The citadels must be demolished everywhere.

No troops ought to be enlisted, nor garrisons established, without the consent of the estates." In all the documents, whether public memorials or private letters, which came at this period from the hand of the Prince, he assumed, as a matter of course, that in any arrangement with the new Governor the Pacification of Ghent was to be maintained.

This, too, was the determination of almost every man in the country.

Don John, soon after his arrival at Luxemburg, had despatched messengers to the states-general, informing them of his arrival.

It was not before the close of the month of November that the negotiations seriously began.