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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 137
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/ Oourt Kimbolton And Society . By The F...
[ endorsed February 1501 F rom " This Cas letter tle of written Richmond before this the 20 th death day of of
con Prince tradictory A , rthur statements , . conclusive made , after and bears a long down lapse of time subsequent and by
int T eres heir ted ma par jes ties ties . Spain received the news of the death of the letters
in the tives cyp young her of , prince preserved action wit Should h at ming Simancas led they emo or , tions t could hro . A they li gain ght demand upon th t he
mo . be dowry tween back the again widowed ? if no Catherine t , might and they Henry not contract the new an P alliance rince of
Wales tiation ? Estrada but was was ill sent received to Eng . Isabella land charged , thus writes with this urg new ing
her nego ambassador to renewed efforts : — betrothel " You shall of the endeavour Princess by of all Wales ways with and the means Prince that of you Wales can use concluded , to have and the
_settled . " marriag Infanta Over seven during did no long t that take years interval place the till n ? egotiations 1509 The . secret What extended correspondence becam , e for of the the
be ob sad j tween ec t t of the t hese pe court tty intri cabal of gues St s . was and James all rancorous bu ' and t neg t lec hat sen ted of timents . Arragon , while tells the
two " Of in her Catherine secret ' s and life familiar in Eng correspondence land , in this earl with y book time her , father we catch . In in a her g her limpse letters hand or , ;
musing a we woman see before along of flesh with us , not and austere a blood nun gait -like the and fi blood gure unsmiling , rather with a face hot to and matins or hig rosary h or with comp a lines thousand ; but ,
little wantsa good appetite , , an occasional bit of cough or , a touch of fever , with many , milliners' and doctors' bills , a rather saucy of the tongue commonest , a most human unruly
householdand a world of debtscaresand quarrels sort . It m , ust be addedthat her , letters , also shew her in less charming lights . One finds with regret , th , at she brought with her when from the Spai strai n , ht not a little would of
her have which m been other she nearest ' kept s fondn from to ess her the for goal king crooked . From She ways the woul , first even d clandestinel , she had a nest y sell of g or little p way ledge secrets her ,
. jewels and consent . She . would She would borrow tri money ck , and from amuse the , J and ews , deceive without the Henry astute 's knowledge old canon
Puebla The her uncertain confessor ty of adviser her position told at length upon the tt
o f g Wales h-spirited : — Princess , for her heart was pledged o he Prince
that " She it mi wrote ght be in well a tone for her of despair to go home . In to the Spain first , where time in she her would life she be able hinted to _, the best she said
whi spend ch could the remainder now happen of her to her days on in earth praising . But before God , these words thing could , have , reached Valladolidthe conditions of her life were changed- —The English
king was dead . " , Iienry The VIII editor . for believes Catherine in . the ; thoug romantic h he was passion but 18 entertained , she 25 , and by VOL . XIII . K
Notices Of Books. 137
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 137
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 137, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/65/
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