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Article THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. ← Page 4 of 6 →
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
blush ; but she trusted that Providence would avert such violence . Beatrix , in astonishment , left the room without uttering a syllable ; and returning immediately , with a poignard in her hand ,-replied , ' Do not be afflicted , mv Princess 1 I swear before God and you that I will protect vour honour , and that you shall see this dagger plunged into the heart ' of that insolent man , if he dare approach you . ' This would have chilled the Prin
resolution , which , in any other situation - cess with horror , was not displeasing at a time of extremity . But God disposed of her otherwise : the Grand Master , being summoned , aud hastening to the Court , fell sick and died on the road . By this accident the measures taken for-restoring peace to the kingdom were broken ; other projects were devised , but without , rendered themselves
effect . The malcontents , in the mean time , masters of many cities , and the Infant D . Alonso , falling a sacrifice , in a little time , to the plague , or poison , they immediately conducted the Princess Isabella from Arevalo , the place of her durance , to Avila , of which they were masters , in order to act in her name , and maintain their revolt . They concluded with acknowledging her for Queen , at the exclusion of King Henry , and presented her with the crown . to
The Archbishop of Toledo ( who was speaker ; represented her Majesty the people ' s distress ; the ignominy of the royal house ; the King's " weakness and incapacity ; the evident danger that threatened the subjugation of the kingdo ' m to an illegal power ; and supplicated her acceptance of the proffered crown , the honour of which she was already enabled to support . The Q teen thanked them for the favourable opinion they entertained of her ; and replied , that gratitude to return
induced her to give them a piece of good advice ; ' that was , to their duty , and to put an end to divisions , which always prove fatal to those by whom they were instigated : that she cherished no impatience of reigning ; she would obey the King her brother , so long as he lived ; and the greatest service she could experience from their sincerity , and the most lively proof that she requested of their affection , was to replace the royal authority in the hands of the King , the lawful possessor of itand to restore the national tranquillity . '
, The wisdom and generosity of this youthful Princess struck the deputies with surprise . They recovered themselves , and listened to the proposition , submitted to them from the King , through the Archbishop of Seville . A treaty was concluded on . these conditions : ' That the Infanta Isabella should be declared Heiress and Princess of Spain ; that Queen Jane and her daughter should be sent back , to , and insti
Portugal ; a general amnesty granted to the rebels ; a quiet - tution of the property ant ! employments which they possessed before the troubles . ' The ' execution of these articles was delayed for six months ; during which time the nobility returned to the Court . They repeated their oath of allegiance to the King and the Princess , on condition that she did not marry without his Majesty ' s consent was solemnly acknowledged . The Marquis de Villene undertook to settle a matrimonial engagement between her Majesty and the King ol
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
blush ; but she trusted that Providence would avert such violence . Beatrix , in astonishment , left the room without uttering a syllable ; and returning immediately , with a poignard in her hand ,-replied , ' Do not be afflicted , mv Princess 1 I swear before God and you that I will protect vour honour , and that you shall see this dagger plunged into the heart ' of that insolent man , if he dare approach you . ' This would have chilled the Prin
resolution , which , in any other situation - cess with horror , was not displeasing at a time of extremity . But God disposed of her otherwise : the Grand Master , being summoned , aud hastening to the Court , fell sick and died on the road . By this accident the measures taken for-restoring peace to the kingdom were broken ; other projects were devised , but without , rendered themselves
effect . The malcontents , in the mean time , masters of many cities , and the Infant D . Alonso , falling a sacrifice , in a little time , to the plague , or poison , they immediately conducted the Princess Isabella from Arevalo , the place of her durance , to Avila , of which they were masters , in order to act in her name , and maintain their revolt . They concluded with acknowledging her for Queen , at the exclusion of King Henry , and presented her with the crown . to
The Archbishop of Toledo ( who was speaker ; represented her Majesty the people ' s distress ; the ignominy of the royal house ; the King's " weakness and incapacity ; the evident danger that threatened the subjugation of the kingdo ' m to an illegal power ; and supplicated her acceptance of the proffered crown , the honour of which she was already enabled to support . The Q teen thanked them for the favourable opinion they entertained of her ; and replied , that gratitude to return
induced her to give them a piece of good advice ; ' that was , to their duty , and to put an end to divisions , which always prove fatal to those by whom they were instigated : that she cherished no impatience of reigning ; she would obey the King her brother , so long as he lived ; and the greatest service she could experience from their sincerity , and the most lively proof that she requested of their affection , was to replace the royal authority in the hands of the King , the lawful possessor of itand to restore the national tranquillity . '
, The wisdom and generosity of this youthful Princess struck the deputies with surprise . They recovered themselves , and listened to the proposition , submitted to them from the King , through the Archbishop of Seville . A treaty was concluded on . these conditions : ' That the Infanta Isabella should be declared Heiress and Princess of Spain ; that Queen Jane and her daughter should be sent back , to , and insti
Portugal ; a general amnesty granted to the rebels ; a quiet - tution of the property ant ! employments which they possessed before the troubles . ' The ' execution of these articles was delayed for six months ; during which time the nobility returned to the Court . They repeated their oath of allegiance to the King and the Princess , on condition that she did not marry without his Majesty ' s consent was solemnly acknowledged . The Marquis de Villene undertook to settle a matrimonial engagement between her Majesty and the King ol