As to promising by authentic act, that neither he nor the two provinces would suffer the exercise of the Catholic religion to be in any wise impugned in the rest of the Netherlands, the Prince expressed himself content to promise that, according to the said Ghent Pacification, they would suffer no attempt to be made against the public repose or against the Catholic worship.

He added that, as he had no intention of usurping any superiority over the states-general assembled at Brussels, he was content to leave the settlement of this point to their free-will and wisdom, engaging himself neither to offer nor permit any hindrance to their operations.
With this answer the deputies are said to have been well pleased.

If they were so, it must be confessed that they were thankful for small favors.
They had asked to have the Catholic religion introduced into Holland and Zealand.

The Prince had simply referred them to the estates of these provinces.

They had asked him to guarantee that the exercise of the Reformed religion should not be "procured" in the rest of the country.