Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin wata sanarwa ga Duke na Medinaceli a 1573 ya soki manufar ta'addanci da Duke na Alva ya bi, girman kai da zalunci na sojojin Spain, da keta al'adun gargajiya da 'yanci. Tsakanin 1574 da 1576 ya yi nesa da Antwerp a kan ayyukan diflomasiyya. Komawa Antwerp a lokacin rani na 1576, ya rubuta sau da yawa zuwa Majalisar Jiha yana gargadin haɗarin haɗarin halin da ake ciki a can. Sa'ad da Aka Ci Birnin Antwerp
a watan Nuwamba 1576 ya nemi mafaka a Middelburg. 'Yan tawayen sun sace gidansa a Antwerp. Ya kasance mai goyon bayan Zaman Lafiya na Ghent, ya amince da shi daga baya a wannan watan, amma yayin da yake sukar manufofin sarauta ya kasance mai aminci ga sarki. A shekara ta 1578 'yan tawaye suka daure shi a Ghent, kuma sau da yawa ana yi masa barazanar kisa. A watan Yuni na shekara ta 1579 ya gudu na ɗan lokaci amma aka sake kama shi.