id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 4850 Motley, John Lothrop History of the United Netherlands, 1586e .txt text/plain 10540 412 60 maintain a war with the Spanish King for seven years, and to pay himself But on this great affair of state the Earl was not swayed by such intention of returning to England, stating, as the cause of this sudden that at least as great a debt is due to the English and Dutch people, in that of Holland, which controlled the action of the States-General, was To the States-General and the StatesProvincial, as legitimate representatives of the people, said the Holland in the States of each Province the general farming interests of the The party of the States-General, as opposed to the Leicester party, about to offer the Queen the sovereignty of their Province, without The States-General loathed the very name of peace with Spain. the Netherlands, whether Englishman or Hollander, that the idea of peacenegotiation could be tolerated for a moment by States or people. ./cache/4850.txt ./txt/4850.txt