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Who drafted the Compromise of Breda?

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The document was drafted chiefly by Philip van Marnix . Its radical tone displeased the great nobles; on the advice of William the Silent the original wording was considerably toned down when, in the same year, a petition on behalf of the signers of the compromise was presented to the Spanish regent, Margaret of Parma.

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