1 72 ACCESSION OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA. PART her own country, in order to obtain the sanction '- — of her royal brother. The articles contained in it, however, were too unpalatable to receive an im- mediate assent ; and it was not until the expiration of six months, during which Isabella, far from relaxing, persevered with increased energy in her original plan of operations, that the treaty was for- s.pt. 24. mally ratified by the court of Lisbon. ^^ It was stipulated in this compact, that Alfonso should relinquish the title and armorial bearings, which he had assumed as king of Castile ; that he should resign his claims to the hand of Joanna, and no longer maintain her pretensions to the Castilian throne ; that that lady should make the election within six months, either to quit Portugal for ever, or to remain there on the condition of wedding Don John, the infant son of Ferdinand and Isabella, ^^ so soon as he should attain a marriageable age, or to retire into a convent, and take the veil ; that a general amnesty should be granted to all such Castilians as had supported Joanna's cause ; and, finally, that the concord between the two nations should be cemented by the union of Alonso, son of the prince of Portugal, with the infanta Isabella, of Castile. ^^ 33 Ruy (le Pina, Chr6n. d'el Rey 34 Born the preceding year, June Alfonso v., cap. 206.— L.Marineo, 28th, 1178. Carbajal, Anales.MS., Cosas Mcmorables, fol. 166, 167. anno eodem. — Pulgar, Reyes Catolicos, cap. 35 L. Marineo, Cosas Mcmora- 85, 89, 90. — Faria y Sousa, Eu- bles, fol. 168. — Pulpar, Reyes ropa Porfiiguesa, torn. ii. pp. 420, Catolicos, cap. 91. — Faria y Sou- 421. — Ferreras, Hist. d'Espapne, sa, Europa Portuguesa, torn. ii. pp. torn. vii. p. 538. — Carbajal, Ana- 420, 421. — Ruy da Pina, Chron. les, MS., afio 79. — Bernaldez, d'el Rey Alfonso V., cap. 206. Reyes Catolicos, MS., cap. 28, 36, 37.
