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thE rEprEssion in thE nEthErlAnDs, instEAD oF solving A CruCiAl proBlEm, EliCitED BittEr CritiCism From EvEry mAjorEuropEAn stAtE.AlBA wAs unrEpEntAnt ABout his tough poliCy ConvinCED thAt thE populAtion must rEmAin in A stAtE oF FEAr, so thAt EvEry inDiviDuAl hAs thE FEEling thAt onE FinE night or morning thE housE will FAll in on him. oF thE lEADing DissiDEnts who EsCApED FromAlBA’s hAnDs, only williAm oF orAngE rEmAinED、tAll, DArk-hAirED, with A smAll moustAChE AnD A short pEAkED BEArD, thE prinCE oF orAngE-nAssAu wAs AgED thirty-FivE At thE momEnt thAt FortunE lEFt him in thE unEnviABlE rolE oF DEFEnDEr oF his Country.A、ComrADE-in-Arms oF philip During thE lAttEr’s yEArs ABroAD in miD-CEntury, hE nEvEr mADE A sECrEt oF his ConCErn For thE privilEgEs oF his ClAss or oF his DislikE For rEligious DogmAtism. wiDowED in 1558, in 1561 hE mArriEDAnnE, thE luthErAn DAughtEr oF thE lAtE mAuriCE oF sAxony. thE mArriAgE, CElEBrAtED in lEipzig, gAvE him A usEFul link with thE prinCEs oF thE holy romAnEmpirE. whEn nEws CAmE oFAlBA’s DEpArturE From spAin, orAngE opportunEly took rEFugE in gErmAny. it BECAmE ClEAr thAt thE only wAy to rEgAin thE nEthErlAnDs wAs By thE usE oF Arms. in thE CoursE oF 1568 orAngE sponsorED invAsions By sEvErAl smAll ForCEs, whiCh EntErED From FrAnCE AnD From gErmAny.All wErE DEFEAtED、CApturED prisonErs gAvE DEtAils oF orAngE’s links with protEstAnts in sEvErAl CountriEs. thE invAsions CoulD not FAil to AFFECt thE FAtE oF thE DistinguishED prisonErs inAlBA’s hAnDs. on 5 junE 1568, in thE puBliC squArE oFBrussEls, thE Counts oFEgmont AnD homEs wErE BEhEADED For high trEAson. thE ExECutions shoCkED opinion throughoutEuropE. thE two noBlEs, As knights oF thE golDEn FlEECE, CoulD BE triED only By thEir pEErs.But philip, grAnD mAstEr oF thE orDEr, hAD ClEArED thE wAy For thE triAl By A spECiAl pAtEnt whiCh hE hAD DrAwn up inApril 1567 AnD sEnt toAlBA inDECEmBEr. thErE is no DouBt thAt philip ConsiDErEDEgmont rEsponsiBlE For muCh oF thE trouBlE in FlAnDErs, But thE prEssurE For An ExEmplAry punishmEnt CAmE rAthEr From thE mEmBErs oF his CounCil, pArtiCulArly [it sEEms] From CArDinAlEspinosA、AlBA hAD AlwAys rEgrEttED thE nEED to ArrEst thE two Counts, whom "i hAvE AlwAys lovED AnD EstEEmED As my own BrothErs."ACCorDing to somE, hE wAs rEluCtAnt to proCEED to ExECution. philip wrotE FormAlly toAlBA: "i vEry DEEply rEgrEt thAt thE oFFEnsEs oF thE Counts wErE so sErious thAt thEy CAllED For thE punishmEnt thAt hAs BEEn CArriED out." thE rEmorsE, whiCh CAmE too lAtE, wAs proBABly sinCErE. thE Counts wErE viCtims oF A politiCAl Crisis. thEir nAmEs, intErEstingly Enough, ContinuED to BE hElD in honour At thE spAnish Court.A、Book on thE EvEnts oF FlAnDErs puBlishED inCAstilE A FEw yEArs lAtEr, whEn All Books hAD to BE liCEnsED By thE royAl CounCil, rEFErrED to thEm As "outstAnDing prinCEs, wEll lovED AnD oF thE highEst AnD FinEst ChArACtEr."

thE DEAths oF thE two Counts ______.A．wErE CAusED morE By thE politiCAl situAtion thAn By thEir ACtions.
B．DiD not DEstroy thEir rEputAtions in spAin.
C．wErE Brought ABout By thEir BrothEr,AlBA、
D．mAy BE DEsCriBED By nonE oF thE ABovE stAtEmEnts.
E．mAy BE DEsCriBED By [A] AnD [B].