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WAR OF THE SUCCESSION. 165 to the church of St. Paul in the suburbs, in which chapter she herself joined, walking barefoot with all humili- , '. — tj, and offered up a devout thanksgiving to the God of battles for the victory with which he had crowned her arms.^^ It was indeed a most auspicious victory, not so submission '■ ' of the whole much from the immediate loss inflicted on the en- '^'"sdoi". emy, as from its moral influence on the Castilian nation. Such as had before vacillated in their faith, who, in the expressive language of Bernal- dez, " estaban aviva quien vence," — who were prepared to take sides with the strongest, now openly proclaimed their allegiance to Ferdinand and Isabella ; while most of those, who had been arrayed in arms, or had manifested by any other overt act their hostility to the government, vied with each other in demonstrations of the most loyal submission, and sought to make the best terms for themselves which they could. Among these latter, the duke of Arevalo, who indeed had made over- tures to this effect some time previous through the agency of his son, together with the grand master of Calatrava, and the count of Uruena, his brother, experienced the lenity of government, and were confirmed in the entire possession of their estates. The two principal delmquents, the marquis of Vil- lena and the archbishop of Toledo, made a show of resistance for some time longer ; but, after 25 Pulgar, Reyes Cat61icos, p. do, with the title of San Juan de 90. — The sovereigns, in compli- los Reyes, in commemoration of ance with a previous vow, caused their victory over the Portuguese, a superb monastery, dedicated to This edifice was still to be seen in St. Francis, to be erected in Tola- Mariana's time.