Note 26 — Chapter III
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No se pudo evitar que le dieran algunas bofetadas y algunos palos, que algo le desfiguraron aquel rostro bello con que hizo su fortuna y la ruina de la nacion. This is the sort of feeling with which the Spaniards relate the manner of Godoy’s fall. In the same tract, “Manifiesto Imparcial y Exacto,” it is said, that when he secreted himself he took with him some jewels, de que su alma codiciosa pudo ocuparse en momento tan critico; and that he was discovered at last, because he could no longer endure hunger and thirst.