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404 CHAPTER XXV. ADMINISTRATION, DEATH, AND CHARACTER, OF CARDINAL XIMENES. 1516, 1517. Ximenes Governor of Castile. — Charles proclaimed King. — Ximenes's Domestic Policy. — He intimidates the Nobles. — Public Discontents. — Charles lands in Spain. — His Ingratitude to Ximenes. — The Cardinal's Illness and Death. — His extraordinary Character. PART The personal history of Ferdinand the Catholic, '■ — terminates, of course, with the preceding chapter. In order to bring the history of his reign, however, to a suitable close, it is necessary to continue the narrative through the brief regency of Ximenes, to the period when the government was delivered into the hands of Ferdinand's grandson and successor, Charles the Fifth. ^jimllf"^" ^J the testament of the deceased monarch, as the regency. ^^ j^^^^ seeu, Cardinal Ximenez de Cisneros was appointed sole regent of Castile. He met with opposition, however, from Adrian, the dean of Lou- vain, who produced powers of similar purport from Prince Charles. Neither party could boast a suffi- cient warrant for exercising this important trust ; the one claiming it by the appointment of an indi- vidual, who, acting merely as regent himself, had