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... palace , and part of the monastery of Yuste . The memoir is entitled The retirement , residence , and death of the emperor Charles the Fifth in the monastery of Yuste ; a historical narrative founded on documents.1 It commences with an ...
... palace , and part of the monastery of Yuste . The memoir is entitled The retirement , residence , and death of the emperor Charles the Fifth in the monastery of Yuste ; a historical narrative founded on documents.1 It commences with an ...
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... palace 107 early history 98 Plate . 108 Its remarkable monks 99 Emperor's dress 109 Fr. Hernando de Corral , the literary friar Pictures and portraits 110 100 • • • Books 111 Fr. Ant . de Villacastin 101 · • . Music . 112 102 ...
... palace 107 early history 98 Plate . 108 Its remarkable monks 99 Emperor's dress 109 Fr. Hernando de Corral , the literary friar Pictures and portraits 110 100 • • • Books 111 Fr. Ant . de Villacastin 101 · • . Music . 112 102 ...
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... palace of the dukes of Brabant , a mass of buildings of various dates and styles , from the towering donjon Ribier ; Lettres et Memoires d'etat sous les Regnes de François I. , Henri II . , et François II . 2 vols . fol . Paris : 1677 ...
... palace of the dukes of Brabant , a mass of buildings of various dates and styles , from the towering donjon Ribier ; Lettres et Memoires d'etat sous les Regnes de François I. , Henri II . , et François II . 2 vols . fol . Paris : 1677 ...
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... palace chapel were thrown open , and the emperor appeared . The whole assembly rose and uncovered as he approached . Supporting himself on the right with a staff , and leaning with his left hand on the shoulder of William prince of ...
... palace chapel were thrown open , and the emperor appeared . The whole assembly rose and uncovered as he approached . Supporting himself on the right with a staff , and leaning with his left hand on the shoulder of William prince of ...
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... palace , of his Burgundian ancestors . He chose for his retreat a small house , where part of his childhood had been spent , in the park of Bruxelles , not then the trim urban pleasance which later times and taste have made it , but a ...
... palace , of his Burgundian ancestors . He chose for his retreat a small house , where part of his childhood had been spent , in the park of Bruxelles , not then the trim urban pleasance which later times and taste have made it , but a ...
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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...