Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ikpeazụ, ọ nọchibidoro nnukwu ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Antwerp. Obodo ahụ dị n'akụkụ oké osimiri, e wusikwara ya ike, ụmụ amaala ya gbasiri mbọ ike ma jiri obi ike chebe ya. Ọ bụ onye a ma ama bụ́ Marnix van St. Aldegonde duziri ha, onye injinia Ịtali aha ya bụ Federigo Giambelli nyekwaara ha aka. Mkpọchi ahụ malitere na 1584 ma kpọọ ndị agha Farnese nile nwere ọgụgụ isi. O mechiri ụzọ ọ bụla e si aga Antwerp site n'oké osimiri site n'iwu àkwà mmiri ụgbọ mmiri gafere Scheldt site na Calloo ruo Oordam, n'agbanyeghị mgbalị ndị obodo ahụ nọchibidoro na-eme. Otu n'ime ihe e kwuru n'akwụkwọ ahụ bụ na ndị Protestant niile ga-ahapụ obodo ahụ n'ime afọ anọ. E kwesịghị inwe mgbagwoju anya na njide na njide nke obodo a na ihe omume ọbara ọbara nke Spanish Fury na November 4, 1576. Farnese zere ihie ụzọ nke onye bu ya ụzọ bụ́ Don Luis de Requesens. Na ndị
Ọdịda nke Antwerp, na Mechelen na Brussels adịworị n'aka Farnese, e debere ndịda Netherlands dum ọzọ n'okpuru ikike nke Philip. N'otu oge, Holland na Zeeland, bụ́ ndị ọnọdụ ala ha mere ka ha bụrụ ndị a na-apụghị imeri emeri ma e wezụga site n'oké osimiri, nwere nrụgide siri ike ijigide ókèala ha. Ndị agha England ahụ na-enweghị ngwá agha, bụ́ ndị Elizabeth nke Mbụ zipụrụ, meriri ndị nke Duke.