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Internal Administration of Spain-Absolute Power of the Crown-Royal Councils-Alva and Ruy Gomez-Espinoza-Personal Habits of Philip-Court and Nobles-The Cortes-The Guards of Castile.
Seventeen years had now elapsed since Philip the Second ascended the throne of his ancestors,-a period long enough to disclose the policy of his government; longer, i