Philip IV at the age of 55.
From a portrait by Valazquez in the National Gallery, London.

The Court of
Philip IV.

SPAIN IN DECADENCE

MARTIN HUME

EDITOR OF THE CALENDARS OF SPANISH STATE PAPERS
(PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE)
LECTURER IN SPANISH HISTORY AND LITERATURE
PEMBROKE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

Vuestras augustisinas Soberanias vivan, O GRAN
FELIPE, inclitamente triunfantes, gravadas en los Anales
de la Fama, pues sois sólida columna y mobil Atlante de
la Fe, unica defensa di la iglesia, y bien universal de
vuestras invencibles reinos

LONDON
EVELEIGH NASH
1907

The Court ofPhilip IV.

The Court of
Philip IV.