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148 TRAVELS IN EUROPE.and was devont ·to our Saviouralld the Ho)y Virgin.His housewasroomy, comparative)y with what is usually seecn of village...mansions;and the village in which it stood was his own property. Hiscoat-of-arms was carved in stone over the entrance. His winc-butt(coincidence ofcustoms r Observe ,the place of the ale-buttin our ancientmansions) was in his court, his cellar hardby hishall".andjarsforholding wine were ranged'al1 around il. His ladywas weHbred·, .. courteous,and affable. A marveHous silence pervaded the wnole mansion;80 that il seemed·in this respecta conventofCar:thusians. Abundance1 prevailed.throughout the lower departments. In charity; not merely to .the pOOf but with aIl mankind,and in rational œconmy, Don Diegode Miranda passed his life, unambitious of honours or the patronage ofthe great*".JJ Perierunt ipsce nûnce.Every moral picture has two sides. Cervantes gives the other. Astate reduced to such poverty thatits aristocracy W\ere faintodarntheir\stockings withother-colonrèd silk;" soparalysed iRstoreeurforemploy-Inent to making bird-cages and toothpicks! The events of the reignofFerdinand and Isabellawere-sufficient of th(ùnse]ves to have constituteda country, yet Spain neveF profited by them.The redress of the grievancesof this state is beyond the reach ofany hand save that of Providence, unless apàtriot king were. to startForth to the admiration ofmankihd,-a consummation beyoqd the reachof aught save wishes, whilst }'tance,continues her neighbour.Abuseswin ever find powerful support, powerful indeed in proportion to their.magnitude, as able to command morefriends. VVhat a formidable hostthen must the herelofore recitedcatalogue of political mischiefs com-"" What w6uld Spain now De with such an inmate toeach parish! And wha.t a éon.ttâst ! iinteY.Ïorand cxterior! For four hundroo miles no insulated hou~e prèsen~ing it~elf, save the Posada; IlQt anew olle risinghetwcen the Pyrenec~ and the Straits of Gibraltar.