cambresis	48
far greater	48
seemed now	48
louis xii	48
ernest mansfeld	48
young men	47
important point	47
already done	47
great battle	47
secret treaty	47
louis xi	47
may come	47
spanish crown	47
best means	47
eastern side	47
great army	47
country people	47
much trouble	47
years past	47
great difficulty	47
william ii	47
got back	47
de lorraine	47
letter written	47
good order	47
thousand inhabitants	47
elected king	47
three great	47
great privilege	47
fourteen thousand	47
new england	47
iron arm	47
recent events	47
long afterwards	47
banded together	46
best part	46
important matters	46
hardly necessary	46
religious exercises	46
latter days	46
sovereign power	46
high officers	46
rather die	46
place within	46
still preserved	46
memorable occasion	46
fortunate enough	46
thousand two	46
great question	46
highest degree	46
get rid	46
might one	46
forty days	46
must come	46
different times	46
feet long	46
also made	46
high degree	46
eighteen thousand	46
whole business	46
well pleased	46
various parts	46
peter titelmann	46
julius caesar	46
perfectly well	46
king ferdinand	46
become necessary	45
txt history	45
good old	45
knew full	45
already sufficiently	45
also sent	45
still another	45
resolutely refused	45
spanish gold	45
two letters	45
right divine	45
political affairs	45
one year	45
sacred cause	45
high admiral	45
whole scheme	45
sufficient force	45
three hours	45
divine worship	45
young duke	45
living god	45
three leagues	45
latter part	45
will send	45
distinguished officers	45
absolute authority	45
queen mary	45
dead bodies	45
however much	45
country round	45
rebellious subjects	45
thought best	45
don alonzo	45
three feet	45
catholic nobles	45
still retained	45
whole party	44
rebellious provinces	44
lord admiral	44
utmost need	44
already mentioned	44
british king	44
leading citizens	44
letters written	44
man ever	44
important places	44
desperately wounded	44
great satisfaction	44
religious parties	44
robert cecil	44
one years	44
grand turk	44
town house	44
sovereign prince	44
proposition made	44
thousand five	44
frederic van	44
must needs	44
holy cross	44
political combinations	44
common weal	44
ancient enemy	44
royal commissioners	44
papal inquisition	44
vivent les	44
honest men	44
made many	44
hundred musketeers	44
spanish empire	44
will keep	44
every hazard	44
chief command	44
foot soldiers	44
florins monthly	44
great care	44
sir ralph	44
read aloud	44
wrote parma	44
beleaguered town	44
don francis	44
la grange	44
foreign merchants	44
ancient constitutions	44
dutch admiral	44
just cause	44
fellow creatures	44
de moor	44
ancient liberties	44
count moeurs	44
john neyen	44
natural son	44
de boississe	44
triumphal entrance	44
strong language	44
theological hatred	44
two counts	44
deadly enemy	44
made known	44
within two	44
two crowns	44
religious war	44
contracting parties	44
immediately hanged	44
antonio perez	44
provincial estates	44
almost incredible	44
hundred foot	44
last gasp	44
halcyon days	44
strong desire	44
two waters	44
public square	44
chapter vi	43
now held	43
eighteen years	43
never yet	43
wild boar	43
two others	43
new king	43
eldest daughter	43
common foe	43
seen whether	43
set free	43
quite aware	43
fair means	43
chapter iv	43
four horses	43
might become	43
great political	43
perfectly aware	43
foreign countries	43
illustrious house	43
great square	43
tells us	43
beleaguered city	43
immediate neighbourhood	43
eight months	43
archduke charles	43
whole kingdom	43
full view	43
ever made	43
least two	43
nothing left	42
easy enough	42
mortally wounded	42
protestant cause	42
might come	42
stricken field	42
one point	42
great subject	42
louis xiii	42
take away	42
whole territory	42
long series	42
spanish soldier	42
spanish invasion	42
holy see	42
lady mary	42
french infantry	42
early period	42
western side	42
expressed much	42
belgian army	42
will ever	42
les gueux	42
received orders	42
without loss	42
last night	42
now sent	42
without flinching	42
red cross	42
loud voice	42
nothing less	42
great conflict	42
might find	42
la panne	42
made public	42
received information	42
high mass	42
great captain	42
spanish power	42
main object	42
free state	42
best interests	42
left without	42
armed force	42
thought good	42
new treaty	42
every soldier	42
never see	42
national character	42
great rivers	42
hundred vessels	41
gone forth	41
one church	41
good patriots	41
one end	41
don diego	41
central government	41
larger number	41
brother louis	41
