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 10* REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 57. and complete the work. But it seemed at first as if no help was needed. Through Zealand, Holland, Utrecht, Overyssel, port after port followed the example of Flushing. Enkhuyzen the Spanish arsenal on the Zuyder Zee, Dort, Leyden, Haarlem, Alkmaar, all rose, destroyed or expelled their garrisons, and raised the standard of freedom. The time was come for which Orange had been so long looking and preparing. While the Prince himself collected an army in Germany, Count Louis, La Noue, de Genlis, and other Huguenot leaders, with the connivance of the French Court, stooped suddenly upon Hainault, seized Mons, and threw into it 2000 of Coligny's bravest troops. Montgomery' joined him a few days later with 1500 more, and de Genlis went back to Paris to bring up reinforcements which Charles himself had promised. The Duke of Alva had been on the point of re- linquishing his government ; his successor was at last actually on his way, and he believed that he had ex- tinguished in blood the last spark of the insurgent spirit. He had raised a monument to his own victories Rotterdam no solaraente mataron a todos los hombres, pero a todas las mug.eres y ninos, y asi lo creen todos los Ingleses, que la mejor palabra es que somos tiranos, y a proposito desto en este parlamento haccn gran instancia los que se nombran Obispos especialmente que conviene al estado de Inglaterra publicar guerra contra su Mag d, y esto lo tratan con gran veheniencia.' And again on the 29th : ' De las nuevas que vienen de ay de los trabajos que hoy se ofrecen es increible el contentamiento que nues- tros rebeldes y cassi todo este pueblo tienen dello, y lo menos que dicen todos con grandes voces en la Bolsa y por todas las calles, es que esos Estados son perdidos del todo ; y que vuestra Excellencia con los Es- panoles que ay se hallan ban de salir de la tierra.' Antonio de Guaras al Duque de Alva : MSS. Simancas.