Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-27

best rob the Queen of her Just rights Ximines VS.
The mar 10 manage such a treaty and whea Philil
consented 10 moot his father-n-law for secret par
ley, The Cardinal arranged the details The tw,
kings met at Villafafla, Philip dashing up in from
Of troop OF horse, Fernando trotting uleekly on
donkey They entered the village church alone
Thoae keeping watch at the door could hear the
voices, Nut not their words. Fernando spoke much
aud in deep, charged voice; Philip unused, uneasy
and perplsxed but their talk though Il lasted long
came 20 whe. Philip thought happy end at last
The King Of Aragon seemed very humble In bis
| presence; and, with the exception Of the young
Queens insanity, gave way TO him on almost every
| point. Fernando insisted only that bis daughter
was mad, and therefore unfit TO reign.
II was a curious scene, that in the small, white
village church alike In the crowd Of CAsilian horse-
men lounging outside ia the sun in the string o!
humble asses In the crowd Of eager lsteners who
could not catch word in the ally old man and the
mock-brilliant youth in the Gospel opoa before
them on the communion table; in the papers of
agreement 20 which they occasionally put their
hands and seals. In this church Of VillAfa1la so
kindly provided for them by Cardinal, they ar
ranged that Philip was 20 have, long as he lived
a great deal of money and power, and that Queen
Juana should be declared incapable of governing
her estates. In fact, Philip was 20 rule as King
Consort--ss long IS be lived. Poor Philip The
two princes bound themselves--frst by oath on the
holy Gospels, sfterward by treaties properly drawn
and signed-to take charge Of the Queens person
and to resist by their united forces any attempt to
set up government in her name.
These secret and ubiquitous treaties being signed
Fernando rlNde two moves in bis game, one Of which
explained s.hy he had gone 10 Villafafa on a don
key. First, he called Almazan, the Apostolic No
tary, 70 his closet, and told him that, in going
through the country without his guard be had fallen
into the hands Of Philip at the head Of great force
and been compelled to sign treaty which his soul
abhorred. The archduke he added, was u tyran-
and usurper who kept the Queen, his wife, prist
oner but having, for his own part ped from
Philips power, he wished to make a solemn protest
against the treaties which be had been made 20 sign
and TO declare thst he could never consent 70 bis
daughter being deprived of her liberty and her
crown. Almazan made all this known in Rome
and in friendly courts. Then Fernando took leave
Of his children, as be called them, Philip and Juans
exhorting them TO love each other and TO live To-
gether in peace, as good husband and wife should
do. Then be sailed for Naples In order 10 show the
whole world that his words we're sincere and that
he would not NEEDLE any more with affairs Of gov
eminent in CASTLE
Before leaving for Naples, Fernando sent secret
agent one Moees Ferrers, to Philip; aad one week
after his arrivsi at court Philip was dead No one
doubted that 10 had been poisoned 40 sre doubts
l. now. tca@ wae&s after leaving iijisfaGla on
his donkey R@rnando reaped tbs soic advantage of
that treaty which he had signed 81 denounced
Els daughter was considered insane and incapable
of ruling. He was the administrator Of her king.
NOhi fhboASsb VI SiduuSOl, NdIlOa, hlbef~
gard to be known as Charles the Fifth. From this
time Queen Jusna prisoner-frst in the hands
OF her father aterward in the hands of her son. By
order Of these princes she shut up with her Jail
ore and her pfiests-she was never allowed 10 see
the outside world--she was not Suffered to speak
with strange person-she was carried through the
country in midnight journeys-she was consigned
TO the companionsip Of her husbands corpse. Even
of this last horrible detail there seems TO be hardly
any doubt. No evidence is found in these State pa
pers that Juana voluntarily chung TO the dead body
Of Philip. Some evidence to the contrary is found
The dead body was the instrument by which Fer
nando and Charles imposed upon the ignorant Com
mons an idea of the Queens madness midnight
cortege with funeral torches and trains of monks
being no bad contrivance for impressing the imagi
nation of superstitious and romantic people Phil
Ups body was kept for many years in a chapel of
the convent of Santa Clara. Juana very often ex-
pressed wish 90 visit the convent She never once
of her will, desired TO the chapel much less
the corpse In fact the whole affair would seem to
have been fraud, and Crazy Jane fictitious AZ
ure invented by Fernando and continued by Charles
the Fifth.