<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo - 1568, iziFundazwe Eziyisikhombisa kamuva ezasayina i - Union of Utrecht zaqala ukuvukela uFiliphu II waseSpain okwaholela eMpini Yeminyaka Engamashumi Ayisishiyagalombili. Ngaphambi kokuba amazwe aseNetherlands anqobe ngokuphelele, kwaqubuka impi phakathi kweNgilandi neSpain, iMpi YamaNgisi NeSpanishi ka-1585-1604, eyaphoqa amabutho aseSpain ukuba amise ukuqhubekela phambili kwawo futhi awashiye elawula amadolobha abalulekile okuhweba aseBruges naseGhent, kodwa ngaphandle kokulawula i-Antwerp, okwakuyitheku elibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni ngaleso sikhathi. I-Antwerp yawa  <response>: Ngo-Agasti 17, 1585, ngemuva kokuvinjezelwa, kwahlukaniswa phakathi kweNyakatho neNingizimu yeNetherlands okugcina ikakhulukazi iBelgium yanamuhla. 