FROM THE SPANISH MONARCHY. HIJ 



ting them to death, he fecured to himfelf their hearts 

 by his friendly looks.. 



Sincerely delirous was Charles to fee this general af- 

 fection tranfmitted to Philip, his fon. On no other 

 principle was it, that he had him brought in his youth 

 from Spain, and fhewed him at BrufTels to his future 

 people. On the folemn day of his renouncing his 

 throne he commended thefe countries to him as the 

 richeft jewel of his diadem, and exhorted him earneftly 

 to fpare their conftitution. 



Philip the fecond was, in all that is human, the very 

 image of his father. Ambitious like him, but lefs ac- 

 quainted with mankind and their real value, he had 

 formed to himfelf a plan of royal fupremacy, which 

 treated them only as the organs of his will, and was 

 injured by every inftance of freedom. Born in Spain, 

 and brought up under the iron rod of monkifh fuper- 

 ftition he required from others the fame dull unifor- 

 mity and the fame conftraint that formed his character* 

 The lively difpohtion of the Flemings raifed his choler, 

 and hurt his temper, no lefs than their privileges did 

 his ambition. He fpoke no language but the fpanifh, 

 fuffered only Spaniards to be about his perfon, and 

 adhered to their ufages with pertinacious attachment. 

 In vain did all the cities of Flanders, through which 

 he pafTed, put their invention to the rack, for ho- 

 nouring his prefence with conly feftivities — Philip's 

 brow was Hill fallen, and all the profufton of magnifi- 

 cence, all the heartfelt burfts of the lincereft joy were 

 unable to excite in his countenance one fmile of appro- 

 bation. 



Charles 



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