Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . gs order, with all the ceremonies customary at royal funerals.After the due masses and anthems the coffin was carried fromthe church down into the vaults below by the noble guard ofEspinosa, and laid in a sepulchral chamber, adjacent to thatreserved for the remains of the sovereigns of the Spains andIndies, to which, four years before, the bones of Charles the Fifthhad been brought from the convent chapel of Yuste.^ 1 Strada (lib. x.) relates the improbable story that the body having been stuffed andt

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Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . gs order, with all the ceremonies customary at royal funerals.After the due masses and anthems the coffin was carried fromthe church down into the vaults below by the noble guard ofEspinosa, and laid in a sepulchral chamber, adjacent to thatreserved for the remains of the sovereigns of the Spains andIndies, to which, four years before, the bones of Charles the Fifthhad been brought from the convent chapel of Yuste.^ 1 Strada (lib. x.) relates the improbable story that the body having been stuffed andthe joints of its limbs attached to each other by wire, was dressed as in life, and placederect, leaning on a generals staff, to be seen by the King. Fray Juan de San Geronimo, the monk already quoted (p. 335), makes no mention of any such melodramatic arrange-ment, but informs us that the corpse, wrapped in fine Holland linen, was placed in acoffin lined and covered with black velvet. Documentcs Ineditos, vii. pp. 443-8. ^ Cloister Life of the Emferor Charles V., London, 1853, 8vo, p. 277.. DEVICE ON THE BANNER OF DON JOHN.