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246 CHAPTER XIX. REIGN AND DEATH OF PHILIP I. — PROCEEDINGS IN CAS- TILE.— FERDINAND VISITS NAPLES. 1506. Philip and Joanna. — Their reckless Administration. — Ferdinand dis- trusts Gonsalvo. — He sails for Naples. — Philip's Death and Char- acter. — The Provisional Government. — Joanna's Condition. — Fer- dinand's Entry into Naples. — Discontent caused by his Measures there. PART King Ferdinand had no sooner concluded the — arrangement with Philip, and withdrawn into his .{(Mina. hereditary dominions, than the archduke and his wife proceeded towards Valladolid, to receive the homage of the estates convened in that city. Jo- anna, oppressed with an habitual melancholy, and clad in the sable habiliments better suited to a sea- son of mourning than rejoicing, refused the splen- did ceremonial and festivities, with which the city was prepared to welcome her. Her dissipated husband, who had long since ceased to treat her not merely with affection, but even decency, would fain have persuaded the cortes to authorize the con- finement of his wife, as disordered in intellect, and to devolve on him the whole charge of the govern- ment. In this he was supported by the archbishop