Low Countries
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The Low Countries, frequently referred to as "Belgium" in the text, designates the southern Catholic provinces under Spanish Habsburg rule. Described as "the jewel of the world." Van der Burch's family had deep roots here, and the text frequently references the religious and political upheavals of the region.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Lapide asks Van der Burch to be "our Moses of the Low Countries"
"Be therefore, Most Illustrious Lord, our Moses of the Low Countries"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Van der Burch's father stood firm amid upheavals
"he stood firm and unshaken in loyalty to his Prince amid the wondrous and grievous upheavals and storms of these Low Countries"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— The choir and clergy of Mechlin described as a mirror for all the Low Countries
"the choir and clergy of Mechlin, who are a mirror of virtue and religion for all the Low Countries"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Van der Burch commended himself to all the Low Countries
"you so commended yourself to him and to all the Low Countries"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— A new splendour shines upon all Belgium
"a new splendour — indeed a glory — shines out upon all Belgium like a new radiance from the Church of Ghent"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Belgium described as the jewel of the world
"as Belgium is the jewel of the world, so Ghent is the jewel of Flanders and Belgium"