The queen, while apparently siding with the Earl, intimated to Sir John that she did not disapprove his conduct, that she should probably recall him to England, and that she should send him back to the Provinces after the Earl had left that country.
Such had been the position of the governor-general towards the Queen, towards the States-General, and towards his own countrymen, during the year 1586.
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