Chapter VII (3)

Although by right the office of Marshal, on this occasion, belonged to the Condé Olivares, it was surrendered to Buckingham, Charles giving precedence to his favourite; so that it was the proud office of the once lowly Villiers to appear chief in the court of Spain, as he had often done in that of England. He stood, therefore, behind the Infanta, Don Carlos, and by the side of Olivares, who acted not only as an adviser, but also as interpreter—the Duke, it seems, having never acquired Spanish. The part thus allotted to Olivares, though a subordinate one, was performed with due punctilio and courtesy; and as one sensible of the honour which James had done him in the “letters, full of wisdom and gravity,” with which he had honoured him.

Then the lacqueys drew back, and looking in their blue and red colours like a harvest in June blown about by the breeze, left their lords to the perilous encounter. The bull-fight witnessed by Charles and Buckingham differed little from that still unhappily the chief delight of the Spaniards in our own times, except that, to pay the more refined tribute to the Prince and his favourite, the combatants were of high rank. As the Condé de Villamor, to whom the first encounter was allotted, rode to the assault, his retainers showered darts on the bull; whose hide resembled, according to the flowery narrative of Mendoza, a quiver, or recalled “the thorny hedges of Helvetia;” but the bystanders, seeing the poor animal’s agonies, took out the arrows with great velocity, although, in so doing, they were in imminent danger of their lives. De Magueda signalised himself by many brave attempts; but it was the glory of a combatant named Cantillana that he killed a bull. Bonifaz and Gaviria made such desperate attacks on the poor animals, that their assaults could not be counted; but the greatest praise was due to De Velada; who overthrew two or three hulls by “dint of sword and gore of lance,” but having wounded one of these infuriated creatures between the eyes, ran so great a risk that the King; would not suffer him to enter a second time into the lists. Numerous, indeed, were the feats that might incite to poetry, or to song, had not the conflict been of so cruel and so debasing a nature; so that the valour which was so largely displayed might even be said to verge upon brutality. Mendoza enumerates them with a savage enthusiasm. Amid the most successful of the bull-killers appeared the famous Montezuma, who did credit to his royal blood and established bravery by putting a bull to flight, the animal having unaccountably showed signs of fear; he was pursued by Montezuma, and, struck by a cleaving blow of the sword, was left for dead. As the fight drew near its close, Antonio Gamio, the Duke de Cea’s second, made one of the bravest assaults of the day upon a furious bull, upon which he rushed, leaving half of his lance within him, whilst cries of delight and shouts of exultation rang through the air, and the bull fell down dead by the side of the fearless combatant; the horse stood perfectly still, showing to what a degree of perfection management had brought the courser; so intrepid when urged onward, so docile when occasion required.

The bull-fight being ended, the Queen and Infanta returned, beneath a shower of rain, which surprised them in that season, to the palace, where they sought repose after the exciting scenes, in which even the young and gentle Infanta took a delight apparently inconsistent with her character. Nothing, indeed, can exceed the raptures of Andres de Mendoza, from whose animated pages this narrative is drawn. “Since the report is Festival,” he says, referring to his own exaggerated descriptions, “it is but like to that which was to be seen with the eye. You would have said as much if you had but seen them fight with those furious beasts, showing themselves the more valiant, in that they were undaunted and resolved Spaniards.”[467]

Footnote 467:

Narrative of Andres de Mendoza, Nichols, p. 869.

END OF VOL I.

R. BORN, PRINTER, GLOUCESTER STREET, REGENT’S PARK.

ERRATA.

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VOL. I.

Page 12, lines 5 and 16—_for_ Brokesby _read_ Brookesby.
” 13, ” 1—_for_ Brokesby, _read_ Brookesby.
” 43, ” 21—_for_ Lord de Ross, _read_ Lord de Roos.
” 87, —_note_.—_for_ Endysmoir Porter, _read_ Endymion
Porter.
” 92, line 6—_for_ Abbo, _read_ Abbot.
” 97, _delete_ first line.
” 108, line 6—_for_ favours _read_ favour.
” 155, ” 17—_for_ King James’s room; though, _read_
King James’s room, where.
” 163, ” 13—_for_ pours out of contention, _read_ comes
out of contention.
” 172, ” 18—_for_ a young lady of the seven, _read_ a
young lady of the seventeenth
century.
” 186, ” 27—_for_ of his succession, _read_ of his successor.

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Transcriber’s Note

There are several anomolies in the footnoting. In the original, there is a single footnote 1 in the Preface, and the numbering begins again at the opening of the first chapter. The sequence continues to 99, and then restarts with 1. This is repeated several times. There are also several notes which are denoted only with a traditional asterisk. On occasion, footnotes appear out of order. There is no apparent reason for the dual system, and it seems most likely that the non-numeric references were added later, after the numbering had been completed, and were used to avoid the need to re-sequence work already done.

For this text, all footnotes have been re-sequenced numerically across the whole volume, to assure uniqueness. They will appear in the correct order.

p. 99 Footnote 112 (‘_Ibid._’) had no anchor in the text, but,
based on the passages in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ referred to in
the prior note, the quoted text would seem to end near the
bottom of the page, and has been added there.
p. 105 There is a anchor to a footnote 119 at ‘benefited his family
more than himself.[119]’ which does not appear on the page.
The same anchor appears on p. 107 along with a footnote
using the same number. The dubious anchor has been removed.
p. 152 Footnote 169 had no anchor in the text, but refers to the
quoted passage. An anchor (169)has been added at that point.

The two spellings of the modern Hurstpierpoint, ‘Hurst-pierre-point’ and ‘Hurst-per-point’, are retained, though the second hyphen in the latter occurs on a line break.

