History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth, Volume 3J. B. Lippincott, 1884 |
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affairs Alva ambassador ambition ancient arms army attack attended authority Calais cardinal cardinal of Lorraine Charles Charles.-VOL Charles's Church command conduct considerable Constable Montmorency convent Cosmo council court crown death defended despatches diet dignity dominions duke of Alva duke of Guise duke of Savoy ecclesiastical electors emperor empire employed endeavored enemy England enterprise Europe execution father favor Ferdinand formed formidable France French garrison gave Gaztelu Germany gout Henry honor Hungary imperial Italy Jarandilla Jeronymite king kingdom letter liberty Low Countries major-domo master Maurice Metz mind ministers monarch monastery monks negotiation nephews occasion papal Paul peace person Philip pope pope's possession prince Protestants queen Quixada received regard remained rendered resignation Ribier Rome schemes seemed siege Sleid soldiers solicitations soon Spain Spanish spirit success territories throne Thuan tion took town treaty treaty of Passau troops Valladolid vigor violent Yuste zeal
Populaire passages
Pagina 174 - ... exhausted by the rage of an incurable distemper, his growing infirmities admonished him to retire; nor was he so fond of reigning, as to retain the sceptre in an impotent hand, which was no longer able to protect his subjects...
Pagina 174 - ... explained, in a few words, his intention in calling this extraordinary meeting of the states. He then read the instrument of resignation, by which Charles surrendered to his son Philip all his territories, jurisdiction, and authority in the Low Countries, absolving his subjects there from the oath of allegiance to him, which he required...
Pagina 174 - The president of the council of Flanders, by his command, explained, in a few words, his intention in calling this extraordinary meeting of the states. He then read the instrument of resignation, by which Charles surrendered to his son Philip all his territories, jurisdiction, and authority in the Low Countries ; absolving his subjects there from their oath of allegiance...
Pagina 174 - ... youth all the attention and sagacity of maturer years ; that if, during the course of a long administration, he had committed any material error in government, or if, under the pressure of so many and great affairs, and amidst the attention which he had...
Pagina 225 - Sometimes he cultivated the plants in his garden with his own hands; sometimes he rode out to the neighboring wood on a little horse, the only one that he kept, attended by a single servant on foot. When his infirmities confined him to his apartment, which often happened, and deprived him of these more active recreations, he either admitted a few gentlemen who...
Pagina 227 - ... disordered fancy. He resolved to celebrate his own obsequies before his death. He ordered his tomb to be erected in the chapel of the monastery. His domestics marched thither in funeral procession, with black tapers in their hands. He himself followed in his shroud. He was laid in his coffin, with much solemnity.
Pagina 174 - Charles resolved to resign his kingdoms to his son with a solemnity suitable to the importance of the transaction, and to perform this last act of sovereignty with such formal pomp, as might leave a lasting impression on the minds, not only of his subjects, but of his successor. With this 'view he called Philip out of England, where the peevish temper of his queen, which increased with her despair of having issue, rendered him extremely unhappy ; and the jealousy of the English left him HO hopes...
Pagina 181 - Ghent: and after stopping there a few days, to indulge that tender and pleasing melancholy, which arises in the 'mind of every man in the decline of life, on visiting the place of his nativity, and viewing the scenes and objects familiar to him in his early youth...