General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . year, during , he took Brussels, Ghent, and otherplaces. He made his triumphant entry iiu •Antwerp in 1585, having first been 1with the order of the golden Ieece for his re-ward. He granted favourable terms to thetown, and completed his conquest of tlprovinces of the Low-countries whichsince remained under the Spanish or Au ignty. Extending his views to farthersuccesses, he resolved to attack the confediof th
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . year, during , he took Brussels, Ghent, and otherplaces. He made his triumphant entry iiu •Antwerp in 1585, having first been 1with the order of the golden Ieece for his re-ward. He granted favourable terms to thetown, and completed his conquest of tlprovinces of the Low-countries whichsince remained under the Spanish or Au ignty. Extending his views to farthersuccesses, he resolved to attack the confediof the seven Dutch provinces, now openlyaided by queen Elizabeth, who sent overan army to their succour under the earlot 1. icester. 1 :en had already fall- en, and the prince took Grave, Venlo, anilMlivs: Deventer was delivered to him bychery. Leicester was recalled, and was suc- -1 by an abler general, prince Maurii u. The prince of Parma (now becomeduke bv his fathers d< ted, in isS.*!, to command the army destined to theid, and* he marched to Nieu-port in order to embark as soon as the armadashould have cleared the Seas. Biok the Spahish fleet rendered the derigr. ... F A R ( 33 ) FAR ive, to the great happiness of England, whichmight have been reduced to extreme danger,had such a general with a veteran army beenlanded near the capital. The duke afterwardsmade an attempt upon Bergen-op-Zoom, butwas foiled, and about this time the symptomsof a dropsy began to appear in him, brought onby his incessant toils of war in an unhealthyclimate. In 1590 he was against his inclina-tion obliged to march into France in succour ofthe league, which Philip II. was determined tosupport in its resistance to Henry IV. Theduke performed the object of his mission,which was tc raise the siege of Paris ; in whichhe displayed ,great military skill, together withmuch prudence in avoiding a battle, which wasnot to his purpose. When Henry, with theardcur of his character, sent a herald to chal-lenge
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