Anno 1568.
On the 7th of March the Bodies of the Holy Martyrs, Pastor and Justus, were brought from Huesca, and interr'd at Alcala de Henares, where they suffered and were born.
The principal Ring-leader of the Rebellion in the Low Countries was the Prince of * 1.1 Orange, who fearing to meet with what he deserv'd, was fled. His Brother Count Luis with several Companies of Germans entred West-Frizeland; Count Aremberg with his Forces and the Spanish Regiment of D. Gonçalo de Bracamonte march'd against him, but being too hasty in charging, was overthrown. The Count and many more being slain, the rest fled to Groningen through the Marishes, the Country being overflow'd by reason the Dikes were broken. Count Egmont and Count Horn being convicted of Treason (as is believed very wrongfully) were by the Duke of Alva's Order executed at Brussels. They were publickly Beheaded on the 4th. of June; and to prevent the People Mutinying, they were strongly guarded to the Scaffold, and all the Streets lined. This Execution rather incensed than appeased the People.
This done the Duke of Alva march'd against the Prince of Orange, who had entred that Province with his Forces, and made him retire, taking several Towns and Castles, and putting many Hereticks to the Sword.
At the same time the Morisco's, that is, those descended of the Moores, rebelled in the Kingdom of Granada. These People were never Loyal, and were then incensed, for that * 1.2 certain Proclamations were publish'd against them. Many of them perish'd in the space of two Years that those Tumults lasted. The Marquis of Mondejar overthrew them seven times, tho with some considerable loss, caused by the Disorderliness of his Men. Lastly, D. John of Austria being General they were fully subdu'd. The Punishment given to those Rebels has taken from them the power of rising again, by dispersing them through∣out Castile.
Almost at the same time died first Charles Prince of Spain in Prison, where his Father kept him, and then Queen Elizabeth his Mother-in-Law. She died of a Miscarriage, leaving only two Daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine, and never a Son, which was the reason the King her Husband married again a fourth time. His too much forwardness was the cause of the Prince's Death; many things were reported concerning the cause of his Im∣prisonment, and his Father's Displeasure: But there is no doubt but he was Poison'd by his Father's Command. The Prince of Orange was again this Year without any Bloodshed drove out of the Low Countries, and forced to retire into France, where he assisted the Rebels.