The History of Spain From the Establishment of the Colony of Gades By the Phnic
The History of Spain From the Establishment of the Colony of Gades By the Phnic
Charles John Ann Hereford
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913> was unworthy of the blood he fprung 924> from. He received the facred truft of royalty- only to abufe it ; and the firft months of his reign were ftained by the murder of the nobles who had oppofed his election ; but his cruelty was arrefted by difeafe; a tyranny of an year was terminated by a leprofy ; on his death the claims of primo- geniture were refpected ; and his nephew Alfonfo was declared his fuccefibr. Alfonfo, the fourth of that name, A. D. 924, had fcarce received, before he fo...und himfelf incapable of fuftaining the weight of a crown. His averfion to the cares of government was increafed by the death of his confort Urraca, whom he appears to have tenderly loved ; and in lefs than an year after his election he refigned the fceptre of Leon to his brother Ramiro the fecond. In a private ftation Alfonfo might have enjoyed that happinefs which he had never tafted on a throne. But his eafy difpofition rendered him the inftrument of the ambition of others ; and while Ramiro aflembled his forces at Zamora to march early in the fpring againft the Moors, he was aftonithed by the intelligence that Alfonfo had (quitted his retreat, had re-affumed the enfigns of royalty, and had occupied once more the city and palace of Leon.
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