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. ---------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note