XVII. “Of Spain’s defenders see the bayonets gleam, And lust and plunder the defenders’ aim!” Wir zogen in feindes land hinein, Dem freunde sollt’s nicht viel besser seyn. Göthe, “_Ich hab’ mein sach_.” “We marched into the enemy’s land; our friends they fared no better.” XXVII. “And murdered sleep wakes wild from sanguinary dreams.” --φόβος γὰρ ἀνθ’ ὕπνου παραστατεῖ, Τὸ μὴ βεβαίως βλέφαρα συμβαλεῖν ὕπνῳ. Æschyl. _Agamem._ 14. “For Fear doth stand me in the place of sleep, lest closely I shut my eye-lids.” XXIX. “Spain’s disasters from their primal source.” Dii multa neglecti dederunt Hesperiæ mala luctuosæ. Horat. _Carm._ iii. 6. XXXII. “The judge perverts to more pervert the law.” “They heard sworn judges of the law adjudge, upon such grounds and reasons as every stander-by was able to swear was not law.”--Clarendon, _Hist. Great Rebel._ i. “Gives Demon-forms of hate the guise of saints.” “Cette question curieuse--savoir, s’il est permis aux jesuites de tuer les jansenistes!”--Pascal, _Lettres Provinciales_, tome i. XXXII. “The Holy Office Hell delighted saw!” The operation of the Spanish Inquisition in an intellectual point of view may be inferred from the character of the Index Expurgatorius which was affixed in the different churches. On these prohibitory lists, by the side of the great names of Montesquieu, Robertson, and Filangieri were to be found the titles of the filthiest French romances. XXXIII. “In sullen, fierce indifference bide till rent The thunder-clouds, supine--and some on Vengeance bent.” Ἀλλ’ ὦ πατρῷα γῆ, θεοί τ’ ἐπόψιοι, Τίσασθε, τίσασθ’ ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ ποτε. Soph. _Philoct._ 1040. “But, oh father-land and all-seeing Gods! avenge, avenge at length in fitting time!” It may here be seen how unfounded is the claim of the Germans to the originality of their phrase “Vaterland.” XXXV. “And secret treaties had the recreant drawn With Hell’s diplomacy our soil to carve.” O embajadores, puros majaderos! Que si los reyes quieren engañar, Comienzan por nosotros los primeros. Diego de Mendoza. “Oh Ambassadors, mere utterers of silly speeches! If Kings wish to deceive, they begin by deceiving us the first!” So writes the renowned Mendoza to his brother-diplomatist, Zuñiga. Mendoza, one of the most illustrious of the political, military, and literary worthies of Old Spain, was Ambassador for Charles V. to Rome, and is still more celebrated as the author of _Lazarillo de Tormes_.