hard pressed	41
will show	41
taking possession	41
city walls	41
many illustrious	41
whole city	41
young gentleman	41
hague convention	41
almost superhuman	41
military commander	41
rapid progress	41
le duc	41
de leval	41
sir dudley	41
run away	41
almost exactly	41
may god	41
disposed towards	41
seventy thousand	41
daily occurrence	41
new levies	41
first arrival	41
nine hundred	41
instinctively felt	41
take command	41
first sight	41
true church	41
much damage	41
maximilian de	41
high places	41
fifteen provinces	41
informs us	41
open fields	41
without power	41
nassau family	41
lord marshal	40
think proper	40
something almost	40
wrote walsingham	40
well nigh	40
drums beating	40
valentine dale	40
secret conferences	40
make head	40
take measures	40
great historical	40
great enemy	40
king philip	40
god knows	40
hereditary chief	40
great lords	40
state affairs	40
four millions	40
de veer	40
reformed worship	40
thousand netherlanders	40
louisa de	40
drowned land	40
might even	40
royal governor	40
thirteen hundred	40
necessary consequence	40
picked troops	40
cornelis van	40
fall back	40
number two	40
elector augustus	40
long succession	40
bridge across	40
days long	40
late prince	40
never make	40
might yet	40
human ingenuity	40
sufficiently obvious	40
three seigniors	40
free countries	40
public service	40
well informed	40
de russy	40
absolute governor	40
low water	40
ralph winwood	40
great catholic	40
leading politicians	40
winter quarters	40
great pomp	40
last consented	40
accordingly sent	40
catholic cause	40
great protestant	40
almost infinite	40
popular rights	40
will hardly	40
great loss	40
two nobles	40
whatever may	40
de maisse	40
four men	40
cloister church	40
five provinces	40
marechal de	40
military authorities	40
war party	40
place called	40
catharine de	40
majesty doth	40
bernardino de	40
centuries later	40
regular troops	39
flatly refused	39
vital importance	39
time immemorial	39
far beyond	39
told us	39
chapter vii	39
make us	39
archduke maximilian	39
perhaps even	39
mutual hatred	39
fully aware	39
spanish armies	39
great measure	39
old friend	39
henry vii	39
now took	39
two first	39
secret agents	39
fourteen hundred	39
old world	39
good work	39
young lady	39
augsburg confession	39
ancient city	39
old religion	39
like many	39
several occasions	39
ten times	39
four leagues	39
great parties	39
just made	39
foreign power	39
effect produced	39
august th	39
better informed	39
holy church	39
somewhat later	39
century later	39
place without	39
tell us	39
another time	39
mary tudor	39
de gand	39
spanish camp	39
making use	39
bring forth	39
eighteen months	39
new oath	39
one may	38
thought necessary	38
joyous entry	38
roger van	38
immediate future	38
fourteen hundreds	38
might occur	38
strong force	38
just seen	38
majesty must	38
private interview	38
every village	38
opposite bank	38
now declared	38
great bell	38
le maire	38
many important	38
will prove	38
without fear	38
de bruxelles	38
thought capable	38
now placed	38
information concerning	38
religious dissensions	38
god alone	38
first great	38
place de	38
main army	38
religious creed	38
almost without	38
may seem	38
six hours	38
charles emmanuel	38
without allowing	38
religious convictions	38
baldwin bras	38
never set	38
nineteenth century	38
almost alone	38
true christian	38
place du	38
charles de	38
free people	38
hundred tons	38
der goltz	38
diego de	38
important town	38
bois le	38
long delayed	38
never made	38
must ever	38
thousand people	37
common hatred	37
count aremberg	37
many long	37
swedish ambassador	37
christian majesty	37
personal appearance	37
prominent part	37
aultre tableau	37
give advice	37
second son	37
either party	37
imminent peril	37
three nobles	37
hanseatic league	37
might cause	37
popular sovereignty	37
thousand times	37
east indies	37
better terms	37
many great	37
modern history	37
now gave	37
now resolved	37
thousand livres	37
th century	37
every corner	37
severely wounded	37
remarkable letter	37
even without	37
english ambassadors	37
now seemed	37
foreign office	37
men may	37
queen regent	37
dated th	37
great soldier	37
different points	37
go hard	37
superior force	37
much greater	37
states must	37
archduke leopold	37
perpetual war	37
almost universal	37
hundred pounds	37
soon made	37
anything like	37
still possible	37
good success	37
unsuccessful attempt	37
found time	37
new year	37
military preparations	37
jacques de	37
first point	37
religious affairs	37
