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Page viii
... Fray Antonio de Villacastin , and several other monks of Yuste were his brethren at the Escorial ; the emperor's confessor , Regla , and his favourite preacher , Villalva , filled the same posts in the household of Philip the Second ...
... Fray Antonio de Villacastin , and several other monks of Yuste were his brethren at the Escorial ; the emperor's confessor , Regla , and his favourite preacher , Villalva , filled the same posts in the household of Philip the Second ...
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... Fray Martin de Angulo , by command of the prin- cess Doña Juana , and from other books and papers of equal quality and credit . With exception of a few sentences , and a few trifling alterations , the greater part of this narrative is ...
... Fray Martin de Angulo , by command of the prin- cess Doña Juana , and from other books and papers of equal quality and credit . With exception of a few sentences , and a few trifling alterations , the greater part of this narrative is ...
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... Fray Lorenzo de Losar , employed as purveyor of the imperial household , and Fray Miguel de Torralva , who held the post of obrero or master of works . The prior and the confessor , he says , are spoken of in such terms in the memoir ...
... Fray Lorenzo de Losar , employed as purveyor of the imperial household , and Fray Miguel de Torralva , who held the post of obrero or master of works . The prior and the confessor , he says , are spoken of in such terms in the memoir ...
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... Fray Juan de Regla 63 The chamberlain , Luis Quixada 64 His wife , Magdalena de Ulloa , and Don John of Austria 66 , 67 , 68 The secretary , Martin de Gaztelu 69 William Van Male , gentleman of the chamber • . He translates the ...
... Fray Juan de Regla 63 The chamberlain , Luis Quixada 64 His wife , Magdalena de Ulloa , and Don John of Austria 66 , 67 , 68 The secretary , Martin de Gaztelu 69 William Van Male , gentleman of the chamber • . He translates the ...
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... Fray Francisco de Tofiño ; and he gave audience so frequently to these friars , that the Flemings must have begun to despair of escaping the backwoods of Estremadura . The acquaintance of the emperor and his grandson , Don Carlos ...
... Fray Francisco de Tofiño ; and he gave audience so frequently to these friars , that the Flemings must have begun to despair of escaping the backwoods of Estremadura . The acquaintance of the emperor and his grandson , Don Carlos ...
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abdication afterwards Alba amongst archbishop arrived attended Austria Bakhuizen bishop bishop of Arras Borja brother Bruxelles Carranza Castille Castillian chamberlain Chap Charles the Fifth church cloister confessor convent count of Oropesa court crown death Don John Don Luis Doña ducats duke duke of Alba emperor Escorial Estremadura father favour favourite Ferdinand Flanders France Fray Juan French friars Gaztelu Gonzalez gout hand heretics holy honour household imperial infanta Jeromite Jesuit John of Austria Juana king Lady Laredo leagues letter likewise Lisbon Luis de Avila Luis Quixada Madrid majesty Mary master monastery monks Navarre Netherlands night noble palace Pedro Philip the Second Plasencia pope Portugal prelate prince princess princess-regent prior Quacos queen of Hungary Quixada received regent Regla retired royal Sandoval secretary sent Seville Siguença soon Spain Spanish thousand ducats tion Titian Toledo took Valladolid Vazquez Vida Villagarcia wrote Xarandilla Yuste
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Page xiv - ... laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral. The ceremony closed with sprinkling holy water on the coffin in the usual form, and, all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those...
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Page xiv - He himself followed in his shroud. He was laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the...
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Page xiv - ... all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those awful sentiments which such a singular solemnity was calculated to inspire. But either the fatiguing length of the ceremony, or the impression which...
Page 48 - ... retreat. It was seated in a vale of no great extent, watered by a small brook, and surrounded by rising grounds, covered with lofty trees ; from the nature of...