It seemed difficult to satisfy the general desire to witness a thorough chastisement of the culprit.
The incident made a great noise in the country.

The cardinalists felt naturally very much enraged, but they were in a minority.

No censure came from the government at Brussels, and Mansfeld was then and for a long time afterwards the main pillar of royal authority in the Netherlands.

It was sufficiently obvious that Granvelle, for the time at least, was supported by no party of any influence.
Meantime he remained in his seclusion.

His unpopularity did not, however, decrease in his absence.