[6] What an effect this early liberty had in stimulating thought can be seen in a few moments by glancing over the pages of Ticknor's History of Spanish Literature.
[7] For some statements as to hardy characteristics of Spanish peasantry, see Doblado's Letters from Spain. Letter 2.
[8] Sempere, p. 205.
[9] Mariana Hist. of Spain.
[10] Mariana, History of Spain.
[11] Mariana, History of Spain, XIII., 11.
[12] "There probably never lived a prince who, during so long a period, was adored by his subjects as Philip II. was." Buckle, Vol. II., page 21. This explains the popularity of Henry VIII. of England better than all Froude's volumes, able as they are.
[13] All this examination into Aristocratic agency in Spanish decline is left out of Buckle's Summary. He passes at once to Ecclesiasticism and Despotism; but the unprejudiced reader will, I think, see that this statement is supplementary to that. In no other way can any man explain the fatuity of the Spaniards in throwing away these old liberties.
[14] Grandeur et Décadence des Romains; English translation of 1784; pp. 109-10. Compare also L'Esprit des Lois, liv. xiv., chap. 1.
[15] Decline and Fall of Roman Empire, chap. 2.