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A few weeks afterwards, the Governor wrote to Philip that there was nothing in the world which William of Orange so much abhorred as his Majesty; adding, with Castillian exaggeration, that if the Prince could drink the King's blood he would do so with great pleasure. Don John, being thus seated in the saddle, had a moment's leisure to look around him.
"Hush, Joan," said Queen Eleanor, bending forward, "no infanta in my time ever said so much in a breath." "No, Lady-mother; because you had to speak whole mouthfuls of grave Castillian words. Now, good English can be run off in a breath. Reyna del Rocio that's more majestic, but not so like fairyland as Queen of the Dew-drops!" Princess Joan's mouth was effectually stopped this time.
A Biscayan or Castillian of the oldest Christian blood incurred exactly the same obloquy from the mass of London craftsmen and apprentices, and Lucas himself had small measure of favour, though Dutchmen were less alien to the English mind than Spaniards, and his trade did not lead to so much rivalry and competition.
A beggar in the suburbs of Madrid nobly begged charity; a passer-by says to him: "Are you not ashamed to practise this infamous calling when you are able to work?" "Sir," answered the beggar, "I ask for money, not advice." And he turned on his heel with full Castillian dignity. This gentleman was a proud beggar, his vanity was wounded by a trifle.
It was these Southern Indians who disputed the soil with the Spaniards with the courage and ferocity that frequently spilled the Castillian blood in torrents on the mountains or plains. To the end, indeed, they remained unconquered, and death was almost invariably preferred to submission to the hated white invaders of their land.
Such is often the judgment passed upon those who fish in troubled waters only to fill their own nets. The Duke, however, was appointed Governor of the citadel. Sancho d'Avila, the former constable, refused, with Castillian haughtiness, to surrender the place to his successor, but appointed his lieutenant, Martin d'Oyo, to perform that ceremony.
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