Never was champion of the Cross thus braved by infidels before.

The Ghent treaty, according to the Orange interpretation, that is to say, heresy made legitimate, was to be the law of the land.

His Majesty was to surrender--colors and cannon--to his revolted subjects.
The royal authority was to be superseded by that of a State Council, appointed by the states-general, at the dictation of the Prince.

The Governor-General himself, brother of his Catholic Majesty, was to sit quietly with folded arms in Luxemburg, while the arch-heretic and rebel reigned supreme in Brussels.

It was too much to expect that the choleric soldier would be content with what he could not help regarding as a dishonorable capitulation.