Note 414 — Chapter I · DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF SPAIN.
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Dr. Salazar y Mendoza takes a very exalted view of the importance of this right to wear the hat in the presence of the king,—"a prerogative," he remarks, "so illustrious in itself and so admirable in its effects, that it alone suffices to stamp its peculiar character on the dignity of the grandee."—Dignidades de Castilla, p. 34.