[29] "Montiliana," writes Peter Martyr, "illa atria, quae vidisti aliquando, multo auro, multoque ebore compta ornataque, proh dolor! funditus dirui sunt jussa." (Opus Epist., epist. 405.) He was well acquainted with the lordly halls of Montilla, for he had been preceptor to their young master, who was a favorite pupil, to judge from the bitter wailings of the kind-hearted pedagogue over his fate. See epist. 404, 405.
[30] Bernaldez, Reyes Católicos, MS., cap. 215.—Peter Martyr, Opus Epist., epist. 392, 393, 405.—Giovio, Vitae Illust. Virorum, p. 284.— Zurita, Anales, tom. vi. lib. 8, cap. 20, 21, 22.—Carbajal, Anales, MS., año 1507.—Garibay, Compendio, tom. ii. lib. 20, cap. 10.—Chrónica del Gran Capitan, lib. 3, cap. 6.—Sandoval, Hist. del Emp. Carlos V., tom. i. p. 13.
[31] Giovio, Vitae Illust. Virorum, p, 282.—Pulgar, Sumario, p. 197.
[32] Bernaldez, Reyes Católicos, MS., cap. 210.—Giovio, Vitae Illust. Virorum, ubi supra.—Chrónica del Gran Capitan, lib. 3, cap. 5.
[33] Quintana errs in stating that Doña Elvira married the constable. (Españoles Célebres, tom. i. p. 321.) He had two wives, Doña Blanca de Herrera, and Doña Juana de Aragon, and at his death was laid by their side in the church of Santa Clara de Medina del Pomar. (Salazar de Mendoza, Dignidades, lib. 3, cap. 21.) Elvira married the count of Cabra. Ulloa, Vita di Carlo V., fol. 42.
[34] Bernardino de Velasco, grand constable of Castile, as he was called, par excellence, succeeded in 1492 to that dignity, which became hereditary in his family. He was third count of Haro, and was created by the Catholic sovereigns, for his distinguished services, duke of Frias. He had large estates, chiefly in Old Castile, with a yearly revenue, according to L. Marineo, of 60,000 ducats. He appears to have possessed many noble and brilliant qualities, accompanied, however, with a haughtiness, which made him feared, rather than loved. He died in February, 1512, after a few hours' illness, as appears by a letter of Peter Martyr. Opus Epist., epist. 479.—Salazar de Mendoza, Dignidades, ubi supra.—L. Marineo, Cosas Memorables, fol. 23.
[35] Giovio, Vita Magni Gonsalvi, pp. 282, 283.
[36] Giovio, Vitae Illust. Virorum, pp. 284, 285.—Chrónica del Gran Capitan, lib. 3, cap. 6.—Pulgar, Sumario, p. 208.
[37] The inscription on Guicciardini's monument might have been written on Gonsalvo's.
"Cujus negotium, an otium gloriosius incertum."