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... secretary , of Charles ; and at Toledo or Madrid he may have had oppor- tunities of knowing Torriano , the emperor's mechanician . Fray Prudencio de Sandoval , bishop of Pamplona , printed his well - known History of Charles the Fifth ...
... secretary , of Charles ; and at Toledo or Madrid he may have had oppor- tunities of knowing Torriano , the emperor's mechanician . Fray Prudencio de Sandoval , bishop of Pamplona , printed his well - known History of Charles the Fifth ...
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... secretary of state , Francisco de Eraso , secretary to the king , and Don Garcia de Toledo , tutor to Don Carlos ; the emperor , Luis Quixada , chamberlain to the emperor , Martin de Gaztelu , his secretary , William Van Male , his ...
... secretary of state , Francisco de Eraso , secretary to the king , and Don Garcia de Toledo , tutor to Don Carlos ; the emperor , Luis Quixada , chamberlain to the emperor , Martin de Gaztelu , his secretary , William Van Male , his ...
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... secretary and chamberlain did not think it worthy of remark . Charles was notoriously devout , and very fond of devotional exercises beyond the daily routine of religious observance . His punctuality in performing his spiritual duties ...
... secretary and chamberlain did not think it worthy of remark . Charles was notoriously devout , and very fond of devotional exercises beyond the daily routine of religious observance . His punctuality in performing his spiritual duties ...
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... is most unlikely that his secretary would have failed to mention it in his letters - none of which contain any hint that can justify the tale . distance ( fifty - six leagues , or about two 24 [ CHAP . II . CLOISTER LIFE OF.
... is most unlikely that his secretary would have failed to mention it in his letters - none of which contain any hint that can justify the tale . distance ( fifty - six leagues , or about two 24 [ CHAP . II . CLOISTER LIFE OF.
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... secretary , Martin Gaztelu , wrote to complain of these things , there was no courier at hand to carry the letter . The weather was wet and tempestuous , and of a fleet of ships , laden with wool , which the royal squadron had met at ...
... secretary , Martin Gaztelu , wrote to complain of these things , there was no courier at hand to carry the letter . The weather was wet and tempestuous , and of a fleet of ships , laden with wool , which the royal squadron had met at ...
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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 - ... 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...