Stories of persons and places in Europe . and his great power could bring tobear. But he failed utterly in accomplishing his desire. His magnificent palace, which cost millions of dollars, and from which heboasted that with a piece of paper he could rule the world, is a failure. Itis altogether too solemn and dreary, and too far away from the brightworld to suit his royal successors, and to-day it stands empty and desolate. The religion he sought to clinch by fire and sword upon his people, has Spain. 335 failed to hold their respect,iand civil funerals take place Everywhere in Spain to-day c
Stories of persons and places in Europe . and his great power could bring tobear. But he failed utterly in accomplishing his desire. His magnificent palace, which cost millions of dollars, and from which heboasted that with a piece of paper he could rule the world, is a failure. Itis altogether too solemn and dreary, and too far away from the brightworld to suit his royal successors, and to-day it stands empty and desolate. The religion he sought to clinch by fire and sword upon his people, has Spain. 335 failed to hold their respect,iand civil funerals take place Everywhere in Spain to-day c marriagesNo religious ceremonies are allowed on suchoccasions by-many of the people. The men say they have risen above such superstition, but most of the women are devoted yet to the church. Theybestow as much as their circumstances allow upon the poor priest, who hasno longer a salary set apart by the government, nor a good congregation to sustain him. n . ... , One of Philips most gigantic failures was that of the Invincible Armada,. COURT OF BLESSING, ALHAMBRA the great fleet of ships that he fitted out and sent to England to humble the ^g^rh^ protector of the Protestants of Spain and the Netherlands, and Francis II droveoutf conauer England would be to stab Protestamsm to its very heart. Km that Elizabeth had killed her Catholic cousin, Ma^^ueen oScots. She was denounced as a murderous heretic whom it would be a virtue 336 Persons and Places in Europe. to put to death. The Pope promised to contribute a large sum toward theexpenses of a war against the Queen of England, and Philip began to preparefor it. He taxed the resources of his great empire to their utmost. In theseaports of the Mediterranean, and along almost the entire coast from Gibral-tar to Jutland, busy ship-builders put together the vessels of a vast Armadafor the war. On the 19th of May, 1588, the most fortunate and invincible Armada,as the Spaniards called it, was ready. One hundred and thi
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