[58] The 19th of January, 1568.
[59] Hoyos. His name was Pedro del Hoyo.
[60] That is of the eldest sons who have the right of succeeding to the crown, which is a majorat, or a perpetual substitution by the order of primogeniture.
[61] Jane, the king's sister, who had brought up Don Carlos before he had masters.
[62] The monteros are the king's body-guard for the night. All the individuals of this guard are called Monteros de Espinosa, because they ought to have been born in the borough called Espinosa de la Monteros; this is a privilege which was granted to them by the sovereign Count of Castile, Ferdinand Gonzalez, as a recompense for a distinguished act of fidelity.
[63] Watson: History of the Reign of Philip II., in English and French, Appendix.
[64] De Thou: History of his Time, in Latin, vol. ii. b. 43.
[65] Comentarios del Reverendissimo señor Fray Barthome Carranza de Miranda, Arzobispo de Toledo, sobre el cathecismo christiano, divididos en quatro partes, les quales contienent odo lo que profesamos en el santo bautismo, como se vera en la plana siguiente, dirigida al serenisimo senor rey de Espana, &c., nuestro senor. En Anveres, en casa de Martin Nucio, Anno M. D. LVIII., con privilegio real.
[66] Reinaldo: Ecclesiastical Annals for 1563, No. 137. Paul Sarpi: History of the Council of Trent, b. viii. p. 32.
[67] These expressions show that the Count foresaw that the resolution of the council would be favourable to the Catechism; and in that case the holy office of Spain would be dishonoured.