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of the wheel ; nay, there is a farther tradition in 

 Spain, though not with us, that the King of Arragon, 

 after he knew that the marriage between Charles, 

 Prince of Castile, and Mary, the king s second 

 daughter, went roundly on, (which though it was first 

 moved hy the King of Arragon, yet it was after 

 wards w r holly advanced and brought to perfection 

 by Maximilian, and the friends on that side,) entered 

 into a jealousy that the king did aspire to the go 

 vernment of Castilia, as administrator during the 

 minority of his son-in-law ; as if there should have 

 been a competition of three for that government ; 

 Ferdinando, grandfather on the mother s side ; Maxi 

 milian, grandfather on the father s side ; and King 

 Henry, father-in-law to the young prince. Certainly 

 it is not unlike, but the king s government, carrying 

 the young prince with him, would have been per 

 haps more welcome to the Spaniards than that of 

 the other two. For the nobility of Castilia, that so 

 lately put out the King of Arragon in favour of King 

 Philip, and had discovered themselves so far, could 

 not be but in a secret distrust and distaste of that 

 king. And as for Maximilian, upon twenty respects 

 he could not have been the man. But this purpose 

 of the king s seemeth to me, considering the king s 

 safe courses, never found to be enterprizing or adven 

 turous, not greatly probable, except he should have 

 had a desire to breathe warmer, because he had ill 

 lungs. This marriage with Margaret was protracted 

 from time to time, in respect of the infirmity of the 

 king, who now in the two and twentieth of his reign 



