Imfazwe yaseFlanders yayiyintsomi kwiinkcukacha zayo ezinomdla. Phantsi kwembali yokwenyani yaloo mfazwe yeminyaka engamashumi asibhozo (babengayi kumosha iintolo ...), bahluma ekuthinjweni kukaCharles V kunyana wakhe uPhilip II olumkileyo (mhlawumbi ubuhlakani njengentetho yobuthathaka), kuba lo kumkani waye kujongwe njengento esebenzayo umntu wasemzini waseNetherlands. Njengoko ndithetha phantsi kwesi simo sangempela, uFernando Martínez Laínez usisondeza kwizigaba zokuqala zokujongana.
U-Alonso de Montenegro, ijoni labucala, kunye no-Ambrosio Spínola, umphathi weGenoese, njengoMphathi Jikelele, womkhosi wonke waseSpain (yiloo ndlela eyenzeka ngayo kuthi 😛) ukwabelana ngeqonga kweli qhinga malunga neMbali kunye namabali. Isishwankathelo esinomdla seenjongo zokubalisa ezibonelela ngamandla ayimfuneko ukwazi iinkcukacha zenye yeengxabano ezinkulu ezixhobileyo eYurophu ngelixa sihlola ukusetyenziswa, izithethe kunye nezinto ezikhethekileyo zobomi obuyintsomi baba badlali baphambili kunye nabanye abaninzi abahamba nabo.
U-Alonso de Montenegro akazange abe ngummi ongumzekelo, igazi labanye abantu lalisele ligeleza ngezandla zakhe kwaye wayesecicini lokuthunyelwa kwiinqanawa, kodwa wasinda kwinkathazo ngokubhalisa. Emkhosini wabonisa italente yakhe yemfazwe, ngokuzinikela, ubugorha kunye nesisa ngaphambili.
Ngazo zonke ezi mpawu kunye nobudlelwane obuqhelekileyo, u-Ambrosio uyamthemba ukuba ajongane namaphulo okuqala. Kwaye safumanisa ngoko ukuba isibindi asizange sisweleke ukukhusela isizathu saseSpain, kodwa kwakukho ukunqongophala kwezinto zokujongana nazo zonke iintlobo zeemfuno zabalwi abaninzi.
Iyelenqe elidibanisa iinyani ngokumangalisayo kunye nembali, inyani yemfazwe engapheliyo kunye nentsomi malunga nokubalulekileyo, imiba yobuqu yabantu abaninzi abashiye ubomi babo ngaphambili. Inoveli enika umdla eyonwabisayo nefundisayo.
Ungayithenga incwadi Imikhonto. Indlela yesithathu, inoveli entsha kaFernando Martínez Laínez, Apha:
Nguye oza kuwa olandelayo. Ukufunyanwa okukhulu kweli phepha.
Ukubheja okuhle, Andrés. Kwaye enkosi!!