He enjoyed with the delight of a true Spaniard two delightful spectacles, a horse with its bowels gored out, and a Jew writhing in the fire.

The time came when the mightiest of instincts ordinarily wakens from its repose.

It was hoped that the young King would not prove invincible to female attractions, and that he would leave a Prince of Asturias to succeed him.

A consort was found for him in the royal family of France; and her beauty and grace gave him a languid pleasure.

He liked to adorn her with jewels, to see her dance, and to tell her what sport he had had with his dogs and his falcons.