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398 398 WAR OF GRANADA. PART I. The queen's courtesy. Magnifi- cence of the uol)Ies, removed to his tent, where he lay some time under medical treatment ; and, when he had sufficiently recovered, he received a visit from the king and queen, who complimented him on his prowess, and testified their sympathy for his misfortune. " It is little," replied he, " to lose a few teeth in the service of him, who has given me all. Our Lord," he added " who reared this fabric, has only opened a window, in order to discern the more readily what passes within." A facetious response, says Peter Martyr, which gave uncommon satisfaction to the sovereigns. ^^ The queen not long after, testified her sense of the earl's services, by a magnificent largess, con- sisting among other things, of twelve Andalusiaii horses, two couches with richly wrought hangings and coverings of cloth of gold, with a quantity of fine linen, and sumptuous pavilions for himself and suite. The brave knight seems to have been sat- isfied with this taste of the Moorish wars ; for he soon after returned to England, and in 1488 pass- ed over to France, where his hot spirit prompted him to take part in the feudal factions of that coun- try, in which he lost his life, fighting for the duke of Brittany. ^^ The pomp with which the military movements were conducted in these campaigns, gave the scene rather the air of a court pageant, than that of the stern array of war. The war was one, which. 28 Peter Martyr, Opus Epist., 29 Guillaume de laligny, His lib. 1, epist. 62. — Bernaldez, Re- toirc de Charles VIII., (Paris, yes Catolicos, MS., cap. 78. 1617,) pp. 90-94.