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History of the Reign of Philip the Second King of Spain, Vol. 3

Note 381 — Chapter I · DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF SPAIN.

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The anonymous author of a contemporary relation speaks of the king as a person little subject to passions of any kind. The language is striking: "E questo Re poco soggetto alle pasioni, venga ció, o per inclinazione naturale, o per costume; e quasi non appariscono in lui i primi movimenti nè dell' allegrezza, nè del dolore, nè dell' ira ancora."—MS.

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