felt confident	37
masterly manner	37
dead man	37
yet even	37
special ambassador	37
least possible	37
remonstrant party	37
english people	37
royal mistress	36
even greater	36
equally certain	36
grey beard	36
wasting time	36
go home	36
rue des	36
little village	36
coming hither	36
la chatre	36
parting interview	36
de rosne	36
municipal authorities	36
never live	36
rising tide	36
poor little	36
christopher hatton	36
baron de	36
great power	36
almost certain	36
last reached	36
two miles	36
la belgique	36
torn away	36
count renneberg	36
pushed forward	36
larger liberty	36
make manifest	36
religious bigotry	36
de buren	36
hard work	36
louis xiv	36
edward stafford	36
juan de	36
national unity	36
du agean	36
full assembly	36
narrow seas	36
seventeen years	36
ancient german	36
james croft	36
weeks afterwards	36
worst enemies	36
religious difference	36
spanish ships	36
elizabeth tudor	36
outside world	36
whole war	36
letter addressed	36
two kingdoms	36
much satisfaction	36
du terrail	36
often spoke	36
great portion	36
spanish general	36
de heze	36
sir christopher	36
small minority	36
count solms	36
old ones	36
respective provinces	36
now determined	36
first came	36
popular liberty	36
french influence	36
besieging force	36
saint george	36
whose services	36
lord essex	36
deeply offended	36
one sees	36
single blow	36
landgrave philip	36
thousand french	36
la main	36
barbara blomberg	36
ancient leaguer	36
heiliger lee	36
brief season	36
much stronger	36
open sea	36
firmly convinced	36
momentous epoch	36
absolutely refused	36
nearly equal	36
local self	36
van ende	36
republic john	36
standing army	36
wild beasts	36
one morning	36
whole commonwealth	36
office ms	36
lamoral egmont	36
certain cities	36
within twenty	36
english king	36
expressed regret	36
jerome de	36
frederic spinola	36
sincere desire	36
already given	36
steadily refused	36
dead body	36
although many	36
robert sidney	36
la torre	36
moment seemed	36
lord derby	36
military service	36
first onset	36
time wore	36
great netherland	36
leading powers	36
public good	36
austrian house	36
long life	36
st august	36
might soon	36
great majority	36
double marriage	36
guise faction	36
primary causes	36
ancient batavian	36
four estates	36
illustrious name	36
sent one	36
duplessis mornay	36
one king	36
de gomeron	36
spanish service	36
without regard	36
every quarter	36
royal majesty	36
netherland cause	36
de guise	35
shall take	35
without danger	35
great haste	35
done without	35
door open	35
sir james	35
centuries ago	35
president viglius	35
many letters	35
without reserve	35
good account	35
powerful monarch	35
protestant churches	35
city magistrates	35
counts egmont	35
first object	35
universal suffrage	35
last obtained	35
without taking	35
close quarters	35
last moments	35
straining every	35
imperial house	35
poured forth	35
new testament	35
golden spurs	35
general opinion	35
good man	35
bound together	35
still remaining	35
well know	35
great men	35
great fleet	35
making war	35
one will	35
great length	35
british government	35
great english	35
always thought	35
mother church	35
well satisfied	35
five great	35
unlimited power	35
go forward	35
preceding pages	35
far advanced	35
real object	35
might bring	35
sallied forth	35
another occasion	35
chapter ix	35
new republic	35
whole land	35
de jure	35
high altar	35
two things	35
never received	35
saint michael	35
late hour	34
besides many	34
invade england	34
mighty empire	34
former days	34
left bank	34
attitude towards	34
van orley	34
us now	34
throughout flanders	34
two cities	34
der lancken	34
good wishes	34
come forward	34
man like	34
wide open	34
young king	34
one body	34
long live	34
taking part	34
first wife	34
burst forth	34
civil government	34
great city	34
whole province	34
fair young	34
best thing	34
almost like	34
admiral coligny	34
shall hear	34
may say	34
english vessels	34
christian faith	34
whole generation	34
gained nothing	34
two ships	34
long procession	34
magna charta	34
several hundred	34
great object	34
old enough	34
early spring	34
old soldier	34
civil functionaries	34
heavy heart	34
english forces	34
president de	34
german military	34
single city	34
much pomp	34
ever held	34
whole strength	34
new one	34
one million	34
important business	34
will think	34
brought forward	34
accomplished nothing	34
intimate friend	34
closer union	34
taken part	34
leave us	34
half century	34
english alliance	34
spanish governor	34
de bourgogne	34
