ter in a Word, the Portuguese Hiftorians in general fay, "He fo lived and fo ruled his People, that he defervedly merited the glorious Title they had "given him, of Emanuel the Good." The Benefits that have accrued to this Nation from thofe Difcoveries, and the Trade that has been fince carried on with Portugal by our Merchants, are fo well known, that they need not be here expreffed. 1509. Cardinal Ximenes, whilft nothing was to Affairs of be feen in Italy but one Prince endeavouring Spain. to destroy another, under the Pretence of Zeal for Religion, and the Glory of God, employed his Time in a more agreeable Manner; for, with his Majefty's Leave and Affiftance, after the Taking of Granada, he converted, by his Preaching, in that City 3000 Mahometans in one Day, and among them a Prince of the Blood, whom he alfo baptized. He then ordered all the Books of the Alcoran to be brought into the great Market-place, where he burnt them: And By GEORGE CAVENDISH, Efq; choose the most likely to fucceed me. debating the Matter about the Lord Piercy's Affurance to Mrs. Anne Bullen, it was devised, that the Contract fhould be infringed and diffolved, and that the Lord Piercy fhould marry one of the Earl of Shrewsbury's Daughters; and 'fo indeed not long after he did, whereby the former Con'tract was broken and diffolved, wherewith Mrs. Anne was greatly difpleased, promifing, that, if ever it lay in her Power, fhe would do the Cardinal fome Difpleasure, which the afterwards did. But yet he was not altogether to be blamed, for he did nothing but what the King command. Then, after long and large ed; whereby the Lord Piercy VOL. II.. Now good Mafters and Gen⚫tlemen (quoth he) unto us, it may be your Chances hereafter, when I am dead, to fee thofe Things, that I have spoken to my Son, prove as true as I now speak them; yet, in the mean Time, I defire you all to be his Friends, ⚫ and tell him his Faults in what he doth amifs, wherein you fall 'fhew your felves friendly to bim; and fo I take my Leave of you: And Son, go your ways unto my Lord, your Mafter, and ferve him diligently; and fo 'parted, and went down into the Hall, and fo took his • Barge. ་ F 4 was 1500 And this Day is folemnized yearly in Spain, in Commemoration of fo facred a Performance, as they esteem it. Ximenes paffes into Africa and takes Oran. He then raised an Army of seven thoufand Men, paffed over with them himfelf into Africa, and took upon him the Command of the Army, Count Peter Navarro commanding under him, who was a General of great Experience, and had, by his Generofity, blotted from the Minds of his Soldiers the Meannefs of his Birth; for it is confidently affirmed, that he had been Footman to the Cardinal of Arragon. He was, tho' but little in Stature, a Man of great Fire, of an active Genius, and well verfed in the Art of War, by the Inftruction and Example of the famous Gonfalvo, under whom he had ferved in feveral Campaigns. The Cardinal undertook to keep the Army fix Months, upon Condition he fhould be repaid, or The SECRET HISTORY of the CARDINAL, was charged to avoid her Company; and fo was fhe for ⚫fome time discharged the Court, and fent home to her Father, whereat she was much trou⚫bled and perplexed. For all this time the knew nothing of the King's intended Purpofe. have But we may fee when Fortune 'doth begin to frown, how the can compass a Matter of Difpleasure through a far fetch'd Mark. Now therefore of the Grudge how it began, that in Procefs of Time wrought the Cardinal's utter Destruction. СНАР. Х. Of Miftrefs Anne Bullen her Favour with the King. O Lord, what a great thou shalt at the end perceive H Attend now, good Reader, a wonderful Work Therefore, I fay, confider after this my Lord Piercy's troublesome Business was over, and all Things brought to an End, then Mistress Anne Bullen was have the Benefit of the Conquefts fettled upon his See, which, being agreed to, on the 17th of May, Ximenes, at the Head of an Army, put the Natives to the Sword, then entered victorious into the Town of Oran, (the Keys of which he fent to his College at Arcala) marching in a triumphant Manner, every Clergyman bearing a Trophic-crofs before him, with others after him, and their Swords girt round them upon their Habits. On his Return to Spain, Ferdinand met him four Leagues out of Seville, alighted to embrace him, and fhewed him other Tokens of Honour. In fome Time after this Ximenes, foreseeing a Dearth was like to overtake the Country, filled four publick Granaries at his own Charge. This won the People's Hearts fo much, that, to preferve the Memory of fuch a