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48 48 REIGN OF JOHN II., OF ARAGON. PART L Besioged by llie Catalans ill Gerona. tion of a saint, and his image received the devo- tional honors reserved for such as have been dulj canonized bj the church. ^^ The revolutionary spirit of the Barcelonians, kept alive bj the recollection of past injury, as well as by the apprehensions of future vengeance, should John succeed in reestablishing his authority over them, soon became so alarming, that the queen, vi^hose consummate address, however, had first ac- complished the object of her visit, found it advisa- ble to withdraw from the capital ; and she sought refuge, with her son and such few adherents as still remained faithful to them, in the fortified city of Gerona, about fifty miles north of Barcelona. Hither, however, she was speedily pursued by the Catalan militia, embodied under the command of their ancient leader Roger, count of Pallas, and eager to regain the prize which they had so inad- vertently lost. The city was quickly entered, but the queen, with her handful of followers, had re- treated to a tower belonging to the principal church in the place, which, as was very frequent in Spain, in those wild times, was so strongly fortified as to be capable of maintaining a formidable resistance. 33 Alonso dePalencia, Coronica, MS., part. 2, cap. 51. — Zurila, AnaleSjtom. iv. fol. 98. — Abarca, Reyes de Arapon, torn. ii. fol. 256. — Aleson, Aiiales deNavarra, torn. iv.pp.563 ct scq. — L.Marinco,Co- sasMemorablos, fol. 114. — Accord- ing to Lanuza, who wrote nearly two centuries after the death of Carlos, the flesh upon his right arm, which had been amputated for the purpose of a more conven- ient application to the diseased members of the pilgrims who visit- ed his shrine, remained in his day in a perfectly sound and healthful state ! (Ilistorias EcclesiAsticas y Seculares de Aragon, (Zaragoza, 1022,) torn. i. p. 553.) Aleson wonders that any should doubt the truth of miracles, attested by the monks of the very monastery in which Carlos was interred.