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74 CASTILE UNDER HENRY IV. PART dress and equipage. The two nations appear to ! — have been mutually disgusted with the contrast exhibited by their opposite affectations. The French sneered at the ostentation of the Spaniards, and the latter, in their turn, derided the sordid par- simony of their neighbours ; and thus the seeds of a national aversion were implanted, which, under the influence of more important circumstances, ripened into open hostility. ^^ The monarchs seem to have separated with as little esteem for each other as did their respective courtiers ; and Comines profits by the occasion to inculcate the inexpediency of such interviews be- tween princes, who have exchanged the careless jollity of youth for the cold and calculating policy of riper years. The award of Louis dissatisfied all parties ; a tolerable proof of its impartiality. The Castilians, in particular, complained, that the mar quis of Villena and the archbishop of Toledo had compromised the honor of the nation, by allowing their sovereign to cross over to the French shore of the Bidassoa, and its interests, by the cession of the viSaami couqucred territory to Aragon. They loudly ac- oJ^oTxoi'edo! cused them of being pensioners of Louis, a fact which does not appear improbable, considering the usual policy of this prince, who, as is well known, maintained an espionage over the councils of most of his neighbours. Henry was so far convinced of 12 At least these arc the impor- 241 -243. — Comines, M^moires, tant consequences imputed to this liv. 3, chap. 8. — Also Castillo, interview by the French writers. Cr6nica, cap. 48, 49. — Zurita, See Gaillard, Rivalit6, torn. iii. pp. Anales, lib. 17, cap. 50.