. The outline of history : being a plain history of life and mankind. ies of velvet and other stuffs, hangings his establishment had all the indulgences of fine black cloth, which since his mothers without the fatigues of a court, and Philip death he had always chosen for his own bed- II was a dutiful son to whom his fathers room ; while the remaining apartments were advice was a command. As for his austeri- provided with no less than twenty-five suits ties, let Prescott witness : In the almost of tapestrj?^, from the looms of Flanders, daily correspondence between Quixada, or richly embroider
. The outline of history : being a plain history of life and mankind. ies of velvet and other stuffs, hangings his establishment had all the indulgences of fine black cloth, which since his mothers without the fatigues of a court, and Philip death he had always chosen for his own bed- II was a dutiful son to whom his fathers room ; while the remaining apartments were advice was a command. As for his austeri- provided with no less than twenty-five suits ties, let Prescott witness : In the almost of tapestrj?^, from the looms of Flanders, daily correspondence between Quixada, or richly embroidered with figures of animals Gaztelu, and the Secretary of State at Valla- and with landscapes. , . Among the different pieces of plate we find some of pure* \But he had a better reason for doing this in the j^ ^^^ ^^j^^^.^ especially noted for their fact that there was no heir to the throne. The W ara ° r j of the Roses, a bitter dynastic war, were still very * Prescotts Appendix to Robertsons History of vivid in the minds of English people.—F. H. H. Charles FRANCIS I AND CHARLES VVISIT TOMBS IN ABBEY OFST. DENIS From the painting liy Rarim A. J. Gros,in the Louvre The death of the Empress turnedthe mind of Charles V towards religion,which took a punctilioijr and cere-monial form . . any n^ his chiefpleasures was attending funeral ser-vices . . and finally he celebrated (inadvance) his own obsequies. RENASCENCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 419 curious workmanship ; and as this was an the dead was then performed ; and, amidst age in which the art of working the precious the dismal wail of the monks, the prayers metals was carried to the highest perfection, ascended for the departed spirit, that it we cannot doubt that some of the finest might be received into the mansions of the specimens had come into the Emperors blessed. The sorrowful attendants were possession. The whole amount of plate melted to tears, as the image of their masters was estimated at between twelve and death
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