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359 CONQUEST OF NAVARRE. 369 Ferdinand availed himself of the interval of re- chapter , II- XXIII. pose, now secured, to settle his new conquests. He had transferred his residence first to Burgos, seuieshls , conquests. and afterwards to Logrono, that he might be near the theatre of operations. He was indefatigable in raising reinforcements and supplies, and expressed his intention at one time, notwithstanding the de- clining state of his health, to take the command in person. He showed his usual sagacity in various regulations for improving the police, healing the domestic feuds, — as fatal to Navarre as the arms of its enemies, — and confirming and extending its municipal privileges and immunities, so as to con- ciliate the affections of his new subjects. ^^ On the 23d of March, 1513, the estates of Na- united with ' ' Castile. varre took the usual oaths of allegiance to King Ferdinand. ^^ On the 15th of June, 1515, the 1515. Catholic monarch by a solemn act in cortes, held at Burgos, incorporated his new conquests into the kingdom of Castile. ^^ The event excited some surprise, considering his more intimate relations with Aragon. But it was to the arms of Castile, reasons, been generally received ra, torn. v. lib. 35, cap. 16. — Za- as the surest basis for history, rita, Anales, torn. vi. lib. 10, cap. One might well doubt this, who 13, 36, 43. — Carbajal, Anales, attempts to reconcile the niultifa- MS., aiio 1512. rious discrepances and contradic- 24 Hist. duRoyaumede Navarre, lions in those of the period under pp. 629, 630. — Aleson, Annales review. The science of diplomacy, de Navarra, tom. v. lib. 35, cap. as then practised, was a mere game 16. — Garibay, Compendio, tom. of finesse and falsehood, in which iii. lib. 30, cap. 1. the more solemn the protestations ^5 Zurita, Anales, tom. vi. lib. of the parties, the more ground for 10, cap. 92. — Carbajal, Anales, distrusting their sincerity. MS., ailo 1515. — Garibay, Com- 23 Carta del Rey a Don Diego pendio, tom. iii. lib. 30, cap. 1. — Deza, Nov. 12th, 1512, apud Ber- Aleson, Annales de Navarra, tom. naldez, Reyes Catolicos, MS., cap. v. lib. 35, cap. 7. — Sandoval, Hist 236. — Aleson, Annales de Navar- del Emp. Carlos V., tom. i. p. 26.