Ingenious and diverting letters of a lady's travels into Spain; describing the devotions, nunneries, humour, customs, laws, militia, trade, diet, and recreations of that people / [Marie Catherine Jumelle de Berneville Aulnoy].
- Madame d'Aulnoy
- Date:
- 1717
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Ingenious and diverting letters of a lady's travels into Spain; describing the devotions, nunneries, humour, customs, laws, militia, trade, diet, and recreations of that people / [Marie Catherine Jumelle de Berneville Aulnoy]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![as *tis the Cuftom; and I found the Princefs Eboly lefs fhining near her, than {he appeared tome when alone. You may hereby judge of the Charms of this young Queen; fhehada blue Sattin Gown; butasto thereft, juft as I reprefented to you the Coun- tefs of Lemos. The King ftood in a Balcony to fee her pafs by : He had a black Suit with a Collar of the Golden Fleece; his Hair —yeddifh and grey, long Vifage, pale, old, wrinkled and ugly. The Infant Dow Carlos accompanied the Queen; he was very white, a fine Head, his Hair of a light yellow, his Eyes blue, and he look’d on the Queen with fo moving an Air, that it ap- peared the Painter knew the Secret of his Heart, and would ex- prefs it: His Habit was white, embroidered with precious Stones; he was in his Doublet, with his Hat buttoned upon . one fide, and covered with white Feathers. I faw in the fame Gallery another Piece which much affected me, which was the Prince Doz Carlos dying ; he-was fitting in a Chair, leaning on his Arm on a Table before him, holding a Pen in his Hand, as if he would have wrote fomething ; there was a Veffel by him, wherein appeared a fort of black Liquor, which apparently was defigned for Poifon. A little further, you fee the Bath pre- paring for him, where his Veins were to be open’d : The Pain- ter had perfectly well reprefented the Confufion of fo fad an Occafion; and having read this Hiftory, and being much af- fected with it, methoughts I faw him really dying. I was told thefe Pieces were of ineftimable value. I was afterwards con- duéted into a Chamber, whofe Furniture had belonged to the: Arch-Dutchefs Marguerita of Auftria, Governefs of the Low- Countries ; and it is pretended fhe had work’d it herfelf. There: isa neatly wrought Bed of Flowers, Woods, Animals, and Feathers of all Colours; the Hangingsare the fame, and the different Colours therein do make a very agreeable fhew. And this 1s what I found moft remarkable in the Caftle of Buitrago,, and it growing late we leftit. | 4 Et wasleveral days fince Ihad the pleafure of feeing theplay- ing at Ombre; I therefore caufed the Cards to be brought.. Don Fernand with two of the Knights began the Game, and. 1 interefted my felf, as] was wont, and Don Efteve de Carvaial! did the like; fo that after we had feen them play fome time,, { demanded of him to whom of the three Knights was the: Commanderfoip, whence they came when I met them. He an-- {wered me, It did dot belong to any one of them, that he had! been to fee one of their common Friends on a vexatious Ac: cident which had happen’d to himin Hunting. Falling on the: Subject of Commanderfbip, 1 intreated him to inform me +) LUE | TRE](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30538178_0108.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