received letters	34
de bouillon	34
edward iii	34
well armed	34
majesty might	34
one way	34
spanish state	34
whole transaction	34
international law	34
thirteen years	34
batavian republic	34
single day	34
whole period	34
considerable army	34
express order	34
far different	33
least four	33
every instant	33
great armies	33
duty towards	33
de montigny	33
blue eyes	33
great state	33
country without	33
full blaze	33
little fleet	33
belgian provinces	33
might think	33
king expressed	33
long peace	33
old flemish	33
personal ambition	33
old houses	33
fast becoming	33
took part	33
little progress	33
great ones	33
new york	33
count peter	33
great scheme	33
entrenched camp	33
william de	33
king leopold	33
various cities	33
whole council	33
jan van	33
open arms	33
slow fire	33
spanish arms	33
never believed	33
count ernest	33
may take	33
thousand rebels	33
remained alive	33
later days	33
several weeks	33
every kind	33
will tell	33
conquer england	33
never forget	33
attack england	33
north pole	33
large scale	33
foreign nations	33
de bray	33
secretly instructed	33
great things	33
royal service	33
every inch	33
william russell	33
military skill	33
every land	33
great general	33
therefore begged	33
material prosperity	33
large sum	33
six companies	33
political freedom	33
poor soldiers	33
almighty god	33
without paying	33
become almost	33
spain might	33
great preparations	33
whole policy	33
mary stuart	33
whole length	33
open rupture	33
ung petit	33
human rights	33
every human	33
nearly one	33
will cause	33
little hope	33
influential personages	33
one fine	33
man might	33
anxious lest	33
good opinion	33
feudal lords	33
first part	33
well fortified	33
old marshal	33
personal interview	33
kept secret	33
human affairs	33
seventeenth centuries	33
living man	33
two companies	33
thousand veterans	33
patriot army	33
royal cause	33
two important	33
lower classes	33
precious time	33
past three	33
foreign tyrant	32
number three	32
divided among	32
friar john	32
already become	32
long line	32
well seem	32
enormous wealth	32
father cotton	32
able men	32
something might	32
seemed hardly	32
independent republic	32
black galley	32
held firm	32
de peralta	32
india navigation	32
rem bischop	32
ottavio gonzaga	32
west side	32
andrea de	32
william barendz	32
marshal biron	32
francis junius	32
la fere	32
condign punishment	32
light vessels	32
memorable expedition	32
first general	32
wait till	32
peter pecquius	32
great one	32
will play	32
military officers	32
matrimonial alliance	32
der meulen	32
magnificent banquet	32
saint goard	32
imperial court	32
wrote alexander	32
quite unable	32
princely grace	32
good men	32
choice troops	32
great commander	32
favourable opportunity	32
directly afterwards	32
debateable land	32
thought desirable	32
city hall	32
every way	32
five companies	32
wore away	32
never consent	32
de barneveld	32
various kinds	32
thousand musketeers	32
new board	32
devoted friend	32
seemed destined	32
political liberty	32
must first	32
considerable portion	32
netherland republic	32
foreign commerce	32
important province	32
van berk	32
chief military	32
special messenger	32
often seen	32
holy empire	32
excellency will	32
municipal revolution	32
months afterwards	32
de roda	32
good care	32
hard bargain	32
mighty war	32
military affairs	32
fine arts	32
sixty feet	32
don inigo	32
secret schemes	32
dutch envoys	32
immediate vicinity	32
great ocean	32
great progress	32
personal property	32
calais roads	32
political economy	32
secret agent	32
peremptory orders	32
wrote sir	32
bear witness	32
burying alive	32
picked men	32
great european	32
states might	32
later moment	32
diedrich sonoy	32
great functionaries	32
nearly four	32
great kingdom	32
five feet	32
northern europe	32
john franken	32
military governor	32
cardinal bourbon	32
nine months	32
might give	32
human conscience	32
fear lest	32
thomas wilkes	32
general indignation	32
prince knew	32
long speeches	32
war now	32
prince replied	32
number one	32
memorable epoch	32
spanish ducats	32
whole expedition	32
thousand swiss	32
almost immediately	32
grass grow	32
sick bed	32
private houses	32
writing letters	32
catherine de	32
episcopal inquisition	32
good effect	32
unmerciful length	32
seventeen netherlands	32
heidelberg catechism	32
fourteen years	32
whole revenue	32
eugenio de	32
orthodox party	32
henry expressed	32
entirely ignorant	32
one vast	32
netherland politics	32
much influence	32
thousand picked	32
st july	32
