INDEX. 529 V. Valdata, her intellectual character, i. 286, 710^6. Valencia, conquered by Aragon, i. Ixxxiii. Loans by the city of, ii. C5. Printing press at, in 1474, 207. V^ega, Garcilasso de la, rescues Ferdi- nand, II. 15. Notice of, 18, note. Min- ister of Ferdinand, 282. Aids Gon- salvo at the storming of Ostia, 332. His boldness towards the pope, iii. 7. Ferdinand's deportment towards him, 228, 273. Vega, Lorenzo Suarez de la, his negotia- tions at Venice, iii. 8. His ability, 112, note. Velasco, Bernardino de, grand constable, III. 290. Proposed union of, with El- vira, 292. Facts respecting, 292, note. His income, 434, note. Velez Malaga, position of, ii. 12. Its surrender, 15. Velilla, prophetic tintinnabulations of the miraculous bell of, iii. 382, note. Venereal disease, origin of the, ii. 501. Venice, the celebrated league of, ii.290. Aids France against Milan, iii. 5. Ferdinand's negotiations with, 8. Her distrust of France, 112. Projects against, 330. Partition of, by the treaty of Cambray, 330. Power of, broken by the battle of Agnadel, 333. Continental provinces of, released from their allegiance, 334. Becomes a party in the Holy League, 337. Disgusted, 344. Her definitive treaty with France, for their mutual defence, 344. Laid waste by Cardona, 345. Daru's History of, 346, nott. Vergara, Juan de, employed in the com- pilation of the Complutensian P0I3'- glot. III. 323, note. His epitaph on Ximenes, 418, note. Vespucci, Amerigo, 11, 482, note. Gives the name to the western continent, iii. 470. Viana, prince of. See Carlos. Vicenza, cruelties at the capture of, iii. 342, note. VOL. III. 67 Villafrata, destroyed by Ximenes, m. 411. Villena, Henry, marquis of, his literary character, i. 14. Fate of his library, 16, 2C6, note. Villena, Juan Pacheco, marquis of, char- acter and influence of, i. 70. Dis- graced, 74. His league with the arch- bishop of Toledo against the crown, 75. Assists in deposing Henry IV., 78. His intrigues to prevent a recon- ciliation of parties, 80. Supports Jo- anna Beltraneja, 98, 165. Threatens Isabella with imprisonment, 100. His endeavours to prevent the union of Ferdinand and Isabella, 104. Appoint- ed grand master of St. James, 114. His avarice, 116, note. Incenses Hen- ry IV. against Isabella, 128. His death, 134. Dissatisfied with the set- tlement of the queen's regency, iii. 209. Favors Ferdinand, 273. His in- come, 434, note. Visigoths, overrun Spain, i. xxxii. Char- acter of their laws, xxxii. Spain taken from them, xxxiii. Condition of slaves among them, xxxv. w. War of the Succession, i. 139. Weights and measures, laws respecting, III. 466. West, belief of land in the, 11. 116. West Indies, discovery of the, 11. 161. ■ Why so called, 167. Regulations of trade with, 168. Preparations for a second voyage to, 169. See Colonies, Hispaniola, and Indies. Western Caliphate, the, 275. Wool, in Spain, iii. 459. Ximenes, Cardinal, his famous Polyglot Bible, II. 201, note, 204. His birth, 373. Visits Rome, 374. His return, and imprisonment, 375. Established
