. Robert Ramble's [pseud.] stories selected from the history of England, from the conquest to the revolution . t on his superbsuit of armour, and over it a robe of silver tissue,he little anticipated that, ere the sun should set,his armour would be stained, not with the bloodof his enemies, but with his own. 150 BOURBON, THE TRAITOR. He had no sooner planted a scaling-ladder,which he was eagerly preparing to ascend, thanhe was killed by a musket-ball, fired by BenevutoCellino, a celebrated painter. His troops, enraged at the loss of their leader,rushed furiously to the contest, and Rome fell a
. Robert Ramble's [pseud.] stories selected from the history of England, from the conquest to the revolution . t on his superbsuit of armour, and over it a robe of silver tissue,he little anticipated that, ere the sun should set,his armour would be stained, not with the bloodof his enemies, but with his own. 150 BOURBON, THE TRAITOR. He had no sooner planted a scaling-ladder,which he was eagerly preparing to ascend, thanhe was killed by a musket-ball, fired by BenevutoCellino, a celebrated painter. His troops, enraged at the loss of their leader,rushed furiously to the contest, and Rome fell aprey to their resistless arms; and, during threemonths, the lawless soldiery kept possession of what misery one mans revenge can bringupon the world: for, like Count Julian, revengewas what excited Bourbon to revolt. And thisexample should teach kings, and men in power, tobeware how they insult and irritate the feeling^even of one individual; since history proves to us,by innumerable instances, how prone the humanmind is, not only to sympathise with the op-pressed, but even to redress their Cadiz. 12. ABDICATION AND RETIREMENTOF CHARLES V. AFTER possessing greater power, and more ex-tensive dominions than any other sovereign of histime, Charles V., at the age of 56, took the sin-gular resolution of abdicating the crown in favourof his son Philip. After this, he retired, with afewr attendants, into Spain; and the man whoseambition had so long disturbed all Europe, endedhis days in the monastery of St. Justus, in Estre-madura. When Charles entered this retreat, heformed such a plan of life for himself, as wouldhave suited the condition of a private gentleman,of a moderate fortune. His table was neat, butplain; his domestics few; his intercourse withthem familiar: all the cumbersome and ceremo-nious forms of attendance on his person were en-tirely abolished, as destructive of that social easeand tranquillity which he courted, in order tosoothe the remainder of his
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