The text ends with a list of _errata_ which covers many of the issues listed at the end of this note. The intent of this list has been honored, and the indicated changes made. Links are provided to the corresponding item in that list.

The first items of the _errata_ would seem to correct the spelling of the home of the Villiers from ‘Brokesby’ to ‘Brookesby’. There are two more instances that were not mentioned, which have been corrected as well.

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. Given the frequent quotations, it was inevitable that opening and closing quotation marks would sometimes be lost. They are placed here where the context or voice makes their position obvious, or where an inspection of the original sources was possible and allowed for the proper punctuation.

The paragraph beginning on p. 147 ends with a closing quotation mark. There is no obvious point at which that quotation might begin. The mark is retained, in any case.

On p. 338, the sentence ending with a reference to note 403 includes a closing quotation mark, which has no corresponding open. The note references _State Papers, vol. cxxxix, No. 16_, which seems to be an error. The topic can be found discussed in _State Papers, vol. cxliv, No. 16,_, but only the phrases quoted earlier can be found there. The closing quotation marks seems an error.

On p. 339, continuing on p. 340 there is an long paraphrased passage from _Reliquiæ Wottonianæ._, p. 213, which would seem to end at ‘Lieutenant of Dover Castle’. The closing quotation mark has been added there.

The references are to the page and line in the original. Where three numbers are referenced, the second refers to a note on that page, and the third to the line therein.

1.17 BRO[O]KESBY, THE NATIVE PLACE OF GEORGE Added.
VILLIERS

12.5 adding to his name the designation of Added.
“Bro[o]kesby;”

12.16 At Bro[o]kesby, the manorial residence Added.

12.26 now owns the name of Bro[o]kesby. Added.

13.1 The town of Bro[o]kesby has, of late years Added.

13.23 From the retirement of Bro[o]kesby Added.

18.10 On the fourth of January, 1[5/6]05-6, Sir Replaced.
George Villiers died.

22.15 “the conservative qualities and ornaments Added.
of youth.[”]

26.34.7 de survivre trop long tem[p]s a ce bon Added.
roi.

28.3 was Ravaillac[s]’s fatal opportunity Removed.

43.21 to the Lord de Ro[s/o]s Replaced.

46.18 this was Burleigh-on-the[ /-]Hill which Replaced.
she sold

47.54.1 Art[.] Lucy Harrington. Added.

63.21 and to bring Villiers in.[’/”] Replaced.

87.93.3 Endy[smoir/mion] Porter’s letters. Replaced.

90.101.11 D’Ewe[s]’s MS. Journal in Bishop Added.
Goodman’s Life

92.6 which was imperatively due to the Primate, Added.
Abbo[t]

97.1 [way most gratifying to an honourable Removed.
mind.]

107.119.6 who were to be excluded from the Order of Added.
St. George,[”]

108.6 and the noble miscreants be restored to Removed.
favour[s].

126.21 the rich banners and streamers,[”] Removed. No
opening.

128.141.5 “were squires of high degree, for cast and Added. No
bravery;[”] closing.

144.7 the “most commended for notable Replaced.
fooling[,/.]”

146.18 he conceived that the partition of the Added. Probable.
kingdom placed him.[”]

147.6 had not public business interfered.[”] _sic_: opening
quote?

150.18 and so was apprehended near Carlisle.[”] Added.

154.15 the most curious combat of world[l]y Added.
passions

155.17 called King James’s room; [though/where] Replaced.
the monarch is said

163.13 [pours/comes] out of contention Replaced.

166.11 to hang him with a silken halter.[”] Added.

167.20 a partner violent, litigious, and Added.
un[s]crupulous.

167.5 without [bans] or licence _sic_: banns

172.18 a young lady of the seven[teenth century] Added.

175.3 Bacon “took to be the worst of his Added.
enemies.[”]

177.12 will set all on fire when he is in.[”] Added.

186.27 would have had the nomination of his Replaced.
success[ion/or]

188.2 for her own good, or her friends.[”] Removed.

202.4 writes Mr. Chamberlain, merrily, [“]at Added.
Newmarket

232.15 but Harvey, “sick and surfeited[”], Added. Probable.
declined attendance

238.275.6 to infatuate him in Sir Thomas Lake’s Replaced.
business[,/.]

248.9 on the site of the ancient Monast[e]ry of Added.
Crutched Friars

279.22 more than at their own interest;[”] Removed.

286.337.6 [5/6]. Peace and war, both foreign and Replaced.
civil

308.26 than he had done as Dean of Added.
Westminster,[”] “which,” he adds,

321.3 [“]and so,” adds the minute observer Added.

323.23 without any sign of agitation.[”] Added.

333.16 [“]and where,” adds the crafty Spaniard Added.

338.13 restored on his return home.[”] Removed.

339.27 [“]It seemed, however,” says the same Added.
writer

340.6 then Lieutenant of Dover Castle.[”] Added.

340.27 says Sir Henry Wotton, [‘/“]singular Replaced.
credit

357.15 the pecuniary difficult[i]es Added.

358.4 [“]The Spaniards, too,” as the Earl stated Added.

359.14 “imperfect note my babie had[’/”] Replaced.

368.23 The King afterwards promised Charles that Added.
[“]though it were Lent

369.1 In the eve[n]ing of Saturday Added.

369.442.4 by the King of Spain.[”] Added.

372.21 at the Monastery of San Gero[min/nim]o Transposed.

381.8 [“]To which James answers:—“I wonder quhy Removed
ye shoulde

393.17 “a life to all actions of greatness and Added.
courtship.[”]

398.6 his horse’s [main] and tail _sic_: mane