Again the property of Catholics, clerical and lay, was plundered; again the persons of Catholics, of every degree, were maltreated.

The magistrates, with first senator Imbize at their head, rather encouraged than rebuked the disorder; but Orange, as soon as he received official intelligence of the event, hastened to address them in the words of earnest warning and wisdom.

He allowed that the inhabitants of the province had reason to be discontented with the presence and the misconduct of the Walloon soldiery.

He granted that violence and the menaces of a foreign tyranny made it difficult for honest burghers to gain a livelihood.

At the same time he expressed astonishment that reasonable men should seek a remedy for such evils in tumults which would necessarily bring utter destruction upon the land.