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94 94 CASTILE UNDER HENRY IV. PART I- Isnliolla ackiiowlcdij- ed heir to llie crown at Toros de Giiiaaiido. 14 6 8. Sept. 9. the parties on the following conditions ; namely, that a general amnesty should be granted by the king for all past offences ; that the queen, whose dissolute conduct was admitted to be matter of notoriety, should be divorced from her husband, and sent back to Portugal ; that Isabella should have the principality of the Asturias (the usual de- mesne of the heir apparent to the crown) settled on her, together with a specific provision suitable to her rank ; that she should be immediately recog- nised heir to the crowns of Castile and Leon ; that a cortes should be convoked within forty days for the purpose of bestowing a legal sanction on her title, as w-ell as of reforming the various abuses of government ; and finally, that Isabella should not be constrained to marry in opposition to her own wishes, nor should she do so without the consent of her brother.^^ In pursuance of these arrangements, an inter- view took place between Henry and Isabella, each attended by a brilliant cortege of cavaliers and nobles, at a place called Toros de Guisando, in New Castile.^^ The monarch embraced his sister with the tenderest marks of affection, and then proceeded solemnly to recognise her as his future and rightful heir. 38 See a copy of the original compact cited at length hy Marina, Teorla, Apend. no. U. — Pulgar, Reyes Cat6Iicos, part. I, cap. 2. 39 So called from four bulls, sculptured in stone, discovered there, with Latin inscriptions there- on, indicating it to have been the site of one of Julius Caesar's vic- An oath of allegiance tories during the civil war. (Es- trada, Poblacion General de Espa- iia, (Madrid, 1748,) torn. i. p. 306. — Galindez de Carbajal.a contem- porary, fixes the date of tliis con- vention in August. Anales del Rey Fernando el Cal61ico, MS., ailo 14G8.