[11] Alonso de Palencia, Corónica, MS., part. 2, cap. 94.--Garibay, Compendio, lib. 18, cap. 3.--Bernaldez, Reyes Católicos, MS., cap. 10, 11.--Pulgar, Letras, (Madrid, 1775,) let. 3, al Arzobispo de Toledo.--The archbishop's jealousy of cardinal Mendoza is uniformly reported by the Spanish writers as the true cause of his defection from the queen.

[12] Ruy de Pina, Chrónica d'el Rey Alfonso V., cap. 173, apud Collecçaö de Livros Inéditos de Historia Portugueza, (Lisboa, 1790-93,) tom. i.

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[13] The ancient rivalry between the two nations was exasperated into the most deadly rancor, by the fatal defeat at Aljubarrotta, in 1235, in which fell the flower of the Castilian nobility. King John I. wore mourning, it is said, to the day of his death, in commemoration of this disaster. (Faria y Sousa, Europa Portuguesa, tom. ii. pp. 394-396.--La Clède, Hist. de Portugal, tom. iii. pp. 357-359.) Pulgar, the secretary of Ferdinand and Isabella, addressed, by their order, a letter of remonstrance to the king of Portugal, in which he endeavors, by numerous arguments founded on expediency and justice, to dissuade him from his meditated enterprise. Pulgar, Letras, No. 7.

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[14] Ruy de Pina, Chrónica d'el Rey Alfonso V., cap. 174-178.--Bernaldez, Reyes Católicos, MS., cap. 16, 17, 18.--Bernaldez states, that Alfonso, previously to his invasion, caused largesses of plate and money to be distributed among the Castilian nobles, whom he imagined to be well affected towards him. Some of them, the duke of Alva in particular, received his presents and used them in the cause of Isabella.--Faria y Sousa, Europa Portuguesa, tom. ii. pp. 396-398.--Zurita, Anales, tom. iv. fol. 230-240.--La Clède, Hist. de Portugal, tom. iii. pp. 360-362.-Pulgar, Crónica, p. 51.--L. Marineo, Cosas Memorables, fol. 156.--Oviedo, Quincuagenas, MS., bat. 1, quinc. 2, dial. 3.

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[15] The queen, who was, at that time, in a state of pregnancy, brought on a miscarriage by her incessant personal exposure. Zurita, Anales, tom. iv. fol. 234.

[16] Carbajal, Anales, MS., año 75.--Pulgar, Reyes Católicos, pp. 45-55.-- Ferreras, Hist. d'Espagne, tom. vii. p. 411.--Bernaldez, Reyes Católicos, MS., cap. 23.

[17] Bernaldez, Reyes Católicos, MS., cap. 18.--Faria y Sousa, Europa Portuguesa, tom. ii. pp. 398-400.--Pulgar, Crónica, pp. 55-60.--Ruy de Pina, Chrón. d'el Rey Alfonso V., cap. 179.--La Clède, Hist. de Portugal, tom. iii. p. 366.--Zurita, Anales, tom. iv. fol. 240-243.