[53] Zurita, Añales de Aragon, Lib. XVIII, cap. 20, 21.—Castillo, Crónica de Enrique IV, cap. cxxiv.—Valera, Memorial de diversas Hazañas, cap. xx.—Pulgar, Crónica P. I, cap. ii; P. II, cap. xci.—Maldonado, Hechos de Don Alonso de Monrrey (Mem. hist. español, T. VI, p. 94).—Barrantes, Ilustraciones de la Casa de Niebla, Lib. VIII, cap. xxi.
[54] Castillo, Crónica de Enrique IV, cap. cxxxvii.—Clemencin, Elógio de la Reina Isabel, Append. I.
[55] Pulgar, Crónica, P. II, cap. ii; Letra xii.—L. Marinæi Siculi de Reb. Hisp. Lib. XIX.
[56] Machiavelli’s judgement was as usual correct when he remarked (Il Principe, cap. xvi) “Il Re di Spagna presente se fusse tenuto liberale non avrebbe fatto nè vinto tante imprese.”
[57] Archivo Gen. de Simancas, Consejo de la Inquisicion, Libro II, fol. 22
[58] “Con gran dificultad perdonava los yerros que se le hazian.”—Barrantes, Ilustraciones etc., Lib. VIII, cap. xii.
[59] Palafox y Mendoza, Obras, T. VII, p. 333 (Madrid, 1762).—Ochoa, Epistolario Español, II, 14.
[60] Bergenroth, Calendar of Spanish State Papers, I, xxxiv-v. The value of the gold crown of the period was 4s. 6d. sterling (Ibid. p. 4) and 200,000 scudos was the marriage-portion of Katharine of Aragon when wedded to Prince Arthur of England (Ibid, p. lxiv), which is the equivalent of about £500,000 of modern money. For the oppression of the people see Gonzalo de Ayora (Boletin de la R. Acad., XVII, 447-8). Cf. Clemencin, p. 185.
[61] From the Notables of Cristóbal Núñez, printed by Padre Fidel Fita in the Boletin, XVI, 561.
[62] L. Marinæi Siculi de Rebus Hisp. Lib. XXI.