Mediaeval and modern history . when he died the little childrencried in the streets. 412. Progress of the War ; the Truce of 1609. — Severe as wasthe blow sustained by the Dutch patriots in the death of thePrince of Orange, they did not lose heart, but continued thestruggle with the most admirable courage and steadfastness. 6 It has been asserted that the Declaration had an influence in shaping the EnglishDeclaration of Rights in 1689 and the American Declaration of Independence in 1776;but there is no evidence that in either of these cases the Dutch Declaration was eitherknown or consulted, o
Mediaeval and modern history . when he died the little childrencried in the streets. 412. Progress of the War ; the Truce of 1609. — Severe as wasthe blow sustained by the Dutch patriots in the death of thePrince of Orange, they did not lose heart, but continued thestruggle with the most admirable courage and steadfastness. 6 It has been asserted that the Declaration had an influence in shaping the EnglishDeclaration of Rights in 1689 and the American Declaration of Independence in 1776;but there is no evidence that in either of these cases the Dutch Declaration was eitherknown or consulted, or that it had the slightest influence. i PROGRESS OF THE WAR 373 Prince Maurice, a mere youth of seventeen years, the second sonof William, was chosen stadtholder in his place, and he provedhimself a worthy son of the great chief and patriot. The war now went on with unabated fury. France as well asEngland became involved, both fighting against Philip, who wasnow laying claims to the crowns of both countries. To tell of the. battles on land lost and won, of the naval combats on almostevery sea beneath the skies, would be a story without end. Thedestruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588 marked the turningpoint of the struggle, yet not the end of it. Philip II died in 1598,but the losing fight was carried on by his successor, Philip III. Europe finally grew weary of the seemingly interminable strug-gle, and the Spanish commanders becoming convinced that itwas impossible to reduce the Dutch rebels to obedience by force 374 REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS of arms, negotiations were entered into which issued in the cele-brated Truce of 1609. This truce was in reality an acknowledg-ment by Spain of the independence of the United Provinces ofthe Netherlands, although the Spanish king was so unwilling toadmit the fact of his inability to reduce the rebel states to sub-mission that the treaty was termed simply a truce for twelveyears. ^ Spain did not formally acknowledge their independenceu
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