King, Georgiana Goddard: A brief account of the military orders in Spain (New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1921)

IN SPAIN
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was to put all that Alcantara controlled
into the power of the Princes: at best this
would have made such a situation for the
crown as Enrique IV faced when D.
Alfonso and Dona Isabel were at the head
of the rebel nobles: at worst, it might have
cost the kingdom. The Doctor listened:
the Master was to go up towards Valencia
de Alcantara with all the specie and plate
that he could collect: the Prince was to
turn toward Albuquerque of which he was
Duke, and the Wardens of all the castles
were to swear the same fealty to the
Princes as to the Master himself.
Conspiracy
and
rebellion
But God has His own ways, and a little
which
thing altered and defeated this dangerous
plan. The road which runs up from Alcan-
tara to Valencia, and that which turns off
for Albuquerque, run all as one for two or
three leagues: so the Master and the
Infant rode together for these three leagues,
or some such: and then the former decided
to go with the other and have his escort for
the treasure, sending some of his mounted
men to Valencia, and some to Mayorago,
a castle near by. And they were so angry
chance
defeated
AND MONOGRAPHS