. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. ir departure in thewinter of 1578-79. Ghent, always factious and turbulent, disgraced the cause offreedom by its lawless disorders. Ryhove took Blood-Councillor Hessels andanother dignitary out of prison on October 4th, carried them beyond the gates,and hanged them. Violent riots occurred; the churches were attacked, imagesand ornaments destroyed, and the Catholics driven from the town. Brusselsoffered remonstrances on these proceedings : Orange visited Ghent at the end o
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. ir departure in thewinter of 1578-79. Ghent, always factious and turbulent, disgraced the cause offreedom by its lawless disorders. Ryhove took Blood-Councillor Hessels andanother dignitary out of prison on October 4th, carried them beyond the gates,and hanged them. Violent riots occurred; the churches were attacked, imagesand ornaments destroyed, and the Catholics driven from the town. Brusselsoffered remonstrances on these proceedings : Orange visited Ghent at the end ofthe year, and strove to restore order. The second city of the provinces hadfallen from her high estate: grass was growing and cattle were grazing mthe streets. Outside the walls of the various cities there was still less security forproperty or life. The Malcontents under Montigny, the disbanded troops ofAlencon and the others, swept the land bare. Havre complained that theydemanded the most delicate food, and drank champagne and burgundy by thepailful. The Germans who had been brought by Casimir, after coolly asking. .PULPIT IN NEW CHURCH, AMSTERDAM. 5S9 59Q THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. Parma to pay their wages, departed, singing songs of which Motle} has givenus a specimen: O have you been in Brabant, fighting for the States ? O have you brought back anything except your broken pates ? O I have been in Brabant, myself and all my mates. Well go no more to Brabant, unless our brains are addle. Were coming home on foot, we went there in the saddle ; For theres neither gold nor glory got in fighting for the States. This was true enough in their case, for they had had no fighting at all. BRIBERY. THE SOUTH LOST. The governor, as has been said, was a master of arts no less than of was now fishing with a golden hook, and most of the nobles were readyenough to take the bait. These men, who held high commissions in the States*army and had been entrusted with the government
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