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267 CHAPTER XX. p:RDINAND'S RETURN AND REGENCY. — GONSALVO'S HONORS AND RETIREMENT. 1506—1509. Joanna's mad Conduct. — She changes her Ministers. — Disorders in Castile. — Ferdinand's politic Behaviour. — He leaves Naples. — His brilliant Reception by Louis XH. — Honors to Gonsalvo. — Ferdinand's Return to Castile. — His excessive Severity. — Neglect of the Great Captain. — His honorable Retirement. While Ferdinand was thus occupied in Naples, chapter the representatives of most of the cities, summoned U bj the provisional government, had assembled in cone's"^ °' Burgos. Before entering on business, thej were i^og desirous to obtain the queen's sanction to their proceedings. A committee waited on her for that purpose, but she obstinately refused to give them audience. ^ She still continued plunged in moody melancholy, Joanna exhibiting, however, occasionally the wildest freaks ^ of insanity. Towards the latter end of December, she determined to leave Burgos, and remove her husband's remains to their final resting-place in Granada. She insisted on seeing them herself, 1 Mariana, Hist, de Espana, torn. ii. lib. 29, cap. 2. — Zurita, Anales, tom. vi. lib. 7, cap. 29. Nov. insane con. uct.