Tapestry of gold, silver, and silk, representing the Adoration of the kings. An altar-piece with doors, containing pictures of the Virgin and babe, and of the Annunciation of the Virgin, and adorned with nine gold medallions of various sizes, portraits of the emperor, the empress (2), king Philip (2), the queen of England, the queen of Bohemia (2), and the princess of Portugal. Several other pictures of sacred subjects without names of masters. Three large books of paper, with drawings of trees, flowers, men, and other objects, from the Indies. The great clock made by Master Juanelo, with its case, and the table of walnut-wood with cloth cover, upon which it stands in his majesty's chamber. Another clock, of crystal, with its base, by the said Juanelo. Another clock, called the Portal. Another, called the Mirror. Others, round and small, for the pocket. Six pieces of tapestry-landscapes. Seven pieces, with animals and landscapes. Twelve pieces, with foliage (verdura). Five coverings for seats (bancales), with foliage. Twelve hangings of fine black cloth for the apartments of the emperor (in the monastery). Four door-curtains (ante-puertas) of black cloth. Seven carpets (alfombras), four Turkish, and three of Alcaraz. Canopies (dosels) of fine black velvet. A quantity of linen. IN HIS MAJESTY'S CHAMBER. Two beds, of different sizes. Six blankets of white cloth. Fourteen feather bolsters (colchones de pluma). Thirty-seven pillows (almohadas), with much holland bedlinen (ropa de holando) of all kinds. Six chairs, covered with black velvet. His majesty's arm-chair, with six cushions and a footstool. Chair in which his majesty was carried, with its staves (andas de brazo). Twelve chairs of walnut-wood, garnished with nails (tachonadas). IN THE WARDROBE. Sixteen long robes, lined with eider-down, ermine, Tunis kidskin, or velvet. Six bornooses (albornoces) one of them presented to his majesty at Tunis. IN THE STABLE. Four mules of burden, one of them chesnut, and named 'Cardenala.' A grey horse. Two other mules. IN THE HARNESS-ROOM. A litter lined with black velvet, and mounted outside with steel. Delivered at Valladolid on the 26th of October, 1558. Another, of smaller size, with a seat inside, lined with black serge and covered outside with leather. The whole of the above property, not left in the monastery, was given over to the charge of Juan Esteque, keeper of his majesty's jewels, on the 1st of November, 1558. INDEX. THE following words have been abbreviated thus:-archduchess, ahdss.; AA, 216 Abadia, 312 Abrantes, d. of, 279 Abrojo, 35, 160 Abruzzi, 141 Açaloras, Fr. J. de, 114, 222, 298 Alcaudete, M. de Cordoba, c. of, 217, Acuña, F. de, 71, 112, 323 Acuña, J. de, 168 Adrian, the cook, 188 Adrian VI., pope, 194 Aguayo, Fr. A. de, 111 Aguilar, A. de, 236 Alba, Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, d. of, 53, 54, 66, 91, 92, 129, 130, Alba de Tormes, 102, 151, 154 Alcala de Henares, 79, 81, 255 Alcantara, grand commander of; see Alcantara, order of, 118 Alcazar of Seville, 59 Alexander VI., pope, 193 Ancona, 140 Andrea, A., 170 Angulo, Fr. M. de, viii., xvii., xx., Anna, q. of Hungary, xxx. Anna, q. of Spain, xxx. Anne of Austria, q. of France, 257 Appian, 111 Aquinas, St. Thomas; see St. Tho- Ason, 26 Asparagus, 149 Assisi, 95 Astorga, m. of, 36 Atocha, conv. of, at Madrid, 123 Avila, bp. of, 223 Aubremont, M. d', 25 Auctuarius Joannes, 295 Augsburg, xiii., 83, 108, 122 Austria, Don John of, xxx. 66, 68, 123, Austria, Juana of, xxx. Austria, Leopoldo of, bp. of Cordova, Austria, Margaret of, xxx. Austria, Piramo Conrado of, xxx. Avila y Zuñiga, L. de, 70, 71, 75, 85, 108, 111, 154, 159, 162, 163, 169, Aytona, m. of, 279 Bolivar, F., 158 Bonifaz, R., 23 Bordeaux, archbp. of, 23 Borja, house of, 77 Borja, St. Francis; see St. Francis Bossu, c. of, 274 Bourbon, constable de, 18 Bracamonte, 44 Bradford, Rev. W., 1, 48 Braga, 302 Braganza, C. de, 36 Brandenburg, Albert, marg. of, 87 Brantome, 21, 225 Bruges, 69 Brunswick, d. of, 273 Brusquet, 15 Bruxelles, 4, 13, 15, 66, 273 Bruxelles, Ph. de, 6 Bucer, 212 Buda, 130 Casa del Cordon, 29 Castro, A. de, 41, 171, 194, 197, 209, 310 Castro, J. de, 136 Catalogue of prohibited books, 1559, Catalonia, 54 Cateau-Cambresis, 216 Catherine of Medicis, q. of France, Catherine, q. of Portugal, xxx., 37, Cats of the emperor, 183 Cavalli, M. de', 250 Caudenberg, castle of, at Bruxelles, 4 Cazalla, A., 200, 202, 208, 209 Celada, 31 Cellini, B., 108 Cervantes, M., 206, 263 Chambord, 304 Charlemagne, 155, 250 Charles V., emperor, vii.-xxii., xxx. His abdication, 5-12 His retired life at Bruxelles, 13 Journey to Valladolid, 26-33 He visits Yuste, 57 His health, 3, 89, 107, 119, 146, His way of life, 114, 117, 183 His love of eating, 60-62, 159 His grief on the death of q. His familiarity with the friars, 90, His good nature to his servants, His hatred of heresy, 201-204, |