STATE ENTRY OF CHARLES INTO MADRID--GREAT FESTIVITIES--HIS LOVE-MAKING--ATTEMPTS TO CONVERT THE PRINCE--THE REAL INTENTION OF OLIVARES--HIS CLEVER PROCRASTINATION--CHARLES AND BUCKINGHAM LOSE PATIENCE--HOWELL'S STORY OF CHARLES AND THE INFANTA--THE FEELING AGAINST BUCKINGHAM--ANXIETY OF KING JAMES--HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH {x} "BABY AND STEENIE"--CHARLES DECIDES TO DEPART--FURTHER DELAY--THE DIPLOMACY OF OLIVARES--BUCKINGHAM AND ARCHY ARMSTRONG--DEPARTURE OF CHARLES--HIS RETURN HOME, AND THE ENGLISH DISILLUSION CHAPTER IV FOREIGN WAR RENDERED INEVITABLE BY OLIVARES' POLICY--ITS EFFECTS IN SPAIN--CONDITION OF THE COURT--WASTE, IDLENESS, AND OSTENTATION OF ALL CLASSES--EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRESS--PHILIP'S EFFORTS TO REFORM MANNERS--RETRENCHMENT IN HIS HOUSEHOLD--THE SUMPTUARY ENACTMENTS--THE _GOLILLA_--THE INDUSTRY OF OLIVARES--HIS CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE--HIS MAIN OBJECT TO SECURE POLITICAL AND FISCAL UNITY IN SPAIN--THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF THIS--THE COMEDIES--THEATRES IN MADRID--PHILIP'S LOVE FOR THE STAGE--AN _AUTO DE FE_--LORD WIMBLEDON'S ATTACK ON CADIZ--RICHELIEU'S LEAGUE AGAINST SPAIN--SPANISH SUCCESSES--"PHILIP THE GREAT"--VISIT OF THE KING TO ARAGON AND CATALONIA IN 1626--DISCONTENT AND DISSENSION--PHILIP'S LIFE TRAGEDY CHAPTER V RISE OF THE PARTY OPPOSED TO OLIVARES--THE QUEEN AND THE INFANTES CARLOS AND FERNANDO--OLIVARES REMONSTRATES WITH PHILIP FOR HIS NEGLECT OF BUSINESS--PHILIP'S REPLY--ILLNESS OF THE KING--FEARS OF OLIVARES--PHILIP'S CONSCIENCE--ASPECT OF MADRID AT THE TIME--HABITS OF THE PEOPLE--A GREAT ARTISTIC CENTRE--MANY FOREIGN VISITORS--VELASQUEZ--PHILIP'S LOVE OF ART, LITERATURE, AND THE DRAMA--CONTEMPORARY DESCRIPTION OF A PLAYHOUSE--PHILIP AND THE _CALDERONA_, MOTHER OF DON JUAN OF AUSTRIA--BIRTH AND BAPTISM OF BALTASAR CARLOS--PHILIP'S FIELD SPORTS--GENERAL SOCIAL DECADENCE {xi} CHAPTER VI RENEWED WAR WITH FRANCE, LATE IN 1628--RECONCILIATION WITH ENGLAND--THE PALATINATE AGAIN--COTTINGTON IN MADRID--HIS RECEPTION AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH OLIVARES AND PHILIP--FETES IN MADRID FOR BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES--DEATH OF SPINOLA--TREATY OF CASALE--A "LOCAL PEACE" WITH FRANCE--SPAIN AND THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR--POVERTY AND MISERY OF THE COUNTRY--UNPOPULARITY OF OLIVARES--HIS MONOPOLY OF POWER--HIS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT TO THE KING--HIS INTERVENTION IN PHILIP'S DOMESTIC AFFAIRS--"DON FRANCISCO FERNANDO OF AUSTRIA"--THE BUEN RETIRO--HOPTON IN MADRID--HIS DESCRIPTIVE LETTERS--THE INFANTES--PHILIP'S VISIT TO BARCELONA--DISCONTENT OF THE CORTES--THE INFANTE FERNANDO LEFT AS GOVERNOR--DEATH OF THE INFANTE CARLOS--DEATH OF THE INFANTA ISABEL IN FLANDERS--THE INFANTE FERNANDO ON HIS WAY THITHER WINS BATTLE OF NORDLINGEN--GREAT WAR NOW INEVITABLE WITH FRANCE CHAPTER VII