History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vol. 2 of 3
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It was not till the close of the following month that it was formally disclosed to her by some of the great lords.1 If it was known to her before, Margaret must have thought it prudent to affect ignorance till some overt action on the part of the league called for her notice.
It became then a question with the members of the league what was next to be done. It was finally resolved to present a petition in the name of the whole body to the regent, a measure which, as already intimated, received the assent, if not the approbation, of the prince of Orange. The paper was prepared, as it would seem, in Williams own house at Brussels, by his brother Louis, and was submitted, we are told, to the revision of the prince, who thus had it in his power to mitigate, in more than one instance, the vehemence, or rather violence, of the expressions.
To give greater effect to the petition, it was determined that a large deputation from the league should accompany its presentation to the regent. Notice was given to four hundred of the confederates to assemble at the beginning of April. They were to come well mounted and armed, prepared at once to proceed to Brussels.
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