. The land of the Dons. urch had chafed on more than one occasion atbeing called upon to disburse important sums ofmoney for the Crown, particularly in 1517, whenthe Archbishop of Toledo convoked a meeting atMadrid, at which the resolution was adopted ofabstaining by way of protest from various of thedivine services. After an acrimonious correspond-ence with the Emperor the dispute appeared torelax, but the same dissatisfaction continued tosubsist, smouldering as a rule, but now and againexhibiting such angry symptoms as to justifyLlorente in declaring that this species of eccle-siastical move
. The land of the Dons. urch had chafed on more than one occasion atbeing called upon to disburse important sums ofmoney for the Crown, particularly in 1517, whenthe Archbishop of Toledo convoked a meeting atMadrid, at which the resolution was adopted ofabstaining by way of protest from various of thedivine services. After an acrimonious correspond-ence with the Emperor the dispute appeared torelax, but the same dissatisfaction continued tosubsist, smouldering as a rule, but now and againexhibiting such angry symptoms as to justifyLlorente in declaring that this species of eccle-siastical movement was similar to that of theCommunities. The outcome of Philips declaring himself theadversary or rival of the Pope was naturally astill more accentuated irritation on the part of theclergy, and evoked from Paul himself a Bullabolishing the Spanish ecclesiastical subsidies, in-cluding those of the Cruzadas. Nevertheless, theKing was just as urgently in need of money as hisfather, the Emperor, had been before him. The. (To face p. 266.) (From a photorjraph by Laurent, Madrid, fvom the portrait by Pantoja.)PHILIP THE SECOND. THE PAST OF THE PRESENT. 267 same disjointed and immense empire was to begoverned, the same phantasmagoria of conquest tobe pursued, the same number of troops wereclamoring for pay, and it was manifest that inspite of occasionally heroic rallies their spirit washourly declining. They were chiefly adventurersof Swiss, German, or other nationality, a rebelliousand mercenary class, ill-disciplined and traitorous ;for maintaining whom large sums of money—inrelation to those times—were requisite; while indefault of pay they would turn upon their lucklesslord and become his bitterest of enemies. The Emperor at Yuste and his son atValladolid had latterly hit upon a novel methodof swelling the royal revenue. In 1557, upon thearrival of one of the treasure-fleets, a cedida wasdespatched to the officials of the Casa de la Con-tratacion at Seville, commanding the
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