Memoirs of Spain During the Reigns of Philip Iv. And Charles Ii., From 1621 to 1700 2
Memoirs of Spain During the Reigns of Philip Iv. And Charles Ii., From 1621 to 1700 2
John Colin Dunlop
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:.His l;)pb^ijaur..}i^re.,w^i)Qt unlike that of , bis. illustrious ancestor Charles. V., for six months preceding his decease, when his spirit, became depressed l^y timid setkd ilBberal firuperstitidn — ^when he employed his time' iti chanting with monks the hymns of the missal, and cele^ hiEted'be&re his destth his own ftmeral oi)sequie8« Atnid otirer gloomy superstitions the present King bad heard that the sight and contact of the mouldering bodies of deceased ancestors would prolong the life... d£ their descendants, or at least induce the departed spirits to intercede with heaven in their behalf. This strange belief, and the morbid curiosity of disease, impelled him to descend into the Pantheon, where reposed the mortal remains of the Castilian monarchs. The ceremony of opening the coffins was performed with all possible so*- lenmity. He first unclosed that of his mother, whom he had never greatly loved, but he long and earnestly con- templated the remains of his first Queen Louisa d'Or- leants^, which bore few traces of dissolution, and exhibited a countenance scarcely less blooming than when alive.^ He at length exclaimed, *^ I shall soon be with her in heaven,''^ aUd recoiling from the niche which contained her s&h^hagus, rushed in horror from the aisle.
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