Appendix: August 1568

Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth, Volume 9, 1569-1571. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1874.

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'Appendix: August 1568', in Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth, Volume 9, 1569-1571, (London, 1874) pp. 599. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/foreign/vol9/p599a [accessed 23 April 2024]

August 1568

August 26. 2261. Forces of the Prince of Orange.
Lists of the commanders of the cavalry with the Prince of Orange, with the numbers of their forces, amounting to 7,550 men. There are besides 6,000 Gascons, most of whom are harquebussiers, who are daily joining the Prince.—26 August.
Fr. P. 1. Enclosure.
2262. Proclamation by the Duke of Alva.
All persons not being banished or fled who have made themselves culpable by signing the writing termed the compromise or supplication, presented 5th April 1565, are commanded to appear before the Council of Troubles within thirty days and confess all things in time past by them committed, likewise showing that they are reconciled to the Church that they may obtain pardon of His Majesty. Upon pain that they shall at no time after obtain any pardon or grace, but shall be proceeded against by all rigour of justice as rebels and enemies of the King.
Copy. Pp. 12/3. Enclosure.
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