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of Orange William of Orange of Orange William of Orange [House of Orange]. William of Orange. Apologie ofte Verantwoordinghe des doerluchtighen en hooghgeborenen vorsts ende heeren, heeren Wilhelms van Godes ghenade Prince van Orangien (...) teghen de Ban ofte Edict by forme van proscriptie ghepubliceert by den Coningh van Spaegnien teghen den voorsz. Heere; waer uit sal blijcken hoedanigh dat sijn de lasteringhen ende valsche beschuldinghen in den voorsz. Ban begrepen. Ghepresenteert aen myne Heeren de Generaele Staeten van de Nederlanden. Leyden, C. Silvius, 130p., woodcut coat of arms of the Nassau family, small woodcut printer's mark on title, 19th cent. hcalf. - Last ± w. wormholes; occas. trifle yellowed. Backstrip loose. = Knuttel Tiele in the same year as the French edition Delft, which is considered the first. Famous apologia, attributed to Pierre l'Oyseleur dit de Villiers, court-chaplain. "One of the most startling documents in history. No defiance was ever thundered forth in the face of a despot in more terrible terms" (Motley). Against Philip of Spain who promulgated a ban on William the Silent, putting a large reward on the head of "this traitor and enemy of the human race". Call for price