id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 4825 Motley, John Lothrop The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 23: 1576 .txt text/plain 23373 1136 66 Spanish troops in Schouwen--General causes of discontent--Alarming the authority assumed by the state council--United and general one man, backed by the population of a handful of cities, could do battle single city." Nine commissioners, appointed by the Prince on nomination the great council and corpus of the said cities. capital, and either to force the Council of State to pay them their long In Antwerp, Champagny, brother of Granvelle, and governor of the city, estates, to the State Council, and other, public bodies, as well as by The important city of Maestricht was held by a Spanish garrison, the open country, and the cities were incessant--the Spaniards treating hands was disposed to bear arms to defend the city, the Council seemed although the citadel commanding that city was held by the Spaniards. of Maestricht to wrest their city from the hands of the Spaniards. The cities and places included in the Prince's commission, ./cache/4825.txt ./txt/4825.txt