text:  To both princes the name of Ulrica had become by frequent repetition a sacred word; and though Don John had the comfort of knowing that her father the Count de Cergny was unengaged in the action of Gembloux his highness had reason to fear that the regiment of Hainaulters under his command constituted the garrison of one or other of the frontier fortresses of Brabant to which it was now his duty to direct the conquering arms of his captains