Bleffing, they had it engraved in Marble, and placed it in the Senate-hall and Market-placé of Toledo, which Action is ftill in fo high Veneration, that By GEORGE CAVENDISH, Efq; was again admitted to the Court, where the flourished in great • Eftimation and Favour, having always a prime Grudge against my Lord Cardinal, for • breaking the Contract between the Lord Piercy and herself, fuppofing it to be his own De'vife and no others. And she at last knowing the King's Pleasure, and the Depth of his Secrets, then began to look 6 her Friends. All this while being in this Eftimation in all Places, there was no doubt but good Queen Katherine, having this Gentlewoman daily attending upon her, both heard by Report, and faw with her Eyes how all Things tended against her good Ladyfhip, although the feemed neither to Mrs. Anne Bullen, nor the King, to carry any • very haughtily and ftout, lack-fpark of Difcontent, or Dif that once a Year a publick Oration is pronounced in Commendation thereof. Next he caufed a Fountain of clear Water to be brought through divers Rocks and Mountains to the Town of Torrelaguna, which cost him a Million of Gold. Then Ferdinand made him Governor of Caftile, in the Abfence of his Grandfon Charles, who was proclaimed King thereof, tho' his Mother was alive. But the Cardinal was oppofed by fome of the Nobility, who afked him, by what Power he acted as Governor? Whereupon he fhewed them fome of the Army that were his ordinary Guards, and faid, The Power be bad to execute bis Authority, under his Sovereign, confified in them. Then, fhaking his Cord of St. Franci's Order, he faid, That was enough to bring haughty Suljelts to Reafon: At the fame Time he got some Canons fired, and a Salvo of Firelocks; concluding in thefe Words, " Hæc eft ultima ratio Regis ;" which put an end to that Inquiry. The SECRET HISTORY of the CARDINAL, indeed to be a very patient Griffel, as by her long Patience in all her Troubles fhall hereafter more plainly appear. For the King was now fo ⚫ enamoured of this young Gentlewoman, that he knew not how fufficiently to advance ⚫ her. This being perceived by all the Lords of the Court, great who bore a fecret Grudge against my Lord Cardinal, for that they could not rule in the Kingdom as they would for him, becaufe he was Dominus far totum with the King, and ruled as well the great Lords, as the mean Subjects; whereat they took an Occa fion to work him out of the In King's Favour, and confequently themselves into more Eftimation. And after a long and fecret • Confultation with themselves, how to bring this Matter to pafs, they knew very well that it was fomewhat difficult for them to do abfolutely themfelves: Wherefore, they perceiving the great Affection and Love the King bore to Mrs. Anne Bullen, fuppofing in their Judgments, that the would be a fit Inftrument to bring their Intentions to pals, therefore they often confulted with ber to that Purpose; and the hav› ing both a very good Wit, and alto an inward Grudge and Difpleasure against my Lord • Cardinal, In fhort, what Ximenes had done in Africa feemed fo very acceptable to Ferdinand, that he declared, he would make an Expedition into that Part of the World in Perfon, and which he pretended he should do for the fake of the Chriftian Religion; but, notwithstanding all his fine Pretences, he never put them in Execution. Affairs of Italy. 1509. The Lofs of the Battle of Agnadel, and other unforeseen Accidents, reduced the Venetians almost to Defpair. Had this renowned Republick as firmly believed themselves, as they were pofitive in affirming it to others, that their Lakes ferved for an almoft irrefiftable Defence to their City, all their Fears of a Siege would have vanished, but the Measures they took after the Battle of Agnadel proved the contrary, for they fent Ambaffadors to the King of Spain, defiring Peace; and Anton. Juftiniani was dispatched on the fame Errand to the Emperor. By GEORGE CAVENDISH, Efq; • Cardinal, was ever ready to accomplish their Defires, as they were themselves; where⚫fore there was no more to do, but only to imagine an Occafron to work their Malice by fome pretended Circumstances. Then did they daily invent divers Devifes how to effect their Purpose, but the Enterprize thereof was fo ⚫ dangerous, that though they 'would fain have attempted the • Matter with the King, yet durft they not, for they knew the great Zeal the King did bear unto the Cardinal; and this they knew ' very well, that if the Matter they fhould propound against him was not grounded upon a The juft and urgent Caufe, the Therefore they were com- i |