Excerpt from The Complete Works of John L. Motley, Vol. 4: The Rise of the Dutch Republic, And, a History<br><br>Efforts of Orange in Opposition to the treaty - His letter, in name of Holland and Zealand, to the states-general Anxiety of the royal government to gain over the prince Secret mission of Leoninus - His instructions from Don John - Fruitless attempts to corrupt the prince - Secret correspondence between Don John and Orange - Don John at Louvain - His efforts to ingratiate himself with the Netherlanders - His incipient popularity - Departure of the Spanish troops - Duke of Aerschot appointed governor of Antwerp citadel - His insincere character.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.