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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
This document contains the conditions on which Matthias of Austria was accepted as governor by the States General on 8 December 1577, after they had declared Don John to be an enemy of the country.
I. The archduke as lieutenant of the king and governor of these countries shall take the oath to His Majesty the king as the supreme lord and legitimate prince of the Netherlands and also to the States General, to the welfare of the Netherlands.
II. Similarly all other governors of provinces as well as of towns (where there may be governors, and usually were, in accordance with the privileges) and all colonels, captains, soldiers and officers shall take the oath to the king their lord and legitimate prince, under the governor general in the name of the king, and at the same time to the States General, to the welfare of the provinces.
III. They, and the governor too, shall be bound to observe all the following articles, and especially to maintain each and all of the privileges, rights, usages and customs of the country and to restore, preserve and keep them inviolate.
IV. The governor shall govern the country with a Council of State, nominated by the States General, made up of men born in the country, capable and qualified, true to the country, without greed and ambition, detached, no longer driven by the passions raised in the party conflicts of recent years, wise and expert in the matter of policy as well as of war.
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