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RETIREMENT OF GONSALVO. 283 How different from the forlorn and outcast condi- chapter tioa, in which he had quitted the country a short '- year before ! He intimated the change in his own circumstances, by the greater state and show of au- thority which he now assumed. The residue of the old Italian army, just arrived under the cele- brated Pedro Navarro, count of Oliveto,^^ preceded him on the march ; and he was personally attended by his alcaldes, alguazils, and kings-at-arms, with all the appropriate insignia of royal supremacy .^^ At Tortoles he was met by the queen, his daush- Joanna's re- •^ ■* ' " tirement. ter, accompanied by Archbishop Ximenes. The interview between them had more of pain, than pleasure in it. The king was greatly shocked by Joanna's appearance ; for her wild and haggard features, emaciated figure, and the mean, squalid attire in which she was dressed, made it difficult to recognise any trace of the daughter, from whom he had been so long separated. She discovered more sensibility on seeing him, than she had shown since her husband's death, and henceforth resigned her- self to her father's will with little opposition. She was soon after induced by him to change her un- suitable residence for more commodious quarters at Tordesillas. Her husband's remains were laid in the monastery of Santa Clara, adjoining the palace, 22 King Ferdinand had granted 23 Bernaldez, Reyes Catolicos, him the title and territory of Olive- MS., cap. 210. — Zurita, Anales, to in the kingdom of Naples, in torn. vi. lib. 8, cap. 4, 7. — Peter recompense for his eminent servi- Martyr, Opns Epist.. epist. 358. — ces in the Italian wars. Aleson, Gomez, De Rebus Gestis, fol. 74. Annales de Navarra, torn. v. p. — Oviedo, Quincuagenas, MS. 178. — Giovio, Vitae Ijlust. Viro- rum, p. 190.