Chapter I: Front Matter

PRINCE AND HERETIC

BY
MARJORIE BOWEN

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

_First Published in 1914_

CONTENTS

PART I

THE NETHERLANDERS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE ALCHEMIST 3

II. FRÄULEIN ANNE 13

III. LOUIS OF NASSAU 26

IV. THE SAINT BARTHOLOMEW WEDDING 36

V. WILLIAM OF ORANGE 48

VI. THE CRYSTAL GAZERS 58

VII. BRUSSELS 71

VIII. MARGARET OF PARMA 81

IX. CARDINAL GRANVELLE 91

X. THE RHETORIC PLAY 101

XI. THE JESTERS AND THE RHETORIC PLAYERS 111

XII. THE GRANDEES 121

XIII. THE DEPARTURE OF THE CARDINAL 131

XIV. THE REGENT, THE PRINCE, AND THE CARDINALIST 140

PART II

THE HOLY INQUISITION

I. THE PIGEON 151

II. THE LOYALTY OF LAMORAL EGMONT 160

III. THE AMUSEMENTS OF THE PRINCESS OF ORANGE 170

IV. PHILIP'S MANDATE 180

V. THE KNIGHT-ERRANT 189

VI. THE EDICTS 198

VII. THE PETITION 206

VIII. THE BANQUET 216

IX. MONTIGNY'S WIFE 226

X. ANTWERP 236

XI. THE PRINCE RESIGNS 251

XII. ORANGE AND EGMONT 260

XIII. THE COMING OF ALVA 270

XIV. PHILIP'S AVENGERS 279

PART III

THE HOUSE OF NASSAU

I. DILLENBURG 287

II. JULIANA OF STOLBERG 296

III. HEILIGER LEE 305

IV. THE FIRST BATTLE 313

V. NEWS FROM THE NETHERLANDS 322

VI. THE PRINCE AT BAY 332

VII. THE ACTION ON THE GETA 341

VIII. THE ANABAPTIST PREACHER 350

IX. WINTER TIME 361

X. THE ABBESS 369

PRINCE AND HERETIC

"Soevis tranquillis in undis"

MOTTO OF WILLIAM OF ORANGE