Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . rvi a D. Gio. dAustria, che teneva trattato di avvelenare il Principe dOrange. I went veiy carefully through the volume in question without finding anytrace of such a letter, and I had the assistance in the search of a friend who met with nobetter success. The calendar, made, I believe, at the end of the last century, seemed,however, generally accurate. ^ It is scarcely necessaiy to say that this passage was written during the reign ofNapoleon III., and that the crime referred to is the coup ditat by
Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . rvi a D. Gio. dAustria, che teneva trattato di avvelenare il Principe dOrange. I went veiy carefully through the volume in question without finding anytrace of such a letter, and I had the assistance in the search of a friend who met with nobetter success. The calendar, made, I believe, at the end of the last century, seemed,however, generally accurate. ^ It is scarcely necessaiy to say that this passage was written during the reign ofNapoleon III., and that the crime referred to is the coup ditat by which the Presidentof the French Republic secured for himself the Imperial throne.—Ed. 362 DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA. CHAP. XI. announced in a time of profound peace by a crime which rivalsin its proportions the crimes brought forth by the passionsand conflicts of the sixteenth century, appears to be acceptedas reasonable by many Frenchmen and not a few Enghshmen,who probably, nevertheless, condemn Philip II. and his satraps,and applaud the heroic resistance opposed to them by
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