They had to go from Italy, because much of Italy was controlled by Spain, through the Alps all the way up along the Rhine and finally get into the Dutch Republic.

他们不得不穿过意大利,因为当时许多意大利地区正由西班牙控制,他们从阿尔卑斯山一路,沿着莱茵河,最终深入荷兰共和国腹地

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Because it's identified with the Spanish empire, with Spain, which not only wanted to extract taxes and to extract taxes and other revenue from its most prosperous province, but wanted to force people to remain Catholic.

因为天主教是与西班牙帝国联系在一起的,西班牙不仅从这个最富有的省份,榨取税收和其他收入,还想强迫人民保持天主教信仰

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