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appearance
at
Villadoli~,
where the Court then
~efide~;
but
~eing
informed of the
many
complaint
which
were
there formed agamft him, hem a
~age
and
fury
de–
parted thence,
with~ut
giviqg any
A~fwer·the1"oonto:
At
which .the
Ki~g
Fer_–
nando
being
highly d1fpleafe , mmdti.3itely by
..p
ocefs
of Law bamfhed him the
Counrrey; howfoever
DiM
maintained himfelf within his Cafiles and Fortre!fes,
untill fuch time, that by Agreement with the
King,
to
pay him fourteen thoufand
Ma'ntvedu,
all i:patters were com.polmded, an,d
t~€ F~q~~ffes
were configr\ed
~to
the
b ,nds of
ihe
tid
le :Kmg
Don Fernando.
the
fame Hillery alfo makes mention
of
~-\!is
feRowii}g ailiig@)
OOit'lelY~ ~-hat
when King
Ferntt?.Jtfo
f1ad poffefilon of one
part
onely, and bot of the
entire
Kmgdem
of.Leon,
he
lt~ft
!Vfanjilla,
and went
to
4~ ~--·
Leon
which was the
principal
City of th
tC4Cuhtrey, wh'ere
~
wa's
recei\led with
grea~
joy
and magnificent entertainment, and there crowned King of
Leon
by the
Bifhop of chat City, and being in the prefence of all the
~obles
and Citizens,
feated in the Regal Throne,
Te
Deum
was
Io~emnly
fung,
w.ith the
CO~f!l.OJl
fa-:
t
•
~oh
nnd
tt'f
~
1'.1"g
of
th~ peb~e)
4
and
I
fi'dn\
tnat
time
~
bad
th~
Title
of
·ng
of
1
t:Ftjbi!t
?ll.fllltk~
1
botti
\vbit~h
Kill'ga&iS
~~e
hrs
1~~
f
lferita
ce, de–
fcended to him from Father and Mother; for
tlefe
two
Kinglfofus
~ad
fd
nreriy
been divided, and bef!owed by the Emperour
to
his two Sons, that
is
Caftile
co
D.
Sancho,
and
Leon
to
Fernando,
and afterwards came to be again united together in '
t.P~
Nqble
Perfon
of
Don
Fernanda
the third.
Aft@r
this
the
f2!!ecn
Perefa
tlreMo·
ther of
Tancha
and
Dulce,
the Sifters of
D.
Femando,
feeing that her Son was be–
come Mafier of the whole Kingdom, and that ibe was not able to make farther
refifi:ence againfr him, fhe difpatched an Ambafiadoar to
D.
Fernando,
demanding
fome fhare and convenient fbbfiftei\ce
~
wbicl\
~eing
granted, was much difplea–
fing to forne degenerate Spirits, who were
in
hopes of making a benefit to diem–
felves by the Wars between
Caftile
an
Leon;
of which Embaify the Noble Lady
Berengaria,
Motherof
Fernartdo~
b€iilg
formed,
the laboared-roilch
t6bring
mat–
ters
to
~"
accommodation,
being
very awrebenfive of the many Tfoubles and
in–
finite Ruines which are caufed
by
a Civil and i!lteflifie War
~
and for ·hat rea–
fon labouring on both fides, fhe at length produced a Peace between her Son the
King
Fernando,
and his Sifters the Ladies
Sancha
and
Dulce,
aQd prevailed with the
King_
to flay at
Leen,
whilft
fhe made a vifit to
e
Queen
TC*t"efa,
and.her Daugh–
rers1
then
f~dih~ ~
:Pillt11tflt.
And
th~ri
it
w..
tliat
liet>eng/ttia
i)revail'ed with
Te–
refk,
~'1i1er Datt~nters;
to quit all
tn~if
Title
«nt:J
~ttret-efl:
t_<:>,' 'the l}}ngdom of
Leoi'i;
ift
<tdnfirletatlbh of
'\?bkh
1Qng
Ferntml4~
·Old
oblig~ lllrnf~lt
to
give
R.
yearly
Anmtity
to
ea·
h
qt
thefe Siller5
of
tnlrty
~~btintnd Matiile~
bf
Gold.
T'd
oon–
firm this
Aitreement
the
Ki.fig
tame
to
B'eh~ent'C,
where
be
~this
S1fi<lt's,
and
thete figned arid
fealed
a Writing
tb
them,
to
pay
thefu !tie
lttirnr
fuou-fana
.tl?a–
nt7Jeili:r
of Annuity;
making
tlierh
Affignmettt
.otl
the
ttlates
where
to
receive
theit
~1oney; ~vhich
was aftetwards the
Fbuttdatfutl
of.
ihapp-y
Peac~.
Aftet this
King
Ferna'Hdo
b~ing
tnatried to
~eeri
.[0411,
~. ~
ent
ill
Progre1S
to
vlfit
f
everal parts
of
his
Kitu~dom.,
and
beiflg at
Toledo,
h~
undetftoo<i
that
Cordova
and other remote Cities of
bi's
Kingddm , wf!re
in
great
penury
and
aHltefs
fo;
wa~t
of Provifions; for
f~pply
of
wnich
he lent rhem
tw~l1~Y
five
thoufand
Mar11-
vedu
to
CoriJQ!)Jt,
and the like
f
um,
to
other
Garnf6ns.
All hich
f
m1ll
futbs
are
patticulatly
recotded
in
th~
Chtonicles which
write
of
the
Li:f~
of
Don
Fen1and.o
the Saint.
CH
A.
P.