But he is forgotten now, even in his own country; the cause he fought for, the supremacy of Catholicism, has been beaten everywhere but in Spain, where stern intolerance, and indifference to personal suffering still linger as things to be proud of. It has seemed to me, however, that the devotion, the valour, and the self-sacrifice of the rough soldier who rose to be "commander-in-chief of great enterprises," dimmed though they be by cruel ferocity, might well be rescued in this gentler age from the oblivion in which they lay so long. [1] "Chronicle of Henry VIII.," edited by Martin A. S. Hume. London, 1889. [2] Jean de Beaugé, "Histoire de la guerre d'Ecosse," 1548-9. Maitland Club. [3] Calendar of State Papers (Foreign). [4] Ibid. [5] Motley. [6] "Documentos ineditos para la historia de España," vol. lxxv. [7] Motley. [8] "Comentarios de las Guerras de los paises bajos." Mendoza. [9] Calendar of State Papers (Foreign). [10] Ibid. [11] Calendar of State Papers (Elizabeth), Spanish, vol. ii. [12] Calendar of State Papers (Foreign). [13] Calendar of State Papers (Elizabeth), Spanish, vol. ii. [14] "Simancas Documentos ineditos," vol. lxxv. [15] Strada, "De Bello Belgico." [16] "Documentos ineditos," vol. lxxv. [17] "Documentos ineditos," vol. lxxv. [18] "Documentos ineditos," vol. lxxv. [19] "Comentario de las Guerras de los paises bajos." [20] Calendar of State Papers (Foreign). [21] "Documentos ineditos," vol. lxxv. [22] Calendar of State Papers (Foreign). [23] "Guerra di Fiandra." [24] The account of this disaster is taken from three contemporary accounts--Mendoza's "Comentarios de la Guerra de los paises bajos"; Strada's "De Bello Belgico," and Bentivoglio's "Guerra di Fiandra." [25] "Documentos ineditos," vol. lxxv. [26] Calendar of State Papers (Foreign). [27] Herll to Burleigh, Rogers to Walsingham, and Harise to Burleigh. Calendar of State Papers (Foreign). [28] Philip to Rodas. Calendar of State Papers (Foreign). [29] Rodas to Philip (intercepted). Calendar of State Papers (Foreign). [30] State Papers (Domestic). [Illustration: tailpiece] {123} _THE COMING OF PHILIP THE PRUDENT._ [Illustration: PHILIP AND MARY (_After the painting by Antonio Mor._)] {125} [Illustration: Headpiece] _THE COMING OF PHILIP THE PRUDENT._[1]