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128 128 TROUBLES IN CASTILE AND ARAGON. I'ART entire oblivion of all past animosities, and the na- ^ tion welcomed with satisfaction these symptoms of repose after the vexatious struggle by which it had been so long agitated.^' The repose, however, was of no great duration. The slavish mind of Henry gradually relapsed un- der its ancient bondage ; and the grand master of St. James succeeded, in consequence of an illness with which the monarch was suddenly seized after an entertainment given by Cabrera, in infusing into his mind suspicions of an attempt at assassination. Henry was so far incensed or alarmed by the suggestion, that he concerted a scheme for privately seizing the person of his sister, which was defeated by her own prudence and the vigilance of her friends. ^^ — But, if the visit to Segovia failed in its destined purpose of a reconciliation with Henry, it was attended with the important consequence of securing to Isabella a faithful partisan in Cabrera, who, from the control which his situation gave him over the royal coffers, proved a most seasonable ally in her subsequent struggle with Joanna. Not long after this event, Ferdinand received another summons from his father to attend him in Aragon, where the storm of war, which had been 73 21 Carbajal, Anales, MS., aiTos tillo, Cronica, cap. 164. — Oviedo I, 74. — Piilpar, Reyes Catolicos, has given a full account of iliis cava- p,27. — Castillo, Cronica, cap. 164. lior, who was allied to an ancient — Alonso de Palencia, Coronica, Catalan family, but who raised MS., part. 2, cap. 75. — Ovie- himself to such preeminence by do, Quincuagenas, MS., bat. 1, his own deserts, says that writer, quinc. 1, dial. 23. that he may well be considered the 22 Mendoza, Cr6n. del Gran founder of his house, loc cit. Cardcnal, pp. 141, 142. — Cas-