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Page xi
... appearing , he at last disposed of it , in 1844 , for the sum of 4000 francs , to the archives of the French Foreign Office , of which M. Mignet was then director . Of what possible use this curious memoir could be in the conduct of ...
... appearing , he at last disposed of it , in 1844 , for the sum of 4000 francs , to the archives of the French Foreign Office , of which M. Mignet was then director . Of what possible use this curious memoir could be in the conduct of ...
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... appearing along with that of the prior as a witness to the process - verbal which recorded the deposit of the emperor's body at Yuste , and that document being given at full length in the memoir . Not having seen the manuscript , I am ...
... appearing along with that of the prior as a witness to the process - verbal which recorded the deposit of the emperor's body at Yuste , and that document being given at full length in the memoir . Not having seen the manuscript , I am ...
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... appearance of my work , M. Mignet com- menced a series of elaborate papers on Charles the Fifth , his abdication and retirement , still in course of publication in the Journal des Savants , at Paris.2 Composed mainly of mate- rials ...
... appearance of my work , M. Mignet com- menced a series of elaborate papers on Charles the Fifth , his abdication and retirement , still in course of publication in the Journal des Savants , at Paris.2 Composed mainly of mate- rials ...
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... appearance on horseback 117 • His mechanical toys 114 • . 115 116 117 The household become more The reconciled to Yuste 118 emperor's against them Monsieur de La Chaulx 118 Improvement in the emperor's health . 119 Quixada complains of ...
... appearance on horseback 117 • His mechanical toys 114 • . 115 116 117 The household become more The reconciled to Yuste 118 emperor's against them Monsieur de La Chaulx 118 Improvement in the emperor's health . 119 Quixada complains of ...
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... appeared in the same hall by their deputies , to witness the emperor's abdication of the dominions of the house of Burgundy . They took their seats on benches placed in the form of a half circle , in front of a decorated dais , on which ...
... appeared in the same hall by their deputies , to witness the emperor's abdication of the dominions of the house of Burgundy . They took their seats on benches placed in the form of a half circle , in front of a decorated dais , on which ...
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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...