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History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2

Note 601 — Chapter VII

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"Quiero de aquí adelante hazerme ciego y sordo, y tractar con mis libros y negocios particulares, y dexar el público á los que tanto saben y pueden, y componerme quanto al reposo y sossiego." Papiers d'Etat de Granvelle, tom. VIII, p. 91.—A pleasing illusion, as old as the time of Horace's "Beatus ille," &c.

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