The Thirty Years' War - James Aitken Wylie

only useless it gave it even an air of irony. The
Electorate of the Rhine was bestowed upon the
Duke of Bavaria, as a recompense for his
services.[1]
The territory was added to the area of
Romanism, the Protestant ministers were driven
out, and Jesuits and priests crowded in flocks to
take possession of the newly subjugated domains.
The former sovereign of these domains found
asylum in a corner of Holland. It was a bitter cup to
Elizabeth, the wife of Frederick, and the daughter
of the King of England, who is reported to have
said that she would rather live on bread and water
as a queen than, occupying a lower station, inhabit
the most magnificent mansion, and sit down at the
most luxurious table.[2]
Other princes, besides the King of England,
now opened their eyes. The Elector of Saxony, the
descendant of that Maurice who had chased
Charles V. across the Alps of the Tyrol, and
wrested from him by force of arms the Treaty of
Passau, which gave toleration to the Lutherans, was
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