It was decided that an application should be made to the different states for a giant of money, and that, furthermore, a special envoy should be despatched to Spain.

It was supposed by the Duchess and her advisers that more satisfactory information concerning the provinces could be conveyed to Philip by word of mouth than by the most elaborate epistles.

The meeting was dissolved after these two measures had been agreed upon.

Doctor Viglius, upon whom devolved the duty of making the report and petition to the states, proceeded to draw up the necessary application.

This he did with his customary elegance, and, as usual, very much to his own satisfaction.