# The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 32: 1582-84

Author: Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877

Genre: Category: History - European

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4834

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Rise+of+the+Dutch+Republic+Motley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Parma recals the foreign troops--Siege of Oudenarde--Coolness of Alexander--Capture of the city and of Nineve--Inauguration of Anjou at Ghent--Attempt upon his life and that of Orange--Lamoral Egmont's implication in the plot--Parma's unsuccessful attack upon Ghent-- Secret plans of Anjou--Dunkirk, Ostend, and other towns surprised by his adherents--Failure at Bruges--Suspicions at Antwerp--Duplicity of Anjou--The "French Fury"--Details of that transaction-- Discomfiture and disgrace of the Duke--His subsequent effrontery-- His letters to the magistracy of Antwerp, to, the Estates, and to Orange--Extensive correspondence between Anjou and the, French Court with Orange and the Estates--Dif...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-the-dutch-republic-volume-32-1582-84-4834/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rise-of-the-dutch-republic-volume-32-1582-84-4834/chapters/2/index.md)