Don John says that he desires two things only: the conservation of the Roman Catholic religion and the re-establishment of the king's authority. However, as religion is a gift of God and cannot be implanted or impressed on people's minds by force of arms, how can one reasonably say that Don John wanted to preserve the Roman Catholic religion or to maintain it by taking up arms? For how will he do this? Will he put to death all those who will not recognise this religion? If he takes this course then we shall again find ourselves in the hell of civil wars. For there are many people and towns who would rather be cut into pieces than await the fury of these executions. The results clearly show how little the late emperor Charles, blessed be his memory, achieved in Germany by taking up arms for the same reason. And already three kings in France and the duke of Alva and the commander of Castile in Holland and Zeeland have to our great harm made us wiser by experience. Shall we always be tripped up by the same stone, trying to eradicate by force what is hidden in the depths of our souls and can be reshaped by God alone? Perhaps.