[152] A convent of Hieronymite monks, situated a little way from Madrid.
[153] Gaspard de Guzman, third count, and afterwards Duke, of Olivarez. Favourite of the new king, he shared power with his uncle, Don Balthazar de Zuniga, until the latter’s death in 1623, from which time up to 1643 he was Prime Minister. He died in 1645.
[154] Charles de Clermont d’Amboise, Marquis de Bussy. He was killed in a duel in the Place-Royale in Paris, in April, 1627.
[155] The loba was a long sleeveless robe; the caperuza a hood; and the caperote a short cloak fitted with a hood.
[156] The Crowns of Spain and Naples, etc.
[157] Don Carlos.
[158] To demand lugar of a lady was to request permission to pay one’s respects to her at a time and place to be named by her.
[159] Diego de Sandoval y Rojas.
[160] Aloysia de Mendoza. She was Countess of Saldagna in her own right, and her husband assumed the title of Count of Saldagna.
[161] Saldagna had been a widower since 1619.