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'MANY a man, ' says De Quincey, 'can trace his ruin to a murder, of which, perhaps, he thought little enough at the time.' This remark applies with peculiar force toPhilip II. of Spain, to his secretary, Antonio Perez, to the steward of Perez, to hispage, and to a number of professional ruffians. All of these, from the King to hisown scullion, were concerned in the slaying of Juan de Escovedo, secretary ofPhilip's famous natural brother, Don John of Austria. All of them, in differentdegrees, had bitter reason to regret a deed which, at the moment, seemed acommonplace political incident.The puzzle in the case of Escovedo does not concern the manner of his taking off, or the identity of his murderers. These things are perfectly well known; the namesof the guilty, from the King to the bravo, are ascertained. The mystery clouds themotives for the deed. Why was Escovedo done to death? Did the King have himassassinated for purely political reasons, really inadequate, but magnified by thesuspicious royal fancy? Or were the secretary of Philip II. and the monarch of Spainrivals in the affections of a one-eyed widow of rank? and did the secretary, Perez, induce Philip to give orders for Escovedo's death, because Escovedo threatened toreveal to the King their guilty intrigue? Sir William Stirling-Maxwell and MonsieurMignet accepted, with shades of difference, this explanation. Mr. Froude, on theother hand, held that Philip acted for political reasons, and with the full approval ofhis very ill-informed conscience. There was no lady as a motive in the case, in Mr.Froude's opinion. A third solution is possible: Philip, perhaps, wished to murderEscovedo for political reasons, and without reference to the tender passion; butPhilip was slow and irresolute, while Perez, who dreaded Escovedo's interferencewith his love affair, urged his royal master on to the crime which he was shirking.We may never know the exact truth, but at least we can study a state of morals andmanners at Madrid, compared with which the blundering tragedies of Holyrood, inQueen Mary's time, seem mere child's play. The 'lambs' of Bothwell are lambsplayful and gentle when set beside the instruments of Philip


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798716930513
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 127 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8716930517
  • Publisher Date: 05 Mar 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 199 gr


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