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287 RETIREMENT OF GONSALVO. '287 martinet, who made some figure at the defence of chapter Salsas. This institution probably was immediate- '■ — - y suggested by the garde du corps of Louis the Twelfth, at Savona, which, altogether on a more formidable scale indeed, had excited his admiration by the magnificence of its appointments and its thorough discipline. ^^ Notwithstanding the king's general popularity, there were still a few considerable persons, who regarded his resumption of authority with an evil eye. Of these, Don Juan Manuel had fled the kingdom before his approach, and taken refuge at the court of Maximilian, where the counsellors of that monarch took good care, that he should not acquire the ascendency he had obtained over Philip. The duke of Najara, however, still remained in Castile, shutting himself up in his fortresses, and refusing all compromise or obedience. The king without hesitation commanded Navarro to march against him with his whole force. Najara was per- suaded by his friends to tender his submission, without waiting the encounter ; and he surrendered his strong-holds to the king, who, after detaining them some time in his keeping, delivered them over to the duke's eldest son.^^ With another offender he dealt more sternly. 27 Zurita, Anales, torn. vi. lib. 8, gardes du Roy, et de ses Gentils- cap. 10. — MSS. de Torres y de hommes, qu'il repaloit k grande Oviedo, apud Mem. de la Acad, chose, et triomphale ordonnance." de Hist., torn. vi. Ilust. 6. — Ubi supra. U'Auton, Hist, de Louys XH., ^ Bernaldez, Reyes Catolicos, part 3, chap. 38. MS., cap. 210. — Peter Martyr, The Catholic king was very mi- Opus Epist., epist. 363. — Gomez, nute in his inquiries, according to De Rebus Gestis, fol. 75. — Zurita, Auton, " du faict et de I'estat des Anales, torn. vi. lib. 8, cap. 15.