Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

“ Because it pleases us in this way and we want it to be done. And in order that this will be forever a firm and stable matter, we have signed the aforementioned present things with our names, and have added our seal to them. ”

“ ISBN 90-5583-211-1.↑ In this context, the word 'republic' refers to 'the public well-being, the common good', and not to a form of government without a hereditary head of state.↑ Mary of Hungary, governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1531 to 1555. ”