He also summoned the states to provide him forthwith with a suitable body-guard.
To these demands and complaints, the estates replied by a string of resolutions.

They made their usual protestations of attachment to his Majesty and the Catholic faith, and they granted willingly a foot-guard of three hundred archers.

They, however, stoutly denied the Governor's right to make eliminations in their lists of deputies, because, from time immemorial, these representatives had been chosen by the clergy, nobles, cities, and boroughs.

The names might change daily, nor were there any suspicious ones among them, but it was a matter with which the Governor had no concern.

They promised that every effort should be made to bring about the execution of the treaty by the Prince of Orange.