This disciplined capture and occupation of the town should not be confused with the bloody events of the Spanish Fury on 4 November 1576.
What remains of the 41 books in 1576 got lost in the big fire caused by the Spanish Fury, when mutinous Spanish troops plundered the city.
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Esther de Berdt was born in London, England, into a family descended of Protestant refugees from Ypres, who had fled the "Spanish Fury" led by the Duke of Alba.