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5oo A TOUR THROUGH
gravity nor taciturnity : the younger sons
of the nobility are styled Don by their
christened names, and the daughters Donna;
like our appellation of lord and lady to
the sons and daughters of dukes. The
eldest son has commonly the title of count
or marquis, but they are not all counts as
in France and Germany, where I have
seen six counts in one house, and very near
twice the number of barons in another.
One of the raost common titles here, as
well as at Naples, is that of Prince ; and
although these were only created by Phi-
lip II. of Spain, they take rank of all the
other nobility, some of whom, particu-
larly the counts, carry their origin as far
back as the time of the Normans, and look
vrith great contempt on these upstart Princes.
The dukes and marquisses are not so old :
the first were created by Charles V, and
the second, though an inferior title, by
King Alphonso, in the sifteenth century.—
gravity nor taciturnity : the younger sons
of the nobility are styled Don by their
christened names, and the daughters Donna;
like our appellation of lord and lady to
the sons and daughters of dukes. The
eldest son has commonly the title of count
or marquis, but they are not all counts as
in France and Germany, where I have
seen six counts in one house, and very near
twice the number of barons in another.
One of the raost common titles here, as
well as at Naples, is that of Prince ; and
although these were only created by Phi-
lip II. of Spain, they take rank of all the
other nobility, some of whom, particu-
larly the counts, carry their origin as far
back as the time of the Normans, and look
vrith great contempt on these upstart Princes.
The dukes and marquisses are not so old :
the first were created by Charles V, and
the second, though an inferior title, by
King Alphonso, in the sifteenth century.—