Note 21 — Chapter I · THE MOORS OF SPAIN.
Reading edition
Marmol, Rebelion de los Moriscos, tom. i. pp. 147-151,—Circourt, Hist. des Arabes d'Espagne, tom. ii. p. 283.—Ferreras, Hist. d'Espagne, tom. ix. p. 535.
Dr. Salazar de Mendoza considers that nothing but a real love of rebellion could have induced the Moriscoes to find a pretext for it in a measure so just and praiseworthy, and every way so conducive to their own salvation as this ordinance.—"Tomaron par achaque esta accion tan justificada, y meritoria del Rey, y para sus almas tan provechosa y saludable."—Monarquia de España, tom. ii. p. 137.