Transcriber's Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
| PART I | ||
| THE NETHERLANDERS | ||
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | The Alchemist | 3 |
| II. | Fräulein Anne | 13 |
| III. | Louis of Nassau | 26 |
| IV. | The Saint Bartholomew Wedding | 36 |
| V. | William of Orange | 48 |
| VI. | The Crystal Gazers | 58 |
| VII. | Brussels | 71 |
| VIII. | Margaret of Parma | 81 |
| IX. | Cardinal Granvelle | 91 |
| X. | The Rhetoric Play | 101 |
| XI. | The Jesters and the Rhetoric Players | 111 |
| XII. | The Grandees | 121 |
| XIII. | The Departure of the Cardinal | 131 |
| XIV. | The Regent, the Prince, and the Cardinalist | 140 |