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... tion of the village of Quacos and all the Vera when the body of the emperor was removed from Yuste . It was written , M. Bakhuizen , in or about 1574 , soon after the removal of the emperor's remains . The author informs us that he was ...
... tion of the village of Quacos and all the Vera when the body of the emperor was removed from Yuste . It was written , M. Bakhuizen , in or about 1574 , soon after the removal of the emperor's remains . The author informs us that he was ...
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... tion , she was , even in that age of manly women , re- markable for her intrepid spirit and her iron frame . To much of the bodily strength of her Polish ancestress , Cymburgis of the hammer - fist , she united the cool head and the ...
... tion , she was , even in that age of manly women , re- markable for her intrepid spirit and her iron frame . To much of the bodily strength of her Polish ancestress , Cymburgis of the hammer - fist , she united the cool head and the ...
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... band of seamen to die at Trafalgar . This ancient seaport was now the scene of a debarka- tion more remarkable than any which Spain had known since 1556. ] 23 EMPEROR CHARLES V. Laredo Want of preparations to receive them.
... band of seamen to die at Trafalgar . This ancient seaport was now the scene of a debarka- tion more remarkable than any which Spain had known since 1556. ] 23 EMPEROR CHARLES V. Laredo Want of preparations to receive them.
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William Stirling Maxwell. tion more remarkable than any which Spain had known since Columbus stepped ashore at Palos , with his red men from the New World . Landing on the evening of the twenty - eighth of September , 1556 , ' the ...
William Stirling Maxwell. tion more remarkable than any which Spain had known since Columbus stepped ashore at Palos , with his red men from the New World . Landing on the evening of the twenty - eighth of September , 1556 , ' the ...
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... tion , perhaps his pride would have led him to suffer in silence . But then his hundred and fifty followers , newly come from the flesh - pots of Flanders , must have starved ; and they at least would have cried aloud , and spared not ...
... tion , perhaps his pride would have led him to suffer in silence . But then his hundred and fifty followers , newly come from the flesh - pots of Flanders , must have starved ; and they at least would have cried aloud , and spared not ...
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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 - ... 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...