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Flanders. On the other handto offend the Catholics sent by the king to aid him
would be most impolitic. The arrival of this re-enforcementon which the duke
himself had not reckonedfilled the Spaniards and the Guises with rage. However
all these different opinions interfered sadly with the discipline of the duke's army.
Joyeusewho we know had never liked the missionwas annoyed to find among
these men such antagonistic opinionsand felt instinctively that the time for
success was pastand both as an idle courtier and as a captaingrumbled at
having come so far only to meet with defeat. He declared loudly that the Duc
d'Anjou had been wrong in laying siege to Antwerpand argued that to possess a
great city with its own consent was a real advantage; but that to take by assault
the second capital of his future states was to expose himself to the dislike of the
Flemings; and Joyeuse knew the Flemings too well not to feel sure that if the duke
did take Antwerpsooner or later they would revenge themselves with usury. This
opinion Joyeuse did not hesitate to declare in the duke's tent.
While the council was held among his captainsthe duke was lying on a couch and
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