Impi yaseFlanders yaqanjwa ngemininingwane yayo ethakazelisa kakhulu. Ngaphansi komlando wangempela waleyo mpi yeminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili (babengeke bachithe imicibisholo ...), yahluma selokhu kuthunjwa kukaCarlos V endodaneni yakhe uFelipe II owayehlakaniphile (mhlawumbe ukuqonda njengesichasiso sobuthakathaka), ngoba le nkosi yayibhekwa ngenhloso yokufundela owezizwe eNetherlands. Njengoba ngisho ngaphansi kwalesi simo sangempela, uFernando Martínez Laínez usisondeza ezigabeni zokuqala zempikiswano.
U-Alonso de Montenegro, ozimele, no-Ambrosio Spínola, ophethe uGenese, njengoCaptain General, webutho lonke laseSpain (kwaba njalo-ke) babelana ngesiteji kuleli cebo ngomlando nezindaba. Ukuhlanganiswa okuthakazelisayo kwezinhloso zokulandisa okunikeza amandla okuqonda ngqo ukuze wazi imininingwane yenye yezingxabano ezinkulu kakhulu eYurophu ngenkathi sihlola ukusetshenziswa, amasiko kanye nezinto ezihlukile zezimpilo eziqanjiwe zalaba baphikisi ababili nabanye abaningi abahamba nabo.
U-Alonso de Montenegro wayengakaze abe yisakhamuzi esiyisibonelo; igazi labanye abantu lase ligeleze ezandleni zakhe ukuthi usezomhambisa emikhunjini, kepha wasusa ukungcola ngokuzilungiselela. Embuthweni wakhombisa amakhono akhe empi, ngokuzinikela, isibindi nokuphana ngaphambili.
Kuzo zonke lezi zinhlonipho nangokuhlangana okuvamile, u-Ambrosio umethemba ukuthi uzobhekana nemikhankaso yokuqala. Futhi sathola-ke ukuthi leso sibindi asikaze siphuthelwe ukuvikela imbangela yaseSpain, kepha kwaba khona ukuntuleka kwempahla ezohlanganisa zonke izinhlobo zezidingo zamasosha amaningi kangaka.
Itulo elixhumanisa ngokumangalisayo amaqiniso kanye ne-intrahistory, iqiniso lempi engapheli nenganekwane maqondana nokubalulekile, ubuntu babantu abaningi abashiye izimpilo zabo ngaphambili. Inoveli ethokozisayo ejabulisa futhi ifundise.
Ungathenga incwadi Imikhonto. Indlela yesithathu, inoveli entsha kaFernando Martínez Laínez, lapha:
Kuzoba okulandelayo ukuwa. Ukuthola okuhle leli khasi.
Ukubheja okuhle, Andrés. Futhi ngiyabonga !!