[A] The Balax of the Red King was given by Don Pedro after the battle of Navarrete. This is the same “fair ruby, great as a racket ball,” which Queen Elizabeth showed to Melville, the ambassador of Mary Queen of Scots, and which he asked her to bestow on his mistress, which she refused, and it is the identical gem which adorned the centre of the royal crown of Queen Victoria. [B] “To the memory of the greatest sinner who ever lived, Don Juan de Mañara.” * * * * * Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: with an angry scrowl=> with an angry scowl {pg 43} stituated to the north of Burgos=> situated to the north of Burgos {pg 210} misundertand the astonished glances=> misunderstand the astonished glances {pg 227} so daintly apparelled=> so daintily apparelled {pg 239} Ese, ess el Conde de Ledesma=> Ese, es el Conde de Ledesma {pg 270} the seige of Baza=> the siege of Baza {pg 316} End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Old Court Life in Spain; vol. 2/2, by Frances Elliot