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288 description of its origin is translated from that Work, with a few additions from the accounts given by Prof. I. W. Kitchin, of Oxford. In the year 1565, immediately after the decrees of the Council of Trent were promulgated, Philip II. determined to put them in force throughout his dominions. Accordingly, he now made a more vehement attack upon the reformers, and then it was, in 1566, that the Netherland nobles, led by Count Brederode, signed the famous 'Compromisef with which the open rebellion of the provinces begins. Margaret of Parma was Philip's regent in the Low Countries. Before her Brederode appeared with the Protest against the Inquisition and other innovations which the King proposed to introduce into Holland. He was accompanied by three hundred noblemen, who had bound themselves together for the preservation of the Liberties of the Provinces. The Duchess of Parma appeared to be much disturbed at the sight of such a multitude of noble remonstrants, but the Count of Barlemont, who stood beside her, begged her not to be alarmed, 'For,' said he, in French, 'they are only beggars' 1 The next day, the 6th of April, 1566, as the confeder- ates were sitting together at dinner, and talking of a name for their new Party, they remembered Barlemont's sneer, and cried out, 'Vfifvent les Gueux! '-' Hurrah for the Beg- gars! ' When dinner was over, Brederode, having hung a beggar's wallet around his neck, filled a wooden bowl with wine and drank the health of the company, declaring that, for his part, he was ready to sacriice life, property, every- thing, in defence of his country's freedom. The room rang with applause,--' Hurrah for the Beggarsl' The cup was passed from hand to hand. Every man drank the same toast and made the same pledge of devotion. And thus it was that the name of the Gueux, or Beggars, which has become famous throughout Europe, had its origin at a social feast, for it often happens that the most important and serious affairs begin amid jests and laughter. Soon afterward the men of the new Party appeared at Brussels, dressed in coarse gray cloth, with wooden cups at- tached to their belts, AND WITH THIS MEDAL HANGING ABOUT THEIR NECKS.H .
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