History of the Reign of Ferdinand And Isabella, the Catholic of Spain
History of the Reign of Ferdinand And Isabella, the Catholic of Spain
William Hickling Prescott
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rineo, Cosas Meraorables, fol. '5 L. Marineo, Cosas Memora- 187. — Garibay, Compendio, ubi bles, fol. 187. — Garibay, Compen- supra, die, tom. ii. lib. 19, cap. 16. Digitized by Google IL 1504. Not. SB. 182 ILLNESS AND DEATH OF ISABELLA. PART and devout Christian, she gently expired a little before noon, on Wednesday, November 26th, 1604, in the fifty-fourth year of her age, and thirtieth of her reign. ^"^ " My hand," says Peter Martyr, in a letter writ- ten on the same day to the archbishop of... Granada, *' falls powerless by my side, for very sorrow. The world has lost its noblest ornament ; a loss to be deplored not only by Spain, which she has so long carried forward in the career of glory, but by every nation in Christendom ; for she was the mirror of every virtue, the shield of the innocent, and an avenging sword to the wicked. I know none of her sex, in ancient or modern times, who in my judgment is at all worthy to be named with this incomparable woman."'® No time was lost in making preparations for transporting the queen's body unembalmed to Gra- nada, in strict conformity to her orders.
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