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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: combinations formed among powers hitherto little connected with each other, greatly increased that intercourse among the nations of Europe which I have mentioned as one effect of the events in the fifteenth century; while the greatness of the objects at which different nations aimed, the distant Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: combinations formed among powers hitherto little connected with each other, greatly increased that intercourse among the nations of Europe which I have mentioned as one effect of the events in the fifteenth century; while the greatness of the objects at which different nations aimed, the distant expéditions which they undertook, as well as the length and obstinacy of the contest in which they encased, obliged them to exert themselves with a vigour and perseverance unknown in the preceding ages. Those active scenes which the following history will exhibit, as well as the variety and importance of those transactions which distinguish the period to which it extends, are not to be ascribed solely to the ambition, to the abilities, or to the rivalship of Charles V. and of Francis I. The kingdoms of Europe had arrived at such a degree of improvement in the internal administration of government, and princes had acquired such command of the national force which was to be exerted in foreign wars, that they were in a condition to enlarge the sphere of their operations, to multiply their claims and pretensions, and to increase the vigour of their efforts. Accordingly, the sixteenth century opened with the certain prospect of its abounding in great and interesting events. SECTION III. OF THE POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES IW EUROPE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Italy? at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century-The Papal Power- Alexander VI. and Jultns II-Def-cts in Ecclesiastical Governments-Venice: it1 Rise and Progrès; its Naval Power and ils Commerce- Florence-Naples and Sicily- Contest fur ils Crown- luchy of Milan-Ludovic Sfo-za-Spam; conquered by the Vandal" and by the Moois; Books, History~~Europe~~Germany, History-of-the-Reign-of-the-Emperor-Charles-the-Fifth~~William-Robertson, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217116237

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1884 Excerpt: ... BOOK IV. Charles''s 111 Health--He rehearses his Obsequies--Is attacked by his last Illness--Codicil to hia Will--Progress of the Disease--Extreme Unction--Last Hours, ana Death--Kuncrai Honours--Philip the Second''s Visit to Yuste--Bodies of Charles and his Family removed to the Escorial--Decay of the Convent at Yuste. As the spring of 1658 advanced, the emperor''s health gradually mended. He was extremely sensible to cold; and as the summer drew near he felt the genial influence of the warmer weather, and the letters from Yuste spoke of him as restored to his usual health. With renovated health his appetite returned; and he indulged it in his usual intemperate manner. His majesty eats much, writes his physician. Dr. Mathys, and drinks still more,changing nothing of his former way of life, and rashly trusting to the natural strength of his constitution, but little to be relied on in a body so full of bad humours. Kings, writes Quixada, must surely imagine their stomachs are made differently from those of other men. At length the bad humours of which the doctor spoke showed themselves in a cutaneous eruption below the knees, which caused Charles great annoyance. To allay the irritation, he slept under the lightest covering, and with the windows ana doors of his chamber open. He frequently also bathed his limbs in cold water. His physician looked with distrust on the use of these violent remedies; but the emperor said he would rather have a little fever than suffer from this intolerable itching. On this Mathys sensibly remarked that it was not given to us to choose our diseases: we might chance, by attempting it, to get something worse than what we have already. The doctor''s remonstrances, however, were little heeded by Charles, whose imperious nature h... William Robertson, Books, History, The History Of The Reign Of The Emperor Charles The Fifth Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217116237

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1884 Excerpt: ... BOOK IV. Charles''s 111 Health--He rehearses his Obsequies--Is attacked by his last Illness--Codicil to hia Will--Progress of the Disease--Extreme Unction--Last Hours, ana Death--Kuncrai Honours--Philip the Second''s Visit to Yuste--Bodies of Charles and his Family removed to the Escorial--Decay of the Convent at Yuste. As the spring of 1658 advanced, the emperor''s health gradually mended. He was extremely sensible to cold; and as the summer drew near he felt the genial influence of the warmer weather, and the letters from Yuste spoke of him as restored to his usual health. With renovated health his appetite returned; and he indulged it in his usual intemperate manner. His majesty eats much, writes his physician. Dr. Mathys, and drinks still more,changing nothing of his former way of life, and rashly trusting to the natural strength of his constitution, but little to be relied on in a body so full of bad humours. Kings, writes Quixada, must surely imagine their stomachs are made differently from those of other men. At length the bad humours of which the doctor spoke showed themselves in a cutaneous eruption below the knees, which caused Charles great annoyance. To allay the irritation, he slept under the lightest covering, and with the windows ana doors of his chamber open. He frequently also bathed his limbs in cold water. His physician looked with distrust on the use of these violent remedies; but the emperor said he would rather have a little fever than suffer from this intolerable itching. On this Mathys sensibly remarked that it was not given to us to choose our diseases: we might chance, by attempting it, to get something worse than what we have already. The doctor''s remonstrances, however, were little heeded by Charles, whose imperious nature h... William Robertson, Books, History, The History Of The Reign Of The Emperor Charles The Fifth Books>History <

ISBN: 9780217116237

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