much disgusted	32
hundred prisoners	32
minute details	32
managing men	32
thousand deaths	32
humbler classes	32
now proposed	32
petty sovereigns	32
naturally inclined	32
hundred times	32
vigorous resolution	32
private individuals	32
independent states	32
great project	32
hundred spaniards	32
spanish lake	32
distant future	32
nearly five	32
never come	32
english puritans	32
adrian van	32
great bulwark	32
seriously ill	32
last effort	32
general assault	32
poor old	32
royal commands	32
netherland revolt	32
making great	31
military power	31
saint gudule	31
louis de	31
human power	31
went home	31
van dyck	31
without doubt	31
hot iron	31
internal dissensions	31
upper hand	31
english ministers	31
philip iv	31
middle height	31
ever heard	31
now saw	31
every means	31
far superior	31
made much	31
many hours	31
young children	31
now changed	31
eleventh century	31
political influence	31
french policy	31
whose head	31
ancient palace	31
complete victory	31
now entered	31
soon come	31
new doctrine	31
sixteen hundred	31
long letter	31
seven days	31
towards england	31
king will	31
chief actors	31
fortified camp	31
holy writ	31
often used	31
much reason	31
maria theresa	31
small matter	31
le clerc	31
important points	31
chapter viii	31
might receive	31
sixteen years	31
got ready	31
natural enough	31
three companies	31
now taken	31
must now	31
first visit	31
ardently desired	31
raw material	31
kept alive	31
national liberty	31
great battles	31
quite ready	31
fortified town	31
true cause	31
without distinction	31
often repeated	31
always felt	31
different parts	31
great difference	31
past services	31
whole coast	30
first years	30
will probably	30
sit still	30
great duke	30
ill success	30
full possession	30
possible means	30
another world	30
two million	30
critical period	30
le roy	30
getting possession	30
never found	30
good god	30
late years	30
borne arms	30
pleased god	30
driven back	30
already began	30
earliest youth	30
general reader	30
evil consequences	30
asked whether	30
sent away	30
third day	30
many parts	30
whole company	30
way across	30
ancient laws	30
always held	30
two soldiers	30
military movements	30
rd august	30
feeble attempt	30
will now	30
narrow lane	30
english party	30
sufficiently strong	30
english garrison	30
public law	30
without mercy	30
honourable peace	30
grand pensionary	30
divine service	30
sent two	30
among us	30
carrier pigeons	30
hundred strong	30
brief visit	30
never abandon	30
sharply defined	30
four great	30
drawn sword	30
john iii	30
entirely destroyed	30
english envoys	30
le bel	30
early flemish	30
txt rise	30
grand council	30
became evident	30
solemn procession	30
holy catholic	30
old count	30
dutch rebels	30
now entirely	30
give good	30
spanish policy	30
good news	30
short distance	30
without even	30
confiscated property	30
will become	30
without giving	30
like water	30
chief officers	30
secret negotiation	30
neighbouring countries	30
decide whether	30
advanced towards	30
lay dead	30
anywhere else	30
know whether	30
strongly fortified	30
war continued	30
real estate	29
appointed day	29
unanimous consent	29
papal nuncio	29
modern languages	29
powerful army	29
eternal damnation	29
efforts made	29
different places	29
open revolt	29
six millions	29
plain language	29
good pleasure	29
simple truth	29
foreign mercenaries	29
political intrigue	29
seems almost	29
wrote philip	29
first thing	29
now denounced	29
whole story	29
confidential agent	29
work enough	29
ever understood	29
every week	29
free trade	29
plain enough	29
never saw	29
fifty men	29
now thirty	29
sudden change	29
whole state	29
military science	29
seemed obvious	29
also wrote	29
hundredth penny	29
save one	29
holy scriptures	29
now rapidly	29
european history	29
whole republic	29
never since	29
great champion	29
two religions	29
precious metals	29
old harbour	29
nothing better	29
quite right	29
following sunday	29
never dreamed	29
met face	29
te deum	29
mutual jealousy	29
little difficulty	29
without troubling	29
overwhelming force	29
now assumed	29
without consulting	29
made war	29
wise man	29
already intimated	29
open enemy	29
eighteenth century	29
great financier	29
english sovereign	29
deaf ear	29
men might	29
earlier part	29
thousand years	29
placed within	29
private persons	29
yet time	29
respect due	29
less cruel	29
french fury	29
faithful subjects	29
private soldier	29
unanimous vote	29
de fer	29
great error	29
von bissing	29
mere handful	29
still remains	29